"Oh my gosh, I can't believe I'm actually meeting Hannah Montana!" Ashley shrieked.
"Cool it Ashley," Amber said. "Hi Hannah, remember me?" She said turning towards Miley.
"Of course I do, Amber right?" Miley asked. Amber nodded. "So what brings you here tonight?"
"We just decided to come see your concert tonight. We just love your songs."
"Thanks. So do guys want to come in?" Miley asked, pretending to be nice, while in reality, she wanted to rip their throats out.
First Amber walked in, and then Ashley followed by Hannah. She closed the door and walked over to her sofa. "So Amber, how have you been?"
"I've been good. Oh and I kept my promise I made to you."
"Oh really? You've become a better person and you've bought a globe?" Hannah asked knowing the answer.
"Yeah, there is this girl at our school and Ashley and I have been trying to make friends with her and her friends, but they really don't want to be our friend. They claim that I only want to be her friend because I think that she's you. Which is so not true. How could someone like that hillbilly pull something like that off?" Miley looked over to Lilly and they both rolled their eyes.
"If you want to be her friend then why do you call her a hillbilly?" Lilly asked.
"Cause she's from Tennessee." Ashley stated.
"Ashley," Amber hissed.
"Do you have a problem with people from Tennessee, 'cause that is my home town?" Hannah asked.
"Oh no, never. As a matter of fact we'll stop calling her that from now on."
"Good. Now is that it?" Hannah asked.
"Pretty much."
"You guys might want to go head to your seats. The concert will be starting soon." Amber and Ashley got up and headed for the door. "It was great meeting you Ashley and great seeing you again Amber."
The two popular girls made their way out of Hannah's dressing room and to their seats. "There has to be a way to trick her," said Amber.
"It's not like you can make her sing in front of the school," Ashley said.
"Ashley you're a genius."
"Really? So what's the plan?"
"Ugh." Amber walked towards her seat.
"What?" Ashley quickly followed Amber.
"I hate them so much! Who knows what they are planning now?" Miley asked as she closed her dressing room door.
"What makes you think they are planning anything?" Oliver asked.
"Oh come on, don't be stupid Oliver. We all know they are coming up with a little evil plan in their heads as we speak," Miley shot back.
"True, true. So what are you going to do?"
"I. Don't. Know," Miley spat putting emphasis on each word.
"Gosh Miles, calm down," Lilly said.
"Sorry… Ok deep breaths…deep breaths," Miley said more to herself than anything else. She inhaled deeply and then slowly exhaled. "Okay…"
"Hannah Montana to the stage," Said a voice at the door. Miley walked out of the room and made her way to the entrance to the stage. She walked onstage greeted by the loud cheering emitting from the crowd. "Thank you all for coming out tonight. I'm going to start off with some new songs tonight. Enjoy!" She yelled into the microphone. More cheering erupted from the crowd. The opening notes for Bigger Than Us blared through the speakers.
"L.O.V.E, love
L.O.V.E
L.O.V.E, love
L.O.V.E
I see your face, I look in your eyes,
what you feel is no surprise
everyone needs somethin' to believe in…"
A few more songs including: Nobody's Perfect, Make Some Noise, Life's What You Make It, One In A Million, True Friend, played along with a few of her older songs. "Thank you again for coming out and have a great night. Y'all are awesome." Miley made her way backstage again only to be greeted with smiles from all of her friends.
"Great job tonight Miles," Jake said after embracing Miley into a hug.
"Yeah, considering how bad you did at your sound check," Oliver muttered just loud enough for Miley to hear.
"Thanks Oliver," Miley said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Anytime." He replied. Miley and the rest of them just laughed as they made their way out into the limo. Everyone was dropped off at their respectful houses except Lilly who was sleeping over at Miley's, like always after the concerts.
The weekend passed by uneventful as usual. The four of them did their usual things; hung out at the beach or the mall. Monday morning soon crept up on Miley and she knew Amber and Ashley were going to try something at school that day. Mr. Stewart dropped off Miley and Lilly at the front of the school. They walked in half expecting the whole student body to be whispering like usual when there was something new said by the two popular girls, but yet there was nothing of the sort…yet. So far so good. No whispering, that's a good sign. Miley thought. The day was uneventful and boring to say the least, that is until lunch.
Jake had just sat down at the normal table where Oliver, Miley and Lilly were already seated. Amber walked up to the table of course followed by Ashley. "So Miley I just figured something out."
"And what is that Amber?" Miley asked.
"Well I've never actually heard you sing."
"So, what's your point?"
"I thought it was clear? Obviously it wasn't, my bad. I want to hear you sing," Amber bluntly said.
"No," Miley said.
"What?" Amber said as though she was expecting it.
"No," Miley repeated.
"Why? Is it because you're too scared or because you actually are Hannah Montana?" Amber said with a smug smile on her face.
"I'm not going to give in to your little whims Amber," Miley started. Standing up she continued, "I, unlike a lot of people at this school, have a brain and don't listen to every freakin' thing you say. I'm not going to sing for you."
By now a few people had walked over to see what the commotion was.
"I knew it, you're just a coward. If your mother was alive-"
"Don't bring my mother into this," Miley said, her voice rising in anger. Calm down Miley. No need to get angry…yet. Deep breaths. Miley thought. And once again she inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly.
"Why? What's wrong? Do you miss her?" Amber taunted.
"Amber just leave her alone," Lilly yelled.
"No. Not… yet…she's almost at breaking point. I can tell," Amber breathed.
Miley's chest was rising and falling as she continued taking deep breaths. By now practically everyone had his or her eyes on Miley just waiting for her to answer.
"Name the time, the place and…the song," Miley finally let out.
"What are you doing?" Lilly hissed into Miley's ear.
"Okay, Friday night at the karaoke night and the song…hmm how about One in a Million by Hannah Montana?" Amber said. She leaned in close to Miley and whispered: "Or should I say you." into Miley's ear.
"Fine, you'll get what you want again." Miley said. Amber smiled in triumph. Meanwhile Miley had picked up her lunch, threw it in the trash and walked out of the lunchroom still breathing deeply. Lilly, Oliver, and Jake soon followed glaring at Amber and Ashley as they walked by. They walked out of the room only to find Miley sitting against the lockers with her head buried into her hands. They could hear sobbing coming from Miley and each of them bent down next to her to comfort her.
"Miley, please talk to us," Jake pleaded. She shook her head still keeping in her hands. "Why? You can tell me, please."
"NO I CAN'T," Miley yelled, "you won't understand," her voice lowering down a bit. With that she stood up and stalked off down the hallway. She stopped at her locker to get her books and walked off in the direction of her next class, which included the three who were now standing where Miley just was. They each just looked at one another with somewhat worried looks on their faces. From that point on they knew the rest of the day was going to be spent trying to get Miley to talk to at least one of them. And they also knew the chances of that was slim to none.