Chapter 8
DAY 8
LILLY POV
I woke up in the morning to find only Taylor sitting outside around the fire so I went out and sat next to her. I realized yesterday that Miley had been giving me dirty looks and mean stares so I said "Taylor, you didn't say anything to Miley about being Hannah Montana did you?
"No! Of course not. I got all the answers I needed from you yesterday, why would I tell her?" she said.
"I don't know it's just that she was acting weird and giving me nasty looks." I said. I just ignored it until I realized she was really mad after she woke up. When she came out of the shelter she sat down across from both me and Taylor and she just kind of looked around.
"Hey Miley." I said. When I said this she got up and walked into the woods. "Yup she's definitely mad at me." I said.
"Why?" Taylor asked
"I'm not sure."
Later on everyone woke up and was sitting around the fire. It was a little chilly this morning so I had put on one of Miley's "Hannah Montana Jackets." Before Miley had come back from being in the woods Daley sat down next to me with a strange look on her face.
"What?" I asked her becoming self-conscious.
"That jacket, it looks exactly like the one Hannah Montana wears." She said.
"This old thing? No I bought it at a thrift store. Where would you get a silly idea like that?" I asked her.
"Your right, never mind. " She said. I let out a huge sigh of relief. That was close. Before I could think about anything Miley had come back. She saw I was wearing her jacket and looked furious. I realized at that point wearing her jacket was probably really stupid on my part. She just looked at me with hate and disgust in her blue eyes. I tried to look away but her glare was penetrating. Jackson had noticed that she was staring at me and leaned over and asked,
"What is going on with Miley?"
"I don't know, she has been acting weird lately." I said. He looked at me like I was lying to him and then leaned away. Rose was still asleep in the shelter. She has been sleeping a lot lately probably because she is pregnant. I shuddered when I thought about that. My cousin Rose was pregnant on a deserted island. After this thought had passed through my mind I got up and put another piece of wood on the fire which is when it hit me. Miley must know I told Taylor about her being Hannah Montana.
"Where is Miley?" I asked everyone.
"I haven't seen her."
"No idea."
"Don't know."
"I saw her getting water a few minutes ago." Melissa said. That wasn't her job but she was probably avoiding me at the moment.
"I'll be right back." I said scurrying into the woods.
I passed the fruit trees and the "bathroom" and finally reached the watering hole. I looked around and didn't see Miley. I turned around to see Miley walking off the path back towards camp.
"Miley!" I shouted running towards her. She continued to walk at a steady up beat pace but I caught up with her. "Miley, why are you mad at me?"
"Oh why don't you ask your best friend Taylor who now knows I'm Hannah stinkin Montana!" She shouted. I was surprised she hadn't whispered the part about Hannah but I just ignored it and followed her.
"Miley, it was an accident. You can trust her, she won't tell anyone." I said.
"Oh I trust her, it's you I don't trust." She snapped back at me. Those words hit me hard.
"Well excuse me for trying to keep a secret about you that is eventually going to come out because Hannah Montana is stranded on a deserted island. " I said.
"It wouldn't have come out if you could keep your mouth shut." By then we were back at camp but I didn't care I just continued.
"I tried, but do you know how hard it is to keep something so cool like that from everyone I know?" I said truthfully.
"Lilly, you told your mom. She counts."
"I meant like the whole school or other people outside my family who would think it is awesome that I am….Lola….never mind." When Miley heard me say this she dropped the water jugs she was holding and started running towards me as if she were going to tackle me. She put her arms out and so did I and we started hitting each other. Jackson and Nathan came over and pulled us apart. Jackson grabbed my waist and pulled me back while Nathan did the same to Miley. Everyone just stared at the two of us.
"What is the matter with you two?" Nathan asked.
"Nothing." I said still glaring at Miley.
"Obviously we wouldn't be holding you back if everything were alright." Jackson said. I changed my facial expression and glanced at Miley who took a deep breath then shouted,
"She told Taylor I'm Hannah Montana." Everyone froze. Including me. Jackson let his hand drop and said,
"What did you say?"
"I said I'm Hannah Montana." Miley said.
"No you're not. You have brown hair and Hannah is on a tour." Daley said.
"I wear a wig and that's where I was going when we crashed here. There are no concerts right now because I am here. " Miley explained. I felt a little better because Miley gave me a reassuring glance that it was okay.
"Could you prove it?" Daley said sounding eager.
"Sure. Stay here. Lilly come with me." She said. I knew she wanted me to change into my Lola Luftnagle costume too.
"Wait why is Lilly going?" Lex asked.
"Because.." I cut her off
"Because I am Lola Luftnagle." I said with a smile.
"Wait you're her?" Melissa asked me
"Yes. Wait here. We will be right back." I said. Miley and I went into the shelter because our bags were in there. She put on her yellow zebra top that continued into her star skirt with a huge black and white belt in the middle. She put on her white high top boots and her single pink glove. She was going to put her wig on last because I had to help her do that.
I put on my blue shirt that had a guitar on it with a cool design and then my poofy black and white checker board skirt with lace at the end. I attached my red suspenders and put on red and white stripped socks that came up over my knee. I put on a black glove on one hand and red bracelets on the other. The best part about being Lola is all the crazy outfits.
Miley turned around so could put her wig on. I put her wig cap on first and tucked in all her hair into it. Then I slid her wig into place and pushed her bobby pins into it. She did the same for me. I had my red wig on because it was one of my favorite ones. Since Miley and I did this almost every day we had gotten the time down to 10 minutes. We were pros. We checked each other then arm in arm we walked out the shelter only to find everyone starring at us.
