Sorry it took my so long to update. Ok, so it wasn't that long but it felt like a long time. Anyway here's the chapter :)
Miley's POV.... 2 Months Later, Summertime
"Stop it Shane! Put me down!" I screamed as I laughed. Shane was about to throw me into his pool, clothes and all. He walked right up to the edge of the pool. I struggled to get out of his grip but, he was way too strong.
"Why should I?" He asked, with a smirk on his face as he let me slip a little from his arms.
"Because I said so! Put me down!" I screamed. He held me out over the pool. I screamed and started kicking, then Mrs. Gray came out. "Help!" I screamed.
"What is all that screaming about?" She asked, then she saw Shane dangling me over the pool.
"Shane, put her down!" Mrs. Gray said sternly. Shane grinned mischievously.
"Okay, mom." He said and he dropped me. I dropped into the water as I screamed. I glared at Shane as I climbed out of the pool, soaking wet.
"Shane!" Mrs. Gray said in a shocked tone. He was laughing uncontrollably. I walked over to where he was and crossed my arms.
"What are you gonna do about it?" Shane asked. I smiled and then pushed him into the water. Mrs. Gray started laughing at that, then she walked inside.
"Okay, we're even now." Shane said as he too climbed out of the pool, soaking wet.
"Why did you do that?" I asked. He shrugged.
"I don't know. I thought it would be funny, and it definitely was." He said as he started laughing. "You should have seen your face. Priceless." He said. I smacked him in the arm.
"Well, I wanna get dried off." I said. We grabbed a towel and tried to dry ourselves off, and then hurried upstairs making sure his mom didn't see us in the house soaking wet.
"Here, you left some clothes here one time." Shane said as he threw some of my clothes at me.
"Thanks." I said. "Hey do you mind if I take a shower?" I asked. He shook his head.
"Be my guest." He said. I walked into Shane's bathroom and quickly took a shower. Afterwards, I put on my clothes and looked in Shane's cabinets for a hair dryer. I found one and started blowing my hair dry. When I was done, I walked out of the bathroom and Shane had changed clothes and was dry too.
He was sitting on his bed, I went over and sat beside him.
"What are we gonna do the rest of the day?" I asked.
"I don't know. What do you want to do?" He asked. I shrugged. "I'll be right back." I said. I walked to Jason's door and knocked on it. He told me to come in so I did.
"Hey." I said as I sat down on his bed. He was sitting at his desk doing something on the computer.
"Whats up?" He asked. I shrugged. He looked at me weird. "You came in here just to sit on my bed?" He asked. I shook my head and he laughed.
'Well then, what's up Miley?" He asked. I walked over and shut his door and came back and sat down.
"I've been thinking about something." I said.
"What might that be?" He asked.
"I've been thinking about telling Shane that, you know." I said getting up and getting closer to him. "I'm in love with him." I whispered. He looked at me, apparently shocked.
"Really? That's great!" He said. I nodded.
"Yeah but, I don't really know how to do it." I said.
"I would just go up to him and tell him how you feel. There's no easier way to do it." Jason said. I nodded.
"Okay but, I'm scared that he won't feel the same way and then we won't be best friends anymore." I said.
"I'm sure that won't ever happen. You guys will always be best friends, no matter what. You've gotten through a lot of hard things and if he doesn't like you back, it might be awkward for a little while but you guys will be alright. I really think you should tell him because I know it's hurting you." Jason said. Yeah, it was hurting me. A lot.
"When do you think I should tell him?" I asked.
"Now." Jason said. I rolled my eyes.
"Ha, yeah right." I said and he shrugged.
"You asked." He said.
"Well, I'm not doing it today." I said. He frowned. Nate opened the door and came walking in.
"Ever heard of knocking?" Jason asked. Nate shook his head and Jason rolled his eyes.
"So what are we talking about?" Nate asked.
"Nosy much?" Jason asked. Nate glared at him. I walked over and shut the door once again.
"I'm going to tell Shane." I said. The door opened once again. It was Shane.
"Tell Shane what?" Shane asked, looking at me. I froze. Jason sat there looking shocked.
"Why do I even bother having a door?" He asked. Shane laughed and then looked back at me.
"Tell Shane what?" He repeated.
"T-tell y-you that....um....t-that....I u-uh....b-bought a new shirt!" I said smiling, making up something random.
"Okay...." Shane said looked at me like I was crazy, probably not believing me. I just continued smiling.
"Yeah, so let's go do something." I said, grabbing Shane's hand and pulling him out the door.
"Let's go get something to eat." Shane said. We walked downstairs and got into his car. We drove to a small little restraunt we both loved and got out. We walked in and sat down in a booth and a waitress came and took our order.
"So, what were you really talking about telling me?" Shane asked as he took a bottle of ketchup and started spinning it on the table.
"I was really going to tell you I bought a new shirt!" I said.
"Miley." Shane said, looking at me sternly.
"It's the truth." I said. Shane started laughing.
"You're a terrible liar." He said.
"I'm not lying!" I said. Technically I wasn't lying, I had bought a new shirt.
"Yes you are." He said.
"No I'm not." I said. He playfully glared at me.
"Fine don't tell me." He said. The waitress came and gave us our food. We ate and were done within ten minutes.
"Dang. We must've been really hungry." I said as we walked out of the restaurant. We got into Shane's car and he started driving.
"Where to now?" He asked. I was staring blankly out the window thinking about telling him what I really wanted to tell him. "Hello?" He asked again. I was completely zoned out. "Miley! Snap out of it!" He said. I quickly turned my head to him.
"What?" I asked.
"I said where do you want to go now?" Shane asked.
"Let's go back to your house." I said.
"Okie dokie." Shane said and he drove us back to his house. We walked inside and sat down on the couch.
"We are so boring." Shane said. I giggled.
"I know." I said. I pulled out my phone and texted Alex.
Where are you? - Miley
I waited for a moment until she texted back.
Nate's house. Where are you? - Alex
I laughed. We are so intelligent.
I stood up to go talk to Alex and Shane followed me upstairs. We walked into Nate's room. Alex was watching T.V. And Nate was asleep snoring. Shane went over and slapped him in the head. Shane jumped and then fell off the bed.
"Ouch. What's wrong with you?" Nate asked. Shane just laughed.
"What's up?" Alex asked as she came over and hugged me.
"Nothing. We're bored." I said.
"Hey! Let's all go to the movies!" Alex said jumping up and down. She was always so hyper!
"Fine with me." I said.
"Me too." Nate said.
"Me three." Shane added. Nate went over to his computer and looked up the times for the movies. We picked a movie and decided to go at 7:00 since it was 6:00 then.
"Wanna come to my house and get ready?" I asked Alex. She nodded.
"It's just the movies. Why can't you two go like you are?" Shane asked, obviously not knowing how girls roll. Alex and I just shook our heads and walked out of the room. We stopped at Jason's room to ask him if he wanted to go. He agreed so we went over to my house.
We walked upstairs and into my room. I picked out some clothes out of my closet and Alex picked some out to borrow. After we finished changing clothes Alex sat down so I could do her hair.
"What did you and Shane do today?" She asked as I brushed her hair.
"Nothing really. We just hung out." I said, beginning to straighten her hair.
"Nate told me that you were thinking about telling Shane your secret. How could you talk to Jason and not me?" She asked.
"I don't know. Jason was there and you weren't." I said. She shrugged.
"Okay. So are you going to tell him or not?" She asked. Then I shrugged.
"Probably." I said. She clapped her hands.
"Awesome! Then we can go on double dates and everything!" Alex said a little too excited as I finished doing her hair.
"Yeah well I'm done." I said and she looked at her hair and nodded in approval.
"Very nice. Your turn." She said. I sat down in the chair and she started on my hair. When she got done we put on some makeup and headed over to the boys' house. All three of them were standing outside.
"What took you two so long!? The movie starts in ten minutes!" Jason exclaimed. I pulled out my phone and looked at the time.
"Oops." I said. The movie theater was at least twenty minutes away. There was no way we would make it in time.
"Man. I really wanted to see that movie." Shane said. He crossed his arms on his chest and pouted.
"Sorry." Alex said innocently.
"It's okay sweetie." Nate said, walking over and kissing Alex. Shane rolled his eyes.
"What do we do now?" Shane asked.
"Ugh, it's been a long day. I'm just gonna go back home." I said. "You wanna come?" I asked, looking over at Alex. She nodded.
"Fine. Be that way. We'll fine something to do without you guys." Shane said, putting his arms around Jason and Nate.
"Yeah, have fun with that. See you guys tomorrow." I said. The three boys turned around and walked into there house, while me and Alex walked to my house.
We changed into some of my pajamas. Once again Alex borrowed some of mine.
"We did our hair for nothing." I said. Alex laughed.
"At least it was fun!" She said. I smiled. I climbed into my bed while Alex put in a movie she wanted to watch. The movie started and Alex concentrated on it, I was thinking about more important things. Shane to be exact.
For some reason ever since I talked to Jason, the thought of telling Shane I'm in love with him kept bugging me. I kept thinking about what would happen if I didn't and what would happen if I did. I though about all his possible reactions, and what would happen afterwards.
I was thinking about how things would work out if he somehow did like me back. Everything in my life would be perfect if he did.
I kept thinking through the first movie and half of the second movie Alex put in and then I just snapped. I couldn't take it anymore. I had to tell Shane and get it off my chest or I was going to go crazy.
"I've gotta tell Shane." I said as Alex was watching the last part of the movie.
"You what?" She asked.
"I have to tell Shane that I'm in love with him. If I don't I'm going to go crazy." I said.
"Well okay but, don't you think it can wait until tomorrow? It's like one in the morning." She said. I looked at the clock on the wall. She was right. I ran downstairs and grabbed my phone off the table to text Shane.
You still awake? - Miley
I ran back upstairs. Shane's text tone started playing.
Yeah, what's up? - Shane
"He's still awake. No it can't wait." I said.
"You're crazy Miles." She said. I knew I was crazy and I was probably about to make a big mistake but I had to do it.
I need to talk to you. Now. - Miley
"Wait, what are you going to do if, you know, you don't get the reaction you want?" Alex asked. I started to get a little nervous.
"I really don't know right now." I said. Music started coming from my phone again.
Ok. I'll be right there. - Shane
I raced quietly downstairs and waited. When I saw Shane at the door I opened it and went outside.
"What's wrong?" Shane asked. I sat down on the porch steps and he sat down beside me.
"I have to tell you something." I breathed out, closing my eyes and taking a deep breath.
"Okay. Go ahead." Shane said. I took another deep breath and ran my hands through my hair while my eyes were still closed. "It's okay Mi. It can't be that bad." Shane said. My heart was beating faster than ever and my hands were shaking.
I sat quietly for a second, not able to find the right words or any at all. Shane waited patiently for a minute.
"Just tell me." Shane said as he grabbed my hand. "Jeez Miles you're shaking. What'd you do murder someone?" He asked. I laughed slightly and shook my head. "Then whats wrong?" He asked.
"I'm in love with you." I said quickly looking up at the sky afterwards. There was no turning back then. My secret was out.
Shane let go of my hand and stood up.
"Y-you're in l-love with me?" He stuttered. I nodded, not looking at him. It was extremely silent for a minute. I squeezed the steps and bit my lip trying not to let my tears fall. Why was I so stupid? Why did I have to fall in love with my best friend?
"I-I don't k-know what to s-say." Shane said.
"Anything." I said. Shane paced back and forth. He ran his hands through his hair. I knew he was trying to find the right words to tell me he didn't love me back. I blinked my eyes and the tears started flowing. I stood up. Shane was still pacing back and forth.
"How long?" Shane asked.
"A long, long time." I choked out. I knew Shane saw me crying because a panic look spread over his face.
"Miles I d-don't...y-you're my best friend...I-I-" Shane stuttered. I didn't want to hear the rest. I got my answer. He didn't love me back. My heart was in a million pieces and tears were falling from my eyes like they never had before. I walked quickly inside shutting the door.
I turned around and slid down to the ground, I knew Shane could still see me through the door but I didn't care. I felt like I couldn't move; I felt like I was paralyzed. I broke down right there; just crying my eyes out, trying to find a way to stop the tears from falling, but failing.
Shane's POV
After Miley ran inside her house, I sat back down on her porch steps. I couldn't believe what had just happened.
Miley; my best friend; my 24/7 since as long as I could remember was in love with me? I thought stuff like that only happened in movies and T.V. Shows.
This wasn't supposed to happen. Miley wasn't supposed to be in love with me, I wasn't supposed to break her heart like I knew I just did. We were supposed to be best friend forever. Only best friends. Nothing more.
As I stood up I turned around and looked inside Miley's house. She was sitting on the floor, crying. I felt my heart break. I hated to see Miley cry, especially when I was the one making her cry.
I sighed and turned around. I walked slowly down the driveway and over to my house. Nate and Jason, who were sleeping (or at least I thought they were) when I left were now sitting on the couch. When they saw me they jumped up and ran over to me.
"What happened?" Nate asked.
"Did she tell you?" Jason asked.
"Wait a second, you two knew?" I asked. They both nodded ashamed. "Why didn't you tell me!?" I exclaimed.
"It wasn't our place to tell you." Jason said. "So what happened?" He added.
"I broke her heart. God, I don't love her. She's my best friend for crying out loud!" I screamed as I picked up a pillow and threw it angrily at the wall.
"You don't like her back?" Nate asked, apparently shocked.
"No? Why would you think that? Oh my God, have I been leading her on?" I asked.
"We all though you liked her." Nate said. I groaned and kicked the couch in frustration.
"Nothing's ever going to be the same." I said.
"Are you sure you don't like her?" Jason asked.
"Yes! I'm sure. Maybe. God, I don't know. I wish I loved her, then everything wouldn't be so screwed up." I said. I got up and started to walk upstairs. I heard Jason or Nate or someone say my name but I didn't want to listen. I walked into my room, not even bothering to turn on the lights. I climbed onto my head and looked up into the pitch black. A few tears started to flow from my eyes, but before I knew it I was asleep.
Miley's POV
When the tears that were falling from my eyes subsided a little bit and I could actually move, I stood up. I looked outside and Shane was gone. I walked upstairs and saw that Alex was sleeping, so I walked back downstairs.
I grabbed a carton of ice cream from the freezer and a spoon and went over to the couch and sat down. I turned the TV on as I ate the ice cream. When I was finished I put the ice cream back in the freezer and walked into the bathroom.
My eyes were swollen and red. If you looked at me, you could tell my heart was broken, even from the outside. I sleepily walked back over to the couch and lied down. A few more tears fell and then I drifted off to sleep, thinking about Shane.
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