Sorry for not updating in like, forever! I've been really busy with school and stuff. So, I'm sorry. Thanks to everyone who's reviewed. Don't stop now ;]
Miley's POV (Like 2 Months Later) (A/N: I know, I know. Bear with me. I skipped all that time so I wouldn't have to write about a whole lot of the stupid Jiley stuff ;] )
I guess you could say that in the next few months, mine and Jake's relationship went incredible. Fantastic. Out of this world. I was the happiest I had ever been. Jake had become part of our 'group' and we treated him liked he was our best friend. Everything was perfect for a while.
"I love you, Miley." Jake said. He told me that a lot, and I believed him. The 'L' word was not a word that you just throw around, I knew that. I thought he did to.
"I love you too, Jakey." I said as I kissed his lips. Nate made a disgusted face.
"Gah, can you two not be so lovey dovey?" He asked. I folded my arms across my chest.
"What about you and Alex?" I asked. He smiled innocently. "Yeah, so don't be talking." I said. Jake laughed and I kissed him again. His laugh could always make me smile. Heck, just his presence could make me melt.
"I have room to talk." Shane said as he, too, looked disgusted. "Can you guys please stop? It's making me sick." He said. I smiled and kissed Jake again. Shane groaned and rolled his eyes.
"Sorry man, can't do that." Jake said. I was about to lean in for another kiss when Jake's phone vibrated in his pocket. He moved my arms that were wrapped around him and walked into the kitchen. A few minutes later he came back. "I've gotta go." He said as he grabbed his coat.
"Why?" I asked, pouting.
"My mom, again." He said. His mom sure did need him a lot.
"Ugh, can't she give us one day?" I asked. He shook his head as he wrapped his arms around me for one last hug.
"I guess not." He said. He leaned in and gave me a kiss. "I love you, forever and always." He whispered in my ear. I blushed and smiled.
"I love you more." I said.
"Bye guys." Jake said as he waved and left. When he pulled out of the driveway I went over and sat down beside Shane. Nate had gone outside where Jason and Alex were swimming. I layed my head down on his shoulder and sighed.
"What does he do everyday with his mom?" Shane asked. "Kind of creepy." He said. I slapped him on the arm as he chuckled.
"I don't know. Maybe they're really close." I said as I shrugged.
"Whatever you say." He said. "Hey, I want a cheeseburger." Shane said randomly after a moment of silence. I laughed at his randomness.
"Okay?" I said. He stood up and grabbed his keys off of the table in front of us.
"Wanna come with?" He asked. I shook my head. "Okay, be back in a minute." He said. When he walked out the door I went outside to see what everyone else was doing.
Shane's POV
I needed to get out of there, fast. I was about to loose control. I hated seeing Jake and Miley together. I hated how happy he made her; I hated how much she liked him; I hated the way they kissed; most of all I hated that I wasn't him.
It should be me. I should be the one with her. I should be the one she's in love with. I should be the one she's always kissing; the one to make her glow. I should be the one she can't live without. I should be the one that owns her heart. I was the one she was in love with before he came along, and I just had to tell her I wasn't in love with her.
I blew my chance of being with her though. I should have went with my heart and told her I loved her when she confessed her feelings for me. I should have broken every rule in the book about falling in love with your best friend. I should have at least given her a chance when she told me, but I didn't and now I'm the one who's not getting a chance with her.
"Why?" I screamed to myself as I beat the steering wheel. "Why now?" I screamed. I looked over and saw the bobbling hula girl that was on my dashboard. I grabbed it and threw it angrily in the back seat. I was at a red light and I looked over. The guy beside me was looking at me like I was crazy. I gave him a not-so-nice look and drove off when the light turned green.
I pulled into the parking lot of the fast food restaurant I was going to get my cheeseburger at. The drive through line was extremely long so I decided to go inside and order it. I got out of the car and angrily slammed the door. I walked into the restaurant and ordered my burger. They gave it to me and I was about to walk out. I looked over and saw all the people sitting together.
There was an elderly couple sitting together sharing a meal, a pregnant woman and her husband, Jake and Mitchie making out, and a couple of people sitting by themselves. I pushed open the door to go out and stopped in my tracks. I backtracked into the restaurant and looked over. Jake and Mitchie were together; They were in a total make-out session.
I dropped the bag of food in my hand and stood there for what seemed like an hour. They were kissing non-stop. Anger swelled inside of me. I was still extremely mad at Mitchie for using me, but that wasn't why I was mad. It was Jake. He was cheating on Miley.
My fists clenched together as I slowly walked over to their table. They didn't even notice I was there until I said something.
"What do you think you're doing?" I asked angrily. Jake quickly pulled away from Mitchie and wiped his mouth.
"What are you doing? Get off of me." Jake said pushing Mitchie off of him, trying to cover up what he had done.
"Don't even try that." I said. Jake smiled sheepishly.
"Hey Shaney!" Mitchie said as she rubbed my arm. I pushed her hand angrily off of me.
"Don't. Touch. Me." I said, forcing out each word. She sat there with a shocked look on her face.
"Y-you're not gonna tell Miley about this are you?" Jake asked.
"Tell Miley? Oh no, I would never think of doing anything like that." I said sarcastically. Jake thought I was serious.
"Whew." Jake said as he took a deep breath and stood up."Thanks man." He said. I couldn't take it anymore, I clenched my fist together and punched him right in the face. He went tumbling to the floor. Everyone around us gasped and before I knew it some security guards were pushing me out of the restaurant.
"Let go of me!" I said angrily, pushing the security guards hands off of me. I angrily jammed the keys into the keyhole of my car and got in. The security guards walked away and I started the car.
How was I going to tell Miley? Would she even believe me? If she did believe me she would be crushed.
I shook my head and turned the radio on. I thought about telling Miley the whole way home. I finally pulled into the driveway of my house and got out. I opened the door and walked in. Nate, Alex, Jason, and Miley were all sitting on the couch, there hair was soaking wet.
"Did you eat there?" Miley asked. I looked down at my hands and realized I had left my cheeseburger on the floor of the restaurant. I shook my head silently. "Then what took you so long?" Miley asked. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
"Uh, Miley. I need to talk to you." I said.
"Okay, talk." She said. I looked and saw that everyone else in the room was staring at me.
"Alone." I said. Her mouth formed an 'o' shape and she got up. We walked upstairs into my room. I paced back and forth and she sat on my bed. I ran my fingers through my hair, of course she knew that was a sign I was nervous.
"What's wrong Shane?" She asked. I sat down at my desk and rubbed my face.
"I don't know how to tell you this...." I began.
She gave me a confused look, "You can tell me anything."
"Just....just promise me that you'll believe me. Even if it hurts, you have to believe me." I said.
"Shane you're scaring me, what happened?" She asked.
"Well, when I went to get my burger I-I saw s-something." I began. She made a hand motion for me to go on. "I s-saw Jake." I said. She laughed at me and shrugged her shoulders.
"So?" She said as she laughed.
"He wasn't alone." I said. Her face dropped.
"H-he was w-with his mom right?" She asked hopefully. I shook my head. "Who then?" She asked.
"He was with Mitchie, and they were k-kissing." I said. She bit her bottom lip and stared blankly for a second.
"B-but......He couldn't.......He wouldn't.....You're lying, I know you are." She said. I went over and hugged her tightly.
"I wish I was." I said. She started sobbing uncontrollably and her body started shaking.
"It must've been someone.......someone else. He loves me. He wouldn't do that to me." She said, trying to think of any other possibilities. I shook my head as she cried into my chest, getting my shirt wet.
"It was him, I know it for a fact because, I kind of knocked him out." I said. She looked up at me with tears rolling down her face and she shook her head.
"I don't believe it, that couldn't happen. No. No. NO!" She screamed and sobbed. I squeezed her tightly to try and stop her shaking. "I-I'm gonna call him. Right now. That'll p-prove it isn't true." She said. I tried to stop her but the phone was already ringing. I waited until she dropped her phone on the ground. She bent down and picked it up and threw it at the wall, luckily not breaking it.
"What happened?' I asked.
"It was-" She began but stopped and tried to control he crying. "Mitchie.......she said that......Jake couldn't come to the phone......" Miley said. "How could he do this to me?" She screamed. "He told me he loved me." She screamed louder. She stood up but fell to the floor. I got down and wrapped my arms around her again.
"Sh, it's gonna be okay." I said as I rubbed her back soothingly. She pushed me away angrily and stood up. She went crazy. She grabbed a pillow of my bed and threw it at the wall, it came down and hit my desk, making some stuff come crashing down.
"I-I'm sorry." She said. I ran over and hugged her once again.
"It's okay." I said. She continued to cry into my shirt, occasionally mumbling something about how he told her he loved her or how she didn't believe it, or how he was supposed to be the one.
"What on earth is all that noise?" My mom asked as she came in the door. Miley looked up at her. "Oh, Miley sweetie what's wrong?" She asked. Miley got up and ran over to her. My mom hugged wrapped her arms around her, that always made me feel better.
Once Miley stopped crying a little she pulled away from my mom.
"I-I'm sorry, I just r-really needed a mom." She said.
"Aw, sweetie." My mom said. She hugged Miley once again whispering soothing words to her. "Shane, what happened?" She asked, still hugging Miley.
"I-I saw Jake. He was kissing Mitchie." I said. Every time I said his name it brought back the anger, the jealousy, and the hatred.
"Honey, no guy is worth your tears. He's just a lowlife two timing jerk. He doesn't deserve you anyway." My mom said. She loved Miley like her own daughter. She practically was her mother, since Miley pretty much grew up without one.
"I r-really love him." She said.
"I know you do but, I promise you there's someone out there much better for you. Someone who won't hurt you." Mom said. I sighed. I'd never hurt her, never ever. I mean; not intentionally. I really did hurt her these past years, but I didn't know.
Miley pulled away from my mom and wiped her eyes. She slowly walked into my bathroom. In a second she came back out, her face was clean. She picked up her phone that was on the ground and dialed someone's number and put the phone up to her ear.
"Where are you?" She asked angrily into the phone. "Don't give me that crap, Jake. Shane already told me." She paced around the room and my mom just shook her head and walked away. I went over and sat at my desk again and fumbled with a pencil that was laying on it. "Fine. I'll be there in five minutes." She said. She slammed her phone shut and put it into her pocket.
"I'm going to talk to Jake." She said.
"Why?"" I asked, not believing it.
"He said he wanted to explain it to me. Maybe it wasn't what you saw, m-maybe it was different. M-maybe he didn't mean to do it." She said.
"Miley, how can you say that?" I asked getting up and throwing my hands in the air. "I know what I saw, and let me tell you he definitely meant to do it." I said. She shook her head.
"I'm gonna give him a chance to explain Shane." She said softly.
"He doesn't deserve Miley! He cheated on you. Cheated. Who knows how long he's been cheating on you?" I asked.
"Shane, stop. I'm gonna go talk to him. This is my decision. I love him Shane." She said angrily heading for the door.
"You love him. After this? After what he just did? You still love him?" I asked in disbelief. She just nodded her head and angrily walked out the door, slamming it shut.
"What about me?" I whispered to myself.
Miley's POV
I knew I was being crazy; I knew I was being stupid; I knew I was being desperate, but I didn't care. It hurt me to think about Jake cheating on me. With Mitchie of all the people in the world. It could have been anyone else but it just had to be her. Let's just say I really, really, really hate her now.
I didn't know why I was going to talk to Jake; I didn't know why I was gonna try to hear him out. I should be breaking up with him, not trying to fix things. He cheated on me and nothing can ever change that. But, I was still in love with him so I was doing something really stupid. But, hey that's what happens when you're a stupid teenager.
I got into my car. My stereo was on and a CD started playing. It was a CD Jake had made me. It was a mixed CD of all 'our' songs. I pushed a button and turned the radio on. So many emotions were taking over me. I was sad that Jake cheated on me, I was beginning to doubt if I was good enough for him. I was starting to wonder what Mitchie had that I didn't, was I not pretty enough? I was mad at him for doing it, yet I still felt the same love for him.
I pulled into the very familiar driveway. I didn't know how many times I'd done that exact same thing in the past few months. Jake was sitting on his porch steps with his head in his hands. He looked up when I pulled in. I got out of the car and walked over to him. He looked like he was expecting me to go off on him and yell. He looked really surprised when I started crying.
"Miley, I'm so, so, so, so sorry. You don't even know how sorry I am." He said. I looked up at him with tears flowing freely down my face.
"Why? Why, Jake? Why'd you do it?" I asked. That was the only thing I wanted to know. Why he did it. Was I not enough for him; was she better than me?
"I don't know Miley. I really don't know. I guess I just wanted her for you know, physical stuff." He said. I cringed at his words. "You didn't want to do anything like that so, I guess I just you know, kind of used her." He said. His words broke my heart into a million pieces.
"Y-you said that you didn't care about that stuff. Y-you said you r-respected my decision to stay pure until marriage. What happened?" I asked. I looked into his eyes and they were filled with sorrow and pain.
"I don't know, Mi. I'm j-just stupid. But, you know you're the one I truly love." He said as he walked up and down his driveway.
"If you loved me you wouldn't have done that!" I screamed.
"I know, and I told you...I'm just stupid." He said.
"Yeah, really stupid." I mumbled, crossing my arms and rolling my eyes.
"Do....do you...think you could give me, another chance?" He asked shyly. My moth dropped open.
"Another chance? Another chance? Are you kidding me? What makes you think you deserve another chance?" I asked angrily.
"I...I love you Miley. I'm sorry, really sorry. I know that I shouldn't have done it but, I did. It was a mistake and everyone makes mistakes. I'm begging you Miley." He said, tears were now pouring down his face. "Please." He pleaded with his voice cracking. "Please, give me another chance. I'll never do it again." He begged again.
"How do I know that if I give you another chance you won't just run off and do it again? How am I supposed to trust you now, Jake?" I asked angrily, tears were still coming.
"I know it won't be easy to trust me, I promise I'll work to get your trust back. I'll never, ever do it again. Please." He begged. His eyes looked so sincere and I really though he was telling the truth.
I stood there for a moment, everything was silent except for Jake's quiet sobs and my hard breathing. Then, I went and proved that I was a stupid teenager once again. I fell for his lies.
"Fine. One more chance." I said, my voice was calm. His eyes shot up at me and a smiled spread across his face.
"Are you serious? Thank you so much. I can't believe you're doing this. I promise, I love you Miley. I really do." He said. I rolled my eyes and sighed.
"Okay, I'm gonna go home now. I'll call you tomorrow." I said quietly. He nodded his head and looked down at the ground quietly.
"I love you." He said. I turned around and walked over and got into my car. I hurriedly drove back to the Gray's house. I knocked on the door and not even a second later Shane opened it. He smiled when he saw me. I felt butterflies in my stomach. That smile of his made me fall for him every time.
"You okay?" He asked. I walked by him and sat down on the couch. He came and sat beside me. "What happened?" He asked.
"Well, nothing really. I'm still his girlfriend, I told him I'd give him another chance." I said, almost so quiet that I couldn't hear. Shane heard. I knew It because he shot up off the couch and his face looked angry.
"YOU WHAT? ARE YOU CRAZY?" He screamed. I jumped at his tone.
"You heard me." I whispered with my eyes shut. He groaned and paced back and forth angrily.
"What are you thinking Miley? Is something wrong with your brain? He cheated on you!" He screamed.
"It's my choice you know. It may be stupid but I don't care. I love him." I said. He glared at me.
"Do you really love him or do you just think you love him. You might want to tell him the truth before he gets his hopes up. You shouldn't tell someone you love them if you don't. " Shane said bitterly.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked. He shook his head.
"Nothing. Never mind." He said. "How can you be so stupid? Haven't you heard the saying 'once a cheater, always a cheater'?" He asked.
"Have you ever heard of giving people a second chance?" I asked right back at him. "You of all people should know about that. As many times as I've given you second chances." I said, laughing sarcastically. He glared at me.
"Why do you do this to yourself Miley? Why are you just setting yourself up to get hurt? Do you like getting hurt?" He asked.
"Believe me Shane, after being hurt every single day for 10 years, you kind of get used to it." I said, he looked at me confused. I sighed at his obliviousness.
"Don't you think it was hard for me to see you flirting with other girls every day? Every time you got a new girlfriend I would go home and cry, all night long. I don't know how many times I've cried over you. I should be out of tears by now. I'm not trying to make you feel sorry for me at all. But, Now I have someone that can actually take the pain away from not having you and possibly make it go away and you're not supporting me? Do you like to see me hurting?" I asked, of course I was crying by then.
"Mi, I'm sorry." He said as he hugged my neck. "I hate seeing you hurt and I'm sorry that you've felt that way for so long." He said.
"Well, there's nothing we can do about that now can we?" I asked, in a much harsher tone than I intended. "Could you please go along with me on this? If I get hurt again, you can be the first one to say I told you so." I said. He sighed and hugged me once again.
"Whatever you say." He breathed out. I inwardly groaned as I looked down at my watch. It was almost nine o'clock.
"I don't wanna go home." I groaned. Shane laughed at my randomness.
"You don't have to. You can spend the night here." He said. I shrugged my shoulders.
"My dad will probably have a heart attack if I don't come home though." I said. He shrugged.
"Call him. Tell him you're staying here tonight." He said. I nodded and walked outside of his room and called my dad. After much pleading he finally gave in. I walked back inside his room. "My dad said it was okay but, don't you have to ask your mom?" I asked. He shrugged again.
"Eh, she won't care. She said you can stay whenever you want." He said. I went over and sat on his bed. Then I realized that nobody knew what had happened the whole day other than me, Shane, and Mrs. Gray. I stood up and quickly ran down the steps. Alex ran up to me.
"What in the world happened? Is everything okay?" She asked in a panicked tone. I looked behind me and Shane was there. I sat down on the couch quietly. Alex sat beside me. Jason and Nate were also sitting down.
I explained everything that happened up until me giving Jake another chance.. Everyone looked angry.
"Are you sure you should be giving him another chance?" Alex asked. I nodded my head. "I just don't want you to get hurt." She said. I nodded again.
"It's my own fault if I do." I said. I knew I was pretty much setting myself up to get hurt again, like everyone said. I was extremely heart broken about what Jake did to me and I was mad at him but, of course I just had to "love" him.
"Okay." Alex breathed out. Nate and Jason didn't say anything but I knew they were thinking the same thing everyone else was thinking. Everyone probably though I was stupid and crazy. I knew Shane thought that. Heck, I even thought that about myself. But, ugh you just can't tell me anything. "I've got to go home. My aunt and uncle are visiting and my mom will be mad if I don't come see them." Alex said. I frowned and sighed, but hugged her goodbye, as Jason and Shane did. Nate walked outside with her.
"Come on, Mi." Shane said. He grabbed my hand and pulled me off the couch. He dragged me up to his room and told me to sit down on his bed.
"Thanks for leaving me all alone." We heard Jason yell. Shane just rolled his eyes and I laughed.
"Why'd you drag me up here?" I asked. He shrugged and looked around.
"You know Mi, I miss the way things used to be. When we were younger. Things are so....complicated now." He said, lying down beside me on his bed. "Everything used to be so easy. So....drama-free."
"I know, Shane. I miss it too." I said. "But, hey atleast you're out of high school. That should've cut about half of the drama out of your life." I added. We sat in silence for a little while. Shane had picked up a baseball he found lying on the floor and was throwing it up and catching it. "It's really late." I said, pulling my phone out of my pocket and looking at it. It was 1 in the morning.
Shane jumped at the sound of my voice. "Oh, yeah. You wanna go to sleep?" He asked. I thought for a moment.
"No. Let's watch a movie." I said. He laughed and jumped up off his bed. "Your pick." I said as I smiled. He ran over to where all of his movies were and picked one out. I couldn't tell what he picked so I when the movie started playing I was really surprised. He picked 'The Notebook', even though he hated it. I had given it to him as a joke for one of his birthdays. "Why'd you pick this? You hate it." I said. He smiled.
"Because you like it, and that's what best friends do." He said.
Welllll..... let's just say Jake might not be in this story very much longer...hehe. Hope you liked it =] Sooo.... review and tell me if you did or didn't =] And if you don't wanna tell me anything about the story..........tell me.....um..... what your favorite color is =]