Part Two

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Note: This may contain a little bit of sexual content, like the other, but not much.

Miley had been doing great ever since Jake had been temporarily arrested. There were other boys on the market, ones that were less maniacal and obsessed with acting older than they were. Like Erik. Miley had met Erik in homeroom. He walked up to her and wished that every girl at his old school had looked like her. Of course, Miley was secretly wishing every boy at her school looked like him!

Erik was the new kid in town. He was five foot seven, black hair, green eyes, smart, kind, and had a beautiful singing voice. It was silky and smooth. He was pure and Christian. Miley thought that if they were ever a more beautiful match, she'd never heard of them. Erik was pretty obviously about his feelings towards Miley. He brought her a fresh flower every day and talked to her all the time.

Lily was supportive of Miley, just as they'd promised after the "Lucas incident." The day after Erik started eating lunch with Miley, Lily, and Oliver, Lily said to her, "He's so sweet, and not like Jake at all. He's so perfect for you." Miley had responded, "I obviously know that. Why do you think I picked him?"

One day, Amber and Ashley rushed over to Erik and started curling their hair and flirting with him. "I love your hair," fawned Ashley. "I hear you can sing. I, and my best friend Hannah Montana, say I can sing well, too," bragged Amber. Erik thanked Ashley and nodded politely at Amber. "I really like Hannah Montana," commented Erik. "She's probably my favorite girl celebrity, next to Hilary Duff. Her lyrics are really inspiring. I wish I could write songs with that much depth. But mine are all bark, no bite. I bet most of that stuff comes from her heart."

Miley almost fainted. Finally, a guy who seemed perfect is every department. Amber nodded eagerly. "She's so amazingly nice. We're best friends. We hang out almost every night when she's not touring and we eat sugar free semi sweet chocolate chip cookies," she lied. Miley's mouth almost dropped open for this bald-faced lie. The only time Amber had talked to Hannah face to face would be at the show when they performed together. Erik, obviously sensing this lie, nodded again. "Um, if you're trying to turn me on or something," he said cautiously, "well, I'd give up."

"Why?" asked Ashley stupidly. "Because." Erik leaned in and put his arm around Miley and pecked her on the cheek. "I'm taken." The two snobs' mouths dropped completely open and they scoffed. "Fine. But what you see in her is unknown to us!" Amber snapped. The two girls sauntered away.

Miley blushed uncontrollably. "Were you serious?" she asked. Erik shook his head. "I just said and did that to get them off our case." Miley looked down, embarrassed. "Oh." Erik put his arm around her again. "I was joking. Of course I was serious. I mean, we are going out, aren't we, Miley?" Miley smiled. "Yeah!" she said, aware of how stupid she sounded but didn't care.

The next day was Saturday, and she and Erik were going to the movies. Lily came over beforehand so the girls could check out the outfit she was wearing. "It is so cute!" Lily screamed when Miley showed her the blue cowl-neck tunic, black waist belt, skinny light wash jeans, and black knee-high Uggs.

When she arrived at the movie and she and Erik had bought their tickets, they went into the theater and Erik suggested they got a seat in the back. Miley felt an uncomfortable prickle in her spine but she obliged anyway. About halfway through without any trouble, Erik put his arm around Miley. He didn't even do that classic "yawn and stretch thing." He just put his arm around Miley and cupped her shoulder. About ten minutes later, Miley could feel him pulling her into him, until she was squeezed up against him almost (at the movie theaters, they had a few benches for couples). She rested her head on his broad shoulder and thought that if he made one more Jake-like move, she'd go crazy. Then she looked up on the screen and she realized in horror that the movie they were walking starred…JAKE! She hadn't seen him during the first half, since he was in character as a half alien/half human creature, but now she could. She almost screamed. She wanted to get her attention away from the screen. Thankfully, Erik provided that attention and leaned in a little closer to her head, until she turned to see what was up. Then he grabbed her cheeks and pulled her in and kissed her.

It was a nice kiss. Not like the kind of making out, dirty kissing Jake had done that she'd hated, but the gentle, passionate, approved kiss that a true boyfriend would do. Right when she was really enjoying the distraction, she felt an empty soda cup hit the back of her head! She broke the kiss and whipped around. They were sitting in the second from last row, and sitting right behind her was…

Jake Ryan.

Read the next chapter to see what happens.