One Shot
I was sitting at my desk waiting for the bell to ring, signaling the start of the last period of the day when I heard a voice from behind me speak. “So are you excited for the Turn Around dance in two weeks?” The voice asked. I rolled my eyes when I realized who it was. I turned around and stared the voice’s owner in the eyes. “No, it’s just a stupid dance.” “Aww, little Miley has no date?” He said adding in a fake pout in an attempt at mocking me. “You’re right, I don’t have a date but that’s because I chose not to ask anyone. If I wanted to go to
the stupid dance, I easily could have asked someone.” I said annoyed and went to turn back around but was stopped by his hands prohibiting me from moving. I was forced to continue looking at him. “Come on Miley, you know no guy would ever want to go out with you. Face it, you asked someone and they turned you down. We’ve all been there, well not me but I’ve seen it in the movies and it sucks.” He said with a cocky grin. “Ugh Joe, just leave me alone! I can’t even believe I used to be friends with you.” I said before ripping his hands off of my body and facing forward in my seat counting down the minutes until this class was over. 45 minutes later, I exited the classroom and made my way to my locker. I smiled when I saw Mitchell standing there waiting for me. I waved at him and walked over. He waved back. “Hey Miles. How was your day?” “It was horrible. Dick face wouldn’t stop bothering me about the stupid Turn Around dance last period. He accused me of not having a date because, quote, no respectable guywould want to go with me, end quote.” I said looking down frowning. “Hey, Miley, look at me.” Mitchell said before putting his finger under my chin making me look at him. “You’re a beautiful girl and any guy would be lucky to go to the dance with you. Joe’s just jealous because you turned him down in Eighth grade.” Mitchell said giving me a reassuring smile. “You really think so?” He nodded his head. “I don’t know why Joe would still be upset over that. We’re Juniors now and I only turned him down because we were best friends, I didn’t want to ruin our friendship. But stupid, naïve, me, I did it anyway.” I said looking down. Mitchell pulled me in for a long hug which made me feel a little better. I was still upset though. “It’s just hard hearing someone you love say all that negative stuff to you. To act like you’re nothing and that you never had a friendship. If I could go back in time, I would never have turned him down because I think that was the worst mistake I ever made.” I said honestly. There was a momentary silence which was cut off when Mitchell exclaimed “I have an idea!” “What is it?!” I asked feeling myself getting excited! “I’ll explain on the way.” Mitchell said as he took my hand and gently pulled me out of the school. We went to Starbucks and were now discussing Mitchell’s plan. “Do you really think that would work?” I asked, unsure. “Of course it would! I saw it in She’s the Man. It totally worked!” Mitchell said, a little too excited. “I always knew there was benefits to having a GBFF.” I said looking at Mitchell then smiling. “Why thank ya doll face.” He said in a stupid accent. “Now, all you have to do is ask someone super hot. Preferably, someone close to Joe if you want the plan to be even more successful.” I nodded my head, in understanding and began to think of good guys who are also hot and friends of Joe’s. Then, it hit me. “I got it!” I practically yelled, making all the people at Starbucks look at me. “Nothing to see here folks, continue on drinking your beverages.” Mitchell said, politely before looking back at me. “So, who’s it gonna be?!”
Mitchell asked getting excited. “It’s….”
I stood in front of my mirror applying my makeup, the last thing I needed to do before my date got here. I had to admit, I was very anxious to see how Joe would react when I walked into the dance not only looking hot but with his best friend attached to my waist. This was gonna be good. The doorbell rang and I knew it was show time. I opened the door and there he was wearing black dress pants, a gray blazer and a black shirt underneath. It went perfectly with my black, one strap that went over my right shoulder, tight dress. “Let’s get this over with.” He said, his Australian accent as thick as ever. “You could at least try to sound more excited.” I snapped back in my sarcastic tone. “Whatever, just be thankful I’m willing to help you get Joe.” He shot back. “I don’t like Joe!”
I said, lying. “Miley, I see the way you look at him and it’s not a look of hatred. You like him and he likes you. I don’t get why you both try to deny it. It’s obvious you have feelings for each other and the sooner you and he realize that, the better.” Liam said before getting into his side of the car. I just stood there in shock at what he said. Was it possible Joe liked me? I shook the thought out of my head and got into the car. The drive to our school, where the dance was being held, was scarily quiet. Liam and I weren’t the best of friends and we had no common interests so it would have been extremely difficult to find a topic of conversation we were both interested in. Therefore, we decided silence was the next best thing. “Now, when we get to the school, if you really wanna make Joe jealous, you have to be all over me.” Liam said, not bothering to look in my direction. “Be all over you, got it.” I reiterated. Liam chuckled. I was gonna ask him what was so funny but decided against it.
When we arrived at the school, I did as Liam said and was all over him. He put his right arm around my waist and I snuggled into his side. If I didn’t know any better and I saw how he and I looked right now, I would say we appeared to be a couple. Liam led the way into the school cafeteria, which had been transformed and actually looked kind of cool. There was lights of many different colors bouncing off the walls, a DJ in the corner playing all the latest music, a buffet with any kind of food you could imagine, and, of course, dead center, Joseph Jonas grinding with the school slut, Ashley Greene. I almost threw up, right then and there. It was disgusting to see that. Liam must have noticed my disgust because he whispered in my ear “Don’t worry babe, that’ll be you by the end of the night.” I looked up at him and smiled. “You really think so?” “I know so. Miley, you’re smart, funny, and totally hot. Any guy would be lucky to have you.” “You know, for a jock, you can be really sweet when you want to.” “Of course I can. But if you tell anyone I said that, I will deny it. Now come on, we have to go make Joe jealous.” Liam said before leading me to the dance floor. I don’t know what it was but as soon as we got on the dance floor, something came over me. I was like a tiger after being released from its cage. I went crazy over Liam. Everyone was now looking at us, especially Joe. I looked over at him and winked then I continued dancing with Liam. We kept this up for a few more songs. Once the fifth song came to an end, we decided to take a little break. Liam told me he was gonna go get us something to drink and to go find a table. I agreed and found one that was exactly one table away from where Ashley and Joe were sitting. I noticed Joe look over at the drink stand where Liam was, whisper something in Ashley’s ear, and then walk over to the drink stand. Joe and Liam began a conversation about God knows what and they seemed to be having a good time. Then, things took a turn for the unexpected, Joe took a swing a Liam was flung backwards onto the ground. Everyone looked over to see what was
happened. I flew up from my chair and over to Liam.
“What the hell just happened?!” I asked, angry. Joe stood there, speechless looking from me to Liam and back. “I-I. W-we were talking and h-he said he was gonna take you to a motel after the dance and get it in. I couldn’t let that happen. You’re so perfect and pure and when you lose your virginity, it should be special. Not to some scumbag in a cheap motel.” A light bulb went off in my head, Joe did care. I didn’t know what I should do. So I went with what 8th grade Miley would do, I pulled Joe in for a hug. I was surprised when he didn’t pull back. No, he hugged me back even tighter. We had the attention of the whole school and Joe didn’t care. I was shocked. But of course, happy moments can only last so long and this one came to an end all to soon. Joe pulled away and nervously scratched the back of his neck. “Well, I uh, guess I should get back to Ashley. I kind of left her hanging.” I just nodded my head and watched Joe as he began to walk away. Suddenly, someone in the crowd of people gathered around us in the café yelled “What the hell are you doing Jonas?! Kiss the girl!” I felt my face turn red and Joe spun around. I didn’t know what he was gonna do next. I thought he was gonna make some sarcastic remark and go back to his little slut but he did the exact opposite. “Yeah, I should kiss her shouldn’t I? I’ve been crushing on her since 1st grade and even though she turned me down, no one was ever good enough to replace her. No one ever will be. So maybe I should take your advice and kiss her.” “JUST SHUT UP AND KISS HER, JONAS!” Demi Lovato yelled, earning laughter from the surrounding crowd. Joe ran over to me, picked me up, spun me around, and kissed me. I was in Heaven. Never had I been so happy in my life. Our kiss was followed by applause, a sign that everyone was happy about what had happened. Joe and I pulled away from each other, looked at our audience, then back at each other and just laughed.
*One Year Later*
Joe and I walked down the hallway, hand in hand. As usual, people were staring at us because we were the school’s “It Couple.” Apparently, everyone had been rooting for us all along. After our kiss during the dance, Joe and I were slow dancing to My Wish by Rascall Flats when Joe asked me to be his girlfriend. I started screaming much louder than necessary earning looks from everyone around us but I didn’t care. I gladly accepted and now we’re going strong a year later. As it turns out, Joe asked Ashley to be his fake date to the dance that night. He was hoping to make me jealous. I told him he didn’t make me jealous, just repulsed. It was a joke of course, well sorta. The funny thing is, Liam and Ashley are now dating! Woah, I didn’t see that one coming. Mitchell found himself a nice boyfriend, Taylor. They’ve been going strong for eight months. I’m so happy to see Mitchell happy. All in all, my life’s going much more perfect than I ever expected. Joe and I will both be attending UCLA in the fall. We’re not gonna be living in a dorm, we decided to do something much bigger, get an apartment together. I’m in a good place right now but it took some twists and turns to get here. The main point of this story is, if your best guy friend asks you out, SAY NO! Then he’ll end up hating you for two years but he secretly still loves you. Then you’ll be tormented by him during class when he implies that you’re ugly and could never get a date. Then your gay best friend will come up with a plan to make him jealous when secretly, he’s doing the same thing. Then you have to get your fake date to convince your crush that you’re gonna sleep together in some cheap motel which will make him super jealous resulting in him knocking out your fake date. This will shock your whole school as well as you. Then someone will knock some sense into your crush and he’ll kiss you and you guys will slow dance and he’ll ask you to be his girlfriend. Next thing you know, you’re the schools “It Couple.” :D I’m not even kidding, try it. Well that’s all I have to say. I’ve gotta go spend time with my hot boyfriend. Tootles! [;
the stupid dance, I easily could have asked someone.” I said annoyed and went to turn back around but was stopped by his hands prohibiting me from moving. I was forced to continue looking at him. “Come on Miley, you know no guy would ever want to go out with you. Face it, you asked someone and they turned you down. We’ve all been there, well not me but I’ve seen it in the movies and it sucks.” He said with a cocky grin. “Ugh Joe, just leave me alone! I can’t even believe I used to be friends with you.” I said before ripping his hands off of my body and facing forward in my seat counting down the minutes until this class was over. 45 minutes later, I exited the classroom and made my way to my locker. I smiled when I saw Mitchell standing there waiting for me. I waved at him and walked over. He waved back. “Hey Miles. How was your day?” “It was horrible. Dick face wouldn’t stop bothering me about the stupid Turn Around dance last period. He accused me of not having a date because, quote, no respectable guywould want to go with me, end quote.” I said looking down frowning. “Hey, Miley, look at me.” Mitchell said before putting his finger under my chin making me look at him. “You’re a beautiful girl and any guy would be lucky to go to the dance with you. Joe’s just jealous because you turned him down in Eighth grade.” Mitchell said giving me a reassuring smile. “You really think so?” He nodded his head. “I don’t know why Joe would still be upset over that. We’re Juniors now and I only turned him down because we were best friends, I didn’t want to ruin our friendship. But stupid, naïve, me, I did it anyway.” I said looking down. Mitchell pulled me in for a long hug which made me feel a little better. I was still upset though. “It’s just hard hearing someone you love say all that negative stuff to you. To act like you’re nothing and that you never had a friendship. If I could go back in time, I would never have turned him down because I think that was the worst mistake I ever made.” I said honestly. There was a momentary silence which was cut off when Mitchell exclaimed “I have an idea!” “What is it?!” I asked feeling myself getting excited! “I’ll explain on the way.” Mitchell said as he took my hand and gently pulled me out of the school. We went to Starbucks and were now discussing Mitchell’s plan. “Do you really think that would work?” I asked, unsure. “Of course it would! I saw it in She’s the Man. It totally worked!” Mitchell said, a little too excited. “I always knew there was benefits to having a GBFF.” I said looking at Mitchell then smiling. “Why thank ya doll face.” He said in a stupid accent. “Now, all you have to do is ask someone super hot. Preferably, someone close to Joe if you want the plan to be even more successful.” I nodded my head, in understanding and began to think of good guys who are also hot and friends of Joe’s. Then, it hit me. “I got it!” I practically yelled, making all the people at Starbucks look at me. “Nothing to see here folks, continue on drinking your beverages.” Mitchell said, politely before looking back at me. “So, who’s it gonna be?!”
Mitchell asked getting excited. “It’s….”
I stood in front of my mirror applying my makeup, the last thing I needed to do before my date got here. I had to admit, I was very anxious to see how Joe would react when I walked into the dance not only looking hot but with his best friend attached to my waist. This was gonna be good. The doorbell rang and I knew it was show time. I opened the door and there he was wearing black dress pants, a gray blazer and a black shirt underneath. It went perfectly with my black, one strap that went over my right shoulder, tight dress. “Let’s get this over with.” He said, his Australian accent as thick as ever. “You could at least try to sound more excited.” I snapped back in my sarcastic tone. “Whatever, just be thankful I’m willing to help you get Joe.” He shot back. “I don’t like Joe!”
I said, lying. “Miley, I see the way you look at him and it’s not a look of hatred. You like him and he likes you. I don’t get why you both try to deny it. It’s obvious you have feelings for each other and the sooner you and he realize that, the better.” Liam said before getting into his side of the car. I just stood there in shock at what he said. Was it possible Joe liked me? I shook the thought out of my head and got into the car. The drive to our school, where the dance was being held, was scarily quiet. Liam and I weren’t the best of friends and we had no common interests so it would have been extremely difficult to find a topic of conversation we were both interested in. Therefore, we decided silence was the next best thing. “Now, when we get to the school, if you really wanna make Joe jealous, you have to be all over me.” Liam said, not bothering to look in my direction. “Be all over you, got it.” I reiterated. Liam chuckled. I was gonna ask him what was so funny but decided against it.
When we arrived at the school, I did as Liam said and was all over him. He put his right arm around my waist and I snuggled into his side. If I didn’t know any better and I saw how he and I looked right now, I would say we appeared to be a couple. Liam led the way into the school cafeteria, which had been transformed and actually looked kind of cool. There was lights of many different colors bouncing off the walls, a DJ in the corner playing all the latest music, a buffet with any kind of food you could imagine, and, of course, dead center, Joseph Jonas grinding with the school slut, Ashley Greene. I almost threw up, right then and there. It was disgusting to see that. Liam must have noticed my disgust because he whispered in my ear “Don’t worry babe, that’ll be you by the end of the night.” I looked up at him and smiled. “You really think so?” “I know so. Miley, you’re smart, funny, and totally hot. Any guy would be lucky to have you.” “You know, for a jock, you can be really sweet when you want to.” “Of course I can. But if you tell anyone I said that, I will deny it. Now come on, we have to go make Joe jealous.” Liam said before leading me to the dance floor. I don’t know what it was but as soon as we got on the dance floor, something came over me. I was like a tiger after being released from its cage. I went crazy over Liam. Everyone was now looking at us, especially Joe. I looked over at him and winked then I continued dancing with Liam. We kept this up for a few more songs. Once the fifth song came to an end, we decided to take a little break. Liam told me he was gonna go get us something to drink and to go find a table. I agreed and found one that was exactly one table away from where Ashley and Joe were sitting. I noticed Joe look over at the drink stand where Liam was, whisper something in Ashley’s ear, and then walk over to the drink stand. Joe and Liam began a conversation about God knows what and they seemed to be having a good time. Then, things took a turn for the unexpected, Joe took a swing a Liam was flung backwards onto the ground. Everyone looked over to see what was
happened. I flew up from my chair and over to Liam.
“What the hell just happened?!” I asked, angry. Joe stood there, speechless looking from me to Liam and back. “I-I. W-we were talking and h-he said he was gonna take you to a motel after the dance and get it in. I couldn’t let that happen. You’re so perfect and pure and when you lose your virginity, it should be special. Not to some scumbag in a cheap motel.” A light bulb went off in my head, Joe did care. I didn’t know what I should do. So I went with what 8th grade Miley would do, I pulled Joe in for a hug. I was surprised when he didn’t pull back. No, he hugged me back even tighter. We had the attention of the whole school and Joe didn’t care. I was shocked. But of course, happy moments can only last so long and this one came to an end all to soon. Joe pulled away and nervously scratched the back of his neck. “Well, I uh, guess I should get back to Ashley. I kind of left her hanging.” I just nodded my head and watched Joe as he began to walk away. Suddenly, someone in the crowd of people gathered around us in the café yelled “What the hell are you doing Jonas?! Kiss the girl!” I felt my face turn red and Joe spun around. I didn’t know what he was gonna do next. I thought he was gonna make some sarcastic remark and go back to his little slut but he did the exact opposite. “Yeah, I should kiss her shouldn’t I? I’ve been crushing on her since 1st grade and even though she turned me down, no one was ever good enough to replace her. No one ever will be. So maybe I should take your advice and kiss her.” “JUST SHUT UP AND KISS HER, JONAS!” Demi Lovato yelled, earning laughter from the surrounding crowd. Joe ran over to me, picked me up, spun me around, and kissed me. I was in Heaven. Never had I been so happy in my life. Our kiss was followed by applause, a sign that everyone was happy about what had happened. Joe and I pulled away from each other, looked at our audience, then back at each other and just laughed.
*One Year Later*
Joe and I walked down the hallway, hand in hand. As usual, people were staring at us because we were the school’s “It Couple.” Apparently, everyone had been rooting for us all along. After our kiss during the dance, Joe and I were slow dancing to My Wish by Rascall Flats when Joe asked me to be his girlfriend. I started screaming much louder than necessary earning looks from everyone around us but I didn’t care. I gladly accepted and now we’re going strong a year later. As it turns out, Joe asked Ashley to be his fake date to the dance that night. He was hoping to make me jealous. I told him he didn’t make me jealous, just repulsed. It was a joke of course, well sorta. The funny thing is, Liam and Ashley are now dating! Woah, I didn’t see that one coming. Mitchell found himself a nice boyfriend, Taylor. They’ve been going strong for eight months. I’m so happy to see Mitchell happy. All in all, my life’s going much more perfect than I ever expected. Joe and I will both be attending UCLA in the fall. We’re not gonna be living in a dorm, we decided to do something much bigger, get an apartment together. I’m in a good place right now but it took some twists and turns to get here. The main point of this story is, if your best guy friend asks you out, SAY NO! Then he’ll end up hating you for two years but he secretly still loves you. Then you’ll be tormented by him during class when he implies that you’re ugly and could never get a date. Then your gay best friend will come up with a plan to make him jealous when secretly, he’s doing the same thing. Then you have to get your fake date to convince your crush that you’re gonna sleep together in some cheap motel which will make him super jealous resulting in him knocking out your fake date. This will shock your whole school as well as you. Then someone will knock some sense into your crush and he’ll kiss you and you guys will slow dance and he’ll ask you to be his girlfriend. Next thing you know, you’re the schools “It Couple.” :D I’m not even kidding, try it. Well that’s all I have to say. I’ve gotta go spend time with my hot boyfriend. Tootles! [;