HANNAH MONTANA: My Stepbrother the Zombie Slayer

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Hannah Montana and its characters and places. It is owned exclusively by the Disney Channel.

CHAPTER ONE

Bad News Times Two

Miley's Point of View

"Hey Dad," I greeted, plopping down on a couch beside my brother, Jackson. "What did you want to tell us?"

Dad's face was buried in his hands.

Jackson turned to me, his face serious. "Dad got a woman pregnant," he said quietly.

My jaw dropped. I barely got the words out. "H-how? You weren't dating anyone. None that I know of."

"I'm so sorry, Bud," Dad said. Then, without any other word, he walked out the door and left us.

Before I knew it, tears were running down my cheeks. "How could he do this to us, Jackson?" I asked my brother.

Jackson wiped my tears and hugged me, like a responsible big brother. "What's worse," he said, "is that the woman is Jake Ryan's mom. You like him, right? I think Dad asked her to get married."

I lifted my head. "She-she is?"

"Yeah." Jackson nodded. "Her name is Grace Ryan, or something."

I said good-bye to Jackson and walked all the way to my best friend's house.

When I got there, I rang the doorbell. My best friend, Lilly, answered quickly. "Oh, hey, Miley. What's up?"

"Dad got someone pregnant," I said shortly, entering through the door. I saw that my other best friend, Oliver, was there, sitting at the table.

"No way," Lilly reacted.

"What's worse is that it's Jake's mom," I continued.

"That's bad news times two," Oliver commented.

"Tell me about it." I rolled my eyes, and in an instant, tears began to form around them. "I don't understand. How can he be so irresponsible? There's nothing wrong about replacing my mom, really, but shouldn't they get married first before doing what they did, and not the other way around? He didn't even tell me and Jackson that he was dating someone. And now they're getting married. How can Jake and I get together now?" I sighed.

My best friends know all about how I like Jake.

Lilly tried to look on the bright side. "At least you'll spend every day of your life with him now."

"Does Jake know?" Oliver asked.

"I don't know," I replied.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

"Oh, who is it now?" Lilly muttered.

"You two alone here?" I asked Oliver as Lilly went to get the door.

Oliver nodded. "Yeah. Lilly's parents are going grocery shopping."

"Oh," I said.

"Jake?" I heard Lilly say. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, great, just what I need," I said, sitting down beside Oliver. I was thinking of avoiding Jake, for now.

"Jackson said Miley was here. I came to see her," Jake replied.

"She's right here," Lilly said. She pointed to me.

I tried to hide, but there's no point anymore. I had to face him. "Oh, hi, Jake."

"Hey." Jake sat beside me. "Listen, my mom told me this morning," he said. "She's four months pregnant."

"Oh," I replied quietly. "Is it okay with you? Them getting married? And does your dad know?"

"It'd be okay if you weren't going to be my stepsister," Jake said. "My parents are separated. Mom says she'll tell my dad when she's ready."

"And why is that?" I asked, half-hoping that he'd say that he liked me the way I liked him, half-hoping he'd say he hated me so that I'd think he was a jerk and get turned off.

Jake swallowed, running a hand through his blonde hair. "Because," he began. "I like you, Miley. I really, really, like you." He tucked stray hairs behind my ear.

Now I burst into tears. When I cried before, it wasn't that hard. But this time, I'd been crying like there was no tomorrow. I was happy, of course, that Jake liked me, but how on earth are we going to get together now? "I like you, too, Jake. But this isn't going to work out."

Jake took me in his arms. "I know," he told me, letting me sob into his chest. "I know."

"I still can't believe your Dad is capable of doing this, Miley," Lilly said. She was standing against Oliver's chair.

"You think I can?" I said, still crying. "It really hurts. I haven't experienced what it's like in hell, but I guess it hurts like it." I turned to Jake. "Even if my dad and your mom didn't get married, we'd still be forbidden to go out." I sighed. "I guess I'd better go home."

"You can sleep over if you want," Lilly offered.

"No, thanks," I said. "Avoiding the problem would only make it worse. I'm going to have to face it sooner or later. It just so happens that I choose to face it sooner. I'll see you guys."

"I'll walk you home," Jake said.

"Thanks," I replied, a bit comforted.

We were pretty much silent as we walked to my house. But I just couldn't take it anymore.

"Jake?" I said, in all nervousness.

Jake, who was looking down at his feet, looked up. "Yeah?"

"Um," I replied. Then, ever so slowly, I leaned in. Jake caught up and started to lean in, too. Soon, I smelled his scent - much like vanilla. I was able to make out the shape of his full lips, but soon, they were on mine.

Jake had his hands in my wavy brown hair and around my waist. I had my arms around his neck.

I pulled away. "I'm sorry, but I..."

Jake hushed me. "Don't. It wasn't your fault. Actually, I wanted it to happen."

Turning away from reality, I said, "You do?"

Jake just grinned and planted one on me again.

But this time, I stopped him. "It'll only make it worse."

"I guess it will," Jake turned away as we made our way to the door.

"So, I'll see you soon?" I said.

Jake nodded and walked away.

"What a disaster we create," I muttered as the tears began to form again.

(A/N: Just an idea that came to me. I thought, What if Jake was Miley's stepbrother? How will things work out? I'm not yet sure if the pairing would be Jiley for the rest of the story, but it's the pairing for now. Oh, and of course, Loliver! So what do you guys think? Give some of those awesome reviews!)