AN: Ok…here it is…the epilogue! I know you're all excited, and so am I! This picks up where "This Is The Heartache" left off…with the fateful phone call. So, get reading! I know you're dying to know what happens!
Disclaimer: I still do not own HM or the JoBros. I do still want Kevin, though.
"Over and Over"
I feel it everyday, it's all the same
It brings me down but I'm the one to blame
I've tried everything to get away
So here I go again
Chasing you down again
Why do I do this?
Even before the phone started ringing, Nick had wondered if this was a good idea. He hadn't talked to Miley in three years, and now, all of a sudden, he was calling her. What was she going to think? Would she actually listen to him, or would she just hang up on him?
Oliver had called him and told him that he needed to get in touch with Miley again. He told him that she wasn't happy, and hadn't been since that day. When Nick asked if there was someone else, Oliver just kind of laughed and said no. That answer made Nick feel better. At least he wouldn't be intruding on a relationship.
Oliver had also told him that Miley would like hearing from him again, but Nick still had his doubts. Oliver could just be playing some sick joke on him.
Nick was so involved in his thoughts that he didn't realize Miley had answered.
"Ummm….hello? Is there anybody there?"
Nick froze. 'What the heck should I do now?'
"Hello? If you don't answer, I'm going to hang up."
Nick shook his head, "Um, hey, Miley."
It was quiet on the line for a minute. Nick thought she hung up, but then her voice came back on the line.
"Nick, hey," she said, her voice surprisingly calm. Maybe she this would go easier than he thought.
"Miley," he sighed. He loved saying her name. And being able to say it again after three long years felt therapeutic to him. "Um…I was wondering if we could talk."
She sighed. He didn't know whether that was a good sigh or a bad sigh. "Yeah. I think we need to."
'Wow,' Nick thought, 'this is going easier than I expected.'
"Well, ok," he said. "First of all, I just want to apologize for what happened. I don't know what I was thinking. It didn't mean anything, I swear." He knew he was rambling, but he didn't care. All he thought about was getting his apology out there and he prayed that she forgave him. "I promise you, not one day went by that I didn't think of you and regret what I did to you and what I did to us. I miss you, Miles."
Miley was silent for a moment before she spoke.
"I miss you too, Nicky."
He smiled. She called him Nicky. Things were really looking up for him.
"Is there a chance that I could see you?" he asked. "I really want to work things out. I haven't been the same since that day."
"Um…sure, I guess," she said. "I assume you're still in the Malibu area, then."
"Yeah, I am," he replied. "So, how about the Starbucks we always used to go to?"
"Ok. Will Saturday work for you?"
"Yeah, that's fine," he said, silently jumping for joy.
"Ok, well, I have to go study for exams. I'll see you Saturday."
"Ok, Miles. See you Saturday."
Once they hung up, he started his victory dance. He couldn't believe that she actually agreed that easily to see him. He was ecstatic that she said she had missed him, and he was amazed that she had called him Nicky.
Maybe, just maybe, Oliver knew what he was talking about after all.
