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Hey guys!! For those who have already ready this story I just wanted to let you know I re-wrote this chapter and I'm planning to re-write the next few as well because they are in Nick's and Miley's pov while the later chapters are not written in the same manner! Just thought it should have a unity, plus I didn't like the way I wrote the first few chapters at ALL.
Chapter 1
Miley was lying down on her bed, staring at the ceiling of her LA bedroom. Her mind was in a whirl of thoughts, looking back to acknowledge the changes that had taken place in her life ever since Nick and her had split up, over a year earlier. She realised that she herself, as a person, had also altered in many ways and had started to become a grown up while being only 16. Had the difficult times she had gone through over the past year been the cause of this? It seemed like all the changes in her life had been a result that had followed a painful breakup and she didn't want to think that. She wanted to be the independent and carefree girl she had always been, yet that had seemed to be taken away from her when Nick had walked away.
Amidst her disturbed and confusing thoughts a small one seemed to make her smile: the thought of meeting up with Nick for lunch the next day. It was just a friendly date, two old friends catching up and she was looking forward to it. However, breaking the news to Justin, her current boyfriend of 8 months, had been a lot harder than she had expected and she had lost her cool.
*Flashback*
Miley was sitting on one of the leather couches of the Stewart living room, writing a song and humming it to herself when Justin walked through the doors.
"Hey baby!" Miley swiftly turned around in her seat and smiled brightly when she spotted the 20 year old rushing to meet her in an embrace.
"Hey!" She responded eagerly returning a smile. "Where were you?" She asked curiously. He knew that she had the afternoon off for song writing and she had expected to see him hanging around the house when she got back from an interview.
"Oh you know..." He answered smirking. He could be very playful at times and Miley knew he enjoyed teasing her and seeing her frown whenever she acted jealous.
"I went for a drive" He answered with a chuckle and let himself sink into the couch, right next to her. They both leaned in, meeting half way for a soft kiss but Miley deepened it, losing herself in it. Justin was smiling when he finally pulled away.
"Did you miss me that much?" He asked, a small smirk twitching at the corners of his lips.
"Maybe?" Miley played along and she saw him smile before pulling her into his arms. She loved the feeling of his strong arms holding her in place, tightly. Perhaps that was one of the reasons she had fallen for him in the first place. He made her feel safe and it just seemed to make all her worries fly out the window the second he held her. Except this time, she was going to have to tell him about Nick and her meeting up for lunch and she knew he wouldn't like it. He wasn't very pleased with the fact that the two had become friends again and called each other or texted often. But Miley had made it clear to him that they were just friends and that she needed him in her life. They had been best friends before getting together and they just wanted to retrieve their lost friendship. The only reason Justin ended up accepting it is because he trusted Miley completely and he knew that it was a good way to make the wound Nick had made in her heart, heal.
"Are you ok?" Justin asked, concern written all over his handsome feature when he noticed her glassy eyes. She looked up and flashed him a weak smile.
"Justin?" She asked unsurely.
"Yeah...?" He looked at her, his eyes glazed over with worry. She finally mustered up the courage and blurted out:
"I'm going to have lunch with Nick tomorrow..." He didn't have to speak... Miley quickly understood that he didn't approve. His smile turned into a frown and his silence made her grow more and more nervous.
"Baby, come on... we're just friends!" She tried to reassure him.
"Yeah I know... but you don't know what he wants..." He voiced his worries.
"Nick wants his best friend back!" She responded calmly.
"Are you sure he doesn't want his ex back?" She stared at Justin in complete shock and her blood started to boil with anger when his words sunk in. She rolled her eyes, noticeably, letting him see that she was annoyed.
"We were 14 when we went out! What's your problem?" She lost it. She just couldn't stand his jealousy any longer. It just had to stop. "Why are you so possessive? Or are you just afraid of what the media will say about your sorry little ass?"
"What?" He asked clearly shocked. "How could you think that?" He asked obviously hurt. She just shook her head in disappointment. Disappointed in his behaviour but also disappointed in her coldness and the words she had let escape her mouth but stubborn as she was, she wasn't going to admit it just yet.
"I'm done with this!" She exclaimed, frustrated, before stomping out of the room and up the stairs.
*End of flashback*
She lost it in that moment... everything was just too much. The tension and the pressure put on her was getting to her and she had subconsciously taken it out on Justin. She had always been one to be flattered when Justin got jealous, it just showed her how much he really cared about her. But in that moment, she had been annoyed and resented him for standing in the way of hers' and Nick's friendship. She knew she was acting immature but he didn't exactly behave like the twenty year old man he was supposed to be.
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Nick was goofing around with his brothers in the back yard of their LA house. The ball they were kicking around seemed to be bouncing off their feet as soon as it reached them.
"When's your hot date?" Joe asked randomly and Nick shot him a glare. Nick knew Joe was referring to his lunch 'date' with Miley. He was used to his brothers' constant teasing but there were times when he found it completely inappropriate. He was grateful that after a year of completely silence and hard feelings, they had broken the ice and 'reconnected'. So far, they had skilfully avoided the 'sensitive' subject of them although questions burned their tongues every time they were around each other. But they both held back, knowing it was still too early in their rekindled friendship to adventure down the rocky path of their past. Nick was more than happy to have his friend back and he only hoped that time would bring them closer together. He had hated admitting it since he had walked away from her and he was finally letting it show, he had really missed her. His lips seemed to instantly curl up into a smile at the simple thought of her and Joe had to jerk him out of his thoughts:
"Nick?" Joe aimed the ball at Nick's gut and Nick groaned when it hit him in the ribs. A small smirk appeared on Joe's face and Nick was quick to notice it.
"What?" He asked, annoyed.
"Are you sure you ever got over Miley?" Joe asked with another smirk on his face.
"Shut up, Joe." Nick hissed while smacking the back of his head. But Nick answered nonetheless, making the answer appear as if it was obvious. Of course he had gotten over her... or had he really?
"Joe leave them alone!" Kevin responded wisely, acting like the older, mature brother he could be every once in a while.
