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Forever and always- Prologue:

I held onto the 13 year old's hand, intertwining our fingers slowly. I looked over at her and whispered something. We exchanged glances and burst out laughing. We walked down the woodland path. So peaceful. I sighed happily looking at her. Some hair fell in her face. I smiled. Meeting her was an amazing experience. From the very beginning of the summer, when I first saw her at this music camp, I knew I would never forget her. She was perfect. We very quickly became friends, best friends. Like we'd known each other for years. Every moment I spent with her, I never wanted to end. I wanted it to last forever. Maybe those words implanted in my head by my mother were lies, I'm not too young to know true love... Sadly, camp ended today and we'd both be off. I'd be heading to New Jersey while she'll be going to Nashville. I have to tell her today. I have to tell her my feelings, because I, Nick Lucas am in love with Miley Stewart.

I stopped walking. Miley stopped too and looked at me with, cute, confused eyes. She always looked so adorably innocent.

"What's wrong?" I sighed happily. Now or never.

"How did I get so lucky?" I asked, smiling.

"What do you mean?" She asked, looking even more confused. I grabbed both of her hands.

"To meet an angel as perfect as you. Someone who can always make you smile, no matter how sad you feel. Someone who, after knowing for one day, makes you feel like you've known them for a lifetime. Someone who cares about you." I placed a hand on her cheek.

"Who has love in her heart for everyone and everything on this planet. Who couldn't hurt a fly, couldn't break a heart. Someone who is so beautiful, when you look into their eyes." I looked deep into her eyes.

"You you get lost on an ocean of beauty, wonder and most of all, love."

She smiled as a tear slid down her cheek. I wiped it with my thumb.

"What's wrong?" I asked worriedly. Did I say something wrong? She smiled some more and shook her head.

"That was beautiful, you're beautiful. Everything about you is. Every single soft brown curl on your head." She said touching my curls, giggling slightly.

"Every single word you say." She stated, touching my lips lightly.

"Every time you look at me, I fall into a deep trance. Your eyes locked on mine, nothing else matters. The pain of life, the disappointments, all gone." She smiled at me.

"But the most amazing, beautiful thing about you is what is in here." She said, touching my chest, right over my heart. I smiled and leant close to her, she leant in too, closing her eyes. I softly pressed our lips together. In that moment, everything was alright. I didn't think about how I'd miss her, I didn't think about how we'd probably never see each other again. In that moment, all I could think about is how much I love her.

I felt a tear splash against my cheek and roll down my face. I thought for a moment. Was I crying? But no, that tear wasn't shed by me. I pulled away and looked Miley in the eyes.

"What's wrong?" She closed her eyes again as lots of tears were shed. I leant forwards, placing my hand on the shoulders and kissed them all away. She finally opened her eyes.

"Why are you doing this? Why are you doing this to me? Why?" She asked as some more tears poured down her cheeks. I rubbed them all away.

"What am I doing?" She grabbed onto my hand, preventing me from wiping more tears. She looked me in the eyes.

"Making it a thousand times harder to say goodbye." She burst into tears. I pulled her into a hug.

"Shhh Miles, please don't cry, it breaks my heart." And that was the truth. But she just cried harder. I felt the tears run down my back. But I didn't mind, not one bit.

"I love you Nick."

"I love you too Miley."

I sat on the bench as the love of my life rested her light head on my lap. She way lying on the bench. I started stroking her hair.

"Promise you'll never forget me, Miles." She looked up into my eyes.

"Hmm... I don't know, are you worth remembering? You're not THAT great!" She joked, I smiled down at her.

"Please?" I pouted. She sighed.

"Oh, I don't know..." I smirked.

"Maybe you'll know after this." I leant down close to her face. She leant closer, our lips almost touching. I raised my hands and started tickling her.

"Nick! Stop!" She said screamed, bursting into laughter.

"What was that? You want me to tickle you more?" Her eyes widened.

"NO!" I smirked and pecked her lips. I then started tickling her like crazy. She fell on the floor from laughing so hard.

"OKAY! I'll remember you!" I continued tickling.

"Promise?"

"PROMISE!" I instantly stopped and helped her up.

"Good." I kissed her deeply. She wrapped her arms around my neck, deepening the kiss. I snaked my arms around her waist, pulling her closer. She pulled away a bit.

"I love you so much" She stated, biting her lip cutely.

"I love you so much more." I grinned.

"Your lips taste like vanilla, you know." I said, smiling.

"I had a vanilla donut earlier." I dramatically pouted.

"Without me?" She smirked.

"Sorry baby, I think I can make it up to you." She pulled me into another kiss.

I saw the mass of children, crying, hugging, kissing. And here I was, holding Miley's hand for the last time... Some tears ran down her cheeks. I looked at her and placed a hand on her cheek.

"Promise you'll never stop loving me Miles?" She smiled and grabbed my hand.

"I will love you until the end of all time, but I'm just going to miss you too much." I sighed and hugged her.

"I'm going to miss you too Miley, and it's going to hurt every day. But I can promise you one thing." I pulled away from the hug. She sniffed.

"What?" I grabbed both of her hands.

"That I'll always love you and we will me again. We'll probably be teenagers, maybe even adults, but our love will last forever, if you're willing for it to." I looked into her eyes. She smiled.

"Forever and always. I will never forget you and never change, I can promise you that." I smiled.

"I'm always going to love you, forever and always"

"Promise you'll call me, like every day." I nodded.

"Of course, and I won't ever stop, unless you wanted me too of course." She shook her head, a tear sliding down her cheek.

"Well that day will never come."

I heard a series of car horns go off behind me. I turned around and saw Miley's dad waiting for her, in his car. Parked next to it was my mom's car. My mom and Miley's dad stepped out. Miley burst into tears. I pulled her into another hug as tears ran down my cheeks.

"Please..." My voice cracked. Miley pulled away and I kissed her. I kissed her with so much love and passion, like it was the last time I'd ever see her. No, it won't be Nick. She deepened it as she cried through the kiss. I felt my tears fall through the kiss too as I wrapped my arms around her waist. She wrapped her arms around my neck. I started pulling away when she grabbed my hand.

"Please don't ever stop." She whispered. I kissed her again and after a while, we both knew we had to pull away. I looked into her eyes and caressed her cheek.

"I love you Miles, forever and always." She smiled.

"The day my love dies, will be the day I die." I leant close to her ear.

"If you ever died, I'd die myself from the pain." She cried a bit.

"Then our love will never die."

"Never." I whispered. I kissed her forehead softly and then grabbed her hand. We walked to our cars and hugged our family. After a few minutes exchanging words between my mom, I got into the car. I slammed the door and looked out the window. I could see straight through to where Miley was sitting in her car. She smiled sadly.

"Forever and always." She mouthed.

"Forever and always." I mouthed back, then she was gone...