a/n: new story I promised. (: if I don't get like 20 reviews or something, I'll cancel the idea. I really like the plot so enjoy. (: far away readers, I'm deleting the story. Sorry I never finished it. I have another new story coming up though. :3
Can't Have You
Chapter One
I sat in my room next to Selena as I listened to her cry her out. Tears were falling down her cheeks every once and a while as she sniffed, wiping her cheeks. I stared at her in awe, feeling so sorry for her. The boy she thought she loved broke up with her because he didn't love her back. They were only friends. I know there weren't words to make Selena feel better. I was her best friend and it was my job to make her feel as happy as possible. But right now, it was impossible.
"Don't cry, Lena." I whispered, comfortingly as I rubbed her back. I bent forward and took the tissue from the desk and handed it to her. ":He's a jerk. There are a lot of other boys out there and I'm sure they'll be the luckiest guy on earth once they get your attention." I said, trying to force out a smile.
"Miley, Nick's not any other guy and you know that. There's something about him that makes him so special. He's different. The kind of different that I thought wouldn't hurt me." Selena sniffed as she blew her nose into the tissue I gave her.
"He does love you, Lenny. But only in a friend kind of way. Think about it, at least he honestly and completely loves you as a friend." I sighed, almost giving up on comforting her. It would take like a year to heal her broken heart.
"But I want to be more than that. I want to be called 'his girl.' I want to him to call me his." she sobbed into my favorite pillow that I offered her to cry on making me feel even more bad for her.
"Hun, someone out there will call you those things and love you just the way you'll love him." I said, proud of my choice of words.
I honestly hated Nick and he hated me. Whenever Selena was around with Nick or they were both hanging out in my house, I'd pretend Nick didn't exist and was just me and my best friend. In school, we'd pretend we never knew each other and just bump into each other. Selena knew that was a problem but she didn't mind as long as she had me and she had Nick.
"I know." Selena sighed, defeated.
"Why won't we go out to eat sushi or something then go shopping. I know sushi, shakes and shopping make you smiley." I giggled as I stood up, pulling her arm with me, trying to make her stand up.
"But, Miles, I'm not really in the mood. I hate forced shopping." Selena whined as she kept sitting, not wanting to stand up.
"Ugh, I hate you. I know you wanna come. Your lazy butt's just too lazy to stand up." I said as I pulled her until she finally stood up.
"Mi." she whined. "Fine. Just two pairs of shoes, two outfits and just sushi. Deal?" Selena smiled.
"Deal. Fix up your mascara and let's go." I said as I grabbed my jacket and purse from my closet along with my keys. I watched Selena walk towards the bathroom to fix up her make-up. I stood in front of the mirror, trying to fix my boots and skinny jeans. Selena came back in the room with her bag as she fixed her blouse.
"Ready." Selena said as she walked towards me pulling me to the door. "Let's go while I'm still in the mood." she pulled me out of the house and into the driveway in front of my Porsche, ready for me to open.
"Calm down, Lenny." I giggled as I slid in the key in the keyhole, opening the door. I got in the driver's seat and Selena got in the front seat.
"To the mall!" I said, laughing as I started the engine. I pulled out slowly outside the driveway and into the neighborhood streets. "Come on, this is LA. Where are all the people today?" I asked, completely confused.
"Maybe they're all asleep or something." she said as we looked around for at least five year olds playing jumping rope. We drove through the highway as the music blasted through the speakers. We bopped our head to the song playing as we sang along. Minutes passed by and we were already in the mall parking lot. We got out of the car as we walked inside the mall. Usual shoppers were roaming around.
"Where first?" Selena asked as she looked around.
"How about we go shop first while the cute clothes still last?"
"Yeah, good point." she said as we walked past BCBG. We glanced at every store with cute clothes until we spotted Forever 21– our favorite store. Selena and I walked in the store as she started to sort through some hangers. She grabbed a few clothes that she liked and walked down to the other side of the store to find more clothes with a smile on her face.
I sorted through some hangers as I picked up every clothing that I liked. There weren't any good clothes today like any other days. I followed Selena to the other side of the store, in hopes that there were better clothes in that side.
"Got any good clothes already?" I asked as I pushed every hanger that I didn't like.
"Yeah, I have like three." she giggled as she held up the blouses and dresses she picked up earlier as she went back to scanning.
"Oh, this looks good on you." I said as I grabbed a black and white striped blouse off of the hanger and held it up for her. "It's your favorite colors."
"Good eye." she giggled as she added it on the pile of her chosen clothes.
I scanned as I finally found the perfect dress for me. I smiled as I held it up towards Selena for her to judge. "What do you think? Too much or just right?"
"More like perfect!" she grinned as she admired the blue-green dress. "You will totally rock this." Selena said as she picked up more clothes.
"Are you going to buy like all of that?" I asked.
"No, silly. Just the ones that look good on me. Hey,it's fun to play dress up." Selena giggled. "I'm just going to try these on, okay?" she said as she walked in a dressing room.
"Yeah, sure." I said as I remembered my cell phone. My dad must've called already to check on me. I dug my hands in my front pocket and my cell phone wasn't there. I checked every pocket in my jeans, then it hit me. "Shit, I forgot my purse inside the car." I muttered to myself, slapping myself on the forehead.
I walked towards Selena's dressing room, knocking on the wooden door. "Hey, Lena?" I checked if it was her.
"Yeah?"
"I'm just going back to the parking lot okay? I forgot my freaking purse inside. If I don't get it, I don't get to shop." I giggled.
"Oh, okay. Take your time. I'll be right here."
"Yeah, okay." I said as I settled all of my blouses that I picked up and settled it on the couch that was displayed in the middle of the store. I walked out of the mall and into the parking lot, finding my pink Porsche. I forgot where I parked it as I walked through aisles of cars.
"There you are." I said to myself as I approached the car. I slid in the key, opening the door. I grabbed my purse and checked if dad called or left a message. 1 unread message. It said. I groaned as I read the message from my dad.
Bud, remember the curfew, 10 pm okay? I was just checking. It's already 5 in the afternoon. Have fun. (: - dad.
I rolled my eyes, smiling on how protective he was. I stuffed my phone back inside my purse, closing the door lock in the process. I stopped for a second when I realized there was a mustang parked next to me. Nick got out of the car as he stared at me for a second. I started to walk away when I realized it was him.
"Hey, wait a minute." Nick said to me making me stop and turn around.
"What?"
"Um, nothing. A-Are you with Selena?" he asked as he approached me.
"Yeah."
"Look, I know you're mad at me for breaking you best friend's heart but I can't be trapped in a relationship where I don't love the girl I call my girlfriend." he explained.
"Then why did you make her think you did love her? To play with her? I know you're the captain of the football team and all but that doesn't give you the right to do that." I said all in one breath.
"I didn't want to hurt her, Miley and you know that." Nick snapped, trying to control the volume of his voice.
"No, I don't. Because you act like you don't know me and you act like a jerk when you're around me. I don't what the deal is but I pretended to be friends with you just for Selena's sake." I said, keeping calm.
"The deal is I don't like you. You have to be such a diva in school. Yeah, you're not mean but you want the spotlight. Why can't you be more like you're best friend?" Nick said, his words making me flinch a little. He doesn't know me.
"You don't know me, Nick Grey and stop pretending you do." I shook my head lightly. "you are the problem not me. I don't know what I did to make me dislike me but I'm done." I said, turning around and walking away.
"Wait, done with what?" Nick called out.
"Done with trying to be friends with you." I said, turning around back at him and walking away, leaving him alone. I entered the mall again, stomping my way inside Forever 21. I groaned as I scanned at the rack of hangers as I heard Selena's footsteps behind me. I didn't care at all and just continued to pretend to look at clothes.
"Hey. Did you get your purse?" she asked, cheerily as she held her newly bought clothes.
"Yeah." I answered, not wanting to say anything else.
"Did something happen at the parking lot? Did someone like stole your Ray Ban or something?" she giggled. I didn't answer as I listen to her giggle fade along with her smile. "Miley? I know something happened. Please tell."
"It was your stinking ex-boyfriend okay?! He stops me, asks if I was with you and I said yes then he goes all I didn't mean to break Selena's heart, blah, blah, blah and I was like you were such a jerk for doing that and he was all like you're such a diva and I was all you don't know me so don't say that and I said I was done and he asks done with what and I was done trying to be friends with you." I babbled, angrily as I watched Selena's face turn into complete confusion.
"Nick is h-here?" she asked, her voice going low.
"Yeah." I sighed. "I'm sorry, Lenny."
"It's okay. That won't bother me. Don't you realize next week you're going to boarding school already? I mean here, in California! That's like way cool. And I'm going in England. Don't you know that it rains like 200 days in a year there?"
"Yes, I know that." I giggled. "England's cool, you know. You get to see Big Ben, The Eye, The Buckingham Palace, there's a lot to explore."
"Mm, you're right. And Harry Potter's there." she laughed as I paid for the dress I picked earlier in the counter.
"You get to speak in British, darling." I laughed along, saying it in a British accent. I picked up the paper bag as we left the store, getting hungry. "We're only here for like an hour and I'm already hungry. Let's eat."
"To Burger King!" Selena giggled as we linked arms, walking towards the store.
- - -
I got home 9 in the evening making my dad worried like crazy. We spent the whole day in the mall and it seemed like time went by. I opened the door and the lights were off. The only source of light was the light coming from the television. Dad was asleep on the couch. Usual thing he does on a Saturday night. I switched on the lights as I walked towards my dad, shaking him lightly.
"Dad." I whispered. "Dad, I'm home."
I said, he didn't seem to hear me. He just kept on snoring. I shook him more violently and it didn't work either. I groaned as I pulled him up. "Dad! Wake up!" I yelled as his eyes finally opened, wiping his drool on his chin.
"Oh, sorry bud. Bud, you do realize it's 9 in the evening. You spent the whole day in the mall? You gotta stop doing this when you get to college."
"It's my last week with Selena, dad. I'm making it memorable. And besides, she's going through a rough heartbreak and I'm here, trying to cheer her up." I said as I went upstairs to my room, my dad tailing behind me.
"I thought Nick was a good boy?" he asked as he stood in the doorway.
I scoffed. "Not really." I made my way towards the closet, grabbing my suitcases and setting them beside my bed. I was packed already and ready to leave next week.
"Now you better watch out to boys like that. Especially in the boarding school." dad lectured as he raised his eyebrow.
"Jerks aren't my type, dad." I giggled as I flopped down the bed. "And I learned my lesson. You just don't say I love you unless you mean it. Every boy can break your heart, even Jake." I sighed.
"Darling, it's been a year. You're still not over it?"
"I'm over it, daddy. It's just, I miss him. Even though he was an ass and obnoxious." I smiled as I hugged my pillow.
"That's my baby." he smiled back.
"I don't even want to date this year. I've been through enough. But that doesn't mean I won't date anymore." I giggled with my dad.
"Nick's a handsome kid. There might be a chance that you're somehow into him." my dad smirked, arching his eyebrows.
"Dad!" I scoffed, laughing. "Sure he's cute and he has brown eyes and his hair is cute and curly and all and he plays the guitar and..." I said, snapping out of it immediately. "But that doesn't mean I like him already. He's a jerk."
"Sure, bud. Sure."
I laughed. "Goodnight, dad!" I said, trying to drive him away.
"Night, bud. Love you."
"Love you, dad." I smiled as he closed the door shut.
I cuddled the pillow right next to me, yawning as I stared at my suitcases. I was already going to college. And I was excited about that, but being without my best friend would be tough. Especially when you've been friends since you were four. I closed my eyes as I stretched lightly. Then the sandman hit me. I was asleep.
- - -
A week later...
My dad, me and Selena stood in the middle of the crowded airport, saying goodbye to Selena. Four years without chitchatting to your best friend everyday would be miserable. I hugged Selena as I squeezed her back tightly, feeling a tear roll down my cheek. I was going to miss her that was for sure. She shot me a sad smile as he hugged my dad. My dad was like his own dad. Her parents were too busy to even take her to the airport.
"I'm going to miss you, Lenny." I sniffed.
"I'm going to miss you, too. Also you Mr, Stewart."
"IM me everyday, email me. I promise I'll answer." I smiled.
"I promise." she smiled. "We're going to enjoy college, okay?"
"Yeah, of course." I giggled. "Take care of yourself."
"You too." she smiled. "Hey, keep your other promise, okay?"
"What other promise?"
"No boyfriends." she giggled.
"No boyfriends." I repeated as I gave her another hug. "I am so gonna miss you."
"Ugh, me too." Selena pouted then smiled. "I'll IM you when I get there."
"Me too." I smiled back. "Well, I'll see you whenever."
"Yeah." Selena giggled. "whenever. I totally understand 'cause I'm halfway across the world." she laughed.
"Not halfway, just a quarters." I laughed along. "Bye, Lenny."
"Bye, Mi. Bye Mr. Stewart!" she waved before going to the departure lane. We watched her walk away and into the other building. I was going to miss her.
I sighed as I turned to my dad. "Well, we better get to my boarding school. I need to get there like on time." I said.
"Okay, darling." he chuckled as we walked outside the building and into the parking lot. I got in the front seat as I watched my dad walk over to the driver seat. He slid in the car as he started the engine making the car roar to life. The university was a bit far away. It was going to be a long drive.
I stuffed my earphones in my ears as I turned the volume up, letting the music drown my nervousness and my excitement. I stared out the window as I watched the scenery– passing California in a blurry vision. I felt my stomach do a little flip as my mind drifted back to living life as a college student alone.
I knew it was going to be fun for Californian teenagers were also going to be my schoolmates. I was excited about everything; my room, my roommate, my new friends, me living alone and the many adventures I was going to face. I was already a college student and this is going to be tricky. I heard my dad say something over the music playing in the earphones. I removed them from my ears as I turned my attention to my father who seems to be preaching.
"Sorry, dad. I didn't hear." I giggled.
"What I said was, you should learn how to be responsible now that you're going to be living alone. No drinking, no parties just study. And if possible, no boyfriends." dad said. "like that's possible."
"sure, dad. I know my limitations."
"You better, darling. 'Cause you know I trust you."
"dad, I'm not a kid anymore."
"You're not but you might need reminding."
"Thanks, dad. I'm sure going to miss your speeches when I get there." I joked, laughing.
"You will, bud." dad chuckled.
I stuffed my earphones on, rolling my eyes playfully as I bopped my head to the lyrics of my favorite songs. Time flew by and I didn't notice that we were already in the school campus. Teenagers about my age were roaming around the grassy grounds. Groups of friends were gathered in each corner, catching up with each other. It was like the first day of high school all over again. I gulped as I watched them roam around. I was the outcast again and it's going to take forever to make a new friend.
I got out of the car, my stomach doing cartwheels as I took my luggage from my dad. My dad noticed that I was nervous making him chuckle. I forced out a smile as I let out a deep breath. "Wow, I'm in college. I made it." I smiled.
"I'm proud of you, bud. You're mom would've been also." he said as he gave me a big bear hug, probably making the most of his stay,
"Thank you, dad." I smiled again as I hugged him back. "I'm gonna miss you, daddy."
"It was like only yesterday that you were running around in diapers inside the house." dad chuckled as he reminisced. "Those were the days..."
"Dad, not with that again." I giggled. "I'll text you and call you everyday."
"I'm gonna miss you, bud." dad said as he gave me one more hug. "You better go in now. You might wanna see your new room."
"Bye, dad." I smiled as I gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I love you!" I said as I carried my luggage inside the building where the dorm was. It was really modern. Beautiful architecture and interesting art walls.
I looked around as I glanced every now and then down to my paper where all the information I needed to know was written. My locker was next to the Chemical lab, my room was on the second floor, and my roommate's name was Mandy. Seems like everything was in order. I went inside the elevator and pressed the button, taking me up to the second floor. I looked around and there wasn't really anyone around.
I followed the directions to where I can find my room. I pushed the door open and the room was surprisingly beautiful. Brown and red wallpaper was set up on the walls, making it look classy and the carpet was white and brown. Two beds were set up and a bathroom. It was pretty good. I settled my bags on the side of the room as I gave myself a quick tour around the room. Two drawers, two closets and one bathroom and a window with a California view. I smiled as I decided to take a tour of the rest of the school.
I opened the door and the door across the hall opened also, revealing... Nick Grey.
My eyes widened as we stared at each other in shock. Out of many schools in the world, why was I so unfortunate to be his schoolmate, not to mention his room was right across me. I snapped out of my thoughts as I finally found the right words to say.
"This cannot be possible..." I said, sighing. Nick stood there, awkwardly, the both of us unable to move.
a/n: you might be thinking things are happening so quickly but I want to fast forward to the main point of the story. Get this, Selena and Miley are best friends okay? ((: like it? Love it? Should I continue or not? Leave a review. :) xoxo, Rica.