Title: enemies or lovers?

Genre: Humor/Romance/Drama

Summary: Niley. High School Fic."Nick and Miley sitting in a tree. First come's hate... Second comes love...?"It all started out with being enemies. But then, God was kind and love began to bloom.

Chapter One - of new friends, foes, and declaring war

'Beep'

'Beep'

'Beep'

Aargh, someday I am going to throw that alarm clock out the window!

'Beep'

Shut the hell up!

'Beep'

That's it!...thought a 17 years old teenage girl who forced herself up and banged the poor alarm clock against her cider drawer until it was dead silent. She then made sure her alarm clock won't make any more ruckus and went back to sleep. Finally…peace and quiet! I don't know why I even bothered buying an alarm clock in the first place.

Little did she know, she will soon jerk up in thirty minutes, realize she had indeed bought the alarm clock for a good purpose, slap herself for being so stupid, and get ready for the most important day of her life. Well…somewhat most important day of her life.

30 minutes later…

Wait a sec… Isn't today the first day of school! Ackkk!!! I'M GOING TO BE LATE!

Miley Stewart quickly flung aside her blanket, jerked up, and looked at the time. "Ahhh, it's eight-o-clock!! I'm going to be late!! Stupid, stupid, stupid!!" she shouted and took a quick shower. It was truly a miracle as to how she had ever managed to find some time to take a shower. She then quickly got dressed, grabbed her backpack that was already prepared the day before, and ran out of the house.

Before Miley left, she quickly said bye to her black cat with bright orange streaks, which she named Waffles, and raced out of her house. She had found her in the dumpster when she was just a tiny kitten. She never knew why nobody wanted a cat like her. It's not everyday that you see a black cat with orange streaks.

Miley had just recently moved to New Jersey and lived mostly with her cat since her parents were always on a business trip. Sure, she gets lonely sometimes but she had a strong mind. She knew how to live by herself at the age of ten and learned that her family isn't always going to be with her by the age of eleven.

Her parents were workaholics and Miley respects them for that since they were trying their best to earn money just so she could live comfortably. If one was to rate the Stewart family's wealth, they would classify them into the middle class family. They weren't wealthy nor were they poor.

Since Miley's parents were always on a business, it was understandable that they left as soon as they moved to New Jersey. In a good way, Miley had all the freedom and money she wants. No, she was not spoiled; in fact she's generally helpful around the house and she's really responsible… except when it comes to waking up on time in the morning of course.

Nonetheless, if Miley doesn't hurry up now, she was officially going to be late!

"Almost there, just one more block! I have five more minutes! School doesn't start till 8:30." Miley muttered optimistically.

However, just when timing went so well when she arrived at the entrance of New Jersey High with only one minute left to spare, she bumped into someone while turning around a sharp corner. And she bumped into that somebody hard.

"Oww…I'm sorry!!" she said hastily and saw a really handsome boy with dark hair and chocolate brown eyes as soon as she looked up at the victim she bumped into. The sight of the total hottie left her in trance for a minute of two but then she remembered about the limited time she had and hurried over to her locker.

Miley had been on a tour with her parents around the school before the semester started so she already knew where everything is. She found her class without fail as well and arrived just in time when the bell rang. Her teacher, Sir Corelli, a brown-haired guy with a weird over-enthusiastic look on his face introduced her to the class.

"Class, we have a new student today meet Miley Stewart." He introduced with utter boredom, which was really weird with that look on his face, and flipped out a small trusty novel from his pocket.

"Nice to meet you all!" Miley greeted and put on her sweetest smile. It was important to leave a good impression on the first day of school.

"Whoa… she's a hottie…" A boy whispered to his classmate. Then there was a whistle in the back. "Brunette with blue eyes…I like that."

Miley blushed a little bit, but then Sir Corelli said with his usual bored tone, "Settle down! Now let's see…" He thought for a minute ,"you could sit with… Nick Jonas the boy with black hair and a fro beside the window."

"WHAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! HOW COME SHE GETS TO SIT WITH NICK AND WE DON'T!"

A bunch of high pitched screech suddenly erupted in the room. However, the loudest one was a black haired girl with brown eyes. Her hair was tied up in a high elegant ponytail and her body hinted that she was going to be one major beauty someday.

"Aa, that's because the seat right beside Nick was the only seat available. Since someone here made his former seatmate drop out." Sir Corelli answered in a calm voice while eyeing Nick. Nick just shrugged and looked at Miley.

Miley looked back at the boy and recognized him as the person that she had bumped into earlier. Wow…he's…still hot…I'm so lucky to sit beside him!!!

Seeing that the first day of school was off to a good start, she walked bubbly over to her chair and sat down, noticing that the black haired girl was glaring at her on the way. After the class calmed down, Sir Corelli slipped the book back into his pocket and started teaching math which Miley paid close attention to. She also paid attention to all the glares she was getting.

So much for a good start… What did I do to them?

As Sir Corelli taught on, Miley found herself starting to lose interest when they switched to history. She hated history even though she always got A's on it for she was a straight A student. Finding nothing else to do, she peered at Nick beside her and noticed that he was bored too. In addition, she noted that he dressed a little bit differently than other boys.

He didn't button his top two buttons on his white shirt and he wasn't wearing the school's navy blue jacket like the rest of the boys. The only thing that was the same was the dark blue tie he wore. All in all, he seemed very rebellious. Personally Miley thought Nick looked awfully cute in the way he dressed but wondered why the teachers didn't get mad. New Jersey High was a strict school after all.

"Miley, can you read the next paragraph?"

"What?" She looked up in surprise. Sir Corelli repeated what he said again and eyed her thoughtfully.

"Ehehehe…err…" Miley mentally slapped herself for not paying attention and quickly browsed through the textbook trying not to panic. Nick, who sensed her slight panic, smirked and quietly whispered the line they were at. She immediately found her place and smiled gratefully in response. Then she stood up and read the paragraph.

Nick observed the girl as she read out loud. So far she didn't pull any flirtatious tricks up his sleeve nor did he catch her staring at him. In a way he was thankful for that but it also sparked his curiosity. Did she have a boyfriend already?

When break time came, three girls came over to Miley while the rest of the girls went to Nick who looked annoyed and pretended to be asleep.

"Hi! My name's Demi! Nice to meet you! This is Mandy and Ashley!" A very cheery looking girl introduced cheerfully. Beside her stood a blonde girl that she assumed was Ashley and a timid looking girl with beautiful unusual hazel..ish eyes.

"Nice to meet you guys!" smiled Miley and did a little happy dance. She was already making friends! She took the time digesting her new friend's appearances and admired them.

"We know that you already got a tour of the school but we'll fill you in on the people in our class. C'mon let's go!" Mandy said taking her arm. Then they led her to the campus and started introducing the place.

Wow…they're so open and friendly… Miley thought. In some of her past schools, it was hard making friends and none of them were as open as them. God must be kind this time.

"See there?" Demi pointed at a brunette boy with a spiky ponytail. "That's Oliver Oken."

"A really tough guy." Ashley commented.

"Speaking of tough," Mandy suddenly smiled deviously and pointed at a ,"Over there, that guy sitting by the fountain, that's Joe Grey. Nick's rival, Ashley's cousin, and finally, Demi's longtime crush!"

"SHUT UP MANDY! Who gave you permission to say that?!" Demi cried angrily, her face glowing red. Miley and Ashley just giggled silently.

"Oh oh!! And see that hot boy? That's Kevin Lucas, Ashley's crush!" Mandy said excitedly. Ashley blushed and glared at her timidly but didn't say anything. "He's the only boy that Nick is nice to. They're best friends even though they don't act like one."

"Psh…next time, when you have a crush, we'll announce it all to the world. Let's see how you like it. Right Ashley?" Demi huffed and stuck out her tongue at the Mandy. "But anyway, back to Nick, heh…I was surprised he was even nice to Kevin at all."

"Is Nick really that bad? I mean is he really that mean? Because he seems really nice to me." Miley said quietly.

"Don't get fooled by his looks Miley, he became the most popular guy in the school after his brother, Zac, had graduated. His family owns the school and he is really rich too but…as expected from a rich family, he's the school's spoiled bully."

"Really?! Are you sure? He seems really nice. I bumped into him today and he didn't get mad and when I wasn't paying attention in history, he told me the where we were when Sir Corelli told me to read out loud." Miley reasoned.

"That's…odd." Ashley thought aloud.

"Yeah, normally he likes watching other people suffer from total humiliation." Demi joined in.

"Maybe because you're the new girl." Mandy shrugged.

"Hey look everyone, Selena just came out of the building!" Ashley informed and squinted at her under the sun.

"We forgot to warn you Miley, prepare meet your worst nightmare! Behold, Selena Gomez!" Mandy cried dramatically and looked at Selena with pure hatred.

"Aren't you exaggerating just a little bit?" Ashley muttered.

"No." Mandy said quickly.

"She's the leader of Nick's fanclub and also Nick's fiancé." Demi explained.

"That's weird…she's his fiancée but she gathered a whole group of people to worship him?" Miley wrinkled an eyebrow.

"Well in truth, that sneaky devil wanted to keep an eye on all the girls that have set their eyes on Nick. So if any girl decides to make a move on him, she'll be the first one to know." Mandy explained.

"I guess she hates me then. No wonder she's been glaring at me since the start of the class." Miley realized.

"Well of course she doesn't like you! You sit right beside her lover boy, but sadly for her, Nick doesn't like Selena. He insults her and rejects her all the time but I don't think Selena cares much. She always brags about being Nick's fiancée. The only good thing you'll get out of Nick is his attitudes towards Selena!" Demi said in a matter-of-fact tone. "All in all, they're the worst people in the world."

Miley just nodded but didn't say anything. Well if Selena does really hate me I better stay out of her way. I still think Nick's a nice guy though…

Just then, the bell suddenly rang and the four went back to the classroom. Miley got to her seat and saw that Nick was already in his. "Hey!" She greeted cheerfully. She had an urge to find out just how mean he was.

"Hn…" He replied looked at her lazily while resting his cheek on the palm of his hands.

Miley stared back blankly but then shrugged when she saw Selena glaring at her again. She sighed. Selena's giving me that evil eye again. I better not get too close to Nick. If Selena and her other glaring fanclub members aren't here, today would actually be perfect.

Nick raised an eyebrow as the girl turned away. Did she have no interest in him at all? She didn't even look at him for more than a minute in the face! The more he thought, the more curious he got. Who was this girl?

The morning went by slowly and soon, lunch time came. Miley and her new friends brought their lunch outside and sat under the shade of a big oak tree. It was hot that day and the air was moist. As Miley finished her homemade lunch, she got up to dispose it in the garbage can. However, as she went to the bin which was located near the back of the school, she heard weird noises. It sounded like someone was whimpering!

She quickly raced back to the tree and looked at her friends in alarm. "Ashley, Demi, Mandy! I heard strange noises at the back of the school. Let's go check it out; it sounded like someone's hurt!"

They looked at each other in the eyes warningly and bit their lips. They knew what was going on what was going on back there and it was not good. They tried to stop Miley too but to their surprise, she was really stubborn. It wasn't like they couldn't leave their new buddy out to venture behind the school on her own, so they surrendered and followed.

As they arrived at the back of the school, Miley saw Nick and a gang of boys with a guy that had really thick eyebrows. The poor guy had scratches all over him and was struggling to get up from the ground. As he did, Nick picked him up by the collar and slammed him against the wall.

She couldn't believe this! The Nick back in the classroom and the Nick she was witnessing now was totally the opposite. She watched as he threatened his victim playfully and his gang laughing supportively. So this is the real Nick...the others were right…he is a bully…

Anger boiled inside her the more she watched and finally she couldn't take it anymore and stepped out from her hiding place. "Let him go bastard!"

- Silence -

Everyone suddenly stopped in their tracks and looked at Miley with a shocked expression. Nobody had dared to defy Nick up until now. Miley's friends' heart stopped momentarily and looked at her in shock. Nick, himself, was quiet for a moment and slowly to everyone's surprise, smirked at Miley.

"Why should I?"

Miley raised an eyebrow and smirked back. She wasn't scared of his game. "Idiot, because your picking on someone that's not your size jerk!"

Nick let go of his victim then turned face to face towards Miley with an amused look. "And you're saying you're my size now?"

"What made you think you're so great?" Miley questioned.

"You'll see…" Nick assured quietly but loud enough for everybody to hear. "Heh, you're next Miley Stewart."

"Bring it." Miley challenged and watched as Nick retreat with his gang.

"AAHHH, oh my god! Miley you're so brave!" Mandy cried out and hugged her after they were gone

"You're our idol! We will bow down to you." Demi joked and bowed down.

"I-I think you're in trouble Miley." Ashley said worriedly on the other hand.

"Me, in trouble? No way!" Miley scowled optimistically and walked over to the poor guy to help him up. His eyes were swollen and he had minor cuts all over. Nick really was an unforgivable bastard.

"I-I'm alright, thanks… I'm Jake Ryan by the way." Jake winced and pulled away shyly from her helping hand.

"No problem! I can't believe Nick would do a thing like this! Anyway, you should go to the infirmary. I'll see you around." Miley then left with her friends, leaving the guy who had just fallen in love with her.

Noon

Miley came casually into the classroom and sat daintily down while ignoring Nick. As their teacher came in, Nick coolly leaned towards Miley's ear causing her to panic slightly. Was he going to hurt her?

But then, on the contrary all he did was whisper hotly inside her ears.

"War is on."

She turned around with pink cheeks and glared at Nick as hard as she could, "Show me what you've got."

Fin

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