Before The storm.
A/N: I do not own anything used in this story. Everything belongs to their rightful owners.
"Can't read my, can't read my;
No he can't read my poker face.
(She gotta love nobody)
Can't read my, can't read my;
No he can't read my poker face.
(She gotta love nobody)
P-p-p-poker face, my poker face…
P-p-p-poker face, my poker face…
I won't tell you that I love you,
and I won't kiss and I won't hug you,
Take your bank before I pay you out;
I promise this, I am marvelous."
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Riiiiinngggg!
Miley Stewart; a sixteen year old girl, with gorgeous blue eyes, brown, long wavy hair, and a body that could easily cause her to be the envy of every other girl… lay curled up comfortably under the blankets.
She groaned and rolled over to the other side, picking the pillow up and slamming it over her head, trying to block the obnoxious ringing. Miley Stewart was definitely not a morning person.
A few seconds passed with her trying to go back to sleep with the alarm in the background, before she gave up. She sat up sleepily grumbling something incoherent and shut the alarm off, making sure to press the button extra hard as revenge for waking her up. She stood up and stretched as a yawn slipped out of her mouth.
She looked at herself in the mirror. Wow, I look terrible, she thought, this is not how I wanna look on my first day here. The Stewarts had very recently moved to California, and today was Miley's first day at school. She opened the curtains to let the light flood into the messy room still filled with moving boxes and crates.
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Riiiiinngggg!
Nick Gray; a very important member of the 'popular' crowd at school. Curly black hair that any girl would give anything just about to simply run her hand through it, heart-melting chocolate brown eyes and a killer smile that he usually hid behind his 'medium' smile, for a reason that even he didn't know.
He rolled onto his back and shut the alarm off. He sat up and breathed in the fresh air. Nick Gray was definitely a morning person.
"Frankie, give Mr. Long Neck back, or else…!" he heard his older brother, Joe yell at his younger brother, Frankie. Nick rolled his eyes, sometimes he wondered about Joe…
He was about to open his closet when he jumped as the sound of glass making contact with the floor echoed through the house followed by his mother yelling, "JOE!" Nick shook his head; this was how everyday of his life passed. And he couldn't complain because he never was in the need for entertainment with a family like this.
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Miley bounced down the stairs excitedly. So it was pretty weird for a girl to be excited for her first day in a brand new school filled with kids she didn't know about, so what? That was just Miley for you.
"Hey mom!" she greeted her mother who stood cooking breakfast at the stove. Susan turned to acknowledge her daughter; her eyebrows rose questioningly. "What?" Miley asked. Susan shook her head, turning back to the food, "Don't you think you're a little overdressed for school?" Miley looked down at herself, "I just wanna look good."
Miley's mom smiled teasingly, "Looking to impress the guys?" Miley rolled her eyes, "No. Just wanted the school to get a good impression of me is all. You know better than anyone that I don't look to impress guys." Susan nodded, as she handed the teenager her breakfast.
"Ready to go?" Miley's mother asked her as she gulped down the last bit of her milk. Miley nodded and stood up. Slinging her backpack over her shoulder. Susan grabbed her keys, she was going to be giving Miley a ride to school as it was her first day and all.
Miley slipped into the passenger seat as her mom slipped the key into the ignition and the car started with a roar. Miley slipped the headphones to her iPod on as her favorite song filled her ears.
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Nick slipped his books into his backpack a few minutes later. He picked it and casually made his way down the stairs.
He burst out laughing when he found Joe sitting on the kitchen table, still in his pajamas with a bottle of glue in his hands as he vainly tried to fix his mom's favorite vase. And Mr. Long Neck, Joe's favorite stuffed giraffe, sat across him on a chair as if watching him amusedly.
Joe looked up and frowned when he found his brother laughing at him. "Looks like you'll be late for school today, huh Joe?" he teased with a playful wink. Joe grumbled something as he went back to his fixing the broken object and acting as if Nick didn't exist.
Nick finished his cereal, because his mom, thanks to Joe, was way too mad to cook. He stood up and grabbed the keys. "Bye mom! I'm off to school, love you!" he called. "Later bro." he said to Joe still engrossed in fixing the vase. Joe raised a hand in wave, still concentrating hard on the vase.
He slipped into his Mustang and started the car. Humming a tune casually, he backed out of the driveway.
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"Thanks for the ride mom, love you." Miley said, leaning over and placing a kiss on her cheek. She opened the door and got out.
"Have fun!" her mom called as she drove away with Miley waving. Miley turned around to face her new school and took a deep breath. It was so much different from her school back in New York. (A/N: I didn't want her to have an accent, so she's moved from NY. BUT her hometown will still be Tennessee.)
Miley confidently walked towards the doors. No matter what, she wasn't going to let her cool down. She walked through the hundreds of kids milling around giggling, gossiping and chatting with one another. She looked around as everyone else ignored her, continuing with her business.
She sighed, although she was feeling confident only a moment ago, she felt kinda awkward now. All she needed was a place to fit in. Some kids to call them her friends. Miley started to push through the crowed to find her way to the principal's office.
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"Hey man." Jesse, another member of Nick's crowed called out to him as he approached them as they lounged near his locker. "Hey." He greeted before punching knuckles with him. (A/N: ???)
"Hey, I—" Nick started before getting cut off. The girls part of the popular crowed had arrived. "Hey Nicky!" Chloe, the 'queen bee' exclaimed as she threw her arms around him. He removed her arms from around his neck awkwardly and mumbled back a 'Hey'. Everyone knew that Chloe liked Nick, even him. But the thing was that he didn't like her.
And no matter what he did, she failed to get the hint. She shot him a huge flirty smile, still oblivious to his discomfort. He smiled back bogusly, she was satisfied with it. The others watched them with amused smiles.
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Miley walked down the hallway, trying to find her locker. 488… 488… 488… Her mind kept repeating the number as she looked for it. Finally, she came to a halt as her eyes landed on the very same number. "Aha!" she said to herself and spinned her number in. (A/N: ? We don't have lockers here. So bear with it! :p)
She tried opening it, but it wouldn't. She frowned and proposed her number again. It still wouldn't work.
A few more tries later, and it still wouldn't open. Miley let out a frustrated sigh and banged the locker with her fists. Miley groaned frustrated and turned around to find a pretty brunette watching her with her arms crossed and an amused smile on her face. Miley frowned questioningly.
"Hi, I'm Mitchie… Um, I was just wondering… what are you doing to my locker?" Miley's cheeks grew red. "Your-your locker?" 'Mitchie' nodded, still smiling bemusedly. Miley swiftly opened her backpack, pulling the piece of paper on which she had written it down. 487, it read. Miley mentally cursed herself for her carelessness.
"I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed, "I-I messed my number." She explained sheepishly. The other girl laughed good-naturedly, "That's alright." She said with a wave of dismissal. Miley smiled, "I'm Miley… and I'm new here, obviously." Miley said light-heartedly and they both giggled.
"Well… I think I've abused your locker enough for one day. See you around." Miley said with a light chuckle, moving over. Mitchie nodded, "See ya, Miley."
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Lunch time. Miley's first day here had been Ok. This was just yet another typical high school. Boring classes, serious teachers, the popular kids, the not so popular kids, Goths, punks… you get the drill.
Miley looked around the crowded cafeteria to find a place for her to park herself. (A/N: Lol moment.) After a few seconds of her eyes darting around in vain, she heard someone yell her name. Miley's head whipped to the direction and she saw Mitchie waving at her.
She smiled and walked towards her, "Hey." "Hi! You looked lost, you wanna sit with us?" she asked. Miley nodded gratefully, and sat down. "Guys, this is Miley. She's new here and we, uh… met in a rather interesting way." Mitchie laughed as the others at the table shouted greetings to her. There were four guys and two girls excluding her. Miley smiled back politely, "Nice to meet you guys."
Mitchie proceeded to introduce them all to Miley individually, "That's Oliver, Jake, Alex (Selena), Matt, Adam, and me!" she said in order of their seating. Miley smiled. "…And Lilly's the only one missing from our 'set'. She's sick." Mitchie said, and Miley nodded.
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It was the end of the day and the three girls: Miley, Mitchie and Alex were walking down the hallway giggling as they shared stories. It was barely a day since they'd met, but already they were almost best friends. On their way, they happened to pass the popular crowd.
The popular crowd hung out as usual, talking and making fun of the other kids. Miley's book which she'd been holding in her hand seemed to accidently slip as if right on cue as they passed them. "Oops." Miley mumbled, kneeling down to pick it up.
The popular kid's attention seemed to shift to her. She stood up and saw them all staring at her, "Ok then…" she muttered awkwardly. She turned around to walk away.
"Hey, hottie." Jesse said, smirking. She turned around to face him and rolled her eyes. She smiled at him sweetly, "Hey…" the smile dropped from her face, "…Not-tie." She completed, making them all laugh, and Jesse glaring at her.
"See ya." She said teasingly, "Wouldn't wanna be ya!" Alex offered, still laughing really hard before setting out with the other two. They left.
Nick chuckled, "Ouch, dude." Jesse turned to him, glaring. "She said it, not me." He said defensively, putting his hands up in surrender, although still amused.
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A/N: HAAIII! What's that?! A new story from me?! Ooohhh! :p Lmao. So, it probably sounds utterly boring and all, but I didn't feel like making a trailer. Sooorrrryyy. BUT this will get better, SO much better. ;) Hmm… So, yeah, basically, this chapter was just so you'd get an idea about the characters, the background and stuff. However, it still doesn't give you on idea about what the story is about… except that it's about Nick & Miley, but, like, DUH! Which story of mine is NOT a Niley? :p
Sorry that there is not much Niley in this chapterrr, but I need to set the story up before getting into that stuff. :) Also, the name might not seem like it suits the story, but, yeah, you'll see later… ;)
And also I named it that because I just LOVE that song, and not just because it's a Niley duet. Even though that just makes it 1000000000000000000x better! :D
And can you guys believe that this was the longest first chapter of mine evahhh?! YAYY mmeee! :D
Alright, so I honestly DO talk a lot, but… REVIEW!
(Won't bother to continue if you don't want me to. :)