Hannah and Lola piled into her limo and became Miley and Lily for a while. Lilly fussed with her lime green wig and orange checked tights, "What was he doing there?"

"No idea"

"Did he seem...okay?" Lilly asked tenatively.

"Fine."Miley kept her answers short. She hoped Lilly would sense that she didn't want to talk about it, "I don't care, I just want to have a good time at the after party." She looked outside the tinted glass and saw the bulbs of the papparazzi, "Ready, Lola?" she asked as her driver opened the door. Hannah pulled her friend down the red carpet, pushing past reporters, posing for pictures, signing the occasional autograph. She felt an arm wrap aroud her waist. She tensed before seeing who it was and relaxing into Nick Jonas's arm.

"What took you so long?" He asked. "VIP tour came through"

A reporter waved a recorder in their faces, "Hannah, Nick, are you two dating?" Hannah felt Nick instantly pull his arm back, she was blushing furiously at the idea. She wanted to take a look at Nick but his face was hidden behind his brown curls. He turned away.

"No." Hannah looked at Lola, immensely grateful for her intervention, "Of course I'm sure. No comment, no comment"

They pushed past the last of the swarm of reporters into the teen club, 365 Daze. Hannah turned to talk to Nick, but he was no longer beside her. She scanned over the crowd, looking for the familiar figure. Hannah turned to her best friend, "Where'd he go?" Lola shrugged. "Thanks for talking to that reporter, I don't know why I froze up like that."

"I got your back Hannah." Hannah smiled. She was so lucky to have a friend like Lilly. "I heard theres a chocolate fountain." "Lets do it." Hannah grinned outwardly, but she was still wondering about Nick. Where had he gone? What was going on between them? She was still wondering what had happened when she and Lilly hit the dance floor. Hannah recognized many of the faces around her, but none of them were the ones she wanted to see. Her eyes flashed over Jake Ryan, in a corner making out with his new girlfriend, she saw Mikalah, her Teen Pop Princess rival, no doubt talking up some guys, Zac Effron sitting at a table with his girlfriend, Vanessa, and the Sprouse twins were on the small stage having a kareoke contest.

"You okay?" Lolas eyes were full of concern.

"Yeah, I'm just a bit tired, I guess"

"We can go, if you want." Lola suggested.

"No, its fine, I'm going to be fine," Miley reassured, as much to herself, as to her friend. She and Nick weren't anything. They just sang together. She wasn't even sure she was ready to have a boyfriend again. She figured she was over Jake. Nick was sweeter, had a better voice, cuter--where was he? Had the reporter scared him off? She wanted to talk to him.

Her Hannah phone vibrated. It was a text from Oliver.

"Hows the party goin?" Hannah walked out back to the beachside. she sat on a bench, flicked open Hannahs new Sidekick, and texted back "Good. Boy trouble, but good. :" She looked around. It was dark, and the water looked beautiful, glimmering under the moon. She sat back and listened to the sound of the waves. Her phone lit up. "Im sorry Miles. :D Dont let it bring u down." Oliver texted back. Oliver was so sweet. He was probably right. She was always content to have Oliver be the only guy in her life. Hannah kicked off her shoes and wandered down to the beach. She sat in the sand and looked at the water. She sat like that for a long time, until she was startled by the presence of someone next to her.