Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters feature in this story or any of the songs. I only own the plot and nothing else. The Jonas Brothers are the Gray brothers in this fic, because ff is being a pain and deleting all "real" person stories. Miley is Stewart and not Cyrus and all the other characters only have the first name of their real life but different last name therefore making them fake! The song used in this chapter is "Driveway" by Miley Cyrus of course.
A/N: thank you to-MileyJoBroFan101, Alltheabove, and Drama4zashley-niley, for reviewing my first story your reviews are greatly appreciated, they totally made my day. So this chapter is sort of a fill-in chapter, but the end is the beginning of Drama for the next chapter, so stay tune.
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"Well umm….when would it be better for you to have our date?" Nick asked Miley deciding to take the plunge and break the silence that had befallen them when the others had left.
"Well I have school in the mornings the rest of the week and I have to film the episodes of Hannah Montana in between and that usually last all day! I also have a concert on Thursday, I believe your in it too with your brothers so how about Saturday or Sunday?" she replied
"Yeah that would be great! I also have school, the filming of the new show, and we are appearing at the charity concert to, so how about we meet up Saturday morning at 9 am and we can go to breakfast then get a start on our day!" Nick said growing confidant as he noticed that she wasn't repulsed by the idea of spending time with him.
"Okay, I'll see you then!" as she turned to go, she felt somebody pull her back
"Wait" Nick said "I brought my own car; we all did actually so how about I take you home?"
"Uhh….."
"Come on Miley, you live right next door to me, it's not as if I'm going out of my way and I notice none of your family is here so I'm assuming you were either going to get a ride or call a taxi!"
"Okay"
With that both teens got all their belongings and left the building. Inside of Nicks car the silence was oppressing, the radio was own on a popular radio station but they weren't listening to whatever it was that was currently playing.
"So…how have you been?" Nick asked to break the silence
"Umm…good! Busy actually, with the third season of the show filming and the prom tours for the new album… you know how it gets" she answered, relief coursing through her as the silence was broken.
"Yeah…we've been busy too, with the new show and the album"
Thankfully they had finally arrived at her house so there was no need to think of other topics to talk about! Nick being the gentlemen that his mother raised him to be, got out of the car and held the door open for her. When she was out he graciously walked her to her door, lending her his jacket since it had gotten chilly and she had no sweater or jacket with her.
Handing back his jacket Miley turned towards him and said "Thank You for the ride and for lending me your jacket just right now. Thanks for the bid too, that will really help a lot of children. So … umm I'll see you on Saturday!"
She was turning to go inside before he could say anything, but he was quicker and before she had turned he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into him. "Not so fast… I want you back Miley! I know I have done nothing to deserve a second chance but I'm going to prove to you that I can be a guy that you can trust and will treat you right! Goodnight Care bear" he finished off his speech with a swift kiss, and then turned and walked back to his car before she could say anything, but before driving off he waved at her and then all Miley could see where his retreating headlights.
With a shake of her head Miley came out of her stupor and walked into her house and up to her room. Although it was only about 9:30 at night, she decided to get ready for bed and worry about Nick later.
Miley was in bed having just got off the phone with both Emily and Ashlee who had three wayed her and wanted every detail of what had happen with Nick. They had also talked about what had happen with them and their respective Gray brother, I knew Joe had a crush on Emily and vice versa but I never would have suspected that Kevin liked Ashlee. According to Ashlee he had been crushin on her for a very long time but she was still with that Jared boy and so he never made a move until now. So Miley talked and talked and by the time they were finished talking it was already 12 at night, but even so Miley was wide awake and in no hurry to go to sleep anytime soon.
She was sitting on top of her covers listening to her favorite song from her own CD, you might think that was a bit vain-her buying her own CD- but hey a girl can like the music she writes. Currently playing softly in the background was the song Drive way. Listening to the words she couldn't help but sing along.
After twelve, not so well
Won't pretend it's too soon to tell
What's 'round this bend
No disgrace... about face...
Anything not to have to chase
You down again
You know
Nothing hurts like losing
When you know it's really gone
Except for the pain of choosing
To hold too long
I tried it your way
But I got nothing to show
It's been the same, same
And the story's getting old
So I guess the driveway
Will be the end of the road
For us it's too late
Let the credits start to roll
A lot to say, but not today
Let the radio break the silence
As we drive
A kiss goodbye, not this time
Don't remember what about this song
I ever liked
You know
Nothing hurts like losing
When you know it's really gone
Except for the pain of choosin
To hold too long
I tried it your way
But I got nothing to show
It's been the same, same
And the story's getting old
So I guess the driveway
Will be the end of the road
For us it's too late
Let the credits start to roll
I thought we were getting somewhere
But we're still nowhere at all
I watch your tail lights fading
I try but the tears wont fall
I remember what it feels like to know
Love and have it taken away
Can't think of what I learned right now
But I'll be thanking you someday
I tried it your way
But I got nothing to show
It's been the same, same
And the story's getting old
So I guess the driveway
Will be the end of the road
For us it's too late
Let the credits start to roll
Let the credits start to roll
So I guess the driveway
Will be the end of the road
(Be the end of the road)
Will be the end of the road
(Be the end of the road)
By the time the song was finished Miley was dancing around her room with her favorite teddy bear. It was actually a present from Nick, he had given it to her the day he asked her to be his girlfriend. According to him it had been meant to get her to like him, since he had noticed that she had a weird fascination with Care bears, which is also where she happened to acquire her nickname from.
Sitting down she couldn't help but wonder how different this night had been from the last time they had spoken. To be more specific- the day that he had broken her heart and she had written the song that just moments ago she had been dancing around to in her room.
Flashback
They where driving home from a dinner date that had been anything but pleasant. I guess he thought she wouldn't make a scene in a public place, and he was right, because when Nick told her that they're two year relationship wasn't working out and he thought it would be better if they saw other people, Miley had just gotten up and asked to go home. Now they sat in the car with the silence threatening to choke them, but neither did anything to break it. When they reached her house Nick grabbed a hold of Miley hand before she could get out and said "Miley I don't want to lose your friendship."
Miley had just looked at him like he had grown three heads and calmly gotten out of the car. She had not once looked back as she walked into her house because if she had looked back then she would have seen the face of a guy realizing that he had just made the biggest mistake ever.
Later that night as she lay in bed writing Driveway to express her emotions, she received a text message with the words "sorry", she had known it was from him but she didn't care anymore. He had broken her and now he wanted forgiveness? Anyway what was he apologizing for? Hurting her? Treating her like crap, while they dated? Taking her to dinner to break up with her in a public place? So many things had been going wrong in their relationship, all the times he ditched her for his friends, all the broken promises, all the times he made her feel like she wasn't good enough, but she had chosen to put up with them because she had LOVED him and had thought that he loved her too. That night she realized how stupid she had been, he had never loved her, she wasn't sure why he even asked her out but from now on she would never let a boy get close enough to hurt her again.
End of Flashback
Miley was brought out of the memory, by the sound on her phone, which indicated she had received a new message. Grabbing her phone she looked at the caller id and debated on whether to read it or not. Tonight had already been confusing enough without adding even more things to think about to it. In the end she decided to read it…
Turning off her phone she gave a sad smiled and decided to go to sleep, like her daddy always says things always look better in the morning. Miley didn't want to think too much about what would happen on Saturday since she wasn't sure she could even forgive Nick, but at least she finally knew that she had meant something to him and he hadn't just been with her out of pity or something else.
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It was morning and Miley was in her dressing room getting ready to film the new season's episode of Hannah Montana, she really liked this season because she got to wear all these really cool 80's outfit.
After shooting the episode, Miley returned to her dressing room to change out of her Hannah outfit. She was just getting ready to leave when she heard a knock on the door, opening it to see who it was; she was encountered by a shy looking Nick holding a bouquet of white roses.
"Hey"
"Oh… hey Nick…umm why don't you come in?" moving aside a little so that he could get through the door.
"So how are you, today?" he said turning around as she shut the door, and handing her the bouquet.
"Thanks these are beautiful, I'm okay, I just finished filming an episode for the show, so I'm a little tired" was her response, walking across the room she grabbed a vase and filled it with water so that she could put the flowers in. With her back to him, she didn't see as he came up behind her. So when he spoke in to her ear, she jumped and turned around into him.
"Have you thought about what I said last night?"
"Umm…"
"Miley I was serious; I will prove to you that I can be a worthy boyfriend."
"Why Nick? Why now?"
He could tell she was growing angry as she pushed herself out of his arms and walked across the room and sat down on the sofa she liked. I knew I had to tread lightly so I though for a moment about what I was going to say next.
Taking a seat next to her I turned towards her and took her hand "The last few months since we broke up have been difficult for me…I missed you but I didn't want to admit it to anybody let alone myself. Everything around me started to fall apart but I still refused to admit that I was the cause of it. So instead I threw my self into the making of our new CD, hoping it would help me forget you… hell I even tried dating other girls but nothing worked." Getting up he ran a hand frustratingly through his curly brown hair and paced back and forth. "I tried everything I could…I didn't call you, I made my brothers stop mentioning you around me, one time I even yelled at Frankie after he asked me why you didn't come around anymore" he laughed bitterly "It wasn't until yesterday when I saw you standing up on stage for every guy to see your beauty, you looked so breathtaking and were causing every guy in the room to have- in Kevin's words- a boner, did I finally realize what a fool I had been, wait no that's not true, Joe also yelled some sense into me, so I decided I was going to pick up the pieces of my life and put it back together. Miley you're the most important piece and you complete me! Without you I'm nothing" he turned towards her and waited to see what she would say.
It felt like hours had passed before she said anything but really it could have only been a few minutes.
"YOUR LIFE WAS FALLIN APART?" she yelled "WHAT ABOUT MY LIFE NICK? DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THAT? HUH…OF COURSE NOT BECAUSE IN NICK GRAY'S WORLD THE ONLY ONE THAT MATTERS IS NICK GRAY, THEIR NO ROOM FOR ANYBODY ELSE. OH POOR LITTLE BOY, THINGS WEREN'T GOING HIS WAY…I WONDER WHY? HEY MAYBE IT WAS KARMA COMING TO BITE YOU BACK IN THE ASS" she was now angrily passing back and forth throughout the room, completely ignoring the boy that stood in shock silence at her outburst. "LET'S SEE… WHY, DON'T WE COMPARE OUR PIECES OF THE PUZZLE THAT MAKE UP OUR LIFE? YOU DATED OTHER GIRLS, I TRIED TO FORGET YOU BY DATING OTHER GUYS TOO, BUT I WAS STUPID AND DATED GUYS EXACTLEY LIKE YOU, CALL ME A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT. SO ANYWAY THAT MISTAKE CAME BACK TO BITE ME IN THE ASS IN THE END SO YOU CAN SAY I GOT MY JUST DESSERTS. LET'S SEE…. OH YEAH HOW ABOUT THE RELEASE OF THE SHOWER PICS I SENT YOU? DID YOU EVER BOTHER TO CORRECT THEM? TELL THEM IT WAS A DARE AND THAT'S, WHY I WAS WEARING A T-SHIRT…HELL I WAS EVEN WEARING JEANS, BUT COULD THEY SEE THAT? NO, OF COURSE NOT! UMMM….WHAT ELSE OH YEAH, LETS SEE YOU WHERE HAILED AS THE GOOD GUY THAT COULD DO NO WRONG WHILE I AM THE SLUT WHO WAS CORRUPTING YOU. WASN'T IT CONVIENT FOR YOU THAT, THE HACKER DIDN'T GET THE PICS YOU SENT ME? AFTER ALL YOURS WEREN'T AS INNOCENT AS MINE…BUT HEY I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN BLAMED FOR THOSE TOO, SO I GUESS IT WORKED OUT BETTER FOR ME THAT THEY DIDN'T GET LEAKED." All Nick could do was watch as Miley let out all the bottled up emotions that she had been holding in for the past few months. Every word that spilled from her mouth was like a dagger imbedding itself into his heart, because he was just now realizing how much his silence had hurt her. "OH HOW ABOUT YOUR BROTHER WEARING THAT TEAM SELENA AND DEMI T-SHIRT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE WATCHING A GUY THAT WAS LIKE A BROTHER TO YOU BETRAY YOU! I GET THAT YOU WERE MAD ABOUT THE SEVENTEEN INTERVIEW AND THE SONG BUT, THEIR WAS NO REASON FOR THEM TO PICK SIDES, AFTER ALL THEY SAW HOW YOU TREATED ME! YOU KNOW WHAT I DON'T CARE! DID IT HURT NICK? DID THE INTERVIEW AND SONG HURT? BECAUSE I HOPE IT DID, I HOPE IT HURT LIKE HELL, MAYBE THEN YOU WILL FEEL ONE EIGHTH OF THE HURT IT CAUSED ME.
He watched as the anger left her and she just sat on the couch defeated, everything finally catching up to her.
"Miles I know I hurt you…I never realized how much…but please give me a chance?"
"Nick…I can't! You know for the last few months, I have cried myself to sleep every night hoping that when I wake up in the morning everything will have been a bad nightmare. And every morning when I woke up, it was to realize that it was not a nightmare but my reality. Then I would pray for the strength to go through each day, and everyday it would become harder and harder! Until one day, I woke up and stopped feeling anything…I was numb, and I liked that because I could go out and fake everything. So yeah Nick once upon a time I would have forgiven you anything, but this new Miley doesn't care enough to!" Miley turned and walked out of her dressing room with no real destination in place, leaving behind the boy that at one point meant more to her then anything in the world.
She walked and walked not noticing anything around her; it was as if she was oblivious to everything in the world. Because of her shocked like state she never saw the broken glass lying on the floor, and she never saw the little boy barreling towards her until it was too late. As she fell back onto the glass, her head hit the pavement with a loud THUD. It was then that for the first time in months she let a real smile onto her face, as the blessed blackness that she had been holding at bay for the past few months finial overtook her.