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Hmm... So some of the stuff may not be accurate. If not, sorry. I'll try to be as accurate as possible, but not all the time for the sake of the story.

Nick walked slowly into his dressing after another crazy concert. Fans these days... Gotta love them. He was glad they were taking well to his solo career. They were so supportive. Though, many were lashing out at him on how he was breaking up the Gray Brothers. Oh well, that was their problem, not his. The Gray Brothers would never split up. He knew that.

As he sat on the couch, letting his muscles relax, he noticed another figure standing there. "How'd you like the concert, Sel?"

She smiled, taking a seat right by him. "It was amazing, Nick. As usual. Your performance literally had me into tears."

Nick smiled. "Yeah, I saw that. What was that about?"

Selena shook her head. "'Stay' is just a beautiful song, that's all. She's a lucky girl, you know..."

And that was all it took to get Nick down. He shook his head and stood up, pacing the floor. He slapped his hand against his thigh and let out a frustrated sigh. "Everything. I try everything... And she still doesn't notice. Last week when I sang those songs... Taylor noticed, awesome, but what about her? Why can't she ever notice? I try, Selena, and I try, and try, and try, but all she ever cares about these days is him. When will it ever be me?"

Little did Nick know, that's exactly what Selena was thinking. When would it ever be her? Why couldn't Nick see that she was the one there for him? Why couldn't he see that she was the one who had supported him through everything? Yes, they had gone through a rough patch when they'd broken up, but so what? The point was she was there now...and he still couldn't see her.

Nick stopped in front of a dresser and took three breaths before slamming his fist down on it. "Look at me, Sel. Look at what she does to me. Love... It shouldn't be like this. It's not supposed to be like this. Even when we were younger, she always made me so frustrated. Why? I don't understand."

Selena shrugged. "I don't know, Nick..."

Nick sighed and sat down again. "So how are things with you and Demi?"

Selena bit her lip and tried to hold back her tears. "I wish I knew. She's become so distant from me lately. Her main priority has become Miley. I don't hate Miley... but she has everything she could ever ask for. Did she really need my best friend?"

"Do you still talk to Taylor?"

"Yeah... but she isn't Demi..." Selena cried.

"Oh, Lena, I'm so sorry..." Nick said, pulling Selena in for a hug. Selena cried into his chest. She didn't want everything, she just wanted her best friend. Was that so bad to ask?

Nick let Selena cry for a few minutes before asking, "What are you thinking, Sel?"

Selena hesitated. This was her chance, but did she want to ruin what she was working hard to get? She went for it. "I was just thinking of when we were together and Demi was still my best friend. Remember that prank you and I pulled on Joe during your 'Burning Up' tour? We mixed mayonnaise in with his shampoo. It took him a week to figure out what that "funny smell" was. He was so mad..." Her and Nick chuckled. "We click well, you know. We hardly ever fight. And I have to wonder Nick... On June 11th, what if that had been me... and not Miley?"

Nick had to soak that in. Maybe she was right... What if it wasn't December 19th that had turned his life into what it was now? What if it was the day he met Miley? But if that were so... Then were they meant to be? Or were his attempts to get her back all in vain? Could that answer be so obvious that it was right in front of him, right in his arms? How much of his life would it have changed if it had been Selena and not Miley? "Funny... I'm starting to wonder that too..."

Miley snarled at the screen in front of her.

NELENA BACK TOGETHER?

That caption was right over a split picture of Selena crying and Nick performing on stage. That no good son of a... Wait, why was she mad? It's not like she had any feelings for Nick anymore. She was with Liam. Why would she care?

But staring at these pictures had her burning. It made her angry. She just wanted to hit something.

"Miley, what are you doing?" She heard a voice behind her.

"Nothing, Demi," Miley snapped. "That bitch..."

"Me? What did I do?"

Miley slammed her laptop down and twisted to look at Demi. Demi was sprawled on Miley's bed, her head hanging off the edge while her feet rested against the wall. She quickly fixed herself upright when she saw Miley's fierce expression. "Not you, Dems."

"Then who, Mi?" Demi asked worried. She hadn't seen Miley this upset in a long time.

Miley stood up from her desk and sat beside Demi. She pressed her knees against her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs. "No one. Forget it." She really didn't want to upset Demi.

"I can't let something go if it's upsetting my best friend. Whose ass am I kicking, Mi?" Demi giggled, nudging Miley.

Miley looked at Demi and sighed. "Nick and Selena are back together—maybe."

Demi's smile immediately faded. "Oh."

"Yeah..."

Demi stayed silent, and Miley knew she should've kept her mouth shut. Selena was a sensitive subject for Demi. She didn't like to voice her feelings on her used-to-be friendship. But Miley could tell... It killed Demi to not have Selena in her life anymore. The inseparables... Well, they had finally been separated. Miley couldn't help but feel a twinge of guilt. She couldn't shake that voice that kept saying it was her fault. But then again... Wasn't everything?

Demi shook off her upset look and put on a mad one. "Can't she find her own guy and quit picking up everyone's sloppy seconds?"

Miley winced. She hated it when Demi tried to act nonchalant about her broken friendship. "It was only Nick..."

Demi sniffed and shook her head. "Still it's not right... She should've learned the first time. It's you he loves, not her. It made me sick to have to watch her throw herself at him on the Camp Rock set."

Miley looked down. "But Nick didn't exactly push her away either..."

Demi wrapped her arm around Miley. "It was low, Miley. But he never cheated. Nick could never handle the guilt of cheating. And Selena thought I hated you at the time, so she would've told me."

Miley closed her eyes for a second, pushing back the tears that were stinging her eyes. "It's whatever, Demi. I shouldn't be mad. I have Liam. I love Liam. It's just... I can't believe he would go back to her, especially with everything he put me through."

"Yeah, but Miley, imagine what you're putting him through. He's performed Before the Storm like two or three times alone—"

"It's not our song, Demi. It's his," Miley interrupted. "He can perform it alone if he wants to."

Demi ignored her. "And you watched the video of him singing 'The Climb' and 'You Belong With Me' and all those other songs. That was obviously for you."

Miley shook her head. "Was it, Demi? I don't think so. It could've been for her."

"It wasn't."

Miley slammed her hand down on her bed. "Why not?! Let it be for Selena! It's her he went back to! He doesn't care about our relationship anymore, Demi! Because then maybe he would've had the decency to call! Ugh, I can't stand him! The things he does to me! I shouldn't care, but I do, and it makes me insane. I just wish we'd never met. Why couldn't it have been Selena he met first? Cut out the middle man, you know. It would have saved us a whole lot of pain. "

Demi looked away. "Maybe you're right. Why couldn't you have been my best friend first other than Selena? She could've had Taylor first. That would have saved me so much pain...."

Miley stayed quiet for awhile, but when she finally did speak it came out as a whisper. "I just wish everything could've been reversed. How much easier do you think life would've been if maybe the positions had been switched?"

Demi rested her head against Miley's shoulder. "So much easier..."

Kevin couldn't help but chuckled at the ridiculous distance Joe was keeping from Taylor. They were all walking to Nick's dressing room to congratulate him on a concert well done. Taylor was only there for Selena, though. She had bumped into Joe and Kevin on her way to find her friend. Kevin suggested that she might've been with Nick and that she should walk with them to find out. Joe shot him daggers when Taylor had reluctantly agreed, keeping her eyes away from Joe.

Kevin laughed at Joe's fast pace. He grabbed him by the arm and whispered in his ear, "It was two years ago. Be a man, let it go."

"Her first," Joe grumbled back to him.

Kevin pushed him forward causing Joe to nearly fall over. "So Taylor, how's life been? It's been awhile. Are you still dating that werewolf?"

Taylor had to take a second to process the fact the Kevin was actually talking to her. "Life's been good. No, Taylor and I broke up."

Joe snorted. "You dated a guy named Taylor?"

"It beats the name Camilla," Taylor shot back.

That shut Joe up.

Kevin laughed. He was probably enjoying this more than he should've been. "Sorry to hear."

"All's well. We're still good friends. It's not like he broke up with me over the phone or anything, so we're good," Taylor shrugged nonchalantly.

Joe hit the side of his fist against the wall and continued to walk faster. Kevin just...laughed. He looked at Taylor and winked. Taylor smiled back. So she was sure her friendship with Kevin was well on its way to being restored. Her friendship with Nick was an unspoken one. He performed her song—that was cool. And since Selena was friends with him, that kind of went for Taylor too. They were a package deal.

She looked ahead and sighed. Joe was another story. She didn't want to hate him. She just didn't want to be the first to apologize. "How's Demi and Miley? I haven't talked to them in awhile," Taylor said to Kevin. Joe's back stiffened at Demi's name but he didn't say anything. Instead, he burst out into a run towards Nick's dressing room. Anything to get away from Taylor.

Kevin looked in Joe's direction and sighed. "Oh, bad move bringing up Demi. Ever since... You know Selena and Demi aren't exactly friends anymore, right? Nick and Selena are becoming best friends. Demi and Miley are best friends. It's confusing really. Nick and Miley won't go anywhere near each other and neither will Selena and Demi. Joe's going to stay loyal to his brother no matter what, so since Nick won't go near Miley—who's always with Demi—Joe doesn't really talk to Demi anymore. Since Demi's always with Miley and Miley never talks to Nick—who's always with Selena— Demi doesn't talk to Joe because she's going to be loyal to Miley and she doesn't want to deal with Selena. It's all stupid to me."

Taylor laughed once. "You're right. That is confusing. But why would Joe get mad that I brought Demi up?"

Kevin looked around like he was making sure no one was listening. "Well, Joe would kill me if I said this, but I think he has feelings for Demi. Vice versa."

Taylor nodded. "Oh."

"Yeah... Joe doesn't hate Selena, but he would much rather it be Miley with Nick. That way he could at least talk to Demi. I'm not saying it's Sel's fault. I actually blame Nick and Miley for this. They need to grow up."

"Agreed. Well, great, now I feel bad for Joe. Thanks, Kevin," Taylor said sarcastically.

Kevin puckered his lips like he was trying to decide whether he should say something or not. He did anyway. "You know, Taylor... Joe doesn't hate you."

"I don't hate him, either. In fact, I wish we could put everything behind us and start over."

Kevin blinked, shocked. "What...? But I mean all your jabs at him. Ellen... SNL... Just now. You're sending mixed signals."

Taylor smiled. "You saw SNL? Kev, I was just trying to be funny. I didn't mean it. I want to be friends again. Go back to the good times, you know. I just wish we could have a fresh start."

Kevin smiled at Taylor. "I think Joe would want that too."

"Honestly, I think that's what we all need. Disney is too high school. And I'm not even apart of Disney."

Kevin laughed. "But you associate with people who are. You got sucked in."

Taylor sighed dramatically. "I need to find new friends."

Kevin and Taylor laughed as they walked into Nick's dressing room.

(A week later)

Nick stayed awake, staring at his bare ceiling, contemplating the turn his life was beginning to take. It was dark and the only sound he could hear was Joe snoring from the other room. Then Nick cracked a small smile as he listened to Kevin's faint muffles from across the hall. Kevin always talked in his sleep. Nick and Joe had found out once that that was a good way to get a juicy secret out of him. They were able to black mail him with so much stuff. It was a brother thing, and Nick loved his brothers. He could count on them to never change. They were his safety line in this screwed up world.

Safety line... Nick had only thought of one other person as that when he was younger. Miley. No matter what, whether he was down, mad, or his diabetes was getting the best of him, he could always count on Miley to cheer him up. The sound of her laugh had him smiling from ear to ear, and he knew it would be a good day no matter what.

He didn't have that anymore.

And he didn't know why.

Summer '09 had been an amazing summer for the both of them. Hell, over half the year of '09 had been amazing. He had once seen it put as the "Niley Year". He had chuckled and discarded the thought of him and Miley ever getting back together. But then he had seen her at an award show, wearing a stunning dress to match her gorgeous smile... and he felt like that nervous thirteen year-old all over again. The effects she had on him... It was something he could never explain, because he himself didn't understand. It was that one look that had him yearning for her. It reconnected them in ways he could never imagine possible...

And then the summer ended...

And reality took over.

They called it quits, letting their jobs and dreams get in the way once more. Miley found comfort in an Australian guy while Nick threw himself into his new project as a solo artist. And once again, Nick found himself in a place of denial. Denial for Miley and everything else around him. He wanted nothing more than to forget and move on. Then the New Year came, and along with it an old friend....

The year of "Nelena" had begun. Selena was photographed with Nick numerous times. They were becoming closer, almost inseparable. A sense of Déjà Vu crept up Nick's spine as he laughed and joked with his ex. She found refuge in him with the lost of her once best friend, and he found himself slowly mending a broken heart. But he could never love her like he loved Miley... Selena knew that. And as much as he did not want to admit it, Nick hated it.

Because Selena loved him. She wanted to give him her all. But he couldn't do that for her. His all belonged to someone who didn't even care for it anymore...

Nick sighed, looking down at his phone. He picked it up and stared at the wallpaper. The blue-eyed beauty stared right back up at him. Going to his pictures, he searched for that specific one. Once he found it, he pressed the menu option for "delete". Would you like to delete this photo? He read on his screen. Was he really ready to let her go?

Staring at the picture for countless seconds, he knew the answer very well. Sighing once more, he pressed "no". Whether he liked it or not, his heart would always belong to Miley. It had been that way since June 11th, 2006; and it was going to stay that way 'til the end of time.

Slowly, Nick fell asleep.

Miley stared out her window, eyeing the full white moon that stared right back at her. The slick, wet streets glistened under the street lights, and Miley couldn't help but smile as she felt a sense of familiarity seep through her mind. It was a sad, ironic smile though.

Looking at the stars, she couldn't help but picturing a face in them. A face she had dreamt about every night since she was thirteen. Memories danced through her mind—some good, some bad. And as she let herself get lost in the countless memories, she almost didn't notice the black storm clouds that began to block her view from the stars. A fake laugh escaped her lips...

Looked like the Storm was back...

Selena fiddled with her fingers, letting her eyes wonder around her dark, night-filled room. She leaned back against the side of her bed, listening to the rain drops pelt against her window, and thought of the many times her and her ex-best friend spent in here, laughing, crying, and having senseless pillow fights.

Would she ever get back Demi?

Her answer came in a text.

Get on twitter, now. Look wut she started... From Taylor.

Selena quickly grabbed her laptop and got onto her twitter account. She had numerous replies and messages. Clicking on a few, her jaw dropped. Since when had the fans become so mean? Then she let her eyes wonder towards the Trending Topics. One of them was #AskTaylor. Selena clicked on it and was greeted with numerous tweets from fans everywhere. All of them involved her, Demi, and Taylor. What the heck? Selena thought. Then she spotted a link to a video and immediately clicked on it. Demi's face with some fans started playing. Selena's brow furrowed in confusion. What was so bad about this? She kept watching.

Half way into the video, Selena heard a voice in the background ask, "How's Selena?"

Selena's heart quickened. Maybe this was Demi's chance to prove she really cared...

Instead, Demi looked up towards the voice. She plastered on a huge smile and in a sarcastic tone she replied, "Ask Taylor."

Selena's heart broke. She looked at the title of the video... "Demi disses Selena". Why did she watch this? Even worse, why would she bother to look at the comments? Why not? It's not like her world wasn't already shattered.

Haha! Serves that bitch right! Memi!

Awww! What happened to their friendship? How could they let it go?

LOL! "ASK TAYLOR". THATS FUNNY! GO DEMI!

TEAM SELENA/TAYLOR! Miley and demi are total bitches!

Those weren't even the worst of them... Selena read on until her vision became too blurry with tears that she couldn't even see anymore. She closed her laptop and placed it on top of her bed. Bringing her knees to her chest, she placed her head in her hands and cried.

Why did life have to be this way?

First chapters always suck. That's my excuse haha ;p. Review?