Chapter 3:
Miley was in front of the library waiting for Nick to show up. She stood there in the cold November air and looked at her watch. "Where is he?" She asked herself as she looked at the time. She told him to meet her here after school. School ended at 2:45 it was now 3:05.
"I'm so sorry." Nick said as he ran up to Miley. "I was coming to meet with you when Lisa stopped me." He explained out of breath.
Miley rolled her eyes "Whatever, look I want to spend as much time away from you as I can. So if you could please just show up on time?" She stated as she walked inside of the library.
"I detect a little bit of an attitude." He whispered behind her.
Miley put her books down and sat at s table. Nick sat next to her and put his book bag on the ground.
"So I think that we should start with the introduction, and then I figured we would have about seven body paragraphs, and then the conclusion." Miley told Nick as she took out all of the papers from her book bag. "I already started yesterday and I just wanted to meet you here to see if you disagreed with anything?"
"No disrespect, but I was always taught to do the introduction last."
Miley looked surprised.
"What? Don't look so surprised that I actually know something. I'm not stupid. I worked really hard to get into AP English."
"I'm sorry I just thought..."
"You thought that I was an idiot. You thought that I eased my way into the class with my charm. You thought that I was stupid and I fail every class." He finished her sentence for her. He knew that's what people thought of him.
"I didn't mean to make you upset. It's just that..." She paused and looked at Nick before she continued. He was actually paying attention to what she had to say? "Most guys that I know, that are you know jocks. They are usually complete idiots."
Nick began to laugh. "It's alright; I mean I get that a lot."
Miley began to laugh as well. He never saw Nick smile before. He bobbed his head when he laughed, and his curly, brown hair would bounce all over the place.
"I'm not like most jocks." Nick stated looking at Miley. "I mean I get good grades, I don't party a lot, and I don't have sex with random girls."
Miley looked at Nick. "I am so sorry." She said feeling stupid. She thought for sure he would be just like all the other jocks that she knew. "I guess you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover."
Nick looked surprised. "Wow, you actually listened to me?"
"Yeah, that's what I tend to do when people talk to me." She said sarcastically.
Nick was so used to talking and Lisa turning it into something that had to do with her. He liked having somebody to talk to. This was way more then he had ever shared with Lisa in his three years of knowing her.
"Anyway, why don't we rip up everything that I brought in and do this project together." She smiled.
"I would like that." He smiled back.
3 Hours Later:
Miley's stomach began to rumble in hunger. All she had eaten was the nasty school lunch all day. She looked at Nick who was over at the computer typing away. He really looked smart, and he looked like he knew what he was doing.
Nick looked at the top of the computer screen. It read that it was 6:45 p.m. He looked over at Miley who was writing the next thing that he would have to type. They came up with this system about two hours ago, and it was working perfectly. He stopped typing and saved what he had written on a hard drive.
"Are you hungry?" He asked coming over.
She turned around and looked at him. "How did you know?"
"I should have asked you a long time ago. Sorry, for my bad manners." He said reaching out his hand.
Miley gave him her hand and he helped her off of the ground. She liked writing on the ground it gave her peace. "It's alright." She smiled at him.
"There's a burger joint down the block. Since I made you wait so long I'll pay for it." He said getting their book bags and giving her hers.
As they walked outside the day time had turned to night. "We were in there for a long time?" He said as they began to walk.
"Yeah, we should be finished tomorrow, if you can come?" She said biting her bottom lip. She really hoped that he could come. She really liked his company, and part of her didn't want this date to end.
"I have baseball practice tomorrow, but I can do it on Saturday."
"I have to check my schedule, but I think that I can make it." She said rubbing her arms. She didn't think that it was going to be that cold. She only brought a thin jacket and a hat.
"Are you cold?" He asked the obvious.
"No, that's alright I'll be fine." She said nodding her head no.
"Nonsense, here." He said handing his baseball jacket on it.
She took it and put it over her. It fit her perfectly. "Thanks." She said smiling at him.
"No problem." He said looking down at her. For once he noticed how beautiful she was. All she had to do was do something with her hair, and get contacts.
"I didn't know that baseball was in the winter?" She asked him. They were now walking side by side. Miley was on the inside where all the houses were and Nick was on the outside near the street.
"Baseball is all season for me. I have a trainer that I go to every other day. It's inside in a batting cage thing."
"Do you like the sport?"
Nick stopped and thought about it. Nobody had ever asked him if he liked the sport. He just played it because he was good at it. "I don't really know." He replied truthfully.
"So why do you play the sport if you don't know if you like it?"
"You ask a lot of questions."
"Sorry, I just like to know people." She said looking down at the ground.
Nick laughed. "It's alright, but here is the burger place." He said pointing to the building in front of them. Nick opened the door and let Miley inside.
Miley looked at the place. It looked like one of those old fashioned 50 cafes. She found a booth on the side and sat down. Nick sat down across from her.
He looked at the menu and looked at her. "If I were you I would get the banana milk shake."
"You know what, whatever you get I'll get." She said putting the menu down. She never really trusted that many people to order her food, but for some reason she felt like she could trust Nick.
The waitress came over and asked them what they would like.
"Can we get to two cheese burgers with fries, and two banana milk shakes?"
"Will that be all?"
"Yes."
When the waitress left Nick looked at Miley who was looking at the walls. "Why don't you do anything with your hair?"
Miley looked at him hurt. "What?"
"I'm not trying to make fun of you or anything, but you would look so pretty if you would do something with your hair." He stated all over again. "Can I see your glasses?"
Miley took off her glasses and handed them to Nick.
He took them and folded them down on the table. He looked at Miley and he finally noticed her blue eyes. "Wow." He replied. She looked breath taking.
"Can I get my glasses back?" Miley pleaded. "I can't see a thing without them."
Nick handed her back her glasses and said "Why don't you get contacts?"
"I have them, but I never really put them on. I just like my glasses." Miley paused and saw that Nick looked disappointed. "Why do you care anyway?"
"I don't." He replied quickly. "It's just that I noticed when we were walking..."
"You were looking at me while we were walking?"
Nick was caught for words. He just admitted that he had been looking at her. "I was just..."
"It's alright, because I was looking at you too." Miley replied truthfully.
Nick calmed down and looked at Miley, and for once he actually saw a girl. He didn't see her messed up hair or her big, geeky, glasses. He a girl that actually listened to him, and wasn't all into herself.
"Here you guys go." The waitress said handing them their food, and interrupting the moment.
Nick took the food and said thank you. He gave Miley her food and they ate in silence.
"I can't believe I said that" Miley said inside of her mind. "He probably thinks that I am such a geek."
"I can't believe that I am actually falling for Miley Cyrus! He said in his mind. "Am I going mad?"
"This tastes so good." Miley said sipping on her banana shake.
"I thought you might like it." Nick said taking his last bite of his burger.
"Nicky!?" A voice said coming inside the restaurant.
Nick already knew who it was without turning around. "Here goes some drama!" He thought to himself.
Lisa went to the booth that she saw her boyfriend at. She knew it was him by his wild, brown, curls. She looked at the scene that the two were having. "Why don't you two look comfy?"
"Lisa I would like you to meet Miley. Miley this is Lisa." Nick introduced the two ladies.
Miley put out her hand out to greet Lisa.
Lisa looked at her hand and then rolled her eyes. "Nicky, you blew me off to be with her?" She said rubbing on her little figure. She waved for him to move over so she could sit next to him.
"We were just leaving." Nick lied. He really wanted to stay and learn more about Miley, but he knew that wasn't going to happen with Lisa there.
"Where are you guys going?"
"I have to take her home." Nick stood up and said. He went over to Miley and helped her up in front of Lisa.
"So I'll come with you." She said going moving in front of the two.
"Actually I really don't think that I want you to know where I live." Miley replied looking down at the floor.
"You are leaving me here to take that home." She said giving Miley a dirty look. "And what is she doing wearing your jacket? You told me that you never let anybody wear your jacket!"
"She was cold, and I promised her father that I would take her home safely." Nick lied again. He always had to turn into a different person when he was in front of Lisa. "Look, I'll call you when I get home." He took Miley's hand and they walked out of the restaurant together.
Miley felt like she could finally breathe. "I thought that she was going to hit me." Miley laughed.
Nick laughed as well. He hadn't laughed this much since he couldn't remember. "Where do you live?" He asked as they walked past the library.
"I only live a couple of blocks from here." She said pointing at the school. "I walk to and from school everyday."
"Really? So do I. I never saw you before?"
"That's because people usually don't see me. I'm always the invisible one." She replied looking down at the floor again.
"Well, you would look more noticeable if you keep your head up." He told her as he took his hand and placed it underneath her chin. He slowly pushed it up along with her head.
Miley liked the feeling she got when Nick touched her. Her body felt warm all over. She looked into Nick's eyes and he looked into hers.
The two stood there for a while until Nick spoke. "I think that I should really be getting you home." He said and backed away from eye contact. He was about to kiss her, everything in his body told him to kiss her. However if there was one thing that Nick Jonas would ever do to a girl it was cheat. He had morals that he lived by.
As they walked a couple of blocks they asked small questions like when is your birthday. What's your favorite color? And what's your middle name?
"So what block do you live on?" He asked as they came to an intersection on the rode. "I live on 167 Maple drive." She stated looking at him.
"Really? I live on 169 Maple drive."
"That would make you my next door neighbor?"
They began to walk down their block and joke. How could they not know they were next door neighbors? "I moved here about three years ago."
"My family was a mess three years ago. So new next door neighbors probably weren't the biggest thing on my mind."
"Well, thank you for the great time." He said giving Miley a kiss on the cheek.
Miley began to blush. "No, thank you. I really needed this." She said and walked in her yard to get to her front door. She took out the key to open the door. She looked back and saw that Nick was watching her as she went in. She smiled and waved good-bye as she walked inside of her house.
Nick watched as Miley went inside. Her smile made the night sky seem so much brighter. He couldn't believe that he was falling for somebody like Miley. He had gone home with a smile on that day.
