Things to Tell
Chapter Three - Why Wont You Let Me?
'Lilly, you are a total bitch.' Miley spat, lifting her book from her locker.
'Sorry , but no-one wants a pregnant best friend.'
'Oh, have it your way.' Miley yelled, walking off to her geography class.
'Mum, I really miss Nick.' Miley whimpered as she sat next to Tish on the couch.
'Aww, sweetie. You'll make a new best friend.' Tish comforted.
'I don't want another best friend. I want Nick. He's the only person that fully understands me. He could write my biography for me! He knows things you don't.'
'Well, maybe you can go in the summer break.' Tish suggested.
'SUMMER BREAK? What about spring break?' Miley asked.
'Well, we're going to your grandmas for her birthday.'
Miley allowed herself to slide down onto the floor.
'I don't care if he's married to the chick! He's not going to California unsupervised to see one person!' yelled Paul.
'Just let him! No matter what he says, she's not his best friend anymore. They've grew up and he's attracted to her sexually! He loves her! Just let him go for a day!' Denise yelled back.
Nick, Joe and Frankie were all sitting in another room. The kitchen door was closed and they could just hear a buzzing noise that was their parents arguing.
'Nick, are you ok?' Frankie asked, edging over to his elder brother. Nick was sitting on a chair, elbows on his knees and his head resting on his hands.
'He's missing Miley. Leave him a while.' Joe said, pulling Frankie back.
Nick felt his heart crack slightly. He knew his dad would never let him go to Cali, and, to his disappointment, he himself realised Miley had agreed to come visit on a time when she would be at her grans.
Two years passed. Nick had just had his sixteenth birthday, alone in his bedroom. He rarely left it, except for school. He missed Miley so badly, every day that passed without her was like a knife being jammed in his heart.
'Nick, you cant live like this.' Denise sighed, hugging him gently.
'I cant live without her. I've tried, its impossible.' Nick sighed.
'Your dad still wont let you go. He's started calling her a tramp now. It doesn't look like he'll relent.'
'Maybe if it was a family vacation, to northern California. I could travel down.'
Miley was also still missing her best friend, but she had no time to be depressed. Hayley, named for the Paramore singer, was two, and running riot.
'Come over Hayley, mummy might give you some chocolate.' Miley coaxed, getting down on her knees to try and get her out from under the bed.
'Miley - Denise just paged me. They're in San Francisco, but they're travelling down to see you. They want to meet you at the park, Nicks overly happy. Denise says he hasn't been the same since they moved.' Tish announced, throwing Miley's coat at her.
'Brilliant.' Miley exclaimed, pulling on her coat and putting Hayley's on her. 'Is it just Nick and Denise coming?'
'Yeah, I'll go with you if you want. Your dad will watch Hayley.' Tish smiled.
'Yes, but Hayley's coming. Nick needs to know.'
'You mean…………'
Miley nodded, then lifted Hayley into her arms. Tish stood there shocked, discovering who her granddaughters father was for the first time.
'How long until they get here?' Miley asked anxiously.
'It wont be long. You go wait by the gate and I'll take Hayley to the play park.' Tish instructed.
Miley walked over to the gate and sat on the fence. A few minutes later, she could see Nick in the distance. The minute he opened the gate she hugged him.
'I got my best friend back.' she wept, showering his neck with tears.
'You have no idea how much I missed you - or how much you've changed.' Nick smiled. His eyed darted up and down her body.
'I missed you too. I lost Lilly aswell, she totally pissed off with some new chick called Debby.' Miley sighed, breathing in the smell of Nicks cologne.
'So you had no other friends? Me either.' said Nick, kissing the top of Miley's head.
'Well, theres Hayley, but she's not really a friend as such…..' hedged Miley, tensing up.
'Mum! Come push me on the swings!' demanded Hayley, pulling on the bottom of Mileys coat.
Nicks eyes instantly darted to Miley's hand. No ring. What jerk would leave someone like her to deal with it on her own.
'Hayley, this is Nick.' Miley smiled, picking Hayley up and resting her on her hip.
A few minutes passed, then Miley broke the silence.
'You're going to ask who her father is, aren't you?'
'Well, its none of my business -'
'No, it is your business, considering her father is standing right in front of me.'
Nick's eyes went wide.
'You mean , that one time, before I left for New Jersey?'
Miley nodded.
'I tried to tell you, I honestly did, but you changed your cell number.' Miley whispered.
'I know, my dad refused to let me visit you, so he changed my sim card.'
'I'm sorry, its my own fault. If you want to go back to New Jersey, and forget about me and Hayley, I understand.'
'I could never do that. I love you too much.' Nick insisted (Its still friendly love, they've been apart for two years, they're not going to instantly fall in love again.)
Third chapter. Tish discovered who her granddaughters father was, and Nick discovered he was a father.