Miley ? ..Miley?

This brought me back to the real world. The rainy day was gone. It was in the past. At least now Nick and I had a chance to fix things. Writing would be a relief. It would give us time to reflect and learn from the experience. Maybe now that our careers were settled some we could start over.

O..Sorry Nick. I said. I just…was ..umm ..remembering.

Yeah .. I know what you mean. That day has been replaying in my mind a lot. Everytime someone asks me about you I just get upset at myself. I should've stopped you. I should've explained myself better.

It's ok I replied. It's in the past. It's over. All we can do is learn from it.

That's right. He said. Now would you like me to explain the title to you? It's pretty obvious really but that day changed everything. It wrecked my world. That stormy day was the end.

It was the end. It's a good place to focus. I said

I thought so. Now looking back at it I want everything back like it was before that day. I've learned it's not always what you have..or what you do. It is who's with you along the way that matters.

I learned that to. Being on tours with just random people screaming at you, thinking they really know you. It can make you feel incredibly alone sometimes.

Yeah ..he said. All too true. Even with Joe and Kevin I still felt lonely somedays

Back to writing I said. so what you have is good so far. It's a great basis. I was thinking maybe if you like we could make it a duet. It could make the song more powerful as whole. I think it would give us both the closure we need. It would also show the fans we aren't bitter anymore. That we want to be close again like we use to be.

That's BRILLIANT! He said. He jumped off the piano bench had the biggest smile on his face. Just like when a little kid opens his Christmas gifts and he gets exactly what he wants. Thank you Miley! Thank you so much for doing this with me! I've needed this for a while now.

Me too.

I looked over the lyrics. All of it was from his perspective. There needed to be some of my thoughts as well.

You mind if I try putting in some of my thoughts? I asked.

Sure go right ahead. As he nooded at the page

I stared at the written lyrics. I thought back to that painful day. I thought about the storm. I thought about how I felt in that moment and every moment without Nick. I started writing down words on the top right corner

Pain

Suffering

Loss

Heart Break

Wondering

Scared

Worthless

Wow Miley … Nick said as he picked up the paper. He saw a tear drop land on it.

You were really just as torn up as I was huh..

I was Nick. I thought you were through with me. I thought you didn't need me anymore. It hurt.

Yeah, I thought the same thing Miley. You were doing so great. You seemed fine without me. I guess we didn't realize how much we meant to eachother.

That can happen when two people are apart. People forget.

I'm glad I'm remembering now though.. Nick said smiling

I'm glad too .

Nick played the opening verse on piano as I tried to find words to fit the melody. It took me a minute to try and collect all my thoughts. My mind was jumbled but eventually I came up with a decent opening verse.

I know this isn't what I wanted

I never thought it'd come this far

Just Thinking back to where we started

And how we lost all that we are.

It's good .. I like it. Nick smiled triumphantly.

Thanks. I smiled back. This is just like the old days.

It is! It's wonderful.

Nick then played his verse with mine.

We were young and times were easy
But I could see it's not the same
I'm standing here but you don't see me
I'd give it all for that to change

It fit seamlessly. Each of the opening verses were our own reflecting back on that moment. On the fact that we wished things could've been better between us. It was nice to know we were finally on the same page again.

Then Nick added something New. He added a phrase that shocked me.

And I don't want to lose her
Don't wanna let her go

He never wanted to lose me. He wanted to keep me with him the whole time. Wow. Writing is opening a lot of doors.

Then we looked at the chorus. I suggested we incorporated more of the moment we broke up. I traded the first line for something different. The rest of it I left the same. The chorus ended up saying.

I'm standing out in the rain
I need to know if it's over
Cause I will leave you alone
Flooded with all this pain
Knowing that I'll never hold her
Like I did before the storm (yeah)
Before the storm

It was 10 o'clock at night by the time Nick and I had this much of the song put together. In between figuring out instrument parts and lyrics we caught up and reflected on the fun days. It was amazing how much Nick had grown up .. But the more we talked I realized he was still the goofy loveable inspiring Nicholas I knew when I was a hopeless 13 year old in my first romance.

I have to go I told Nick. Dad wants me back at the hotel soon.

Alright he replied. Do you want to work on this more at my house? Joe Kevin and I are flying back home in the morning. You are welcome to come spend a day or so with us.

I'd love that Nick. I said. Thank you so much.

No Problem Smiley. He winked at me as we locked up his studio.

We walked to our cars slowly. Then all of a sudden Nick started running.

Looks like Miley still can't run! He shouted. We used to race to our tour busses all the time after concert dress rehersals.

Yeah right! I challenged back. I ran as fast as I could toward my car passing Nick and beating him to the parking lot.

HAHA I win. I yelled as I stuck out my tounge

Looks like you've been working out some. He said

Yupp. I work with a personal trainer three times a week I said proudly.

It's done you some good. You can finally beat me now. I guess this is goodbye for now. I'll see you in the morning. 8am sharp at Los Angeles International Airport. Go to private hanger number 3 and we will set off for home.

Sounds good I said. Bye

We stood there awkwardly for a moment. Then right as I was about to turn around He wrapped his arms around me. I felt safe here. I felt at home. It was finally right again between us. Nick was my friend.