Chapter 4
Miley POV
Trace and Noah obviously had a different definition of a "family dinner" to me, because to me it meant our family...not the Jonas family as well. I sat in Mandy's car as we gazed at the ten or so paparazzi milling outside the house, they were here to see Kevin, Joe,Nick, Selena and Demi...not me. It was just what I needed right now, I mean seeing my family was going to be hard enough let alone the three of them and Dani let alone Selena.
"Miley you are going to be fine, you look amazing just remember to smile" Mandy stated giving me a nod, "Plus you're keeping up your normal trend of always being late to things. Hopefully it will be less awkward then…" Miah instantly started giggling as I frowned, no it would be way more awkward.
"Miah sweetie you aren't allowed to talk to the men with cameras okay just ignore them" I stated getting out of the car as Mandy gave a laugh, I opened the back door and grabbed her out.
"Ring me when you want me to pick you up okay gorgeous! I'll see you tonight, have fun" Mandy stated as I shot her a look, but before I could say another thing she'd driven off. I gazed at Mia in a bright blue dress her eyes staring up at me,
"Mommy you look worried…" Miah stated as I gave a laugh and nodded looking at her. I slowly walked towards my old house as Miah looked at me still confused…if only she was older, maybe then she'd understand.
"See this is where mommy used to live, and remember I told you about the men with cameras how they take photos and put them in magazines" I stated and she nodded looking at the guys who were all ignoring me…until the street light caught my face.
"Miley…your back" One yelled excited as instantly I could see the flashes and Miah just laughed. I rolled my eyes seeing her excitement they had absolutely no photos of her...but now that was all going to change.
"This is Miah right?" Another asked as I stayed silent and got to the gate and pressed the code Trace had given me into it. I ducked in while Miah just kept laughing lapping up the attention the paparazzi were giving her,
"Mommy they took photos of me" She stated like it was shocking to her, I smiled at her innocence to this lifestyle and nodded moving towards the door dodging all the cars.
"Yes they did take photos Miah, that's their job" I stated and she nodded confused as we reached the door.
I stopped hesitant not sure what to do, I was here now I suppose there was no backing out. I moved my hand knocking slowly on the wooden panels really nervous, I smiled at Miah who was absolutely glowing, good to see someone was happy at least. The door opened and I was thankful to see Trace standing there,
"Finally friend you're here…" Trace said loudly and I just shot him a look, as he reached for Miah who instantly jumped off me clinging onto him,
I walked inside with him gazing around as he gave me a weak smile "You look good Miles, relaxing day at home?" He asked as I heard a rumble from the other room full of conversation and nodded looking at Miah her arms wrapped around his neck.
"Yeah unpacking still, so I'm guessing everyone is waiting on your mysterious date right" I asked as he put Miah down on the floor and gave me a smirk and nodded,
"Oh god this was such a bad idea, I need to go home…" I stated as he gave a laugh and shook his head looking at me. He only looked at me for a couple of seconds but I knew he could tell,
"You've been crying again" He whispered moving his hand to my shoulder, "Just have some fun Miles, plus Noah already knows your coming tonight it's not going to be that…" He started only to be interrupted by a scream.
"MIAH…" I heard mom scream, we both instantly looked down to see she was gone as I let out a groan.
"Miles breath" He stated rolling his eyes, "They're family, plus like you haven't missed the Jonas guys" Trace stated dragging me along, why had I agreed to this? I could have been at home in bed watching the Notebook with Miah.
"Miah honey when did you get here? Where's Miley? She's gorgeous! She looks like Miley" Were all the things I was hearing as I peeked around the corner seeing literally everyone knelt around my three year old who seemed to think this was the best thing ever,
"I got here four days ago, mommy's here too. We moved here but you weren't supposed to know that but Aunt Noah knew so did Aunt Taylor and Aunt Demi they came and helped us unpack." She stated as I saw the look of absolute anger cross everyone's faces staring at the two girls, good thing Taylor wasn't here.
"Noah why didn't you tell us this? How long have you known?" Dad demanded looking at Noah, who instantly had every eye staring at her as she looked around for back up from Demi.
"I asked them not to tell you…" I stated stepping into the door way as instantly every head turned staring at me. I looked at all the faces I'd left behind so many years ago as my nerves disappeared,
"I didn't want the looks or your pity, I wanted to do this for me which meant I just needed to do it alone. So I am back…and I'm never going back there again" I stated seriously as I gazed around, instantly everyone just looked at me sympathetically.
"Oh honey, we missed you so much" Mom said jumping up and moved over to me, her arms instantly pulled me into a hug as I buried my head into her shoulder,
"Love you girly I'm happy your home, promise only smiles now okay…" Mom said letting go of me as I nodded and she moved her hand to my cheek giving me a smile.
"Mommy see you worry for nothing" Miah stated giving me a smile as everyone laughed at my daughter,
I quickly gazed around to see everyone looking at her but then I locked eyes with him. I stared at his chocolate eyes as he looked at me and gave a weak smile, which of course I couldn't stop myself returning.
Nick POV
I watching Miley as she slowly pushed the food around her plate but did not move a single piece to her mouth. I could see the red eyes and the black bags under them, although her make-up covered them I could always tell. The girl I used to love was gone and replaced with one who was totally broken in a world of her own building, definitely not our one. Selena rubbed her hand up and down my thigh trying to pull my attention back to her, but how could I? She wasn't the one about to have an emotional break down.
"Nick, stop looking at her your making it worse" Selena whispered as I gazed at Sel, "Everyone is looking at her, can't you see she doesn't like it"
"We're worried Sel" I whispered in reply as I watched Miley pick up a bean and then flick it off her fork again, "Very worried"
"So tomorrow we're straight back into studio work, so much for our month holiday it's already over!" Joe stated as I came back to reality and decided to pay attention to the tables conversation,
"Well at least your wedding is coming up right, in March?" Tish asked looking at Joe, he exchanged a look with Demi as I saw them both absolutely glowing at the idea of them finally getting married.
"Yeah we are, still have to finish all the planning though" Demi stated frowning "Like where everyone is sitting as of yet we still haven't got calls from heaps of people if their coming or not" I was best man seeing as Kevin didn't want the stress of being Joe's right hand man.
"Mommy…" Jayden yelled suddenly from the doorway, Miah and Jayden had non surprisingly hit it off straight away and had disappeared in the room next door to play with Jayden's blocks.
"I want ice cream" Jay demanded as Dani let out a sigh and exchanged a look with Kevin as Miah walked in, I couldn't help but just stare at her…she was an absolute replica of Miley but in miniature form.
"But the dress is finished right? And the bridesmaids stuff?" Brandi asked as Demi let out a groan, Kevin grabbed Jay off the ground and carried him out as Miley leaned down to Miah who said something and she nodded quickly as Miah left.
"No, it's almost done, the bridesmaid dresses are getting there slowly, god weddings are so difficult! It's like you plan for months and months and then it's only one day and it's all over" Demi complained as I gave a laugh, yeah she had a point there. I gazed to see Miley just staring at her food still…maybe talking about weddings right now wasn't the best idea.
"I can't wait to get married," Selena stated smiling at me, "Although I'm going to have to get a wedding planner watching Demi go through it right now is freaking me out!"
"It's just crazy!" Demi stated looking at Joe, "And Joe isn't a great help at all" Joe instantly nodded in agreement as I gave a laugh,
"You're in love though and when you plan a wedding it's the real testing of relationships, I mean I know Kevin and myself got in so many arguments while we planned ours. In the end you work through them, I'm sure every person married here can agree with me, you learn so much more about each other when you plan the wedding" Danielle stated giving a grin, as Tish laughed with mom and dad.
"Yeah totally agree, I wanted to kill Billy most of the time while we planned the wedding. Miley was always screaming he was absolutely no help what so ever, but we worked through it." Tish stated as I looked at Miley, she was sinking more and more under the table by the second.
"Once you're married everything changes and if you can hold your marriage together then you were meant to be together, if you don't...well then that means you chose the wrong person" mom stated, instantly I saw the look of regret cross her face. Miley stood up and without saying a thing walked out of the room…
"Oh god, I didn't mean it like that…" Mom whispered regretful as Tish just looked at mom shaking her head, telling her it was fine…we knew she didn't mean it like that.
"I'll go talk to her, make sure she's okay" I stated as everyone gave me a nod, Selena instantly grabbed my hand wanting me to stay but I ignored her,
Everyone knew she'd open up to anyone it would be me, we just had that kind of friendship. I moved out the door following the direction she walked to find Kevin standing confused staring at Miah who was in tears.
"What happened?" I asked looking at Miah while Kevin just looked confused at me. I walked over picking Miah up as she buried her head into my shoulder still crying, I sighed and put my hand on her back rubbing it,
"Miley came in and Miah told her that I gave her more scoops then Liam normally does. Miles completely lost it at her and told her Liam was dead so stop talking like he wasn't and stormed outside…" Kevin stated as I nodded looking at a very confused Jayden,
"Miah it's okay don't cry" I whispered and handed her over to Kevin giving a smile,
"Smile Miah it's okay, your mommy is going to be fine she didn't mean it" I whispered as Miah nodded putting her head on Kevin's shoulder. I gave him a worried look and headed out the back door,
I walked out the door into the moonlight gazing around seeing Miley sitting on the edge of the pool sobbing,
"Hey…" I whispered walking up as she ignored me,
I let out a sigh kicking my shoes and putting them next to her, I then rolled up my pants and sat on the grass next to her while she kept crying.
"Miles mom didn't mean that, it's different for you Miley. You didn't choose the end of your marriage, it just happened" I whispered putting my feet into the water and then hesitantly moved my arm around her. I was surprised as she instantly turned nuzzling her head into my shoulder crying like she'd done so many times before,
"I want him back Nick! I miss him so much" She cried as I sighed wrapping my other arm around her, taking a deep breath I began rubbing circles in her back…I hated seeing her like this…so vulnerable.
"I know Miles, but there's nothing any of us can do to bring him back. He's gone Miley and you need to continue on" I whispered as she kept crying and I pulled away from her. She looked up at me her mascara running down her face…the last time she looked like this I'd made her cry.
"It's going to get better, we're all here for you Miley. I'm here for you promise, I'll always be here for you and Miah" I whispered moving my head towards hers and kissed her gently on the head.
I slowly moved my arms back around Miley, rubbing her back as she nodded continuing to cry. I heard the door slam as I gazed over to see Selena standing there looking at me with a disappointed expression.
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