Oookay. It might seem I'm having a hard time here... I am. Haha. I guess I'll warm up in this story sooner or later. It's kinda stiff working on this story. I will try my best to update soon. :DD

(Oh yeah, a reader suggested something to me ; she/he said I make a chapter where it shows Nick's point of view so here it is. :D)

Can't Have You ; Chapter Four

N I C K : I walked in my room, the darkness making me even more sleepy. It had been a long night and I spent it with Miley. Sure, we hated each other first but I didn't know her then. She turned out to be a sweet, fun and carefree girl. She was plainly herself and no one else. Just like Selena. She reminded me so much of her. I sighed as I flopped down the bed, groaning, realizing that I missed Selena too much. I wished to be with her tonight and just hold her like I used to.

I closed my eyes, the picture of Selena fading slowly and morphing into... Miley? Wasn't I going too fast? I just got to be with her today. It was impossible to start liking her right away but on the other hand, who wouldn't like Miley? She was too bubbly to be sad around with. I tossed and turned, feeling very sleepy though I can't manage to sleep. I sighed but something popped in my head that easily made me doze off to sleep.

Miley was sleeping right across the hallway. I smiled a little as I closed my eyes, making my way to slumberland.

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I opened my eyes once the alarm clock started ringing. I smacked the alarm clock to snooze as I closed my eyes, going back to sleep. I opened one eye to peek at the clock and it was already 7:15, class was starting in 15 minutes. I sat up quickly, rushing to the bathroom, nearly tripping on my own foot. I stripped off my clothes in a flash, taking a super quick shower before running to the closet, not bothering to wipe my wet body properly. I grabbed a striped polo shirt and dark washed jeans.

Wiping myself with the towel, I slipped on my underwear and my picked clothes. I quickly grapped a pair of socks, slipping it on as I walked over where my Converses were. I grabbed my backpack and folders before wearing my green chucks. I managed to airdry my hair using the airconditioner before running out the room. I realized my roommate was up already and gone. I bumped into several students before making it to the Science lab.

The teacher wasn't there yet making me sigh in relief. I looked around the room, trying to look for an empty seat and a student without a partner. My eyes landed on a familiar brunette sitting by herself, drawing a face on a piece of paper as she sat down the stool by the window. The light shined down from the window on her making her look like an angel. I made my way to Miley making her look up at me.

"Morning, Nicholas." Miley smiled at me genuinely before turning her attention back to the piece she was drawing. "You look like you were chased by cows." she giggled as she scribbled at the paper, sketching details.

"Morning." I smiled back. "Yeah, I woke up real late. I kept on snoozing my alarm clock. College is so frantic." I groaned as I settled my backpack down the floor and sitting next to her as I leaned on the table.

"Well yeah, they expect us to be more mature." she said. "I didn't know you have Genetics with me. You didn't tell me." Miley smiled as she picked up the unfinished drawing and inserting it into a folder before putting it into her bag.

"I didn't know either. That makes two of us." I chuckled. "So did you talk to Liam already?" I asked her, curious about her and him. She was sorta crazy about him, I could tell.

"I didn't see him today." she sighed. "Maybe I should forget about it. It was an accident so he didn't mean to meet me or to know me. To me it's a big deal but to him maybe it's not. He's a junior. There are a lot of others out there so what's the point of choosing me?"

"You're such a girl, Mi." I joked, chuckling.

"I am a girl, what do you expect?" she giggled.

"Maybe he just needs to spend a little more time with you then he'd get to know you better. And so what if it was an accident. I didn't mean to meet Selena either. I just spilled spoiled milk on her and accidentally dumped tofu dogs on her but we still managed to be together." I shared, smiling making Miley snort.

"Oh my gosh, you did that to Sel?" Miley laughed. "That is such a dork move, Nick. I thought you were smooth as ice?" she said, gliding her hand in the air for effects.

"Yeah 'cause some boys were having some sort of rampage so I accidentally knocked my lunch on her." I said, laughing along.

"And the spoiled milk?" she arched her eyebrow.

"That came from the boys." I chuckled. The professor suddenly entered, a blank expression on his face making all of us shut up. He started scribling his name on the whiteboard as he faced us, pronouncing his name properly.

"Professor Hutcher. Good morning freshmen." he said smoothly. Wow, this was some teacher. He was wearing a brown coat and black slacks. His hair was brushed back and he looked like a doctor and a lawyer than a teacher. "I dislike distractions and I loathe students who do not pay attention in my class so I suggest you sit properly, keep your eyes on me and the board and keep away everything that is not related with my class. Understood?"

"Yes, sir." we said in chorus, terrified. Miley looked at me nervously and I returned the same look. So far, I hate college.

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We were walking through the hallway, 2 periods down – not to mention terrifying periods. It was finally lunch time. My favorite subject. Everyone was making their way to the cafeteria, wanting to know what was for lunch today.

"Oh my gosh. I almost died in there." Miley giggled as we approached her locker. She unlocked the locker before stuffing her books inside. She was completely organized. Her locker was mess-free making me smile.

"Me too. Almost all of the teachers are like that. Creepy." I asked as I watched her close the locker and stuff another book in her bag. We were walking to the other side of the hallway to my locker. I opened mine and was embarrassed when a sandwhich fell down. Miley laughed slightly making me blush a little. "Sorry 'bout that."

"Nick, you gotta arrange your locker." Miley giggled as she took all of my books and threw the sandwhich in the nearby trash can. "First, you arrange your books by class. Your first class is Chemistry so put your book here on the first row and so on." she said, handing me my books.

"But I'm a guy. I don't really care if my stuff is messy or what not." I said, stuffing my books back in, not arranging it like Miley said. Selena never really cared so why should she?

"Fine. Have it your way. I'm just saying." she rolled her eyes. Here we go again, we were arguing over something stupid again. We were friends now and I have to protect that though I don't know the complete reason why.

"Look, why won't we just eat lunch before we end up hating each other again." I said, grabbing her hand, pulling her to the cafeteria to get some food.

"Wait, did I say that we like each other already?" she pulled her hand away, rolling her eyes at me as she crossed her arms across her chest.

"Miley, you're acting like a brat again. Of course you didn't say so but you show it." I said, making her arms drop down to her sides. "I'm right, right?"

"I'm sorry. God, I gotta start changing." she groaned as we walked in the cafeteria, standing in line to get the food. "No wonder those juniors and seniors don't like me. I'm 'immature' for them." Miley sighed as she got a tray, placing a bowl of salad and macaroni and cheese.

"How do you know?" I asked, placing a burger and a can of coke on my tray. We found an empty table in the middle of the cafeteria. Miley pulled out a chair as she sat down. I sat down beside her as I watched her play with her salad.

"Because you said so." she sighed. "Now I don't care anymore. I'm gonna focus on my studies." Miley smiled at me.

"That's the best you can do for now." I chuckled at her. I heard someone clear his throat behind me making us look up at him. Liam was holding his tray, smiling at us. Great. Mr. Dreamy's here. Hooray.

"Mind if I join you guys?" he asked, looking at Miley. Her eyes lit up automatically, a huge grin appearing on her face. Liam smiled back.

"Sure." Miley said.

"Cool." he said as he pulled out a chair, sitting next to Miley. He popped a french fry in his mouth as Miley ate her salad. I just played with my burger, sipping a few sips of coke every now and then.

"So, um. Are you busy later?" Liam asked Miley making her look up from her salad. The way she looked at him, as if she really knows he was her prince charming. That was the way I used to look at Selena. Boy, did I miss her.

"No, not really. Why?" she asked.

"I was wondering if you wanna catch a movie or something later after school if you don't have any homework or something." he said, hopefully. Miley smiled at him, glad that he was finally asking her to hang with him.

"Oh. Yeah. Um, I would love to." She answered making Liam smile widely also. I rolled my eyes inwardly, thinking this was gay and why does he have to do it in front of me. He could ask Miley later when she's alone.

"Hey, I'm not really hungry. I'll catch up later." I said, standing up and grabbing my tray. Liam looked satisfied that I was finally leaving. Miley quickly pulled me, not wanting me to leave.

"Nick, you didn't even eat a bite. Come on, Mr. Cranky Pants. Sit down and stay." she ordered, as Liam stared thoughtfully at me, hoping I would leave.

"No, really Mi. I'm not that hungry. I'll catch up with you later." I said, looking back at Liam and Miley before placing my tray back on the table and finally leaving. "I don't know what Miley sees in him. What a girl." I said to myself, stomping towards my locker.

M I L E Y : I looked at Nick's leaving figure and at his tray of food that wasn't even touched. I sighed, wondering what has gotten into that boy. Liam waved his hand in front of my face, chuckling making me snap out of my thoughts. He had blue-green eyes that was so mysterious, and at the same time, breath-taking.

"I'm sorry." I giggled. "You were saying?"

Liam chuckled at me. "I said, are you and Nick like best friends? When I see you in the school grounds looks like you guys are best friends forever." he said, with a light laugh.

"Oh. Me and Nick? Nick and I? What? No. Psh. 'course not. Why'd you think that." I said, trying my best so he'd buy it. It was true. We weren't best friends. Not friends either. We were just on the first step.

"You guys seem close." he said. "and you guys are always having fun when together."

"Not really." I shrugged, chugging the whole bottle of water down. I settled it down the table, before continuing on. "He used to be my enemy before though." I giggled, remembering the times I'd roll my eyes at him in front of Selena and other kinds of insulting gestures I could possibly think of.

"Really?" he chuckled. "then you guys became friends. That's good."

"Actually, he's my best friend's ex-boyfriend." I said, looking down and playing with the salad again. I didn't eat either. I wasn't feeling like it. Maybe that was what Nick felt. "They broke up just a couple of months ago and my best friend – Selena is still devastated. She went to boarding school in England for college and I went here. Turns out, her ex – Nick, also is going here."

"Ha. Small world." he said. "let me guess, you didn't take it too well, did you?"

"No, I didn't." I giggled. "Remember when you met me? I was walking out from him that time. God, was he annoying." I said, still giggling.

"I can't agree to you on that." Liam said, shaking his head as he placed a fry on his mouth. I gave him a confused look. "If he wasn't annoying, you wouldn't walk out and I wouldn't have met you." he smiled.

I blushed, my cheeks turning pink. "Yeah, right." I rolled my eyes, playfully, hitting him on the arm slightly. "You didn't mean to meet me. If you meant to meet me, you would've approached me yourself and introduced me to you, not waiting for me to bump into you. Right?" I asked.

"Yes, but that's a different thing. You know, you could be so defensive about the things you believe in." Liam chuckled. "but that's a good thing."

"I stand up for what I believe in, in short." I smiled. "And, you're different from all those boys in the football field. They talk to girls, sexually. You know what I'm saying? But you talk to me, just to make friends. I feel it."

"'Sexually'?" he repeated, laughing. I gave him a slight punch on the arm. "Okay, okay. I get what you mean. Remember, those guys out there – those other guys, they won't really love you for real. They don't know anything about 'sparks' when you kiss or that 'butterflies' in the stomach when they hold hands and all those other stuff."

"How come you know all of that? Oh my god, are you gay?" I joked, laughing.

"I am not." he said, firmly as he chuckled. "I just feel it too. But I don't admit to girls. It would be like, weird if you tell your girlfriend 'I felt sparks when we kissed last night' or 'my stomach has butterflies! What do I do?! What do I do?!'" he said, imitating girls as best as he can.

"Yeah, that would be weird. Not to mention gay. Very gay." I laughed, and he joined in. talking to him was like blinking your eyes. No effort or you're not trying to stop it. You just do. And that was the feeling I loved the most.

N I C K : Lunch was over and soon, the end of the day came. Everyone was inside their rooms doing God knows what and I was outside, walking around and breathing the fresh air of the night. The sky was pure black and starless. It wasn't beautiful at all. There weren't stars to light up the dark sky. I walked around the lawn, when I saw someone seated at the bench near the light post. She was holding a sketch pad and her head was bowed down.

I approached her and realized it was Miley all along. I smirked to myself, deciding to give her a quick scare. I walked around the back, walking behind the bench. I grabbed her shoulders, quickly making her shriek and jump. She looked back at me, a terrified expression playing on her face until she realized it was me.

"What the hell, Nick!" Miley shouted, hitting me with the sketch pad she was holding. She hit me over and over again until I couldn't breathe from laughing anymore. "You think that was funny?! What if that was some murderer or something you think that would be funny?"

"But it wasn't, right? It was me." I chuckled at her, sitting down the bench. "Chill. I was just wondering why you're out here in 9 in the evening. You're supposed to be doing homework in your room." I scolded.

"But you're not either. I'm just trying to finish this portrait. It's coming along now. All it needs are the details and I'll just add some color for the finishing touch." she smiled at me, proud of her work.

"Who is that anyway? Your brother or cousin?" I asked her, peeking at her drawing, continuing to sketch small details on the boy's face. "He looks good."

"Thanks." Miley smiled. "It's Liam, actually. He looks beautiful, doesn't he?" she smiled wider. I regretted I just said that. "It would be even more beautiful if I added color on his eyes. It would be blue-green and mysterious and just amazing."

"Oh. Are you going to give that to him?" I asked her, watching the drawing morph into a face – Liam's face. Psh. I repeat. She was such a girl. But, her drawing skills are unbelievable. It would be an honor if she drew me – not that I wanted to. Just an honor.

"No. that would be weird. I'm going to keep it. Instead of taking a picture of him, I drew him. I thought it would be better." Miley said, smiling as she watched the picture turn into his beautiful face.

"You're talented, Mi. it's beautiful. You could probably sell that." I said, smiling at her. Her blue eyes lit up from each compliment and whenever the name Liam was mentioned.

"I wouldn't sell it even if they gave me a zillion bucks. I'm keeping this." Miley said with a small giggle. "I think I'd put it on my nightstand when it's finished."

"You –," I said, getting cut off when my phone rings. "excuse me. Just a minute." I said, sliding the phone out of my pocket. It was from an unknown number. I scrunched my forehead in confusion. "Hello?" I answered.

"Nicky? It's me, Selena." she sighed.

a/n: so so sorry for the late update. I was busy with cheerleading for our upcoming sports fest and volleyball trainings. :\ anyhoo, need feedbacks. More reviews, please? :D