"Miley Ray! Your phone! How long are you planning on making this polite young man wait?!" Robbie Ray yelled from the couch, trying to make his daughter answer the 27th call from this 'polite young man.'

"I'll call back later!!!" Miley screamed back, slamming her door as she flopped down on her bed in annoyance.

"YOU SAID THAT THE LAST 26 TIMES MILEY!"

Her eyebrows twitched for what seemed like the millionth time as she chucked her pillow at the door. The loud thud was followed by quick and hasty footsteps as Miley groaned. However, those steps were too light to be those of her father.

"Daddy if you're outside, go away!!!"

"H-Hi Miles…" said a voice as Miley shot up immediately.

"Oh sweet niblets." She cursed, hitting her forehead before shooting him a glare. "Joe why are you really here?"

"What do you mean?" Joe blinked innocently, holding up a binder. "I was told to bring you the documents to sign for our tour…" He grinned, shoving a bag in her face. "…and COOKIES!!!!"

"So it's-" She glared at the clock. "-10 o'clock at night and you brought me DOCUMENTS!?!?"

"Of course not, silly Miley! I got COOKIES!!!"

"CUT THE CRAP JOE!!!" She groaned exasperatedly. "What do you want from me?! Merry Christmas now leave!"

"Now now Miles, that's no way to treat this nice young man." Robbie Ray called from downstairs as Joe grinned innocently, making himself comfortable on her bed.

"Yeah Miles, that's no way to treat this nice young man, who may I add, brought you COOKIES!!!" He yelled in her face with the cookies as he nodded proudly.

"Joe, just get out." Miley sighed as she rubbed her head, feeling as if a headache was about to form. "Honestly, I'll sign your thing tomorrow, so just go."

"But-"

"But nothing! Leave!"

"Miley!!!" Robbie Ray scolded again as the teen huffed. "He's not leaving this door until you be nice to him!"

"You hear that Miles, your daddy doesn't like that you're being mean to me." Joe pouted. "I even brought you cookies."

"Dearest Joe," Miley began sweetly, causing him to look up with a suspicious face. "Can I help you out?"

"Yes!" Joe cheered, thinking he won, only to be pushed out to the balcony. Before he could react, she quickly locked the floor length glass window. "Woah Miles! That's not fair!"

"You wanted me to help you OUT!" The brunette laughed from the inside. "and that's technically not the 'door'."

"But mommy even made you cookies!" Joe whined, pounding against the window. Miley stole a glance at the bag and took one out, studying it. At the time, the chocolate chips only looked like a squiggle so she didn't think much of it. Slowly chewing on it, she quickly spat it out.

"EW! How much sugar did your- wait a minute…" Miley smirked slyly. "Your mom would not add this much sugar, only someone with no cooking experience would. Aww Joe you made me cookies!"

"Psh." He pouted outside. "Just let me in!"

"You're hopeless." Miley giggled, unlocking the window and pulled him into a quick embrace. "Thank you."

"Hey-" Before he knew it, Miley shut the window on him once more. "MILEY!!!"

"There's a rope ladder!" She let out a girlish laugh before, leaning against the glass. "Goodnight." And with that, she pulled the curtain over.

"Oi! That's so inconsiderate!" Joe muttered on the other side as Miley giggled to herself, pulling out another cookie as she looked over the documents. Just as she was about to bite it, chocolate chips in the shape of 'M' stopped her. With a raised brow, she poured out all the cookies and found letters on all of them.

She rearranged and rearranged, and was still unable to come up with something that made sense.

"Well there's 8 cookies, what other combos are there?" Miley wandered aloud, only to have something hit her. 'Eight? Eight…ate! I ate one!'

Quickly rearrange them again, she came up with these and closed her eyes, smiling to herself.

IM SO ORRY

'That stupid squiggle line was an S, right Joe?' She giggled, pulling the blanket to her shoulders before snatching another cookie.

Yes, it may be overly sweet, but sometimes, just sometimes, it's not so bad…just like a certain someone.

And maybe, just maybe, that this Christmas doesn't completely suck after all.


"Here! Signed, sealed, annnnd delivered!" Miley grinned as she handed the contracts to Nick, the responsible one. "So what do I need to know about your hot shot rockstar life?"

"Oh ya know, the usual." Nick shrugged, going to his manager to have the docs submitted.

"So…" Joe jogged over with a cheeky grin on his face. "How were the cookies?"

"Oh will you get over it?!" She shook her head, pushing him out of her way gently.

"No I meant the letters, am I forgi-"

"Figure it out yourself." Miley laughed as she walked over to her computer, looking at the newest photos of the boys. "Hey Kevin, check this out!"

As the boys gathered around the photographer, Miley showed them a few of their best shots as they nodded in approval.

"Hey what's that?" Joe asked, leaning on her shoulder so he can point at a weird looking photo on the file. Miley glared at his hand on her but thought no more as she pulled up the picture.

"Ahhh a mosaic of us?" Kevin laughed. "Cute, but what's that 'OU' there on the side?"

"That stupid gossip site?" Nick guessed, but thought nothing of it. However, Joe seemed to be deep in thought, and upon noticing that, Miley smirked.

"Ahhh~" Miley faked a yawn as she walked to the door. "Well boys, that's a wrap, sang kyu veli muchy. I'm going home."

"Ah wait Miles-!" Joe called.

"Ah Miley!" Demi grinned as she invited herself in.

"Um Demi! How nice to see you! W-What are you doing here?" Miley exclaimed with fake enthusiasm as she clapped her hands together.

"Oh nothing, I had a concert around here and heard that the guys are in so I thought I'd drop by and ask ya'll out for dinner!" asked the dark haired singer as she linked arms with Kevin and Joe. "What do say?"

"Um, I'm a bit tired so…" Miley lied, suppressing the urge to roll her eyes.

"Oh you don't have to come!" Demi exclaimed in a pathetic attempt to cover her delight. "Let's go guys!"

"See you guys later." Miley smiled weakly as she grabbed her purse. "Lock up for me, will ya? Keys are on my desk."

"Sleep well!" Nick yelled as Miley disappeared into the streets. As soon as she left, Joe immediately wriggled out of Demi's strong grasp.

"Hey Demz, sorry but I'm not feeling up to it tonight, maybe some other time yeah?" He said quickly as he headed for the door.

"But Joe-"

"Dude are you not feeling well?" Kevin inquired as Nick shook his head, holding back a chuckle.

"No no I'm fine, I'll see you back home, later!" With that, he ran out.

"What is UP with him!? Geez!" Demi muttered, grabbing Nick with her now free hand. "He's been acting weird lately."

"He's Joe, whaddya expect?"


"Miley! Miley wait up! Man you walk way to fast for your own good!" Miley swiveled around upon hearing her name from that familiar voice. Too familiar if you ask her.

"Hey! What are you doing here?" She asked, pleasantly surprised when she saw the figure emerge from the dim moonlight.

"Just to tell you I got your message." Joe grinned wolfishly as he rested his hands on his hips in a proud fashion.

"I got your message too." She laughed as she resumed walking.

"Hey can I walk you home?"

"So you can obnoxiously tell me how you've figured out my answer?" Miley guessed as Joe fall in step with her.

"You know me too well." He chuckled. "OU is not really OU, it's ou, and if you turned it around, it would be no. But that doesn't mean I'm not forgiven, because you put it backwards and THEN you put in backwards. So no upside down would mean yes, am I right?"

"The boy's a genius!" Miley said, surprised. "I gotta hand it to ya, I'm impressed."

The nice evening was soon filled with silence as the cool breeze washed through their hair. Finally, Miley reached her doorstep. "So uh…we're here, thanks for walking me home."

"No prob." Joe grinned, but still not leaving like Miley thought he would.

"Don't you-I mean…shouldn't you be at dinner with Demi and your brothers?" She asked as another breeze blew by.

"Oh I'm not going, maybe some other time."

"Why is that?"

"Don't feel up to it, ya know." Joe sighed as Robbie Ray yelled.

"MILEY! DINNER'S READY!"

"W-Well I should let you go." He smiled, holding out his hand as Miley hesitantly took it. "Uh…nice workin' with you?"

"What?" She laughed and looked through the glass door to see her father waiting patiently. "You know, since you haven't had dinner, would you, I mean only if you want to, not that you have to, would you like…you know, to come in?"

Joe stood her for a second, dumbfounded, before regaining his composure and reaching for the knob.

"That'd be awesome."


Hey ya'll! MERRY NEW YEAR!!! That's right! Oh and what up with the whole Nick and Selena drama recently? -_- huh, whatever, over Nick, Moe for the win!!! XD haha plz review!!! YOU GET COOKIES!!! Haha codes as secret messages are super fun, maybe we should use them more often, I'm in the Detective Conan phase, and it's REALLY good, and I mean, REALLY good! You guys should get a library card and check it out! XD l8er dudes!