There isnt a lot i can say to excuse myself for the obvious slackness on my behalf...it has been way to long since i updated and i am so sorry. Uni is back in full swing and i have just been so busy trying to get back into that and working heaps and just having no motivation to sit down and type.

But finally here is a new chapter and i hope it is what you guys expect! it isnt exactly my best work but i wanted to get something out to you guys!

Thank you so much to Micha for her ideas to help me organise the rest of this story! i had this huge plan for this story but none of it seemed to be coming about so i have had to make a few changes to the direction of this story and she helped me alot with organising my ideas to make this story the best it can be.

Disclaimer: I definitely dont own Miley..she is her own person...remember! hehe and who would want to own the JB's after the way they have been acting...well i would willingly take Joe but shame on Kevin for his immaturity and Nick for just being Nick:P I still luv them but i just dont like them very much at the moment...sigh...

Enjoy:)


Unlocking the front door, Lilly tried to be as quiet as possible. She had been out most of the night, and didn't want to wake Miley. Closing the door silently behind her she took one large step into the small apartment.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH" Lilly screamed as she fell flat onto the floor. Slapping her hands over her mouth instantly she waited for her eyes to adjust. She could barley see what she had fallen over.

"Miley?" she whispered into the darkness.

From the floor, Miley sat up rubbing her left bum cheek, "Yeh! You got me right on my arse…I think you corked me with your foot!" Miley whined.

Lilly snickered before helping Miley to her feet. Once they were both up, Lilly flicked on the light. As soon as the lights came on, Lilly took one look at Miley before wrapping her arms around her. Miley's eyes were red and puffy and it was clear that something was really wrong. Without saying a word Miley burst into tears again and allowed Lilly to guide her to the couch.

"Oh Lilly, I've made a huge mess of everything! David…David…" but she couldn't get it out. For a long time Lilly just sat their and let Miley cry into her shirt.

Eventually Miley was able to explain to Lilly what had happened. Being able to talk about it allowed Miley to realise that maybe the situation wasn't as bad as she had first thought, all she had to do was explain to Nick what had happened. The part that confused her most though was that she was more concerned about what Nick might think of her, rather then the fact that her boyfriend had just broken up with her.

Lilly believed that in admitting this, Miley was acknowledging her true feelings for Nick, and now was able to find the one person who might be able to make her happy for the rest of her life! It was just up to Miley to tell him.

At around 430am they both decided to go to their beds for a few hours of sleep. It had been a long night for everyone and Miley had a few things to sort out in the morning. If she didn't get any sleep nothing would work out.

After what only felt like a few minutes, the house was woken by a loud knock at the door. Stirring in her bed, Miley peered over to her bedside table to look at the time. The large red numbers told her that it was already 11:00. Considering the night she had she was not surprised that she had overslept. Rolling out of bed she called to Lilly that she was getting the door, as to save Lily the hassle.

"I'm coming," Miley yelled as the banging got louder, however was at the door was clearly eager to get inside.

Swinging the door open, Miley was almost knocked off her feet as someone pounced through the door and engulfed her. Before she could even see who it was they were hugging her tightly, kissing her hair. Instantly she knew that smell, she would never mistake this person for anyone else.

"Oh Miley I'm so sorry about last night, I can't believe I did that. I was just so hurt and drunk and stupid and oh my God please forgive me," David continued to kiss the top of her hair as he apologised.

After a few moments Miley finally registered what was happening and pushed him away. This was not how it was supposed to happen, "David look," she began to speak but was interrupted immediately.

"I know I fucked up last night Miley, but we need to talk about this, let's not be rash" he was clearly panicking.

"Let's go eat and we can talk about it then," Miley suggested, "I'll go get changed and then we can go" sighing she trounced to her bedroom. She had only suggested going to eat so that she had a few minutes to work out what she was going to day. She had to say it just right, she didn't want to end up fighting, but she also didn't want to give him false hope.

Throwing on a casual summer dress and some flip flops, Miley raced out to meet David again, she was now eager to get this over and done with…the quicker…the better.

"Let's go," David tried to reach for her hand as they walked out the door, however Miley pulled away. Giving him a shy smile she shrugged and opened the door.

David followed close behind, but got the hint that Miley was not going to forgive him as quickly as he thought and he didn't want to push her too far in the wrong direction so as to not ruin any chances he may have had left.

Closing the door behind them Miley reached in her bag for her keys. She didn't notice David stop walking, and just continued to walk forward not looking where she was headed. A pair of hands reached out to touch her shoulders to get her attention. Jumping with fright she fell forward down the stars as she ran straight into the arms of Nick.

"Whoa, Miley what are you doing?" he laughed at her as he helped her regain balance.

Looking up to his face, Miley's heart sunk, "Nick? What…what…what are you, I mean…um…Hi Nick" she stumbled over her words as her brain ran through a hundred scenarios of how she may get herself out of this without breaking someone's heart.

Nick giggled at her antics, "I came to make sure you were ok, how are you feeling today?" he searched her face for answers but all he got was sheer panic and sadness.

Miley couldn't hide her emotions, everyone could always tell exactly what she was felling by looking at her face; however she still tried to control her emotions. "I'm fine, thanks for caring" she tried to give him a comforting smile.

Rubbing his hands up and down her arms, Nick tried to comfort her, knowing something was wrong, "Are you sure? Let me help you" he stated, wanting nothing more then to make her happy.

"Excuse me?" David piped in from behind the two friends. Nick had no noticed him standing there and Miley was momentarily lost in Nick's eyes. "I said excuse me?" This time he was abit ruder.

Miley heard him this time and whipped her head around, "Oh sorry David, this is uh, this is…" she gestured her hand towards Nick, struggling to find her words.

"Nick, yeh I got that much…but why is he here?" David questioned, getting impatient and uncomfortable with the obvious closeness of the pair.

Sticking out his hand Nick introduced him self, "That's right, I'm Nick how are you man?"

David took his hand, but tried to show his masculinity and shook it a little too hard, "I'm David, Miley's boyfriend"

As soon as David spoke Miley felt her eyes water up, this was it…she was going to lose them both and nothing in the world could allow her to go back in time to set it right. Nick was still standing close to her, and instantly looked down to find her eyes.

Looking at each other, it was clear that Nick was shocked and somewhat hurt by the current situation.

"Nick, I'm sorry, let me explain," Miley quickly tried to reach for him before he could move away.

Nick stepped back before she could touch him, "There isn't anything to explain Miley, I'm the one who is sorry, I'm sorry I came over here." Looking away he mumbled a goodbye to David and stalked back to his car.

"Wait, please Nick" Miley ran after him, but was too late he was already in his car and turning the key. The tears spilt over and were now running down her cheeks.

Falling to the ground Miley felt like the world was crashing down on her. For someone that she barely knew, Nick had become important to her and she finally felt like there was someone in the world she could relate to and that could love her the way she needed to be loved. As she watched Nick drive away she felt two arms reach around her to pull her to her feet.

"I have no idea what just happened, but Miley…let's go back inside and I think you need to explain a thing or two to me" His voice held anger and frustration, Miley was uncertain how she was going to explain it, but knew there was no going back.

Sitting on the couch David stared deeply into Miley face as he waited for her to explain. She had no idea where to starts, "Look David, I, well, I," she was so afraid of the way he was staring at her that she couldn't form the words. Everything around Miley felt like it was completely crashing down.

Miley explained to David how she and Nick met, and how sorry she was that it was ending like this but felt she had to follow her heart. The words started to flow freely and before she knew it she was standing at the door asking David to leave.

"Can you forgive me?" she pleaded, and for the first time since her speech started looked into his face.

Stalking over to her, staring directly into her face David was furious, "You don't deserve me, or anyone. You are nothing but a slut who deserves to be walked away from. I hope this hurts Miley because then you will have some idea of how much this hurts me."

Looking at her feet Miley continued to sob, "You don't mean that…" she told herself more then anyone, "You are a nicer guy then that" her voice barely a whisper.

A piercing laugh erupted from David's mouth, "Oh you have got to be kidding me? You bet I'm serious…you slept with me Miley! What the fuck were you thinking that day? Wishing I was that cock that just…I hate to mention AGAIN…just walked away from you? If that doesn't define a slut I don't know what does!" he was practically yelling in her face.

"GET OUT" Miley worked up the strength to look at his face and scream those two small words in his face.

She understood that what had happened was wrong and unfair to both of them…but she was strong enough to know that what he was saying wasn't true. She had to believe that it wasn't or she would fall into the nothingness that was trying to pull her down.

"Rot in hell Miley…" As David walked out the door Miley slammed the door as hard as she could. Like the night before Miley just wanted to fall to the ground and cry…but this time she made herself walk to the couch before she fell apart.

-xox-

It had been two days since Miley's world fell apart. She had successfully stayed in the same position for the entire two days, only moving to go to the toilet. Lilly got to the point where she couldn't take it any longer and called Joe to come over to help her.

Just as Miley was mindlessly flicking through the channels of the TV, not even noticing what was on a single channel, the doorbell rang.

Pricking her ears up, Miley listened intently to see who was there. Her heart started to race as she heard a familiar voice. It may not have been the right Jonas, but it was still a Jonas and the thought of that family in general brought Miley back to the land of living…slightly.

"How is she?" Joe asked, clearly concerned.

Lilly sighed, "Still on the couch…follow me" she led Joe to Miley's sanctuary.

Joe went and jumped onto the couch right next to Miley, "Hey princess" he cheerfully greeted her.

Miley just looked up at him briefly before looking back at the TV. She had so many questions for him but refused to let anyone see how she was feeling. Staying neutral was her safest option.

After a few moments of silence Joe decided to try whatever he could, "He doesn't hate you, he was just surprised…I spoke to him last night and told him what happened"

Tears began to sting Miley's eyes as she remembered the younger Jonas's face when he heard David's words. She had refused to talk to Lilly about it, and therefore Joe was definitely not going to get anything out of her.

"You don't have to do this Joe, I should have told him…it's all my fault…blah blah…I've given up...move on…whatever" she said this with a little more attitude then she first intended.

Joe slowly put his arm around her shoulders, of course they weren't the closest of friends but he couldn't care to see her upset, "Miles that's a poor attitude…how can you just give up? I know my little doufus of a brother really isn't worth much…but he is a good guy and I love him so I'm here to try to make the both of you happy. It is so disgustingly obvious that he likes you…and trust me there is a lot you don't know about him as well but that's the fun of getting to know someone. Finding out the good and the bad things…" Joe surprised himself with his insightful advice, but couldn't help but smile up at Lilly remembering that they still had a lot to learn about each other.

Miley just sighed, "How can there be anything bad for me to learn about him? I'm the one who fucked up…"

She was interrupted immediately, "If that's what you believe then its up to you to fix it…give it a chance" Joe handed her a piece of paper before standing up.

Lilly gave Joe a very confused look before following him to the door. Miley sat and stared at the piece of the paper too scared to find out what it says.

As Lilly walked Joe to the door, Joe leaned in to give her a kiss on the cheek, but before pulling away he whispered in her ear, "Convince her to go…but tell her to keep her mind open…"

Joe's words were cryptic, but Lilly nodded and waved him goodbye before heading back to Miley. Miley was still staring at the piece of paper when Lilly walked into the room. Hearing her footsteps Miley slowly looked up at her best friend.

"Is he right?" was all she asked, her voice cracking.

Ignoring her question Lilly wanted to know what the note said, "What does it say?"

Flicking her eyes back to the paper she slowly unfolded the delicate weight in her hands. Subconsciously shaking, she eventually opened it fully. There was nothing on the piece of paper but an address. Lilly was now looking over her shoulder and instantly knew what Joe wanted her to do.

"What are you waiting for?" she smirked at Miley…knowing that this was what Miley needed.

"I can do this…I'm actually going to do this…aren't I? Who can I kidding I can't do this," she looked to Lilly for answers.

Lilly laughed at her friend, "Yes you can and you are going…now get your butt of that couch and go get your man"

Miley smiled for the first time in days, "I'm actually going to do this?" she practically laughed at herself, feeling that this was the craziest thing she had ever done.

Both girls were now excited, "But one thing Miley" Lilly stopped her from walking straight out the front door.

Turning to look back, she gave Lilly a questioning look. Lilly laughed again, "Please shower first" she stated. Both girls broke out in laughter before Miley skipped to her room to get ready.

-xox-

Walking up the drive way, Miley took one last look at the address to make sure she was at the right house. Breathing deeply she worked up the courage to walk the last few steps to the front door.

Ringing the door bell, Miley straightened her dress out and double checked herself in the window reflection. She wanted to look good to help smooth things over with Nick. After a few minutes no one had answered the door. Miley knew that someone was home because the car was in the driveway.

Just as she was about to right the door bell again she heard a loud laugh coming from the side of the house. Looking over she realised that they must be out the back.

Without hesitation Miley walked to the side gate and looked over. It was the side of the house that lead to an open backyard. You couldn't see anything from this angle but Miley could definitely hear voices more clearly. It wasn't just Nick home.

"Hello?" she yelled out before unclipping the gate. She hoped he wouldn't mind but there was no going back…she was going to talk to him now and get it sorted. Her heart had hurt enough over the last few days and she was ready for it to be put back together, she just hoped that Nick would allow her to explain.

Continueing to call out to let her presence be known she made her way to the back side of the house. As soon as she entered the open yard the scene became clear.

What she saw was Nick sitting on a chair strumming his guitar while Miki played on her Bike. It confused Miley that there was so many toys out the back of what was supposed to be Nick's house, but brushed it off as him just being a devoted uncle.

Totally taken in by Nick's presence Miley decided to watch him play his guitar silently for a moment before stepping forward to let him know she was there.

Just as she was about to take a step out of the shadows and into the sunlight her attention was torn by the cry of the small girl.

Miki had fallen off her bike, "Daddy" she sobbed, holding onto her knee as small droplets of blood rolled down her leg. Miley's eyes widened at the reference of her father. There was no way she was going to just stroll up there if Kevin was here too.

Peering around the corner slightly she waited for him to emerge. Her thoughts raced as she argued with herself about what she should do. If Kevin was there at least then she would get to talk to Nick on his own without worrying about looking after a 3 year old.

But much to Miley's surprise Kevin never showed, instead Nick placed his guitar down carefully and walked over to Miki. Watching on with interest, Miley's brain raced even more as she wondered what was going on.

Miki looked up at her father, "Daddy…my knee" she continued to cry.

"Oh sweetheart it's ok, Dad can fix that up for you," he picked her up gently kissing her on the head. They both made their way over to the outside table and Nick sat the little girl on a chair. Disappearing quickly inside, Miley continued to wait for Kevin to show…the mention of her father that many times must mean that Kevin was around somewhere.

Nick re-emerged a few seconds later with a wash cloth, "Here you are…told you dad could fix it" he carefully wiped away the blood.

"I love you daddy" Miki said and he wiped the tears away from her face.

"I love you to Miki…don't ever forget it squirt" he smiled at his adorable daughter.

Miley's eyes widened as the realisation of the situation finally dawned on her. Michaela wasn't Kevin's at all…she was Nick's. It was clear as day and the more she thought about it…it seemed so obvious. This was what Joe was talking about…this was his secret…

Gasping at her sudden realisation, Miley didn't mean to make such a noise. Both Michaela and Nick flicked their heads in her direction, finally noticing her presence.

"Miley?" Nick asked, before she stepped backwards…and ran…


OK so both secrets are out now...where to go from here?? well its up to you guys to review so i know you guys want to find out! tell me what you think by clicking the small button...:) xoxox