Chapter 9 Bigger than us

The next day, Miley woke up and looked around her, she didn't find Demi, then she remembered that she was with the boys. Honestly, she was terrified the last night, she hated being alone all her life, let alone the last period of time since her dad disappeared! But she didn't tell Demi, she told her that everything is okay, but the truth is everything was the complete opposite from okay. She hardly slept that night, but she thought that Demi deserve to have a break from her for a while! Demi has been with her since she knew that secret, so Miley felt like it will be selfish from her if she told her that she don't want her to go.

She stood up and went to the bathroom, to take a shower and then she started getting ready for school. When she was about to start making breakfast she heard the doorbell, she sighed in relief, thinking that it's Demi, but she forgot for a minute that Demi has a key for the house.

She went and opened the door, she didn't find anyone, so she started to panic, when she made sure that no one was there she closed the door, but before it was completely closed she caught something on the floor with the corner of her eye! She slowly opened the door again, and she saw that it was an envelope! She hesitated before picking it up.

She closed the door and walked towards the couch and sat on it, she opened the envelope and took the letter inside it. She took a deep breath before she started reading it:

Dear Miley…

You probably don't know me, but I'm an old friend with your father, I tried to call him but he didn't ever answer, so I thought that maybe you can tell me where he is, I had some business with him, and I think he told you about it, even though he wasn't meant to let anybody know, but he was really close to you, I guess. I have a lot of ways to get that business but your dad was the closest and the safest one, so if you know his place leave a letter tomorrow morning at your door, where you found that one.

With a lot of love.

She knew that this letter from the gang, she had to read it several times before the understood it. Her heart rate was really fast, she thought about that letter for a while. It was really obvious that it was from the gang. If it was an old friend, why didn't he send that letter by the regular post? And why wasn't her dad supposed to tell that business to any one, unless it was breaking the law? She realized that she was scared! She waited for them to make the first move for so long, and now they did, she is scared.

She was deep in thought that she didn't hear the door opened when Demi arrived. Demi saw her setting on the cough with a paper in her hand, and tears in her eyes, so she knew that something was wrong. She ran towards her, and asked her what's wrong. Miley just handed her the letter, and she started reading.

"Well, maybe he's really one of your dad's friends." Demi said after she finished reading.

"Oh, really? Why would he just put it in front my door? Why didn't he send it by the regular post? Why did he say that I may know that business, even though I shouldn't be? Face it Demi, they made their first move, and they are threatening me now not to tell, but not in a direct way."

"No Miley. They aren't threatening you." Demi argued.

"Demi, they said that there were nobody meant to know that thing." Miley said and Demi thought about it for a second, and she didn't find anything to argue with, so she gave up.

"Alright, you're right Miley. But don't worry, we're next to you." She said hugging her.

"No, Demi. They're too dangerous."

"Don't worry Miles. Now let's go. We'll be late for school." She said changing the subject, as Miley sighed and nodded.

Again, when they were leaving the house the opposite house opened and the two brothers stepped out. Miley started walking faster not wanting to face them.

"Hey." Nick said after her. "Wait." He said grabbing her arm. "Who was that guy?"

"What guy?" she asked coldly but confused.

"That one who dropped a paper in front of your house." She was shocked to hear that, so he saw him.

"You saw him?" she asked surprised, that she forgot to be cold. He nodded "Just, please forget him."

"Why? Who was he?"

"No one. Just forget him, and don't mention him again."

"Why?"

"Just do it." She said and started walking again.

"I want to meet your dad." He said all of sudden making her freeze in her place.

"Why?" she turned again.

"I want to talk to him, about something." He said.

"Well, he's not at the house."

"Where is he?"

"None of your business."

"Where's he Miley?" he asked loudly.

"He um, went to Tennessee." She said the first thing that popped in her mind and started walking again with Demi before he could ask any other question.

"Well, that what I expected." Nick said when she left.

"What are you talking about?" Joe asked confused.

"First, I wasn't the reason for her breaking up with me. Second, there's something wrong with her dad, Demi said that he's staying at home, and she said that he's in Tennessee." He explained.

"Then what happened?"

"I don't know yet. But I will." He said. "Hey Joe, don't tell Demi about what I just figured out."

"Ok, but why?" Joe asked slowly as Nick rolled his eyes before answering.

"She'll tell Miley, Joe."

"And?"

"Joe, didn't you notice that she stared accepting talking to me again?"

"But, she doesn't want to, Nick. It's obvious."

"Yes, but before she wasn't even looking at me, when the school started she slowly began at least answering my questions. Well, not all the questions, but still."

"Alright, alright. I got it." Joe said as they completed their way to school in silence.

At lunch time, Miley and Demi told Lilly and Oliver about the letter. They kept telling Miley that they'll be there for her, no matter what happened, and that's started bothering her, and made her wondering if it was a good choice to tell them at the first place.

"Guys, can we just stop talking about it?" She said annoyed.

"Ok, if that's what you want." Lilly said taken aback by her sudden blurting out.

"Thanks." She said "You know what really bothers me, that Nick saw him. And now he won't leave me alone trying to know who that guy is." She said.

"You-you talked to Nick?" Lilly asked shocked but happily!

"Um, I- I had to, you know to tell him not to mention it again. You know for his own sake." she tried to find a better excuse, but she couldn't. Actually, when she talked to him this morning, she was comfortable, she didn't show it, but she was. She tried her hard not to get lost in his eyes, which she used to get lost in.

"Miley, you know you want to talk to him." Lilly said.

"Oh, no. not again." Miley said annoyed.

"Actually, I don't understand why don't you want to tell him." Oliver said.

"I'll say it for the millionth time, I want to keep him safe." She said and looked away, but it didn't help, because when she looked at the next table she found him, and he was staring at her. She froze, what if he heard her, but then she relaxed when she saw that Selena was setting next to him, and talking to him. But he wasn't paying attention, he was just nodding every once in a while, and staring at her, he didn't seem to hear their conversation though, which was all she cared about.

Nick's mind was busy thinking about that guy earlier, he wanted to know who was he, and he wanted to know what was wrong with her father, and most important what was wrong with her. But it was so hard to think correctly, was all that noise around him, which he called Selena.

She kept talking to him, about the silliest stuff ever, he wasn't even hearing, but he could tell that it was about her last break up or something. "What's the hell do I have to do with that?" He thought to himself, but kept nodding to her, even though she was making him crazy. "Where's Joe and his big mouth when I need him?" and as hearing his thoughts, he saw Joe entering the cafeteria. So he excused himself from her and ran towards him.

"Wow, where have you been? This girl is making me crazy." He said as soon as he reached him.

"Why would Miley make you crazy?" he asked dumbly.

"It's not Miley, it's that girl Selena." He answered.

"Oh, I heard she likes you."

"Well, I don't, and she doesn't leave me alone."

"Well, your hero came, let's go and set on a different table." Joe said, and looked around; there weren't any other empty tables "Um, I think that's not an option."

"Why don't we go set with Demi, and her friends?" he said as he took his hand pulling him towards them.

"Oh, that's can't be good." Joe murmured.

"Hey, guys. Mind if we set here? That girl is freaking me out." Nick said whispering the last part so Selena won't hear. But he tried not look at Miley, he kept his eyes on the others.

"Um, sure, I guess." Lilly said looking at Miley whose gaze was fixed on her lap.

"Thanks." He said as he pulled two chairs and sat between Oliver and Joe who sat next to Demi.

Nick looked at Miley and he found that she didn't raise her head yet, he wanted to know how does she fell about them setting there, but he can't tell unless he look her in the eyes.

Miley was silently praying to God, that the bell will ring soon. She didn't want to see them, so she kept her gaze fixed on her lap, she was hearing their conversation too, she couldn't help but smile when Joe would throw out any of his jokes, that he's known with, or when Nick would say something really serious when the others were all joking, or when Joe and Demi would start their little fights like three years old children! She defiantly missed that.

Demi was going to stay with her as usual, she told Lilly that since she's staying with Miley now, there's no need for her to be with them. Lilly's mom wouldn't let her sleep there every night anyway.

When they went home, Miley and Demi did their homework, and watched some TV. Demi fell asleep first in front of the movie they were watching, so Miley told her to go and sleep upstairs. After a while Miley followed her. But not to sleep, she was just bored from the TV.

She opened her drawer of the nightstand, and pulled out the letter she had written before to Nick. She read it and felt the hot boiling tears falling down. She sat on her desk and pulled another paper and a pen, and started putting her emotions in another letter. Normally she'd put these emotions in a song, but right now, she didn't feel like writing a song, so she wrote a letter to her love:

Dear Nick,

This is my second letter to you after the break up. And like the first one, I'm not planning to let you see them while I'm alive, not now anyway. I wanted to fill you with my current life, since I can't and I won't tell you now. Like I said at the first letter, I'm probably dead now, and you probably know about the gang. So, today they sent me a letter, it was the guy you saw who dropped it to me, I know that I wanted them to come, but now I'm scared. You know I wish that I can talk to you, but I'm doing this in a try to save your life, and your family. I figured out today, that this situation is really bigger than us, more than I ever thought, and I knew it because that letter, they're very careful, Nick. Really careful. So take care of yourself after my death, who knows what they will do!

I talked to you today, I have to say that I loved it. And when you sat with us at the table with Joe, you know I just realized how much I missed spending time with you.

A lot has changed since the last letter, like I didn't think that Kevin would say that things about me one day. And like I talked to you. And finally that my life is becoming nearer and nearer to its end.

And by the way, Selena likes you, don't let her go, she's a good girl.

Miley

When she finished, as usual she had tears running down her cheek, but she felt better, writing those things to him, knowing that there'll come a day that he'll read them, it was even better than writing her diary, it was more comfortable too, so she decided that she'd do it every time she was feeling upset, which seemed to be a lot these days.

Finally she fell asleep thinking about him!

Sorry for the late update, but the school + 5 stories to write = no rest for me :D not that I'm complaining, I like writing, but it's hard to write all the 5 at once, so I'm sorry. Am I forgiven yet?

Oh, and don't worry shortyschur everything is gonna be okay, I guess, but there has to be some drama, right? I don't like the sad ends, not in a Niley story anyway :D, thanks for reviewing anyway!

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