I'm so sorry I've not updated in a while, I've just had my exams and not really been in the mood to write. Hopefully I'm back :) I don't know. I don't really know where to go anymore, so until I get ideas then it'll be really slow updates.
This chapter sucks, like all chapters do but I just wanted to update. Thanks to all your reviews, I love them.
Chapter 10: Truth, Dare Or End Of Career?
I stood from a distance, staring at the house. I smiled at it proudly, heck had this house been through a lot? Nick came up behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist and resting his head on my shoulder. I slid my eyes shut as he whispered gentle, soothing rhymes into my ears. Instantly catching my heart. A car approaching was sounded and my eyes opened to reveal Kevins car pulling up, with Joe, Mandy, Demi and Taylor all inside. Joe jumped out the car, heading for the boot. He pulled out two bags and ran inside like a girl, the bags whipped over his shoulder.
"He's worse than a girl." Nick whispered as we watched the rest of the group struggle with all the other bags. "Come on." Nick said grabbing my hand and leading my back to the house.
We found everyone in the music room. Kevin and Demi with guitars each, typical. Mandy was on the phone to her other friends back home and Taylor and Joe were discussing what they had got that day.
"Oh my gosh, how cute is that?" Joe squealed as Taylor pulled out this sparkly gold dress she had found in a store.
"I know right? I can't wait to wear it on stage." Then they did some funny handshake. What I would give to live in their world, just for a day.
"Did my brother really just talk in a high pitch voice like that?"
"Mhm. Also he got excited for a sparkly dress. If he didn't have a crush on her I'd be worried." I told him, trying to contain my laughter. I took Nick's other hand and entwined our fingers. I leant my forehead against his, our noses touches and our lips slightly brushing against each others, I was just about to place my lips onto his when -
"OMG?!" Joe screamed. Apparently nobody had borthered to tell him the news. "AHH!" And he ran over to us, breaking us up and wrapping his arms around both our shoulders. "No way. No way. No way. Is that Brangelina? No it's only my favorite celebrity couple like ever. NILEY!"
"Joe what the heck have you had today?" I asked.
"Just a can of red bull, some coke, some gummie bears, chocolate and now I'm feeding off a whole lotta love ma bruvva" He said winking at me.
"Okay then." I said taking Joe's arm off my shoulder. "That's not weird."
"So when were you going to tell me fro bro? I mean I knew something was up cause Selena just disappeared and you didn't go to your bed that night and oh my gosh were you with Miley? Oh my gosh did anything happen cause you know bro we got promises to keep and rings to remind us? And bro our parents would be mad and I don't want to have to tell them, but I'd like to be there you know just to - " I stared at him, trying to process what he had just said. Seriously this guy was like a crazy bomb, one bit of sugar and he was off.
"Joe shut up." Nick told him plainly and simply.
"Ew your mean in Tennesse." And he ran over to Taylor and pulled her up, dragging her outside. I looked at Nick and burst out laughing. I pulled him close to me and held him tightly.
"I don't think your mean here." I told him gently.
"Good, cause then I wouldn't be able to do this." He said before setting his lips against mine.
"Yeah so there's this boy and the way he laughs makes me smile and the way he talks gives me butterflies, just everything about him makes me happy. Do you know who that guy is?"
"No, tell me." He whispered, resting his forehead against mine and staring deeply at me with those 'to die for' brown eyes.
"You." I smiled. His lips delicately brushing against mine, sending small tingles down my spine.
"Ew, get a room." Kevin laughed as he walked out the room followed by a laughing Demi.
"I think it's cute Kev." She called after him.
The dark, the stars, the fresh air, the freedom was never good for me. Being alone in all that got my heart and mind thinking and that was never good. Usually it always ended up in myself getting hurt, or people around me. I tried to avoided it as much as possible, but you can't avoid everything. So this was something I was going to have to deal with, like every other problem in life. I had to be the bigger person and embrace it, even though I just wanted to hide away from the thoughts.
"Hey Miles." Kevin said, taking a seat beside me.
"Hey, how are you? We never just hang out anymore." I edged closer to him.
"I'm okay thanks, yourself? And I know. I miss it. I miss you, we all miss you."
I was on the verge of tears, "I missed you's all too. You's were like my second family and then one day I woke up and you were all gone and I thought you's all hated me. I hated myself for doing all that to your family and I'm sorry."
"No Mi." Kevin wrapped his arm around my shoulder as the tears began to spill. "Don't be sorry, you done nothing wrong. We were the one's in the wrong. I shouldn't of wore that stupid shirt, Nick and his persuading skills right?"
I laughed. Nick always knew how to persuade people into doing whatever he wanted. It was his charm and looks, I just never thought he'd be able to use it on one of his brothers.
"But maybe now we can all hang out like we used to? Maybe we could even write a couple of songs together?" Kevin suggested.
"Yeah, I'd like that. Just is everything going to be this perfect?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean when we all get back will everything be this way, like it is now. Like me and Nick together and happy, us all like one big family again. At first it may be, but once the rumours kick in everything will end up like it was before and I know that I'm the one going to be left picking up all the pieces. I'm going to be the one most affected. At least you have your brothers to help you out, I have no one. It's so scary and I don't want to go down that road Kevin. I hate it. I've been there before and it's scary and painful and I'm so alone."
"Shh Miley. I promise you I will always be here, no matter what happens between you and Nick you can always count on me." He said holding me tighter.
"I don't want this to end." I whispered.
"I know, me neither. Everyone's so different."
"I know. I missed this Kev."
"What?" He asked.
"This. Us talking like we used to. You were like an other older brother to me and I missed not being to come to you when I felt lonely."
"You can always come to me, please don't forget it."
"I wont." I told him. I wiped away the tears and stood up. "Are you coming back inside?" I asked, offering my hand out to him.
"I think I'll stay out here for a while, infact I might call my parents."
"Okay and by the way, thanks." I said before walking back inside to join the rest of the group.
They all sat on the floor of Demi and Taylor's room, surrounding a plastic bottle and lots of junk food, Joe's idea. I glanced around the group. Taylor and Joe sat bouncing up and down, their sugar level sky high. Mandy sat beside Joe, keeping her distance from him. Next to her was Demi and then Kevin who were engrossed in some conversation about the song they were working on earlier and then I sat with Nick and his arm around my waist. The bottle was spun and stopped infront of me. Taylor's eyes went from that stupid bottle to me, her eyes lighting up in joy and her mouth forming an 'O' shape.
"Ooh Miley, truth or dare?" I glanced round everyone. I hated this game, but somehow I had been forced into playing it by Nick and his eyes.
"Um." I didn't want to pick dare, they'd dare me to do something either embarassing or stupid. On the other hand I didn't want to pick truth, they'd force the hideous truth out of me. "Dare." I whispered in fear.
Taylor placed her index finger on her chin, tapping it slightly as she thought of the best way possible to humiliate me.
"Oh, oh, oh." Joe yelled and whispered something into Taylor's ear causing her to erupt in a fit of giggles.
"Yes!" She shrieked. "Okay you've got to stand outside." I glanced at the window, the only time it rained in Tennesse and my dare was outside. Great. "In only your underwear."
"For how long?" I groaned.
Joe whispered something in her ear, "10 minutes. We'll continue it downstairs when your standing outside."
"Fine." I said shocking the group. I stood up and went downstairs. Everyone grabbed their covers from their beds and wrapped it around their body as we all stepped into the cold night. I watched them all turn their heads as I took my clothes off, wondering why they even borthered. I grabbed a chair from the porch and took it outside, sitting on the steps. The rain hit my body harshly. I shivered in the air. Rubbing my hands quickly over my body, I tried to keep some heat in. Everyone just looked at me then began spinning the bottle again. My head whipped round towards the driveway as I heard rustling from the bushes. Nothing was there. God was I paranoid?
The game continued and finally after those unbelievably long and freezing 10 minutes I was finally allowed to put my clothes on. I hugged into Nicks chest, trying to steal every possible from of heat from him.
"C-c-can we go back in-inside?" I stuttered.
"Yeah, come on." Mandy said and everyone got up.
I ran straight upstairs and jumped in the shower. The hot water scalding my body, but it felt good. I walked out the bathroom and jumped on my bed. It was only ten, but I wasn't in the mood to go back downstairs. I made my way over to the window, watching the rain fall harder and harder. That's when I saw it. An unfamiliar car drove by. Weird I thought. Cars never pass by, this house was in the middle of nowhere. The only people who drove here where the people who lived here, and that was me.
I lay in my bed that night. Thinking about everything, everything but the strange car. I must of fell asleep cause the next thing I remembered was Mandy shaking me violently.
"Miley you've got to see this." She screamed grabbing my hand and pulling me down the stairs into the living room. Everyone sat on the seats, their eyes glued to the figure on the screen and the latest headline on E! news. I gasped out loud, my hands covered my mouth. The tears began to form as I realised that this was just the beginning. It was going to happen all over again. The room began to spin and it all began to fit. The noise and the car. I walked out the room and up the stairs. I turned on the laptop and there they were. The rumours, the pictures and the comments. It was all too much for one sixteen year old to handle. I buried myself under the covers and cried. Praying that God will somehow help me out of this, but my prayers were unfortunately not answered.
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