Warning! It's EXTREMELY short. I'm sorry. been busy lately with finals.

xoxo,

Whitni

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I picked up the test, holding it upside down. "Well?" Emily and Selena said in unison. "I don't know." I said quietly. "How can you not know? You're holding it," Emily said, actually making

sense. "I'm holding it upside down," I explained. "You can do it Miles," Selena said in a supportive voice. I flipped the stick over and read a 7 letter word. Suddenly there was a bang and I

dropped the stick on my desk, covering it with a piece of paper, and ran downstairs to see who was home. I reached the bottom of the steps to see my dad. "DADDY!" I screamed, jumping

in his arms. "You're home early from your trip!" I screamed squeezing him harder. "I actually took a little break. I'm only home for the weekend. I missed my baby girl," He said, setting me

down on a bar stool. I turned around, seeing Selena and Emily come down the steps. "Hey Mr. Stewart!" Emily said, coming up to hug her " adopted Dad" (Emily never had a dad so she

claimed Robby Ray.) Selena just looked awkward standing there. "Hey Emmy-bug!" Dad said squeezing Emily. after releasing Emily, Dad turned towards Selena. "And who might you be

young lady?"Dad said nicely. "Oh, this is my other best friend, Selena!" I said smiling. "Nice to meet you Mr. Stewart." Selena said politely, sticking her hand out. "You as well," Dad said,

taking Selena's hand and pulling her into a friendly hug. Just then, I heard bang from the kitchen. "I'm okay!" I heard the familiar voice call from around the kitchen counter. I saw Nick come

around the corner. I accidentally dropped the cookie jar, but I jumped and caught it," he grinned. "Oh, that reminds me, this nice young man was sitting on the front porch. Any reason why

he wasn't invited in?" Dad asked us. "Uhmm, we. . ." I started but Nick cut in. "They said they had "girl things" to discuss, he said, grabbing one of the cookies from the jar, along with my

dad.. "Oh, been there," my dad said in one of his "were in it together buddy," voices. "So, Nick, how do you know Miley?" Dad asked, motioning for everyone to sit on the couch where he

had got plopped down. Everyone plopped down and then Nick spoke. "Uhmm, she's my girlfriend Sir," Nick said. "Is that so?" Dad said, his tone changing slightly. "Yes sir," Nick said

uneasily, obviously noticing the change in tone. "Well, I guess that means it's time for the talk," My dad sighed, putting the cookie jar down on the coffee table. "Do you girls wanna leave

or?" My dad questioned. The girls, who were, like me, giggling at Nick's expression assured Dad (through the giggles) that we would just stay and listen. "Okay Nick. I have 3 rules. 1. If you

ever make her cry, I'll make YOU cry. 2. If you ever force her into anything she doesn't wanna do, I can make SURE you never see daylight again. And will protect her and defend her honor,

no matter what," My Dad smiled, patting Nick on the knee. "I'm not one of those overprotective Dads," he said smiling. "Those are my only rules. This is the COOL zone," Dad said, motioning

to the whole house. I laughed at his cheesiness. "So, I'm gonna make some fresh peanut butter cookies. You guys can go chill in Miley's room."Dad said grabbing his apron. Being reminded

of my room, I remembered the stick still on my desk, the desk that was in the room that everyone was half-way to. I tried to think of an excuse not to go up, and my excuse rang the

doorbell at that moment. I walked to the door, and swung it open to find Cody. "What are you doing here?" I asked. I heard footsteps and knew the gang was coming to the door. I felt a

strong pair of arms wrap around me. "Hey babe, who's the-" nicks voice trailed off. "I was actually dropping this guy off and decided to come in," Cody said, pushing Joe forward. "My car

broke and I thought I'd chill with you guys. Hey Emily!" joe said, distracted suddenly by the beautiful blonde standing at the kitchen counter. Joe came in and walked up to the counter and

he and Em started talking. "You can leave now," Nick said abruptly. "What if I don't want to. What are you gonna do then pretty boy?" Cody said, taking a step closer to the door frame.

"Please just leave Cody," I begged. "Shut up, I wasn't talking to you whore," Cody's words stung me like a slap across the face. All of a sudden, Cody was flying, and Nick was somehow on

top of him. They landed and Nick started beating the crap out of him. "NICK! STOP!" I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Miles? Why is your boyfriend beating up Cody?" My dad asked. Before I

could respond, we heard Nick yell at Cody, "And if you EVER call her a whore again, you'll be lucky to see the light of day again" Nick yelled, kicking Cody, before turning around and walking

up to the porch. When he got there and saw my Dad, his head dropped. My dad walked up to him and placed his arms around him. "Already following rule #3 I see. Welcome to the family,"

Dad said, walking into the house with Nick. Nick just looked up at him shocked. When we got inside, Joe and Nick were talking to Dad so I pulled Selena and Emily aside. "Did you guys look?"

I asked. "At the stick? No. We couldn't make ourselves do it." Selena admitted. I sighed in relief. Then Joe took away my relief, replacing it with fear. He started up the steps, Nick following.

The girls and I were almost to my room, where Nick and Joe had just walked in, when I heard a yell.

"MILEY?!?!?!?!?!?!?" "Uh-oh" me and the girls said in unison.

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Hope you guys enjoyed! Sorry it took so long! And that it's so short! I just got my scores back! I passed every one of my finals. Including MATH! YAY!! 15 comments for next one!

Xoxo,

Whitni