Last Love
"Take Me The Way I Am"

Disclaimer: I do NOT own anything but the plot and all that jazz.

"Mom?!" I said in shock. Why would she even dare come to my door-step.

"Hey Miles. I missed you." She said engolfing me into a tight embrace that I just wanted to escape from. I pushed her away and backed away from the door.

"What are you doing here?" I asked, attitude dripping in my voice. "Can't a mother see her own daughter on Christmas." she said opening her arms for another hug.

"Yeah well you saw me." I said stepping back a little more.

"Miley, what's wrong. Why can't you bring me back into your life?" she asked bringing her hands back to her side.

"Because mom. I'm not ready to forgive you. I've grown a new family and as you can see it's still growing." I said rubbing my slightly protruding stomache. "I have a new family who believes in me and actually wants me to persue my dreams." I said grabbing the door and leaning on it.

"Okay. Well I gave you life Miley. I should have some sort of right to stay and share a nice Christmas with you." she said trying to come in but I stopped her just in time.

"NO MOM! I have my own party going on in here. You can leave now. I'll be fine. I've been fine for the past year and a half. I'm sure I'll do just fine without you." I said giving her the dirtiest glare possible with as much attitude as possible.

"MILEY RAY! DON'T YOU GIVE ME THAT KIND OF ATTITUDE!" she yelled.

"I can. And ya know what? I will. And I believe I just did." I said giving her the same amount of attitude as before. Then I felt two warm, strong hands go upon my shoulders. "What's going on here Miles?" I heard Joe say. Then I turned to see Nick coming over to join us at the door.

"Oh, nothing Joe. I was just showing this stranger out. Yeah, uhm...that party should be three doors down." I said pointing the other way trying to cover up my last conversation.

"Okay then Miles. Uhm...have a merry Christmas ma'am." Joe said walking away.

"Yeah, have a very merry Christmas...Tish." I said shutting the door on my mother's face. I turned around and quickly wiped a tear away before anyone could notice.

"Did uhm...Frankie come down yet?" I asked Nick.

"Yeah. He's waiting in the living room."

"Okay good." I said walking out to the living room until Nick stopped me.

"Are you okay Miles?" Nick asked me with concern dripping from his words.

"Yeah of course. Let's just have a good Christmas okay Nicky?"

"Yeah." He said taking my hand. Me and Denise started placing the food on the table when Danielle finally came in through the kitchen door from work. "Oh gosh. I'm so sorry I'm late. I just had a bunch of different meetings. I'm really sorry I couldn't help." She said placing her bag down and helping with the rest of the food.

"Oh Danielle, hunny. It's okay. I'm just so glad your here to spend Christmas with us. Don't worry about this. You go up and change. We'll wait for you." Denise said in a motherly way.

"Thank you Denise. And Merry Christmas." She said with a smile.

"Oh hunny, Merry Christmas." Denise said giving Danielle a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"Merry Christmas Miley." Danielle said coming to give me a hug and a kiss on the cheek also. Danielle changed into a a nice casual party dress and everyone came in to eat. We all took our seats. I sat between Nick and Denise. We all said Grace and began to enjoy our meal. The night went on wonderfully. Everyone gathered around the piano before the night was over and sang Christmas carols. And suprisingly everyone was in tune. Lots of laughs were shared and more news spread around about the family. Before I knew it everyone was leaving.

"Goodnight Kevin. I'll see you in the studio Monday." I said giving Kevin a hug.

"Yes you will. Goodnight Miley, Nick. Merry Christmas." Kevin said.

"Merry Christmas." We said in unisen.

"Goodnight Dad. We'll see you guys tomorrow morning." Nick said to his father who was carrying a sleeping Frankie in his arms.

"Okay. Goodnight. Goodnight Miles. Merry Christmas." He said with a smile.

"Merry Christmas." I said exchanging the smile.

"Goodnight darling! Merry Christmas. Thank you for having us here. We'll see you in the morning hun okay?" Denise said giving me a kiss on the cheek after giving one to Nick.

"Okay Denise. It's always a pleasure having ya'll here for the holidays. Especially since you guys are basically family." I said with a truthful smile.

"Well thank you. We'll see you two in the morning. Sleep well honey." She said walking towards the door.

"Will do. Goodnight." I said.

"Goodnight." Denise said blowing another kiss to the both of us and left.

"Well, that was over whelming." I said working my way on to the couch.

"Yes but it was worth it wasn't it?" Nick said helping my sit.

"Yeah. True." I shrugged.

When I finally sat I layed my head back and shut my eyes and before I knew it I was in a light slumber.

"Miles. Miley. Wake up baby." I heard a familiar voice say. I slowly opened my eyes to see Nick rubbing my leg.

"What time is it?" I asked as I looked around the empty living room.

"It's 12:00am. Let's go upstairs babe." Nick said grabbing my hands and starting to pull me up. I finally got to my feet and worked my way up my worst enemy-the stairs- and got to my loving room. I went to the bathroom and slipped out of my dress and into some comfortable shorts and a v-neck. I looked in the long mirror and sighed at my protruding stomache. I brushed my teeth, brushed my hair and threw it up into a messy bun. I left the bathroom and went straight for the bed. As I turned the corner of the short hall between the room and the bathroom, I saw that Nick was already in bed watching the television.

"Hey there." I said slowly climbing into the bed.

"Hi. Do you need help?" He asked getting ready to get up.

"Nope. I got it." I said as I lay down but he still got up. "What're you doing hun?" I asked him as he came around to my side but he never said anything back.

"I wanted to give you half of my gift early." He said sitting down and giving me a wide but long gold box. I opened it to see two tickets to New York City.

"Oh my gosh. Nick! Are you serious?! I've always wanted to go!" I said almost screaming.

"I know. That's why I got you these." He said with a small grin.

"Oh my gosh thank you so much Nick! I love you!" I said pulling him into a tight hug.

"I love you too Miles." He said pulling away to give me a soft kiss.

"Oh my gosh now I won't be able to sleep! I'm just so excited!" I said almost jumping out of the bed but then I remembered. I was pregnant.

"I'm excited to spend that time with you." Nick said pulling me into another meaningful kiss. "But for now, you're going to have to relax and eventually you'll fall asleep." He said getting up and going to his side. I got situated into my spot and pulled the covers up over my shoulders then Nick got in bed and pulled me close to his side and kissed my cheek.

"G'night Nicky. I love you." I said quietly.

"Goodnight Miles. I love you too babe." He said as he rested his head on mine and we both fell into dream world.
Xoxoxoxoooxoxoxoxoxoooooxxxxxxoooooo

"G'mornin' Sunshine!" I almost screamed as I sat up and stretched. I slowly got out of bed and opened up the curtains to let the bright sunlight in.

"G'night Moonlight." Nick said sleepily pulling the covers over his head.

"C'mon now Nicky! It's Christmas!" I said like a little kid on Christmas morning.

"So what. A man still needs his sleep. You go down Miles while I sleep 'til noon okay?" He said turning over towards my side of the bed.

"Okay but you're gunna miss out on my famous pancakes." I said

"I'M UP!" Nick said as he jumped out of bed.

"That's what I thought." I said pulling him into a tight embrace.

"Let's go so we can open presents." He said kissing my head and grabbing my hands. We went down stairs and made the pancakes together. We ate them up as fast as possible and ran straight for the tree. Nick and I opened up all of our presents from each other and thanked one another.

"Wait. There's one more." I said pointing to the one last box under the tree.

"Yep. And it's for you." Nick said grabbing it.

"Okay hand it over." I said going to grab it but Nick pulled it away.

"Nick, give it." I said with a small chuckle.

"Ya know what? I think it might be for me." He said with a smirk on his face. He stood up and walked away with it. I stood up and grabbed it from him.

"Nope. It's for me." I said with a smile. I plopped back down on the couch and ripped open the wrapping paper on the small square box. I opened to see a suade box. I opened up the box to see a beautiful square cut ring that was bulging out of a silver band. I looked up to see Nick kneeling on one knee in front of me. He grabbed my hand and kissed it slowly. I could feel the tears whelling up in my eyes.

"Miley?" Nick asked me.

"Y-Yes?" I said getting choked up.

"May I ask you a question?"

I nodded.

"Miley Ray Stewart, will you marry me?"

I froze. I felt the tears rushing to my eyes and falling to my cheeks. I felt the warm liquid run down my cheeks and hit my bulging stomache. I couldn't speak. I didn't know what to say. I tried to clear up my vision but it was too blurred with my tears. I was thinking also. Thinking about how it would be wonderful for the baby to know that he/she's parents are married. How he or she has a mommy and a daddy with him or her at all times. I thought of how wonderful Nick would be as a husband and a father. But then I thought of my mother. I thought of what she would think of me if I got married at such a young age. I thought of my father. I want him to walk me down the isle. But how do I contact him? I shut my eyes for a few seconds and pictured myself walking down the isle in a long beautiful dress and seeing Nick at the end smiling and waiting for me to join him. I opened my eyes and looked at a patient but concerned Nick.

"Nicholas Jerry Jonas," I began. "I would love to marry you." I said spreading a giant smile across my face. I felt more tears building up then falling. Nick passionatley pulled me into a kiss. He pulled away and wiped away my tears.

"I love you Miley."

"I love you too Nick." I said and he pulled me into another wonderful,mind-blowing kiss.

If you are chilly,
Here take my sweater.
Your head is aching,
I'll make it better.
Cause I love the way you call me baby.
And you take me the way I am.

A/N: Okay so here you go. Sorry it's been so long but I've been MAD sick and school has been on my ass for a while with like tests and shiz like that plus the term ended today so I'm kinda screwed cuz the grades aren't as great as I wanted. But whatever. Atleast I'm trying. So did you like it? Did you hate it? I know almost for a fact no one is gunna love it but atleast 1 liking would be nice. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review!!!!!! Anyways yes. more drama is on the way. Please stay tuned. Much love! Shay(: