An- Hi, hi, hi! How are all of you? So I'd like to start this whole ordeal off with a million and one apologies. I didn't get the story finished, which I hate, which I'm sure you guys are quite peeved about too. I'm so so so So sorry. It was my intention to finish, I mean I'm still completely head over heels for Niley and I liked the way my fic was heading but the next chapter was just becoming a bit of a struggle to write and then my muse kind of just shut down on the fic for a while and then the lack of being updated in the Niley world too, I just completely gave up and you guys shouldn't have witnessed that. That wasn't fair to you guys and I apologise.
Fortunately for you, my muse has decided to get back into gear and running and has inspired me to write another chapter so, scroll on down ( if you haven't already) and read, read, read. I do not own Nick, Miley or any other character except Jaylen and Harmony. Other than that, enjoy!
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Nick wakes up feeling much lighter, better than he has ever felt in a long time. He felt like he had just won a marathon, he had that feeling that he always did whenever he felt he wrote a really good song. He felt like he could just jump up, run through that glass window and land on the ground doing the splits and not even feel any remote of pain.
It was like a dream, last night. The sight of her, beauty, flawless, perfection. The way her body fit perfectly against his, his lips on hers. He hadn't slept in the same bed as her in the longest time, he hasn't felt that sense of recognition in forever. For a moment, he was snapped back to a world where it was a regular occurrence to wake up to seeing her beautiful face staring back at her. It felt ancient, like another lifetime ago and he was half scared to wake up the next morning to an empty space on the bed and a heartbreaking feel of knowing it was all just a dream.
Yet here she was. Still there, alive, in his arms, looking beautiful as ever. He didn't care if there might be awkward tension when she finds out, he doesn't care if they never get this kind of opportunity again. He just drowns in this moment. He's missed this, he's missed her. He just wants all this to blow over.
"It's her, isn't it?" She whispers her voice thick with sleep and he's been so absorbed in his thoughts he hadn't even noticed she had woken. "I-it's me."
Nick nods, he knows what she's talking about. "Looks like you're starting to remember."
"The wrong things." Miley says frustrated with herself. "Out of all the important things in the world, the first thing I remember is the- my accident."
"Hey." Nick calls softly, provoking Miley to look over at him and him to notice her teary eyes. "Atleast you remembered something. You could've not remembered something at all."
"Well that's how I feel." Miley cries. "You don't know how it feels, Nick. To wake up to nothing you don't recognize. To people you don't recognize. I'm an idol, I'm a mom, I'm a wife. I'm loved and adored, I've made a name for myself and I don't even know how I got here. I don't even know how we first met. "
"But you will."Nick encourages, raising his hand to caress her cheek, he feels his own eyes growing teary. "You'll remember, I know you will."
"What if I don't, Nick? What if all this waiting is for nothing? You saw how long it took for me to remember that one memory?"
"So I'll wait even longer."Nick said, making a small smile come to Miley's lips. "What we have is special, it's real and I know the Miley I know would never let something like amnesia get in the way of that."
"That Miley of yours really is a character, huh?" Miley giggled.
"Yes, yes she is." Nick responded, making Miley tilt her head backwards to snort out in laughter.
"I'm tired of waiting, Nick. I feel like, at the rate I'm going, I'll never remember and if I don't…" She hesitated.
"You'll remember a little too late."
"Yeah." Miley spoke softly. " I just- I don't want to hurt you guys."
"Then don't." Nick said plainly, as if it was that simple. "Don't pull yourself out of the game before you even tried. Like I said before, we're all waiting for you and we will whether you remember or not. You're stuck with us, Miles."
Miley smiled softly, taken aback by the sincerity in Nick- her husband's voice. "Softie." She teased.
"When you're surrounded by women like I constantly am, you kind of have to." Nick replied.
Miley giggled, leaning closer to her husband, it was still weird to comprehend, and hesitantly wrap her arms around his waist, hugging herself to him. "I'm glad."
Nick could feel his heart beat rapidly in his chest, for a moment standing in place, completely transfixed before he smiled, wrapping his arms around his wife and hesitantly, as if afraid his next move would be too much for her to handle, kissing her temple.
"Hey Nick?" Miley murmured into the silence.
"Yeah?"
"I think I might just fall for you."
Nick could feel his heart stop at that instant. He could feel the shock run through his face and his breath shortening as if he had just imagined what she had just said. It had been quiet and if it were for another time in the face of the earth and he hadn't been listening intently, he probably wouldn't of heard it but he had and he was sure of it, and he wasn't imagining things.
He knew his smile was goofy looking right now and he realized he didn't care. 8 words. 8 words were enough to make him feel like the happiest man on earth.
Those 8 word happened to be just what he wanted to hear.
Those 8 words, made him absolutely sure that his wife was still swimming around in that body somewhere.
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Miley watched her husband's retreating figure walk to their washroom where he indicated he was taking a shower. She watched him take his towel, swing it over his bare shoulders ( where she also realized that his body was absolutely delicious as she had imagined in her head.) before turning around as if feeling her eyes on him.
She blushed from his hot gaze, his eyes as if looking straight into her soul and he grinned, winking at her before disappearing into the washroom.
She sighed. She doesn't know how he does it. Make her feel the way she does. They were silent, wrapped up in each other's embrace the rest of the morning and she felt like she could just lay there, in his arms, for eternity and never wake up.
He made her feel safe, secure and he was so sweet and gentle and understanding. She finally admitted it to herself, she likes him. Nick Grey. She likes him. And as weird as it is considering she's supposed to like her own husband in the first place, she really didn't care.
He was perfect.
Just then, the door opened and her attention drifted, smiling as she saw the figure on the other side of that door. She patted the bed beside her and he grinned shyly before running full speed towards her making her laugh.
"You slept here." Jaylen said, eyebrows raised as if daring her to lie to him and she couldn't resist the urge to giggle.
"Good morning to you too."
Jaylen rolled his eyes. " Mom." He whined.
"Yes, yes I did."She admitted. "Happy?"
"Maybe." Jaylen shrugged nonchalantly although Miley could see the swarm of delight running around his innocent brown eyes. "Do you remember?"
"I'm sorry, buddy." Miley answered truthfully, deflating the poor boy's mood a bit. "If it helps, I think I'm pretty close to remembering."
Jaylen's ears perked up. "You are?"
"Unh huh. " She laughed. " I think the ton of videos you left hanging around in the kitchen had something to do with it."
Jaylen's eyes widened. " I didn't leave-"
"Save it kid, It has your name written all over it." She quipped, a genuine smile coming to her face. She'd remembered that day perfectly, coming in to the house from her shopping trip with Lilly upon Lilly's insistence which baffled her a bit considering she had learned Lilly wasn't that fond of shopping and had taken sight of all the videos lying around in the kitchen.
She watched each and every one. She grinned, yearning for recognition when she watched old videos of her and Nick, cried when she watched her wedding video and completely blubbered like a baby when she watched a tape of the kids of being born.
It all just made her want to remember all that much more.
"It helped didn't it?" Jaylen questioned, a bit smugly and Miley laughed, draping an arm over her son.
"Yes it did. It just made me realize just how much more special you guys are to her- to me. I love you, you know? Even if I don't remember every moment we spent together. I do. Very much."
"And me?" Harmony chimed in, looking small and pretty in her cute little Hannah Montana pj's. Miley laughed as she spread her arms out.
"You too, Hannah Montana." She responded.
"But mommy, you're Hannah Montana." Harmony said, evidently confused making both her brother and her mother laugh.
"I am, huh? Does that mean I'm going to be wearing a blonde wig soon?"
"Unh huh and corny dance moves."
"Hey! Miley's- My- Hannah Montana's moves are not corny."
"Pretty corny." Jaylen agreed, high fiving his little sister making Miley's jaw drop as she gasped dramatically.
"No fair! You're all ganging up on me." Miley whined childishly, making her kids squeal with laughter. Miley grinned, her kids. She would've never guessed walking out of darkness that she'd rise to the knowledge of being a mom but now, forming a relationship with these kids, she couldn't picture it differently. It all just seemed so right, so natural.
"Is it just me or am I missing something?" Nick asked, leaning on the bathroom door, dressed, looking gorgeous as ever and a certain sparkle in his eyes as he watched the three people he loved most in the world interacting with each other.
"You're missing something." Jaylen admitted, making Nick flash him a goofy look, watching his son duck as he avoided the towel he had thrown at his son.
"We're making mommy laugh!" Harmony squealed.
"More like teasing me." Miley scoffed, making Harmony giggle. Miley turned her head to Nick. "My moves in Hannah Montana aren't corny right, Nick?"
"Well…"
Miley gasped. " Nick, not you too!"
Nick raised his hands up in defense. "Hey! In all fairness it's disney and disney is like, the definition of corny."
"Doesn't mean you can sell me out like that. Dude, not cool!"
"It's okay mommy, daddy isn't cool either so you're perfect for each other." Harmony sympathized.
"I help you out and you betray me?" Nick asked incredulously, grabbing ahold of his daughter making her collapse into breathless giggles.
"Betray's a long word, daddy. "
"You would say that." Nick replied making everyone laugh. " How about we let mommy shower and you make it up to me by helping me out with breakfast."
"Okay." Harmony giggled, hugging her mother's waist before climbing off the bed. " I'm hungry."
Nick laughed. "You too, Momma's boy."
Jaylen pouted. " Fine, but we're making pancakes." He demanded, hugging his mother before standing beside his sister.
Nick shook his head. " That fine with you?"
Miley grinned. "Perfectly fine. Go make me breakfast, Grey."
Nick laughed, shaking his head a little bit before leaning down and letting his lips softly kiss her cheek. Miley flushed her eyes closed, letting the sensations that zapped through her body take over her before opening them dejectedly as he pulled away, wanting nothing but the sensations of his lips against her skin again.
Nick smirked and she blushed. Busted.
He squeezed her hand and she smiled at him and then waved when the trio walked out of the bedroom, collapsing unto the bed with a dreamy sigh as the door closed.
Harmony's words kept haunting her, taunting her, mocking her as it ran through her head. Maybe they were perfect for each other. She and Nick.
Maybe she would remember. Maybe everything would fall into place.
She hoped it didn't. Because at the rate her heart was beating now, it felt like her emotions were becoming more and more stronger within each day.
And she discovered, she actually kind of liked it.
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AN- so there's the next chapter. Sorry its so short but that's all my muse could come up with. So there's some Niley and family moments for ya, hope you enjoy it. Next chapter contains a lot of Niley aswell so stick around to watch. Again, sorry for the delay but I hope the chapter made up for that. Review, Review, review and this time, I'm already on my way to writing the chapter. There's no waiting sixty million years for the next chapter so review to make the chapter posted that much faster.
Hope you enjoyed.
Love, Aundrea.
Ps. What do you think about Nick J and the administration and the supposed rumours of Nick and Chloe Bridges?
Go on and tell me, I'd love to hear about it.
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