a/n: WHAAA! It's been so long since I updated ;/ but I got through the last few days before spring break and I'm finally updating my stories again (: 2 weeks of freedom, expect updates more often for the next two weeks unless plans come up then I'm sorry ha. xD

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Heavily Broken

Chapter 12

Nick's POV

"Nick.." Someone shook me repeatedly and I swatted at their hand, "5 more minutes." I mumbled "Nick." They said more loudly this time and I opened my eyes slowly. Lily stood in front of me and nodded over at two nurses standing beside her. I sat up quickly. "Sorry, I didn't mean to be in the way." I told them and got out of the bed. They nodded and I looked towards the bed with tired eyes. Miley was still sound asleep.

"What do they what?" I asked Lily. "For us to leave." She rolled her eyes and walked out. I followed her out into the hallway. "Are you hungry?" I asked her and took out my phone. 5 missed calls: Mom. "Crap." I said, running my hand through my tangled curls. "What?" Lily asked me as we walked down the hallway, taking a left into the empty cafeteria. She grabbed two muffins from a try and took a seat. I sat down in front of her. "My mom's probably wondering where I am." I said, pulling my phone to my ear. I tapped my fingers impatiently, waiting for my mom to pick up the phone. "Nicholas Jerry Gray!" She screeched into the receiver and I held the phone away from my ear. Lily giggled, amused and took a bite out of her muffin, waiting to see what would happen next.

"Hey mom.." I said into the phone. "Where the hell are you?!" She asked, clearly furious with me. "I'm.. uhh I'm with a friend right now." I answered. "You knew I was coming down and you go out with friends?!" She asked angrily. "I didn't know when you were coming.." I replied lamely. "I told you Frankie and I were going to be here last night. You better get your ass down to your father's house. We're leaving in 3 hours." She told me. "3 hours?! That's too soon, mom!" I tried to protest. "I suggest you hurry up then." She said and I heard the dial tone.

"Wow that was some conversation." Lily said, taking another bite out of her breakfast. I sighed and grabbed a piece of my muffin and stuffed in into my mouth. "What are you going to do?" Lily asked and I looked at her, swallowing before I answered. "I honestly have no idea right now." "Did you tell Miley?" She asked and I shook my head. "We had other things on our minds last night..." I sighed. "Well, what do you want to do? What if your mom doesn't let Miley go… will you stay?" She asked me. "I want to go with my mom, but I want to be here for Miley. If she doesn't let Miley come.. I guess I'm staying." I answered.

"Wow…" Lily murmured. "What?" I asked. "You must really like her." I nodded and we continued eating in silence. When we finished I looked at my phone 9:30. I had two and half hours before my flight left to New Jersey. Lily and I walked back to Miley's room. I heard whispers come from inside the room and I stood there, listening. "She may have to stay a few more days.. so we can take more tests and analyze how capable she is to be by herself." I heard someone whisper. "I don't know if her insurance can pay for anymore time here in the hospital." Someone answered back. I strolled in and they quickly stopped talking.

They walked out of the room and I sat in the chair by Miley's bed. I grabbed her hand and rubbed it gently. "Miles…" She stirred a little and half opened her eyes. "Morning." I murmured and she opened her eyes all the way. "I'm in the hospital?" She asked me and I nodded. "I'm so stupid." She told herself. "Don't say that." I told her. She shook her head, pulling her hand out of my grasp. "How could I be so stupid to land myself back in here?!"

"People make mistakes, it's okay. No one's mad at you.." I told her softly. "You should be mad, Nick!" She exclaimed. "What? Why?" I asked confused. "Because, I saw how hurt you were the first time you saw me drunk and I was with another guy. This time the guy slept with me and you're all calm. You should be mad at me!" She yelled. "Miley, I know I should be, but I'm not. All I care about right now is that you're okay and that you're safe." I answered. "Why are you being so nice?" Her voice cracked as the tears welled up in her eyes. "Because, I care about you…" I whispered, wiping the tears falling from her eyes. "I'm sorry I hurt you again." She murmured. "We'll get through this together. I'm not leaving you." I told her, placing a soft kiss on her temple. "I'm always going to be here." I repeated. She cracked a small smile and wiped the remaining tears rolling down the sides of her face. "How did I find such an amazing person like you?" She asked. "I guess it's destiny." I answered and she smiled again, this time a full one.

My mom's face flickered in my mind and I remembered what I had to ask. "Uhm, I have some news." I told her and she looked down, playing with her hospital gown. "Is it bad?" She asked quietly. "I don't think it is." I replied and she looked up at me, a confused expression playing on her flawless face. "My mom's in town…" I said. "That's great." She said. "The thing is she kind of wants me to move back home with her…to New Jersey." I said.

"Oh…" Miley looked down again. "I get it. You want to go with her and leave me here." Her voice quivered as she said the last few words. "No no.. I wanted to ask you something." I said. "What is it?" She asked, still playing with her gown. "Would you like to meet my mom?" I asked and she looked up. "What?" She whispered. "Maybe you could even come back home with us…" I said. "You're not serious, are you?" She asked me and I nodded. "Dead serious," I replied and took her hand.

"She'll like you." "Are you sure about that?" She asked me. "Pretty sure. My mom loves meeting new people." I lied. Truth was my mom hated meeting new people especially her son's girlfriends. No girl was ever good enough for us through her eyes. "She's waiting back at my dad's right now."

"Am I even allowed to leave the hospital yet?" Miley asked. "Uhm, I can get Lily to check on that." I told her. "Lily's here?" She asked. "Yeah, she was there when I found you…" My sentenced trailed on. "Oh. Wow that's embarrassing." She sighed. I squeezed her hand lightly and got up to find Lily. I found her outside the door, reading an article about abused children. "Hey.." I said and she looked at me. "What?" She asked. "Could you go check to see if Miley's going to be able to leave yet?" I asked. "Why do I always have to do the work for you?" She asked me, her hands resting on her hips. "Because you owe me." I told her. She rolled her eyes and walked by me muttering something I couldn't quite catch. "Thanks." I called after her and she waved her hands up in a 'yeah yeah' way.

I stuck my head back into Miley's room to see that her back was towards me. I decided to give her a few minutes to herself. I walked down the hall and saw the familiar room number. I turned the knob slowly and stepped inside the room as quietly as I could. There laid a sandy brown haired boy, a Spider-Man comic book in his hands. He set the book down when he heard the noise come from the door. "I know you're mad at me right now…" I started and I saw a glint of happiness show in his eyes. "But, I just wanted to stop by and say bye before I have to go." The glint of happiness disappeared in a millisecond. "Where are you going?" He asked. "I'm going home." I said and took a seat beside him.

"Home?" He asked and I nodded. "Home. My mommy came today and she wants me to go home with her." I told him and he looked down. "I'm sorry I was so mean the other day." He said quietly. "Hey, it's okay. I know you were mad. We all have those moments every once and a while." I smiled at him. "You stay strong, okay?" He nodded and I stood up. "Will you come back?" He asked. I thought about it for a few seconds before giving him an answer. "I'll try my best to, just for you." I told him.

He opened his arms up and I hugged him as gently as I could. He held on tighter and I could feel his tears soak into my shirt. "I'm going to miss you." He choked out and I ruffled his hair. "I'm going to miss you so much, buddy." I murmured. "Hey, I have an idea." I said a few seconds later. "What?" Jake asked, wiping the falling tears away. "How about we write letters to each other, so we can keep in touch." I said and looked around for a piece of paper and pen. "How will we do that?" He asked me as I found a piece of notebook paper and a bright blue marker.

"Every week from now on, I'll send a letter to you, telling you how everything is and then you write a letter back and tell me how everything is over here. We'll be pen pals." I said, writing down my address onto the paper. "I don't know my address." He replied. "It's alright. I can check with the hospital secretary later." I told him, handing him the piece of paper. I ruffled his hair one last time, giving him another hug before walking out of the room.

I wiped away the tear that had fallen from my eyes and walked back towards Miley's room. "What do you mean I can't leave?" I heard Miley ask and I walked in and saw Lily standing at the side of Miley's bed. "What's going on?" I asked them as I approached Lily's side. "They said she's not allowed to leave yet." Lily answered. "What? Why not?" I asked her and Miley placed her face in her hands. "They said she's not capable of leaving quite yet, she has to stay at least two more days." Lily replied. "We don't have two days!" I exclaimed. "You don't think I know that?!" Lily screamed back at me. "Sorry." I mumbled. "It's just that my mom's already waiting for me and I need to convince her to let Miley come with us." I said quietly.

"It's okay, you can go back without me. I'll be fine." Miley said quietly. "That isn't going to happen." I told her. "Let me go get a nurse." Lily said and it was just Miley and I in the room again. "How are we going to convince them that I'm ready to leave?" She asked. "I think I have an idea." I said and took out my phone. "What is it?" Miley asked. "I'll tell you later." I replied and walked out of the room. I took out my phone and quickly dialed the familiar digits. "Mom?" I asked. "Where are you Nicholas?" She asked through clenched teeth, I could tell she was getting frustrated. "Could you meet me here at the hospital?"

"Hospital?" She asked, her tone suddenly changing. "Are you alright?" She asked. "Yeah mom I'm fine, it's just my friend. She got hurt really bad and I kind of can't leave her right now." I told her. "I'll be there in a few minutes." She told me. "Can we stay two more nights?" I asked her quickly and she paused for a long time. "I don't know. We can't miss this flight. I don't know if I'll have enough money to pay for more tickets." She replied. "Let's just talk about it more when you get here." I sighed and we hung up. Why is this so damn hard to figure out? I asked myself and I saw Lily walking back down the hall with a nurse beside her.

"Is there any way she'll be able to leave 2 days earlier?" Lily asked the dark haired girl. "I already told you earlier, it wasn't my orders. It was the doctors. They need her to stay a few extra days to run more tests." The nurse answered. "Why can't the run the tests now?" Lily asked. "Why don't you go find the doctor and ask him?" The nurse retorted back with attitude. "I'm tired of all of these questions!" "Well, excuse me, but isn't this your job?! You're supposed to help us when we ask for help!" Lily yelled at her. "My job is to assist the doctors not get questioned by some girl!" The nurse spat back at her. I pulled Lily back into Miley's room before the conversation turned ugly.

"I don't think yelling at the person that could've helped us was a good idea." I muttered to her. "I'm just going to shut up before I say something I'll regret later." Lily said and sat down into a chair, her arms folded across her stomach.

I looked back at Miley who was playing with a wire on her hand. "Hey, you shouldn't do that. What if your blood flies everywhere?" I joked and she looked up at me. "If I wasn't so stupid last night, we wouldn't have to be dealing with trying to find a way to get me out right now." She said. "My mom's on her way right now, we'll figure something out when she gets here, okay?" I said. "You're mom's coming now? When I'm like this?" I could tell Miley was beginning to panic. "Did I hear correctly?" Lily asked and I turned to her and nodded. "Well, isn't this great?" She mumbled. "She'll hate me."

"She doesn't even know what you did yet." I told her. "I should leave before she comes and hunts me down." Lily got up and started making her way towards the door. "You can't leave, not right now." I told her and started walking towards her. I heard clanking and shuffling come from behind me and turned around. "Miley, what are you doing?" I asked her. She got off of the bed and held onto the side of the bed for support. "I don't know what you guys are doing, but I'm ready to leave." She told Lily and I and smiled a little. Just then, the doctor walked in and Miley's smile faded. "I guess not." She muttered.

"I don't know what you kids are thinking, but the idea of her just leaving like that can be really dangerous." The doctor said and Lily rolled her eyes and I heard her mutter, "Great, another lecture." The doctor turned towards her, "Yes, another lecture. You guys don't see that these next few tests could play a key role in the future." He told us. "Then, why don't you run these damn tests already?!" Lily said, frustration growing in her voice. My phone rang suddenly, breaking the tension in the room. I walked out quickly and answered, "Hello?"

"Honey, Frankie and I are here, where are you?" My mom asked. "I'll meet you in the waiting room." I said and hung up, sliding my phone back into my pocket. I walked out into the waiting room and my mother quickly embraced me into a tight hug. "I've missed you so much." She said as she kissed all over my face. I pulled back and bent down. "Hey Frank…" I said with a smile and opened my arms, Frankie quickly ran into them and gave me the tightest hug he could. "Sweetie, about earlier. I was thinking about it on our way over here and I guess we can spare two more days here." My mom told me with a smile and I stood back up, giving her another tight hug. "I love you, mom." I whispered into her ear. "I love you too sweetheart."

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"I really want you guys to meet someone." I told my mom and Frankie as we started walking towards Miley's room. "What's her name?" She asked. "Miley." I replied and we walked into the room. My eyes quickly locking with Miley's. We walked towards her and I was just about to introduce the two women but got interrupted. "What are you doing here, Lillian?" My mother asked in a cold tone. "I'm keeping Nick company." Lily answered back. "And my name is Lily, not Lillian." Lily said. My mom glanced back at me and my gaze lingered down to the floor. Today wasn't going to end well, I know it. I looked back up and saw that the doctor was still in the room.

"I'm sorry, but this is too much visitors at once." He told us. "Lily, could you give us a few minutes?" I asked and she nodded. "Yeah, whatever you want." She said and walked out of the room. "Hey Frankie, I know you want to go talk to Lily right now." I said as low as I could so that my mom didn't hear me. "Why don't you go out and talk to her?" I suggested and he smiled, running out of the room after Lily. "Where's Frankie going?" My mom asked, about to go after him. "He's just taking a bathroom break." I lied and turned to Miley, a worried expression etched across her face. I turned back to my mom and pulled her forward.

"Miley, this is my mom. Mom, this is Miley. My girlfriend." I said and turned to my mom to see what her reaction was going to be.

a/n: Ooh, cliff hanger (: I'm evil mauhahauahah xD Shy should be out by tonight, if not early tomorrow morning. I'm going to work all night to finish it if I have to! :D HAPPY SATURDAY PEOPLES! (: REVIEW.