Miley was braiding Mandy's hair in her bunk. It had been a boring day so far and it was only noon. They were on their way to their last concert and no one was exactly speaking.

It wasn't that they got in a fight. No. It's just they were all afraid that they would say something upsetting like "so last concert…"

BING

BabComBAC: MILERS!! Ur coming home in a few days!! YAY!

Miley quickly tied the orange hair band around the ends of Mandy's hair and pulled her HP laptop towards her, read Vanessa's IM and then typed her response.

MilesxofxSmiles: Yeah! But don't mention that to any1 else on the bus : (

BabComBAC: Y? what's up?

Miley sighed, Vanessa hadn't been on the bus with them. She hadn't experienced all the laughter and tears they were put through. How was she going to be able to explain to her how much she would miss them?

MilesxofxSmiles: We're just sad it's ending…woops gtg…Joe's calling my name.

BabComBAC: Ok well I'll talk to you later baby girl! Can't wait to see you! Tell Mands I said hi!!

Miley shut the lid to her laptop and looked over at Mandy who was smoothing out any bumps in her braid. Mandy noticed Miley staring.

"What's up?" Mandy scrunched her nose up in confusion. She always did that.

"Nothing" Miley smiled…she didn't want to bring the topic up.

"I feel a game of truth or dare coming on!" Joe shouted from behind the curtain in the back room.

Mandy's eyes widened, "NO WAY JOSE! The last time I played…Ms. Cyrus over here got me in trouble!"

Miley just blushed and jumped out of the bunk.

"Well maybe you shouldn't give into peer pressure then!" Miley giggled, "Live above the influence" Miley said in a deep voice.

Mandy just stuck her tongue out at her.

The two walked into the back room and sat on the floor in a half circle.

"NICK! KEVIN!" Joe called to the front of the bus.

Nick and Kevin both walked in carrying popcorn and a bottle. They then sat down, creating a circle.

"Spin baby!" Mandy screamed and threw her arms up in the air.

Kevin spun the bottle and it landed on Joe.

"Oh this should be fun" Kevin laughed with an evil grin plastered across his face.

"Help me" Joe squeaked while turning to Mandy.

"You're on your own babe" she laughed while ruffling his hair.

Joe just whimpered and turned to Kevin, he then took a deep breath and his entire attitude changed, "it's ok… I live for danger!" he smirked.

Nick, Miley and Mandy just rolled there eyes. This would be interesting.

"Alright Joe, truth or dare?"

"Dare…duh" Joe rolled his eyes.

"Ok at our last concert…I dare you to…" Kevin stopped mid-sentence and whispered the rest of the dare into Joe's ear.

"WHAT!? Joe shot up from the floor.

"Hey…you chose dare" Kevin smirked.

Joe just pouted and sat back down, obviously defeated.

xx

The three boys were on stage now and Miley was waiting in the wings. She didn't have to get into the cube that she made her entrance in for a little while. She watched as Nick did what he liked to call a "Nick flip" and Joe sing his heart out into the microphone.

"We're the kids of the future. Whoa. We're the kids of the future. Whoa. Everybody live 'cause the future is now!"

The boys voices rang throughout the arena and the audience erupted in cheers.

Joe grabbed the microphone and cleared his throat to make an announcement.

Miley was confused; he didn't usually make an announcement until later…what was going on?

"What's up party people!?" Joe smiled.

A group of girls in the front row shouted, "I LOVE YOU JOE!"

He just blushed and continued with his speech. "So how many of you know Miley's best friend Mandy?"

The audience cheered again, giving him his answer.

"Well, I just thought I'd let everyone know out there that…she's a really amazing girl and…and…I love her"

The arena fell silent. All you could hear was one girl start to whimper, but soon enough that stopped and everyone started cheering again.

"I'LL FIGHT MANDY FOR YOU!" The same group of girls shouted from the front row.

Mandy was standing behind Miley in the wings with her jaw nearly touching the ground, "D-did he just…" Mandy started.

Miley just nodded her head in disbelief, "yup"

"Holy crap"

xx

After the concert finished, the gang returned to Miley's dressing room instead of immediately returning to the tour bus.

"Who's up for a game of 'LIFE'?" Miley asked.

"Nah, I'm good…I already bought mine on eBay" Joe shrugged.

Kevin just hit him upside the head and told Miley to get the board game out.

20 minutes later…

"Alright, so I'm married to Johnny Depp, have 6 kids and live in a townhouse. Yeah life's good" Miley smiled.

"What's Johnny got that I don't?" Nick huffed.

"Simple…he's HAWT!" Mandy exclaimed.

Both Joe and Nick sat there with disappointed looks on their faces and the girls just rolled their eyes.

"Yeah guys…he's so totally hot. Like how can you NAWT see that!?" Kevin played along.

xx

The group had returned to the bus about 10 minutes ago and were now watching TV. "Guys I just realized something" Nick blurted out.

"What?"

"This is the first time we've actually watched TV without…like watching a marathon of –"

"Ooohh look! There's a marathon of America's Next Top Model on VH1 right now!" Mandy cut Nick off.

"Never mind, I spoke too soon."

xx

Miley watched Nick as he slept that night. She knew it was sort of stalkerish, but she knew that in a couple days she wouldn't be able to sleep in his arms every night.

She quietly slipped out of bed and tip-toed towards the living room. She then collapsed down onto the coach and rested her head on the throw pillow.

Mandy walked into the room and sat down next to Miley.

"What are you doing up?" Miley asked.

"Couldn't sleep"

"Same here" Miley answered.

Mandy decided to change the subject, "remember when Kevin said he'd miss this a couple days ago?"

"Yeah" Miley nodded her head.

"I will too"


One more chapter left to go! So to answer some of your questions...there will not be a sequel. However, if you guys give me some ideas then maybe I'll write one. But, I'll only do it if you guys give me some and REALLY want one...

So review please and tell me what you thought of the story overall!

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xxEmilyKearsexx