A/N- I'm sorry! My "two week" holiday turned into three, but I'm back and I have wireless internet once again thank god! To answer a few questions I've been asked in the past three weeks yes I am from Australia, Melbourne to be precise, and no I'm not in the floods! I hope you all had a fantastic New Year's Eve and hopefully the new year is going great for you. Thanks for the reviews xxx

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Chapter 13

Miley.

I sat on the bed beside Selena watching out the window as the sun broke through the swaying green trees. I'd stayed over last night and finally managed to get her to sleep but I couldn't. I didn't want to even think about sleep right now, because if I fell asleep I would drop my guard and that could mean that I'd never wake up. The thoughts flying through my mind were only ones created by my imagination, but still they seemed too real to me and in the future well maybe my illusions would become reality and then what would happen? Would these people kill me? Worse would they kill Nick?

I stared across the room at a woman who was in the FBI. She was reading the morning paper, this woman had stayed in the room all night but neither of us had spoken a word, she had many times gone to speak but held her tongue when I always looked away from her gaze. I didn't want to talk about this. Not now.

I suddenly heard yelling downstairs as the woman dropped her paper, she stared across at me and then stood up moving towards the door. Before she reached it the door flew open and Selena bolted up scared, my eyes widened as I saw the figure at the door.

"Oh my god, thank god you're okay!" Demi yelled panic stricken.

I stared at her pale white face, which just looked plain terrified. With in seconds she'd bounded across the room like a maniac and pulled Selena into a huge hug which sent Selena automatically to tears reliving the night of terror she'd gone though. I stared at the two of them hugging and when I turned back the whole group had rushed into the room and I decided it was time to leave. TJ had already requested a meeting with me, which I'd denied until I knew Selena had someone to look after her and now she did.

I stood up exhausted walking like a zombie towards the door, my purpose here was now useless…

"Miley…"

I didn't look up.

"Miley…" Joe whispered grabbing my arm,

I turned looking up at him sheepishly as he looked at me confused, "When did you get here? We only just found out and that was after Sel's mom rang us, we came as soon as we could how did you know before her family even did?"

I looked at him and shrugged, "I-"

"Miley a word please, then I'm going to take you home before you pass out." TJ stated and grabbed my arm giving Joe a stern look, he instantly dropped his hand looking at me confused.

"What's going on?"

"Miley…" Kevin whispered tilting his head back around the door, "What happened?"

"Hun are you okay?" Dani asked appearing.

"Tell us what is going on?" Joe hissed more at TJ then me.

"Nothing, you can see and talk to Miley at a later time but for now I think you should concentrate on Selena. She has been through a traumatic ordeal and I think you should be with her instead of worrying about Miley at this moment in time." TJ hissed and Joe stared between the two of us completely confused and then looked back to me scared, while the married couple stood there saying nothing.

"Miley you don't have to go with him." Joe whispered looking directly at me, "You can stay with us. Miley you can tell us anything..."

I just stared at him and frowned, he just didn't get it. I didn't have a choice. I never had a choice when it came to Nick.

"No, no I can't. I have to leave with him." I muttered in reply my voice coming out as tired as I felt.

"Miley we can-"

"I'll see ya later Joe. Bye guys…"

I turned walking off as TJ dropped his hand and put it on my back, "Okay come on we'll talk in the car and I'll explain what's going to happen now." TJ stated as I nodded and we walked down the staircase of Selena's house, "I'm not happy Miley that you ran off last night, I know you are a caring person but now you need to focus on looking after yourself and doing that last night was just plain stupid Miley. We are trying to protect you from these people and your actions last night could have killed you, so if you don't stop being the hero and follow orders we will be forced to give you the same fate as…."

I looked at TJ scared as we reached the door, "Witness protection, me?"

"It's being considered Miley, I'm sorry. I made a promise to Nick that I'd keep you safe but I need you to make me a promise that you will stop acting like you're running this, because you aren't. Miley this isn't about you! Stop and think before you do something stupid for god sake." He hissed as we walked out and he opened one of the doors to a SUV.

"So what now?" I whispered slowly,

"Get in and I'll explain."

I climbed in as he slammed the door and then walked over to talk to another guy, I sank down in the seat putting my seat belt on. Everything was falling apart now, Selena would tell the group what was said to her last night and then they'd all be on my back wanting to know what Nick had told me. I closed my eyes leaning back thinking about Nick, what happened if everything came out? What would happen then, would Nick be okay? What if they went after him? I heard the door open as I turned my eyes looking at TJ who closed the door really annoyed. He didn't say anything and started up the car not even glancing in my direction,

"You okay?" He finally whispered calming down once we got out on the main road.

I shrugged nodding, "Yeah, I'm fine."

"It was expected Miley it was only a matter of time before they realized Selena wasn't his girlfriend, we all just thought it would come out in the media first not like this." TJ whispered as I nodded looking down scared, "Nothing's going to happen to you okay, we're going to keep you safe."

"Like Selena?"

TJ fell silent as we pulled up at a red light, "Nick made you these last night, I was going to stick them on your mirror but when everything happened I didn't have time." He whispered handing over a bunch of post it notes in a variety of colors.

I gave a weak smile looking at them amazed every single one had a different message.

"So what happens now?" I whispered while reading the messages,

"You have a schedule everyday, you follow it and a team will be with you constantly. You will only visit Nick occasionally maybe once a month, or less if possible and you will try and keep to yourself without bringing worry upon your family and friends. Basically you will isolate yourself, away from everyone." TJ stated and I nodded, it hurt to hear him say that I couldn't spend as much time with Nick but I suppose we didn't have much choice anymore.

"You will learn self defense, and-"

"What?" I whispered,

"Self defense, you are going to learn how to defend yourself. Sam will teach you everyday for an hour until we think you are capable enough to defend yourself. That was our flaw with Selena…" He muttered shaking his head, "We didn't have enough guys on, one got killed another injured and she had no idea how to cope in that kind of situation…"

"Will they come after me?"

I already knew the answer, but I wanted him to actually say it aloud. The light changed to green as the car moved forward and he nodded,

"I'm not going to lie to you Miley but they will most likely."

I stared down holding the post it notes worried,

"We're playing a waiting game now whether they do it sooner or later. Either way we will be prepared this time and you don't have to worry about it, we are going to bring this whole ring down eventually." TJ stated as we drove past the turn off towards my house and I frowned.

"Where are we going?"

"To see your freaking out boyfriend, someone needs to calm him down. And right now I think you need him as much as he needs you." TJ whispered as I just nodded looking down.

Okay now I was worried, really worried.

Nick.

I sat alone in the living room staring at the T.V, I tried to watch some comedy show but I just couldn't concentrate. I was so scared about Selena and no one here was telling me anything, it just made the time pass even slower as I waited for TJ to return. So far I knew Selena was okay but I also knew she blabbed about Miley, which meant so much to this whole thing. I was mad at Sel for a while but I guess if I were her I would have done the same thing in a moment of panic. Now however I was freaking out about Miley I had no idea where she was or how she was and that's what scared me because we all knew now that she'd be the one everyone would be after.

And if they found her…she wouldn't stand a chance.

Then they'd find me. The end.

"I'm back." TJ yelled as the front door slammed.

I stood up as Sam and Sarah both walked out of the kitchen giving a smile, something they'd been doing since last night. It was one of those "I'm smiling pretending like nothing is wrong" grins, when I knew they were both just as freaked as I was.

"How is she? What is Selena thinking about this whole thing?" Sarah asked straight away as I headed into the hallway,

"That Nick saw something that he shouldn't have and that someone murdered you." TJ stated as I rounded the corner, I didn't even notice him though because the first person I saw was Miles…

I looked at her exhausted expression and blank emotionless face. I rushed past TJ not even acknowledging his presence and pulled my angel into my arms. It was a second before Miley slowly wrapped them around me resting her head against my chest, "Hey gorgeous, come on I think you need to get some sleep. Did you pick her up from the house? Why does Miles look like she's run a marathon?" I asked TJ, gently rubbing Miley's back.

"Not exactly…" TJ muttered uneasily.

I stared down to see Miley had her eyes closed,

"What do you mean?"

"Nick we didn't want to freak you out but last night we briefly lost Miley for a good twenty minutes before we found her at Selena's she stayed the night there." Sam whispered as I looked at them all confused,

"She found out about Sel and then ran away from us...It's was our fault we thought she was asleep." TJ muttered.

"Miles…" I whispered kissing the side of her head, "You're so silly! Do you know how dangerous that was? What happens if something bad had happened to you baby?"

"Gave her the lecture already," TJ muttered,

"Okay."

"She's scared Nick, really scared." TJ mouthed to me and I sighed.

"Okay come on Miles let's go to the bedroom and you can get some sleep. How long is she allowed to be here?" I asked them as TJ shrugged and I took all of Miley's weight, as she remained speechless cuddling against me.

"Most of today we can pretend we're talking to her, Nick this will be the last time you see her in a month so…" Sarah whispered and I sighed nodding as I kissed her cheek again and she opened her eyes.

"Better make the best of it, come on beautiful."

"I love you so much…"

I saw the tears in her eyes as she moved her hand to my cheek, "I don't want them to come after you Nick, I don't want you to get hurt."

"Nothing is going to happen to me..."

She looked at me skeptically as I kissed the top of her head,

"Or you. We are both safe."

I let go of her body and she sighed taking my hand as we headed into my bedroom, instantly Miley dropped my hand and collapsed onto the bed. I smiled and crawled up alongside her giving a weak smile, pushing a few strands away from the stressed beauty.

"Get my notes?" I whispered,

She opened her eyes and nodded, "TJ just gave me them, when I get home I'm going to stick them up all around the house because then I won't miss you as much. Then where ever I go in the house you'll be with me and it won't even feel like your not there, because you'll be everywhere." She whispered yawning and I nodded playing with her hair, she looked so frightened and sleep deprived.

"You're going to be okay, we all are." I whispered.

"You can't know that Nick."

"No I can't."

She looked at me seriously and I sighed.

"They are going to come after me."

"I know." I whispered and she sighed.

"Hopefully they do it when I have lots of people around so-"

I grabbed her hands shaking my head, "Miley don't even think about it. Just because they are going to come after you doesn't mean they are actually going to get to you. Look the guys are going to protect you and-"

"They should protect you not me." I gave her a look and she sighed, "Nick you need to be safe."

"And so do you, because if they get you I will-"

"Move on."

I frowned and Miley gave a weak smile, "I was hoping it wouldn't get to this but if anything does happen to me Nick I want you to move on." She whispered seriously and I stared at her and nodded.

"Okay but we don't need to-"

"We do and you know it."

I gave a weak smile and she returned it, we were talking about if we died...something I didn't want to even think about but Miley was right. It could happen. It might happen.

"I want you to move on too."

"I don't think that's possible, we both know that." She whispered.

I gave a small laugh and shook my head, "Let's not worry about this, look right now we are both alive and very safe." I responded and Miley moved over kissing me gently on the lips then stared at me.

"Are you scared?"

I nodded and leaned forward kissing her forehead, "I am, but when we signed up for this we knew it was going to be scary. You'll be fine though, and I have so much confidence that you'll be able to withstand this whole thing, and remember one day we will be together again. For real." I muttered and Miley gave me a smile nodding as she leaned forward.

"I know, I better write my will up just in case though."

She gave a smile and I tried hard to give a chuckle, which sounded so fake I couldn't even pass it as a real laugh. Then I realized something, "Where's my will? It was supposed to be finished last week but I totally forgot about it, has anyone mentioned it?"

"No." Miley asked surprised, "What do you mean finished it? You have a will?"

"You'll have to wait and see." I responded kissing her nose,

"Who did you leave money too?"

"Not telling."

"Why not?" Miley asked frowning as her eyes drooped,

"Because it will ruin the surprise, and I promise you're going to like it. Just make sure you go to the reading even if you aren't invited, turn up okay." I whispered and Miley nodded leaning in and giving me a kiss. I kissed back gently as she pulled away and rested her head down on my chest,

"You won't stop the post it note rights?" She murmured closing her eyes.

"Of course not, I'll do them forever."

"Good, love you Nicky."

"Love you too beautiful." I whispered rubbing her back wishing everything was just a little bit simpler.