Man! Compared to the last one, this is a short ass chapter. Anyways, It's past my bed time but I wanted to upload this since I took like forever. Literally, so enjoy! (And I think you all will ;D)

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A week. That's how long I had been since Nick and Miley last talked and for them, it had to be the longest week ever. If distancing themselves from everybody was bad before, it was even worse now; more like isolated.

Since that day, Nick was keeping to himself. Nick rarely spoke to anyone. He wanted to get his thoughts sorted out completely, now that he knew the truth and most of what happened. It was just so much to get used to in a short period of time.

When he told Miley he needed to be alone, it wasn't because of Miley herself, he just didn't wanna end up saying something bad and regretting it all because he head was too full to function correctly. He couldn't have a hurt Miley.

But he knew what he had to do though, and he was gonna do it if he wanted anything that mattered in life anymore.

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For that entire week, Miley had been broken. Call her over-emotional but she was a moody pregnant person and the fact that Nick needed "time" to himself, hurt her. And liking Nick the way she did, really really liking him didn't help. She sorta understood where he was coming from but because they didn't speak of the situation after she told him, she wasn't sure how he felt, and in all honesty, it scared the hell out of her.

But she made sure not to stress herself out over it, knowing it was do no good for her. Soon, winter break would be over, meaning she'd return to school and see Nick after a week of silence. She was definitely anticipating the moment she'd see him, because they needed to talk. It seemed like they always had some kind of issue that needed to be addressed.

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Miley left her house the Monday morning of a day in early January. She was clad in a pair of jean shorts and a loose black t-shirt. She really wasn't trying to hide anything anymore; if you knew, you knew, if you didn't, you just might find out. And if you did, oh well.

She hopped in her friend's car, slamming the door behind her as she sat in the passenger seat.

Vanessa briefly glanced over at Miley before starting the car and driving off. She wasn't all that sure if she wanted to say anything. She couldn't tell whether or not her friend was in a bad mood and she didn't really wanna risk a mood swing finding out.

Turns out she didn't have to.

"Has Nick said anything to you?"

"This time he hasn't Miles," Vanessa responded, keeping her eyes on the road. "He hasn't said a word to me, I wouldn't even know anything if you hadn't have come to me crying," she added.

Their conversation ended on that note, neither one of them knowing what to say next. To fill the silence, Miley opted to turn on the radio, though neither one of them listened to it. Nothing but thoughts about Nick and their situation were floating around In Miley's head.

And Vanessa, well she was just to worried about her younger brother and best friend, and the road to care about the lousy music coming from the random radio station.

The two arrived at the school in a matter of minutes. Vanessa shut off the car and hopped out of it, waiting for the brunette to get out also. She turned away from her view of the school to her right, and instead of finding Miley getting out of the car, Miley sat still, staring ahead of her.

She walked over to her, leaning her head through the open passenger seat window. "What's the matter?"

"Nothing, I just," Miley sighed, "nothing." She shook her head and got out of the car. Miley opted to link arms with her friend as they made their way to the front of the school. She didn't know how much time they had before the bell rung or exactly where Nick was, or if he was even at school yet. She figured it'd be best to speak to Nick as soon as possible.

As they entered the school, Miley turned her head to Vanessa. "Is Nick here?"

"Um, yes he is." But that voice wasn't Vanessa's, Miley suddenly noticed. For an entire week all she desired was to speak to him but when the moment finally comes, she's too scared to say anything.

Vanessa observed Miley's sudden mood changed and grabbed Miley's shoulder, turning her around to face the source of the voice.

"I'll leave you guys alone to talk."

Miley wrapped her arms around her body feeling Nick's weary eyes on her. She didn't understand what it was that came over her to make her feel so vulnerable under his gaze; she really didn't.

Neither of them wanted to be the first one to say anything and in this situation, in this point it time, someone had to say something soon. They were in school—standing in the middle of the corridor—and people were beginning to become curious.

Deciding to be the bigger person, Nick gently took hold of Miley's wrist, resisting the urge to smile, feeling her delicate, smooth skin. And unknowingly, Miley was doing the same.

Nick opted to bring Miley outside, but wondered if they would get any privacy out there, so he stopped and thought for a moment before deciding on a empty classroom.

Miley didn't know where the heck they were going, but she trusted him enough to let him lead the way.

Soon, they reached the empty room, near the nurses office down the hall. Before walking inside, Nick made sure no one was watching, which wasn't that hard; class was beginning soon. He really didn't need an interruption if he was going to try to work things out with Miley.

Nick helped Miley sit down in an empty chairs at one of the tables in the front of the dark classroom. He held her hand the entire time and when the moment he knew he had to let go came, he didn't want to. And at the same time, Miley didn't either. Neither of them wanted to lose the others touch which was kinda weird for them since they'd never felt that before.

Miley watched as Nick hesitantly took a seat beside her (after they finally reluctantly released each others hands) as she wondered what his deal was; or really, what was floating around in that pretty little head of his.

They didn't dared look each other in the eyes for quite some time but when they did, it was as if the world around them disappeared and didn't matter anymore. For them, it felt like everything they wanted to say was being communicated, not through their words, but through the look in their eyes.

For a second, the pregnant brunette wanted to cry for the feelings she thought weren't reciprocated, actually were. She could see the glint in the curly haired boy's eyes that told her everything she was too naive to notice before. It felt like a force was pulling her closer to him and the closer their faces got together, the faster their hearts would beat but then, she stopped herself. She couldn't let herself do something so drastic before everything was talked through and worked out.

She could tell Nick was disappointed when she moved but she forced herself to ignore the look or else she wouldn't be able to continue.

"We really need to talk," Miley stated the obvious, nervously and awkwardly.

"Well of course, why else would we be here?" So Nick was sorta bitter about the moment before, though he shouldn't be since he had done the same thing.

Miley sighed and looked ahead of her at the chalkboard. "Look, I don't need to let you be apart of this baby's life," she placed a

hand on her growing stomach as she spat at him in anger, her hormones taking over for that second.

Instantly, Nick regretted his choice of words. The mere thought of being absent in his son's life scared him, even more than It did the fact that he was gonna be a dad.

"Look, I'm so-"

That was when the bell rang, startling the pair both making them jump in their seats, surprised. However, the both recovered quickly.

Miley stared at Nick. "What were you saying?"

Nick stared back, contemplating whether or not to grab Miley's hands. He decided to do just that, taking a chance. He gently took both of her hands in his and gazed her in the eyes as he began to pour his heart out.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for not talking it out with you when you told me the baby was mine. I'm sorry for not coming to you the moment I found out. I regret that all Miley. I want you to know that I want to be in our baby's life." Our baby, that made the both of them smile. "I already love this baby as much as I love you."

The brunette blinked a few hundred times. "W-what?" Was all she was able to stutter out.

Nick hadn't realized what he said until it left his mouth. He just chuckled nervously and scratched the back of his neck, not knowing what to say.

"Nick?" Miley pressed on, feeling her stomach bubble in excitement at his words as he eyes shined innocently. She wanted to hear him say it, to know he meant every single word.

Nick sighed. There wasn't any going back now. "Over the past couple of months, I guess I came to realize how much I hate not having you in my life. I knew my feeling for you were so much past friendship, that I guess what I am trying to say is, I love you Miley, I really do."

Miley breath caught in her throat as she heard his words. Sincerity and love were the only things she heard in his voice and undoubtedly Nick meant what he said, he really did love her. All of a sudden, she began tearing up.

"I love you too," the words rolled off of Miley's tongue like it was meant to be. It felt as though she had no control of words and she just blurted out the complete truth. She leaned forward and wrapped her arms around Nick's neck, pulling him tightly against her body. The tingling sensation that ran through their bodies was an amazing feeling.

Putting the fact that they had just confessed their love for each other in mind, it felt like the most normal thing to do was connect their lips, and that's what they did, they kissed. And it was a powerful kiss, one like they've never experienced before. It was slow and passionate and definitely confirmed what they were sure they felt for one another.

Soon, it got a bit heated and they both thought it was best to pull away, so they did, simultaneously. They got their breathing to a normal rate before either of them said anything. The entire time, they gazed lovingly into the others eyes.

Maybe it was too early for the words they had exchanged but it was too late anyway and to them, it didn't matter if it was "too early", or "too soon", they meant it and more time wouldn't change that. In that moment, they were sure they had each other for the long run and were ready for anything ahead of them...hopefully.

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