~xoxo~

I was hanging out upstairs with Demi before the party trying on different costumes. We had taken over Joe's guest room; the both of us had at least five costumes a piece strewn throughout the room.

"What about this one?" I asked Demi. I had tried on a batgirl costume and now my best friend had final say, just like I had final say on hers.

She shook her head and made a face. "Too slutty. What about mine?"

"It covers up too much."

"Damn. That's what I was afraid of. Well…" she picked up another costume from her pile, "what about this one? I think it's perfect."

"You'll have to try it on. I don't really know what it's going to look like on you," I laughed.

"Good point." She picked up another random outfit from my pile and through it at me. "Try this one, I think it will look good on you."

The two of us both quickly changed and immediately I knew she had found the right one. I wasn't so sure about mine, but the huge grin on her face suggested that it looked good on me.

"Yours is perfect!" we both exclaimed at the same time with giant smiles on our faces.

I had on a Greek goddess costume that perfectly fit all my curves and showed just the right amount of skin so that I didn't look like a slut or a nun.

Demi on the other hand was dressed in a fairy-like outfit. It was light blue with sparkles, landed just above her knees and was strapless.

Both our costumes would look even more flawless when paired with the right heels and accessories.

An hour later we were welcoming our friends into Joe's house and Joe was pretty much nowhere to be found. Luckily he had helped us set up, along with Nick, but then the boys disappeared, even though this was just as much their party as it was ours.

"Miles…where are Nick and Joe?" Demi whispered into my ear. "People are wondering where they are."

"I have no idea," I whispered back. "Maybe they went to get costumes or something."

She groaned, "They better come back soon."

I nodded as she walked away to go talk with other people. I laughed at her inability to just let things go when it came to Joe, but I guess I could see why she was the way she was when it came to him. I could just laugh everything he did off because we were pretty much best friends but when he was your fiancée, I guess I could see trying to keep him in line.

I saw that Selena had just arrived and I decided that I might as well go and talk with her; after all, I was trying to be friendlier to her.

"Hey Selena!" I said sweetly walking over to her.

"Hi Miley."

"So where's Nick? Demi's been looking for him since this whole party was practically his idea anyway."

"I actually have no idea. He's been spending more time with you lately then with me," she said. I could hear the bitterness creep into her voice.

I replied slowly, "We've just been planning this party for the past week, we've got caught up in it."

"So I've heard," Selena replied shortly.

I raised my eyebrows at her tone. I mean, I couldn't really get mad at her because I still felt bad for kissing her boyfriend (not that she needed to know that), but that didn't stop me from being surprised by the way she spoke to me.

"So um, Nick says that you're going on a lot of auditions and stuff?"

It was her turn to be surprised. I bet she thought that I'd take her bait and 'fight' back. I had more class than that, believe it or not.

"Actually yeah," she said brightly, her attitude changing dramatically. "Most of them have been for movies, but also a couple for some pilots of new shows coming up."

"That's pretty exciting."

"Yes, very exciting…"

Thankfully, my wonderful boyfriend, who had chosen that moment to walk through the door, saved me from the extremely awkward conversation.

"Nate!" I exclaimed waving him over. He grinned as soon as he saw me and walked over. Trailing behind him was a girl that I'd never seen before; definitely not someone I invited. Maybe she was one of Demi's friends.

"Hey baby," he smiled, giving me a kiss.

"Hi," I smiled. "You actually dressed up, I'm proud of you."

"Well I didn't want to stick out at a fancy Hollywood party, so I decided that a pirate costume would be best. I'm Johnny Depp," he chuckled. He gave a dramatic twirl in his costume.

"I think you look handsome, even hotter then Mr. Depp."

"That's definitely a compliment, right?"

"Absolutely," I smiled, kissing him again.

"Oh my god Natie, I love her already," the mystery girl squealed.

I peered around my boyfriend and looked at the random girl with raised eyebrows. "Uh, hi?" I said in confusion.

"Oh sorry Miles, I'd like to introduce you to my sister, Hanna," Nate explained. "She's the crazy one I was telling you about."

"Oh! Hi! I'm so sorry, I didn't know who you were," I said, trying to cover up my embarrassing slip-up. "I'm Miley. Nice to meet you."

Hanna shook my hand enthusiastically, "Hi! I like seriously can't believe I'm even talking to you right now, let alone that you're dating my brother. That's insane. You were my total role model growing up and now I'm meeting you in like a casual situation and oh my god."

I had to say that I was shocked by her personality. She was…almost exactly like me. Crazy, fun-loving, full of energy; I immediately loved her.

Nate jumped in, thinking I was overwhelmed by her, "Sorry, she gets really excited about things really easily."

I ignored him though and exclaimed, "Can I hug you? Please?"

She laughed and nodded so I engulfed her in a hug.

"I told you she'd love me," Hanna said to her brother, sticking her tongue out. I giggled because that is exactly something I'd do.

I heard a small cough behind me and I turned to see Selena still standing there awkwardly. I didn't mean to ignore her; in all honesty, I thought she'd go hang out with her friends, she probably knew everyone here and was friends with half of them.

"I'm going to go hang out with Jen and David. If you see Nick, please tell him where I am."

"Yeah, sure. Good luck with the acting gigs," I said nicely.

"Thanks Miley," Selena answered back and then walked away.

After she left, Hanna started cracking up. "Oh damn, I can still sense the tension before you two."

"You feel it too?"

"Miley, even I can feel it," Nate chuckled. "Why don't you guys just work things out?"

I exchanged looks with his sister and then we both turned on him. "Did you really just ask that?" I asked him, semi-seriously.

"Uh, yeah?"

"Oh honey, you have so much to learn about show business politics. Especially when it comes to Disney."

"Yeah big brother, all the drama and gossip that went along with the Disney stars was my form of entertainment growing up."

He rolled his eyes. "You guys are being too dramatic. I doubt it was that bad."

"I had to live through it!" I exclaimed. "Trust me, it was bad."

"I still think you're exaggerating."

"Miley, don't listen to my brother, he's an idiot."

"Thanks Hanna, I'll be sure to remember that in the future."

She scoffed and decided to ignore him. "So Miley, do you maybe want to introduce me to your ultra-famous friends?" she asked excitedly.

I laughed, "Sure. Nate, are you going to be alright on your own for a little bit?"

"Oh yeah. I'll just go hang out with…Miranda Cosgrove over here. Oh, and look, Drake Bell. I'm totally good."

"I'm just going to ignore your sarcasm and leave. I'll see you later babe," I said cheerfully and I reached up to give him a kiss on the cheek.

Hanna linked arms with me and dragged me off in the direction of the nearest celebrity, and considering almost all our friends are celebrities, she couldn't really decide where to go.

"So I have a quick question for you."

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Growing up, I was a huge fan of you and all that shit. And I totally still am and stuff, but I was also a huge fan of Niley. Don't get me wrong, you and my brother are mega cute together, but like, I can't help but love you and Nick."

I paused, "First of all, there was no question in there. And second of all, are you telling me to break up with your brother and date Nick?"

"You didn't let me finish!" she laughed. "Basically, my question is, would you get together with Nick if you had the chance?"

I shook my head. "I'm definitely not answering that."

Her mouth dropped open and she folded her arms across her chest stubbornly, "Seriously? That's all I get? I'm eighteen years old and I've been in love with your relationship with Nick since I was twelve."

"And I'm dating your brother. Yet, you're trying to get me back together with my ex-boyfriend. You are seriously the most messed up person I've ever met."

She waved me off, "I've heard that plenty of times. I'm sorry; I guess I still haven't gotten over your relationship with him. Which, I know, sounds ridiculous, it's just…when you grow up with something, and love something, it's very difficult to let it go."

"Well you're going to have to Hanna, because I'm with your brother and I'm no longer with Nick and you're just going to have to deal with it."

"Fine," she replied rolling her eyes. "May I still keep my opinions though?"

"Only if you keep them to yourself," I said shortly, letting her know that the conversation was no longer up for debate.

A couple minutes later, after introducing her to many of my friends, I was looking for Demi with Hanna still trailing behind me.

"Do you hate me yet?"

"What?" I laughed, "Why would I hate you?"

"Because I'm pushy and annoying, not to mention that I tend to butt my way into other people's business. Nate says that people hate me as soon as they know me and then it takes them a little while to come around. I yelled at him the first time he said that and then I actually thought about it and realized that he was completely right."

"I don't hate you Hanna, I promise. You were a little pushy, but I've definitely dealt with worse before. Don't worry about it."

"I still feel bad…"

"Please honey, don't feel bad. Why don't I introduce you to Demi?" I asked, trying to cheer her up.

"Oh my god, really? That would be amazing!"

I giggled. "Okay, she's right over there with Joe. Did you hear that they're getting married in a couple of months?"

"I've definitely read about their engagement in every magazine known to girl. You're the maid of honor, right? Where are they having the wedding? What does your dress look like? What does her dress look like?" Hanna was talking about a mile a minute and I was getting overwhelmed again. As much as I loved her, she was certainly a piece of work.

"Hanna, sweetie, why don't you slow down just a little bit?"

She frowned and apologized quickly, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. Sorry."

Determined to change the subject (and to hopefully channel some of Hanna's excitement onto Demi). "Dem! This is Nate's little sister," I said, introducing the girl.

"Oh hey!" she smiled, "What's your name?"

"Oh my…hi! I'm Hanna."

"Right…I think Miley mentioned you a couple of times. You have an older sister, right? Brooke, I think?"

"Yeah, she's the overachiever of the family. I'm the slacker."

She laughed, "Does that mean your brother is here?"

"Yeah. We left him alone over by the door," she replied, "He's probably chatting up some movie star as we speak."

"Well I hope he has a good time. This party was kind of put together at the last minute, but I think we did an okay job."

"Are you kidding me? This party is fantastic! And I've only been here for like ten minutes."

Demi giggled, "So I love your costume! Where did you get it?"

"Oh this?" she asked, giving a quick twirl in her simple, extremely creative costume. "I actually made it."

"There is no way that you made that," she replied in disbelief. "That's amazing."

Hanna blushed, "I just dabble in fashion. I've always loved it and I used to design my own clothes back in high school. It's like a hobby for me."

"Have you ever thought about pursuing it as a career?"

"Eh, I'm not really focused enough to have fashion be my career. Nate can totally vouch for me, I'm one of the laziest people you will ever meet."

"Can I please give your information to a designer friend of mine? Her name is Holly Giradoni, I bet you've heard of her."

Hanna's jaw dropped and her eyes lit up. "Are you serious? You would really give the Holly Giradoni my number? I might think that I'd be terrible doing anything other than partying, but even just talking to her is a dream come true."

"Of course I'll give her your number. I'm actually meeting up with her in a couple days to discuss her spring line that's going to come out. I'll talk to her then."

"Thank you so much. I'm freaking out on the inside and trying my very best not to scare you away." Hanna was very close to jumping up and down, close to bouncing off the walls I would say. I laughed at her excitement and gave Demi a smile to thank her for her actions.

Unexpectedly, I felt a light touch on my shoulder and I turned to see Nick smiling down at me. "Hey Miles."

Demi and I took one glance at each other and then we both turned and hit Nick at the same time; she punched one shoulder while I punched the other.

"What the hell was that for?" he exclaimed, grasping his arms to the best of his ability.

"Where have you been? And the hell is Joe?" Demi shouted. "You just thought that us girls would take over the party? It was your idea in the first place!"

He looked at her with a sheepish grin. He gestured to the party and said, "It looks like it's going pretty well…"

""Yeah, Dem, cut him some slack," I laughed, wrapping my arms around him with a smile. "How can you resist his cute face?"

Her face softened but she rolled her eyes anyway. "When you two get together, you're impossible."

We both laughed because we knew how much her comment was true.

"So really, where is Joe, Nick?"

"At a strip club."

"You're so hilarious," she replied dryly.

He chuckled, "Nah, he's still fixing his costume. He wants it to be perfect for you."

"See, Demi? I told you that your fiancée is still amazing."

Nick finally noticed Hanna off to the side with a huge smile on her face. "Hi…?"

"Oh! Nick, this is Hanna. She's…she's Nate's little sister."

"Oh, right. Hi. I'm Nick," he said smoothly, sticking out his hand.

She shook it eagerly. "It's so good to meet you."

"You too," he smiled. I actually thought that he was handling the situation quite well, all things considered. I was glad, knowing the way his emotions sometimes went over the time.

"Oh, Selena was looking for you earlier. She wanted me to tell you if I saw you first."

"There was no catfight between the two of you?" he smirked.

I rolled my eyes and gave him a slight shove. "Shut up. We're working on things."

"Miley," a voice from behind me said, "I didn't think that you would actually leave me stranded."

I quickly shrugged Nick's arms out from around my shoulders and turned around to face my boyfriend with a guilty look plastered on my face. "Hi honey…"

He glanced at Nick and his face turned to a look that I'd never seen before. He almost looked…jealous? I coughed to clear the fine layer of tension that lined the room; I walked over to him and intertwined my hand with his. "I've been taking good care of your sister."

"She really has, Natie. I've succeeded in annoying her just like you say I do to everyone."

"Oh please," I said with a scoff, "You know I love you."

Her face lit up. "See! One person loves me!"

Nate chuckled and pulled her into a tight hug. "You know I love you little sis."

"Awwww. Aren't you a sweetheart?" she giggled.

I laughed along with the siblings, but out of the corner of my eye I saw Nick sneaking glances at the three of us every couple of seconds. Demi nudged him, which brought him back to reality. His face was bright red from being caught; thankfully for him, Selena walked up at that moment, saving him from having to explain anything.

"Hey! I've been looking for you," she said cheerfully, kissing his cheek.

"Oh sorry, Joe and I were busy. But I'm here now," he smiled, snaking his arm around her waist.

I smiled and gestured toward the new addition to our little circle. "Hi Selena. I swear I told him that you were looking for him."

"Oh I figured. I just saw him over here so I thought I'd come say hi."

"Well I'm glad you did." Nick leaned in for kiss and I was forced to watch them together. I couldn't help but feel the pang in my chest, no matter how much I tried to ignore it.

All of a sudden, I heard Joe come out of nowheredressed in none other than a superhero costume; yes, a superhero costume.

Demi's eyes went wide and then all of a sudden she was laughing, along with Nick and myself.

"What are you wearing?" I asked through my laughter.

"Uh, my costume. Duh."

I just shook my head and watched as Demi kissed Joe through her giggles. "I think you look handsome," she whispered.

"Thank you, baby," he said into her ear. "I love you."

"I love you too," she replied, reaching up for his lips again.

I faked a gag and grabbed Nate's hand. "Come dance with me. All these public displays of affection are making me sick."

He rolled his eyes, but followed me out onto the dance floor anyway. I wrapped my arms around his neck and looked back at my group of friends. Demi and Joe were still being the most adorable engaged couple at this party and Selena and Nick looked…good. Good together, I mean.

It really sucked that that single thought made me very close to being depressed.

~xoxo~

Late update, I know. Don't kill me. School pretty much sucks right now. Review?

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