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A week has now passed since the little fight between Nick and Miley, Miley is now fully recovered and discharged from the hospital. Neither of them has made any effort to make any contact each other, somehow, both of them thought it was better this way. No contact, except if necessary. Because, somewhere in their hearts they both had started to believe that they just weren't.. meant to be together.
But, fate has its own ways of making things fall into place.
That afternoon, Miley was sitting in her living room, watching one of her favorite shows. She laughed out loud as one of the characters did something funny, but her moment was quickly interrupted by her phone ringing.
"Hello?" She said into the phone, the caller ID was unknown.
"Hey, Miley. Its me Julianne, remember me?" A female voice answered.
"Oh, yeah. How are you?" Miley asked, it was her director for the Last Song.
"I'm great, and In town. I was hoping we could meet up sometime today?"
"That would be great," Miley agreed, and noted down the directions she gave her for lunch.
Approximately, 2 hours later. Miley was pulling up outside a restaurant that was famous for its Sushi. Miley loved Sushi and everybody knew that.
She stole a glance in the car mirror, before stepping out the car. She was wearing a simple white blouse and denim cut offs. Her hair was tied in a small pony tail, and she wasn't wearing much makeup. Perfect.
She wasn't surprised that paparazzi attacked her with pictures the moment she stepped out of the car. She had been in the industry long enough to know how to handle such situations, Just keep walking and ignore their questions.
But, It was kind of hard to ignore them, since they were screaming question at her face. Most of them were like, 'Miley, how are you feeling now?' or 'Miley, are you suing the truck owner for the accident?'
But, one of them in particular, caught her attention. 'Miley, are you here to meet your boyfriend Nick?' Huh, where did that come from?
She shrugged it off, and walked inside. Relieved to be finally out of sight from the paparazzi, all the camera flashes sometimes gave her a headache.
The waiter standing there greeted her, and led her to her table.
As she walked closer, she could see her director sitting cheerfully on one of the tables, and some else.. sitting with his back to Miley.
The figure seemed really familiar, Could it be? Her suspicions were confirmed when she noticed the curls.
Yep, that's him, she thought to herself. But, to her surprise, she wasn't angry or freaked. In fact, she didn't feel anything at all. But, she was kind of surprised by the fact that he was in town. But, then she remembered, of course he's in town! Todays the date of his last concert. Girlfriend or not, she still had his tour dates memorized.
She slowly walked towards the table, and Julie Anne got up to greet her.
"Miley! Its so good to see you again!" She said, giving her a warm hug,
"You, too." She said, taking a seat next to Julie-Anne and across Nick.
Nick just muttered a small 'Hi', by the look on his face, he was just as aware of Julie-Anne's plan as she was.
"So, I hope you two know why I called you to meet me here." The director said, in a matter-of-factly tone.
"Uh, no. Are we supposed to?" Miley said, shrugging.
"Actually, yes. You know that the release date of your movie is coming up, right?" Julie-Anne continued.
"Yeah..?" Nick said, speaking for the first time. He had an idea where this was leading to.
"So, we need some publicity! And that requires you two going out and getting seen together." She said, like it was obvious.
"Wait, what?" Miley said, almost horrified.
"We've already planned a few dates, and your going to Nick s concert tonight, Miley. You two would love that." She stated.
"No, you cant!" Miley said, a bit too loudly.
Julie-Anne looked confused, back and forth between the two teenagers. And then it clicked, "Oh, please don't tell me your fighting again!"
"We're not fighting." Nick said, quickly.
"But, we're not necessarily on good terms either." Miley finished.
"Oh, Get over it guys. What happened this time?" The director said, almost rolling her eyes at their behavior.
Miley thought for a moment, and then sighed. "Nothing happened. And, fine. Whatever, its just a couple of publicity stunts, right?"
Julie-Anne smiled, "Good. Seems like you have matured a lot since the summer. Is this okay with you, Nick?" Julie-Anne said, directing the last part of her question towards Nick.
He just shrugged, "Yeah, I'm good." His expression unfathomable.
"Okay, good." The director smiled in contentment. "But, heres the catch. You two are going to have to act like a couple." She continued.
"Act like a couple?" Miley replied, not sure if she had heard correctly.
" Yeah. You know, hold hands and kiss in public and all that." Julie-Anne smiled.
Miley almost choked on her own spit, "What?"
Nick, too, was surprised. But, he didn't show it like Miley.
"Yeah, and about tonight's concert. Make sure you are seen in the crowd Miley, or else it'll be no use." Julie-Anne said.
Miley groaned, "Are you sure we got to do this?" She asked, desperately.
"Its for the movie, and I don't know what happened between you two but you need to get over it and act like your dating. Well, at least until the movie premieres."
"But, the premiere is a month away!" Miley whined.
"I know, so from now onwards till the premiere, you two are going to act like boyfriend-girlfriend, even if it just pretend." Julie-Anne said with a smile.
"Perfect, just perfect.."Miley muttered, sarcastically. While Nick just tried to swallow what he just heard. Him and Miley, together for a month? Whoa.
After lunch, Julie-Anne suggested, aka forced Nick and Miley to go to the sound check together.
So, right now. They were both sitting in Nicks car, neither one saying anything. The paparazzi, of course, were going crazy with taking pictures of the former ex flames.
"God, why cant they just go away?" Miley whined, as the paparazzi completely surrounded the car. Making It difficult to get back on the road.
Nick chuckled, "Well, at least Julie Anne will be pleased."
Miley was surprised by his tone, he was cheerful..? Or was it just an act. But, whatever it was, Miley was thankful, she didn't want to get into another argument. She just wanted to forget everything and get this thing over with.
"She better be," She muttered, this was going to be a long ride.
When they finally reached the venue for the concert, it was time for sound check. Everyone was surprised to see Miley there. Most of Nicks family was already there, since it was his last concert. And, seeing the warm welcoming environment, she was glad she came.
The concert was going great, Nick was totally killing it. The fans were going crazy, Miley had made sure that she was seen, and by tomorrow, the pictures of her sighting would probably be up on the internet. Everything was going as planned, and so far, She and Nick had managed to go 6 solid hours without screaming at each other.
But, of course, like everything, It didn't last. Miley couldn't believe her eyes when Selena walked in backstage, just as Nick was doing his last encore.
"Miley! You're here?" She said, moving in for a hug.
Miley moved away awkwardly, and held out her hand. "Um, yeah."
She smiled huge, "Oh, I'm so glad you came. Now everyone Nick loves is here."
Her words confused Miley, but she just shrugged.
Their little conversation was interrupted by someone, "Hey, guys!"
It was David, Miley knew who he was, but she hadn't ever really met him.
Selena giggled, "Miley, I'm not sure if you two have met before but this is David. My boyfriend slash best friend." She said, as he wrapped an arm around her waist.
Miley looked back and forth between the two, If they were together than that meant… Nick was right.
"Uh, Hi." She greeted, suddenly hating herself more than ever.
"Nice you finally meet you, Miley. I've heard a lot." David said, smiling.
"Yeah, I, you too." She muttered, still trying to digest the newly acquired information.
And then, without thinking, she blurted out; "How long have you two been dating?" She instantly regretted asking it, but she needed to know.
Selena exchanged a look with David before answering, "Um, almost a month. And I've never been happier." She said, smiling goofily towards the end.
"Oh,"
"Actually, Nick was the one that made me realize it. I owe him." Selena added, with a chuckle.
This, again, surprised Miley. "Really? Oh, um, I mean thats great." Miley said, with an almost smile.
Miley felt stupid for not realizing this earlier. She felt stupid for doubting Nick, she felt horrible for fighting with him and most of all, she regretted breaking up with him. He was right all along, she was just.. so blind.
As if on cue, Nick walked into the room. With a huge smile on his face, after finishing his last concert.
Miley didn't feel angry at him anymore, she didn't even feel sad. She just had an insane urge to go and wrap herself in his arms. And that's exactly what she did.
He responded immediately, welcoming her into his arms. He felt a huge smile grow on his face, as she whispered in his ear.
"You did great, boyfriend."
An early update! :D Hahah, I actually like this chapter. It kind of cleared things up b/w them. They're not back together, though. Yet. :P Soo, leave me a review. And tell me what you think!