Chapter 28: Right Here

The celebrity couple stood on the balcony of their Venice (Italy) hotel room, watching passers by strolling down the narrow streets of the old city. The young male looked around in amazement at the complete contrast from the sceneries he was used to seeing.

With the shooting of Miley's movie coming to an end, the couple felt a wave of nostalgia wash over them. The beautiful Italian city was what Miley had called home for the last three months and even though she longed to return to her real home, their new house in their homeland, she knew she was going to miss Italy. For Nick, who had flown in merely a few days earlier, the city perfectly fit the romantic descriptions read in honeymoon and holiday brochures. He was awed by the traditional Italian culture and spent quite a bit of time learning about it. The city was perfect, especially since he had planned on staying back in the European paradise for a few more days once the shooting would be wrapped up.

"Where'd you go?" Nick gently squeezed the brunette's waist in an attempt to pull her out of her thoughts. The male's gaze focused on the horizon, watching the sun setting behind the authentic buildings of the small city. The large balcony of the luxurious hotel room enabled them to look at the outside world while somewhat securing their privacy.

"Huh?" She looked up at her boyfriend who was smiling at her absentmindedness.

"I was wondering where you had gone..." He tapped the side of her head in a teasing gesture and she smiled.

"I was just thinking how much of an added luxury it was to have you fly in every other week to visit me... sometimes a few weekends in a row."

"It was my way to put off packing to move into the house." He joked.

"Oh so that's how it is." She shook her head, smiling at his antics. "I was just a mere distraction on your long lists of-"

"Don't even think of finishing that sentence." He whispered, kissing her lips fully. He had made it a habit to not let her talk ill about herself, cutting her off with unexpected kisses and 'tickle attacks' in the mere purpose of quieting her.

"Hmmm..." He savoured the moment, regarding it with some sort of disbelief. Could things get any better? He wondered.

"Thank you." Miley nuzzled his neck, kissing the skin under her lips in loving gestures. She laughed to herself as Nick quirked his eyebrows, regarding her in a mock worried way. "For making this work I mean. Thank you for flying out here, thank you for just... being there."

He swore his heart would burst if she said anymore and he instantly dipped his head to capture her lips with his own. Her tongue swept over his bottom lip and he instantly parted his thin lips, granting her full access. While their tongues battled, Nick's hands wandered up and down her back, gripping her body in a possessive manner. Somewhere along his explorations, his hand landed on her tummy, feeling the flat, tank top covered, surface. He groaned against her lips and she pulled away, eyeing him questioningly.

"It's driving me crazy." He admitted sheepishly, his hand awkwardly rubbing at his jaw.

"What is?" She pressed, her warm palm slipping under his t-shirt to fondle his abs.

"This!" He rubbed at her tummy for illustration. "I thought I would freak out if you had in fact been pregnant, but now I'm just..." Miley fought the giggle that erupted within her, holding her hand to her mouth to keep herself from laughing out loud. Nick look so rattled, she wasn't sure if she should have been worried but the look of frustration and wonder etched on the male's face made her giggle uncontrollably.

"It's all I think of! I mean we could be having a baby at 21 which is... yeah it's early but it's do-able... Instead of being happy that can take things one step at a time, I find myself wanting to see that bump there and-" His voice trailed off when he finally noticed Miley's expression. "It's not funny!" He defended himself, fighting his own smile.

"I'm sorry." She breathed out, struggling to regain her normal breathing after her giggle fest. "You just looked so..." Her eyes softened as they looked at each other. "I've never seen you like this and it's just..." Her eyes sparkled in the orangish sunlight "it's such a turn on." She admitted, taking her lip in between her teeth as a nervous habit.

"I'm talking about babies here and you're telling me that's turning you on? You gotta be kidding!" He huffed, throwing up his arms exaggeratedly.

"I'm sorry!" She giggled. "Alright, what's bothering you?" She asked him moments later, trying hard to keep a straight face.

"I-" His eyes narrowed at her. "You're laughing at me." He pointed out, scowling.

"You know..." She drew her fingers across the length of his torso, rested her fingers on the waistband of his shorts. "If you want babies all you have to do is ask." She whispered huskily, slipping her hands under his t-shirt once again.

"I'm serious, here!" He gently pushed away his girlfriend, tugging her back by the wrist as she made a move to walk away. "Will you stop trying to distract me?" He questioned, eyebrows raised.

"I'll try." The female smiled, her eyes already wandering to the beautifully sculpted chest resting under the blue material of his t-shirt.

"Miley!" He scolded moments later. "I'm talking to you here."

"I got the point, Nick! You want babies, let's get to the making part." She joked. She pressed herself against him, backing him up against the balcony railing. Her mouth sought his and he responded instantly, his tongue diving into her mouth to find her own tongue. It was then she felt a hard object press against her thigh (A/N no dirty thoughts children :P hehehe).

"What's that?" She questioned, curiosity burning within her deep blue eyes. Nick cursed under his breath and Miley instantly knew she was about to make a discovery he didn't want her to make. What was he hiding?

Miley smiled a sneaky grin as she slipped her hand in the pocket of his shorts, searching for the hard object she had felt moments earlier. Nick jumped at the contact and his eyes widened when he realised she was pulling out the small jewellery box he had struggled to hide from her.

"Miles, NO!" She frowned at his sudden outburst and quickly realized why as she looked at the box she was holding between her fingers. What... No! It couldn't be... Could it...? Her heart skipped a beat and she looked up at Nick, asking permission to open it.

"Now you have it you might as well open..." He muttered under his breath. This was definitely not the way he had planned it and the thought of his ruined plans bothered him but he quickly pushed all feelings aside and decided it was now or never.

"Mile..." Nick started but Miley's mind was completely blank. In between her fingers sat the most beautiful ring she had ever seen. It was a simple, thin white gold band with small diamonds incrusted in was pretty sure this had not been cheap! She finally looked up at him, asking him silent questions with her bright blue eyes and that's when Nick dived in, head first:

"I love you, Miles. You know that... I have loved you ever since I set my eyes on you... And I'm pretty sure I always will, just like I always promised." He paused, taking the time to gather his thoughts. He was a perfectionist after all and if there was one thing he wanted to be completely perfect, it was his proposal. "You deserve so much happiness and I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy."

"Nick..." Miley's eyes were teary by now but Nick silenced her and continued.

"I made a promise to you, four years ago, that I would marry you someday... And here I am today, wanting to fulfil that promise I made you..."

And with that he dropped onto one knee, letting the words flow freely from his mouth:

"Miley, will you marry me?" (A/N Cannot tell you just how tempted I was to stop it right there :P)

Miley stood there with her mouth gaping, not knowing what to say. His speech had been amazing... it was everything and a lot more she had ever dreamt a proposal to be like.

"Miley?" She heard his sweet voice call her name, bringing her back to reality. His eyes had glazed over, a look of dread replacing the look of hope that had been apparent on his face moments ago. And that's when it hit him... She was going to say no.

"Oh my goodness, Nick." Her hand was clasped over her mouth and she couldn't hold in the few tears that escaped her eyes. She tugged at his hand, motioning for him to stand up and he did. A wide smile broke out on Nick's face as she stuck her hand out, waiting for him to slid the engagement ring on her left ring finger.

"We're gonna get married!" She squealed, the reality of the situation hitting her only then.

"We're getting married." Nick replied, his own eyes watering at the sight of Miley's flowing face. "I love you so much." He whispered, cupping her cheeks into his large hands as he leaned down and pressed his lips against hers.

"I love you so so much." She reciprocated moments later, when the two pulled away, breathless. "This is just... whoa." She examined the beautiful sparkling diamonds sitting around her finger. "I didn't expect this at all." She murmured as an afterthought.

"That was the plan." He teased, smiling broadly as their lips came together again.

"It this your way of saying you want to start a family?" She questioned moments later, wiping furiously at the smeared make up underlying her eyes.

"That's usually part of the deal." He joked, drumming his fingers on her bare arms. He chuckled as she pushed against his chest and glared. "Whenever you're ready." He replied sweetly, dipping his head once again to claim her lips with his own.

Soooo...... this could be the end! OR............... wait for it.................. I could post one more chapter, a scene with all of their family members and friends and stuff... because even if Nick and Miley are the main characters in this, their families and friends do play an important role so I feel weird ending it without having them come in one last time... What do you guys think?

I was also thinking of posting the alternate ending I had written quite a while ago... I had it all in my head and had written down most of the scenes so I could post those if you guys were interested in reading what would have happened if she had, in fact, gotten pregnant. Your thoughts? Warning: the writing isn't very good. If you guys do want to read what I wrote, I will post. However, I am not going to add anything to what I have written, so it may be random scenes extracted from their lives that will skip from one sequence to another without a real link... you'll get what I mean when you read! So let me know if you want me to post in a review ;) (it would be approx 7 to 10 chapters, I think)

xoxo