"Nick," I whispered.

He nodded slightly, then murmured, "Miles,"

I threw my arms around his neck and cried into his shoulder.

"I missed you."

He wrapped me in a tight hug, and didn't let go.

"You broke your promise," I reminded him, suddenly mad.

All of those weeks I'd spent thinking about him, and breaking my heart in the process were not going to be forgiven that easily.

His gaze turned sad.

"I did, and I'm so sorry, Miley, I really am. Please forgive me."

He looked desperate.

"You really hurt me, Nick. You broke my heart. I was miserable for weeks, and you want me to forgive you, just like that?"

"No, well, yeah. I was stupid, I made a stupid mistake. I forgot the one thing that really meant something to me. The people who I hung out with were idiots, they were jerks to everybody, and I was stupid enough to believe that they were my real friends. And believe it or not, I was pretty miserable myself for a while. Please, forgive me?"

A smile twitched at the corner of my lips, as a single tear rolled down my cheek.

He flicked it away with his thumb.

I was confused.

Hadn't I been hoping that he would somehow show up in my life again?

And, now that he was here, I was pushing him away?

It didn't seem right, not at all.

"I forgive you." I whispered, almost inaudibly, but he heard it, and a smile stretched across his face.

The same smile I'd been waiting to see since the day he left.

He walked away, just for a minute, but it felt like he was leaving me all over again.

When he came back, he was flanked by his two brothers.

"Joe, Kevin!" I squealed, and threw myself at them.

Selena was still standing behind me, and I motioned for her to come forward.

She hesitated, but came anyways.

By now, the crowd was starting to disappear.

She smiled as she greeted Kevin and Joe, but her smile vanished as she turned to Nick.

"Hello, Nick. I've heard so much about you." She said coldly, then turned her back to him.

He looked confused, and I guessed I looked the same.

Selena seemed to be paying a little more attention to Joe, and laughed at all of his lame jokes.

Yup, same old Joe.

Kevin looked a little taller, and slimmer, and his hair was straight again.

Kevin was so much like the older brother I'd never had.

"Hey little sis!" He greeted me, pulling me into a hug.

"Hey, Kev. What are ya'll doing here?"

"Came to visit Nick for New Years. We never miss this!"

"Nick lives here?"

It wasn't that big of a surprise that I'd never seen him.

"Sure. Lived here for about a year and a half. He works in a record company downtown."

"Huh. Funny. I work downtown too."

We spent a few more hours talking, we had six years to catch up on.

And when we left, it was close to three o'clock in the morning.

I hugged Nick again, afraid to let go, thinking that when I did, he'd disappear again.

I reluctantly waved goodbye to the three brothers, and Selena and I left.

"Joe is so cute!" Selena squealed. "You had neighbors that were this cute, and you kept it from me this whole time?"

She kept rambling on about the night, and I tried my best to tune her out.

I didn't know where that kiss left us.

Were we just friends, or something more?

I was afraid to ask him, but I knew I was going to have to.

I was supposed to meet him at Starbucks today, apparently he loved caffeinated drinks just as much as me or Selena.

"Lena, what do you have against Nick? I saw the way you were acting towards him last night."

"Well, don't let this change anything between you, but, he left you in pain for such a long time, without even a phone call. And your forgiving him like nothing ever happened. I saw the way you felt. And, your my best friend, Miles. I never want you to be hurting."

I smiled, not angry, knowing where she was coming from.

"Lena, I've known Nick all of my life, and I know he'd never intentionally want to make a person feel bad. Sure, he hurt me. I can't deny that. But he's a good guy, not someone who would lie to someone's face."

Selena smiled, too.

"Now go get ready. He's meeting you in a half hour!"

She gently pushed me towards my room.

I walked into my room, closing the door behind me.

I yanked open the double doors to my closet, and began rummaging through the clothes, and finally settled on a pair of destroyed light wash jeans, and a t-shirt.

I yanked a sweatshirt over my head, and ran a brush through my hair, making my wavy hair shine.

I quickly applied a thick line of liner, and waved the mascara wand through my eyelashes.

I stepped out of my room, and into the living room.

Selena pushed me out the door, and I walked to the nearest Starbucks, two blocks away.

When I got there, he was already sitting at a table for two in the corner, waiting for me, while playing Brick Breaker on his phone.

He had just lost a game, and looked up, ticked off, meeting my amused eyes.

"Sore loser much? Same as always." I teased, giving him an awkward hug.

He pulled away quickly.

"Um," He said, fumbling for words.

"Yeah." I said, blushing.

"There's six years we need to catch up on! The must be something to say!" He exclaimed, laughing.

"Do you, you know, have a girlfriend?"

"No. Why? You jealous?" He joked.

"Nick, I need to ask you something."

I flushed red, and looked away.

"Shoot."

"Well, when you kissed me last night, I wanted to know what your intentions were."

The joking mood that had been there five seconds ago was abruptly replaced with a more serious one.

"Miley, I've been in love with you since eleventh grade, and it killed me to leave you. I didn't tell you, knowing that you would never fall for a guy like-"

I cut him off.

"Your Wrong."

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