And now I'm sick inside
Yeah, it makes me wanna cry
I'm so sorry about last night
Yeah, It happened so fast
I wanted it to last
In the moment it felt so right
But now I'm sick inside
Lily knocked on the door.
Silence.
"Joe, let me in" she tried. No response.
"You know, I know where you hide the key so you can either let me in, or I can just let myself –"
The door opened to reveal a disheveled looking Joe. His hair was that kind of 'just rolled out of bed' look you always tried for but could never get, his eyes were darker then usual, he had bags hanging underneath them and he was still wearing the same clothes he had been wearing the night of the concert and that had been 3 days ago!
"Joe" Lily whined when she saw him, "You look like crap"
He didn't show any emotion and it didn't even seem as if he heard her, he just walked right back over to his bed and collapsed onto the covers, continuing to stare up at the blank ceiling.
"Why do you do this to yourself?" Lily asked him.
No response…again.
'Figures' Lily thought to herself. "Alright, that's it. Joe, you're getting out of this room and out of this house. Let's go."
Joe sat there, motionless, blinking once and a while.
Lily rolled her eyes. He wasn't going to win this fight, not if she was involved. Joe just groaned and turned over on his side now facing the wall.
"Hmm, well then. I guess I'm just gonna have to go and see Coldplay in concert by myself. You know, first row seats, backstage passes."
Joe was up out of the bed and looking for a jacket in his closet.
"Oh well, guess I'll just have to take Oliver who doesn't appreciate their music like others…"
Joe was slipping on his converse.
"Just us two. Alone, almost as if it were a date…" Lily continued.
"Let's go" Joe finally said, linking their arms and heading out of the room.
Told you she would win.
Oliver, Miley, Nick and Selena were down by the beach getting drinks from Rico's. Jackson was working that day. "What can I get ya toots?" Jackson winked at Selena. She looked taken aback. "Yeah, I know. You get used to it…" Miley answered casually, while taking a sip of her banana-strawberry smoothie.
Miley had told Selena about her secret identity a few days ago, after the Joe and AJ incident, it just seemed appropriate to tell her. She had promised to keep it a secret, but she wanted to know why she had chosen to take a secret identity. They ended up having a sleepover because the story took so long to tell. Miley would know…
They talked for hours about endless nothings, watched 'John Tucker Must Die' and rated how hot he really was and looked through thousands of magazines, admitting who their celebrity crushes were. Once Selena had fallen asleep around 1 am, Miley snuck out to meet Nick.
"Hey, where's Kevin?" Oliver asked.
"Uh, golfing with my Dad or something? I don't know, they said something about not being able to 'bond' lately." Nick answered, adding air quotes around 'bond'.
Oliver nodded, but quickly fell out of his chair when he heard a gasp. "Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no!" Miley exclaimed, shooting up from her chair and crouching down to hide behind Nick. "What's the matter!?" he exclaimed.
"Nick. Be quiet! He'll hear us!"
Selena looked over towards the tables and saw a blond-haired boy surrounded by tons of girls.
"Crap!" she cursed, jumping off her stool and running behind Oliver.
"What is up with you two!?" Oliver exclaimed.
"That's my ex!" Miley and Selena exclaimed at the same time.
"Wait! You dated Jake Ryan?" Miley asked, her head now resting on the back of Nick's shoulder.
"Wow, we seriously need to start like checking in on each other just to see who the other person likes. First Ni- I mean, wow what a small world" Selena slipped up.
"What are you two talking about?" Nick asked, turning in his chair to face Miley.
She winced, "Thanks Sel…thanks"
"Sorry" Selena mouthed.
"Ok, well-" Miley started.
"Miley?" Someone called.
She looked over Nick's shoulder and found the blond haired, green-eyed beauty walking over to the group of friends. He stopped in front of the group, smiling like crazy. "Wow! You look great I haven't seen you around in a while" he looked over towards his left to find a girl hiding behind Oliver. "Uh, hey Jake" Miley answered meekly.
"Who's that behind Oliver?" he asked.
"Pshh, there's no one behind me!" Oliver lied, terribly might I add. "Just me and my smoothie here. You should get one, they're great today!"
Jake looked at him skeptically, but shrugged it off. "So Miley, what have you been up to lately? I just got back from filming in Mexico yesterday. I'm in town for a week, wanna hang sometime soon?" Jake's eyes looked hopeful.
Miley almost felt bad, "I'm actually seeing someone Jake. Have been for a while. It's sort of, serious…"
Jake knitted his eyebrows together, "Who-"
"Me" Nick piped in, sliding his arm around Miley's waist, pulling her closer to him. Almost as if to say, back off buddy.
"Oh Nick! Didn't see you there buddy!" Jake smiled. It almost looked forced…
"Achoo!" came a sneeze from behind Oliver. "Bless you" Oliver whispered. "Need a napkin?" Oliver asked, taking one off the counter, "I mean! There's no one behind me! Just talking to myself, you know me…the freak!" Oliver tried, but he finally gave up figuring he wasn't exactly convincing anyone anyways.
"Selena?" Jake gaped.
"Hi" she sniffled. She then blew her nose into the tissue and blushed.
There was an awkward silence.
Too bad Joe wasn't there, it would be the perfect timing for him to deliver his famous line "awkward…" but Miley knew he was in good hands.
"Did you see his face!?" Selena exclaimed, between giggles.
Miley giggled along with her, "I know! I should've had my camera!"
Oliver's Mom had called earlier telling him that if he didn't get home in 5 minutes she'd throw his skateboard in the washer, that lady honestly scared Miley.
Or was it a man…? Who knew?
Now Miley, Nick & Selena were walking back to Miley's house to get some lunch.
I wanna get back, to the old days,
When the phone would ring,
And I knew it was you.
Selena's phone rang, she groaned. "It's Demi…" but she didn't reach into her pocket to answer, oddly enough.
I wanna talk back,
And get yelled at
Fight for nothing, like we used to.
"Uh, You gonna get that?" Nick asked.
Selena shook her head, "we had a little…disagreement, a few days ago. I haven't been talking to her since then"
Miley thought about it, maybe that's what Selena meant when she had said, "Things change. People change"
The ringing finally stopped and a low beep played, telling Selena she had a missed call.
"I think I'm just gonna go home. I'm not really that hungry. But, I had a great time today guys. Thanks!" She smiled brightly, but it looked too forced. There was more to it then just a fight and Miley was going to get to the bottom of it.
"That...was...awesome!" Joe exclaimed as they exited the arena. Joe had honestly enjoyed the concert and being with Lily just made it ten times better. He didn't know how, but she just made everything better. She knew him so well, that she even took his phone away to avoid any calls, from anyone. It was a Lily and Joe bonding day, nothing was gonna get in the way.
Joe's phone vibrated in Lily's skinny jeans pocket, Joe just kept rambling on and on about how awesome the concert was while Lily checked the phone.
From: 815-4573
We rlly need 2 talk J. I no I messed up, but I'm guna make it up 2 u. Just w8 and c
xxAJ
Joe must have deleted AJ's phone number since her name didn't show up in the contacts.
Smart move.
Lily scowled at the text, the nerve of this girl. She quickly deleted the message and stuffed it back into her pocket, directing her attention back to Joe.
"You know what the best part of the concert was?" Joe asked, stopping on the sidewalk to look at Lily.
"What?" Lily asked.
"I got to see it with you" he smiled, lacing their hands together.
Lily blushed, "Double chocolate chip crème blends at Starbucks?"
Joe smiled brightly, "What else do I have to do?"
The two walked down the sidewalk, hand in hand.
That was the start for them and the end for AJ and Joe. At least, that's what Joe thought. But, AJ had something else planned for the agenda.
Nick collapsed onto the Stewarts' couch in the living room next to Robby Ray. "Who's playing?" he asked, stuffing a hand full of chips that were poured into a bowl on the coffee table out in front of him into his mouth.
"Stealers vs. Patriots. It's a big day Nicholas, a big day!" Robby Ray exclaimed sipping some of his Diet Coke.
Miley smiled at the two from the kitchen island. In the beginning of Miley and Nick's relationship, Robby Ray laid it down hard on Nick. Not really letting up on him. He wanted the best for his baby girl and that meant 4 months of pure torture for Nick. But, once Robby Ray saw that Nick was really committed to Miley, he let up and the two became closer. Sometimes Miley would have to drag Nick out of the house when a football game was playing and Robby Ray had a pizza in the oven cooking.
Nick slid his shoes off his feet and stretched on the couch, "Looks like I might be here for a while"
Selena's fingers glided across her cell phones keys quickly. She sat on the curb, right outside her house. Miley and Nick had left an hour ago and she was still outside debating on calling Demi or not.
Her thumb landed on the 'send' button and before she had anytime to think she pressed down on it. It rang a few times before she picked up.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Hey Demi" Selena replied weakly.
"Selena" she responded coldly.
"I thought about what you said and I just can't do it. She's too nice. I'm friends with them now, and-and I'm done with this whole thing of yours."
Demi scowled on the other line, "Selena, it's not that hard. Just get closer with them and once you find out a secret about Hannah, we'll spill it. We'll look like the good girls in Hollywood and she'll be the new Britney Spears"
Selena sighed, "Demi, don't you think you're taking this a little too, far?"
"I know it's harsh. But, Selena! They're just getting more and more famous everyday while we're still the 'newcomers'. I wanna be more then that Lena! I wanna have what they have. I'm just finally taking action, that's all" Demi ordered into the phone.
"I can't do it Dem. I'm sorry. It's not worth it, I'm content on where I am now." Selena sighed.
"Fine then. I didn't want it to come to this, but looks like I'll just have to do it."
Ha! And all of you thought the drama was over...Ok, I reallyyy didn't want to have Demi be a mean character, but I don't exactly know what I'm gonna do with her at this point. Make her turn fantastically nice? Keep being a meanie bo beanie...or...well I haven't exactly come up with a third option yet. But, just you wait! I will...in time! So, my lovely readers. What did you think? Honest opinion! Oh and just asking a favor here...could maybe you give me a serious response like what you thought instead of things like 'Awesome. Update soon!' I love them! But, you don't need to tell me to update soon cause don't worry...I will :) Thank you!!
xxEmilyKearsexx