Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all of the people

"Do people enjoy sneaking into our house at 5 am? What is up with you people!?" Joe groaned, hiding his head under his pillow. Taylor and Selena just giggled as Joe rolled over in his bed and tried to ignore them, "So that's why Miles is upset?" Lily asked, sitting next to Nick on his bed. He just nodded and collapsed back on top of his bed.

"Well that's a bummer" Taylor shrugged her shoulders.

Selena was the only way who got what Miley was feeling right now. The warehouse was Nick and Miley's place, somewhere they could escape to. She used to feel happy and in love with Kevin, but now she just felt as if getting out of bed in the morning was pointless.

"It's not a big deal!" Joe exclaimed, his voice muffled from his head being squashed under the pillow.

"That boy has not one single romantic bone in his body…" Selena shook her head.

"And I still love him" Lily smiled cheekily.

Taylor's heart sputtered, Lily and Joe? What!?

Miley's eyes fluttered open to find Aly flipping through the channels on TV, "Oohh America's Next Top Model is on!" AJ exclaimed, sitting next to Aly on the couch. Aly quickly changed the channel, "Oohh Wizards of Waverly Place is on!" AJ exclaimed once again, causing Aly to change the channel. "You hate seeing me happy, don't you?" AJ joked.

"Aw, I love you too sis!" Aly laughed.

"What time is it?" Miley grumbled, propping herself up on her elbows, causing the sleeping bag to scrunch up underneath her. "SHE TALKS!" Aly joked.

"It's 8 am" AJ answered her question. Miley lifted herself up off the ground and wobbled over towards the kitchen island, trying to balance herself. "Whoa, someone looks a little drunk…" Aly joked.

Was she always cracking jokes like this? Or was it just too early in the morning to tell?

"I barely got any sleep last night, someone decided it would be fun to flush the toilet 6 times" Miley glared at AJ.

She looked away, embarrassed. "What?" she asked innocently, "It was clogged!"

Aly just shook her head at her sister's lame excuse, "there's some fruit out on the table…"

"Thanks…" Miley mumbled, while walking over to the table and grabbing a peach. "Hey, where's Lily? We need to be at school in like a half hour…" she wondered.

"Oh uh she's…"

"Right here!" Lily exclaimed, bursting through the door with Taylor right behind her.

"Well you look refreshed and ready to go" Miley half-smiled. Lily nodded her head, "I am. Now it's your turn! I laid out some fresh towels for you on the bathroom counter. Now go, we're gonna be late" Lily instructed.

Miley made her way for the stairs. "Hey, where's Selena?" Aly asked from the couch. Taylor took a seat on the arm chair, propping her feet up on the coffee table. "She had taping to do today…" Taylor paused, "Have you guys met David?"

AJ nodded her head, "Yeah, why?"

Taylor blushed, "He's kinda cute, don't you think?"

Aly and AJ looked at each other knowingly. At that exact moment, Jackson came speeding down the stairs. "DAD!" he shouted while walking into the living room. "Dude, could you scream any louder?" Lily rolled her eyes. Jackson stuck his tongue out at her and shouted again, "DAD! WHERE ARE YOU!?"

Lily sighed, "He's in New York City until tomorrow, remember Jerkson?" Lily joked.

"Well then, who's going to make me my pancakes?" Jackson asked.

Lily walked over towards the kitchen counter and pulled open the drawer, "You are" she smiled, handing him a whisk.

"Crap"

Demi collapsed onto her bed, "You know Dallas, I'm not sure I'm ever going to make it as big as them" she sighed.

Dallas let out a huge sigh and rolled her eyes, "You're just realizing this, now!?"

Demi lifted her head from the pillow and glared at her sister, "Could you be a little more supportive?" she hissed.

Her sister rolled her eyes, "Sorry…" she said, sarcasm dripping from her voice.

"You know, Jake isn't even paying as much attention to me as he used too…" Demi contemplated out loud.

"I heard he was seen over in the Jonas' neighborhood the other day" Dallas stated out loud, "Wonder what he was doing over there…"

"The Jonas' neighborhood?" Demi asked, suspiciously.

"Yeah" Dallas nodded her head while running Demi's brush through her hair. She looked into the mirror one last time, checking to see if her hair was perfectly smooth. "He was at some girl's house. Millie or something? I don't know…" Dallas mumbled, while taking a seat in Demi's bean bag chair. "Miley's!?" Demi gasped.

"Yeah that was her name!" Dallas' eyes brightened, "According to the pap, they have some history together. But, I wouldn't be too worried about it" Dallas shrugged it off.

However, Demi was worried about it. These people just wouldn't give her a break, would they?

Miley stepped out of the shower, feeling refreshed and ready to go. She reached over towards the hanger and grabbed the soft, plush towel; wrapping it around her small figure. Her feet padded against the tiled floor, making their way towards the sink. As she brushed her tooth brush across her teeth and blow dried her hair, her thoughts wandered.

She turned her head to find Jake Ryan sitting on her couch in her living room drinking out of one of her mugs.

"Jake?" she asked, confused. She continued making her way into the living room and met him by the couch, where he stood; awaiting her.

"Yup, it's me" he smiled, nervously.

Jake Ryan? Nervous? What universe had she just entered?

"Uh, what are you doing here?" she forced a smile, while patting the couch; signaling him to take a seat.

"Just wanted to talk…"

"…About…?" Miley asked hesitantly.

"Would you believe me if I said I just came here to catch up on things?" he tried.

Miley sent him the look; "Ok so I'm taking that as a no" he smiled, again; nervously.

"Jake, I really need to go. I'm late to meet Ni- someone" she caught herself.

She began to get up, causing Jake to do the same. "No, no! Wait, I wanted to talk about us!" he exclaimed.

Miley stopped dead in her tracks. "Us?" she whispered, not turning around. She had been calm this whole entire time; trying to be friendly with him, civil. But, that was no longer the case.

"Us??" she asked more forcefully this time, she spun on her heel; now facing him. "There is no us!" she exclaimed. "Us means, you and me put together and you and me are through. Have been through for a long time!" Miley raged on.

Jake bowed his head, "What if I didn't want us to be through?" he asked.

Miley sucked in her breath and let out a hearty laugh, "You can want that all you want, but I've moved on." Her anger began to simmer and she regained her composure, starting to think rationally once again. "Jake…" she paused, "I was with you a long time ago. After we broke up, I realized that I was in love with someone else. I had just never seen it… until the day" she stopped for a moment, "you let me go"

"You should have never let me … let you go" Jake whispered, raising his head to connect their eyes. Miley's eyes widened, "Jake…what are you saying?"

"I'm saying…" he started, he slowly walked closer to her and took her hands in his. "I still love you"

Miley snapped back to reality, dropping the toothbrush back onto the counter top and resting her hands on the edge of the counter. She closed her eyes and counted to three. Miley then opened her eyes and looked at her reflection in the mirror; all she saw was a confused little girl.

The final bell sound as Miley slipped into her homeroom. Mr. Correlli smiled at her, pleased. "You just made it…" he informed her as he shut the door and made his way over to his desk. Miley slipped into her desk and placed her books down. She jumped when a note landed right in front of her.

MILEY! I called you this morning and Jackson picked up saying you had a rough night? What happened? Oh god, please tell me you and Nick didn't … ?

Love always,
TRIPLE O!

Miley shook her head at the clueless boy. She turned her body slightly to get a better look at Oliver who was boring his eyes into her desk, waiting for her to send the note flying back to him. She giggled slightly before writing her response.

Oliver, I thought we talked about getting information from Jackson. DON'T!

Love always,
Milers

She giggled as she sent the note back to him, Miley turned back around in her seat and rested her head in her hand, letting her thoughts roam back to the other day.

"You, you what?" she asked, in disbelief. "I'm serious" Jake stated, "I still love you and I know you still have feelings towards me! You can't get over someone that quickly" he tried to persuade her.

Miley shook her head, not believing what was slipping from between his lips. "I love Nick…" she declared. The voice sounded distant, almost as if it wasn't hers. Jake leant his head down, trying to refocus her gaze on him. He succeeded, her eyes locked with his once again. "That doesn't mean you can't love me too…"

She immediately removed her hands from his and backed away slowly, "Get out" she whispered. "Miley…" he started. "Get out!" she shouted, pointing towards the door. He nodded his head, disappointed. He hadn't gotten what he had come for. He had just made matters worse.

"So I'll see you around?" he asked while opening the door.

He didn't receive an answer, only the sounds of footsteps making their way up the stairs.

She couldn't love him. Her heart belonged to Nick. Always has and always will.

Right?

"Miley Stewart?" Mr. Correlli called from up front, looking down at the attendance sheet.

"Here" she stated. Her body may have been present, but her mind was drifting far away into a land where no one could be saved from. It was drifting towards her heart.

Nothing good ever comes out of Miley thinking!

xxEmilyKearsexx