Miley walked into the school and went down the hallway leading to Nick's locker. As she approached his locker she noticed him at his locker standing with a brunette girl who looked their age. Hm…whose that? She continued down the hall but than was suddenly pulled away by someone. It was Justin, the guy who had been following Sharpay and Casey around, that's odd? She looked at him, "Hi?"
He smiled, "Hey umm I had a question and I know you've seen me with your friends but…well I'm Justin Russo"
Miley awkwardly smiled, still wondering who the girl was at Nick's locker but she had time to see what this kid wanted, "Hi, Miley, nice to meet you. What was your question?"
He looked down than back up, "Well I wanted to ask one of your friends out…but I don't know how to do it and my sister won't help me because she's hanging out with some new guy friend"
Miley laughed, "Aw I'm sorry. Well who did you wanna ask out?" she thought for sure it was one of her friends on the cheer team.
"Sharpay…" he quietly muttered and looked around to make sure no one heard.
Miley couldn't help but laugh, "You're joking right? That girl has nothing but high standards"
"I really like her…can you find out if she's interested in me at all…?" He looked intimidated about this whole thing.
"Well I don't wanna ruin your hopes but I don't think she's over one person yet, a lot has happened in the past few weeks…maybe another time?" she smiled hopefully at him.
"Okay whatever's best for her…she's an amazing girl" he smiled and thanked Miley before walking away. Miley looked back down the hallway, Nick was still standing at his locker with that girl. Miley walked down to the hallway and to Nick's locker. She put her arms around him, making sure the "he's my property" feeling came out of it, "Hey babe" she smiled and kissed him.
Nick hesitated for the kiss but still did it, "Hey…" he smiled and looked at the girl,
"Miley this is Alex, Alex this is Miley".
Alex smiled awkwardly, "Hey"
Miley gave the protective girlfriend fake smile, "Hey!"
Nick slowly moved away from Miley and grabbed his backpack, "So Alex wants to try out for cheer but she doesn't know anyone so I told her she could hang with you?" he looked at Miley.
Miley stared at the girl as Nick spoke, she might not be a flirt don't worry miles nick loves ya. As soon as Nick got done Miley put on a fake smile, "Of course we can hang! I'll introduce you to the girls", that's if you don't steal my man sweetie.
Alex smiled towards Nick and looked back at Miley quickly "Thanks…."
The bell rang, the three just stood there, Alex looking away awkwardly.
Nick suddenly hugged Miley, "Hey I'll see you later Alex and I gotta get to class" he started to head off with Alex next to him when Miley pulled him back,
She gave him a weird look, "What? No kiss?" she stood there with her hands on her hips, something's up…
Nick turned around; "Never" he kissed her quick than parted his way down the hall with Alex to class. Miley left staring gloomily down the hall.
Troy stood at Sharpay's locker. All the other lockers in the school were blue, except for on the end of the new hallway which had two pink lockers that combined to make one locker, only for Sharpay of course. She closed the two lockers and saw his face. "Oh…hey" she smiled timidly.
"Hey, you headed to English?" he smiled at her, in his white long sleeve with a basketball jersey over top.
"Yup why?" she looked at him curiously, why is he freaking here. Oh Jesus.
"I got science right next door, figured we could walk together" he smiled a bit.
"Sounds..good" she smiled fake, trying to get the vision of Gabriella out of her head.
They walked to class together, Troy giving Sharpay a hug before entering their different rooms.
Later that night…
Miley looked down at her phone, and quickly dialed Nick's number. The line was busy. That's weird… she waited a few more minutes before trying back, but still the line was busy. She waited twenty more minutes before dialing his number again. Impatiently she breathed as he answered the phone. "Why didn't you answer before?" she sounded upset Nick thought.
"Hey sweetie calm down, I was on the phone with Alex about homework" he seemed tranquil compared to her.
"Oh just homework, Mhm" her voice filled with anger and sarcasm as soon as she heard that girls name in part of his sentence.
"Mi, was that sarcasm? What's wrong?" am I missing something? He quickly went through what he said in his head.
Miley couldn't control what she was saying; she was fed up with his actions "So is she like your new girlfriend? Because I believe you should break up with your old one before you get a new one, but that's just me…" she slowly clutched her hand together and sighed.
"Wow Mi c'mon you know you ARE my girlfriend, she's just a friend and she's really nice" he made sure he bolded the are, to prove a point.
"And I'm suppose to believe this why?" Miley froze for a second, thinking back on what happened to Troy and Gabriella and if it compared to her and nick.
"Because you're suppose to trust me Miley, but I guess you don't because you don't know Alex and you're judging her based on her talking to me" he was getting mad now.
"Judging her?! What planet are you from? You know what, have fun with your new girlfriend" she closed her cell phone slowly, leaning back onto her bed and covering her face with her hands. Momentarily she felt a sudden buzzing, she sat up and opened her phone, "Hello?"
"I love you, and you know that so don't get this into something it's not" Nicks voice came through the other end.
"I love you too…" she bit her index fingers nail, timidly worrying about what would happen next.
"If you want…" Nick sighed deeply, "I'll stop talking to her…….would that make you feel better?" But Alex is amazing, and so is Miley…but Miley's my girlfriend.
Miley smiled largely, "Yes" she giggled a bit but found Nick not finding anything humorous, "I love you Nicholas Jerry Jonas"
Nick sighed, "I love you too Miley Destiny Hope Cyrus"
They both hung up, Miley feeling remorse while Nick wondering what to do with Alex.
Few weeks later, Casey got moodier and received some bad headaches while Nick made sure he came in no contact with Alex during school and outside leaving Alex curious. Troy and Sharpay quietly kept their distance, neither having any contact with Gabriella.
Casey sat at the stool at the kitchen counter. Nora walked in, "Hey sweetie look what came in the mail" she handed Casey an envelope.
Casey quickly opened the envelope.
Dear Casey Macdonald,
You have been accepted into the Toronto Broadway New Cast Member Audition Program. Please have a song written and ready for the audition process for your chance to be the next cast member aboard the Toronto Broadway Theatre. Airfare and Hotel payments have already been made. The plane ticket will be sent in 2-3 weeks upon the arrival of this notice. See you in one month.
Sincerely Toronto Broadway Theatre
Senior Manager: Lucas Grabeel
777- 655- 4021
Casey closed the envelope and smiled up at her mom, "I'm in"
Nora squealed in excitement and hugged her, "Oh I knew you would sweetie!"
Casey finally settled down, "Mom can we keep this on the down low until I go to the audition cause I don't want to get excited for no reason", she thought about how Derek would react to knowing she would be leaving.
A while later… The family was just finishing up dinner, Casey feeling a bit queasy. Nora, George and the kids got up and started taking dishes to the sink, Casey suddenly feeling something in her stomach. She ran upstairs making sure no one noticed. She ran into the bathroom and suddenly found herself getting sick. What the hell?, she slowly sat up and leaned against the tub, taking a wet wash cloth around her face. She could feel her heart throbbing as she thought of something. She got up quickly, ran into her room, put a coat on and ran downstairs. She was headed for the door, when Derek stopped her, "Hey what's going on?"
Casey paused and looked at him, trying to hold back the tears, "Um nothing tell my mom I went out for a bit, I'll be back soon" she ran out the door before he could hold her back. Derek stared at her trying to figure out what was wrong and went back to the kitchen to tell Nora.
Casey got into the car and was soon down the road and out of the neighborhood driving to the nearest pharmacy store. She quickly got out of the car and ran to the back of the store grabbing two packages, quickly paying before and heading back to the car. She slowly got into the car, figuring maybe the family went out for ice cream so she would be alone at home so she drove back. Exiting out of the car and into the front door, Casey ran upstairs and into the bathroom. No one was home, so she was right about the ice cream thing. She shut the door and took out one of the packages, a pregnancy test. She took the first test, and than the second test she bought. Both of them said wait three minutes, therefore she did. But a minute the time was up, she heard someone knock on the door, "Whose in there?". Derek's voice thundered through the door, he probably figured Edwin, Lizzie or Marti hid in the bathroom and didn't want to go, well wasn't he wrong. Casey slowly opened the door, her eyes filled with tears, Derek looked at her. "Woah, Case you okay?". Casey looked up, and suddenly pulled on his shirt, pulling him in while slamming the door.
