Pulling her skinny jeans up, she looked at the mirror. She raised her shirt up getting a good look at her waist. She pinched her stomach and jumped at the sound of someone's voice behind her.
"You really have nothing to worry about," Joe spoke at the door.
"Nick, let me go." Miley giggled as a pair of arms wrapped tightly around her.
Nick kissed her lightly on her shoulder blade. "Never," he smiled softly into her skin. "You're going to have to struggle and deal with this for the rest of your life."
Miley laughed louder this time. She attempted to wiggle out of his arms once more, but his grip on her was not so easy to get out of. She resorted to opening her mouth and biting down hard on his arm.
"Oww," Nick screamed as he let go. "What was that for?"
Miley turned around and smirked. "Now I don't have to deal with you ever." She went to get off the bed.
Nick quickly got over the pain just in time to pull her back down to the bed again. "Hey, not so fast there hot shot."
Miley let out a shriek as she felt her body fall back down into his arms. She giggled and turned to face him. "I wouldn't really want to leave you." She kissed him. "Besides you might just die if I leave; now we can't have that. Plus your mom would kill me."
He looked at her and smiled. It wasn't one of those normal smiles that he usually gave, this smile was special and Miley knew that. She blushed at his appearance before turning away quickly.
"Stop looking at me like that," she chuckled.
"Like what?" Nick questioned with a glimmer in his eyes.
Miley rolled her eyes. "Let me go, I have to get ready."
"Why can't you just lay here in bed with me all day?" Nick groaned as he pulled her closer.
"Because, if I don't get up, I'm going to lose that internship and then for sure I will have to spend the rest of my life in this bed with you. And just this bed, no apartment, no furniture, nothing because this will be the only piece of shit I can afford to keep." Miley laughed but turned to face him seriously.
Nick sighed, "Why is the future all you worry about?"
"I have to go," Miley kissed him again as she got up. "I don't worry so much about the future, because you're my future and you'll always be my future."
She moved her legs gracefully towards the bathroom in her room. Nick watched intently never letting her out of his sight. He smiled at how gorgeous his girlfriend is at any time of the day. He looked around trying to find the remote and saw it at the edge of his feet. He reached for it and turned on the television.
Miley smiled into the mirror as she heard the TV turned on. She pulled her hair in a bun and splashed water over her face. Taking the toothbrush, she squeezed the toothpaste and began brushing her teeth. She walked towards the door to get one more look at the man in her bed.
Tuning into the sports channel, Nick suddenly lost focus of what the score was and saw her at the door way. He smiled at her before she then turned back around slightly embarrassed.
Miley re-entered the room taking her hair out of the bun. She let it slide down her body and tried combing it with her fingers. Heading towards her closet, she looked at the time again. She had twenty minutes before she was going to be officially late. Nick had gotten off the bed and entered the restroom just as she had left it.
She slipped her arms into the white blouse and turned to face the mirror. She pinched slightly at her stomach before her hands headed to button up the shirt.
"You're beautiful, you know that?" Miley turned around to see Nick staring at her. He was leaning against the door as those words slip out his tongue.
He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. Staring into the mirror, he whispered in her ear. "You really have nothing to worry about..." He kissed her neck moving up along her cheekbones, "...Absolutely breathtaking." as he turned her around and placed a kiss on her lips.
"Miley?" Joe moved forward closer to her. "Are you listening to me?"
His voice rang into her head waking her up from where her mind was. She smiled meekly at Joe. "Thanks, best friend."
Joe smiled and continued, "Honestly, nothing at all to worry about." His eyes moved up and down to confirm.
Miley laughed before taunting him. "Hey, your eyes are for my best friend only, which just so happens to be your wife."
Joe laughed and motioned her to walk downstairs where Demi was waiting. Miley grabbed her bag along the way out before linking her arms with Joe. The two of them made their way down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"She's all ready and yours my darling." Joe laughed as they entered.
Demi looked up from the table and smiled at her husband and best friend. "Finally," she playfully sighed. "You took so long, I had to make Joe go up there and get you."
Miley smirked back at the dark-haired girl, "Well, maybe you shouldn't. Someone here was just hitting on your best friend."
Joe dropped his mouth, getting ready to defend himself. Demi gave both of them a look and rolled her eyes. "Miley, I know that your single and overly bitter but please stop hitting on my best friend. He happens to be my husband you know." She smirked, "And I am all for kicking your ass."
Miley gawked for a moment as Demi laughed. Joe joined in as he sat next to Demi. "Please, Demi, I can totally do better," and she joined in laughing as Joe stopped and dogged her.
"Haha, of course" Demi laughed and got up. "Ready to go?"
Joe pouted at the two girls, "I am way out of your league, Miles."
Demi kissed her husband, "Yeah, yeah." She turned around and grabbed Miley's hand. "We'll be back later tonight. I'm thinking dinner here instead of at home."
Miley, then, felt herself being dragged out of the house before she could even reply back to Joe saying goodbye.
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Selena made her way through the restaurant looking for Taylor. She was running late since Nick kept her in bed for so long. Her eyes caught the curly blond hair girl sitting in the booth.
"Ahh, I am so sorry," she sat down in her seat. "Nick wanted me to stay longer in bed."
Taylor smirked, "I wonder what kept you so long."
Her comment made Selena blush. Yeah, they've had sex but her sex life was so private she couldn't help but get rosy at the thought of someone else commenting on it. "Oh shush," Selena replied.
Laughing, Taylor looked at the menu once more. "Oh, don't worry, I came late too."
Selena laughed before choosing what she wanted to eat for lunch. "So, Miley's back."
Taylor dropped her menu and looked at her best friend. "Miley? Miley. The one who just got up and left years ago? Miley, the one who dated Nick since they were like seven? That Miley?"
Selena rolled her eyes. "Yes Tay, that Miley."
The hint of sadness in Selena's eyes weren't at all hard to miss. Taylor could see this. Actually she should have known the moment Selena walked in. She couldn't fathom the idea of the girl who she could call her little sister being back in town. The more she thought of it, the more Taylor's face fell. How come she hadn't known? How come this was the first time she's heard about it and its coming from Selena, the girl who didn't even have a clue who Miley is.
Selena caught onto how Taylor was feeling at the moment. "Tay, she's been at her house. I don't think anyone knows that she's back. I believe only Joe and Demi knew and that was out of luck."
Taylor smiled slightly, "Yeah?"
"Yeah," Selena looked at her warmly. "I'm super hungry. Let's order so we can go shopping later."
"Haha, okay." Taylor's eyes fell back toward the menu again.
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"Where in the world are you dragging me," Miley moaned as the car pulled into the parking lot.
Demi rolled her eyes. It felt like that was all she had been doing since Miley stepped her foot into this town. "Can you please just suck up your drama queen attitude and enjoy this day for me," she turned to face Miley while turning the engine off.
Miley faked smile at her best friend, "Sure and we can totally have a tea party when pigs fly!"
"Ha-ha, so funny. Not," Demi spat. "We're going shopping; you know where you enter the mall, look at clothes and maybe, I don't know, try them on?"
"Really, is that what shopping is Demi?" Miley rolled her eyes and stuck out her tongue.
"Let's just go," Demi growled.
Miley got out of the car and linked her arms with Demi. She got quiet for a moment and ponder whether or not she should say out loud what she was about to say next. "Thank you," she whispered, "you're the one person who can make this town worth living in."
Demi looked at her best friend and smiled, "I already knew that."
It had seemed like hours since Demi had convinced her to walk in the mall when really it had only been twenty minutes. They had walked into Nordstrom and everything went downhill from there. Well at least Miley thought so. Demi was having her try on a gazillion outfits every five minutes.
"This is cute. You have to try this on." Demi held the floral printed dress up. Miley sighed but had to admit, the dress was cute. She tugged her feet towards Demi and grabbed the dress then headed toward the nearest changing room.
Demi smiled and followed. She waited around, looking at racks of clothes that were nearby as Miley changed.
"Demi!"
She turned around to see who was calling her, only to come face to face with Selena. "Sel," Demi smiled.
"What are you doing here?" Selena asked. "Why didn't you pick up my call this morning? I was going to invite you to brunch with Taylor and me."
"Aw, my phone must have been on silent. I went grocery shopping this morning with Joe." Demi replied.
Selena nodded, "Oh speaking of Taylor, she should be around here."
"Demi, how do I look?" Miley stepped out the changing area.
Demi was about to shoot Miley an apologizing look but Selena was quicker than her. Selena smiled warmly at the young lady in front of her. Wow, she thought. Miley was even more gorgeous in person.
"Miley! Nice to meet you," She held her hand out.
Miley stood there stunned. She didn't know what to do. She wasn't expecting to meet Selena anytime soon. Truthfully, she was planning to avoid her as much as possible in this small town. She was just about to shake Selena's hand out of courtesy when she saw the tall blond girl walking their way.
"Taylor!" she screamed raising her hands up in the air. Miley slightly brushed Selena aside and hugged the blond girl. "How have you've been?"
"Good," Taylor laughed. "When were you going tell me you were back?"
The heat raised to her cheeks a little and Miley clapped her hand over her mouth. She let it down and replied, "Well I haven't exactly told anyone."
Feeling Selena's eyes down her back, Miley decided it was best to greet her again, a little more civilly. "Sorry about that. I'm Miley, but I'm sure you already knew that." She cocked her head back a little and laughed. "The whole town knows about me."
Demi shook her head at Miley's statement. It was true nothing could really escape the town's gossip. She saw Miley's eyes look up and down at the brunette and knew trouble was just around the corner.
Selena laughed and shook her head signaling that it wasn't a problem. "How's being back so far?"
"Oh just perfect, actually now it just got so much better" Miley spoke but more harshly than she had intended.
Demi pulled Miley closer to her as the smile on Selena's face was replaced with a frown and a scent of fear. "Look at the time, we should really pay for that dress you have on Miles and get home for dinner."
Miley faked another smile that day and waved at both Selena and Taylor before heading back into the dressing room to change.
"Could she not be more of a bit..." Selena started.
"Don't you dare finish that sentence," Demi raised her tone and shot an icy glance at Selena.
"Hey, don't attack her," Taylor piped up. "She's right, I know Miley and that Miley was just plain bitc..."
Demi held her fist tight. She was ready to slap the both of them but this wasn't the place. "I said, don't you dare call her that."
Taylor winced at the tone of Demi's voice and backed down. Selena attempted to clear up the tension, but Demi beat her to the punch.
"You don't know what's going on in her life okay? Yeah, she's different than the normal smiley Miley we all know, but she's also gone through a lot. That old Miley you remember, she's gone Taylor. She's been gone since four years ago." Demi tried to speak rationally.
Selena raised her hand up and looked at Demi, "Okay, sorry. We didn't mean to say anything bad about her."
Demi smiled lightly and nodded. "I know Sel. I know."
"Okay, I'm ready D." Miley walked out. She tried smiling at Selena and Taylor but her lips couldn't find the strength to curl up. "Nice meeting you, Selena. Bye Taylor."
"Bye guys, we'll grab lunch sometimes," Demi uttered hoping it would really clear the tension before they left.
Both Selena and Taylor nodded as they said their goodbyes.
As they walked out the mall, Demi just wanted nothing more but to go home and sleep. She sighed in her head at the thought of having to cook dinner. Miley walked silently next to the dark brunette holding onto her shopping bags.
"She's pretty," Miley let it roll out. "He did well, she's actually really pretty."
Demi looked at her and wrapped her arm around Miley. "She's really nice too."
Miley growled. "I thought you were supposed to be on my side."
"And I thought you were over Nick." Demi badgered as they reached her car.
She opened the trunk as Miley put her bags in. "I am over him. I never said I was coming back for him."
Demi looked at her uncertain, "then tell me, why you come back. You never really said anything about why you're here."
Miley sighed opening the car door and getting in, "long story," she replied. "And I don't really want to get into it."
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Selena turned the key and attempted to open the door with all the bags she was carrying.
"Whoa there," Nick had rushed to the door hearing her struggling. "How much did you buy?"
She shook her head and laugh, "don't ask, just help boyfriend."
He laughed along with her before grabbing a few bags out of her hands and bringing it to the bedroom. After putting down the bags he grabbed her and pulled her close as he sat down at the edge of the bed.
"So, I ran into Miley," Selena looked at him. "She's, she's a treat."
Nick chuckled before nodding. "That's Miley for you."
Selena looked at him disapprovingly before shaking her head. Who the hell is this Miley everyone keeps referring to, she thought. Was it the sassy and sarcastic person she met or some other unknown adjective that could be stuck next to her name?
"She was such a jerk," Selena decided to bring the conversation to a serious level, "with an attitude the size of Montana."
Nick frowned a bit. "I'm sure she didn't mean it. Miley could possibly be bipolar, one moment the sweetest girl ever and the next your worst nightmare."
He kissed her forehead, "She really is nice. Give her a chance."
Selena laughed. "Give her a chance? I don't think she even gave me one."
Nick kissed her lips this time, trying to change the subject or at least make it better. He pulled away, "she is an amazing person," he attempted again only to have Selena roll her eyes.
"I bet she is." Selena pushed him back on the bed, straddled her knees around his waist and kissed him.
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Miley found herself sitting in the porch after Demi and Joe had left. Dinner was wonderful. Of course, spending time with her two best friends was more than she could ever ask for. The street lamps shone brightly against the black pavement almost making them shiny. She stared up at the night sky and focused on the brightest star shining her way.
She closed her eyes and whispered to herself, "I wish you were here momma." She let the tear drop freely against her cheeks before opening her eyes.
"Talking to yourself?" Nick had appeared at the steps of her porch. "That was always a major problem you had."
She laughed sarcastically before focusing her dark blue eyes on him. "Why is it that you always just show up on my porch at night? This is the second time now that I'm back."
"I've always spent my time here at night remember?" Nick replied.
Miley bitterly laughed to herself, "Yeah? That was when you were welcomed."
Nick frowned but the light didn't hit his face enough for her to see it. He stood there awkwardly letting the silence linger in the air.
She wasn't all too keen on the awkward silence. She looked up at him once again, "So I met your girlfriend today."
Nick frowned once more. How in the world could this conversation possibly go right? Of course his intentions of coming here was to talk to the certain blue eyed brunette about being nice to the girl sleeping in his bed. But when it came down to it, he wanted to avoid this conversation at all cost.
"She's pretty." Miley spoke with sarcasm. "Nice to know you didn't lose your taste at all after I left."
"Well she pretty much thinks you're the town's biggest bitch that just walked in." Nick replied not letting his confidence fade. "Nice to know you haven't changed since you left either."
Miley click her tongue, she was trying to find a comeback but couldn't at all. Of course she knew her attitude was over the top and sometimes unnecessary. But none of them really understood the reason why she came back. Maybe it was more her fault for not really opening up to any of them about it.
Nick sighed, "I didn't mean that, Mi." he took a step forward.
"Again, with that nickname," Miley burst causing Nick to take step back. "We're not fucking 19 anymore Nick!"
"You don't think I know that?" Nick attacked back. "If you haven't noticed, I'm perfectly fine with the life I have right now in the present. I only came over to try to be friends because everyone here knows that you just can't be the bigger person."
Miley silenced herself. She held her head low for a minute before looking up into his brown eyes. She stood up deciding whether or not to step back into the house and once again slam the door in his face or let him in. She shook her head at herself and just wanted everything to disappear for once.
"Miley," Nick moved closer to her. "Where did you go? What happen to the Miley I fell in love with?"
She shook her head at him now. She made a laugh full of bitterness that even she couldn't control anymore. She looked at him more intently now. His brown eyes seem weary and a bit lost. And at that moment she lost it and ran inside slamming the door on him again.
Review please :) Thanks for all the wonderful reviews I've received so far. 3
Hope you enjoy this chapter. Bare with me, Miley is a little bit full of herself at the moment, but there is a reason. And Nick isn't always the good guy either. Yeah they're both really lame characters that you love to hate but hate to love. But I swear they're nice. Really nice. :)
