I woke up this morning and groaned. The last verse of Still in Love With You blasted in my ears as I reached up and removed my headphones. We were in Washington, DC, and I knew that at some point during the day I would have to face Nick. We had to sing a song and dance together that night. Never before had I dreaded performing in front of people so much. We had a sound check at ten, so I had to get up, shower, and look decent. After all, I had to face the one boy that I couldn't get out of my mind.
"Miley, come from the back stairwell to the mic at center stage just before the boys run on from the right," the tour's production manager, Gerry, yelled. "We're only going to do the first two verses now. Stop at the bridge."
I was so nervous I thought I was going to pass out. Nick had been completely avoiding me all morning; when Kevin and Joe brought a bagel and coffee to my bus this morning for breakfast, they said that he wanted to sleep in. Yeah right. I freaked him out, I know I did, but I just couldn't take it anymore. Just because he stopped loving me does not mean that the feeling is mutual. I just couldn't lie to him or to myself anymore.
The music started as I ran up to my mic stand and Joe appeared next to me.
C'mon guys, tell me what we're doin',
We're
hangin' around when we could be all over the place,
The sun is
shinin' just the way we like it,
Let's get outta this hallway show
the world our face
Then I heard his voice. I glanced beside me as he sang his line.
It's Friday, but there's no where to go,
Anywhere
is cool, but we're not goin' home,
We can do anything we wanna
do,
It's all up to me and you.
He was looking at me. Staring, in fact, with absolutely no emotion in his face. I was so distracted by his gaze that I nearly missed the cue for the chorus.
Turn this park into a club,
The stars are
lights,
And the moon is a vibe from above,
Skateboards here's
our ride so pull on up,
Everyone is waiting for us,
Anywhere we
are, Anywhere we go,
Everybody knows,
We got the party with
us,
Anywhere we are, Anywhere we go,
Everybody knows,
We got
the party with us
The moment came when I was supposed to walk down the runway with Nick and dance around him. But just as he was standing next to me and I had my arm around his shoulders, Gerry cut in. "Alright everyone, that's enough for now. I'll see you here in makeup at 5 PM sharp."
Way to stop at the most awkward part of the song Ger.
I lowered my arm slowly and Nick silently turned around without looking at me and walked away.
I just stood there for a moment, watching his retreating figure with tears in my eyes. I had really messed this one up.
I was smacked back to reality when Kevin called over to me. "Miles, want to get some lunch?"
"Sure, sounds good," I answered quietly and gently wiped at my eyes.
So this is the second chapter of my first fanfiction ever. If you could I would appreciate any feedback that you can give! Sorry about the brevity of the first chapter. I didn't even know if it had posted or not.
