Disclaimer: I don't Hannah Montana or the Jonas Brothers! I do however own this plot and such characters as Josh and Ryan. I don't own Kevin's GF and Jackson's GF.

A/N: Hi, All! Sorry for the long wait. To make up for it – I tried to write a longer chapter for all of you. I hope you like it!

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"And we did, Joey," Lilly whispered. "We did find our way back to each other. Nothing is going to change that at all." Joe gave a small smile and went to hug the love of his life. "Just know that it wasn't my secret to fully tell. Miley wouldn't like it even if "Hannah" did retire already. Please, promise me that you won't tell anyone at all. You too, Kevin," she said sternly. She didn't want to lose her sister and one of her best friends by letting this secret out. She knew that Miley was going to tell the second to last Jonas brother. Lilly went to hug the two brothers but all of sudden she heard the slamming of the front door. Lilly looked at the boys and then could hear a loud sob coming from downstairs. Her eyes widen like two saucers and ran down to the first floor. She followed the sobbing until she got to the front door and saw the brunette crying her eyes out. Lilly rushed to Miley and gathered her up in her arms. She kept whispering strong words into Miley's ears but that didn't seem to help at all. She felt Miley's head move and followed where her eyes were traveling towards. She saw the two boys coming down the stairs still looking a little bit dazed from the news. They saw Miley and Lilly on the floor. They rushed closer to the girls and tried to console the brunette in the blonde's arms.

They finally got her to fall asleep but Miley didn't tell anyone anything. Kevin had a feeling that Lilly would be able to get something out from her after she wakes up. He was going to find a blanket for Miley when his phone rang. He picked it up, thinking it was his girlfriend, Heather calling. She always called him at random times – which he loved because she always brought a smile to his face when he talked to her. "Hi," he said but was surprised to hear his little brother voice coming through. "Hi, man. I thought you were Heather. What's up?"

"Can you come and get me?" Nick answered. Kevin noticed that Nick didn't sound too good either. He threw a look back at Miley, who finally fell asleep on the couch and tried to piece the pieces together. 'Something must have happened to them earlier. I wonder if she told him,' Kevin thought. He knew that Hannah was a sore subject for Nick. He just hoped that Nick didn't do anything really harsh – where that he couldn't take it back. He looked up to notice that Joe was looking at him and mouthing, "What's going on?" but he just shook his head. "Where are you?" Kevin asked the youngest member of their band.

"I'm at the pier by Rico's. Did you see Miley?" he asked so quietly that Kevin had to almost strain to hear what he was asking. Kevin was curious to find out what happened between the younger man and the woman sleeping on the couch. "What happened?" he asked.

"I told her and she went into shock. She asked me about Hannah! I freaked out! I didn't want to tell my new girlfriend about my ex. Hannah should have stayed in the past where she was," Nick answered. Kevin took in a gasp. He knew that his brother still had feelings for the girl but he didn't know that it had taken a turn for the worse.

"Joe and I will be there in a bit. Hang tight," he said and closed his phone. He looked up and saw that Joe was walking closer to him. "We need to go and get Nick. Something's wrong obviously and it had something to do with what they said to each other," Kevin said, nodding his head towards Miley and Joe understood what his older brother was telling him.

Joe walked up to his fiancée and pulled her out from under Miley's head and carefully placed a pillow under the young woman's head. He pulled Lilly into a hug and kissed her as passionately as he could in front of his brother. "I have to go with Kevin to pick up Nick. I love you with all of my heart Lilly Truscott," he whispered and leaned in for another kiss. He had to mentally prepare himself to pull himself away from the woman in his arms. He slowly did and followed his older brother out to the car to go pick up the younger member of the band.

They got in the car and drove towards the pier near Rico's. "What do you think happened?" Joe asked, trying to break the silence in the car.

"I don't know," Kevin replied. "I just don't know."

"Do you think she told him about her?" Joe asked.

"I wondered the same thing when Nick first told me. But, he just told me that he told her he loved her like we had planned and she asked about Hannah," Kevin answered. Joe's eyes widen in amazement and brought them back to his normal size. "Wow, so she didn't tell him and I take it that he blew up at her," Joe stated more than asking a question. Kevin nodded his head and pulled into the pier parking lot.

The duo got out of the car and walked towards Rico's. Joe saw Nick first and ran to his little brother. He threw an arm around him as Kevin ran up to catch the two boys. He wanted to throw an arm around Nick too. He hated seeing his little brothers sad. "What happened, man?" Kevin asked. "I know you told me that you blew up at her but what really happened?"

Nick sighed and told them the whole entire story. "I don't know what to do, guys," he stated. "I told her that I loved her and I thought she was going to tell me that she loved me too, but then she asked about Hannah instead. I know that I shouldn't be bitter towards her anymore but, it still hurts. I loved her and she broke my heart. Did you know that she was keeping something from me?"

Joe looked up at Kevin and Kevin understood what Nick had meant. Miley was hiding the fact that she was the teen sensation Hannah Montana. Kevin assumed that Miley didn't tell him at all about her secret. "I'm sorry, bro," he said, ushering his little brother towards the car. He didn't want the paparazzi to see that his little brother was going to cry or have a mental breakdown. "Did you explain this to Miley?" Joe asked as soon as they got into the safety of Kevin's car. Nick nodded his head. "I told her about how I was feeling towards Hannah and she just took off running and crying," he answered. "I just don't understand what made her want to run from me. The only thing that I could think of was that she probably didn't have the same feelings for me as I did for her. But, I thought she was the most straight forward person I know besides Lilly of course." The trio laughed at that comment. They knew that Lilly Truscott would speak her mind especially when it was to defend her family and friends.

"What were your exact words, Nicholas Jerry?" Kevin asked. Nick looked up in shock. Kevin hasn't called him that unless he was mad at him. "Are you mad at me for some reason, Kev?" Nick asked. Kevin shook his head and apologized for how it sounded. "I just want to know what your exact words were that made Miley run all the way home and cry herself into exhaustion," he replied.

"All I told her was how I felt and what Hannah did to me," Nick replied. He got even more confused as his brothers were asking him questions. "Like what did you say, though," Joe asked. Nick was getting really frustrated now. "Look, all I told her was that Hannah was using me and just wanted our relationship public so that she could get her claim to fame! Okay? Is that what you wanted to hear?" Nick practically screamed at his brothers. Kevin and Joe's eyes widen even more than they had when they had seen the closet. "Please, tell me you didn't?" Kevin asked. Nick looked down towards his lap where his hands were closed together. Joe groaned. "Nick, you have to call her and apologized or at least call Hannah and get the real story about what is going on behind this," Joe said from his seat in the front passenger seat.

"Why are you taking her side in this mess? I'm your brother," Nick spat.

"I'm not taking any sides at all," Joe answered. "I just think that there are two sides in this story and you only either have only one side or you just chose not to remember what the other side was."

"That was very philosophical of you, Joe," Kevin said, patting his younger brother on the back. "I agree with him, Nick. Why don't you call up Hannah and explain to her what you are feeling and hear out her side of the story and then move on? I think that would be best."

Nick didn't know what to do. He did want to get to the bottom of this but, he needed to call Miley first and apologized. As soon as he got home, he ran towards his room and was glad to see that Frankie hadn't come home yet. He sat down on his bed and pulled his phone out of his back pocket. He scrolled down to Miley's cell number and hit the 'send' button. The phone rang and rang until it went to voicemail. "Hi, you've reached Miley. I can't come to the phone right now, but leave a name and a message and I'll call you right back. – Jackson! Get away from me. Crap, look what you did!" Beep. Nick couldn't help laughing at that outgoing message. "Hey Miles, it's me, Nick. Nick Jonas. I just wanted to call and apologized for what happened earlier at the beach. I wasn't mad at you or anything. It just threw me off that you asked about Hannah. Give me a call back as soon as you get this message."

He hung up the phone as soon as he heard the beep. He had gone over the message time limit. He figured that she was probably still mad at him, so she didn't pick up the phone. He waited for a few hours which turned into the next morning. The first thing that he did when he woke up was look at his phone. He didn't see any missed calls. He dialed Miley's number again and, once again, received the voicemail. "Hey Miles, it's me again. I'm not sure if you heard my last message or not. I am really sorry about what happened. It's not your fault. Give me a call back, please."

He groaned and got out of bed. He finished getting ready and went downstairs for breakfast. Kevin was the only sitting in the kitchen eating his breakfast. "Mom and Dad took Frankie to the studio to see the producers. Joe went to go see Lilly," Kevin answered Nick before he even asked the question. Nick laughed at how well his brother knew him. "I tried calling her," Nick said as he sat down at the counter.

"What did she say?" Kevin asked. "Nothing," Nick answered. "I just got her voicemail."

"Look, Hannah can't be mad at you still. It's been about seven or nine years already," Kevin replied.

"I didn't call Hannah, Kev. I called Miley," Nick answered. Hannah Montana and him was sore subject to him and he didn't like to be reminded of it.

"Well, you can't expect Miley to forgive that easily," Kevin answered and went to put his dishes in the sink. "I'm going over there in a couple of minutes. Want to come along?"

Nick nodded and joined his brother and walked next door. They let themselves in. Robbie Ray and the Stewart/Truscott family trusted them so each one has a key for the house and vice versa in regards to the Jonas' house. The two men walked into the house and noticed that there was only the blond with their brother. "Hey Lils," Nick said as he plopped down next to his future sister-in-law. Lilly gave him a sad smile and scooted closer to Joe. Nick felt the cold radiating off from the house and Lilly. "Where's Miles?" he asked, wanting to bring some life into the house. He just wanted to see her smiling face too. "Is she upstairs? I can go get her," he offered as he slowly got up from his seat. Lilly shook her head and surprised him with her next words.

"She went to Tennessee for a visit. She needed to have some time to herself," Lilly said as she got up from her position next to Joe. "Nick, I know that I've only known you for a little while," she said but mentally thinking, 'yeah, right, Lilly. You've known the boy longer than he thinks.' But, she continued on, "From what your brothers are saying, I think it would be the right idea to call Hannah and talk to her. It would help you move on and get some perspective on life and the relationship that you might want to have with Miley. Please, don't get mad at Joe for telling me. We only want what is best for you and we think this is the best way. We care about you, Nicky. Please?" Lilly asked, giving him her sad puppy dog eyes. She knew none of the Jonas brothers were able to say 'no' to that face of hers.

"Okay, fine. I will talk to Hannah. Even though, I haven't talked to her for about seven years. I'm not even sure if she wants to talk to me. I don't even have her number," Nick replied. Lilly shrugged her shoulders. "Don't give me 'what if' scenarios, Nicholas Jerry," Lilly said. "You never know, she might still have the same number." Nick looked at her a little bit confused as to how the blond might know that but he shrugged it off. 'It's a coincidence. Lilly could say that to anyone,' he thought to himself.

Nick bade the three others goodbye and walked back to his house. He tried calling Miley one more time. He kept wishing that she would pick up the phone but, to his dismay, he got her voicemail again. "Hey Miles, I heard you were in Tennessee. How's the weather there? I've missed you. Call me back. Laters," he said and hung up the phone. "'How's the weather there?' he asked out loud. "Why the heck did I say that? Now, not only does she thinks that I'm bipolar for yelling at her – even though, she didn't do anything – now I am weird for asking about the weather. I can look the damn thing up."

"Cussing, big bro?" Frankie asked as he stepped into the room. 'Oh, crap, now Frankie's heard that,' thought Nick. "Don't fret about it. I won't tell Mom and you won't tell her that I've heard worse at school," he said giving his big brother his famous grin. "So, what's wrong with you and who's in Tennessee?"

Nick sighed and told Frankie the whole story about what had happened the day before. "I tried calling her and she's been ignoring me," he told the youngest Jonas brother. "Maybe everyone is right," Frankie told Nick. "Maybe you should call Hannah and talk it out. I think the two of you definitely need it."

"But what if she changed her number? She has been MIA for a really long time," Nick replied. "I know you were online last night," Frankie said and that surprised Nick. He thought the younger one was sleeping. "I know I was until I heard you turn the computer on. Were you searching for Hannah?"

Nick nodded. "I'm assuming you didn't find anything else about her?" he asked and once again Nick nodded. "It's like there are two of her or something and one disappeared or they both did," Nick said. "It completely bogs my memory. I can't wrap my hands around it."

"Just call her. I think that's best," Frankie said, handing his older brother the phone and ran out of the room to find some food. He was starving.

Nick stared at the phone and punched in the number that he had memorized a long time ago. He would shut the phone off or dropped it on his bed every so often. He tried to psych himself up and finally found the courage to hit the 'send' button. It rang for a bit and he found the same pattern he had been receiving all week – the dreaded voicemail. "Hey, ya'll! Ya'll reached Hannah. I can't come to the phone right now. I am now retired but, if you need something important call my daddy. If not, leave a message and I'll try to call you back as soon as I can." Beep. He sighed and said, "Hey Hannah. I'm surprised you still have this number. Oh! It's Nick. Nick Jonas. I know that we had a terrible fall-out back then. I just think we need to talk. I…just….a….can you just call me back? Thanks," said Nick a little bit dejectedly. He was hoping to just talk to the girl and hash all of his feelings out.

A few days passed and still he heard no word from Miley or Hannah. Nick was getting ready to go online to find a flight to Tennessee when his phone rang. It was ringing, "Goodbye" – the song that he had a feeling was written for him. He picked up the phone and was almost startled when he heard the voice. For some odd reason, he wasn't surprised to hear the phone ringing the song but he was surprised about the girl who was talking to him right now.

"Hey Nick," the voice said as softly as a whisper. Nick had to strain to hear what she was saying.

"Hi Hannah," Nick replied after an awkward silence. "What's up?" He mentally berated himself. 'Who in the world asked that when you called the person? - Me that's who. Arrgggg!'

"Nicholas? Are you there? This is a waste of time talking if you aren't even going to answer," she replied kind of annoyed that he was doing this to her. First, he wouldn't stop calling Miley and when she told Lilly to tell him that she was in Tennessee – he went and called Hannah to have a 'talk.' 'Why couldn't this boy make up his mind?' she asked herself. She was about to hang up on him when his voice came on the line again.

"I'm sorry. I just spaced out."

"You said we needed to talk, Jonas."

"Yeah," he chuckled. "I wanted to talk about us."

"Us?" she scoffed. "Last I checked – there was no 'us.' Good-bye Nicholas." And with that, she hung up the phone. She couldn't believe that he would that to her. First he called her shallow and only wanted to ask him to come out as a couple for fame and then he thinks that he could walk all over Miley Stewart? She wished that she could call Jake but she remembered that he was in Aruba filming a new movie for the Zombie series. They actually became good friends after the years.

Nick, on the other hand, sat dumbfounded at the sight of the phone in his hand. Hannah had hung up on him. He had to try again. He wouldn't be able to sleep until after they talk.

The phone rang again and Miley picked up Hannah's pink phone. "What do you want?" she asked kind of bitterly after what she remembered what he had said. Nick scratched the back of his neck in a sign of nervousness. "Hi, Hannah. Please don't hang up on me,"he said.

"I repeat, what do you want, Jonas? I don't have time for this," Miley said. She hated what he said about how Hannah only wanted to be with him for fame. 'The nerve of the boy,' she said to herself.

"I'm sorry for what went down between us. I just wanted to know what went wrong."

"You don't know what went wrong?! You broke up with me!"

"It wasn't my fault."

"Good-bye Nicholas," she said and hung up on him again. He was getting really frustrated. "How the heck am I supposed to figure out what happened if she keeps hanging up on me?" he asked himself out loud. He fell back down on his bed and laid there staring at the ceiling. That was how Joe found him when he came back from visiting with Lilly. "Hey, little bro," Joe said as he came into the room. "I take it you haven't called?" he asked. Nick shook his head. "I did call. She hung up on me twice," he answered.

"Miley just needs some time away to think right now," Joe said ruffling Nick's head of hair. Nick looked up at his older brother. "I meant, I talked to Hannah and she hung up on me twice," he answered the older Jonas. "Miley didn't even pick up her phone."

"Well, maybe Hannah needs to cool off too," Joe said, shrugging his shoulders as he walked back out of the room. Nick stared at his phone and decided to try one more time. Hopefully, this time, she wouldn't hang up on him.

"What the heck do you want Jonas? I told you I don't want to talk to you," Miley answered as Hannah.

"Hannah, please, don't hang up on me," Nick pleaded. He heard her sigh. "I just want to talk to you. I think we both need this – I need this," he continued on. "I think closure would be the best thing for us."

"You hated me that much?" she asked. 'Oh, crap! I just let my secret go. I wasn't supposed to even know that,' she thought to herself.

"What?" Nick asked, confused. "I didn't tell you that I hated you, did I?"

"Uh…no. You didn't but I'm just assuming because we broke up," she tried to come up with an excuse. Nick didn't say anything at all.

"Just because we broke up, I didn't mean that I hated you. I'm just really confused. I have this problem…"

"A problem? With what?"

"Don't be like that. I'm not doing anything bad where I would get in trouble…well, not exactly…"

"Nicholas Jonas, you are seriously getting on my last nerve right now. What the heck are ya talking 'bout boy?"

"I like this one girl and…"

"Let me see, she doesn't like you," Miley said that more as a statement rather than a question.

"I told her that I loved her and she asked about you and then ran away crying. I've been racking my mind for what I really said and it just didn't come out any different than what I was telling her – that we were through and that all I want was her."

'Yeah, right. You basically said that you hated me for what happened to our relationship and then you tried to get back together with me – Miley and not me – Hannah,' she thought to herself. 'I don't even know if I still want the boy in my life now.'

"Hannah, I still have feelings for you – yes, that's true. But, you have got to know that the feelings are just there as in you still have a place in my heart but it's not going anywhere. I know that you've already moved on. I mean you've been gone for – what – nine years now? I don't even know where you are right now, but I still hope that we can be friends because I need you back in my life. I know that our falling apart was slightly my fault too but…"

"We were too young to really understand what was going on with our relationship and what the media would do to it?"

"Yeah, that's definitely it. I'm sorry for saying for all of the bad things that I said to you, Hannah. I hope that we can still be friends. I will understand if you don't want that to happen…"

"Nick, we can be friends. I just need to know that you won't say anything bad about me."

"I know. I'm sorry about saying bad things, but, hey, how did you know that I said bad things about you?"

'Crap, Miley, you did it again.' "Um….I meant – you know – for all those things that you said about me during our break-up," said Miley, mentally patting herself on the back for thinking about that on the spot.

"O…k…ay," said Nick, slowly and not really believing her. He shrugged it off and thanked her and told her that he would keep in touch.

After that phone call to Hannah, he decided to call Miley up again. Hopefully, this time, she would pick up her phone. Once again, he received her voicemail. But, this time, he knew that she had her phone with her because she had changed her outgoing message. "Hi, it's Miley. At the beep, you know what to do." Beep. "Hey Miles, it's me – Nick – again. We need to talk. I'm sorry for what I said about Hannah and it that upset you. I didn't mean anything by it. I talked to Hannah and we straightened everything out. Give me a call when you get this message."

Break – a couple of weeks later

Joe, Kevin, and Heather were getting ready to go over to Lilly's house to watch movies and hang out for the night. They hadn't had a friendly hangout in a long time. All the brothers were worried about Miley – well, one brother more than the others. Kevin and Joe knew the whole story but they didn't think that Miley would stay away this long.

Lilly smiled when she opened her front door and noticed that the three brothers and Heather were standing on her doorstep. She ushered them in and told them to go into the living room. She had some news for them – news that was kind of bad – depending on the person.

Lilly closed the front door and took a deep breathe. She headed into the living room and saw that her fiancé was sitting on the love couch waiting patiently for her. She ran over and jumped onto the seat and pulled him closer to her.

"So, where's Miley, Lilly?" asked Nick. Joe rolled his eyes. He knew that his younger brother was anxious to see the brunette home. Even, he – Joe – was anxious – that would just mean that his brother would stop driving me insane with all the calling and hanging up.

Lilly looked down at the ground and then back up to one of her closest friends. She shook her head sadly. "Miley's deciding to stay in Tennessee for – I don't know how long, Nick. I'm sorry," Lilly said. Nick just shrugged his shoulders and nodded his head dejectedly. The girl that he loved was staying in another state because of him. He couldn't take it anymore and was about to leave when his phone went off. He looked up to see everyone staring at him. He could feel the red heat flowing into his face and went outside to the back porch to answer it.

"Hello?" he asked. He could hear breathing but no one was saying anything. He was about to hang up the phone when he heard the voice that he had been wanting to hear all month long. "Hi, Nick," it answered.

Nick could feel his face breaking into a smile. His Miley was calling him back. "Hi, Miles," he said as he tried to keep the giddiness out of his voice. "I'm glad that you called me back…"

He was cut off by her, "I only called to let you know that I want to be left alone for a while. I'm not in the mood to talk to you or anyone right now. I have to go now. Good-bye."

"Miley…" he started to say but he was met with the ring tone. 'Crap!' he thought to himself. He walked back into the room and saw that everyone was looking at him. Kevin and Joe ran up to their little brother and threw their arms around him and guided him towards the couch. "What happened?" Kevin asked.

"She just called to tell me to leave me alone," he answered sadly. "I don't know what to do now, guys." He hung his head in his hands. Lilly came up and gave one of her best friends a hug. "Miley just needs some time alone right now," she said. Nick looked at her and could see that she was holding something back from him. "What do you know?" Nick asked her. Lilly took a step back or at least leaned back on the couch. She heard the accusing tone in his voice. Joe heard that too. He tightened his hold on his little brother and Nick could tell that Joe was getting mad at him. He apologized to Lilly and she told him that she understood what he was feeling. But, after that, she was a little bit stand-offish towards the younger brother. She knew that he was hurting but in a way, Miley was hurting the most and she was Lilly's best friend first.

"Miley is my friend first. I'm sorry but I can't tell you until she wants to tell you," Lilly said and walked out of the room to get some fresh air. Lilly was catching her breath when she thought she saw someone that she knew standing by the docks near the house. She took one last look at the house and walked towards the figure.

Joe was trying to calm his brother down when he looked out the window to see if Lilly was still standing outside. He didn't see her and he felt fear piercing his heart. He ran out to where he thought she was standing, but couldn't find her anywhere. He looked out towards the dock, knowing that Lilly likes to walk out on the beach to calm her nerves. He was going to go in and get his jacket and then went out to find her when he heard a loud scream. He looked up but couldn't see anything. His brothers and Heather came out of the house when they heard the scream and looked at Joe. Joe looked at Nick and they both knew that that scream only belonged to one girl and one girl only. That girl was Lilly. Joe took off in the direction of the scream but he couldn't see or find anything. He turned back towards his brothers when he heard the loud squealing of a car driving away. He ran after the noise and saw the color of the car but he couldn't make out the license plate. He did see a head with blond hair sitting in the back with a brown-headed guy.

A/N: It's been busy and this chapter is about 11 pages on my Microsoft word. Lol. Hope all of you like it!