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: I wanted to thank you for all of the wonderful reviews for that story. I haven't said this in a while but thanks for putting this story on alert and favorites! : ) Happy Holidays! : )
Nick sat back in his hospital chair more confused as ever. 'Why did she just lie to me?' he asked himself. He sat there and tried to think up of some better explanation as to why Hannah was there, but didn't want to see him or why she didn't want people to know that she was there. 'How did she even know Miley? I only talked about her,' he thought to himself. 'What in the world is going on here? Oh, look. There's Kevin. I'll ask him what's going on here."
Nick jumped out of his seat and towards his eldest brother. "Hey, Kev! I have a question for you!" he exclaimed, ignoring the nurses' stares and shakings of their heads. 'Why are they looking at me so weird and shaking their heads? I didn't do anything wrong.' He shook off the odd feeling and turned his attention at hand – talking to his brother about Hannah.
"What's up, Nick?" Kevin asked, handing him a cup of coffee. "What's wrong now?" he asked taking in a deep breath. He brought his little brother over to the plastic chairs and sat down, ready to listen. "Tell me, what's up?"
Nick told him the whole entire story about how he called Hannah and she answering 'Miley Stewart.' "I don't get it at all, Kev," he said, frustration shown all over his face and body. He tended to sit back straight and not in the posed kind of way. "It's like she was hiding something – like she knew Miley or that she didn't want to see me or something."
"Well, lil' bro, maybe she was caught off guard," Kevin said, trying to keep in it under wraps that he knew the real truth. 'Why did she have Hannah's phone with her in the first place?' he asked himself, but turned his attention back to his brother. "I don't really know what to say. All I can think of is that Hannah isn't all up to see people right now. Maybe she was hiding from other people. You know, she did disappear off the music scene for a reason – even though, we might not know what it is."
"You think someone is after her?" Nick asked astonished that someone could attempt to hurt her.
"No, I just meant, that maybe she didn't want people to notice that it's really her, that's all," Kevin explained. "Let's go see how Joe is doing. I believe that Lilly needs a rest," he said, trying to change the subject without letting his brother catching on.
They walked down the hall and could hear whispering coming through the door. "Miley's in there with Lilly," Nick whispered. He ran to the door as fast as he could and slowly opened the door. He walked in and saw his other brother awake and smiling like his usual self. "Joe! You're awake!" he cried out and ran to give his brother a hug. Kevin came in smiling and gave him a hug too.
"What's wrong?" Lilly asked, picking up the frustration rolling off of Nick.
"Nothing's wrong," Nick said, trying to keep everything to himself, but he knew that Lilly wasn't going to take that sitting down. She would get to the bottom of the story or problem even if it kills her. She's that kind of person. She always wants to help and she usually does, but Nick felt that he didn't think that she could this time. "What's wrong, Nicholas?" she asked again.
Nick winced. He hated when she called him that. She usually did that when she was annoyed with him. She laughed, "Nick, just tell us what's up?"
"Okay, fine," he said, sighing. He told them the whole story. He was looking out the window when he got to the Hannah part, so he missed Miley's 'someone-who-got-caught-with-their-hand-in-the-cookie-jar' look. Lilly and Joe looked at each other and then at Kevin and saw that he slightly nodded his head. Miley said the first thing that came to her mind, "Well, I thought I saw her, but it turned out that it wasn't her."
"Wait," Nick turned his attention back to her. "You know Hannah Montana?"
"N….n….no," Miley said, trying to come up with something. "I meant that I thought I saw someone that looked like her, but it turned out that it wasn't. It was just some blond person."
"Well, I know that she knows your name, but I didn't think she knew what you looked like. She called out your name while answering her phone," he said, with a glint in his eye like he was on to something but he couldn't come up with anything.
"Well, lil' bro, maybe she knows a Miley Stewart. But, it just isn't our Miley Stewart," Joe said, trying to cover up his chuckled. 'I think I just confused myself,' he thought. Lilly gave him an odd look. She, too, was trying to cover up her laugh. Nick just thought that his brother was too hyped up on the pain meds to be thinking straight at the moment.
"I just don't get why she doesn't want to see me," Nick stressed his concern. "I thought we were friends again."
"Well, she did disappear from the music scene, Nick," Lilly tried to explain. "You can't blame the girl for not wanting to see people right now."
"If she wanted to be left alone, why did she come to the hospital in the first place?" Nick asked, trying to get to the bottom of things.
"Well, we can't know, now, can we?" Miley snapped. "I have to go. It's good to have you awake, Joey." She gave him a hug, told Lilly that she will see her at home, gave Kevin a hug, and left without another word.
"And, she's pissed," Nick said dejectedly.
"Well, what did you expect, Nicholas?" Lilly asked. "You claim that you love my best friend, but you keep talking about your ex-girlfriend. How would you feel if Miley kept talking about Jake?"
"Mr. Zombie Slayer?" Nick exclaimed.
"His name is Jake Ryan," Lilly said. "And, at least, she doesn't talk about him all of the time. I'm surprised by the rate that you are going, she hasn't started talking about him or to him."
"Lils," Nick pleaded, trying to make his ears stop bleeding. Lilly sure knew which buttons to push. He disliked Jake Ryan with a passion. He got to be with Miley for about three years and then they broke up because he decided to go do a movie and they didn't want to have a long distance relationship. Then, he came back and it turned out that they were only good as friends, but Nick didn't know that.
"I'm serious, Jonas," Lilly retorted. "Don't push her buttons. You will live to regret it even more than you do right now. I'm going to leave you boys alone. I'm going to go and see how Miley's doing. Do you need anything else before I go, Joe?"
"Not a thing, but a big kiss will do," Joe said. Lilly rolled her eyes and laughed. She leaned in and captured his lips with hers. The other brothers in the room cleared their throats and Lilly and Joe broke apart. Lilly was blushing so hard that people passing by might think that she got a really bad sunburn. "I'll see you guys later," she said, clearing her throat while trying to calm her blood down a bit. "Remember what I said, Nick, don't push her." With that said, she gave all of them a hug and left.
Nick turned back to Joe and Joe nodded his head in agreement. "I thought you were on my side." That came out more of a statement than a question from Nick.
"I am on your side, Nick," Joe said, "but, sometimes, you do have to understand when it is too far to do something. Just give her time and stop talking about Hannah in front of her. If I were in her shoes, I would probably do the same thing." He tried really hard not to yawn but it still managed to escape.
"Let's go, Nick," Kevin said, "let Joe sleep. He's had a big day. Even though, I have no clue as to how you can still sleep. You have been in a coma for a few weeks."
"Yeah, well, it still drains you," Joe replied and closed his eyes. "Night guys. Tell Mom, Dad, and Frankie that I love them. See you guys tomorrow."
The boys left room and went to the waiting room, where they found their family sitting there. "Lilly and Miley told us the good news. He's awake?" Denise asked standing up.
Kevin nodded his head. "Yeah, but apparently he's still very tired. He fell asleep. He told us to tell you guys that he loves you all and that he'll see all of us tomorrow."
Paul nodded his head and went to talk to one of Joe's doctors before the family went home for the night.
A/N: I just wanted to say this might be the last update until after Christmas. I have relatives coming over and I haven't seen them in a really long time. So, I hope everyone will have a good holiday season and I will try to post something up before the new year. : )
