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 Everyone. I'm so sorry for the late post. I've been caught up in school and it's taking a toll on me right now. Thank you bloopernanza for the reminder that I still have a story to finish. You all are the best fans that I could have when writing this story.
Paul and Denise looked up from their seats at the dinner table when they heard the frantic footsteps coming closer to their back door. Paul was getting up to see what was wrong when he jumped back in order to avoid being hit by the door. "Nich…" he started to say but wasn't given a chance to finish because a whirl of curly brown hair had came in and whirl passed him and out the kitchen door and up the stairs. Denise jumped when she heard the door to her son's room slammed close. She was kind of glad that Frankie had decided to stay over a friend's house that night. She had a feeling that Nick was going to be throwing things and she didn't want Frankie to get hurt in the process.
Paul was about to leave and go see Nick when the back door burst open again. "You boys need to stop doing that," he ordered when he saw his sons and future daughter-in-law had walked in. Joe looked at his dad and Paul sighed, "I know Kadie wouldn't open our doors like that. Who else would it be?" he challenged his son and they all bowed their heads.
"Did Nick come in here?" Kadie asked and Denise nodded her head.
"He slammed his door," she answered and looked at the three again. "What happened? I thought he was going to see Miley?"
"I have a feeling that she told him the truth," Kevin said, sighing as he sat down at the table with his mother.
"The truth?" Denise asked, not liking the feeling that she got when her son mentioned that.
"She told him that she was Hannah Montana and that she does remember him," Joe said.
"She remembers him?" Denise asked, astonished that the girl that she would have thought as her daughter would lie to her son like that.
"That's all you're astonished at?" Kevin yelled. Paul threw him a look and he apologized for the outburst.
"Well, we are quite thrown that Miley is Hannah. That girl hurt Nick so much," Denise said, defending her son. "Are you three sure that she is Hannah?"
The three younger adults nodded their heads. "Lilly confirmed it," Joe said.
"Joseph Jonas, did you just bring your fiancée into this?" Denise scolded. "She is a sweet girl. She wouldn't have kept this from any of us."
"It wasn't her secret to keep, Mom," Kevin said, sighing.
"She knew that consequences," Denise said. "Now, my son is hurt because she didn't tell us at the beginning when she had met us." Denise started to get up to walk towards the stairs. Halfway to the door, she stopped.
"She didn't have a choice, Mother," Joe said with venom. She turned around and was surprised to see her son acting like this. She didn't raise her sons up to not back up the family. "It was NOT her secret to tell. I believe in her and if you think she is hell bent on ruining this family, then you don't know her and you definitely don't know ME!" With that, he walked out of the house and the door slammed behind him.
Denise turned back to her family and was surprised to see that Paul was shaking his head. "He was raised to protect his family, Denise, and he is doing just that," Paul said and turned back towards the living room. He had a feeling that his son might not return after this argument and he couldn't blame him. He was proud that Joe was standing up to Denise like a real man would but he just wished that it was something smaller than the fiancée versus the family argument.
Meanwhile, Joe was standing outside of his house fuming over the argument. He couldn't believe that his mother would think something like that. He shook his head and walked towards Lilly's house. He hoped that he would be able to spend the night there. He needed to unwind from that argument. With that said, Robby Ray opened the door with a surprised look on his face.
"Hi Robby Ray," Joe said sadly. "Do you think I can spend the night here? I got into a big argument with my mom." He didn't need to further explain because Robby nodded his head and ushered the younger man in.
"Hey, everyone! Look who's here!" he exclaimed as they walked into the living room. Lilly rushed up to him and pulled him into a hug. Joe squeezed back and thanked his lucky stars that he had someone like Lilly to comfort him when times got tough.
"How's Miley doing?" he asked as he sat down. Lilly sat down right beside him and turned her face towards his chest.
"She hates me," Lilly sobbed out. "She didn't even open the door when I tried to talk to her. She just kept screaming and screaming. It's so terrible." Joe pulled her closer and looked up. The confirmation was on everyone's faces.
"We tried to talk to her, but she's shutting everyone out," Ryan said after a while. "How's Nick?" he gritted out.
"Nick locked himself up in his room too," Joe answered. "Looks like they have more in common then they like to think." Jackson got up and motioned to his parents that he was going to try to talk to Miley one last time. He had to make sure that his little sister was going to be okay, whether she claimed that she was or not.
A/N: I'm sorry that it's kind of short. I am supposed to be writing a paper due in two days but I decided to write this chapter first.
