A/N: Previously unpublished, unseen and nervously written seventh chapter of Building on Failure

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Much Love,

Beth

PS: I don't think this is proofed very well lol.

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Chapter Seven: MGM Grand Mistake

"This isn't going to work, you know…" Joe laughed as they sat on her private jet, thousands of feet in the air.

Miley shook her head at him and laughed, "It's going to work, Joe…" she snatched the packet of Twizzlers from his hands and took one, "She's Mandy and she watches every single Romantic comedy I think ever made as well as being a true romantic… if anything as original as this has ever happened, then I am not aware of it, okay? It's gonna be cool…"

She picked up her dog and put him in her lap. He was running around like a crazy thing and it was the typical course of action every time she took him anywhere with her. He was a crazy little dog who just had to annoy her wherever he went. She was so glad that this flight was only for a few hours otherwise she didn't know what might have happened.

"We're talking about adding an internet video site into the equation of love…" Joe mumbled and she raised her eyebrows at him, "There's no way she's going to go for this, Miles… I assure you wholeheartedly one hundred percent."

Miley leant over the table down at her school work and shook her head. Her life was always the same and she still hated doing her biology work.

"It all depends if she's as forgiving to you as she always is to me…" Miley shrugged, "So if she is that forgiving, you might be lucky and she might even offer to buy you lunch to seal the deal."

Joe shook his head at her and laughed, "Miley what could you have ever possibly done to Mandy to have to make her forgive you that's as bad as what I did?"

"I broke a pair of her shoes…" Miley's eyes widened seriously.

Joe just laughed at her face in disbelief, "You're funny…" he breathed, "That's funny… you broke her shoes… I broke her heart… I don't think that they're the same thing you know…?"

Miley frowned at him and shook her head. She couldn't believe he was so naïve to the ways of a woman. How could he be laughing at something like this? They were shoes. No relationship was ever stronger than a woman's relationship with her shoes and her best friends. When the two came together in was always magic. When the harmony between these things was broken, it was pure hell.

"You really need my help."

The crowd was roaring as her opening act revved up them up on stage. Miley was walking around backstage doing her warm-up exercises. The green room that she had been given in the MGM Grand was huge and it made her nervous. It was always better to cram into a tiny little room and try and gain focus on what she was meant to be doing for the next hour or so rather than having to pace up and down a room nearly bigger than her backyard. It made her more anxious than she was already and she couldn't help but look over at Joe who was calmly playing on her laptop and eating a bag of chips from the huge buffet table nearby.

"Dude…" she hissed at him, "I'm playing a concert and I'm nervous, while you're completely putting yourself out there to do something like this and you're searching…" she walked over to the computer and laughed at him in disbelief, "Your own name?"

She shook her head at him angrily and shook her head disgusted at his casual never-ending vanity. He nodded and shoved more chips in his mouth, "I was seeing if their was any news about my idiot brother considering that we've been in this state for over twenty-four hours and nothing's come up about me being here yet."

She laughed at him, "I think that's the idea, Joe… we're talking about the element of surprise…" she sat down beside him nervously and covered her face with her hands, "People think that you're torturing your brother privately within the walls of your own home instead of thousands of miles away… its definitely got that element of surprise that you're looking for ya know… the one that's gonna make this plan one hundred thousand times better…"

Joe looked at her, "You're nervous about this aren't you?"

Miley shook her head, "I'm anxious…" she looked up at him seriously, "I want to know what's gonna happen afterwards… I wanna be the person she calls and goes 'Hey bud I wanna speak to Joe' DANG IT!" a girly smile crept onto her face, "and I want to giggle down the phone to her afterwards and plan an ice cream included sleepover afterwards…"

Joe choked out a laugh, "I'm spilling my heart out on stage and you're worried about a sleepover…?"

Miley nodded surely with a frown, "It's what I do…" a grin crept over her face, "Then I write a song about it…"

He laughed and they both looked around at the knock to the dressing room door. Miley felt nerves bubble inside of her and she rested her hand onto Joe's leg knowing that she was going to be leaving him for a while with his own thoughts while she went out on stage. It was potentially dangerous. Joe had the most random quick thinking mind of someone she had ever met when he was left alone with nerves. It scared her because knowing him he would have jumped out the window at the first sign of fear. She could almost imagine the dust cloud that followed after him as he zoomed his way along the highway.

"Miley… its time to go on…"

Miley nodded to the stage manager and looked around at Joe whose face had dropped and drained of colour. She winked at him reassuringly, ruffling his hair as she stood up, "Wish me luck…"

Joe smiled at her, "Only if you do the same…"

Miley clapped her crowd as they screamed and jumped up and down as she sung. She laughed and raised her microphone to her mouth as they all yelled her name and waved their little signs in the air. She looked around at the side of the stage and saw that the stage manager was fitting Joe up with his ear piece and handing him his own microphone. It was almost time for his appearance, and she was almost as nervous as he was… not only for him but for Mandy, her best friend who had never had a boy so in love with her as much as Joe Jonas. He looked up at her with a smile, playing with his ear peace and nodded his head. He was ready.

She'd never been more proud of her older adopted brother.

"What is up guys?" A scream echoed around her and she laughed, "I'm gonna take a little tiny break right now… just for a few moments… but while I sit at the back of the stage and try to get my breath back from the amount of fun you guys are letting me have… I'm gonna bring on a special guest who wants to say something very important to someone very close to my heart…" the room was almost silent in confusion and Miley grinned at Joe off stage, "Ladies and gentleman, guys and girls… please welcome Mr Joseph Adam Jonas!!!"

The crowd roared in her ears as she stepped backwards to grab the laptop she had so strategically placed at the back of the stage ready for Joe's appearance. She sat next to it and waved to the already recording camera as her own little hello to her best friend when she saw this. She grabbed her water and looked around at her band. They all loved Mandy and they already knew what Joe was about to do. Previously in the day, before they had gone to sound check, Joe had paid for lunch for all of them as long as they helped him prepare his speech to his lady love. Together, as a large group of about fifteen people, all arguing over one napkin at In 'N' Out Burger they had produced one of the most amazing speeches Miley had ever seen. She couldn't wait to hear it…

"Have I got all my ladies out there!!!" the crowd screamed and Miley could almost see the relaxation and slowly reducing of nerves that Joe emitted. She smiled and crossed her fingers that he would be able to remember the speech and pull it off. This had to work… it had been nearly a year since that day and she couldn't wait for what she knew was meant to happen, to happen. It was one of those true love kinda things… and it made her smile just thinking about it.

"I came all the way here today… not only to scream for my best friend Miss Miley…" he smiled turning around to Miley and giving her a wink. When Miley quickly held up the laptop so he could talk to the camera he became serious, "But to ask something of another very special lady…" he turned to the crowd, "Right now boys and girls… we are recording this very moment on that laptop right there…" he pointed to Miley and she waved, "I am going to say something… and you have to scream and say yes… okay?"

Everyone screamed and Joe nodded in appreciation, "alright then… here we go…

"Amanda Michelle Jiroux… I love you… I'm in love with you…" Joe's voice became desperate, "I love your smile and I love the twinkle in your eyes… I love the way that you smile randomly when nothing's funny and how you will act like a complete idiot all the time to make other people happy. I love the way you care about every person you meet and how kind you are. I even love the way that you cuss when you make a mistake or do something wrong."

Miley smiled at him tearfully, "For the past year, I don't think I've been able to pass a single moment without one name popping into my head… and that name is yours. You're all I think about and all I dream about. But I want to say sorry to you, because I've been an idiot… a complete ass. I was so wrong to ever believe that you were not the girl for me… I was so wrong to think that there could ever be any girl as beautiful, funny and perfect for me as you…"

That was it… Miley was crying. She was tearing like a baby and she didn't care. This was sweet and she was kinda jealous that she had no guy doing this for her. She shook her head; no guy she'd ever met was even good enough to think of something like this. Joe was a one in a million kind of guy. It wasn't often that a guy as kind and funny as Joe came along. He really was the kinda guy you'd be stupid to pass up. Of his fellow band mates, he was the better person. Miley knew that he would never be as childish as the other two.

"So I'm asking you, Mandy…" Joe stepped forward to the camera and rose a hand to his chest, "Take me back… give me another chance..." he shrugged and smiled, "If you're not gonna do it for me… do it for the thousands of people who want you to…"

Joe turned around to the crowd and put his arm in the air. All the people in the audience began screaming, every few statements and screams understandable through the rush of noise that filled the room. Miley giggled and covered her ears with her hands as people stood up and stomped there feet in demand of a Joe and Mandy romance. Joe was looking around at all the people and smiling widely. Miley shook her head as he spun in circles for a few moments while the noise died down. It seemed to have no end and it only made his and Miley's hearts swell with pride and their fans. Soon he turned back to the camera and smiled.

"I love you, Schmanderz…"

A/N: Did you like it? Let me know ;)

I've got more where it came from.

Much Love,

BM

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