A/N: I'm updating these quickly because I personally like the chapters I've written for this already. Every Ten reviews is going to get a new chapter. Deal.

In this chapter, Nick J is depressed, Mandy gives her reaction and errr… hmmm that's about as much as I can say.

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Chapter 8 – Mandy Doesn't Know

Nick Jonas was depressed. At least… he was pretty sure he was. For the past two days, since his brother had run off to Connecticut with his ex-ex-girlfriend leaving him alone with his stressed out parents, loved-up other older brother, hyperactive younger brother and a still quite into him newly ex-girlfriend, he had felt nothing but anger and sadness at himself. He had sat in his room and attempted to write angst-filled songs that would make millions of fan-girls want to marry him. He had walked around Toluca Lake looking like someone had punched him in the face (it wasn't hard with his bruised face and broken nose) and refused to smile for the paparazzi. He just grimaced and pouted like the female he was turning out to be. What the heck had he done?

More importantly, what the heck was he supposed to do?

His mother, the last time he had seen her, hadn't been too happy with him. That, for the most part, was his fault… he'd yelled and he'd made her angry, asking her why she was letting Joe go across the country while he wasn't even allowed out to drive in his new car without Big Rob sat right next to him. She'd made a very valid point that his nose was still swollen, broken and that since he'd returned from the hospital he'd been almost comatose with the strength of painkillers that he'd been given and it wasn't safe for him to drive.

The fact that his mother had been correct had only made him worse. He'd hid in his room not even coming down for dinner and ignoring any yell or kind knock on the door that was aimed towards him. He'd watched movie upon movie and listened to more CDs than he thought he'd ever known. He'd written about four dozen different songs and they all centred around the one thing that he hadn't wanted them to centre around. That something that they'd been written about had been out of his life for a long time and he couldn't dare let her back in again. Everything that he had done to this something had been a huge and cruel mistake. He had treated it with disrespect and alienation. He had made it feel hated. He had taken away its greatness… but the scariest thing was that it was still ever present in his life. It always probably would be... and that was what made him afraid.

"So you finally decided to climb out of your hole and see the real world then?"

Nick scowled at Kevin and his father, who were laughing at him as he sat down in the den clicking on the TV and switching it straight to the news so that he could see what was happening in the world. It was probably more made up stories about him and his brothers… probably more stories of a love triangle with him and Joe involved with the same girl… he was shocked by nothing anymore… they could throw it on him. He would not be hurt by it. He knew what was truth and what was lies. He knew his own truth and lies anyway… who knew about the rest?

"…it seems that Jobro Joe Jonas is doing some solo work… the nineteen year-old member of the Jonas Brothers was spotted on stage at the Miley Cyrus Foxwoods concert declaring his love for a certain lady… and of course in true Miley style, it wasn't just any kind of declaration. Four hours after his very public speech, the entire thing was uploaded on the Miley and Mandy youtube page entitled "The Miley and Mandy Show – Mandy's Surprise". Here's what we saw."

"I love you Schmanderz…" said the sincere voice of his older brother.

Nick screwed his face up… this was gonna cause a lot of press coverage that they didn't need. His parents were going to kill that boy… they didn't have a publicist that good to deal with that amount of private life press. The whole reason they kept everything secret was because their publicist was so CRAP and they had been convinced that it would be better to remain ambiguous about their love lives. She could barely handle the press of a low key event. Every time the brothers went to a big event they ended up hiring extra personnel. She was absolutely useless. Nick was still cringing from that award show a year ago when he'd found her crying behind a curtain on the phone to her mom telling the poor un-expecting woman that she was useless and couldn't do her job. Nick was too kind to tell her any different. He had just given her a hug and told her she could do it. He was still with Miley back then… it was just more proof that he was a better person with her rather than without her.

"E was on the case of this little revelation, and being great friends with the woman herself, we along with the rest of the Los Angeles area paparazzi called on Miss Mandy Jiroux to ask her what she thought of the profession of love from one of the most famous teenagers in the country… quite understandably, she was quite emotional."

Nick watched as the hoards of cameras could be seen surrounding the door to Mandy's place, cameras and microphones in hands waiting for a reaction from the twenty year-old. An instant worried feeling settled into the pit of Nick's gut and he rung his hands together as he watched the young woman who had once been well known to him open the door to her apartment and smile at all the reporters. Ten months, of being away from her didn't stop him from instantly knowing that she wasn't too happy about the situation. Her eyes were puffy and her cheeks were blazing bright red, and not in the way that she had been crying. She was rouge with anger. She looked murderous. Her usual lofty and calm disposition seemed to have been thrown out of the window, and a highly satirical creature stood before the world about to make her piece.

"Mandy! Have you watched the video?!"

"Mandy! What do you have to say about Joe?!"

"Do you love Joe Jonas, Mandy?!"

"Did you know that Miley was involved in this little plot, Mandy?! Did she tell you before hand?!"

Mandy just stared at them and it made Nick feel so nervous and guilty that he thought maybe he should take himself outside and beat his own ass. He deserved it after all.

Soon, Mandy held up a hand to silence them and they all calmed and very nearly silenced. She smiled another sarcastic satirical smile and shook her head, looking straight at the camera.

"I have one thing to say…" She explained in her high-pitched voice that sounded more hysterical than usual…

"*BEEP* you Joe Jonas…"

Nick gasped and shook his head. That was totally unexpected… totally, totally unexpected. Mandy was never that bad mouthed and hell worthy. She was usually reserved and calm about things. She hadn't cussed once when Joe had "broke up" with her. She had just ignored all three brothers and got on with what she was there to do. She danced and she took away the pain. Why was she so angry now? Shouldn't she have been happy?

He didn't understand women… they were a mystery to him. He couldn't help but feel that he was somehow more involved in this little problem more than he wanted to be. His mouth had opened and words had come out and he hadn't thought about all the consequences that came with the ones he picked to voice. His voice and his opinions, he was soon learning, were sometimes not what people wanted to hear anymore. There was only so much wise-ass, big-headed conversation that people could take. He could have sworn he was once a nice and kind person.

He looked around at his father and brother who were almost as shocked as he frowned at the TV. His father held his head in his hands. Nick bit his lip and pointed to the TV.

"This is my fault isn't it?"

His father and Kevin slowly looked around at him in awe. Slowly they both nodded, making sure that the guilt in Nick's stomach was suddenly permanent and heavy. He had never felt this way before.

A/N: "Boys Will be Boys" – Miley tries to apologise for Joe for misjudging her best friend. Miley gives Mandy her piece and once she hears Mandy's reply, she's reminded of a conversation that the two best friends shared the previous Christmas.

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