I sighed as I looked at the clock. It was almost time. After the hug at the inaugural I wasn't sure where we stood. He did hug me with both his arms - he never did that with anybody else. He hugged me longer than necessary and I closed my eyes because I just enjoyed it too much. But maybe he did it to show the press that we weren't feuding… god, if they knew.

We were feuding and big time at that. We sometimes lied and said we were still best friends - I just wasn't sure if he actually meant it. I did - he still was, if he was there or not didn't matter. I considered him my best friend because he could read me; talking or not talking to me. It didn't matter, he knew what I felt.

I don't know if he knew what I felt that night. Probably he didn't, but that doesn't matter anyway. It's not like he would really care what I feel. He didn't when he broke up with me. The worst part of all that is that I didn't really hate him. I mean, I hated him for five minutes and then I just felt bad - awful… just not that good.

I wrote that one song because I was angry. But I wasn't angry enough to let it be a 'hate-song'. Everybody who actually listened to it would first of all hear that I said I hated that he made me love him, if he wanted me too or not was not my problem. And then I listed seven things that I liked about him. And I sang that I liked that he made me love him - which didn't really make sense considering I sang that I hated that part, but I actually didn't hate it; never have, never will.

But everyone took it the wrong way and so I was the bad one once again. Disney let me sing the song and they let me record it; they even let me shoot a video and they left the one scene with me holding up the picture of us in the video. So it wasn't entirely my fault. And I never said who it was about. Once again, people just assume too much.

And now here I was, sitting in my room, shaking of anxiety. I would see them again. Everyone: Joe, Kevin, Selena, Demi and… Nick. I would see them all again. I knew that Demi didn't hate me - in fact, she turned out to be one of my best friends. But it was different with the rest. Joe at least tried to stay my friend. But Kevin hated me; I knew it. And Nick… he was another chapter. Selena didn't like me but she didn't hate me either. It was a love/hate kind of friendship.

We used to talk on set whenever she had a guest-appearance in my show. She was nice back then. What I failed to notice was that she said she was jealous that I had a boyfriend like Nick. I was proud of him, so I told her all these stories. I guess she decided that it was time she got a shot with him. She practically got him to break up with me. Kind of, at least.

She started hanging out with him and he started to forget about me. Then we had the tour and we fought even more because he was constantly texting with her. I was angry and jealous, of course I would be, didn't he know? He made me stop being friends with Cody because apparently Cody was 'bad influence'. I never talked to him, only on set.

But when I told Nick he had to stop talking to Selena so much - I didn't even tell him to stop talking to her all together - he flipped and didn't talk to me for a day. Ever since then, everything went downhill. He'd still kiss me goodnight and all that but it wasn't the same anymore.

And so he broke up with me. And now I was totally on the way to see them again. Maybe I wanted to, maybe I didn't - I wasn't sure. I wanted to patch things up with Joe and Kevin. They both were like my brothers; I hated not talking to them. Then I wanted to make things right with Selena. Nick would be the last person I would try talking to. Things were just too awkward with the two of us to fix our friend/relationship over a day.

I didn't care though. I would let it take all day if it had too. I wouldn't mind taking it a few months - as long as I was able to spend time with him. I wasn't sure who should or would forgive who. I know that I would forgive him in a heartbeat - that's how desperate I was. I wanted to talk to him again; I missed our late night talks.

But it didn't matter how much I missed those talks or him, I really didn't want to go to the coming event. After realizing that our earth was in danger, Disney made up this campaign for children to join so we could safe our planet. It's a nice concept… except we have to do a song and I have to do it with the people that hate me… and Demi.

"Miley! Time to go!" I sighed and dragged myself out of my room. This would be a disaster, I could feel it. I really could; they would ignore me or worse, they would yell at me. They would be angry at me for no reason whatsoever. I met my mom downstairs. She was ready to go… more than ready. Okay, I guess I waited until last minute to go downstairs. But can you blame me?

"I'm coming! Don't stress!" Mom glared at me and shook her head.

"Don't stress? You know the people there already think bad of you, don't make them see that you can't even be there on time." I rolled my eyes. Ever since I started wearing shorts more often I got labeled the Disney-slut. What was wrong with wearing shorts, honestly? When it's hot I wear them, when I want to be comfortable I wear them.

"I really don't care about them anymore, Mom. They hate me but they need me. If they don't want me then that's fine. Either all or nothing." Mom sighed and shook her head. She shrugged helplessly and walked out of the door. For a few months now, I've been pretty bitchy to everyone around. But this hate was getting to me.

I walked after Mom, straight to the door. She closed her car-door and sighed. She then turned to me and bit her lip.

"I'm sorry… Well, actually, I'm not really sorry. Okay, that sounded wrong. I'm sorry that you think they hate you. But it's partially your fault, you know? You try them; you risk your career with them. And just because they need you, you know they won't kick you out this easily. But… maybe you should not do that. Just try to be… I don't know, easy once." I sighed and buckled up. I looked at Mom.

"Okay, I'm sorry too. I don't mean to be so… mean. I guess I'm just frustrated with the way things turned out." Mom nodded and put a hand on my shoulder, rubbing it slightly before she started up the car and drove off direction Disney studios. We would first record the song and then go on and drive to the location to shoot the video.

I already knew that it would take longer than one day which bugged me even more. We would have to go back the next day as well and I could not have that. I mean, I had to, but I didn't want to. Maybe, if I tried as hard as possible to make everything right, then I won't have to go back there… Hm, I might try that.

We arrived at the studios soon enough. Mom got out of the car just as I did. We walked in there, greeting a few people on the way. I tried to go back to my usual ways; being nice to everyone and smiling at them even if I had a bad day. Mom grabbed my hand to encourage me one last time before we entered the meeting room. I loved her, like really. She was always supporting me and she knew that at least four people out of five hated me - and I didn't count in the execs.

"Ah, Miss Stewart, so nice to see you." I tried hard not to roll my eyes at the fakeness in their voice. I smiled at them and nodded, shaking everyone's hand. Well, everyone's except the actors and singers. I hugged Demi tightly. She patted my back sympathetically. I pulled back and smiled at her.

I then turned to Joe. I knew he'd hug me anyway, no matter what he heard from others. And he did. He actually hugged me extra tight I think. Maybe he wouldn't be too hard to convince that I wasn't bad at all. He pulled back and smiled at me. I smiled back.

"Hey, Miles, long time no see." I nodded and inwardly squealed at his nickname for me. But we were far from good, I knew that. And I still had his brothers and Selena to go. From what I've heard, Selena and Nick had broken up around November last year, but you never know. Demi told me but she might've lied or not exactly told the truth. I knew that she knew that I still had feelings for Nick; I never denied that. She asked me once and I told her.

She had giggled and smiled at me. She told me that she was a little Niley-fan but I shouldn't tell Selena. I agreed but only if she would not tell anybody about me still more than liking Nick. Yup, more than liking. But I would never tell him or anyone else - other than Demi, of course - about my feelings. It wouldn't matter anyway, he didn't care anymore.

I turned to Kevin. He glared at me but hugged me with one arm anyway. Nice acting-skills, I thought and shook my head. I shot him a smile anyway. I wanted to be nice to everyone, so I had to be nice to him. But he just rolled his eyes and turned away from me. I sighed and turned to Selena. Nick would have to be the last person to greet.

Selena actually looked frightened. Please, as if I would hurt her. I could never hurt her. She was too nice. And just because she dated my ex-boyfriend about four weeks after we broke up didn't mean she was a bad person… who am I kidding, it kind of was mean of her to do that, but I didn't care anymore. At least not here and not now.

I stepped forward and hugged her. Demi quietly squealed and I smiled. I pulled back and looked at a very shocked Selena. She was not expecting me to hug her. But then she smiled back and I nodded at her. The room wasn't really quiet, some people were talking and some watched me greet everyone. I was used to the attention though.

I then sighed deeply and turned to the last person. Nick. He just stared at me, kind of shocked himself that I'd hug Selena - well, everyone, not only Demi. I sighed a little and stepped forward. He awkwardly hugged me but his hug was stiff and definitely not really welcoming. He didn't want to hug me.

It actually hurt to know that he didn't want to. But I tried to ignore the pain in my heart and pulled back, slightly smiling at him, covering up my hurt expression. He didn't even look at me as he walked away and over to Kevin. Selena was over there as well. He didn't look at her or take her hand and she didn't look at him. They were not together, now I knew.

I gulped and looked at the group who hated me. My former 'older brother'. He glared at me every few seconds. Then there was my former friend, Selena. She didn't really glare at me but she glanced at me every now and then, sending me… looks that practically told me that she hated me. And then there was Nick. He didn't even bother looking at me. He kept his back turned against me. Nice.

Then there were the two people that liked me - at least once person I knew liked me. Demi; probably my only rock in that room. Joe was… I guess, difficult. He said he wasn't mad at me or he didn't hate me because apparently he didn't believe Nick… that didn't mean that he believed me. But it was nice to know that he was equally angry with me and Nick.

Then there were Disney people. They all hated me equally, you could say. They knew they needed me so they pretended that they liked me. Whatever, it wasn't like I needed them to get success. I could get signed at some other label if it was necessary. But I hated that they pretended - they could be honest too, I wouldn't mind that.

And finally, my Mom. I was glad that I had her. She understood me and she knew what I was going through. That was all I needed - support from the family. I barely had real friends so my Mom was a great relief.

I sighed as I plopped down on a chair what I thought was safe. Demi immediately sat down next to me. She grinned at me as she nudged me.

"Well, I saw that hug." I rolled my eyes and shrugged. She knew but she didn't need to make fun of me.

"Well, then you probably know that he hates me too… he even hated the hug." I muttered under my breath. Demi sighed.

"You don't know that…"I turned to look at her.

"I know that. I know him inside and out. I don't know if he still knows all that stuff about me but just the way he didn't really return the hug I could tell that he did not like hugging me." Demi sighed and looked at the brothers and Selena.

"I don't get them. They told me that you used to be so close. Then Nick breaks up with you and suddenly they hate you? That does not make sense." I sighed and shrug.

"Whatever, it's not like it matters." We glanced at them one more time. Joe turned to us and shot me a really small smile before he turned to Kevin. He shot me a glare - real nice, Kev, really. Demi sighed and put an arm around my shoulders, pulling my head to hers and putting hers on mine.

"I'm sorry…" I fumbled my fingers and watched her get up. She walked over to the group and left me alone. I couldn't blame her - they were better after all. She smiled at Joe and was immediately engulfed in the conversation as if she recently hadn't talked to me. I bit my lip and look at my Mom. She shrugged and walked out of the room. She had to leave - the meeting wasn't for her.

I sighed and looked at my hands. They were caroused and looked like I hadn't stopped playing guitar for a week. I then glanced at Selena's hands. They were delicate and probably soft. For short - perfect.

I gulped and turned away from them. I knew I'd cry if I kept on looking over there. And I really didn't need everyone laughing at my face as well.

The execs clapped their hands, signaling us to gather together. Demi sat down beside me again and shot me another smile but I didn't return it. Even though I knew that Selena was better friends with her it still hurt that she'd left me alone.

Demi was on my right and luckily, Joe was on my left. I didn't need Kevin, Selena or worse, Nick sitting next to me. He nodded at me but he didn't smile. Great, what did I do now? The Disney people cleared their throats - literally, everyone did and the main one, forgot his name, spoke up.

"We are gathered here today…" I instantly rolled my eyes. Seriously, we're not at a wedding or something like that, who uses that phrase?

"Miss Stewart, is there something you would like to share with us?" My head snapped up at them. I must've been mumbling under my breath. Demi was giggling and Joe shook his head amused.

"Uhm… no, go on." Kevin scoffed and I knew why. Did I have a right to tell them to go on after I rudely interrupted his little speech? Oh great, things would out perfectly… not.

"Anyway, we are here today because of a little project Disney decided to do. It's about going green, if you've read the papers you know that, and it's for children to join. Now, this project needs a theme song. All we need is the singers and… we have them now, obviously." He nodded at us. Oh great, this better not be some kind of… Barney-song. I love you, you love me, we are one big family… or however that goes.

"Okay, we have the song so all we need from you is to sing it. There are three parts to sing and we divided them into two. We'll tell you the pairs later. We are going to record the song today and we'll even try to start shooting some scenes for the video. Tomorrow will be the official shoot and we'll finish after. Then there will be some commercial shooting with everyone of Disney Channel - yes, everyone." We nodded. I glanced at Demi. I really hoped that I would get to do the part with her.

I couldn't imagine singing with Kevin because, let's face it, he'd only glare at me and distract me that way. Then I couldn't sing with Selena because… let's just say her singing is more like screeching and she's off-key most of the time. If we sound bad together, it'll most likely be my fault anyway. Then there's Joe - he's awesome, don't get me wrong, but what if he still hated me and we'd have to sing the song together.

And Nick… I don't even have to explain, right? He wouldn't be able to sing just because he couldn't stand being in the same room as me. The proximity of us together in this little recording-room would kill him. So Demi was my only option, right? And Disney knew that too, right? Apparently not.

"Well, now you know all about the plan of today and now… now we'll get to recording. Okay, the pairs are Kevin and Selena…" I let out a relieved sigh and turned to Demi she grinned at me. I grinned back happily because I actually thought I'd get to sing with her. Well, plans change, don't they?

"And then, Demi and Joe. And Miley and Nick." I held my breath. This was not happening, was it? Me with him? Oh great. Hey, maybe if I held my breath longer I'd die and wouldn't have to do it? Oh well… It didn't work.

"What? I can and will not work with her!" I looked at Nick. He looked furious. Oh, squish my heart some more, will you? I bit my lip and secretly put my hand on my heart. It was racing anyway, but now it was hurting too. Demi sighed and shook her head. The execs sighed too.

"You will have to do it." Nick shook his head angrily and glared at me. Wait, why is he angry at me? I haven't even said anything… Oh, he thought I'd say something. What was that at the Inaugural then? Was that just pretending? I looked away from him, fighting back the tears.

"I will not do it with that s…" But Demi jumped up, the chair falling over and hitting the floor. Everyone turned to her as she pointed at Nick.

"Don't you dare finish that sentence! What did she ever do to you? Huh? Cry over you? Oh yeah, that is bad, you're right! She didn't do anything and you go around calling her things like that? No… just, no!" Joe sighed a little and shook his head at his little brother. Was he… disappointed in him? Wow, that was something new. Kevin was shocked himself.

Apparently Nick hadn't called me that yet and he was just about to do it in front of everyone. Okay, harsh. Thanks Nick, I know you care… not. Well, if calling me the name he wanted to in front of everyone wasn't enough, what do you know, he tops it all.

"So you want me to lie? To lie about how true it is? That she actually is one? Oh, right, you do that too. We all know you're only friends with her because you feel sorry for her! I heard you talking to Sel the other day and I heard how you said you felt sorry for her. So don't pretend like you like her because we all know you don't." My eyes were already overflowing with tears. I couldn't believe my Nick had become so harsh and mean to me… To me! He always said no matter what would happen, he would always be there for me.

I wiped some tears away and got out of my chair. They turned to me and I sighed.

"I'll do it… if you want me too. Just… can we… record my part on some other day? I can't- I can't take it, I just… I'm sorry…" I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to run out of the room because it would seem like I want the attention. But I didn't. I genuinely hated being in the spotlight - in small rooms, I mean.

Demi shot me an apologizing look which I shrugged off and I sat down again. They still looked at me every now and then, wondering why I hadn't put on a scene. I would've done that back then. But I wanted to be a better person so I didn't. The execs happily nodded and looked around.

"No chance getting around it, Nick. You're doing it." He slumped down in his chair and glared at me. Could you please let a truck drive over it too so I can throw it out the window and live with no heart? It'd be better than living with this pain in my chest.

I glance over at Demi who still looks kind of hurt and apologetic at me. I knew that she didn't really like me all along. I mean, she's not that kind of person, of course, but she just tried to be friends with me because she knew I didn't have anyone else. How embarrassing, I told her all of my secrets.

Joe sighed so I glanced at him. He didn't look at me but I knew that he felt uncomfortable. The tension in the room was unbearable. It was all Nick's fault once again. What we seemed to forget though, was that Demi secretly told the truth about our break-up. She actually said that I only cried - not that I broke his heart or something like that. But I knew that the boys weren't that smart - I mean, they wouldn't get this hidden message anyway. It was too… hidden.

I sighed and wiped the remaining tears away. I wasn't really happy and I knew I would never be. People hated me for something I never did. Half of my fans turned away from me because I 'broke up with Nick' and the other half didn't like me anymore because I wasn't being a role model. I never signed up for that job though. I never wanted to be a role model. All I wanted to be was a singer and fortunately I got to do that.

"Well then… Let's go. And Miley, you're recording today as well." I got up and walked to the door. I walked out first but stepped away from the door, leaning against the wall. They all walked past me, not even bothering to look to their left. I followed them silently, not even making a sound. If they even knew I was still behind them?

I couldn't believe that they would make me sing with him today. Didn't I ask them to not make me do it? Well, plans definitely change. I walked into the recording studio after them. Demi suddenly grabbed my elbow and pulled me out of the room. Nobody seemed to care.

"I'm sorry… for what Nick said. It's not true. I'm not your friend because I feel sorry for you. I wanted to be your friend because you don't forgive, you forget. You seem like the best friend a girl could have and I wanted that. Don't get me wrong, I love Selena, but she just… she's not really someone you can depend on. She needs someone to depend on but… I know that if I call you at three in the morning, you'll be there. But Selena… she just wouldn't pick up or tell me to go to hell." I sighed a little and nodded. So Demi kept on talking.

"Well, so I thought we could be great friends. We're very much alike so it wouldn't be hard to find something we have in common. And now see where it brought us… I'm not your friend because I feel like I have to be. I'm your friend because I want to be. And what Nick said… ignore him. He's had a rough week. And Selena's here so…" Was that supposed to be an excuse? He's had a rough week and Selena was here?

Kevin, Joe, Selena and Nick were there and I didn't act all bitchy around them. But I didn't say that. Instead I nodded and smiled at Demi. She just apologized, I wasn't going to snap at her.

"It's okay, Dems. I know that you're not my friend because you feel like you need to be. And I love you for that. And you're right, by the way. I don't forgive, I forget. Sometimes I hate that." Demi sighed because she instantly knew what I meant. Nick; simple as that.

"I'm sorry… let's go inside and knock them off their feet." I nodded but inwardly rolled my eyes. How on earth would I do that? Yeah, Demi would but I knew that I wasn't better than Demi. Demi was a vocal miracle. She had the most amazing voice I've ever heard - no kidding.

We walked into the recording room. The producers just told Selena and Kevin to come outside. Oh, yay, I missed them. Next were Joe and Demi. I knew they'd do great. And they did. I smiled at Demi and gave her a thumbs-up as she sang her part beautifully every time. Joe messed up every now and then but overall they were awesome. And then the most dreaded part came. We had to sing.

What was Disney thinking anyway? Practically pushing us apart in 2007 and then suddenly deciding to put us together for something like this? I sighed as I got up and walked to the booth. As Joe walked out of it he smiled slightly - though I wasn't sure if he smiled at me or Nick - but I smiled back nonetheless. On my way to the booth, I also had to walk past Kevin who knocked his shoulder into mine on 'accident'.

I sighed as I put on a brave face and the headphones. I had to act like I didn't care that everyone hated me. I skimmed through the lyrics. God help me. We had lyrics about love? Really funny, Disney, now hand over the real lyrics. But that were the real lyrics.

Nick and I listened to the rhythm and the demo. It sounded really nice - a great concept. But the partner wasn't so great. I sighed as they stopped our part.

"Okay, we need you to try and put as much emotion into it as you can, alright?" I nodded. Well, that was easy. I was emotional on that day anyway. I quickly glanced at Nick and noticed he shrugged to answer the question. I only then noticed how close he was. That got my heart beating a mile a minute. I hated how he had that affect on me.

The music started playing. A soft tune and I knew I had to tune my voice down to fit in with the song. But that wasn't that hard anyway. I was scared to sing in front of him. I was scared that if I sang too loud I'd mess up and he'd laugh at me. And then, it was my part.

"A word's just a word, till you mean what you say…" I held back a sigh as I held my breath. I knew that my part sounded emotional and I thought Nick's would too. I have never heard him sing a song and not be emotional with it. There's a first to everything.

"And love isn't love, till you give it away…" These lyrics were so ironic. As if they knew that we would sing it. Well, they did but whatever. Point is that Nick sang that line so bored that it actually hurt me. It was as if he was saying that what we had wasn't love - it was pretend. Well, he pretended while I loved, I guess. I bit my lip and looked at the producer. He was mad.

"You have to sing this with emotion! Why is that so hard? Miley could do it!" Was that supposed to be a compliment or an insult? I saw Kevin scoff and roll his eyes. I sighed and looked away. Demi smiled at me encouragingly. I shot her a tight and small smile. Nick huffed next to me.

"What emotion? She's a little robot." I swallowed the lump in my throat and turned to him slowly.

"If I was such a robot, then how come I make mistakes while you are the perfect little angel of this facility? People hate me! They don't hate robots! I have at least half of the world turned against me - including my former best friends, thanks to you - and you get to call me bad names? I have feelings! We all have feelings and you hurt mine. I can't do this right now…" I stormed out of the booth and the room angrily.

I know I said I was going to be nice but I couldn't take him constantly insulting me. And the angry looks Kevin and Selena were shooting me weren't easy to take either. So I had to leave this room. I heard the door close a second time. I rolled my eyes assuming it was Demi but to my surprise it wasn't her.

"Hey…" I was by then, sitting next to the door against the wall, angrily wiping my eyes every now and then. And as I looked up I gasped and looked away. Standing over me were Joe and Kevin. Why was Kevin out here? Didn't he hate me too? Someone nudged me so I turned back to them.

"What?" Kevin sighed and walked around me, sitting down on the one side while Joe sat down on the other side. Joe put and arm around my shoulders. I didn't shrug it off but I didn't really appreciate it either. They hated me, right?

"I'm sorry, Miles… I mean, we're sorry. We didn't mean to abandon you like this. But… I guess we never listened to your side of the story either…" I sighed and turned to Joe. He looked so sorry. Kevin next to me was quiet but I knew he wasn't glaring at me anymore. He was sorry too; I just knew it.

"Yeah, you didn't listen. You have no idea how heartbroken I was when you told me to leave you alone. And I mean, I guess it would've been completely fine if you left me alone too. But the words, the shirts, the stuff you did to make me feel not worth it…" I sighed shrugged helplessly. Now they knew, they would make fun of me soon.

But they didn't. In fact, Joe let go off me only to let Kevin put his arm around me. I haven't had him hug me for about a year and a half now. It actually felt right to have him hug me again. It felt like he was my big brother again.

"We didn't mean to… Nick just told us all this stuff and you never denied any of it so we just thought that it was true what he said… Can you tell us who… broke up with who? You don't have to but it'd be nice to know." Wow, was this happening? Was this actually happening? Were they… apologizing to me?

But did that even matter? I wasn't sure if I could tell them that it was their brother who broke up with me. I was scared that they'd turn their backs on him and act towards him like they did towards me. But then again, blood is thicker than water, right?

"Uhm… he-he broke up with… me." My voice was so low I wasn't even sure if they heard it. But I could feel Kevin squeeze me tighter so I guess they did. Joe sighed.

"We should've known. Nick didn't like admitting that you broke up in the first place. I think he would hate it if he had to say that he did it. Gosh, we're stupid, Kev." Kevin nodded.

"Yeah, we are… but we're also sorry, so so sorry. It was stupid of us to never consider your feelings. Uhm… would you, maybe possible under the weirdest circumstances forgive us?" I chuckled and turned to Kevin. He looked at me hopefully. That was what I wanted all along. They finally wanted to be friends with me again! I smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, I do. I wanted to make up with you two anyway." They both let out a breath and hugged me tightly. Being squished from one side was bad enough but from two sides… let's just say it was hard to take a breath.

"Guys, let her breath." We pulled apart to see Demi standing there, smiling down at us. Suddenly, a very shy looking Selena stepped out from behind her and grinned at me coyly.

"Uhm, would you mind and forgive me too? I feel really bad about what happened - dating Nick after such a short period of time since you broke up was harsh and I didn't think about how you'd feel. I think he was angry at the time - for whatever reason - and he tried to sweet talk me into it… it worked. But now I'm smarter than that and I'd really like it if we two could be friends again." I swallowed a little and nodded.

Whatever, I wanted to make-up with her too. And this day and the next wouldn't be so bad then. And I would have them to support me through those two days. I smiled slightly as Demi and Selena sat down next to me. How did that happen? Were we really friends now? Well, you certainly won't hear me complain, if you know what I mean. I got my almost-brothers back, I got my old friend back and I got Demi - one of my best friends.

"What's going on here?" We looked up at Nick. He stood there angrily. I sighed and looked away from him. It was hurtful enough that he didn't want me there, I didn't need to see him as well.

"What's going on is that Miley finally told us the truth! Now, we're not really… mad at you for lying completely, we understand that it wasn't easy for you as well, but why… why were you lying?" Kevin was really considerate. He didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Great, just great.

"Because… why can't I lie? I was heartbroken as it was. I didn't want to break up with her and I didn't want you consoling her while I was home alone, eating myself up. I needed someone to back me up. And she was nice enough to not say anything but then you two betrayed me… I can't believe it…" Nick walked away. The way he spat out my name was harsh, honestly. It hurt; a lot.

"Uhm, I think he's in denial. Really, I think he is. How can he complain that we 'side' with you when all he did was hurt you? I mean, we're not going to abandon him because of it… right, guys?" Demi looked around to see everyone nodded.

"See… you can sing your part of the song and he will do it alone, if you want. But I really, really need you to fix this." I nodded and shrugged.

"I'm willing to fix this! Heck, I want my best friend back. I wanted to fix this when I came here. I still do, but not when he's being like this." Demi sighed and Selena hugged me. It was still weird; having people who care for you. But once again, you won't hear me complaining. It was also nice to have someone there.

"It'll get better. I bet you two are going to be friends again tomorrow." I sighed and put my head on Selena's. She was comforting me and she apologized, so why would I shut her out? Exactly, she was now my friend because I was the new me; the better me - the old me. And maybe, just maybe that would get me my old Nick back. The one that told me he loved me just because he wanted to. The one who told me that whatever would happen between us, he'd be there for me and look out for me. That's the one I was willing to get back, no matter what it took.

Just hopefully it'll work and I won't get hurt…

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