After they finished their food, Joe threw two twenty dollar bills and a ten down on the table and stood up. He stuck his hands in his pockets and smiled. "Ready to go?" he asked. The other three nodded and stood up as well.
"Thanks," Nick called to the waitress. She kept glaring at them from behind the counter, where she was making a pot of coffee. "Damn, she hates teenagers," he murmured to Miley, who giggled and kept walking out of the diner.
"Where are we headed now?" Joe asked as they approached Nick's car.
Nick unlocked the car and got in. "I'd suggest the mall but I don't want to be dragged around shopping for hours. How about our place? Hang down in the basement for a while. Play some video games, watch some movies, eat some food."
Miley got into the passenger's seat and giggled. "Nick, we just ate. How can you want to eat more food?" she asked. She pulled on her seatbelt and waited for Nick to start up the car and leave.
Joe and Demi got into the backseat. They were holding hands across the middle seat.
"I don't object to more food," Joe said.
Demi hit Joe on the arm. "Joe, you just ate more food than the three of us together. How can you still be hungry?" she exclaimed.
Nick started up the car and began to exit the parking lot. He pulled out onto the main road and drove in the direction of his house. "As I was about to say before Joe interrupted, movies just aren't the same without snacks."
"So true," Joe said. Miley and Demi both glared at him. He made a face at them. "Just saying."
Demi smirked. "I have an idea about what to do when we get there," she said. She glanced at Nick and Miley. It was obvious that her idea was aimed at the two of them.
Nick sighed. "Oh, what a joy. Demi has an idea. Can't wait to hear this bright idea," he commented sarcastically. He kept his eyes on the road, waiting for Demi to speak again and tell them her idea.
"Strip poker," Demi said, the smirk never leaving her lips.
"We are not playing strip poker, Dem," Miley replied, a smile playing on her lips.
"You guys are boring. Strip poker is so much fun. Always ends in sex." She glanced from Nick to Miley, smirking. "Or at least some sort of physical contact."
"Moving on," Nick said quickly. "Selena's been texting me ever since you hung up on her, Dem."
"Tell her to back off," Demi said angrily.
"Chill the beans, babe," Joe said, looking up from his phone to look at his new girlfriend. "Don't get worked up over Selena."
"I think I need to meet with Selena. Talk some things through. Maybe I was too harsh on her," Nick said.
"Oh, God. One step forward, three steps back. I don't give a crap. Nick, she's trouble. She's a lying little -"
Joe placed his hand over Demi's mouth to shut her up. "Stop talking, babe," he said.
Miley rolled her eyes at Nick. "You aren't seriously considering meeting with her, are you?" she asked.
Nick shrugged. "Not like I have any other girls lining up to date me."
His comment obviously upset Miley. She bit her lip hard and closed her eyes so as to stop herself from saying something she knew she would regret. "Stop the car," she demanded.
"Miles, I can't. I'm on a main road here," he replied, worried about her.
Tears were welled up in her eyes. "I don't care. Stop the damn car!" she yelled.
"Okay, okay, just calm down," Nick said. He pulled into a supermarket parking lot.
Miley got out and slammed the car door. When she started walking away, Nick got out.
"Mi, come back. Where are you going?" he called after her.
"Away from you," she yelled over her shoulder. She kept walking in the opposite direction and down towards the pavement along the street. It was only when she turned the corner that Nick realised that she wasn't going to turn around, laughing. She was serious.
Nick quickly got back in the car and started driving after her. He could hear Demi and Joe talking to him from the back seat, but he wasn't paying attention. He was focusing on Miley. He drove out of the parking lot and down the street she had gone down.
After a few moments, he noticed her, jogging down the street. It had already started to rain and she had her cardigan over her head to stop her hair from getting wet. Nick sped up slightly to catch up with her, then slowed down whenever he reached her. He put down his window and smirked at her.
"Get in the car, Miley," he said gently.
Miley glanced at him, but kept jogging. "No. I'm going home, Nick," she replied.
"Look, I'm sorry I upset you. I didn't intend to do that. But can you please just come in from the rain? You'll get sick," he said.
Miley continued jogging, not bothering to reply to him. Nick sighed and glanced at Joe in his mirror.
"Joe, you know what to do," he said. He stopped the car and leaned his elbow on his door.
Joe got out of the car and grabbed Miley by the waist. Demi climbed into the front, beside Nick, and pulled on her seatbelt. Joe threw Miley into the backseat and got back in himself before signalling for Nick to drive on.
"Oh my God. This is kidnapping," Miley said, her arms folded across her chest in anger. She glared at the other three before leaning back in her seat, pouting.
Joe smirked and patted Miley's shoulder. "What you going to do? Call the cops?" He chuckled. "How you going to do that without a phone?" His smirk turned into a grin as he pulled her phone out from his pocket.
Miley gasped. "HOW DID YOU GET MY PHONE?" she yelled. She reached for it, but Joe just moved it further away from her each time. She glared at him. "Give me my phone," she said. Her voice was nearly a growl – she was very protective over her phone, and it didn't help that she was already pissed off.
Joe smirked and tossed Miley her phone. "Stole it out of your pocket in the diner. Geez, calm down." He chuckled again and looked out the front window. "Oh, look, we're nearly home." He grinned at Miley. "More time to spend with Miley," he said in a happy voice, just to piss her off.
Miley glared at him and got ready to get out. When Nick pulled up outside his house, Miley immediately opened the door and started to storm off in the direction of her own house, which was miles away, even though it was pouring rain.
"Go inside," Nick muttered. He got out of the car and jogged after Miley. He stood in front of her and placed a hand on each shoulder to stop her.
"Move, Nick," she demanded.
"No," he replied simply. He shook his head to get the water out of his hair, but it made no difference. It was pouring. It got just as wet as it was before within moments. "Not until you tell me why you were so upset by what I said in the car about no other girls lining up for me."
Miley's eyes filled with tears. She took a deep breath and bit her lip. She glanced to the left so as to avoid his gaze. Nick tilted her chin so she was forced to look at him.
"Tell me. We're best friends. Nothing you say will change that," he said softly.
Miley closed her eyes. She was running out of self-control. She had the urge to kiss him, but she knew she couldn't. She knew that ruin everything. Even though she had nearly told him already, she knew now that things would never be the same if she told him.
She heard Nick's front door close and turned to look. Demi and Joe had gone inside, just like Nick had told them to. But Miley had a feeling that they were probably watching through the living room window or something.
She turned back to Nick. She watched his facial expression for a moment. He was worried about her, that was evident. And he wanted to know the truth. Miley hated lying. She wasn't necessarily lying, but she wasn't exactly telling the truth either.
A tear fell onto her cheek, though it was hard to tell from the rain. "Nothing I say will change that?" she asked shakily. He nodded in reply. She shook her head back at him. "What I want to say will change everything, Nick. If I say what I want to say, then nothing will ever be the same again. We won't be best friends anymore. Hell, we probably won't even be friends any more," she said.
Nick chuckled to himself, but when he looked at her, he saw that she was serious about everything that she had just said. "Miles, come on. Nothing will ever change our friendship, you know that."
Miley shook her head. "I ..." She thought about it for a moment. On one hand, she could tell him and maybe, just maybe, he felt the same way. On the other hand, she could tell him but he may not feel the same way, and it would ruin their friendship forever. She sighed and slipped out of his grasp. "I have to go." She ran away as fast as she could in the other direction.
Nick watched her go. He yelled after her, but she didn't turn back. She just kept on running. When she turned the corner and it was obvious that she wasn't going to turn back and come to talk to him, Nick turned and walked across the grass and into the house.
He took off his dirty shoes and sat them in the hallway. He walked into the living room and saw Joe and Demi sitting not so casually on the couch. They were both watching him with guilty expressions on their faces. It was obvious that they had been watching from the window.
"What happened?" Demi asked.
Nick shrugged and stayed standing in the doorway. He had decided not to sit on the furniture because of his wet clothing. "I'm pretty sure you know what happened," he said softly.
Joe and Demi glanced at each other before turning back to look at Nick. Joe stood up and walked towards Nick, but Nick shook his head and backed away.
"I'm going upstairs to get changed. I, uh, I'll meet you in the basement, okay?" he said. He didn't wait for a reply. Instead, he turned and went upstairs as quickly as he could. When he reached his room, he slammed the door closed and slid down the door. And for the first time in years, Nicholas cried for Miley Ray.
Hours later, the three of them were sitting in the basement in silence. Joe had his arm around Demi on the couch and Nick was sitting on his own in the armchair. Joe and Demi were watching the movie while Nick simply stared at the wall, wondering why Miley was acting so strangely after he had said what he did.
After a few moments, Demi's phone went off. 'Today Was A Fairytale' by Taylor Swift blared out of her iPhone. She quickly took it out of her pocket and looked around, nervous.
"It's Miley's mom," she said.
"Why would she be calling you?" Nick asked, worried.
Demi shrugged. "I better answer it, huh?" Joe and Nick nodded in response and Demi pressed the 'answer' button. "Uh, hey, Mrs. Stewart. What's up?" she said.
After a few replies of 'uh huh' and 'yeah', Demi's face turned white. Her eyes widened in horror and the phone nearly fell out of her hand. "W-What?" It was the only word she could get out.
The room was so silent that a pin dropping could be heard. After some more talking on Miley's mother's end, Demi took a deep breath.
"Okay, thanks. We'll be there as soon as we can," she said. Demi then hung up and looked at Joe and Nick with her eyes full of tears. The tears started to fall onto her cheeks as she sobbed. "I-It's M-Miley. There's been an a-accident," she said.
Nick's heart started beating faster and faster. "Is she okay?" he croaked.
Demi shook her head. "Miley hit her head pretty badly She's been put into a medical coma," she sobbed. And with those words, Demi's crying turned into hysterics as she sobbed and roared into Joe's shoulder.
Hello (: Sorry it's so short. But I wanted to get this out. I'm sorry it took so long. I just couldn't sit down and write it. It was ending on sort of a boring note. So I decided to liven it up a bit and add in a bit of drama. I'll start working on Chapter 6 tomorrow. Hopefully it'll be the same length as like Chapters 3 and 4. Thanks for the followers on Twitter and Tumblr, and thanks for the questions on Formspring. Keep them coming. Twitter is jumpthenfallx, Tumblr is itsonlylifexx and Formspring is xjumpthenfallx. So check me out there. Also, I wanted to check something with you guys. Do you want a happy ending, sad ending, or a cliffhanger at the end? I'm starting to form the rest of the story in my head and I've got three possible endings planned. So, which do you want? The most popular one won't necessarily be what happens, but it'll have an impact on my decision. So let me know in your reviews.
The reviews have been great lately (: I'm loving all the answers to your questions. This time, I'll only ask like two questions about the story. 1) What do you think of Miley making Nick stop the car? 2) What do you think will happen to Miley? AND this time, I'll ask a personal question too. Hm ... If you follow me on Twitter, what do you think of my tweets? Also, what is your favourite song atm?
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