Chapter 11

Everybody Makes Mistakes

Miley had gone the rest of the year without seeing Nick. He promised that he would come back and visit her, but that never happened. She and Jake hung out a lot through those ten months but only as friends.

Miley's phone rang as she was watching I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry. She picked it up. It was Jake.

"Miley, meet me in your backyard. I need to tell you something important."

"Ok Jake. I'll be there in a minute." And she hung up.

She walked into her backyard with Jake standing there, in a tuxedo with a bouquet of roses.

"Jake, what's this all about?" Miley asked.

"Miley, I'm in love with you still." He replied. He went closer to her and pulled her in. Miley didn't say a word, or do anything else for that matter.

Meanwhile

Nick finally went to Malibu. He hadn't seen Miley in ten months and he felt really bad. He thought that if he called her, it would cause both him and her too much pain, so he didn't. He never thought he would really regret it though. Plus, he was performing all those months so it helped him get Miley off of his mind. It didn't always help though. He drove his black corvette to her house. He was a little nervous on what Miley would say or do. He rang the doorbell, but nobody answered. So he went into the backyard.

Jake pulled Miley in for a kiss and since she hadn't kissed or even touched another guy she was lonely. She just stood there as Jake planted his lips on Miley's.

Miley opened her eyes and saw Nick standing right there watching the whole thing.

"Nick…it is not what it looks like at all." She said.

"I can't believe you would do this to me." He said sadly.

"Nick, I didn't kiss him, he kissed me." She protested.

"Yeah, and you just stood there and let him!" He said angrily and ran off.

"Nick wait!" Miley screamed and took off after him.

Nick kept running and running.

"NICK WAIT! NICK! NICK! NICK JUST WAIT!" Miley kept screaming.

After about a good ten minutes she was out of breath and Nick was now where in sight. That was the last time Miley would see or talk to Nick again as well with Nick.

After a good hour passed, Nick went back to get his car, but no one noticed he was there as he drove off to his house. When he finally got home, he ran into his room and shut the door. Joe and Kevin walked in.

"You ok little bro?" Joe asked. Nick just shook his head.

"Nick tell us what happened. We won't laugh at you." Kevin said.

So Nick explained to them how he never called her, how he never went to visit her, and how he saw Jake kiss her. The brothers wanted to tell Nick he was overreacting and Miley would never do that but they thought he should figure that out on his own.

"Buddy, there's tons of other girls around. I'm sure we can find you someone." Kevin said.

"Yeah. Nicole's little sis is available. You could date her. Of course she lives in Chicago but still!" Joe told him. (Nicole is Joe's girlfriend)

"Guys, I just need some time alone to think about all of this." Nick told his brothers. They left his room for him to think.

But what Nick should've done, was go talk to Miley. But he didn't. He never did.

A Year Later

Miley and Jake became a couple. Miley always could depend on him being there. She hardly ever thought about Nick anymore. Jake was all she ever thought about. They went on tons of dates, were always kissing, and having fun. That's how it always was.

Nick had moped around for a good while, that is until his brothers hooked him up with a girl named Alexis. She was somewhat pretty, and kind of skinny. Nick had been dating her for a couples months now. He hadn't spoken to Miley in about a year. He still cared about her and even loved her but he was with Alexis now, so all of his attention went to her. Even though he didn't really like her, he tried his best to pretend he did so his brothers couldn't bother him about moving on. The one thing Nick really didn't like was that Alexis was a fast girl. And I don't mean running fast. I mean fast as in the first day she met Nick, she tried to make-out with him, but he refused since he just met her. Then a month into their relationship she wanted to go all the way with him, even though she knew about his purity ring. Once again, Nick refused and told how important that ring was to him.

Nick knew that dating Alexis was a big mistake, but what was he to do? He couldn't say he wanted to break up with her because she was too fast, cause Alexis wouldn't understand that. Nick just acted like he was somewhat happy and gave her a kiss when she kissed him.

There were times Miley had called him, but he never picked them up. There were even times he called her, but he hung up right away.

Miley was happy that she was with Jake and Jake was beyond happy. His plan to get Nick out of here worked and Miley was all his.

Nick was miserable. He would usually fell asleep thinking about Miley. He even dreamed of her. That was the only time he ever saw her.

Nick didn't need to be told. He had truly made the biggest mistake of his life.