Chapter 18

After Joe found a nurse he told her what happened, then she rushed to get the doctor, and they left her to her room and fixed her injuer once again, then they came out from th room and faced Joe and Demi who were waiting outside her room, and told them that she'll be okay when she wake up, and to tell him when she do.

They called the rest of them to tell them what happened but they told them that she'll be okay though, all of them were still tired from the last circumstances, so they convinced them that there's no need for them to come.

Demi went to Miley's room and sat next to her, Joe went to bring them some food, so she was there by herself. She looked at her sleeping best friend and sighed, she saw the pain on her face, but it wasn't the physical pain, it was emotional one, Demi thought that she must really like him, if not love him, and that she's not over him yet, maybe the few hours they spend together changed things, she never saw Miley in that case, yes she was really really upset when her mother died, and then when her dad and Denise died, but she didn't see them in the case that Nick is in now, yes her mother was in the hospital when she died but Miley was still young, she understood the situation and all, but she didn't have that amount of emotins back then.

Joe arrived at Miley's room and saw Demi sitting on the bed next to her "Hey I brought the food." He said snapping her out of her thoughts.

"Oh, good, I'm starving." She smiled, and took the food from him, then they started eating.

"You know, I think Miley really care about Nick." Joe said looking at the sleeping girl.

"Umm yeah." She hesitated but he didn't notice.

"Want to know a secert?"

"What secert?"

"Nick care about her a lot too." He said after he realized that telling her that Nick likes her best friend could make Nick made at him.

"Of course, he's her step brother. Or do you meen…?" she said as she began to understand it, when he didn't answer she knew that she's right "Oh my gosh, he likes her, doesn't he? She'll be happy when she know that." She said to herself more than to him.

"Wait do you mean that she likes him too?" Joe asked her and she nodded "Then why did she date Jake?"

"And why did he date Selena?"

"He didn't, it was a stupid game to make her realize that she likes him, when she feels jealous." He explained.

"Do you mean that they never dated?" he nodded "And do you know what that leaded to? She dated Jake to get over him."

"Wow, that's complicated. I told him that she likes him, but he never listened to me, he was doubting it."

They stayed silence thinking about that for a while when Joe broke it "Don't tell her, he must do it by himself." She nodded in agreement. "So what's about go check on him?"

"Yeah, let's go." She said as both of them stood up and left the room.

Miley felt like she isn't on the floor, nor in the water, she felt like she was between the clouds, they were really comfortable, but she wasn't feeling comfortable at all, she has something to worry about, she looked around her, but saw nothing but the darkness, soon the darkness began to broke by a light coming from a distance, she watched it and she realized that there were someone holding the source of light, which wasn't a tourch, it was like a star or a light ball.

When that person was nearer to her she looked at his face and immediatley recognized him, she smiled widely and tried to get up and run towards him, but she couldn't she tried again, but once agin failed, it was like she's tied to where she was sitting, but when she looked at her hands and body, she found no ropes. She tried again, but no luck.

She felt him get closer to her, when she looked up, there he was standing in front of her smiling. He offered her his hand, she looked at it and then took it, surprisingly she stood up this time.

Once she was on her feet, she out her hands around him hugging him tightly like there's no tomorrow. "I'm sorry." She whispered at him.

"For what?" he asked her calmly.

"For what happened to you, it's all my fault, it should be me who is in bed now not you." She said crying, as she felt him rubbing her back.

"Miley, I'm not here to talk about me." He said as she pulled away from him and looked at his brown eyes throw her eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"I'm here to talk about you, you must be okay, you must take care of yourself, you must be okay."

"How can I be okay when you're not?"

"I'm okay, and besides I need you next to me, not in that stupid bed."

"I'm with you now."

"No, I mean in reality, I need you with me, I can't make it without you Miles." She didn't respond "Please promise me that you'll take care of yourself." Still no response "Please promise me Mi."

"I… I promise." And as soon as she said that she felt his grip losen from her waist, she looked at him and saw that he started walking away smiling at her, she started calling his name over and over, but he just kept smiling and the last thing he said before disappearing was "Remember. You promised me."

"Nick, please don't leave." She whispered crying, she collapsed on the floor and shut her eyes.

"Please don't go." She said as she opened her eyes only to find herself in her hospital room once again, but no one was there, she felt the sweat covering her face, then she smiled when she remebered her dream, she saw him and he talked to her. She thought about how happy was she in the dream, how right it felt to be in his arms, how comforting his smile was, and how that was untrue.

She knew that didn't happen, but for her it was very important. It's her only hope in life now, that this dream will come true and she'll be able to talk to him again, she'll be able to hear him saying her name again. In her dream he told her that he needs her next to him, so she will go to his room. But she also promised him that she'll take care of herself, so she musn't react like she did the last time. She must be calm.

She stood up and felt a light pain in her abdomen where the cut was, she mdified her body position so that hse wasn't hurting anymore, then she started walking slowly towards the door, then to Nick's room.

She saw Demi and Joe sitting there talking from the room's window, but they ddin't see her, so she just went and opened the door making them look at her surprised "Miley, what are you doing? Are you crazy?" Demi yelled at her and went by her side holding her hand.

"Relax, I'm okay now, I won't do like I did the last time." She said as she let go of her hand and went to Nick's bed sitting next to him. She took his hand in hers and stared at him.

Demi and Joe were staring at her not knowing what to do, they were afraid about her, what if she hurt herself again, they know that Miley can't control her feelings for long time.

"Miley I think you should go back to your room, your cut isn't okay yet." Joe said walking up to her.

She looked at him calmly and smiled "I'm okay Joe, as long as I'm here I'm okay." She said as she turned to her staring staet at Nick.

Joe looked at Demi confused, Miley normally won't act like that, she'll become more defensively, and start yelling that it's not his business.

"Are you okay Miley?" Demi asked her "I mean the last time you were not like that at all, you were crying hardly, and now you're calmer that I ever saw you."

Miley looked at her and smiled "And did that help me or him? No. so no point."

Now Joe and Demi were more confused, when Miley became so deep and wise? Did she hit her head when she colapsed? No they were there, so what happened? Miley was never like that, Was that the affect of Nick on her? Maybe.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked them when she noticed their confused faces.

"Nothing, nothing. I'll just go get the doctor he told us to let him know when you wake up." Joe said and left the room.

After two minutes he came back with the doctor who was a little angry from her "Why did you leave your bed? Didn't you feel any pain in your cut?" he asked her once he entered the room.

She looked at him calmly and shook her head "No, I'm okay. If I did feel any pain, I would've stayed in bed, I promised him." She said.

"Promised who by what?" Joe asked confused.

"Nick." She replied simply.

"What are you talking about?" the doctor asked her, apperantly he thought that she hit her head hard or something.

"Nothing, just to make you calm down, I'll never break my promise to him." She replied.

"Okay." He said unsure what to think about her "Are you sure that your cut isn't hyrting you?" she nodded. "Please don't lie, it's for your own good."

"I'm not lying. I told you that I won't break my promise to him."

"Yes, but I don't know what exactly did you promise him."

She sighed impatiently "That I will take care of myself."

"Okay, if anything happened to her just let me know immediatley. As long as it's not hurting her, there's no harm, it wasn't that bad anyway." He told Joe and Demi then left the room.

Miley turned her attention back to Nick, watching him sleeping, she was still holding his hand, seeing him like that brought the tears in her eyes, she cried silently but she didn't hurt herself, just like she promised him. She brought her other hand and started playing with his curls, she didn't move her gaze away from him at all. The presence of Joe and Demi didn't stop her, she didn't care if the whole world saw her, she just cared about him and her being next to him.

"Miley, do you need anything to eat?" Demi asked her.

Finally Miley looked at her and thought about it for a second before shooking her head "I'm not hungrey."

"You didn't eat since you wake up the first time." Joe said.

"Not now."

"Wow, Miley I know you like him, but don't make him prevent you from eating, that maybe hurt you." Joe said.

When he said that this msybe hurt her, she changed her mind "Okay, but not so much." She said as Joe smiled and went to bring her some food.

When he returned back, he handed her the food and she started eating "Why didn't Jake try to call you?" Joe asked her.

"Didn't I tell you that I broke up with him? Oh wait, that was at the day we ran away." She replied.

"You broke up with him? Why?" Demi asked.

"Umm, because I realized that I don't really like him." She said as she put the empty plate she just finished on the nightstand next to Nick's bed.

"How did he take it?"

"He understood me."

"Did you tell Nick?" Joe asked and she nodded "How did he react?" Miley smiled when she remembered what happened just before Jackson came and told the that they need to run away. "Well?" he asked again.

"Nothing he just told me the whole plan with Selena, and you can say we're together."

"Oh my gosh Miley, are you serious? I'm happy for you." Demi said and went to hug her.

After talking for a while about what happened for them and the few hours they spend away from them, Demi and Joe fell a sleep and Miley looked at Nick planting a kiss on his forhead before sleeping holding his hand.

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