Chapter 24

The next few days Miley has been so careful while treating her aunt. She didn't know if she the reason that she came back to them is that she missed them, but she doubted that highly. Though, Jackson just said that she was being stupid, and that after all blood is thicker than water, and that she's their aunt. She stopped talking about her doubts against her aunt, but only in front of her brother. When she was with any of the others, she talked freely.

Nick was the closet one to believe her, because he heard her call, and he didn't feel like it was an innocent one. It was about the way she was talking. How she was whispering, and that she didn't seem to be comfortable, and somehow annoyed!

The others just said that they don't know, but their behavior with Mary changed a bit. They were a little bit more careful from what they say to her, but when the conversation gets deeper, they return back to their regular behavior and forget it all! And Miley didn't like that.

"Hey, it's an exhausting day, isn't it?" Demi said as they all sat in the cafeteria during lunch time.

"Since when it wasn't?" Selena said.

"Good point." Demi said. "Hey, Miles. Where's Nick?" he was the only one missing!

"I don't know, he's probably at his locker or something." She shrugged.

"What? You don't know? He's your boyfriend." Emily said dramatically as it was the biggest mistake of her life. Miley rolled her eyes playfully.

"Yeah, my bad." She said as they continued eating, and finally Nick showed up. He looked nervous about something! He reached them and sat in silence between Miley and Joe.

"Hey, where were you?" Joe asked him.

"Um, just at my locker, I was looking for a book." He answered slowly, and Joe just shrugged.

"Hey, is everything ok?" Miley whispered sensing his nervousness.

"Oh, yeah. Why won't they be?" he smiled then began to eat his own lunch. Miley felt that something was wrong, but she just let it go now.

Miley was setting at her room doing her Algebra homework and listening to some music while doing it. When she finished she laid on her bed, she was about to think about her aunt's behaviors but she decided that she won't dedicate all her thinking for her, so she called her friends to see if they want to come over since she didn't feel like going out that night. And they told her that they'll make it after they finish their homework, which will take about fifteen minutes. So, she decided to spend them with Joe and Nick.

She walked towards their room, which was opposite hers, and she was about to knock, when she heard them talking.

"… She's really freaking me out." She heard Nick say, then she realized that she mustn't be listening, but she didn't knock either, she just entered, smiling.

"Hey, what's up?" she said casually as she entered and sat on the desk chair. "So, who's freaking you out?" she asked trying to start a conversation.

"Um, no one, just, just your aunt, you know?" he answered.

"Oh, what did she do this time?" she asked.

"Nothing new, just her regular freaky conversations." He chuckled a little, as Miley smiled.

"Well, what are you up to?" she asked them changing the topic.

"Nothing, we were just talking." Joe answered.

"Oh, well, the girls are coming in about ten minutes or something." She said smirking at Joe.

"Sh-should I care?" he shrugged trying to hide his excitement that he'll see his girlfriend.

"I don't know." She said smiling and he rolled his eyes, she looked at Nick and he seemed to be in a deep thinking state. A lot of expressions on his face, like confuse, anger, and maybe some guilt!

"Hey, Nick what's wrong?" she asked as she stood up and sat next to him on his bed.

"Huh? Nothing, just thinking." He smiled a weak smile at her.

"About what?" she asked softly.

"Nothing, don't worry." He smiled and wrapped an arm around her shoulder, she didn't know if he was ok, but id he wasn't, he didn't seem to want to talk about it now, she knew that if there was something bothering him, he'd tell her, so she just smiled at him.

"Well, if you say so." She smiled and he kissed her cheek.

"Ok, you two get a room." Joe said, as Miley looked at him like he's crazy.

"Is it a line that you are practicing on or something? He just kissed my cheek." She said.

"But, I know, that it'll need to more than just the cheek." Joe said, and they smirked at him. "What?" he asked.

"So, that's what you and Demi do, huh?" Nick said still smirking and Joe rolled his eyes.

"Can't you leave me alone?" he complained and they shook their heads. Then the doorbell rang, and Joe's face lit up a little, "I'll go get it, and leave you to do whatever you wanted to do." He rambled going out of the door.

"So, how was your day?" Nick asked her as she shrugged.

"Nothing important, and it was boring, the only good thing, that you were with me." She smiled making him smile as well and he lent in to kiss her.

"Did I mention before that I adore the taste of your lips under mine?" he said as she pretended to be thinking.

"Hmm, maybe once or twice." She smiled.

"So, won't you make me taste it again?" he asked and lent in to pull her in another passionate kiss.

"See? I told you." Joe said entering the room.

"Ok, I believe you." Emily said as Selena and Demi chuckled at their childish.

"When will you stop interrupting us?" Nick said to Joe.

"Maybe never." He answered smiling evilly.

"You do realize that you have a girlfriend too, right?" Nick smirked and Joe frowned at him.

"Ok, I'll try, but it's just funny." He said as they rolled their eyes at him.

"Well, let's go watch some movies, we won't stay arguing all the night." Selena said and they nodded and went downstairs, Mary wasn't there, she was probably taking her nap in her room.

"Let's watch, a walk to remember." Emily exclaimed clapping her hand excitedly, earning a 'Nooo' from Joe and Nick!

The next day, Miley was setting with Selena at the French class which they had together, without the others. They were bored, the teacher was explaining the lesson for the third time, it wasn't even that hard.

Finally the bell rang, and soon they stood up and were out of class, it was lunch time.

"Hey, let's go to the cafeteria, I'm starving." Emily said as she met them in front of their class.

"You two go, I'll go put my books in my locker and go see Nick, and then I'll come." She said as they nodded.

"Ok, we'll bring you some food with us." Selena said while Emily grabbed her and Miley chuckled and turned to walk to her locker.

She put her books in her locker and turned to go to Nick's one to meet him, when she turned she saw Joe and Demi walking towards her.

"Hey, Miley, are you going to the cafeteria?" Demi asked her and she shook her head.

"No, I'm going to go find Nick first, I wanna show him something." She smiled and Demi nodded knowing what she wanted to show him.

"What is it?" Joe asked.

"None of your business." Demi said and grabbed him walking towards the cafeteria.

When Miley turned to the corner which leads to Nick's locker, the first thing she noticed that it was quite except for two persons whispering. When she looked up the whispers were stopped, but she didn't expect what she saw.

When she looked up she saw Nick standing his back to his locker and a girl's kissing him! She looked at them in disbelief, she couldn't find the courage to speak, she just felt the hot tears on her cheeks.

She watched throw her blurred vision from the tears, as the girl pulled away after about ten seconds, and he looked at her, she couldn't see his expression well because of the tears, but she could see that he noticed her, and quickly pushed the girl away and ran towards her.

"Miley, it's not what you think." He said and she just stared at him still can't talk, she didn't know how to react or what to think. She felt him trying to pull her in his arms, where she always felt safe, but when he did, she didn't want to be there, she finally found the courage to do something and she pushed him away.

"Miley please listen to me it's-" she didn't want to hear him, she felt her hand rise in the air like there was an invisible force pulling it, and she felt it making contact with his cheek. Then she ran away. She didn't know where she was going, she just ran, sobbing. She heard someone calling her but she didn't stop, nor bother to see who it was. She didn't even realize that she was sobbing that hard until she stopped at the gardens of the school and it was silent, s she heard her voice clearly.

She sat under a tree and hugged her knees burying her face between them crying. She couldn't understand why he did that. The day before they were happy, and cuddling on the couch, while watching the movies. He even told her that he is happy with her, and that he never felt that way to a girl before. Was he lying? But why? Why did he defend her before and even ran away with her to protect her? Was he doing it because he saw her as his sister and felt that he must do it? But why did he kiss her before it? Maybe he was comforting her after her break up with Jake. But why was the whole fake dating Selena at the first place? She was just really confused and hurt.

She felt an arm around her shoulder and looked up to see Demi's face looking at her worried. She was still crying, so Demi hugged her tightly, comforting her until she calmed down a little.

"What happened, Mi?" she asked her.

"H-he was k-kissing another gir-girl." She said still sobbing. Demi looked at her shocked.

"What?" she said not believing what she just heard, they looked so in love!

"I saw it." Miley said.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Miles." she hugged her again. After Miley calmed down again she started telling her what happened.

"But, why didn't you hear him?" Demi asked her softly.

"Hear what, Demi? I saw it happen in front of me." She said tears still running down her face.

"Maybe she was the one who kissed him."

"And he didn't pull away." Miley said.

"Ok, as you like, but I think that you should hear him first."

"No, not now anyway." She said.

"Miley." She heard her name being called, she turned around to see that it was him running towards her with red eyes, "Miley, please, let me explain, please, Mi." he said begging.

"There's nothing to explain." She said looking past him tears coming back to her eyes.

"Please, Miley, it wasn't me, it was her, I swear." He said tears running down his face.

"And wh-why didn't you p-pull back?" she said crying again.

"Miley, I was shocked." He said.

"It's not a good excuse, if it was her, then she must be flirting with you first, and yet you kept talking to her."

"I was trying to stop her and walk away."

"But you kissed her back, didn't you?" she said her voice starting to rise.

"Wh-what?" he said shocked.

Now that's a problem, did he kiss her back? Or he was shocked by the question? How is this argument going to end? You'll find out the next chapter. And for the next chapter u need reviews ;)

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And by the way it's about to end a few more chapters only when we will figure out about Mary, and what's going on :D

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