Her fingers scratched his back as he pulsed in and out of her, the intensity and heat of the room rising with every thrust. She let out a scream as he increased his movements and pumped through her even harder, a hiss escaped his mouth before their lips landed on each other's for a sweet, loving, yet urgent kiss. She stroked and scratched his back again as she felt herself getting closer to her climax. He pulled away and sucked her neck with great desire. Arching her back, she began to hit her peak and wrapped her legs around his waist to keep him in place as she moved her hips and her body started to shake.

Hearing the alarm clock go off, Miley's blue eyes shot open and she looked around the room. Trying to pull herself into reality and out of her dream state, she looked to her side, she saw a vacant spot, which hadn't been filled since the night that she and Nick had kissed, twenty-one days ago. He'd been avoiding her. They had dinner with his parents because Denise had begged Miley and Demi to come. The mother had already pegged Miley for Nick's future wife and was sure that Demi was going to be Joe's as well. She had asked the boys to bring them and because they loved their mother, they did as she said.

After the dream that Miley had had, she knew that in order for that to come true, she needed to sort everything out with Nick, whom she was pissed at. She didn't get why he'd been so distant, if anything, she thought he'd be around more. The whole situation was confusing and she didn't understand why he'd been dodging her. No texts, no calls, no visits, it was as if he'd evaporated into thin air.

She knocked on his dark blue apartment door that had the number 28 hammered on it. Patiently, yet impatiently as well, she waited for him to answer. A whole list of words were etched on her mind, even a speech that she'd come up with for him. Some of the words included "jackass", "asshole", "best friend", and "loser". She hated him for ignoring her for the past three weeks. He'd taken her to see his parents, but that was it. After that, it was as if he didn't exist, but he was in every thought she had.

She waited.

And waited.

And waited.

Finally, the door opened and a blonde haired older woman who had on one of Nick's long sleeved plaid shirts, just the shirt, answered. She smiled at Miley and looked at her with such poise that she intimidated Miley a bit. A whirlwind of thoughts flustered through her mind.

"Can I help you," the blonde model-like bodied woman asked in her thick Australian accent as she leaned on the door frame.

Miley paused, not knowing what to say. Who was this woman, the blue eyed woman wondered, she'd never seen her before. Her stomach knotted together as the stranger waited for her response.

"I- Umm- Yo- I'm one of Nick's friends, is he...ummm...is he here?"

The stranger's brown eyes lit up, "oh my gosh, it's so nice to meet you, he hasn't introduced me to any of his friends yet, it's good to see who he spends time with," she laughed, "I'm Delta," she stuck her hand out, "nice to meet you."

Miley reluctantly shook her hand, still having no idea who this woman was, from her appearance, she guessed it was someone special. Out of all the years Miley had known Nick, she had never seen a woman answer his door, unless it was Demi or one of his family members, but they really didn't count in this situation.

"Right...so is he here," Miley asked again.

Delta sighed and shook her head, "no, I'm sorry, you just missed him actually, but you can come in and wait," she opened the door for her to come in.

"I actually umm...I should get going, I have class in a bit," she explained, though it was a lie.

The older woman laughed, "oh, college days, I'm not going to lie, I kind of miss them, but then again, not really. I'll tell Nicholas you stopped by, yeah?"

"N-No, t-that's okay. Thanks though. Nice meeting you, Delta."

"Same to you, Miley," she said before waving as Miley walked down the stairs and after hailing a taxi, she got in and started crying lightly.

A few hours later and after Miley had spilled her guts about her and Nick and then what had happened earlier that morning to Demi, they laid in Miley's room and had some girl time, talking about their issues and feeelings, things that Nick and Joe were very much opposed to.

"How could I have been so stupid," Miley asked Demi as she picked her head up from the pillow and sighed, "I mean, was it just me? Did I read into things wrong? Has he never really been into me?"

Demi laughed and threw a pillow at her best friend, "babe, as much as I hate to admit it, that boy is crazy about you, I don't care if a woman is answering his door, it's still true."

Raising her eyebrows in surprise and hearing hypocrisy in her statement, Miley looked at her, "you should listen to your own knowledge."

"But see, there's a difference. You didn't turn Nick down, you kissed him, as for me, I shot Joe down hard and cold, just like Nick does to me..."

"Actually," she retorted staring at the white ceiling, "Nick kissed me, I just didn't pull away, and so? He got the make over for you, Em's a great girl, but he still cares about you. I can see it in his eyes when he talks about you. Hell, just the mention of your name makes him nervous."

A light red glow came to Demi's face and she bit her lip, "you turned that boy from the geek squad to the frat boy, I don't know how you do it, Miles, but you turned something from impossible to possible."

"I'm just that epic," she laughed.

"Wow," Demi gawked throwing her head back in laughter, "conceited much?"

Hearing a knock on the door, Demi got up, "I'll get it, you can just stay here...with your so-called epicness," she teased before walking out and opening the door.

A frazzled Nick stood there with his hand on the back of his neck, looking at Demi, he sighed as he watched her bite her tongue and cross her arms. He knew he was in the dog house, but he thought that Demi would at least understand.

"Miley here?"

Her brown eyes glared at him and she nodded, "yeah, but what's it to you? You have that girl waiting for you at home, what's her name again? Delta or something? Next time you kiss my best friend, if there is a next time, don't ignore her and then hook up with some other woman, at least don't have her find out about that other woman by knocking on your door and having her answer half naked."

"Hey," he said holding his hands up in surrender, "I didn't tell her to answer the door without any pants on."

"Not the point," she snapped.

"Can I please just talked to Miley quickly?"

Demi sighed and let him in, "she's in her room."

Slowly, Nick made his way in and sat on the bed. Miley looked at him and shook her head, a disgusted look appearing on her face, "I heard what Demi said," she announced, "and you know, none of that is the biggest issue I have right now. My problem is that you've been MIA. You won't return my calls or texts, you want call or text me, I don't care if we're just friends, Nick. My problem is that my best friend, also known as you, if you'd forgotten, is shutting me out. Demi was right about one thing though, I shouldn't have to find out about Delta, who I'm assuming is your girlfriend by her answering the door."

"She's not my girlfriend."

"No? Then what is she?"

Nick let out a soft sigh and shrugged, "I don't know. She's my friend."

"Your fuck friend? Or my replacement?"

"No one could ever replace you," he said quietly, "she's just a friend...a beneficial friend."

Miley scoffed, "gee, that's super classy, Nick," she snapped sarcastically, "I'm just going to come right out and ask. It's pretty obvious that we like each other, you know, you kissed me, we've flirted for a long time, I'm just wondering...why'd you kiss me if you have these so-called "beneficial friends"?"

A/N: I apologize for me being MIA and the shortness of this chapter, I've just been super busy and have had some writer's block, I'm trying to update all of my stories as soon as possible though, so keep an eye out for the others! :) Why do you think Nick kissed Miley if he has friends with benefits? What do you think his answer is going to be? What do you want to see happen in this story? Please let me know! And a shout out to Meg for helping me figure out what I wanted to happen in this story. Have a Twitter? Go follow her, teamjbrothers. She's awesome, and while you're at it, follow me! Thank you for the amazing reviews and keep them coming! Hope you're enjoying your summer, I know I am!

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