DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything, except the twins.
A/N: SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY. I'm really truly sorry for the wait. School is just taking up all my time. I hope you understand and forgive me…thankyouthankyouthankyou to everyone who stuck to this story…
Also, Night's Mirth, fanfiction doesn't really support three-way crossovers, that's why this is a Camp Rock-Wizards of Waverly Place crossover with the special participation of Hannah Montana.
Goodbye – Chapter Fifteen
Sorry
When Alex Russo woke up she thought she was alone.
She thought she was alone until she saw a familiar mop of curly brown hair sleeping on her bed. She smiled.
They're home.
"Ghoul," she croaked, hoping he would hear her weak voice and wake up. She even called him Ghoul, not Gus.
He did and her heart beat faster when she realized it wasn't Ghoul.
It was Nate.
"Alex," he whispered, and all of a sudden he stood up and went out of the room.
She shook her head. Maybe she was just hallucinating. She realized that even in her dreams when she was unconscious, she would dream of his voice, talking to her, apologizing. She even dreamed of Mitchie, Shane, Jason and Ella's voices. Of course, also Maddie and Ghoul's.
Oh how she wished her dreams were true.
After so many years of denying it, finally—and on a hospital bed—she admitted that she wants him back. She wanted Nate to be beside her. She wished that the hallucination she just had was real. Oh, how real it was. She felt like he was really there, beside her, sitting on the empty plastic chair. She wants to tell him she forgives him and that she wants him back and she loves him.
-x-
You idiot! Why the hell did you go out?! You fucking coward! Nate scolded himself. You were already there! I thought you loved her! Why did you go out?! he screamed as he bumped his head over and over again on the wall.
"Nate?" Shane asked, looking worried at what his brother was doing. "What are you doing?"
"Oh, well—Alex is awake," he said.
"What?!" Maddie and Mitchie said at the same time.
"Yeah. She just woke up," he said, but before he could finish everybody already rushed into the room. Shane stayed back though.
"You okay, man?" he asked.
"Yeah," Nate said.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
"Well, are you going to come in?"
"No. I don't think I'm ready," Nate admitted.
"Dude, you know you have to tell her soon," Shane said.
"You know what, I'll just meet you back at the hotel," Nate said. He needed time.
"Will you be back?" Shane asked, already knowing the answer.
"I'll just wait for you guys there," Nate answered before walking away.
Shane sighed. Nate can be so confusing sometimes.
-x-
Alex smiled again as Maddie burst into the room.
"Mom!" she said before delicately wrapping her arms around the injured woman.
"Alex!"
"Mitchie!" her smile spread into a full grown grin at the sight of her best friend and cousin.
"Hello, Mother. I can't believe you were careless enough to stand in front of a moving car!" Ghoul said, imitating Alex when he got into a minor car accident.
"Relax, Ghoul. It's not like anything bad happened! It's just a broken arm!" Alex said, imitating Ghoul.
"Hey, you called me Ghoul!"
"I think it sounds better than Gus, don't you?"
"I missed you, Mom," he said before giving Alex a hug.
"Hey, Lex," Ella greeted.
"Ella! Jason! Oh my god, I missed all of you guys!" Alex said, feeling like she was sixteen again.
"THE GREAT SHANE IS HERE!" Shane said at the top of his lungs as he swung the door open.
"Shh," everyone said.
"Oops. Well, Ms. Russo, I heard you were in a car accident so I flew here to make you feel better," he said with a terrible British accent.
"Seeing you guys already makes me feel better," she said, a big grin on her face. Looking around, she realized who were there and who was missing.
Nate.
"So…Maddie…uh, how was your search?" she asked, her voice breaking at the last word.
She saw the fifteen year old shoot her brother a knowing glance. He gave a barely noticeable nod of the head.
"We were…successful," she said.
"Ah," Alex said, not wanting to sound like she was desperate to see him again.
Because she was.
-x-
Oh God, what else do I have to do?, Nate asked himself as he slumped down on the couch after cleaning the hotel room by himself. This question brought him back to his first date with Alex, so many years ago.
Nate ran his hand through his newly-shaven face and smoothed his button-down shit using the same hand. With the other, he ran a hand through his curly hair and placed his fedora on his head. He glanced at the mirror again, just to make sure he looked good.
He couldn't decide whether he looked good or not.
"Dude, chill," Shane said, watching his brother nervously put his shoes on. "It's just a date."
"Whatever, Shane. Shut up. I'm internally freaking out here," he said, looking at himself in the mirror again.
"You don't even know Alex yet," Shane pointed out.
"I know she's Mitchie's cousin."
"That's all you know, except her name and who her cousin is."
"That's why I'm freaking out! I don't know her yet, but I'm so nervous. I'm serious, my heart is pounding," he admitted.
"Oh, how poetic of you."
"Shut the hell up."
-x-
Two hours later, Nate was doubled up in laughter at something that Alex said. They got along well. And his heart was still pounding. Uncontrollably.
"You're fifteen years old, right?" she asked.
"Uh huh."
"So how are you coping? You know, with being a superstar at this age? Are you alright?" she asked, and he was taken aback. Nobody really asked him that. Sure, they asked him if it was hard, but never how he coped with it or if he was fine.
"I don't know. I sort of just live day-by-day," he answered.
"Oh. Cool. So, you wanna get ice cream?"
He was surprised. Usually, girls would start talking about his career then never stop. Alex was…different. She didn't press him about it. He felt like she…understood.
"Hey, Alex," he said, and when she turned around, he crashed his lips onto hers.
Just then, his phone rang.
-x-
Two days after, he was standing at the concert grounds. This show won't be long, just a surprise concert for his Canadian fans. He didn't plan it, his manager did. He called, saying that the press wants an explanation for his sudden trip to Canada, and this seemed like the perfect reason.
His heart pounded hard as he saw Alex in the front row. She was in between Maddie and Ghoul, and Ella was beside Maddie.
A thought popped in his head.
It was perfect. It was really perfect.
Ever since she came to the hotel(Alex and the twins were staying there with them since her house was too small to contain six adults and two teenagers), they've been avoiding each other. He would occasionally catch her looking at him from the corner of her eyes, but that was it. They haven't really talked to each other yet.
And he needed to talk to her very badly.
After their second to the last song, Nate stepped up to the mic.
"So, guys, thank you for going to this concert on such short notice. We would be nothing without you." The crowd cheered. "Our next song is called Sorry. This last song is dedicated to my family. To the twins, and to their mother. I still love you," he said and the crowd cheered even louder.
"What are you doing?" Shane asked. Nate sighed and mouthed, 'Go along with it," to his brothers and to the band.
Broken hearts and last goodbyes
Restless nights by lullabies helps make this pain go away
I realize I let you down, told you that I'd be around
Building up the strength just to say
I'm sorry for breaking all the promises
That I wasn't around to keep
You told me this time is the last time
That I will ever beg you to stay
But you're already on your way
Filled with sorrow, filled with pain
Knowing that I am to blame for leaving your heart out in the rain
And I know you're going to walk away
Leave me with the price to pay, before you go I wanted to say
That I'm sorry for breaking all the promises
That I wasn't around to keep
You told me this time is the last time
I will ever beg you to stay
But you're already on your way
I can't make it alive on my own
But if you have to go then please girl just leave me alone
'Cause I don't wanna see you and me going our separate ways
Begging you to stay if it isn't too late
I'm sorry for breaking all the promises
That I wasn't around to keep
It's all of me, this time is the last time
I will ever beg you to stay
But you're already on your way
But you're already on your way
-x-
Backstage, the first person he saw was Alex with tears down her eyes. He went to her and led her to a corner in the back, his hands tingling as he helped her get there.
"Did you mean it?" she asked him after making sure no one was listening to them.
"What? The song? Of course I did," he answered, heart pounding against rib cage at the small space between them.
"No. What you said at the hospital."
"What?"
"I heard you…that—that time. I don't know when, but I heard you. I heard your voice. I don't know if I was dreaming or not, but I heard you. You—you were apologizing and you said…you said that you still love me and I was everything."
"Of course I meant that! I'm sorry for everything. And yes…I do still love you. You're everything to me," he said, looking straight into her beautiful brown eyes.
"I still love you too," she whispered.
He took those words as the cue for him to plant his lips onto hers.
I feel so lousy for making you guys wait for the end…
Yeah, this is the end *sad face*
But I will write one more chapter—the epilogue.
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