(A/N) Once again thank you for all the readers even the ones who don't review.

Miley's POV

"I'm scared."

Nick turned to me and sighed. "I know. I am too. We have to do this."

We were outside in front of the house just sitting in Nick's car. It's been four hours since Nick told me he loved me and I decided to be his girlfriend. I'm pretty sure he noticed that I haven't said I love you back but if he did he sure hasn't said anything about it. So, I guess I'm his girlfriend. He never did tell though how he got rid of Selena and Jake. Then again I never bothered to ask.

"Let's go." Nick said opening his car door and stepping out into the cold night's air.

He slammed the door shut but I found myself stuck to the seat.

"Miley you have got to come out of there."

I looked up at him and his eyes met mine. "Please."

"Fine "I said giving in.

He walked over to the passenger side and opened my door for me. Then he took my hand and we walked to the front door of the house. Before we could even reach the doorknob Mrs. Grey ran out and embraced us in a bear hug.

"I'm so proud of you! I knew she was a keeper!" Denise said ecstatic

Nick and I just looked at her and each other. This was just weird.

"Um Mom?"

"Yes, my darling baby?"

Oh yeah this woman's crazy level just reached an all time high.

"How did you know about this? Us, I mean."

"Nick a mother just knows."

"Wow, um okay? How does Dad feel about this?"

Before Denise could even answer Mr. Grey's hand collided with Nick's nose and I watched as Nick fell to the floor.

"I give you everything, I mean every single thing you wanted and needed and this is the fucking thanks I get? You take this filthy thing" He took a quick look at me" and you decide to disgrace our family with it? All for what Nick? It's bad enough that your mother brought her here but now you get attached?"

Nick looked at his father in shock and I could tell this was the first time he had ever hit Nick. He didn't even try to get up he just stared at his father as I hurried to make sure he was okay. Unfortunately, I let my anger get the best of me.

"I'm not a thing I'm a person." I really didn't know what I was doing but the words came out before I could stop them. I was still hunched over a bleeding Nick but I got up and stood my ground.

"What did you say to me?"

"You heard me. I will not repeat it. You can take your son but always know that he will not always be your little puppet. You can pretend that you're the king of this little fucked up reality you got going on but one day it's going to have to end."

He stood there shocked and so was I. In all of the months I've been here this is the first time I've said so much of a sentence to Mr. Grey. I always used the casual greetings but other than that nothing.

All through this time I finally notice that Denise is in a corner just a few feet from Mr. Grey and I. she's been so quiet that I completely forgot about her. In my mind I keep asking myself why isn't she helping me or helping Nick? If she is so happy we're together why can't she defend me and your son in our time of need? Why are you cowering in a corner like a helpless soul?

While I'm looking at Denise her eyes finally meet mine. She sends me an apologetic look but all my eyes send back is a look that asks her why. She looks down to the floor and I'm still so focused on her that I don't realize Mr. Grey has even closed the space we had between us and is inches from me.

"Miley!" Nick yells scrambling to his feet. When I turn back and glance at Mr. Grey his hand has collided with my cheek and I feel my self hitting the wall.

Nick's POV

Miley flew back and hit the wall with a thump and all of us could hear her groan in pain as she slid to the ground. My mother gave a little squeak of terror but did nothing else like always she stood back and let my dad handle it all.

For me I was not going to let him get his way. Before I knew it I had jumped on my father and he was now the one struggling.

"You always do shit like this all the fucking time. You built my life for me. You did everything for me. My girlfriend, the team, and my friends you did it all. For once just this fucking once let me have something that can be mine. You built this so now I'm breaking it down. It's my life and she's my life. You know how I used to tell you how much I hate her? It was because I wanted to love her so much that I hated how much I couldn't."

"Nick!"

I looked up and there was Demi and Joe in the doorway staring with wide eyes.

"What the hell?" Demi yelled.

Miley was still in the corner barely conscious and Demi ran to her. Joe took one look at mom then noticed me on top of Dad.

Suddenly I felt my head hit the floor and pressure on my neck as my air was being cut off.

"You'd let it go all for her?" My dad yelled.

He was choking me and his words were beginning to be unclear to me. I could feel myself losing consciousness when suddenly the hands were gone and the pressure was lifted.

"Are you crazy? You could've killed him!" Joe yelled. He was pinning my Dad against the wall.

I could hear my mother's cries as Demi held her in a corner. I scanned the room for Miley but she was gone. I got up and ran past my dad and Joe. She wasn't outside. I miraculously still had my keys on me so I hoped into the car and drove to the one place I hoped she would be.

Miley's POV

Once again I had messed everything up. When I saw Nick's Dad choking him like that I knew I had messed everything up. So I did the one thing I knew how to do, I ran. I ran and ran just like the first time I ran away from a foster home. Sad thing is that I feel worse than I did the first time around.

I wanted to leave this town. The town where I grew up and where I went from home to home, and lastly where I found first love. It's like this town is so sick of me that it wants me out and will do anything to get me away from it.

When I finally looked around I noticed that I had run straight to the cemetery. I laugh at myself about how I still remember how I used to always run to my mom when something bad happened.

I ran straight to my mom's grave and collapsed. I found tears flooding down my face as recent events flood through my mind like a movie.

"What do I do?"I whisper "Mommy please tell me what to do? This is it. This is the last home I get. And now I have nothing."

No response.

Did I really expect one though? She's dead. They're all dead because of me. I messed up and now I'm messing up again.

"Why'd you have to die? Why couldn't you protect me from all this? Why? I though you were finally coming around. I thought you were going back to being my mom. Then you left. You had to die."

I felt a hand on my shoulder and I looked up and there was Nick. How long had he been standing there?

"I'm so sorry." He whispered as he helped me up.

I had nothing to say so I simply nodded.

Nick's POV

I've heard Miley talk to her mom's grave several times but this time it brought me a pain that I had never seen before. She's been through so much. I didn't know what this feeling was, I just couldn't describe it.

"You need to leave." Miley whispered forcefully

I looked up at her in disbelief. I knew she meant for me to hear.

"Look Miley-"

"No. No. Just….just let me talk." She whispered, "They're your family Nick. They're all you have. This is my last straw Nick. This is my last foster home. I turn eighteen in November. You actually have a life you know who you are and what you want to do and me I'm just starting to figure it all out."

"Miley, it's going to all work out. Remember my brother Kevin how I told you about him and his wife? Well, on the way I called them and I didn't tell them the details but they said we could stay with them for as long as we want."

"Nick you're not seeing the fucking point!" she yelled.

"Nick, even if we go to Kevin's I can't stay there forever. Even if we go to my dad's house right now that wouldn't make a difference. I mean if he didn't want me back then then I'm pretty sure he wouldn't want the screw-up I turned out to be now."

"Miley, what the fuck? The screw-up you are now? You have a damn 4.0 GPA, and you want to go to Julliard. You sing beautifully and you know way more about who you are than I am. Just because people are stupid enough not to see the good person you are doesn't give you reason to doubt yourself. "

She looked up at me and I could still see some doubt in her eyes even though I knew I was wearing her down. She sighed.

"I'm telling you you're making a mistake."

"Then let me make that mistake Miley. Aren't you the one always telling me that our lives center around our mistakes and what we learn from them? Well, let me take your advice."

It was silent for another two minutes before Miley spoke her mind.

"Lead the way."

I smiled and took her hand.

"I promise you that as long as you're with me I'll never let anything hurt you anymore. I love you way more than you will ever know."

"Good God, Nick you sound like you want to marry me one day." Miley said smiling

"Who said I wouldn't?" I said smirking.

Miley's POV

I blushed. He always seemed to find away to make me smile. I pictured us together forever and for the first time in the last hour I felt some hope.

"I don't know why, but I feel like I can trust you."

"Maybe it's because I trust you too." He replied.

As we got in the car a thought came to my head.

"Hey Nick?"

"Yeah?"

"Does your mom always stay back when your dad does stuff like that?" I said turning to him

He started the car and took a quick glance at me before we drove off.

"Yeah. It's always been like that. Usually when he hits us she tries to pry him away form us. It scares her more though when he yells or hits Demi. I'm not sure why she didn't do anything this time."

"Whoa, he hits Demi? I never knew that."

"She hates talking about it. She has a lot of scars. Joe always used to jump in and make Dad stop. Demi is Joe's angel ever since we were kids."

"Yeah I can tell they're pretty close. How come you never stepped in?"

"After Kevin Dad realized he needed someone to be the Grey family pride and glory. Joe definitely wasn't going to be it and Demi was a girl so it had to be me. For as long as I remember I always stayed on my dad's good side. Joe was the slacker, Demi the rebel, and me the apple of my dad's eye."

"Wow."

"Yup. Talk about a pretty fucked up reality."

And here you guys are. I know it's been a month since my last update but it took me awhile to sort out my thoughts for this one. The next chapter should be soon but first I need at least 8 reviews for this chapter. Also in your review tell what you think of Nick's family and what happened in this chapter. Tell what you liked and what you didn't like about this chapter too. And if you do that than I'll post the next chapter.