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February 7, 2007
"Oh my gosh! That's so cute!" Miley raved to her friend who was trying on a purple top with gold swirls on it.
"Really? You like it?" her friend asked, a little unsure.
"You definitely need to buy it!" Miley said.
"It's totally you, V," said Miley's other friend.
"Awesome! Ash, can I borrow your gold trimmed jeans to go with this?" Vanessa asked.
"Of course!" Ashley said in response.
The three girls were out shopping on Rodeo today. Even though Miley was only 14, she had become very good friends with other Disney channel stars like Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale. They didn't mind hanging out with her even though she was a lot younger (Vanessa at 19 and Ashley at 21) because Miley didn't always act like she was 14.
Vanessa bought the shirt and Miley picked out a new pair of shoes, as did Ashley. They paid and walked towards the doors.
"Shades, girls," Ashley said and the three of them pulled down their sunglasses. Of course, it didn't help much considering whom else would be in a trio of a tall blonde, a short brunette and one with big puffy lips? They reached the next store in a matter of minutes, only stopping for a few autographs and the paparazzi stopped outside the store. Luckily for the girls, their followers weren't allowed into any of them.
"Gosh, they never stop, do they?" Miley asked, already knowing the answer.
"Of course not. Where are we?" Ashley said and looked around. They didn't even realize what store they had entered until they were actually there.
"Alligators. We're at Lacoste," Vanessa replied as she started for the sunglasses. "I'll be over here!" she told her two friends and Miley and Ashley went to look at their jeans.
Vanessa noticed a few guys looking at the sunglasses as well. They seemed to be having a great time trying them on and she didn't want to interrupt them, so she quietly browsed, until they noticed her, of course.
"Vanessa?" one of them asked. Vanessa closed her eyes for a moment and got ready to face another fan. She appreciated it, but she still got annoyed with it just like anyone else would every once in awhile.
"Hey!" Vanessa said, putting on her fake smile and turning around. However, the fake smile faded and was replaced with a real one, and a look of surprise. "Oh my gosh! Hey!" she said, truly meaning it this time.
"Funny seein' you here, partna'," another one said in his best southern accent, which wasn't a very good one. He was always the funny one.
"Come on, Joe. I'm not a country girl, you know," Vanessa said and laughed at him. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Same thing you are," Kevin replied.
"Shopping," Kevin and Vanessa said at the same time.
"So how are you guys? I haven't seen you since, well, it's been awhile. I guess since the Christmas party in New York, huh?" Vanessa asked them.
"Yeah, I think so. So do you always shop by yourself?" Joe asked her, raising an eyebrow. She did the same back to him.
"No!" she said in a long drawn out voice. "I'm here with Ash and Miley."
"Miley?" Nick said and looked around excitedly. They all just laughed at him. He blushed.
"What was that about?" Vanessa asked, even though she knew that Nick liked Miley.
"Oh, uhh, nothing, I just, uhh, haven't seen her in awhile," Nick said, still looking over the tops of racks for her.
"You saw her yesterday!" Joe said. Nick shot him a glare.
"I just didn't know that she was going out today," Nick said.
"You keep tabs on her now?" Kevin asked. Nick shot him one as well.
"I just didn't know!" Nick said, getting a little angry with his brothers. He looked at Vanessa. "Where is she?"
"Her and Ashley are over by the jeans I think," Vanessa said as she watched Nick quickly move across the store. "He's got it bad, huh?" she said and looked at his older brothers.
"You bet," Kevin said. "So how are things with you? New movie I hear?"
"Oh yeah. It'll be fun. We start rehearsing next month and we film in April," Vanessa explained to them.
On the other side of the store, Ashley and Miley were checking out the jeans. Miley was holding up a pair and asking Ashley what she thought of them.
"Those are cute. I like the pockets," Ashley said and just happened to look over Miley's shoulder. "Miley!" Ashley called out as she saw Nick. Nick quickly put a finger to his lips to tell her to be quiet, but it was too late. As Miley started to turn around, Nick dodged behind a clothing rack.
"What?" Miley asked, trying to figure out what Ashley was yelling about.
"Oh, I thought I saw a, uhh, a spider," Ashley said as she smiled at Nick who popped up over the rack next to them.
"Umm, okay?" Miley said and went back to finding her size in the jeans she liked.
Nick quietly snuck over to the two girls. Ashley was smiling like crazy idiot.
"What is your deal?" Miley asked her.
"Nothing!" Ashley said a little too quickly. Miley was starting to get a little suspicious as she narrowed her eyes at her friend who wouldn't make eye contact with her.
"Boo!" Nick said and grabbed Miley's sides. You've never heard a higher pitched scream in your life than the one that Miley's let out. She dropped the pants she was holding and her purse as well. She knew it was Nick's voice though and turned around to look at him.
"What the crap was that?" Miley exclaimed and hit Nick on the arm. She saw Kevin, Joe, and Vanessa walking over to where they were, probably from Miley's scream.
"I just wanted to come say hi," Nick pouted to her.
"Then what's with the 'Boo!'?" she asked him. She was trying really hard to look mad, but a smile was starting to come through.
"Oh stop acting mad," he said and grabbed her in a hug. She started giggling and Vanessa and Ashley started laughing as well. Joe and Kevin were making gagging noises.
"You two are gross!" Joe said. Ashley playfully hit him on the arm. "What's with the abuse of the JoBros today guys? Jeeze!" he said as he rubbed his arm. Ashley! Miley turned around to look at her friend.
"You knew the whole time! That's what you were freaking out about!" Miley said and pointed a finger at her friend. "You know, for being an actress, you sure can't lie very well!"
"Not to my friends!" Ashley defended.
"Whatever," Miley said and turned back to Nick who lightly touched her hand, but didn't hold it. It was the small things that made their relationship so amazing. "What are you guys doing here?"
"We were looking for some new sunglasses," Joe interrupted and they all just looked at him.
"Yeah, we're looking for new sunglasses," Nick repeated. "I didn't know you were going out today."
"I wasn't going to, but V called me and wanted me to come shopping with them, and I never turn down an opportunity to shop!" Miley exclaimed and he laughed at her. The rest of them were already off on their own conversation.
"What are you doing later tonight?" Nick asked her, hoping she didn't have plans yet.
"I'm sleeping over at Ashley's. It's been awhile and we need some girl time," Miley told her boyfriend. Her secret boyfriend.
"Oh, well have fun," Nick said, slightly disappointed that she had plans. She saw it in his eyes.
"Did you have plans for us, baby?" Miley asked, touching his arm, trying not to make it so obvious that they were together, but also trying to let him know she cared.
"Not really. I just thought we could hang out. It's really fine though. I've been needing to do some stuff anyway. I need to write some new stuff down that I've been thinking about lately."
"Oh yeah?" Miley asked as she swayed back and forth a little. "About me?"
"Maybe," he said and winked at her. She could have died right there. That smile, that hair, that boy!
"We should probably get back to the group. They're going to start asking," Miley said quietly to Nick.
"Well two of them are already asking me!" Nick said and motioned to his brothers.
"I'm sure I'll get a 'talking to' tonight!" Miley said, referring to Ashley and Vanessa.
"Well you have fun with that!" Nick said. He looked at her intently and then looked at her lips. He knew that he couldn't kiss her here, but he just kept looking at her. "That was nice," he finally said.
"What was?" Miley said, looking at him with a weird look.
"The kiss," Nick whispered to her. She looked at him funny.
"What kiss?" she asked, still confused.
"The kiss that I just gave you in my mind," Nick replied, as if it was totally normal.
"That was either the creepiest," she paused, "or the sweetest thing a guy has ever said to me." (A/N: brownie points to anyone who knows where that line came from!)
"How about we go with sweetest?" Nick said, knowing that Miley was joking about the creepy thing.
"I think that would be fine," Miley said as the laughed and rejoined the group.
"Hey, Nick, if you weren't getting anything here, I think we're going to head over to Dolce. That cool?" Kevin asked his younger brother.
"Yeah, that's fine," he said. Nick and his brothers said goodbye to the girls and left the store. Ashley and Vanessa just stood there looking at Miley.
"What?" she finally asked them.
"What do you mean 'what'?" Ashley asked her and crossed her arms. "Is there something you're not telling us?"
"No," Miley said and avoided her friends' gazes coming her way.
"There is so something going on with them!" Vanessa said, mostly to Ashley, but so that Miley could hear. Miley just smiled. Both girls saw and laughed at her.
"You are too much girl!" Ashley said.
"Come on guys, we'll talk about this later!" Miley said in somewhat of a hushed tone and motioned over to a worker who was a little too close for comfort to the girls. They understood and let the topic drop. They did however continue shopping and Miley ended up buying 2 pairs of skinny jeans that she loved to wear tucked into her boots and a headband.
They shopped for another 3 hours and they were exhausted. They ate at Cate's, a small café just off of Rodeo on Beverly. Then they headed back to Ashley's house. Ashley lived in a large 3 bedroom, 2-story townhouse with her sister in Burbank, but her sister happened to be out of town.
They watched The Princess Diaries, a favorite of all of theirs and The Amityville Horror after that. Needless to say they were all pretty scared after that and decided to go up to Ashley's room and hang out. They changed into their PJs and jumped onto Ashley's bed. Ashley was at the head of the bed, sitting Indian-style with her legs under the covers. Miley was lying on her stomach in the middle and Vanessa was at the foot of the bed, laying on her side with her head propped up on her arm looking at the other two girls.
"So," Ashley said, directly looking at Miley.
"Soooo?" Miley responded, not sure what they were about to attack her with. Well, she had a pretty good idea.
"Sooo, what's the deal with you and Nick?" Vanessa asked. Miley blushed and buried her head in a pillow she had grabbed when she sat down.
"Come on, you can't avoid it forever!" Ashley told her. Miley knew she was right.
"Promise you won't tell?" Miley asked, looking at each of her friends. The both nodded. "I mean it! You really can't."
"Did you tell anyone about me and Zac?" Vanessa asked.
"No," Miley responded.
"Then I won't say anything about you and Nick!" Vanessa told her. Ashley nodded in agreement.
"Fine," Miley said and took a deep breath and let it out. "He's my boyfriend!" she squealed. Both of her friends giggled with her and Ashley threw a pillow at her head. "Hey! What was that for?" Miley asked, throwing it back at Ashley.
"For not telling us sooner! How long?" Ashley asked Miley.
"Umm, just a few weeks. But we're not telling anyone yet," Miley explained to them.
"I totally understand," Vanessa said, really understanding how hard it was to be in the media all the time, and then to have a relationship on top of all that.
The girls talked about it for a little while longer, but girls will be girls and they of course started talking about all the other boys they thought were cute!
"I'm tired," Vanessa yawned and stretched her arms up above her head. Miley realized how tired she was as well.
"My sister's not in town. One of you can stay in her room and the other in the guest room if you want," Ashley told the girls. Vanessa and Miley looked at each other.
"Nah, I think we'll stay in the guest room," Miley responded. Her and Vanessa got off the bed and hugged Ashley goodnight. They walked across the hall and into the guest room that was done in light purple and green shades.
"You know, you'd think that this was a baby nursery if there was a crib in here instead of a big bed," Vanessa joked with Miley as they each climbed into one side of the bed.
"I know. It's cute and all, but a little too much for me," Miley said as she clapped her hands and the lights went off. That was one thing they did like about the room. They didn't have to get up to turn the light off. They were silent for a few moments and then Vanessa spoke up.
"You and Nick will be fine," Vanessa told Miley. Miley just sighed.
"I just don't know. I mean, I understand why we can't tell people, but it's so hard when we are out together and we can't just be together."
"Hun, if anyone understands you, it's me."
"I know. You and Zac have been together forever it seems! I can't imagine being together that long and still having to keep it a secret! At least people aren't talking about Nick and me yet!" Miley said, truly thankful that people weren't speculating that yet.
"You are pretty lucky with that. You know, Gary sat down with Zac and me both and told us we couldn't tell anybody," Vanessa said. Eddie, the Vice President of Disney had people who worked directly under him, and one of them was Gary, who was in charge of all the Disney channel things.
"Really? He said that to you?" Miley asked, shocked.
"Yup. He didn't even know that Zac and I were together, but he said if we were going to get together, to not say a word!" Vanessa said, still upset about it.
"I'm so sorry, V! I can't believe that!" Miley said, getting a little upset herself.
"They said it was because it would ruin the movie, and that Zac's status would go down on the hotness scale if he wasn't single anymore or some crap like that. How ridiculous is that?!"
"Pretty ridiculous. Maybe Nick and I can just keep it under wraps, even from Disney," Miley said, thinking about how they would do that.
"Well good luck. From what I hear, though, they give a lot of us the 'talk'. They told Hilary and Adam not to get together when they were doing the show. And Shia and Margo were told not to have anything to do with one another off the set, but they did anyway and got in a lot of trouble," Vanessa explained to Miley. Miley's eyes got wide and she tensed up. Vanessa could feel her nervousness. "Miley, just keep it as quiet as possible."
"I guess all we can do is try, right?" Miley said, unsure.
"Really that's all you can do. That's what we've been doing," Vanessa sighed at the thought of her and her boyfriend not even being able to go out together to get dinner or anything!
"Don't you want to do something, though? Like, just come out with it?" Miley asked her. Vanessa smiled.
"Actually, next month I'm shooting for my new video, 'Say OK' and Zac's going to play my romantic interest!" V said, obviously very excited.
"That's so cool. Do you think people will get it, though?" Miley asked.
"I don't really care. I get to do something with my boyfriend for once! Like go to the beach and have fun. So what if there's 10 cameras around us? I get to go out with him!" she squealed. The two girls were really excited now.
"You are too cute when you talk about him!" Miley said.
"He's cute!" Vanessa laughed.
"No kidding!" Miley said. They were both quiet for a moment. Vanessa rolled over onto her side, her back facing Miley.
"Goodnight, Miles," Vanessa said.
"Night, V," Miley responded and drifted off to sleep.
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"Dude! Be quiet!" Nick banged on the wall that adjoined his and Kevin's rooms.
"How about you go somewhere else!" Kevin shouted back and hit the wall. Kevin had his music turned up pretty loud, although at 11 at night, Nick wasn't sure why. Nick was up, and there was no sleep in sight for him, but he was trying to think clearly, which wasn't happening with the noise coming from the next room. Just in the nick of time (no pun intended) though, Denise came up the stairs and told Kevin that people were trying to sleep and that he needed to turn it down.
Nick finally was able to write down the things he had been thinking about for the last few days. When he finally thought he had it all organized, he started to play the rhythm he had come up with for it.
"Everyone knows it's meant to be, falling in love, just you and me.'Til the end of time, 'til I'm on her mind, it'll happen. I've been making lots of plans, like a picket fence and a rose garden; I'll just keep on dreaming, but it's cool cause we're just friends," Nick sang softly. He was pretty proud of himself. This song really just came to him. Everything fit and nothing was forced. He just needed to come up with a last verse and it'd be done. However, he was tired and wanted to get some sleep. He'd work on it another time.
Nick put his guitar on its stand in his room and put his notebook under his bed as he climbed into it. Before he closed his eyes, he looked over to his night stand at a picture of him and Miley that she had taken one day at his house. She was smiling widely and had her arms around his neck. Their cheeks were touching and he had a dreamy look on his face; understandably of course.
"Do I really love her?" Nick asked himself, a little unsure. He wasn't even sure what love really was; he'd never been in love before, but Miley wasn't like anyone before. He felt amazing when he was with her no matter what they were doing. He smiled every time he thought about her. She understood him better than any other girl; ever. He pondered those thoughts as he drifted off to sleep.
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February 9, 2007
Nick was over at Miley's again. They were in her living room and playing around with song ideas, mostly just making up funny lyrics for one another.
"Purple toes, your cute nose, everything about you drives me close, to the edge," Nick sang to her. They both laughed.
"Purple toes?" Miley asked him between laughs.
"Your nail polish?" Nick said as if it was completely obvious.
"Hey, okay, be serious for a minute here," Miley said. Nick looked up at her and wondered what was going on. "I've kind of been working on this song, but I'd really like your help with it."
"Give me what you've got so far," Nick said as he prepared to listen.
"Okay, but I'm warning you, it's about you," Miley said and smiled at him. He raised an eyebrow at her and chuckled softly.
"I think I can handle it," Nick said.
"Okay," Miley said and started to sing. "Gonna stay in bed today, cause I can't stand the light. Don't know why I get so down," she paused, "I won't be much fun tonight, and I can't believe, you still wanna hang around, me."
Nick smiled at her and was picking up on the melody. He started in with his guitar softly, trying to harmonize it with was she was doing.
"It's not so pretty all the time; you don't mind; to you it's alright," Miley sang and looked back at Nick, waiting for his approval. He nodded and silently told her to go on. "Okay, this is the chorus," she told him and then she began to sing again. "As I am, is how you take me, never try to push or make me different; when I talk you listen to me. As I am, is how you want me, and I know I've found the piece that's missin'; I'm lookin' at him."
Nick smiled even bigger at her than before, if that was possible. She just kind of looked at him for a moment, waiting for something, until he leaned over and kissed her on the top of the head. She pouted until he kissed her lips.
"Miley, that was beautiful," he said, searching for words to explain how he felt about it. It was more than beautiful to him, so much more, but what it was, there were no words for.
"Thanks," she said, a little boastfully that she had impressed her boyfriend so much. "Help me write the second verse?" she asked, an excited look in her eye. He nodded and they both started playing again.
"I'm not the guy you think you see, but maybe that's a lie. You almost know me better than, me, myself and I. Don't know a lot of things, but I know what I got," he winked at her. "It's not so perfect everyday, I don't have to try, 'cause it all falls into place," Nick sang. Miley's eyes lit up with her brilliant idea.
"We could do a duet!" she exclaimed and practically choked Nick to deal with her death grip of a hug. "You are so amazing!"
"Miley, can't breathe!" Nick said, his voice a little muffled. She pulled off of him and apologized.
"But seriously, Nick. What do you think?" Miley asked, hoping he would be okay with it.
"I think it'd be a great idea!" Nick said and paused. Miley waited for the rest of his response. "I'd have to do it with Miley, though. Not Hannah."
"That's perfect! We're releasing a new Hannah CD later this year and I'm going to get some of my own songs on there!" Miley said, squealing. "Oh my gosh, Nick, I'm so excited!" She was bouncing slightly up and down on the couch.
"Let's just keep playing. Let me see your notebook, so I can sing the chorus with you," Nick said. Miley grabbed the notebook and opened it up and put it in front of Nick; she already knew the words. Nick wrote down what he had just sang and then they started the chorus again.
"As I am," they both sang.
"Is how you take me," Miley sang to Nick.
"Never try to push or make me different," he sang back to her.
"When I talk you listen to me. As I am," they sang together.
"Is how you want me," Nick sang.
"And I know," Miley sang and then Nick joined in with her, "I've found the piece that's missin'."
"I'm looking at him," Miley sang and smiled to Nick.
"I'm looking at her," he responded after her.
"AHHH!!!" Miley shrieked. "This is amazing!"
"It is pretty cool," Nick said, really excited about still being a chill guy to Miley's hyper, girlish attitude.
"It's better than cool!" she said, grabbing Nick's hands. She jumped off the couch and pulled Nick with her. She started bouncing up and down and turning in a circle. Think the scene in Titanic when they are dancing, but after about 10 red bulls. Nick didn't really want to bounce, but Miley made him.
"Hey guys-- what in tarnation?" Billy Ray asked as he entered the living room. Nick stopped suddenly, however Miley didn't and kept turning until she ran into Nick and almost knocked him over. Miley laughed, however, Nick was silent, looking at his girlfriend's father.
"Hey Daddy!" Miley said. "What's going on?"
"I should be asking you that!" Billy Ray said, but started laughing as he approached the two teens.
"We were just, uhh, Miley was, and I, we wrote," Nick stuttered. Billy Ray and Miley both chuckled at him a little as he blushed.
"I was just really excited!" Miley told him as her and Nick sat down on the couch and Billy Ray sat in the arm chair across from them.
"About what?" Billy Ray asked and raised an eyebrow.
"Oh Daddy! We wrote a song together! Like a duet!" Miley exclaimed.
"Well, let's hear it!" her father said, a little anxious himself to hear what they had come up with.
"It's not really finished yet or anything, maybe we should just," Nick started to say. Miley caught on that he was nervous about singing it in front of her dad.
"It's okay, Nick," Miley said softly. Nick nodded and swallowed the lump in his throat. As soon as Miley started playing, he joined in with her and almost forgot that her dad was even there. It was just him and Miley as far as he was concerned.
They sang the chorus with both of them the way they had a few minutes ago, and asked Billy Ray what he thought.
"I think it's great, guys. I mean that," he said. "However, as a father, I must say this," he started to say in his stern 'daddy' voice and Nick held his breath, "having a boy care that much about my daughter," he paused, "means everything to me. Miley's a great girl and she deserves the best. I think she may have just found it for the time being," Billy Ray finished. Nick let out the breath he had been holding and Miley let a huge smile creep across her face.
"Thank you, sir. It means a lot that you think so highly of me," Nick told him.
"It's Billy Ray, please, and you are a good guy, Nick. Just don't make me regret saying that," Billy Ray said and stood up to leave the room.
"Thank you, sir, uhh, Billy Ray. And I won't make you regret it," Nick said and Miley laughed, at her father being overprotective but sweet, and Nick for being nervous. After Billy Ray left the room, Nick just looked at her.
"What?" she asked, giggling.
"Do you like to watch me squirm in front of your dad?" Nick asked her.
"No," she said and laughed again, "okay, maybe," she finished. "But you're just so cute when you squirm!" she said, poking him in the side and making him laugh as well.
"Oh, so we're playing that game, huh?" Nick asked and started tickling her back.
"So not funny, Nick!" Miley said, trying to get the words out between her giggles.
"Frobro: Tickle Master!" Nick shouted as he practically attacked her. They laughed for awhile longer and he finally got off of her. "Well that was fun," he said, out of breath.
"Maybe for you!" Miley said, straightening her shirt out.
"Don't act like you didn't like being that close to me," Nick said to her in a hushed tone, close to her ear.
"Nicholas Jonas!" Miley squealed at him. "Okay, so maybe it wasn't so bad," she said, a little quieter.
"I didn't think it was bad at all," he said in her ear again.
"Oh jeeze! Stop being gross, Nick!" she told him. He pretended to look hurt and held his hand to his chest.
"Miley, that's low," Nick said, acting like he was out of breath.
"Oh quit it," Miley said playfully and put her hands around his waist. She put her head in his lap, her head facing his stomach.
"You tired?" he asked.
"Nope, just want to be close to you," she said and looked up at him. They both smiled and stayed that way for awhile, until Miley actually did fall asleep. Nick ran his fingers through her hair as she started to snore a little.
"I love you, Miley," he whispered, grateful that he finally got to say it, and thankful that she was asleep when he did. Little did he know, she could hear him.
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Thanks so much for the reviews guys! I love them and they really do help me write the next chapter and get motivated! This will probably be my last update for awhile, although I'll try to get the next one up as soon as possible. I'm going home for spring break and I'll be pretty busy, but I promise, I'll try my hardest to get another one up as soon as I can!
Okay, so I was reading another story on here (Contradicting Lyrics) and she asks questions at the end for her reviewers to answer. Of course, I still want you guys to review the chapter, but you can answer the question if you want, too.
Okay, so Valentine's Day was last month and my friend joked about getting JB for me. What would you do if the Jonas Brothers ended up on your doorstep for Valentine's Day? What would you want them to bring you as a gift? Where would you take them? What would you do with them (not in a dirty way!)?