February 11, 2007
"So, do you have plans for the big day?" Emily asked Miley. They were on set at Hannah Montana and Jason and Billy Ray were doing a scene, so Emily and Miley had a little downtime. They were in Miley's dressing room, hanging out and looking through some magazines.
"Not really. Nick hasn't said anything to me about it yet," Miley told her, flipping the pages of M magazine. Emily was one of the few that knew that Miley and Nick were together.
"I bet he's going to surprise you," Emily told her, who was looking at a TigerBeat.
"Do you know something?" Miley said, looking up from her magazine.
"No," Emily said honestly and looked back to her magazine, "I wish I did, though!"
"I bet," Miley said and laughed a little. "So, do you want to know something?"
"Always," Emily said looking back up at her friend.
"Nick said he loved me," Miley said and Emily's eyes got wide.
"He what?" Emily exclaimed.
"Yeah! He thought I was sleeping, but I wasn't. And he said he loved me!" said Miley who was getting more and more excited the more she talked. Emily paused before she replied.
"So, he didn't actually tell you?" she asked.
"Well, no," Miley started, "but he said he did, even if he didn't know I heard him. That's gotta count for something, right?"
"Something, sure, but Miley, he didn't really tell you."
"Fine, but at least I know he does."
"Do you love him?" Emily asked her. Miley pondered for a moment.
"I'm not sure. I've never been in love before, so I'm not really sure what it's supposed to feel like," Miley told Emily.
"What do you feel?" Emily asked.
"I feel, I feel amazing when I'm with him. I've never felt so comfortable around someone before, and felt more than just a friend feeling for. He's so great to me, and I'd do anything for him. I honestly don't know what I would do if he wasn't around," said Miley as her friend listened.
"I think that could be love," Emily said slowly.
"You think?" Miley asked her, unsure.
"Yeah, I think so," Emily said and Miley seemed to be content with that answer. They both went back to their magazines.
"Oh my gosh, look at this!" Miley exclaimed as she passed her magazine over to Emily.
"What?" Emily asked as she looked at the page. "Oh."
"They don't even know!" Miley said, getting a little upset. "Why do people make things up?"
"Don't worry Miley, everything will be fine. It's just a stupid magazine," Emily told her, giving her the magazine back. Right in the middle of the page was a picture of Nick and another girl, probably a fan. They pinned her as "Nick's New Girl."
"Stupid!" Miley said loudly and threw the magazine across the room. It hit the door and a second later, they heard a knock.
"Come in!" both girls said at the same time. Cody Linley walked in. Miley was doing a scene with Jake today, apparently.
"Hey, what's up, guys?" Cody asked.
"Not much, just hanging out," Miley replied. "Come sit." Cody walked over and sat in Miley's hair and makeup chair.
"What have you been up to?" Emily asked him.
"Nothing really. Umm, Miley, could I talk to you for a minute?" Cody asked, looking right at her.
"Yeah, what's up?" Miley asked him, wondering what was on his mind. Cody shifted his gaze from Miley to Emily. Emily got the hint and took her magazine and herself out of the room.
"So, you know, Valentine's Day is coming up soon," Cody started to say. Miley knew what was coming.
"Yeah?" she asked, praying he wasn't going where she thought he was.
"And I was just wondering if you wanted to go and do something? With me, I mean? We could go out to eat or something? Or just hang out at one of our houses?" Cody asked her. Miley smiled at him.
"Cody, I'm sorry. I really just can't. I have plans already," she lied to him, although she knew she probably would.
"Oh, I didn't know that you were, you know, with anyone," he said, embarrassed now.
"We're just friends, but he asked me first," Miley told him.
"Oh, that's cool. Well, we'll hang out some other time, okay?" Cody asked.
"Yeah, we will," she said. Cody left and Emily came back in.
"What was that all about?" Emily asked her, as she sat back down.
"He asked me out for Valentine's," Miley said.
"Oh my gosh! Did you tell him you already had plans with Nick?"
"Of course not! I just said I had plans with a friend already."
"Yeah, a boyfriend!" Emily laughed at her.
"Em, come on, you can't say that!" Miley warned her.
"Fine, whatever," Emily said and put down her magazine. "Get out the basket, let's work on the blanket for awhile." Miley got their knitting basket out of the corner and they started to work on the blanket they had started to make awhile back.
"I never thought I would knit!" Miley told her after awhile.
"I never thought I'd be on the number one rated TV show, but weird things happen, Miles," Emily told her and they both laughed.
"So what are you plans for V-day?" Miley asked her friend. Emily blushed.
"Danny's taking me out to dinner," she said softly.
"That's so cool! As just friends, or a date?" Miley asked, raising an eyebrow.
"A date!" Emily exclaimed.
"EEP!" both girls squealed at the same time and laughed. Danny was a guy that Emily had been friends with for a few years now. He was a year older than her and not in the acting business. She met him surfing one day and they became pretty good friends. But lately, Emily had started crushing on him, hard, and he knew it. Thankfully, he liked her too.
"This is so exciting!" Miley told her with wide eyes.
"I know! I'm ecstatic!" Emily told her. "Too bad we can't make it a double date."
"Nick hasn't even asked me yet! Besides, we'll probably just end up over at his house or something," she said.
"What did you get him?" Emily asked her.
"Crap! I knew I was forgetting something! I don't have anything for him!"
"Chill, girl. We'll figure something out," Emily told her and looked over at Miley's end of the blanket. "Miley! Pull that whole thing out of there! Redo that row, and pay attention!" she instructed her friend.
"Fine!" Miley said and pulled out the yarn. "But if it happens again, I'm leaving it like that and we'll just have a bumpy blanket!"
February 14, 2007
"You've got to be kidding me," Joe said as he walked into Nick's room.
"What? Is it too much?" Nick asked, looking back into his room from the doorway where Joe was standing also.
"It looks like cupid threw up in your room!" Joe told him. Nick had decorated his room for Valentine's Day. Miley was coming over and he wanted their first Valentine's Day together to be very special.
Red and pink balloons were everywhere, floating up near the ceiling and ones that were just on the floor, along with strands of Christmas lights that were randomly strung along the floor. 5 vases of roses were spread throughout the room, four had 6 roses in them and the fifth had a full dozen. There was a huge stuffed dog on Nick's bed with a big red bow on it and smaller presents spread throughout the room, wrapped in red paper with white bows. The curtains were pulled shut and he had taped paper hearts- that he had cut out himself- all over them and his walls. His mom had helped him with some of it, but for the most part, all the ideas were Nick's.
"I kinda like it," Nick said, admiring his handy work.
"I think I'm going to be sick," Joe said, walking away and making gagging noises. Kevin heard him and walked over to Nick's room to see what was going on.
"Oh my God, Nick, what happened to your room?" Kevin asked him with wide eyes.
"Dude, I think it looks good. I just want her to have fun," Nick told him. Kevin smiled at his younger brother and put his arm around his shoulders.
"You've got it bad, huh?" Kevin asked.
"Come on, we're just friends that happen to be hanging out on Valentine's Day," Nick said, thinking about Miley's reaction to his room. Kevin gave him a look of 'I know better than that'. Nick avoided the look. "Don't you have plans with Kaila?"
"Yeah, I'm going to pick her up in just a little bit," Kevin said.
"Where are you guys going?"
"To a party her friend is having," Kevin said and Nick raised an eyebrow at him. "Don't look at me like that. It's not a party party. Just some of her friends getting together with their boyfriends to eat a bunch of candy and watch sappy love movies."
"Whatever," Nick said.
"When's Miley getting here?" Kevin asked. Nick looked at his watch that she had gotten him and smiled a little to himself, just like he did every time he looked at it.
"In like half an hour! Does it look okay?" Nick asked Kevin, really needing an honest opinion.
"She's going to love it, Nicky," Kevin said and ruffled Nick's hair a little.
"I hope she does," Nick said.
"She will. Stop worrying. Come help me pick out which boots I'm going to wear," Kevin asked his brother, even though he didn't really need any help, he knew that Nick needed to get his mind off of his room for just awhile longer before he added more to it.
Nick followed Kevin and they went into his room. Kevin opened the closet and Nick looked over the 30 plus pairs of boots he had to choose from.
"Dude, seriously, you're like a girl," Nick said, looking over his shoulder at his brother.
"I like boots!" Kevin defended.
"Yeah whatever," said Nick and Kevin and him laughed. They found a pair and Kevin sat on his bed to put them on. Next door, they heard a loud thump come from Joe's room. Kevin and Nick looked at each other. "Is he okay?" Nick asked his older brother.
"He's really not. This is the first Valentine's Day he hasn't been with someone," Kevin said.
"And he was planning on being with AJ," Nick finished.
"I can't believe she broke up with him on Valentine's Day!" Kevin said.
"I just don't understand why," Nick wondered.
"Who knows why she does anything she does. I think she's just stressed out from touring and everything. And since now they won't be able to tour together, it's going to be difficult. Besides, Joe can be difficult to deal with period," Kevin told him.
"I guess. But Miley and I make it work, and we're not touring together," Nick said.
"You and Miley are neighbors, and she's not on tour, either. Just you; she's back here and waiting for you. Besides, you and Miley are different," Kevin said. Nick smiled slightly.
"Yeah, we are different, huh?" Nick said sheepishly. "Oh no! What time is it?"
"She'll be here in like fifteen minutes, Nick," Kevin told him, looking at his own watch.
"I have to go talk to Joe before she gets here. He's got to help me with something," Nick said, approaching Kevin's door. "Have fun tonight," he said and wiggled his eyebrows at his brother.
"Quit it, Nick! You're sick!" Kevin said and blushed a little as he waved his brother out of his room.
Nick walked over to Joe's door and knocked loudly, considering that his music was up pretty loud.
"What?" Joe yelled.
"Can I come in?" Nick slightly yelled back.
"No," Joe said and then opened the door. Nick looked at him funny as Joe opened the door wider so Nick could enter. "What do you want?"
"Remember? Miley's coming over and I was thinking we could still do the thing and--" Nick started to say.
"Sorry, I just can't do it, Nick. You'll have to do it on your own," Joe said sadly.
"Joe, come on, do it for Miley," Nick said. Joe looked at him like he was crazy.
"Look, Miley is cool and all, but I'm not in love with her like you are, little man," Joe told him.
"Do it for me, Joe," Nick paused. "I'd do it for you." Joe contemplated for a moment and knew Nick was right.
"Fine, but then I get to sulk around in my room for the rest of the night," Joe told him. Nick agreed and they went downstairs to wait for Miley.
"Oh my Jonas, Brandi! What am I going to wear?" Miley shrieked as she realized what time it was and needed to pick out her outfit. Her and her sister had spent so much time on their hair and makeup, and having fun, that they didn't realize it was almost time for Miley to leave, and for Brandi's date to pick her up.
"Calm down, we'll find something, I'm sure!" Brandi said, looking at her little sister nervously.
"Great!" Miley said and sighed loudly. "I'm going to look like an idiot if I'm late!"
"No you won't. Nick will just assume that you want to look extra cute for him," Brandi explained to her as she ruffled through the clothes in Miley's closet. "What about this?" she asked and held up a short pink dress. "With jeans underneath and your white boots?"
"No, too cutsie. I need something more sophisticated," Miley told Brandi as she stuck her neck out and pretended to be very regal, until she burst out laughing. "Come on though, I'm serious, we need to find something, NOW!"
They both rummaged through the mess of clothes that was Miley's closet and Miley found a dark navy blue babydoll tee and decided that she would wear that. Brandi grabbed her a lilac colored short sleeved fitted top to go underneath of it and Miley put them on. She pulled on her new True Religion jeans and her navy blue flats. A light purple cloth headband was put in her hair and she was ready to go!
"Thanks so much for your help!" Miley squealed as she hugged Brandi.
"No problem. Now come on, help me find something now!" Brandi said and pulled Miley into her room down the hall. They found Brandi an outfit quicker than they had found Miley's, probably because you could actually walk into the closet and move around without tripping over shoes and more clothes.
The doorbell rang and Brandi left with her date, after a quick look-over of her date by Billy Ray, Trace, and Braison. Then, Trace took Miley up to Nick's. She was 10 minutes late, but she knew he wouldn't mind. She rang the doorbell and only waited a few seconds until the door opened.
"Happy Valentine's Day, beautiful!" Nick said somewhat quietly, but not without enthusiasm. He grabbed her in a hug, although it was awkward with the big gift bag she was holding.
"Happy Valentine's Day to you as well, handsome!" she said, touching the navy blue striped fabric of his polo. They walked into the house and Joe was the first to comment.
"What is this, the twin convention?" Joe asked as the two came into the living room. It was true, they were about the same height, Miley had done her hair curly, so that was the same, and they both had on navy blue shirts with lighter colored jeans. They chuckled at themselves.
"Great minds think alike," Nick quoted and motioned for Miley to sit in the recliner that faced the couch.
"What's going on?" Miley asked as she sat down and Nick went to sit by Joe. They pulled their guitars out from behind the couch and got comfortable.
"We wrote this a couple of years ago," Nick started to explain as he and Joe started playing the melody. "It was the first song we did as brothers, and got us started, really. Kevin had to leave earlier, but he wanted to be here for this, so just pretend that he is," he said, smiling at Miley, who smiled back.
"You're lucky I'm here," Joe mumbled and Nick stopped playing for a second and nudged Joe.
"So happy Valentine's day, Miley; from the Jonas boys," Nick said as he and Joe got louder on their guitars and Joe started the first verse.
"They come and go, but they don't know, that you are my," Joe sang.
"Beautiful," Nick and Joe sang together.
"I try to come, closer with you, but they all say we won't make it through," Joe sang. Miley was smiling widely now and enjoying every second of the boys singing to her.
"But I'll be there forever," they sang together.
"You will see that it's better," sang Nick as he looked right at Miley. "All our hopes and our dreams."
"Will come true," sang the brothers.
"I will not disappoint you," Nick sang to her. "I will be right here for you."
"Til the end, the end of time," the two of them sang, "please be mine."
They sang the rest of the song and Miley applauded at the end, along with Mrs. Jonas who happened to be in the kitchen watching the whole time. Nick turned around and blushed a little. Joe applauded himself as well and Denise laughed at him and walked into her bedroom.
"Thank you, guys!" Miley said as she stood up. "Joe, that was great!" she said and hugged him.
"You're welcome," he said, without much emotion. "Have a great night!" he said, his words dripping with sarcasm. "I'll be in my room." They watched Joe climb the stairs slowly and sulk as he got to his door. He walked in and closed it, and the music blared as soon as the door was shut.
"What's wrong with him?" Miley asked Nick.
"AJ broke up with him today," Nick explained. "They've had some rough patches lately, breaking up and getting back together, but Joe thinks she's serious this time."
"Poor Joe!" Miley said, looking up at his door and then back down at Nick. He had his bottom lip stuck out at her. "What?" she asked, giggling a little.
"Poor Joe? Poor Nicky…he didn't even get a thank you for the song!" Nick pouted playfully.
"I'm so sorry!" Miley exaggerated as she put her arms around his neck. "Thank you," she said and looked into his eyes. She quickly pecked his lip that was sticking out and pulled away quickly, before they got caught. They sat down and talked for a few minutes before Denise and Kevin Sr. came out of their room.
"Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Jonas!" Miley said, waving at them.
"Please, it's Kevin and Denise, Miley!" Denise told her as she grabbed her purse from the kitchen. "Nick, honey, we'll be back around 11," she said and kissed the top of his fluffy head.
"Frankie is at the babysitters house and Joe's in his room," Kevin Sr. informed them. "Check on him every now and then? Or at least before you go to bed?"
"No problem," Nick said, desperately wanting his parents to leave.
"And Nick?" Denise said as she turned around to look at her son as Kevin took the keys and went out to start the car. "Miley is allowed in your room, but you know the rules," she said and raised an eyebrow at him. He blushed slightly again.
"Yes, Mom, I know," Nick said. "Have a good time tonight!"
"We will! Happy Valentine's day, guys!" Denise said and waved at them as she walked out the door.
"What was that about?" Miley asked as she crossed her arms and looked at him. He rubbed the back of his neck as he came a little closer to her and grabbed her hand.
"I have a surprise for you," he told her, "in my room." Miley giggled and followed him up the stairs and down the hall to Nick's room. The door was shut and Nick paused as he put his hand on the doorknob.
"What?" she questioned him after a moment of stillness.
"I just, I want you to, you know, like it," Nick said looking at her with a sheepish smile.
"I'm going to love it," Miley told him and smiled back. She put her other hand over his that was on the doorknob and "helped" him turn it. He pushed the door open and Miley waited for him to turn on the lights, but he didn't. "Uhh, lights maybe?" she asked him.
"Hang on," he said and released her hand and bent down. He grabbed a cord and plugged it into an outlet and the small lights on the floor came on.
"Oh my goodness," Miley gasped as she saw Nick's room. She put her hands over her mouth and stared at it all for a few moments. Nick apprehensively took her hand again, unsure if she liked it, or was in shock and horrified. As his fingers laced with hers, she looked over to him and he looked at her as if he needed approval, which in part he did. "I love it," she said and wrapped him in a hug.
"Happy Valentine's Day, Miley," he whispered in her ear as he pulled her closer and held onto her for dear life. "Is it too much?" he asked and pulled away to look at her.
"Not at all," she said softly and kissed him. "Thank, you, so, much" she said in between kisses.
"Mmm," he exaggerated as she pulled away from him. "You, are, very, very, very, very," he said in between kisses, until Miley pushed him away, "welcome," he laughed.
"Nicholas, you know what your mom said about the rules," Miley said as walked into his room a little bit more. She made her way to the bed and the big dog that sat on the bed. She eyed it and looked back at him before sitting down on the edge. "She'd be mad if we broke the rules. I don't want her to not trust us."
Miley's plea was too late though, as Nick was already halfway across the room when she started talking and by the time she was finished he was standing up in front of her and began to lower himself over her. She leaned back with him and before either one of them knew it, he was on top of her.
"But she's not here," Nick whispered in her ear. She got chills and tried to playfully push him off, but didn't succeed, although she hadn't really wanted to. He leaned down and kissed the top of her head and then her nose and her cheek, and finally her lips. They kissed for awhile, before they both knew they had to stop.
"Nick," Miley breathed and Nick raised himself up to look at her.
"I know," he whispered back and caught his breath.
"We should stop," she whispered, not wanting to, but knowing they had to.
"I know," he repeated and rolled off of her. He quickly realized the situation he was in and sat up and covered himself with Miley's stuffed dog.
"So what'd you get me?" she said a few moments later as she halfway bounced up and down on the bed.
"Oh, was I supposed to get you something?" he asked playfully.
"Well, duh! Is that for me?" and she pointed to the dog sitting on his lap with a red bow on it.
"Maybe," Nick said, trying not to show that he was embarrassed.
"Let me have it!" she said and grabbed for it.
"Umm, maybe you should wait a minute," he said and looked down at the dog.
"Why?" Miley asked and grabbed for it again.
"Miley, just, you should just, you know, wait," Nick said sternly. Miley looked at him for a minute and then her eyes got wide and her mouth made a little 'O' shape.
"Oh my goodness!" she squealed and pointed to the dog. Nick turned about 40 shades of red in a 10 second period. Miley giggled until she realized Nick was really upset. "Babe, don't be like that, it's okay."
"But I didn't mean it, and it just happened and I," Nick started to say before Miley interrupted him.
"Nick stop, it's totally fine! I understand. And if I had stuff that did that, you'd be able to see mine too," Miley said and giggled a little again. Nick smiled slightly and his red faced turned to a pinkish shade.
"Really?" he asked.
"Really," she confirmed.
"Well, I mean, I am pretty hot, you know," Nick said and took his hands and ran them down his chest. Miley grabbed a pillow and threw it at him. "Hey!" he yelled as he tried to block it.
"And what am I? Chopped liver?" she asked him.
"Not a chance, Miles. Why do you think I got into this situation? You're hot as hell!" Nick said. Miley looked at him for a moment longer as she waited for him to go on and he laughed a little at her impatience as she crossed her arms. "You're amazing and the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life," he said, hoping that would be enough. Apparently, it wasn't. "You light up my life?" he said, in more of a question.
"Nick!" Miley whined to him and got off the bed. Nick looked a little stunned, not sure what he had said that had made her so upset.
"What?" Nick asked, pulling the dog off of him now that his 'situation' was fixed, and getting off the bed. "Miley, what did I say?"
"It's what you didn't say," she said quietly and walked over to his dresser to look at a picture of the two of them from a few weeks ago. He put his arms around her from behind and placed his head on her shoulder. She looked up and saw the two of them in the mirror. They were perfect together, no doubt about that.
"What do you want me to say?" he asked her and kissed her cheek before placing his head back on her shoulder.
"Everything," she shrugged as though it was no big deal and then smiled at him.
"Everything, huh?" he asked and she nodded eagerly. "Well, I think your voice is amazing and I get chills every time I hear you sing. You're cute as Hannah, but Miley is better. I love watching you walk into a room, because you do it with so much grace and you literally light up a room. Miley, when you pop your fingers, it annoys the crap out of me, but I love it anyway. I love that you always smell like your melon shampoo. The way your hair curls around my fingers drives me crazy. I love everything about you, Miley," Nick said and Miley stared at him, waiting for him to finish.
"Is that all?" she said after a moment of silence.
"I guess," Nick said, unsure of what she wanted.
"There's nothing else you'd want to add to that?" she questioned as she turned around to face him. She put her arms around his middle back and his hands were placed on her hips.
"What would you like me to say?" Nick asked innocently. He was finally catching onto what she was trying to get out of him.
"Oh I dunno, Nick, but you can't just leave it at that," Miley said, getting a little annoyed. Nick laughed at her softly and she gave him a look. He stopped laughing.
"I'll save it for later," he said and turned away from her. She huffed and crossed her arms over her chest and stomped her foot.
"NICK!" she yelled at him.
"What?" he asked and walked over to his nightstand. "Here, come open this," he said and placed a gift box in her hand.
"Fine," she said and opened it. She pulled out a piece of plastic in 2 shades of blue. "A new phone cover! Thank you!" she said and gave him a quick hug before looking for her phone. "Oh, no! I left my phone downstairs! And your present is down there too! I'll be right back."
She pecked him on the cheek and set the phone cover down on his bed. He sat down next to it and waited for her to come back up. She ran down the stairs and picked up her purse and her gift bag for Nick and ran back up the stairs. When she entered his room, she was out of breath. He laughed at her.
"Okay! Open it!" she squealed and practically threw the bag at him.
"You're gonna poke an eye out, Miley, calm down!" Nick said and started to remove the tissue paper at the top of the bag. He got to the first 'layer' and took out two small boxes that were wrapped separately.
"Open those later," Miley told him and he did as he was told. He approached the next items and got quite excited.
"Oh my gosh, Miley, thank you!" he said as he pulled out a black Smet shirt. It was embellished with a golden crown and gray shaded hands on the shoulders. "This is awesome!"
"I thought you'd like it," she said as he held up the shirt to his body, pretending to model it. "Keep going, you have more!" she said as he pulled another Smet shirt out of the bag. This one was white with red writing and crisscrossed chains all over it.
"Miley, this is too much," he told her, knowing how much these shirts cost her.
"No it's not. I love you in Smet and I know how much you love it, too," she said. He smiled at her and leaned over to give her a quick kiss.
"Well thank you. Now you have to open another one of yours," Nick said. He leaned over and grabbed another gift for her. "Here, open this one."
Miley torn the paper off of the gift and smiled when she saw what was inside.
"Your favorite movie?" Miley asked him as she held up Finding Neverland.
"I love it, and I know that you like it, too. I wanted share something of mine with you," Nick explained to her. "And I thought we could watch it tonight."
"Of course!" Miley told him and set the gift down. "Your turn again!"
"Okay," he said as he reached back into the huge bag. He pulled out a shoe box, unwrapped. He looked at her questioningly and she smiled at him. "You couldn't find anything better than a shoebox?" he asked and laughed. She laughed too when he opened the box and was surprised to find his favorite green converse. "Miley! What?"
"The pair you wear all the time were getting dirty. And I know how you hate to clean your shoes, so I just bought you some new ones!"she told him.
"This is awesome, Miles, thank you so much!" he said as he leaned over to kiss her again. It lasted a little longer than the last, but neither one of them minded. "Your turn for a gift now," he said and she went to go grab a wrapped medium sized box on the floor next to the bed. "Nope," Nick told her as he gently pushed her hand back and made her look at him. He got up and picked up his guitar. This was always her favorite part of getting gifts from Nick. He always had a song.
"So what's this one called?" she asked as he tuned a little bit. He looked up at her.
"Why don't you listen and help me out with it?" Nick asked her and she nodded her head as he began to play for her.
"It's catchy," Miley said as she got into the rhythm and Nick smiled at her before he started to sing.
"Take my hand tonight, we can run so far; we can change the world to anything we want. We can talk for hours just staring at the stars, they shine down to show us," Nick sang to Miley. "You know when the sun forgets to shine, I'll be there to hold you through the night, and we'll be running so fast we can fly tonight. And even when we're miles and miles apart, you're still holding all of my heart; I promise it will never be dark, I know, we're inseparable," he sang. He continued to play the melody as he looked to Miley for approval.
"Keep going, babe," she said softly and smiled at him.
"We could run forever, if you wanted to, and I would not get tired, because I'd be with you. I keep singing this song, until the very end, we'd have done all these things. You know when the sun," he sang and looked at Miley.
"Forgets to shine, I'll be there to hold you through the night" she sang with him.
"And we'll be running so fast we can fly tonight. And even when we're miles and miles apart," Nick sang.
"You're still holding all of my heart," Miley and Nick sang together.
"I promise it will never be dark, I know," he sang to her.
"We're inseparable," they finished together. They both laughed softly when Nick had finished playing.
"Inseparable," Miley repeated, speaking instead of singing now, though.
"We kinda are," Nick said and put his guitar down.
"No, that's the name. Inseparable," she informed him.
"Well alright," he said.
"Now you get to open one of the boxes," Miley told him and handed him one of them, took it back, and gave him the other one. "This one first," she said as she held it out for him to take.
"Okay, let's see, what's in here?" he said as he tore the paper off slowly. He opened the box to find different colored note cards with writing on them. "What's this?" he asked her, not understanding what they were.
"They are the recipes to all of my favorite country foods that my mom cooks. She let me write down the recipes for you so that you can learn to cook for me," she told him and smiled proudly.
"I'm really not much of a cook," Nick informed her now.
"You'll be fine. They're easy!" Miley said. "Even I can cook them!"
They both laughed and Nick started to skim over the ingredients. Not one recipe didn't have butter or salt in it.
"You're going to die of a coronary if you keep eating this stuff, Miles," he laughed.
"I'm a southern girl; we're built to take it," she said and laughed too. She looked eagerly at the present on the side of the bed that she had reached for earlier. Nick laughed at her now. "Can I?" Miley asked him, as though he wouldn't let her.
"Yeah, go ahead, open it," he said and she grabbed the box so fast, Nick almost didn't see it. She tore the paper off and gasped for the fourth time that night as she saw the box. She took the lid off and picked up the contents.
"Nick! Oh my gosh!" she yelled as she leaned over to give him a huge hug. He had gotten her new Ugg boots, medium color and medium height. He knew that the ones she had were starting to wear out since she wore them so much, and he wanted to get her something that she would actually use.
"I thought you'd like them," he said as he caught his balance as she got off of him.
"I love them," she said, drawing out the second word. He smiled at her subtlety.
"Good. Now can I open this last one?" he asked his girlfriend. She nodded her permission to him and he unwrapped the last present from her. "Miley? You need to give explanations before I open your gifts. What is this?" Nick asked her as he pulled out a white gold ring with two small diamonds in it.
"It's a promise to you that I will always care about you," she told him and showed him the engraving. "See, Phil 1:3."
"I thank God every time I remember you," they both said together.
"It's not really one that you'd wear. I didn't even know what size your finger was, but I didn't know what else to put it on," she explained.
"Well, since it's small enough to fit on your finger, I'm sure it won't fit on mine," he said and tried to push it down onto his pinky finger. It wouldn't budge. "I'll just keep it with me," he said and put it in his pocket. He leaned over and kissed her, again. She liked this whole, give a gift, get a kiss thing. "Okay, now your last present," he said and shoved the stuffed dog in her face.
"This is the last one? This was the first one!" she told him, trying not to sound disappointed, but she obviously was.
"Fine, fine, you caught me!" Nick said and got off the bed. He walked over to his dresser and opened up one of the drawers. He pulled out a small box, smaller than all the rest of them, and handed it to her. She looked at the teal box with the white writing questioningly until Nick told her she could open it. She untied the white bow that was on top of it and ran her fingers over the 'Tiffany & Co' that was imprinted on the top.
"Nick," she halfway whined, but in a good way. He had spent way too much on her.
"Come on, open it!" he said and she took the lid off of the box to reveal 2 silver dog tags, that looked just like Nick's.
"What are these?" she asked and held them up and let them dangle. She read the engraving on it before he spoke. It read 'Destiny Hope Cyrus / Girlfriend of Diabetic Type 1 / Most Amazing Girl Ever'.
"You've been there for me so much over the last few months in dealing with all of this. I just wanted you to know how much it meant to me," he told her and she nodded. He watched her expression as she turned it over to see the other side of the tags. In the corner was the diabetic medical sign. In the middle was a large heart with 'I Love You' engraved in it. The color drained out of her face, but quickly came back and she turned pink. He halfway smiled at her reaction, but not fully smiling because he didn't know how she'd take him telling her like this. "So do you like it?" he finally asked. She looked up at him and he saw a single tear roll down her cheek.
"I love it," she said slowly and wiped it away quickly. "And I love you, too," she whispered, as if someone could hear her that wasn't supposed to.
"Really?" Nick asked her, even though he knew the answer.
"I think I do. I've never been in love before, but I've never felt this way with someone before, either. And if this is what love is, I'm totally fine with that," she told him and they both laughed a little.
"That's exactly how I feel about it," Nick told her and they kissed. She leaned more into him and before either of them realized it, she was on top of him. His hands rested on her lower back and as she adjusted over him, her shirt started to ride up. Nick couldn't help himself and his hand touched her bare skin. They both knew what was coming next if they didn't stop. Miley chose not to care. Nick however, did, and practically threw her off of him.
"Nick!" she squealed as she pulled her shirt back down. He gave her an apologetic look and she softened and leaned over to him and put her head on his shoulder and grabbed his arm and interlocked it with hers. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be, babe. It's fine," Nick said and kissed the top of her forehead. They sat there for a few moments before he squeezed her a little and she grunted a little. "Let's go watch the movie."
"Okay," Miley agreed and they walked downstairs to the living room. Nick put the DVD in and grabbed the remote. Miley had flopped down on the couch and halfway sat up when Nick walked over to the couch. He sat down on one end and she lied her head in his lap.
An hour and a half later, Miley was fast asleep. Nick was pretty close to it, but trying to stay awake for the ending of the movie, even though he knew what it was already. Kevin had gotten home a little earlier from his party and had gone upstairs already. Joe hadn't come out of his room, at least that Nick knew of. Denise and Kevin Sr. came in right when the movie was starting the credits.
"Hey, honey," Denise said as she walked over to Nick and Miley on the couch, and he put a finger over his lips to tell her that Miley was sleeping. "Sorry!" she whispered. She kissed him on the top of the head and put a hand on his shoulder. "Goodnight sweetie; not too late now. Happy Valentine's Day."
"Happy Valentine's Day, Mom. Goodnight," Nick whispered back to her. Denise and Kevin walked into their room and shut the door. Nick knew he had to wake Miley up soon, but really didn't want to. He was going to let her sleep for awhile longer until he saw that her phone was lit up and vibrating on the coffee table. He picked it up and saw "Brandi Cell" flashing on the screen. "Hello?" he whispered into the phone.
"Nick?" Brandi asked, a little stunned.
"Miley's sleeping," Nick said.
"Oh, well, tell her that she needs to be home soon," Miley's older sister said.
"I will. I was just getting ready to wake her up. Happy Valentine's Day, Brandi," he told her. He could almost hear her smile on the other end.
"Happy Valentine's Day, Nick," Brandi said. They said their goodbyes and got off the phone. Nick started to shift, hoping that it would softly wake his sleeping girlfriend. He was in luck, because he only had to move a little and she was up. Groggy, but up.
"Did I fall asleep?" Miley asked as she stretched her arms up above her head.
"Just for a moment," Nick lied to her and smiled. She poked him in the stomach and he pretended to be hurt until she kissed his cheek. "Come on, we've got to get you home," he said and grabbed her hand to pull her up. She followed him to the stairs and the slowly climbed them, because she was still a little weary. Nick helped her gather up all of her gifts and put them in a bag. He took the bag downstairs and she followed with her stuffed dog and one rose out of one of the vases. Nick grabbed the DVD out of the TV and put it in the bag as well and they walked to her house.
When they got to the door, Miley and Nick both went inside and put all of her stuff away, said hello to her parents who were still up, and walked back outside so they could "properly" say goodnight.
"This was the best Valentine's Day ever, Nick," Miley said and hugged him.
"Mine too," he said and hugged her back. He held her for a moment and leaned down to her ear. "I'm going to miss you," he whispered.
"Stop it, Nick," she said as she pulled away from him to look at his face.
"Miley, I'm sorry," Nick said. She knew he was, but that didn't change anything.
"I know, Nick, I just don't want you to leave me," Miley said and buried her head in his chest. His heart completely broke at the desperation in her voice. Nick and his brothers were leaving for their mall tour the next morning. Nick would be gone before she ever even got up.
"I'm sorry," he said again, his voice low so that it wouldn't crack.
"It's okay," she said slowly. "Don't find another girl, okay?"
"Never, babe," he said and kissed her forehead. He looked down at her and smiled. "I love you?" he said mostly as a question.
"I know you do. I love you, too, Nick. You should go. You have to leave early," she said and tried not to shudder when she said that he was leaving.
"I know. You can come over to my house later tomorrow when my mom's back home with Frankie and get your flowers," Nick told her, speaking of the 5 vases of roses that were still in his room.
"I will," she said and hugged him tight again. "Call me?"
"Every day," he told her and kissed her.
"I'm going to miss that," Miley whispered.
"Me too," he whispered back. "Happy Valentine's Day, Miles."
"Happy Valentine's Day," she said and kissed him again. After a minute, she pulled away to catch her breath. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight," Nick replied and hugged her one last time, kissed her cheek and walked down the stairs and up the hill to his house. He missed her already.
Each of them quickly went to bed in their separate homes and lied there for what seemed like hours, missing the other one until finally out of pure exhaustion, they both fell asleep.
February 15, 2007
Nick had been up for an hour, finishing up a little bit of packing and mostly dragging Joe out of his room and to the kitchen for breakfast, and it was only 4am. He had decided before he even went to bed the night before that he was going to take the flowers to Miley's house and set them on her doorstep for when she got up.
"Hey, I'll be back in a few minutes," Nick told his mom and dad as he approached the front door with a big box with the vases in it.
"Where are you going?" Kevin asked his little brother.
"They're Miley's," Joe whined and threw his head on the countertop.
"Joseph, sit up," Denise scolded. "Be back soon, honey. You need to leave the house in twenty minutes."
"I'll be back. See ya!" Nick yelled as he shut the door behind him. Nick carefully walked down the hill to Miley's. It was still fairly dark outside, although a little light was beginning to show through over the horizon. Nick walked up Miley's front steps and set the box down. He began unpacking the roses and setting them up. When he was finally finished, he admired his work for a moment and then proceeded down the steps, only to run back up them and place a sealed card in one of the bouquets. He started back down them before he heard the door open.
"Nick?" Miley asked in a groggy voice as she crossed her arms over her chest in an attempt to keep warm. It was California, but the mornings were still cold in February. She was in a loose t-shirt, cut off sweatpants and Uggs, her usual casual style. He turned around and smiled at her as he walked over to her. "What are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to bring these to you," Nick said and pointed to the flowers. Miley smiled as she saw them.
"Well thank you. I thought you'd be gone already," she said and outstretched her arms to him. He gladly accepted her invitation.
"I thought you'd be asleep," he said and laughed a little.
"I couldn't sleep. Something woke me up and I came down here to watch TV and wait for my parents to get up," Miley explained to him. "You should get going. I bet you're going to be late."
"I probably will be. But it was worth it to see you again," Nick told her and kissed her. "I'll call you every chance I get and I'll see you soon."
"Not soon enough," she replied and kissed him this time. "Bye," she said sadly, even though she knew he needed to go.
"Bye. Love you," Nick said, as casual as if they had been saying it to each other their whole lives.
"Love you, too, babe," Miley said and turned toward her front door to walk in. She smiled to herself as she turned around and started to carry the roses in. She looked up to see Nick halfway up the hill, walking backwards, watching her.
"Miss you already!" he called out to her in the early morning air.
"Creeper!" she yelled back and laughed. He laughed as well and waved to her.
"Love you, pretty girl!" Nick yelled as he finally turned around and started to walk the other way.
"Love you more," Miley called back as she took the last vase into the house and shut the door behind her. This was going to be a long separation for the two of them, but Miley knew for certain that the two of them, out of anyone she knew, could handle it and come out okay. She just knew it.
I'm so, so, so, so, so sorry that it's taken me so long to update! I was without a computer for about a week and this week has been so crazy with getting back to school and everything. But it's extra long just for my loyal readers. I promise it won't be like this all the time! Hope you guys like it! I was going to make it longer, but I wanted to get it up for you; and I hope there aren't too many mistakes…I honestly didn't proof read it, I just wanted to get it up. Please review! Oh, and here's this chapter's question.
So Miley and Nick obviously aren't together anymore (in real life…they are in my story still!), at least for the time being. Who should be their new romances? (Of course not including each other.) They can be from Disney, Nickelodeon, not a kids station, musicians, actors, models, whatever. Just remember that they are each only 15, though! We don't want anything illegal, lol!
Love you guys!