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-Jenna
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Miley's Point of view:
When I looked at Nick, a million memories rushed back into my head. I remembered the time when me and Nick were swinging on his swings in his back garden. "I promise you, Miley, no matter what happens, I'll always be here for you, okay?" Nick had promised me. I had responded by saying: "I'll always be here for you, too. No matter what!"
Suddenly, I was brought back to reality; Nick hated me now.
"Yeah, it's me" I sighed, looking away from him.
"Wow, you've…um…changed a lot since yesterday" he whispered.
I shrugged. I was angry at him. I'd just realized he'd broken his promise we made back when we were 11.
"Well, are you coming to class, Joe?" Nick asked.
"Sure! I'll see you girls later." Joe grinned.
I didn't understand the feeling inside of me. I wanted to yell at Nick, for braking his promise, but I also wanted to spend time with him again.
"Are you okay, Miles?" Mitchie asked.
"Fine." I lied, my voice was cracking a little, I sounded weird.
"You don't sound fine" Mitchie examined.
"Well, I am!" I said, fiercely, I could feel tears forming in my eyes.
"Miles…" Mitchie said softly, pulling me into a hug, "Do you need to tell me something?"
Then, I just broke down. Tears were shooting down my face hysterically, it probably looked liked I'd been stabbed I was crying so much.
"Miley, please don't cry. Come on, tell me what's wrong" Mitchie said as we walked to class.
I wiped my tears away with the back of my sleeve. I sniffed loudly.
"Nothing's wrong" I lied.
"Miles, I know something is wrong. Don't worry, you don't have to tell me now, you can tell me whenever you want. But please don't bottle everything up inside you, it's not healthy, okay?" Mitchie smiled as we walked into class.
I sat down in my back-of-the class seat next to Mitchie. I kept glancing at Nick, but every glance sent another dagger plunge through my heart.
"Miles, are you okay?" Joe whispered to me half way through glass.
I nodded quickly, looking the other way; trying to hide the fact I had been crying.
Joe seemed unsure, but turned to face the front of the class again.
I stared Nick, I don't think I'd ever felt a pain like this before. It hurt; a lot. But, I liked it. He was just so perfect, the way his brown, curly hair rested on his head to the way he spoke, I loved his velvety smooth voice.
But, I hated him. I had to hate him because he hated me. He'd broken the biggest promise anyone could make, and he didn't even seem to care.
Nick's point of view:
Why had Miley changed? Don't get me wrong, she looked beautiful, but why had she suddenly had a make-over? I decided not to think anymore about this dumb situation. It made no sense, so I didn't want to look further into it.
I turned my head, just to have another glance at Miley, just to see how much she had changed…
When I looked at her, she was staring right back. Her eyes were filled with anger, and…pain? I looked away quickly, really freaked out.
Joe's Point Of View:
I hated seeing Miley upset. She was like a sister to me, seeing her hurt was like myself being hurt. I'd already asked her if she was okay, so I couldn't really ask her again.
-After Class-
I caught up with Mitchie and Miley in the hallways. Miley's eyes were still red and puffy but I ignored that and make casual conversation.
"Hey girls, what's up?" I asked.
"We were just going to talk in the toilets…" Mitchie said, clearly wanting me to leave.
"Oh. Oh. Well, I'll just go and leave you two alone. Can we meet up at lunch?" I asked.
"Sure" Miley mumbled, her voice was weak and I felt very sorry for her.
I made my way down the hall, and suddenly, something hit me. As soon as Nick had come over to us in the halls, Miley had started acting funny. So, I thought, Nick's done this; he's such a jerk now.
Full of anger, I scrambled through the halls trying to find Nick. I really couldn't understand why he was hurting Miley so much. I finally found him, talking with Jackson and Selena.
"Nick." I said, "We need to talk…now".
Nick shrugged and walked over to me.
"What's up?" he asked casually, ignoring the anger in my voice.
"Can we talk in private, please? Like, in the toilets?" I asked him, trying me best to maintain calm.
"Okay…?" he shrugged.
When we got into the toilets, I pinned Nick up against the wall.
"Why did you hurt Miley, huh? She's like a sister to me…to both of us, and Kevin. I don't understand why you seem so happy when you've made her like this. She's depressed, she can't stop crying…" I yelled.
"Joe, let go of me!" Nick ordered.
I let him go slowly.
"Look—I haven't said anything to Miley that could've hurt her feelings—lately." He said slowly.
"What about yesterday?" I asked.
"Dude, just let it go. Yeah, so you like Miley. But why do have to blame me for this?!" Nick asked, kind of angry, "It's not my fault she's depressed—at least, I don't think it is—so back off, alright?!"
I shrugged and noticed how childish I was being about this situation.
"Alright." I answered.
"Good." Nick replied, sternly.
He headed for the door.
"Nick," I said, making him turn around.
"What?" he asked, annoyed.
"At least talk to her—I have a feeling she needs you right now, even though you might have caused this…" I told him honestly.
Nick looked at me weird.
"No, please, Nick. I know you might not want to, but that girl is falling to pieces right now, I think she needs you" I almost begged.
"You think she needs me?" Nick chuckled, "Yeah, right!"
I had a strange feeling that Nick could fix her.
Even if he was the one who had broken her.
Selena's Point Of View:
I watched Miley as she came into the cafeteria with her friends; Mitchie and Lily. She looked to fragile today…so breakable. Perfect.
"Harper, is it just me, or does Miley look really fragile and breakable today?" I grinned smugly.
"Um, she does, actually…" Harper agreed.
"Perfect!" I hissed, standing up.
"Where are you going?" Gabriella asked.
"I'm going to make Miley's life a living hell again!" I replied.
"Cool!" Gabriella said, she didn't sound very enthusiastic, but I was.
"What are you going to do?" Nick asked, kind of wary, almost worried.
"Why do you want to know?" I asked.
"Well…Joe was talking to me about Miley today…" he began.
"Nick, please don't start going all mushy on me about Miley!" I begged.
"I won't…I'm just saying maybe it's wrong to go this far with her?" he muttered under his breath.
I shrugged and walked over to Miley's table…
Mitchie's Point Of View:
I watched as Miley placed her shaky hand on her Coke and began to drink it.
"Miles, you're shaking like a leaf" Lily said.
"I-I am?" Miley asked, not really surprised.
"Miley, are you okay? Please just let me know you're going to be okay!" I begged.
"I will" Miley sighed.
"Miley…" I breathed.
Selena's manicured hand slapped down beside Miley.
"Hi, losers!" Selena cackled.
"Go away!" I threatened, "Get away from us!"
Selena's hand moved closer to Miley.
"Miley, did I mention how horrible you look today?" Selena hissed in Miley's ear.
"Stop it!" I screamed, seeing that Miley was shaking so hard that Coke was spilling all over the table.
"Maybe a haircut would make you look nice?" Harper chucked.
Selena nodded, "That's a great idea, Harper!".
Selena's hand started to pull on Miley's hair with all the strength she had, Miley screamed out in pain.
I was to scared to move, Selena and her friends walked back to their table, but the air didn't feel safe.
Miley was quivering, her whole body shaking.
Selena had made Miley's hair a complete mess.
Miley looked at me, but she didn't need to say anything, her eyes did all the talking, and her eyes said she was slowly falling to pieces…
Nick's Point Of View:
I stared at Selena.
"How could you do that?" I gasped.
"Oh, come on. Like you care?" Selena asked.
I was struggling.
Joe had said I could fix Miley. Me? I was just Nick. Her ex-best friend.
But she needed someone right now.
And maybe, just maybe, that someone was me.
