Because You Live.
Chapter 7.
"Brianna, put the gun down. Maybe we can settle this another way," Nick said. He stood up and stood in front of the scared Miley, and everyone else froze in their places as Brianna walked closer with the gun outstretched from her, with tears rolling down her cheeks.
"No! We can't! The only way that I can be happy and be with you is if SHE'S dead! If she's dead, you might actually get over her and want to be with me and be happy!" Brianna sobbed, and Nick looked at her like she was crazy and scrunched his eyebrows together.
"Brianna, killing the girl I'm in love with won't make me like you. It won't make me happy! It'll make me hate you and it'll make me depressed. Brianna, put the gun down and we can talk about this rationally. Violence isn't needed. Just keep the gun away from me and my girlfriend," Nick said, and he glanced at Joe and Justin and gave them a look, and they nodded and stood up silently behind Brianna, ready for the signal.
"No! I need you, Nick, and she's the only thing standing in the way of us being together! I'm in love with you, and you're too blind to see that you love me too! She's brainwashed you into believing you love her, when you don't! You love me! Can't you see that she's the only problem?!" Brianna exclaimed.
"She hasn't brainwashed me! And how can you be in love with me when you barely even know me?! I'm sorry, Brianna, but I'm in love with Miley, and I will be until I die, maybe even after that," Nick said.
"That's it! She's dead!" Brianna said and pointed the gun at Miley.
"NOW!" Nick yelled, and Joe held Brianna's arms and Justin grabbed the gun and threw it across the coffee shop, and it landed on the tiled floor with a loud thud, and Brianna kicked Joe in the shin and ran at Miley, but Miley dodged and Brianna tumbled onto the couch. Miley stood up and walked over to Justin to get away from Brianna.
"Stay away from us, Brianna. We want absolutely NOTHING to with you after all the crap you've caused with us. You tried ruining my relationship, and then you try to kill the girl I love! Brianna, you need help! You barely know us and yet you're trying to kill one of us!" Nick exclaimed, and Alex, Lilly and Mikayla walked over to Brianna.
"Get up!" Lilly snapped, and Brianna stood up. Lilly held her arms, and Mikayla stood in front of her to make sure she didn't get away. Alex lifted her arm and punched Brianna square in the nose. The boys all cheered, except for Nick, who walked over to Miley and wrapped an arm around her protectively.
"Stay away from Nick and Miley, you whore. No one wants ANYTHING to do with you in this town, so what are you still doing here?! We all hate your guts, and so do half the people at school! So tell us, slut! Why are you still here?!" Mikayla yelled.
"Everybody hates you for what you've done to Nick and Miley, so why don't you just get out of town and never come back?!" Joe yelled and went and stood beside Miley, Nick and Justin. Troy and Kevin stood up and walked over to Brianna.
"From what we hear, nobody in this town likes you in any way. They all despise you. So do everyone in our hometown a favour, and go back where you came from. Where was that? Whorington? Slutsville?" Troy asked, and Kevin laughed harshly.
Brianna's eyes filled with tears as Mikayla slapped her. She looked at Nick pleadingly, but all he did was watch as all his friends beat her up and yelled at her. The only other thing he did was whisper in Miley's ear and hug her. Brianna was jealous at the sight of it, but that was the moment she realised just how much Nick Gray was in love with Miley Stewart.
"You guys! Stop! I think she's had enough! I want a word though," Miley said, and started walking over, but Nick pulled her back and said, "No way. You're not going near her. Not when I'm your boyfriend." Miley smiled.
"I'll be fine. Lilly's got it covered." Miley walked the rest of the way over and stopped in front of Brianna, and she smirked.
"I see we finally got you to see that coming to this town was the worst thing you ever did? Maybe we're being harsh, but I'd call what you did even worse. Trying to steal my boyfriend? Trying to KILL me? Get over yourself, Brianna. None of us want you here. You should've gone back where you came from the MOMENT you left school that day you arrived. All of us hated you from then on. So do us ALL a favour and go back where you came from. Nick doesn't want you. He doesn't need you. He doesn't love you. He doesn't even LIKE you. So give it up. The sooner you leave us all alone, the happier we'll be," Miley said, and she walked back over to Nick, who put an arm around her and smirked at Brianna.
"Gotten the picture yet, Brianna? Because if I were you, Miley would've made it pretty clear to me that no one here wants you in the state, let alone this town. Go back to where you came from and NEVER come back. None of us want to see a slut's ass from the bottom of her skirt, or her boobs because her shirt's so low. Get over yourself. I doubt even a brothel would take you in. That's how big a slut you are," Nick said and Brianna felt tears start coming down, and the group let go of her, and she fell back onto the couch as they all walked over to Nick and Miley and Justin and Joe.
"There you go, Brianna. You got the words right out of Nick's mouth. He hates you. He doesn't like you, let alone love you. So back off and go back where you came from. Slutsylvania, I'm guessing?" David asked, and he laughed and high fived Joe as Brianna began sobbing, but no one in the group showed the slightest sign of sympathy, let alone regret.
Brianna covered her face with her hands, and she sobbed as the others all shook their heads at her and watched her as she collapsed onto the ground while sobbing, and she looked at Nick, who was talking with Miley and smiling, and looking deeply into her eyes. Brianna gathered herself, and she stood up and ran towards the door.
"Oh, Brianna?!" Miley called, and Brianna turned with the tears streaming down her cheeks. Miley smirked and walked over. Miley slapped her hard, and before she knew it, Brianna was on the floor holding her cheek.
"Stay away from me, my boyfriend, and my friends. You understand that?!" Miley snapped. She got up and walked towards Nick, who welcomed her with open arms, and then he glared at Brianna, and Brianna looked around the group. They all had amused expressions on their faces as Brianna got up and ran from the coffee shop.
In the coffee shop, the others all walked over to the gun, and Nick picked it up. "Shit. What are we supposed to do with this now?" Miley took it, and she shook it about and opened it. She started laughing.
"You guys. Brianna didn't have any bullets in! Nick, she was trying to scare you into dumping me!" Miley said, and she began laughing harder. Everyone burst out laughing at Brianna's stupidity, and Nick wrapped an arm around Miley's waist, and he said, "Whatever. I'm just glad you're alright, baby."
Miley smiled and kissed Nick's cheek. He smiled back at her and they all smiled in the direction of the loved up couple. Miley giggled as Nick started tickling her spontaneously, and the others all smiled and watched them.
BYL***BYL***BYL***BYL***BYL
That evening, Miley walked into her bedroom and saw a black dress with a white ribbon wrapped around it just below the bust, with matching white stilettos, sitting on her bed with a letter in an envelope. She smiled and began reading the letter:
Dearest Miley,
I love you so much. I know that these past few months, we've put each other through a lot of pain. I know that our three year anniversary is soon, and we'll be doing something special then, but just to show you how much I love you, I have something planned that I think – I know – you'll like. Please wear the outfit, your locket, and your promise ring. And I'll pick you up at 8p.m. I hope to see you then. I love you so much. More than you'll ever know. I love you more than I ever thought it would be possible to love a girl. Anyway, I hope to see you tonight.
Love, Nick
Miley smiled as she read over the letter. She glanced at the dress and the shoes, then she looked down at her locket. Finally, she slowly lifted her hand and looked at the promise ring on her finger, and she smiled. She knew how much she loved Nick, and how much he loved her. She stripped herself of her clothes, and she hopped into the shower.
She loved the feeling of the hot water hitting off her skin, and she stayed in the shower for about 20 or 25 minutes, relaxing and enjoying every moment of it. Then, she glanced at the clock built into her iPod speakers, and she saw it was 7p.m, so she hopped out of the shower, wrapped a towel around herself, and looked in the mirror.
She had to admit, she was proud of how she looked. She thought that there were prettier girls out there, but she knew that she was one of the prettiest girls in the town, since nearly everybody always pointed that out to her.
Miley smiled at her appearance, and she looked at her legs. They were the one part of her body that she was self-conscious of. Everything else; she was happy about, but her legs were the one thing she was insecure about. She shook of the thoughts of her appearance, and she dried herself and walked into the main bedroom.
She quickly put on some underwear and she slipped on the dress. When she put the dress on, it reached just above her knee. She slipped on her stilettos, and she looked in the mirror and smiled at herself. She glanced at the clock and saw that it was 7.30p.m already. She rushed over to her dresser and sat down.
Miley grabbed her blowdryer and blowdried her hair. She then grabbed her straighteners and straightened her hair. When she was finished with her hair, she applied lip-gloss, eye-shadow, eyeliner, mascara, blush, and clear nail polish. When Miley was finished, she glanced at the clock and saw that it was 7.55p.m.
She grabbed a white clutch from her bag drawer, and she slipped her BlackBerry, lip-gloss, wallet, and compact mirror into it, and she smiled at herself in the mirror one last time. She heard the doorbell ring, so Miley ran downstairs and opened the door to see a man in a suit.
"Are you Miss. Miley Stewart?" he asked.
"That would be me, yes. Why?" Miley asked, and the man held out a bouquet of roses out, and he said, "Those are from Mr. Nick Gray, for you. He requested me to pick you up tonight. I am his father's chauffeur, Percival."
Miley smiled. Nick had gotten his dad's driver to pick her up. It must be some date, she thought to herself, and she followed Percival out to the awaiting limo. He helped her in and closed the door behind her.
When Miley turned around, she saw that the floor of the limo was covered in rose petals. She smiled to herself. Suddenly, her BlackBerry started ringing, so she took it out of her clutch and answered. "Hello?"
"Hey, babe. Has Percival picked you up? Where are you?" Nick asked, and Miley smiled at his thoughtfulness.
"Yes, he picked me up. We're on the highway. God, Nick, I can't believe your dad is letting you use his driver," Miley said, and Nick smiled to himself.
"All I had to do was say your name and the word 'date' and Dad said I could borrow the driver and the limo. How'd you like the flowers?" Nick asked and smiled to himself again and Miley smiled as well.
"They were beautiful. They're on my foyer table as we speak," Miley said and giggled, and Nick chuckled.
"I have to go get some last minute things finished before you come, and then we can hang out and have our date. I love you. Bye, babe," Nick said, and he hung up. Miley smiled and looked ahead, daydreaming.
"Miss. Stewart? We're here!" Percival called, and Miley smiled as he came and opened the door for her.
"Thank you very much," she said, and she walked over to a bench, where she saw a note that said:
Walk straight ahead. You'll come to a dead end if you keep going, but there is a path to the left and to the right. Go left and you'll find you'll find your next hint.
Miley smiled and started walking, and called over her shoulder, "Thanks, Percival!" She went straight ahead, and then saw the paths that the note had spoken of, and she turned left and saw a note taped to a wall. It said:
You're getting closer. And even thought I can't see you, when I do, I think you'll look beautiful. Can't wait ;-) Anyway, go straight ahead again. You'll soon come to a hill. You can either go up or down. Go up. You'll find another hint.
Miley smiled, and she folded the note and put it in her clutch with the other. She started walking straight, and she came to the hill that the note spoke of. She went up, and she stopped when she saw a lamp post, and it had a note taped to it. It read:
This is your last hint. When you finish reading the note, I want you to close your eyes (A/N: Ring any bells? Haha! If you read my Christmas oneshot, it should!) and turn around five times. You should hear some music when you're on your second turn. When you're finished with your turns, count to twenty. The music should have gotten louder. After you've counted to twenty, you can open your eyes.
Miley finished reading. She folded the note and put it in her clutch and she closed her eyes. She took a deep breath and began turning five times. Exactly on her second turn, her favourite song – 'Patience' by Take That – started playing. She smiled and continued turning.
She soon stopped turning, and she began counting with her eyes closed. The music slowly started getting louder. When she counted to eighteen, she felt two strong arms wrap themselves around her waist. She quickly finished counting and opened her eyes, and she turned to see Nick holding her. He smiled at her. He was wearing dress pants, a black tie and a white dress shirt. He smiled at her, and he leaned in closer and began singing in her ear softy.
"'Cause I, need time. My heart is numb, has no feeling. So while I'm still healing, Just try, and have a little patience."
Miley smiled as he stopped singing and kissed her tenderly. She kissed back and wrapped her arms around his neck. Nick pulled away, and nodded his head out towards the valley. Miley looked and saw fireworks go up into the sky. She smiled and snuggled into Nick's chest, and Nick smiled and kissed her head.
"I love you so much, Miley," he whispered, and Miley smiled.
"I love you, too, Nick," Miley said, and Nick took her hand and helped her down some stone steps. They were standing in a stone pit. There was a candlelit dinner in the middle, and the music had turned down, and the fireworks were still erupting into the sky.
"Nick, this is amazing," Miley said softly, and Nick smiled and pulled her into an earthshattering kiss. Miley melted into it and kissed him back deeply. Nick put his hands on her hips, and Miley wrapped her arms around Nick's neck. They both pulled away, and at the same time, they whispered, "Wow."
"Did I ever mention that you're an AMAZING kisser?" Nick asked. Miley giggled.
"Once or twice, maybe. I'm not too sure," she flirted, and Nick smiled as they walked over to the table. Nick pulled out a chair for her, and Miley sat down. Nick leant down, and he whispered in her ear, "Well, one more time won't hurt. You're an amazing kisser."
He stood up straight and walked to his own seat, and Miley got chills from when he had whispered in her ear, and she smiled and looked into his eyes. She heard footsteps, and she turned and saw Justin and Joe walking towards them.
"Hello, I'm Justin, and this is Joe, and we are your servers on this fine evening. Are there any drinks you would like?" Justin asked, and Miley looked at Nick with raised eyebrows and giggled, and Nick smiled.
"Justin and Joe?" she asked, and Nick blushed and shrugged.
"Everyone else was busy. Mikayla and Jake were too busy making out, Oliver's having dinner with Kev, Troy, Jackson and Cooper at your house tonight, Lilly's going shopping with her mom, and Alex is having dinner with her grandparents. Brianna offered to do it, but she'd try and poison us or something. She's leaving in the morning," Nick said, and Miley looked up at Justin and Joe.
"I'll have a Diet Coke," she said to them.
"Make that two," Nick said, and Joe and Justin walked away.
"She's actually going to go?" Miley asked with a slight smile on her face, and Nick nodded and reached for her hand and squeezed it.
"She said she finally realised that fighting you for me was pointless because I was in love with you too much, and she was sorry. She realises now how much we all hate her, and she's leaving with her parents to go to Lithuania tomorrow, to a special all girls' school, so she won't fall for any boys," Nick said and smiled lightly.
"Um, yeah," Miley said.
"Miles, what's wrong?" Nick asked.
"Huh? Oh, nothing. I was just thinking about everything we've been through. We've been through a lot just to be together, haven't we?" Miley asked, and Nick smiled and nodded.
"I would go through it all again for you," Nick whispered, and with those words, he pulled Miley into another earthshattering kiss. It felt as though they were the only two people on the earth. Miley pulled away and smiled.
"Nick, because you live ... I live," Miley said, and Nick smiled and kissed her again.
The End.
Author's Note:
The last chapter is over :( I'll miss writing this story. But there's a new story to look forward to in the New Year.
I'm taking a Christmas break, since I am Roman Catholic, and I do a lot at Christmas. I got to Mass on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning, so I won't have much time in the next few days. I have loads of time to write story between January 1st 2009 and January 5th 2009, though. Because I go back to school on the fifth. If you celebrate Christmas, then Happy Holidays! If you don't, I wish you well in the next few days. Happy New Year, as well, by the way! Because I probably won't have the new story up before then. So Happy Holidays! I hope you all enjoy yourselves.
Anyway, now to thanking you all for your support! The support I received for this story and Love Story is incredible. None of my other stories have been this successful. The amount of kind reviews I have gotten – it's beyond belief, to be honest! I love each and every one of my supporters, and my fans! I read each and every review, and I am shocked at how much people like it. I honestly thought that everyone would hate my stories! I thought I was such a bad writer, but then there were people telling me I was amazing and great, and that they loved my story! The support and the love from you all was overwhelming, and I want to thank you all so, so much.
And finally, I have one more thing to say. In the last chapter, I asked you to vote for whether you wanted my next story to be Hannah Montana, Camp Rock, or High School Musical. Every review said ... HANNAH MONTANA! So the new story will be a Niley one. I hope you all enjoy it in 2009.
Happy Holidays, Everyone!!!
Love, ShoppingAndDiamonds
P.S. I'm listening to Fences by Paramore right now. Hehe! I love that song! 'Cause you'll go out in style. You have to love that song if you love Paramore! Well, I do anyway, and so do most people I know! Now, I SHALL GO OUT IN STYLE!!! Lolz. Kidding! Bye bye! Look out for the new story in the new year!