AN: Here's chapter two of my story the Driveway. I hope someone reads this, because I really like this story.
Miley looked at the mirror and added some more lipstick and smiled, she was ready for the night. She was wearing black skinny jeans, white tank top and some gorgeous high heels, she was sure to get lots of attention tonight. And not only because of her looks, but also because it was her party that was held. She knew all of her guest were waiting downstairs, she hadn't seen them for three months and she was looking forward to seeing some of them. She took the last look at herself and headed downstairs.
As she stepped down the stairs she heard people screaming 'Welcome back'. Miley saw a lot of her friends from school, she also saw many of her relatives and her parents friends. She smiled at them and started to welcome everyone to the party.
After twenty minutes of greeting everyone and telling about her trip to those who asked, she was finally allowed to enjoy her own party. Once she got some time alone she realized that a few familiar faces were missing, she hadn't seen Nick or his parents the whole night. Maybe there were here, she just hadn't seen them yet, or maybe they were running late. It's not like Nick could miss her welcome back party?
"I can't believe you missed the first week of school." Lily told Miley as they went to backyard and sat to the hammock.
"I can't believe we haven't spoken the whole summer, well if we don't count those emails.." Miley smiled to her best friend. "So what's new at school?"
"Well.. eh.. nothing much? Miley what's up with you and Nick?" Lily asked, awkwardly, the kind of way when you know there something she wants to tell you, but doesn't quite know how to break it down to you.
"Nothing is up with me and Nick, I haven't spoken with him yet, but I'm sure we'll just work things trough as soon as he gets here. Why would you ask that?"
"I - I was just wondering like.. uh.." She couldn't get a word out of her mouth and Miley knew there was something she wasn't telling her. "Well, Miley I don't think I'm the right person to tell you this, but I think you and Nick clearly aren't on the same page with your relationship. But I seriously don't even know anything for sure, you should just ask someone like Joe or something."
Miley laid back to the hammock. "Is he cheating on me? If he is, just tell me, I can handle it."
"Miley, I don't know for sure, but he has been spending an awful lot of time with this new girl Alex. When was the last time you spoke with him?" Lily caressed Miley's cheek and looked her with pity in her eyes. Miley hated the feeling that someone pitied her and now that she thought about it everyone were looking at her with the exactly same look the whole night.
"Lilz, don't feel sorry for me. I haven't talked with him the whole summer." She paused for a second to see the shock in Lily's eyes. "Have I missed talking to him? Hell yeah. But haven't missed being in that suffocating relationship I have been my whole life. I thought this summer was like the break we really needed, but I never thought he would find someone else while I was away." Miley felt like she moved a huge weight from her shoulders by telling all this to someone.
"Oh Miles.. I'm sure you are gonna work things trough, I'm sure I've just misunderstood something." Lily gave her a weak smile but they both knew there were something real behind her words.
Miley looked at her friend and squeezed her hand. Then she looked at the other people on the backyard, there were a lot of her friends but there was one person she was really looking for. Then she saw him, looking absolutely gorgeous like always, he was wearing dark jeans purple t-shirt and of course the glasses he always wore. He had cut his hair though, he used to have long curly hair, like Nick, but now he had short and straight. Of course he was surrounded with four girls, all smitten about him. Miley got up and walk to them.
Miley smiled to the girls, they were younger but surely knew who Miley was so it only took one look for them to leave Joe and Miley alone.
"Hi best friend, I've missed you. I think my phone broke down, because I haven't got any calls from you?" Joe's voice was really bitchy, but Miley decided to pass it and get straight to the point. Joe was Miley's other best friend and he also happened to be Nick older brother.
"Shut up, you know you are the only person I've talked to during the summer." She playfully hit Joe's arm. "So.." She glanced around the yard. "Where's Nick?" Joe's face was kind of shocked by this.
"Well I thought you wouldn't want him here?"
"Why wouldn't I want my boyfriend being at my own welcome back party?" Miley laughed
"Okay Miley, let's go somewhere more private." Joe started to drag Miley away from the people who started to gather around them to hear what they were talking about. Joe led Miley inside and to her room where he looked at the photos laying on her bed.
"Joe please just tell me, is Nick cheating on me?" Miley asked sadly from her bestfriend.
"Miley, what are you talking about? Okay, I didn't want to ruin your vacation with talking about Nick and I always thought that you would talk to me when you were ready?" Joe looked at Miley with questioning face now.
"Talk about what Joe?" Miley was getting really frustrated now.
"About you guys breaking up?" Now it was Miley's turn to be shocked, she didn't even understand what Joe was talking about, it didn't make any sense.
"Okay, you aren't making any sense now, could you please just tell me from the beginning, what happened?" Joe pulled Miley to his lap and leaned his head and his back to the wall with Miley's head on his shoulder.
"When you left, Nick was heartbroken, I think he just missed you like really really much. He didn't come away from his room like for two weeks. And then when he got out we never really saw him, when I woke up he would be gone and when I went to sleep he still wasn't back home. So we were all really worried about him, that's when I called you the first time to see if you know anything, but you didn't. Okay, so it's been month since you left and Nick's acting really weird, so this one morning me, mom and dad are all in kitchen eating some breakfast and mom suddenly just starts to insist that Nick tells us what's going on and of course he didn't want to at first. But then after like 20 minutes he finally gives in and tells us that you guys aren't together anymore."
At that point Miley gasped for some air, because she really felt like she couldn't breath.
"I know, we couldn't believe it either. But we all thought that it was the reason why Nick had been acting that way the whole month. So we leave him alone, but then after a week I am at the mall and I see Nick with this chic, and I'm like who's this? I greet them and Nick introduces me to Alex, his girlfriend."
Miley's eyes were pouring tears by now and Joe felt bad for telling her all this, she kept wiping her tears away. "H-His g-g-girl-girlfriend?" Miley asked.
"Yeah.. and they have been going out two months now. So now that I've told you my story, can you tell me what happened, why you guys broke up anyways?" Joe asked, he really wanted to know.
"We didn't." Miley said quietly, so quietly that Joe could barely hear her.
"What did you say?" Joe, wasn't sure if he heard right.
"Me and Nick, we never broke up. Actually we didn't speak not once during the summer." Miley looked at Joe. She looked so vulnerable and Joe was getting really angry.
"Miley. Could you please, answer to me if I got this right. Nick told us that you guys were no mor, and got a new girlfriend. And while that happened you were enjoying your summer, waiting to get back home to your boyfriend?" Joe was upset, angry, like his hands were shaking and his face was getting really pale.
"Well, something like that.." Miley whispered. Joe got up with her in his hand, but set her down to her bed. Then he turned away from her.
"I have to go." Joe walked away from her room, slamming the door closed as he left the room.
Miley was left to her bed without explanations or anything. She was crying, because she never thought Nick would do something like that. She was also kind of relieved, as she now knew what had happened while she was away.
The Driveway
"Nick what are everyone doing tonight? It's Saturday, there should be a party or something?" Alex whined to Nick while they were laying on his bed and watching some chick flick Alex had chosed.
"Uhm, they are at this one welcome back party thing." Nick answered trying to avoid the subject Miley. They hadn't really talked about her with Alex, though Alex knew there was some girl at Nick's past. She just didn't have any idea what kind of past it was, and Nick was quite sure he didn't want her to know.
"Whose? Why aren't you invited? I could be your plus one?" She smiled, and Nick was starting to get annoyed already.
"No one you know, she's been away whole summer. And I was invited, ,I just didn't feel like going, okay?"
"But Nickyyyy, if they are there the whole night, why can't we just go there? I'm really bored here, I just want to have some fun with friends, maybe get a drink or few. Let's go!" She tried to drag Nick away from his bed.
"Alex, we are not going and that's that, we are not talking about this anymore." Alex looked confused and hurt, she didn't understand why his Nicky would be like this to her.
"But why? What's the big deal?" She just kept whining.
"Because it's my ex-girlfriends party okay? And I really don't want to see her, and if by not going to the party I'm going to have two more extra days now hearing or talking about her, I'm taking it?"
"Oh.. I thought.. well whatever. What do you mean by two extra days? Why do you see her in two days?" Alex asked, she was a bit offended by Nick's tone.
"Because she's coming back to school then.." Nick told her, though Nick thought that she would be bright enough to understand something like that, it wasn't rocket science.
"She goes to our school?" Alex asked, but Nick thought that this question wasn't worth answering for, though he didn't even have time for that because someone was slamming doors downstairs and making his way upstairs. And it only took 30 seconds for Joe to rush to Nick's room. He looked at Nick and Alex fiercely, he was mad and disappointed to his little brother.
"You. Piece. Of. Shit. How fucking dare you hurt something as special and beautiful as Miley. Like if I didn't want to tell you this, I couldn't even look at you. you have fucked with something that means me as much to me, as my own life. You fucking talk to her ever again, and I swear you won't walk, or talk ever again." Joe's voice was cruel, but he meant every word of it. Nick got up from the bed and walked to Joe, he put his hand to his chest.
"Joe, chill, Alex is right there?" Nick didn't understand how Joe could just say those thing right infront of Alex. "Can we.." Nick started, but didn't get to finish his sentence as something hit his nose very hard and out of nowhere. He fell to the floor but before he even realized what had happened, Joe smacked him again. Nick could hear Alex gasping and crying at his bed, clearly too scared to get up or do anything. Nick tried to get up, but Joe hold his hands to floor and looked him in the eyes.
"You are not my brother." And with that he spat on his shirt and got up. He didn't even look back when he left. He just left his brother there, with bleeding nose. He didn't care at all about him.
AN: haha, okay, so did you read this? great, okay so I have to tell you, that this story builds up in time. so why did Joe get so upset about this thing? Well, someone might guessed it, but haha you'll find out later. also there are a lot of things from their past you will hear later. What did you think about it? Review!