Hey guys :) New chapter, it's kinda long-ish. I hope you like it. This took a few days but I think it's good.

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Miley POV

'Will you be okay today?', asks Demi

'Yes, Dems. It's only Valentine's Day. I've always hated this holiday so today's no different', I reply.

So, it's been a month... and a half. It's also Valentine's Day. A holiday that I dispise, I actually hate most holidays but Valentine's Day is THE WORST. I haven't really saw Nick since the break up. Unless you count seven hours a day at school and about three nights of the week at parties and social get-togethers. Okay so I was being sarcastic, I see him all the damn time! I see him more now than what I did when we were dating. Demi has been uber-protective of me lately. I understand why but it's a little irritating. She said I've been drinking more alcohol lately. I honestly haven't noticed but it could be true, I'm out more than what I used to be and it's not that I'm a lightweight and can't handle my alcohol but once I'm passed tipsy, I could drink like a fish and not notice and do all kinds of crazy shit.

'Are you sure? You can tag along with Joe and I to the movies', she asks

'Dems, I'm not being a third wheel to you and Joe on Valentine's. Besides I have a date',

'With who? Why didn't you tell me this?',

'With that guy Liam, I didn't think it was a big deal',

'Liam? As in Delta's brother Liam?',

'Yeah, I know she's a bitch but he seems like a nice guy',

'He's a doofus!',

'Nice use of the word 'doofus' Dems', I laugh

'Well he is. I could be more offensive if you insist', she laughs and I shake my head. I love my best friend. She's clueless and highly strung but I wouldn't have her any other way. Don't tell her I called her clueless or highly strung, she gets offended. However, I mean it with love and whatnot.

'Please don't. Listen, I know he's not... the smartest or the most handsome or the most charming...',

'Yeah, he has nothing going for him whatsoever!',

'... but he seems like a nice guy and I can't not give him a chance',

'Miles, he has the same DNA as Delta the Dick Jockey',

'Okay I approve of that nickname', I laugh

'Isn't Liam religious?',

'How the hell do I know?', I laugh

'I think he is. Listen, I know you have to move on and I'll support you through that but even you know that Liam is a step down from Nick',

'Yeah but Liam's a nice guy and won't hurt me',

'Okay one, how do you know? two, Nick's a nice guy he's just an idiot and quatro, I don't wanna see you jumping in too fast or getting hurt',

'I'm almost positive that quatro does not come after two',

'Miles do I look french to you?', she laughs

'No but I think you should pay more attention to the french, you could maybe learn how to count to three',

'Yeah, that's funny. What time's your date?',

'Seven sharp',

'Sharp? Why is he taking you to church?',

'Geeze I hope not. That would be the worst date ever!', we both laugh

'Do you want me to help you get ready?', she says standing up to go

'No, you have your own date to go to. I'll be fine, I'll get Noah's opinion on everything',

'Remember nothing too slutty!',

'I'm sorry, who is the fashion intern here?',

'Yeah but you pick some weird clothes for dates',

'Coming from you, a self confessed glitter queen',

'There's nothing wrong with glitter, there's nothing bad about a little sparkle in one's life',

'Yeah well one needs to calm down with the sparkle',

'I like that title though, Glitter Queen. I'm changing my Twitter name to Glitter Queen',

'Yeah you do that Shortstuff', I laugh as she walks out the door.

'So, Miley... I'm really happy you came out on this date with me', smiles Liam. He's... nice. I mean don't get me wrong, he's been so sweet and gentleman-like all night. Well in the last hour anyway but... he's soooooooo boringggggggg!

Like seriously, I'm the type of person that likes to learn so when someone has something new to tell me or something that they find interesting I will listen because it might be interesting to me too. But I don't want them to bore the life out of me. If it's interesting then yeah, go for it but seriously talking about the crap that he's been talking about for the last hour is not a way to impress a girl. I'm the type of person who, no matter what the person is taking about, there are no limits with me and I'll talk about anything. Someone could randomly speak to me about something that would freak someone else out and I'd talk about it because... well why not? Like for example, sex. You could talk about the randomest crap about sex and I'll join in, mostly for a laugh but most people find that weird to speak about sex to people that they don't know well or soemthing but I find it amusing.

'Yeah, it's been cool', I reply, we're sitting in the middle of IHOP. We finished our pancakes like twenty minutes ago and we're still here because he wants us to talk.

Yeah so like I was saying, I'd speak to anyone about anything but Liam spent his whole time speaking about science, now I don't have a problem with science, I actually find some science fun but not when he starts speaking about chemistry (science chemistry not relationship chemistry). Now again I don't mind talking about chemistry as long as I have an idea what he's talking about but I don't. I told him that I don't and he tried explaining it to me. It didn't work and now he's talking about something that I know nothing about. And chemistry is a complex subject and stuff so the more he talks about it, the deeper he goes in to the whole subject and then I get lost even more. Basically when I haven't been eating, I've been sitting here talking to myself and blocking out his voice. When I have been listening to him I've had a 'WTF?' look on my face.

I thought Demi said he was religious. I could spend an hour talking about religion, at least with religion I can force my opinion down his throat and offend him a little but it's all in good spirits because I won't take him seriously and he won't take me seriously.

'A lot of people at my church are excited about my science major at college, it's a little strange but they're all pretty supportive', he says, I just catch that sentence and I almost cry inside. He's like the biggest nerd ever. I want to tell him to shut up because I haven't said a thing in half an hour but I don't want to be rude or offend him. So I nod and pretend I'm listening. This is a DISASTER!

'I'm sorry Liam, can you just excuse me a second?', I ask as he nods and I get up wth my phone and run to the bathroom.

'Demi, this date is my worst nightmare', I say down the phone

'Oh My God! Are you serious? Why?',

'You know that subject that I really hate at school?',

'Chemistry?',

'Yeah, that's all he's talked about for the last forty five minutes', I hiss down the phone and I hear her laugh.

'Where are you guys?',

'IHOP, aren't you at a movie?',

'Yeah it was an early showing so we came back to my house. Wait, did you just say IHOP?',

'Yeah, we've been here for an hour',

'Okay Miles, please don't freak out',

'Why?',

'Nick was here and like, ten minutes ago, he left to go to IHOP',

'Are you serious?', I breathe out. Fucking great!

'Yeah, if you see him, please be civil',

'I will, I'm a nice person, of course I will',

'Yeah whatever! Do you wanna come over later? Without Einstein?',

'Yeah I'll be over. Can we get drunk and do something stupid?',

'Don't we always?',

'I love you Dems', I laugh down the phone and she says it back before I hang up the phone. I walk back to my table and smile to him.

'Sorry, I just had to call my mom',

'Your mom?',

'Yeah, she asked me to call when I had a second',

'Oh, I think I know your mom',

'So you're stalking me and my family now?', I joke and he laughs

'No, I think she's in my church group. She's a nice lady',

'Yeah',

'She told me about...', he starts to say but I look up and Nick's just walked in the door. He nods in greeting to me and smiles. I wave subtly and Liam turns around to see who I'm waving at.

'You know that idiot?',

'Yeah, he's an old friend', I smile.

There's no point going into details and besides, Nick and I have been civil to each other since the break up. He made a mistake and it hurt me but I can't... I can't let that mistake define him as a person because I also know the real Nick and the idiot Nick. To be honest, I still love the real Nick. I don't think I'll ever get over him. And even though we were only together for three months, when you connect with someone and fall in love with them and get to know them as quickly as I did with Nick, it feels a lot longer. It felt like we were together for three years and not three months and in a good way. Not like in a bad way where you dread to see them or you get bored with that person because Nick and I when we were together, we were never bored with each other. We had fun and we laughed a lot and we made each other happy.

'I hate that dude', says Liam and I look down, I don't want to argue with him. Although I don't like the religion and I don't follow it but aren't christians meant to love everyone?

I mean they don't have to be best friends with everyone but christians of all people aren't meant to hate people. They're meant to give everyone a fair chance before judging them. I think. That's what I thought anyway.

'That's not fair, what's he ever done to you?', I ask quietly

'Nothing, I just don't like him', he shrugs

'Well I guess you have your right of an opinion', I shrug. I need to end this date as soon as I can. The person I thought was a sweet and slightly dorky guy turned out to be a judgemental christian who loves shit that I'm not even slightly interested in and have no intention to learn about.

'Yeah, I hate him so much though. I hate him so much I actually helped my sister break up his relationship', he laughs and I look at him. I'm shocked. Completely shocked. Like you could knock me over with a feather.

'That's fucking disgusting', I jump up and shout at him. What kind of disgusting and horrible person is he?

'Miley, there's no need for swearing, he deserved it', he says trying to calm me down

'And what about me?', I shout, I've noticed that everyone in the place is looking at us, including Nick who is at the door ready to leave.

'What about you? This has nothing to do with you',

'Oh really? Guess who his girlfriend was',

'You?',

'Got it in one asshole', I say as I grab my jacket and my bag and turn to leave.

'Miley, are you okay?', asks Nick who comes over to stand beside me.

'Yeah, I'm just leaving, this disgusting, judgemental prick was boring me anyway', I say looking at Liam.

'Come on, I'll drive you home', says Nick and I nod and he follows me out the door.

'Pull over here', I say to him, we're still about ten minutes from my house but I just need a second to breathe.

'You okay?',

'Yeah, I just... I'm just angry. I can't believe that jackass',

'What did he do?',

'He... I don't know if I should tell you',

'Why not?',

'Because you'll get angry and then kick his ass',

'Believe me, I'm just looking for an excuse to do that',

'Yeah well I don't want you arrested because of that idiot',

'What did he do?',

'He helped Delta set you up',

'What?', he says angrily.

'Don't do anything stupid, I wanna kick his ass too but I just wanna put it behind me too',

'I won't. Why were you even on a date with him anyway?',

'I just... he's been asking me out since before we got together and I didn't wanna be on my own on Valentine's',

'You could have called me, I would have hung out',

'Yeah and then I unknowingly send out mixed signals and then everything gets out of hand and we end up in a messy situation',

'No, we could have just hung out. I'm not trying to get you back. As much as I want you back, I don't deserve you and HE sure as hell doesn't deserve you',

'That's cause I'm amazing', I joke and he laughs

'Yeah, you are. I've missed you', he says quietly and I reach across and rest my hand on his.

'I've missed you too, a lot. It's been weird without you', I admit

'Happy Valentine's by the way', he smiles and I laugh, it's that stupid grin.

'You too. What made you go to IHOP anyway?',

'I was stalking you', he laughs and I shake my head and laugh

'No seriously',

'I just needed out and pancakes sounded good',

'It's weird that you were alone on Valentine's and I had the worst date ever',

'Or fate', he teases

'Nick! You know joking about fate and superstition makes me angry', I warn

'You're right, I'm sorry. Fate and superstition totally exist. It's not just a stupid idea', he says sarcastically

'You're so cynical', I laugh and he shakes his head

'I'm skeptical. I just don't believe in all that crap',

'And yet, you're not an athiest',

'I'm not anything, you know that. I'm not labelled',

'Yes you are. I'm not having this argument again. You're labelled to some extent', I laugh. We've had this argument before, it's not a serious argument, it's just us kidding around.

'Okay fine',

'I missed this',

'The banter?',

'Yeah',

'Listen Miles, I know I haven't gained your trust back and I know you haven't forgiven me but I still want you as a friend, I need you in my life, as a friend if nothing else',

'I think we could be friends', I smile.

'I made you something', he says as he hands me a wrapped gift.

'What's this for?',

'It was just for the sake of it but I guess since it's Valentine's, it could be for Valentine's. We never made it to today as a couple and I guess if I can't shower you with amazing gifts then I can at least give you a tiny one',

'Thank you', I say about to open it and he stops me

'Open it later', he smiles and I nod. We sit in silence for a minute before he turns to look at me.

'You look beautiful tonight by the way', he smiles and I shake my head

'You're crossing the line', I joke

'I'm just being honest, I'm not coming onto you. I'm just stating a fact',

'Well thank you. It was Noah's suggestion',

'Smart kid', he says and I nod.

He's looking straight ahead while I'm just looking at him. I've missed him. Like really missed him. I miss what we had. I miss how he made me feel. I miss... everything. The jokes and the way he let me be me and the way he was himself too. Like the days we used to just hang out at the beach even in the middle of October. The time at his grandparent's in Nashville, horse riding and watching romantic chick flicks that he didn't want to watch but he did because I asked him or forced him too. The way he was always really nice to my family and my friends. The way he had a lot of time for Noah and how he used to play with the strands of my hair when I was tired. And although it annoyed me at the time, I miss the way a lot of the time he was able to predict what I was going to say and say it before I did. I miss his bad dancing and his hair in the morning and his weird facial expressions when he's nervous or embarrassed. I miss that we used to take pictures of random crap, romantic ones and goofy ones that he used to pull funny faces in.

'Nick', I ask, breaking the silence

'Yeah?', he turns to me and I look him in the eye.

'Kiss me'.

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