His appearance was fresh salt on her wound. She felt stronger than that last December, but still terribly weak as he glanced at her. He gave her a wry smile but she chose to ignore it.

"Come on, Sel, you sure you're going to be okay?" Demi wrapped her arm around her best friend, hugging her in close. Selena felt Demi's black leather jacket rub against her skin.

"I'll be fine. You always worry about me," she rolled her eyes and playfully pushed her friend away. She put on a smile and glanced over at the brothers once again. It was a bright day and the sun was dancing on the grass. She could see his smile so clearly from here. And it was funny, because she had never really actually seen his smile before. All those times she could remember something was holding him back.

"Because you never really tell me when you're not okay," Demi pointed out. She grabbed her friend's arm gently and pulled her through the grass towards the group of friends. They both spied the brunette laughing loudly as she stood around him. Both of them glowed- a glow she hadn't seen from either of them in a very long time.

"Hi Selena!" Miley screeched bounding over to the girls. She could see his gaze center on the girls. And even then she could feel that his concentration was focused all on her. She felt a sudden irritation sweep through her.

"How's Justin?" Okay, maybe she said that a little too loudly and a little too rebelliously. She saw his ears perk up, though. And she could feel his anger. She was still so in love with him that she could read his emotions so well, but he would never notice that.

"He's great, "Miley smiled tightly. She was never that oblivious in the first place, but still she embraced Selena into a warm hug. "How have you been, girl?" she squealed excitedly. Her smile was somehow contagious and Selena smiled genuinely back.

"Good. I've been good," her gaze flickered quickly to Nick and then back to the brunette. "What about you?" her question was already laced with knowledge. She knew exactly how Miley doing. She saw the pictures of their outing and she saw the news article. But better yet, she saw their faces when they were around each other. She knew exactly how Miley was doing.

A/N Ooops I could also upload this one haha. I think there's probaby only three excerpts left? I wrote two of them. a third still needs to be written. I haven't again gotten it completely down so let me think about it for a couple more days before I post again. I hope you guys are enjoyin this. I was thinking about putting a excerpt when Miley and Demi and Selena went to that dinner together but I thought of it too late soo...hahah. and Absolute last update for tonight!

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