11. Best day of my life… for real

Nick and Miley arrived at Miley's apartment about ten minutes later. They walked into her apartment without saying a word. There were no words needed. Sometimes saying nothing at all is better than talking up a storm. It wasn't like they didn't have anything to say to each other. There were a million things they had to talk about. Some things that mattered, some that didn't. But just holding hands and being in each other's presence was enough for them at the moment.

Without a word they sat down on the couch together and Miley immediately snuggled up to Nick. She was kind of exhausted from telling Nick about her past. She never knew it could be so exhausting talking about things that didn't matter anymore. Of course, they mattered to her, but she really couldn't change them anyway.

Nick was trying to be understanding. Well, he understood how troubling this must be for Miley, but he didn't know how she felt and what she felt back then. He never was in her situation, as much as he would have loved to say so; to say that he knew how she felt. But he didn't know. He had no idea about anything and he knew for a fact that saying that he knew how she felt would only make it worse. They could even fight about it. So he just kept his mouth shut and let her lean into him.

Miley wasn't crying, but she wasn't smiling either. She wasn't so sure what she was feeling. Maybe glad that she told Nick. Exhausted because it made her think back to those times. Sad about everything that happened. Happy because Nick understood or at least he tried to. She sighed and snuggled deeper into Nick's side.

"I'm glad you came with me." Nick tightened his grip around her and kissed her head – or her hair was more like it. He sighed.

"I'm glad I came too. You want to know why?" Miley nodded into his side.

"Because I love spending time with you. Even if we just have to work. Being with you has by far been the best time of every day I spent with you. Even before I asked you to be my girlfriend. And I know that you're my girlfriend for about two days but it feels like eternity." Miley nodded again. She was really tired. But what he said got her thinking.

"We're not going to be like those couples that rush into everything, right? I mean, you know. Say I love you today, get married next week and break up and get a divorce in one month." Nick chuckled softly and shook his head.

"No, we're not going to be one of those couples. We are going to be perfect." Miley smiled and lifted her head up. She slowly leant up to kiss Nick's lips softly. Nick kissed her back just as gently and pulled back after some time. He looked in her eyes and leaned his forehead onto hers. Miley smiled brightly at him.

"I think we already are." Nick smiled happily and kissed her forehead.

"And I think that you are tired and you should go to sleep." Miley frowned a little.

"But sleeping is such a waste of time when you're around." Nick rolled his eyes.

"You know what else a waste of time is? War, but they still have it. So, go to sleep. I'll be here when you wake up." Miley nodded and closed her eyes and snuggled back into Nick's side. Nick sighed and stroked her hair. He thought back to the restaurant and her story. How could such a sweet, innocent girl have been through so much? He leaned his head back and closed his eyes himself.

"Get that, sucker!" Miley laughed as she splashed Nick with water. They were having a water fight inside Miley's apartment. Nick was soaking wet while Miley was still as dry as before. She started the fight because she was bored. Nick shook his head, splashing water around everywhere. He glared at Miley.

"That was so unfair! You have all the water! I can't get any!" Miley blocked the bathtub and Nick was not smart enough to get water from the kitchen. So Nick was dead. Miley smirked at him.

"You lost!" She splashed some more water over his head. Nick just looked at her. Miley laughed until she saw Nick's mad expression. She stopped laughing.

"What are you thinking?" Nick just walked up to her. The bathtub was full with water. Miley looked behind her, then she looked at Nick and shook her head.

"No, don't you dare!" Nick started smirking. Miley was caught. She just kept shaking her head quickly. Nick lunged forward and pushed himself and Miley into the bathtub. Miley laughed when he started tickling her in the water. Now both were soaking wet. Nick sat on top of Miley and continued tickling her.

"Stop! P-Please!" But Nick didn't stop. He kept on tickling her.

"Please! I can't b-breathe!" That made Nick stop. He looked at Miley concerned. Miley giggled.

"Well, I guess that worked." She got up and sat on top of Nick. He smirked at her.

"Oh, feisty I see." Miley rolled her eyes. The water in the tub was pretty cold so Miley shivered. Nick sat up and hugged Miley.

"You cold?" Miley nodded. Nick got up with Miley's legs wrapped around his waist and put a towel around them. Miley giggled.

"Nick, we're so wet, we can't even walk into the living room." Nick nodded and let her down.

"Fine, let's dry." He sat down on the floor and waited. Miley rolled her eyes.

"Sometimes I doubt that you are any older than five." Miley grabbed a towel and put it around herself. Then she just slipped out of her wet clothes, leaving her in her underwear under the towel. Nick stared at her, confused and kind of shocked.

"What are you doing?" Miley smiled at him.

"Getting dry." Nick nodded, although he was still confused. Miley walked out of the bathroom and into her bedroom. She put on fresh underwear and new clothes. She looked through her closet to see if there were any clothes she could lend to Nick. She found an old shirt she bought years back when she hated dressing like a girl. The shirt was XXL so she thought it would fit Nick. Then she started looking for pants. She found boy-shorts she loved wearing that could fit Nick as well. She smiled as she walked back into the bathroom.

She entered the bathroom and handed the clothes to Nick. He looked at them; then he frowned.

"Why do you have boy-clothes in your apartment?" Miley giggled.

"I bought them a few years back. I didn't like dressing like a girl. I grabbed the biggest clothes I could find. So here." Nick grabbed them. Miley smiled.

"I'll be in the kitchen." She walked out of the bathroom smiling a little. Somehow the two already acted like they knew each other forever. But Miley didn't mind at all. She was glad someone was ready to show her that there was something else in this world than… well rape and hate. She opened the refrigerator and got out a bottle of water. She took a sip when suddenly two arms slipped around her waist from behind.

Even though Miley knew that it was only Nick, she jumped right out of his arms alarmed. That was how one of those attacks happened to her. She grabbed the next thing that was near her which was a frying pan and held it towards Nick.

Nick looked at her shocked. He didn't mean to scare her.

"Sorry! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to scare you." Miley put her hand over her heart and put the frying pan down.

"Gosh, talk about giving me a heart attack." Nick hugged Miley.

"I'm sorry." Miley shrugged and hugged him back. She looked at the clock behind Nick. It was five and she was hungry.

"Okay, I'm hungry." Nick chuckled.

"Okay, that was random but me too." Miley nodded and let go off Nick. She grabbed the pan again. Nick took a step back.

"You don't want to hit me, do you?" Miley giggled and shook her head.

"No, I want to cook." Nick looked at Miley unsure. He wasn't so sure if this idea was safe.

"Are you sure that you can cook? We could always order something." Miley glared at Nick.

"I am capable of cooking. Nothing will burn down and we won't have to order something. I want to cook… mac and cheese." Nick frowned a little.

"Only mac and cheese? I thought something big and maybe… Italian?" Miley shook her head.

"Bear with me. I can only make mac and cheese and spaghetti." Nick chuckled. Miley glared at him.

"I'm fine with that." Miley nodded.

"Thought so."

"It's really good." Miley smiled at him. They were currently sitting at the dining table.

"I know, thank you." Nick chuckled as he finished his food. Miley was done already. Nick had more of it, so she finished earlier. Nick sighed as he leaned back in his chair.

"Well, now I'm full. What are we going to do now?" Miley smiled as she got the dishes and brought them back into the kitchen. Nick followed her to get something to drink.

"I have an idea what we could do. But… I'm not sure if you want to do that." Nick raised an eyebrow. Miley rolled her eyes.

"Not that! I was talking about something else." Nick chuckled.

"Well, what are you talking about?" Miley grinned.

"I want to watch a movie." Nick nodded.

"Go on, there's obviously more to it." Miley nodded eagerly.

"Well, I know that you're a guy and you usually don't watch this but I beg you, please! Can we watch 'The Notebook'? Please, please, please, please?" Nick sighed and closed his eyes.

"What's my reward?" Miley rolled her eyes.

"Other than spending time with me and cuddling I might even kiss you." Nick looked at Miley for a long time until he nodded.

"Fine, let's watch it." Miley grinned and hugged Nick tightly.

"Thank you, thank you and thank you!" Nick chuckled and followed Miley into the living room. She got the DVD and put it in before plopping down next to Nick. He put an arm around Miley. She snuggled up to Nick and sighed.

"This feels great." Nick nodded and kissed her head.

"It feels like we're already married." Miley giggled. Nick wanted to say something but Miley interrupted him.

"No, sh, the movie starts." Nick chuckled and hugged Miley tighter to himself.

After the movie ended Miley was still snuggled deeply into Nick's side. It was around nine. There was nothing that could disturb their peace right then. Miley sighed. Nick let his hand run through her hair.

"This is perfect." Nick nodded.

"It is. I'm so glad that I spent this day with you." Miley nodded too.

"Yeah. This has been by far the best day of my life." Nick chuckled.

"Believe me, almost nothing could top this day." Miley lifted her head up to look at him confused.

"What do you mean, almost?" Nick chuckled.

"Well, my wedding day, the day my first child is born, the day I propose to…" He stopped himself. He wasn't sure if he could go that far already. Probably not; he didn't want to freak her out. Miley looked at him kind of hurt.

"To who?" Nick looked at Miley alarmed. Don't say anything wrong!, he warned himself.

"Well…" Nick blushed as he sighed deeply.

"To you, alright? The day I propose to you and you say yes. Now you can laugh at me." Miley's eyes started to water.

"This has by far been the sweetest thing a guy has ever said to me… and the cheesiest one too. But it was sweet. You already think of proposing to me?" Nick shrugged.

"I don't know. Maybe, in the far future?" Miley smiled slightly.

"You are so sweet, Nick. I'm glad you asked me to be your girlfriend. I couldn't wish for anyone better. Because there isn't anyone. You're too cute." Nick blushed a little.

"Well, you are cuter…" Miley giggled and pushed her head into Nick's side.

"You don't have to say yes or anything but… will you stay the night with me Nick?" Nick looked down at her. She looked him in the eyes and he saw that this girl needed him through the night. She needed him to snuggle with her. She needed him to be there because this day couldn't end any better and if he left now, she'd think it was all a dream. She needed him to be there in the morning because she liked him a lot. And Nick needed to be there because she needed him.

"Of course." Miley smiled and kissed his cheek. Then she got up and pulled on his hand, begging him to follow her. He got up after her and smiled. Together they walked into Miley's bedroom. This night, nothing happened between them. The only thing that happened was that they snuggled. Miley had her head on Nick's chest and his arm was draped over her waist, pulling her closer. They both dreamt the same. They dream about each other. The next morning was pure bliss. Nothing could ruin their moment, their world. Nothing could ruin their mood and their blossoming love for each other. Only one thing that happened two weeks ago. One thing, that would change everything in the blink of an eye and only one person that would bring up that one thing without realizing that he did.

So, I don't own 'The Notebook', just to clear that up. Well, I am still sick, but I think I'll be fine in one or two days. At least I hope so because we're going on vacation this Saturday.

Anyway, I really hope you liked this chapter. I wanted a bit fluff before the drama happens. In the next chapter the drama will start though. So beware!

Well, review!!