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6. I'll stay with you till the sun rises.

"Lily, slow down." I pleaded as I was bombarded with questions.

"Tell me what happened, please." She begged over the phone.

"We went to the beach and then to his house." I said trying to make it out like a big deal.

"Then .. " She knew there was more to it, and there was. There was the big part which was still making my head spin round.

"He kissed me."

"What?" Her and my dad shouted at the same time. I froze, and slowly turned round to the front door where my dad was standing.

"Umm Lils, I gotta go." I said as my dad came closer to me.

"Did your dad hear?" This was making it more and more exciting for her.

"Yes. I'll call you tonight, bye." I said hanging up before she said bye. I tried to make my way upstairs but I was stopped by my dad yelling my name.

"He's not like that, he doesn't date. So what does he do? Just kiss girls? And I thought you were going out with some friends from school." Why did my dad have to be so over-protective?

"I did go out with friends from school, he is a friend from school."

"Well you could of told me him, and you could of told me it was going to be just the two of you's."

"But you wouldn't of let me go and anyway so what? I like a boy and maybe he likes me back. Can't you just be happy for me daddy?"

"Baby you don't need a boyfriend right now, you have to catch up on all your school work. You've missed so much school from all the moving about to mum dying. You really can't afford to have anything stand in your way." I knew this would happen, mum would be brought up. He always did that, try and make me feel guilty but it won't work this time.

"Daddy just be happy for me, you don't how know important he is to me. Please, I'll let you meet him. Just give him a chance, I really like him." I begged, giving him the puppy dog eyes.

"Fine. Tomorrow night then." And he walked out the room. I flung myself on the couch and turned on the tv, trying to block out my father and brother upstairs discussing about me and Nick. The door went and I answered it and there stood Nick Gray looking amazingly beautiful on the moonlit porch.

"Can I come in?" He asked, faking a smile. His eyes glistened as he looked at me, his hand ran awkwardly through his hair.

"Sure, whats up?" I said stepping aside to let him in. He took a seat on the couch and I followed sitting beside him. He grabbed my hand and wrapped it around his.

"Just my family, I couldn't handle it and I had to get out of there and this was the first place I thought of." He stared at our hands, and I thought for a second he was going to burst into tears.

"Whats wrong?" I took my free hand and placed it under his chin lifting it up to look into his chocolate brown eyes.

"I don't know, my parents were arguing about me and you and then Joe and Kevin started arguing about me and you. But I don't know what's up with my parents though, cause they really loved you this afternoon and then my mum gets a phonecall and all of a sudden she's like 'you can't see her again." He pulled me closer to him and wrapped both his arms around me. He kissed my hair and whispered into my ear, "But I'm never letting you go. No matter what they say." Just as I went to tell him I never want to loose him my dad comes into the room, ruining the mood.

"What's going on?" He hissed from the stairs. Nick jumped up off the seat and I stood beside him.

"Umm daddy, this is Nick." My father just glared at him, I could tell it was awkward for Nick because it was awkward to watch and embarassing. "Dad!" I whiserped angrily at him.

"What's he doing here?" He asked, not taking his eyes off Nick. Nick edged away from me but I moved closer, showing him that there was nothing to be afraid off.

"He just needed someone to talk to. Is that okay?" I glared at my father. Malibu had really changed him too, and not in a good way.

"Well I think he should really go. I have someone coming over soon." What a pathetic excuse.

"Well we can go outside or upstairs." He turned to look at me.

"No. You. Wont. He'll leave now." He said through gritted teeth. I led Nick to the door and whispered in his ear and he left. I ran upstairs, tears springing to my eyes. I heard the front door go and him answering it. I flung myself on the bed and screamed into my pillow.

"Miley?" Someone whispered from the other side of my balcony door. There was a tapping sound and my name was whispered again. I looked over and there stood Nick, his hair sticking to his forehead as the rain dropped gracefully from the sky.

"Nick. You came!" I exclaimed as I opened the door allowing him to enter my bedroom.

"Yeah I did. I need you right now." He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me close. I was getting soaked but I didn't care, being in his arms was worth being cold and wet.

"She doesn't deserve him!" Someone yelled from downstairs. I gulped and held onto Nick tighter.

"Yeah well he doesn't deserve her! He could do so much better than your hill billy family." They yelled back.

"They're right I don't deserve you, but I want you and need you so you're gonna have to live with it." He whispered into my ear causing me to giggle.

"Well I suppose I have to then." He tickled my side and kissed the top of you.

"I never want to see him with her again! You hear me, she deserves so much better." My father yelled from downstairs.

"Oh come on, get over it! That was like a million years ago. You can't tell me you're still angry about that?" They laughed back.

"What are you talking about? Of course I'm not angry."

"Well it seems like that. I bet if he wasn't my son you'd allow him to date her, but because he belongs to me you don't want her to have him." And that was the last I heard of my father and Nicks father conversation cause Nick led me outside, not caring if it was raining he had to protect me from their harsh words. I sunk to the ground and he sat beside me wrapping both his arms around me while I let silent tears fall onto his soaking shirt.

"I will never leave you, I promise. We'll always be together even if it means running away. You're so important to me, I've never felt this way about anyone before." He whispered soothingly into my ear as the rain splashed on the ground beside me. "I'll always be here for you." Then he pulled my face closer to his and kissed me. Our lips parted and he leaned his forehead against mine, placing his gentle lips on my eyelids. He cradled me in his arms late into the night. The rain fell harder and harder around us. He stayed with me until the sun rose the next morning, I woke up with a start. He arms wrapped protectively around my small frame, his eyes closed and breathing steady. I snuggled deeper into his chest, breathing in his soothing scent.

"I love you." I whispered, rubbing my nose against him. I placed a kiss on his cheek and swore I saw a small smile escape from his lips.