"For I felt what I had not felt before"
Ordinary Day by Vanessa Carlton
"So tonight, we're meeting up at the park, right?" Miley said excitedly to Alex. Alex nodded her head, not paying attention to what her best friend was saying. She was too in touch with her iPod. Miley snapped her fingers in front of Alex's face, noticing Alex's blank look. "Alex, this is going to be important. You can't forget that we'll be meeting up at the park tonight." Miley whined, sounding like a frustrated three year old. Alex rolled her eyes.
"Why would tonight be any different? All we do is scope out cute guys at the park, talk endless smack about people we hate while eating ice cream, then we sleep over at each other's houses to watch sappy romantic movies and stuff ourselves with chocolate and more ice cream. The same Friday night routine over and over. I think I memorize the whole dang thing from the back of my head by now, Miles. Relax, I'll be there tonight." Alex assured Miley as they walked down the hallway. "Well I'll see you after school." Alex said as the bell rang.
Miley found Nate and ran towards him to catch up with him. She grabbed onto his hand and kissed his lips feverishly. Nate smirked. "What was that for?" he asked, amused but flattered. Miley giggled and bit her lip, embarrassed at why she did that.
"Are you busy tonight?" she asked flirtatiously, completely ignoring his question. She rocked their intertwined hands back and forth as they walked across the school. Nate shook his head no, still smirking. "Great! Could you meet me at the park tonight, say sevenish?"
"Uh, why?" Nate asked. Miley gave him an 'annoyed girlfriend' look. "Not that I don't want to or anything but why?" he asked, saving himself from a long lecture from Miley. Miley sighed and placed her hands on Nate's shoulders.
"Because I want you there." she said, smirking before she placed another sweet kiss on Nate's lips. "Bye, I love you." she said, waving as she walked off to her class. Nate sighed and smiled, burying his hands inside of his pockets. He was so going to be there at the park tonight.
He slowly walked backwards as he watched Miley go, watching the way her hips move side to side as she gracefully walked to her next class. Nate sighed again, still smiling. He then bumped into someone, knocking the poor person over. "Ow!" the girl complained. Nate swiftly turned around and offered his hand to pull the girl up. She quickly accepted.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" he said. The girl flipped her wavy hair since it was all over her eyes. Nate frowned as he saw who it was. "Oh, it's just you. Never mind then." he said as he glared at Alex. Alex's face turn red as she was steaming. Then the two looked down, realizing that they were still holding hands. They just stared at their intertwined hands, not moving. It's like they wanted to pull away, look at each other disgustedly, then tell each other off. But they just couldn't.
"Umm, yeah." Alex said, slowly releasing her hand from his. They blinked at each other, so confused. Nate scratched the back of his neck while Alex twirled her hair awkwardly. "Uh, bye." she mumbled before turning on her heel and walking off. Nate nodded his head even if Alex's back was turned to him. He watched her go as well. He raised an eyebrow, wondering why he started to sweat as he watched Alex move. Her hair flying in the soft winds inside of the building, her hips rocking from side to side seductively, her hands touching the air all around her.
It's not like she was doing it on purpose, but she was definitively driving Nate insane. This time, it wasn't over anger.
Nate shook his head roughly as he turned around. He ran to class as he couldn't stop thinking about what just happened. He wanted that moment to erase, like it never happened; he wanted Alex to be erased, like she never popped into his life. He turned around to sneak a quick glance at Alex. She was still walking, slow as ever. Nate almost fell on his feet as he watched her walk away. He silently groaned, not understanding what was wrong with him. He just didn't get it.
All he knew was that he never felt like this when he was with Miley, that's for sure.
OMJ
Miley threw her dirty clothes behind her back as she searched around her room. "Where is it?!" she asked herself as she frantically turned her bedroom upside down. "Oh, my god, where is it?!" she repeated, sounding more worried and worried by the second. "Oh, god, please, no, no! Don't go missing!" she told her imaginary item.
"Miley, Alex is on the phone. She's complaining about how you won't answer your cell phone." her older brother, Jackson, said. "Miley," he called as he looked around her room, "what the heck are you doing to your room?"
"No time for talking, Jackson! I'm missing something really important!" Miley yelled. With that, she pushed Jackson out of her room and slammed the door on his face. She locked her door securely before she continued to search around her room.
"Sorry, Alex. I doubt that she's coming. She looks really busy." Jackson said. Alex sighed on the other line before she said goodbye and hung up.
OMJ
Nate walked around the park aimlessly. It's been fifteen minutes, he's circled the park hundreds of times, and there was still no Miley and no kisses to be found. Though he kept on looking. He knew well enough that his perfect girlfriend wouldn't stand him up. He looked up at the sky, seeing that it was dark. He frowned, worrying about what could of happened to Miley. He tried calling her, but she wouldn't answer her cell phone and when he called her house, Jackson would just say that she was busy. Nate sighed as he watched each passing star. He then felt something hit him, but it was something soft. Apparently he wasn't soft either because he knocked the person down.
"God, do you always have to push me down today?" a familiar voice said. Nate sighed and rubbed his head, already getting a migraine. Alex stood up and brushed the dirt off of her clothes. "What are you doing here?" she demanded as she folded her arms across her chest. Nate raised an eyebrow, annoyed already.
"I'm here to meet with Miley. She told me to meet her here at seven, but so far I haven't seen her. I hope nothing bad happened to her." Nate said. Alex frowned, furrowing her eyebrows, and glaring quite harshly into Nate's eyes.
"What?! Why did she tell you to come?! Tonight is our night! Tonight is our Alex and Miley Night, always have and always will! Why did she invite you tonight?!" Alex yelled. People looked at the two, staring at them, wondering why Alex was blowing up on Nate. Nate looked around, embarrassed. He then gave Alex a look.
"I don't know! I didn't even know that you guys had 'best friend days'! All I want to know is why Miley isn't here. Is something wrong with her? Did she get hurt?" Nate asked, trying to hide all of his anger inside. If they weren't in public he would of definitely yelled even louder and angrier at Alex.
"She's fine. Jackson said that she's busy doing something at home so that's why she couldn't make it. God, she's probably throwing a mini fit in her room that she'll probably need venting out to tonight. Hmm, maybe we will have our Alex and Miley Night after all." Nate rolled his eyes.
"Whatever. No need to suck me into your stupid girl issues. I'm out." he said, turning to walk away. Alex quickly grabbed the back of his shirt, stopping him. Nate sighed and turned to face Alex again. "What could you possibly want now?" he asked, waving her hand off of him. Alex sighed and looked on the floor.
"Could you…maybe…take me home?" she asked, sounding like a scared little girl. Nate folded his arms, giving Alex another confused look.
"Why would you want me to take you home? And why should I even do that?" Nate questioned. Alex dragged her feet across the cement back and forth, still not making eye contact with Nate. She sighed and finally looked into his eyes deeply.
"Because…well," she started twirling her hair again, feeling insecure and awkward, "I'm scared." Nate instantly burst into laughter. He shook his head, still laughing hardly. He just couldn't believe what Alex just told him. Alex sent him a death glare, angry all over again.
"Yeah. Sure you are. Whatever. I'll see you at school, hopefully not-"
"Nate!" Alex whined. Nate stopped laughing, seeing that actual fear in Alex's eyes. "It isn't funny! It's dark outside, my parents and brothers aren't at home so they can't pick me up, and I'm a girl walking in the middle of the night. Don't you know how dangerous that is? Nate, please, just take me home." Nate blinked, not believing what he just heard. Alex was scared.
He sighed. Alex had a point, and he also couldn't say no to her sad and scared face. He was dreadfully cornered. "Ugh, fine I'll walk you home." he said, defeated. Alex smiled.
"Thanks. And don't worry, I'll make sure to tell Miley that you did something good for me. She'll be all over you the next time she sees you." she said as they started heading towards Alex's house. Nate smiled warmly at her. Alex started gawking at him. She quickly turned away, feeling her cheeks burn. Nate did the same, realizing her sudden action. The two looked up at the sky, seeing it completely filled with stars in every direction. "Wow, it's so beautiful out here tonight." Alex whispered. Nate nodded.
"Yeah." he agreed. The two looked at each other, letting a silence pass between them. They quietly walked towards Alex's house, feeling even more awkward and awkward with each step. "This is so weird." Nate said, finally breaking the silence. Alex looked at him. "I mean, we're not arguing, attempting to murder each other, or anything we usually do." Nate said. Alex gave him a weird look.
"Is that bad? I actually like this." she said. She instantly closed her mouth once she realized the words that slipped through her lips. Nate tried to hide his smile as Alex looked away from him, mortified. He scooted a little closer towards her as well.
"Yeah, I like this too." he admitted. Alex looked at him and gave him a small smile. Nate grinned back. He watched as the starlight reflected against her smooth skin, giving her that beautiful glow. He watched as her hair shined in the dim streetlights, still looking so soft and tender in the dark. He watched as she smiled at him, looking so giggly and perky for once. He just couldn't stop watching her.
"So are we going to keep on looking at each other as we walk to my place or we going to talk?" Alex joked, poking his side. Nate laughed a little.
"Okay, umm, well I don't actually know what to say. I mean, I don't really know much about you if you think about it." Alex nodded.
"Yeah, I don't know you well enough either. Hey, why don't we ask each other questions? You know, so we could actually talk. I hate the silence. It's too quiet." Alex said. Nate laughed again.
"Yeah, that's why it's called 'silence'." he said. Alex laughed and rolled her eyes. "Okay, I'll go first. What's your favorite color?" Alex made her thinking face. She tapped her finger on her chin before she finally thought of it.
"I like a lot of colors actually. Too long to list. How about you?"
"Blue all the way." Nate said. Alex laughed at his attempt sound cool. Nate smirked at her. "Okay, your turn." he said, nudging her arm. Alex put on her thinking face again.
"Uh, what do you do during your spare time?" she asked, smiling brightly at him again. Nate smiled back, feeling his stomach flip up and down. He touched his stomach, feeling something fluttering inside of him. He quickly looked away from her, realizing that Alex just gave him the butterflies.
"Well, I don't know if I should tell you…" he said, his voice trailing off. He smirked at her.
"Tell me!" Alex begged, giggling. Nate laughed and shook his head no. "Aw, c'mon, Nate! Tell me! I won't tell anyone, and I'll try my absolute best not to judge you!" Nate laughed again. He sighed and shook his head.
"Fine, I'll tell you. When I'm all alone, I pick up my guitar and start playing music. Playing, writing, singing, anything. It's just when I pick up my guitar, it's like I could do anything. I don't know what happens, but it's like music could take me anywhere." Alex looked down and smiled. She never knew that Nate could be so…sensitive. She rubbed her shoulders as she felt the nightly breeze prickle her skin. Nate watched her. "Hey, are you cold?" he asked. He handed her his black leather jacket before she could even answer him.
"No, you'll freeze too." Alex said, pushing his jacket back at him.
"Nah, I'm a guy. We could stand through the wind, snow, and rain." he joked, putting his jacket around Alex's shoulders. Alex smiled even more as she wore his warm leather jacket. She inhaled softly, taking in Nate's delicious scent. (Well, now she knew for sure that Nate was one of the few guys who actually showered.) She felt lost in his jacket, in himself. It was just so…wow to her.
"Thanks," she said, "and about your music thing, it sounds cool. I never knew that about you. I mean, yeah I knew that you went to that music camp every summer because Miley would never shut up about how much she misses you, but I didn't know that you actually write music. You sound like your music seems really, really good. Can I see it?" Nate flushed red, shaking his head no.
"No way! I've never let anyone see my music, not even Miley!" he said. Alex pouted, giving him big brown puppy dog eyes. Nate groaned, looking away from her. "God, you and Miley are so good at that pouting thingy." Alex smirked, edging closer towards Nate. "But you're still not reading my songbook. They are for my eyes only." he said, smiling down at her. As they walked more down along the sidewalk, they scooted closer and closer towards each other until they were side-by-side, so close that air couldn't get through them. They blushed at each other, feeling that nice warmth as they touched.
"Well for me, I draw, paint, mess around with colors. Heck, I could be splattering paint on my ceiling if I wanted to. I pretty much do anything that has to do with art during my spare time. Besides annoying my brothers of course, though that comes at a daily basis." Nate laughed.
"You do art?" he asked, surprised. A girl like Alex Russo doing art was something nobody expected. Nate was shocked. "That seems really awesome. I never thought that you would even know what a paintbrush was." he teased. Alex gasped overdramatically, playfully punching his arm. "Could I see your art?" Alex smirked at him.
"Only if I could see your music." she said. Nate frowned.
"Not gonna happen." he stated. Alex smirked even bigger at him.
"Then apparently you'll never get to see my work until you show me yours." This time, it was Nate who pouted at her, looking like an adorable and innocent little boy. Alex covered her face with her hands. "No, you're not going to win me over with that!" she giggled. Nate pried her hands off of her face, laughing as he did so. Alex turned her head and closed her eyes tightly. "Nate!" she laughed as he tried to open her eyes.
"Come on!" he begged. Alex shook her head no, still not looking a him. "Well you leave me with no choice." he smirked. Nate grabbed Alex's waist and started to spin her round and round. Alex screamed as she laughed, kicking and squirming, begging Nate to put her down. Nate laughed as he flung her around, trying to get her to say yes.
"Nate, put me down!" she laughed, slapping his hands.
"Not until I get to see your art stuff!" he said back, still spinning her around in the nighttime sky.
"I'm telling Miley that you're harassing me!" Alex threatened. Nate gasped, imitating Alex from earlier.
"Oh, my god! Don't do that!" he pretended to beg. He laughed and finally put Alex down. Alex smirked up at him, punching his arm lightly. Nate smirked back down at her. His smile wore off once he remembered that this is his girlfriend's best friend. "Come on, I told my parents that I'll be home at eight." Nate said as they started to continue their walk back to Alex's house.
"Okay, I have another question for you." Alex said. Nate turned all his attention back on Alex. "How many girlfriends did you have before Miley?" she asked with a devious smile on her lips. Nate frowned.
"No, you're just going to make up stories and tell Miley some twisted truth. I don't think I'm going to let that happen. I'm quite content with my relationship with my girlfriend right now, thank you very much." Alex laughed and nudged Nate to the side.
"Don't worry, I won't tell her anything. Plus, Miley isn't one to get jealous. I don't know how she deals with it. Everyday she has to remember the fact that lots of girls are fighting over you, crushing big time on you. It sucks because you're just too cute." Alex scoffed. Nate smiled at her.
"Oh, really, I'm cute?" he asked. Alex blushed.
"N-no, I didn't say that. Miley did." Alex quickly said, saving herself. Nate leaned closer towards her. Alex almost froze as she practically felt Nate's lips on her skin. Her heart skipped a beat and her mind was going in circles. She felt like she was on a never ending roller coaster that went high enough to reach for the stars. She was dazed and she couldn't stop thinking about Nate. Nate was causing this to her, but what was he doing that's making her feel like this? Well whatever it was, she didn't want it to stop.
"Sure." he said sarcastically before standing straight up.
Alex sucked in a gulp of air, shaking her head. Suddenly, her entire self was changing. She started walking slower, smiling shyer, her stomach was jumping, and she felt like the way she felt when she was when she was in love with Dean. No - she felt even better with Nate then when she was with Dean. Alex really didn't understand what was going on with her now. Then the terrifying truth hit her - she was crushing on her best friend's boyfriend.
Alex dismissed that thought, thinking how impossible that is. She's only stopped fighting with him now and only minutes has passed. She couldn't develop a crush over a guy she hates that fast.
Could she?
Alex thought of the proof over this insane possibility. Maybe she was walking slower because she wanted to spend more time with him. Maybe she her stomach was jumping because Nate's smile was making her feel like fireworks were shooting inside of her. Maybe she felt like she was with Dean, but just better, was because she was falling for Nate. She's falling and falling and can't seem to land.
"Hey, are you okay? You spaced out." Nate said, poking Alex's arm. Alex flinched, snapping back into reality. "Are you okay?" Nate repeated, laughing at her priceless shocked reaction. A red tint reached up onto Alex's cheeks as she watched Nate laugh. She immediately looked down, hoping to God that Nate didn't notice.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just zoning out." she said. Nate nodded. They were almost at Alex's house. Alex sighed, wishing that they could spend more time with each other. "Hey, wait, you never answered my question." Alex said, smirking at Nate. "Now tell me, how many girlfriends did you have before Miley?" Alex felt her playful and obnoxious mood rising up in her again. She was relieved, happy that her shyness was wearing off.
"Okay, but promise to not tell Miley." Alex nodded, promising. "Well…none." Alex haulted to a stop, and her mouth dropped open. "I swear, Miley was my first girlfriend. I've kissed this girl when I was thirteen, but Miley was my first real girlfriend. Surprised?"
"More like shocked! How, I mean, you're-" Alex stopped herself from saying that Nate was hot. Nate looked at her, raising an eyebrow and confused to why she paused in the middle of her sentence. "You're a great guy. I thought you would have had a billion girlfriends in middle school, but I know for sure that billion of girls were crushing on you during middle school." Alex scoffed, trying to play it cool.
Nate laughed. "Well believe it or not, Miley was my first girlfriend. She'll probably be happy to hear that, but I don't want her to know. She'll probably think that I'm a loser like somebody here." he said, staring straight at her. Alex laughed, pushing him. "How about you? Any boyfriends besides Dean?"
"Well actually, Riley and Dean were my only boyfriends." Alex sighed. "I thought I loved Dean though. I thought that he was my Prince Charming. That's really all I want, Prince Charming. Though he'll never come and rescue me. I guess I'm cursed because I can never find the right guy." Nate stopped smiling, seeing the sad look on Alex's face. "You know, Miley's really lucky. She's found her Prince Charming." she whispered.
"Oh, well, you'll find the right guy for you, Alex. You're an amazing girl. Any guy would be lucky do date you." Nate said. He started blushing once he realized what he just said. Alex smiled timidly at him, giggling a little. Nate smiled back, reaching out for her hand. Alex touched his hand and they held onto each other as they continued to walk down the sidewalk.
They looked above their heads again. Alex sighed in awe, loving the vast stars on top of them. "Hey, a shooting star!" Alex said, pointing a finger up to the sky. They stared widely at the passing glow as it made its way through the skies. Alex felt Nate's grip on her tighter. She smiled, squeezing his hand back.
"Make a wish." Nate whispered. Alex closed her eyes.
I wish I'll find my Prince Charming. she thought. Once she opened her eyes, she noticed that they were standing in front of her house. She sighed and frowned. Nate walked her to her front steps and stayed until she unlocked her house.
"Thanks for taking me home, Nate. I really appreciate it." Alex said.
"Yeah, just don't tell anyone at school this. They'll probably think that Nate Gray taking Alex Russo home is a sign of the apocalypse." Nate joked. Alex laughed. She sighed as she held onto the doorknob. They both looked down, not one of them moving. They just stood there in between the doorframe, breathing, taking in the moment.
"This doesn't mean that I won't be hating you when we get back to-" but Alex was cut off once she felt Nate's lips touching hers. It was a sweet and chaste kiss that lasted for ten seconds straight. Even if it was for a short moment, they felt like firecrackers were being thrown up into the air, like bombs of lust were exploding, like time just froze and God gave all of his attention and love to the two of them for ten seconds. The two slowly pulled away, surprised at what they did. "-school." Alex finished slowly. She blinked at Nate, wondering why he did that. Nate was shocked at himself, at Alex. He expected her to hit him, call him a cheating pig. But she didn't.
"I'm sorry." he whispered. Alex didn't reply. She just continued to blink, so, so confused. "I gotta go." he mumbled. Nate turned around and quickly walked back to his house.
Alex turned around slowly and closed the door behind her. She blinked around the house, bewildered by her emotions. She was angry because her best friend's boyfriend just kissed her, happy that her best friend's boyfriend kissed her, and confused but guilty because her best friend's boyfriend is officially her crush.
Alex touched her lips slightly, still feeling Nate's kiss upon them. She smiled and smiled wide as ever. Alex then sighed and frowned.
He was her best friend's boyfriend. He was her crush. He was Nate.
A/N: Happy that you recieved a quick update? I'm trying to make this story so lovey dovey between Nate and Alex and Nate and Miley. For some reason I'm getting sucked into the romance thing. lol. Thank you for the amazing reviews I've gotten so far! I'm trying my absolute best to reply to everyone! (New story resolution. lol) But I got some bad news. My mom is going crazy and said that she's going to block almost every website on my internet except for Yahoo and Youtube. ISN'T SHE INSANE?! Ugh, that means that I'll barely get any time to be on the internet. (She's freaking crazy!)
Oh, and don't worry for the people who really want me to update About You Now: I'm writing it and the chapter's almost over! I'll post it as soon as I can, don't worry!!!