"Don't say that you're sorry for breaking every inch of my heart."
Get Caught by Demi Lovato

A/N: Sorry I just HAD to put that line in there! It's seriously my favorite line in that whole entire song!!! Oh, and this is chapter is dedicated to Denell! You are awesome!

"Alright, so the Fine Arts Academy from New York is coming over to our school on Friday. If you want to be one of those lucky students who receives a college scholarship and a free tutorial class during summer vacation, then I suggest that you work up your little creative minds!" the announcer from the intercom said. For once in her life, Alex was actually listening to the morning announcements. Once she heard 'Fine Arts Academy', she remembered that she was actually in school.

"Oh, Alex, this is your chance!" Miley squealed once the announcements were over. Alex smiled back at her, having many different ideas to what to create and show being thrown around in her mind. "So what are you gonna do?" Miley asked, noticing Alex's 'thinking look'.

"I'm not sure. I don't think they'll like anything I give them though. My art is too…"

"Amazing?" Nate piped up. Miley and Alex looked at him, surprised. Alex smiled at him, blushing, while Miley gave him a confused look.

"Natey, what are you doing here? This isn't your homeroom." Miley said.

"What, you don't want your boyfriend here?" he joked.

"It's not that…it's just…" How would you know what Alex's art looks like?! She's never even showed me and I'm her best friend! Why couldn't you two just go back to hating each other! Ugh, I should have never complained about how much you two were arguing! You two are sworn enemies, not best friends! Miley screamed in her mind.

"I just needed to give your books back. You left it out in the hallway. Plus, my teacher wouldn't rip my head off if I just missed the morning announcements." Nate said, handing Miley her text books with a note inside. Alex glanced at the note that hung over the edge of the book. Once she read the first three words, she instantly looked away, back at Nate.

"Why wouldn't you get in trouble? I always do! It's like they can't get used to it!" Alex said, wondering why it was such a big deal.

"Well maybe it's because you always miss it, Alex." Nate laughed. Alex smiled up at him, feeling lost in his intense dark eyes. Miley grew alert again. She glanced down at her books, trying to find a way to get Nate to pour all of his attention on her before he left.

"Well, thank you, Nate." Miley said. She wanted to kiss him, but she knew better than to kiss someone in front of a teacher. So instead she hugged him tightly. Alex watched as the two wrapped their arms around each other. She stiffened as she saw Miley rubbing Nate…in a seductive way? Nate pulled away, surprised as well.

"I'll see you guys later." Nate said, still fazed. He smiled at his two girlfriends before walking off to his homeroom.

Miley sat down, satisfied, and smiled. Alex continued to stare at her, her mouth gaping open. Miley wasn't one to do that. She was so sweet and so pure. Alex didn't even know that Miley knew the word seductive! But there she was, seducing her fifteen-year-old boyfriend right before her eyes. Was Miley doing this to Alex on purpose? Was this a sign?

"Aw, look what Nate wrote to me. I love you." Miley said, pulling the note out. Those words stung Alex. She looked away from Miley and glared at her pens. The way Miley said those three words…it was like she was making sure that Alex heard the statement clear, that she was making another point. "Isn't he the best boyfriend ever? I'm so glad that he's all mine." Miley continued, emphasizing the right words again. Alex slumped down in her seat, gulping. "I don't know what I would do if I ever lost him." Miley sighed.

Alex knew that Miley was trying to make her feel guilty now. Like she wasn't guilty before! Alex laid her head on the desk and turned to the opposite direction away from Miley. She touched her stomach, feeling it churn in disgust. Alex wanted to throw a witty remark back at Miley, she wanted to brag in her face that Nate loves her too and how she's not the only girl in his life.

But she couldn't. She just couldn't.

OMJ

"Okay, for today's language arts class, I want you all to pair up into partners and create some sort of work together. You can make poems, short stories, riddles, anything you would like, and it could be about anything! Just remember that you and your partner will be reciting this at our next class together. I suggest that you all start finding your partners and work as much as possible!" the language arts teacher said.

Alex turned to find Miley on her way over to Nate. Alex frowned and stood up, walking quickly – almost running – to her before Miley could get to Nate. "Miley!" she called out. Miley stopped before she got to Nate's desk. Alex bit her lip as Miley and Nate stared at her. What was she supposed to say? No, I want to be with Nate! Of course not. "Partners?" she asked, smiling at her best friend as innocently as possible.

"Um, well I was about to ask Nate…" Miley said, giving Alex a sorry look. Alex sent a glare towards Nate's way. Nate knew that he couldn't let that happen, but in some way he wanted it to happen. Alex would give him a cold shoulder, but Miley would reward him with kisses. What was he supposed to choose?

"It's okay, Miles. I'll just partner up with somebody else." Nate said, patting Miley's shoulder. Miley pouted at him, but Nate just kissed her hair and walked off to find another person to be partners with. Alex sat down in front of Nate's unoccupied desk, smiling in victory. Miley slumped down next to Alex, sighing. Alex smirked, knowing that this was payback for what Miley made her feel during homeroom.

"Oh, I didn't know that you didn't want to be my partners." Alex said, sounding like she was hurt. It took her all of her self-control not to laugh in Miley's shocked face.

"What?! No! Alex, I do want to be your partner, it's just that you don't do any of the work! I'm sorry, I just don't want to be stuck with doing everything while you text on your cell phone and do absolutely nothing the whole time." Miley said. Alex bit her lip again, giving Miley a fake smile.

Why are you so nice and why am I so lazy?! She thought angrily in her head.

"Well, I'll try to work with you. I'm sorry that you always end up doing the work. I never realized that. Actually, I thought you liked that. I promise to work this time...just don't hate me if I don't keep my promise though." Alex said, trying to add humor. Her trick worked and Miley started to giggle. She gave Alex a one armed hug.

"You know I love you, Alex." Miley said. Alex laughed awkwardly.

"I love you too, Miles." She said. Alex felt her lips seething with fire. Lie. That was a complete lie. If she loved her best friend then she wouldn't be dating her boyfriend behind her back. If she loved her best friend, she wouldn't be jealous of her only because Miley had something Alex couldn't have. If she loved her best friend, she wouldn't love Nate.

"Hmm, I wonder what we should write about. A romantic poem maybe?" Miley asked, grabbing her notebook and a pen. Alex pretended to gag and rolled her eyes.

"Yes, a poem unleashing our true desire to the most perfect man alive. It'll be full of hearts and flowers too! Then the last line would be declaring our love! Oh, I love you, I love you, I love you!" Alex said in an overdramatic voice with her hand on her chest. Miley ended up in a fit of giggles as Alex smirked back at her.

Alex turned slightly and met eyes with Nate. Nate smiled at her and winked subtly. Alex smiled shyly back at him before turning her attention back on Miley only to find her looking love struck again. "I can definitely do that though. Writing a lovey dovey poem is easy since I have the perfect inspiration right in this room." Miley said, smiling dreamily at Nate. Alex nodded her head, not looking up from Miley's notebook. She just couldn't stand they way they looked at each other. It made her twist and churn her heart like butter.

"Yeah…inspiration…Nate." Alex mumbled. She fiddled around with Miley's pen, trying to preoccupy herself. Miley sighed once she saw Nate staring concernedly at Alex. Though, Alex didn't even notice.

"Do you ever get the feeling that they guy you love the most is…doing something wrong?" Miley asked Alex. Alex gave Miley a look.

"What do you mean by that?" Miley hesitated, wondering if she should tell Alex. She was just having a feeling that Nate's love for her was beginning to fade off, like it was disappearing every passing moment. Yes, he still acts like he cares, he still shows Miley that he loves her, but each new gesture he makes, it's like things are beginning to change. Their relationship was beginning to change. She knew that something was up with Alex and Nate, but she just wanted to make sure.

"Do you think Nate is cheating on me?" Miley asked, trying to sound like she's not accusing her best friend and tried to be as vague as possible. Alex dropped the pen on the floor. She felt like her muscles froze, her conscience yelling at her repeatedly, and that she was going to lose it.

"Um, why would you think that?" Alex laughed, giving Miley a 'you are crazy' look. Miley looked at her with a sad expression on her face. It took every single inch of tolerance inside of Alex for her not to start screaming. "Miley, seriously, this is Nate we're talking about. You honestly think he's cheating on you?" Alex asked, trying to sound reasonable. Miley sighed. "Trust me; he's not cheating on you. I wouldn't make stuff like this up." Alex said as sincerely as possible. Miley smiled at her and hugged her again. Alex felt her skin burning as Miley touched her.

Lie. Lie. Lie.

Nate stared at his two girlfriends. He frowned and looked down. It was just like the drawing Alex drew. They're hugging and looking like nothing in this world could separate them.

Nothing but him anyways.

OMJ

Miley sat between Nate and Alex during lunch. The three were quiet, just eating their food and staring down at the lunch meal. None of them uttered a word as seconds passed by. Miley sighed and leaned on Nate's shoulder, nuzzling her face in his neck. Alex stabbed her food as she watched them in the corner of her eye. Her mash potatoes ended up as mush as she let her anger out on them.

"What did your food do to you?" Miley laughed, amused. Alex tried not to glare at her. She didn't look up and pushed her food away. She folded her arms across her chest and stared darkly at the disaster she created with her food. Miley looked at Alex, concerned. "Are you okay? What's wrong?" Alex sighed. She really needed some venting out to do. But how could she vent out her problem to her best friend if it does concern her? Alex bit her lip.

"Can I talk to you alone?" Alex asked Miley. Miley nodded and the two girls exited out of the cafeteria. Alex grabbed Miley's arm and ran as fast as she could towards the girls' bathroom. Miley followed behind her, wondering why Alex was such in a hurry. Once they entered the bathroom, Miley panted while Alex leaned against the wall and slid down. She frowned and rubbed her head. "I have a huge problem."

"What happened?" Miley asked, sitting next to Alex. Alex sighed.

"You have to promise not to tell, okay?" Miley nodded her head. Alex bit her lip and took a deep breath. "I'm dating someone." Miley gasped and jumped up.

"What?! Why didn't you tell me?! Oh, is he cute? What's his name?" Miley asked. Alex put a hand on her mouth before she could continue on.

"The reason why I didn't tell you is because…he already has a girlfriend." Miley's eyes widened. Alex took in a shaky breath. "It sucks because I'm hopelessly in love with him, and he loves me too, but he loves his other girlfriend too. I…I'm really guilty about this. He's a sweetheart, the best kind of guy I've ever seen, and I love him, and for his girlfriend, she's so freaking nice. It's eating me alive."

"Well I see how you have a problem there. A good friend would tell you to lay off because you're only getting yourself into trouble, and it's not right what you're doing. But a true friend would say: Alex, if you really love this guy, then you should fight for him. Show that other girl that you can love him more that she can." Miley said, wrapping an arm around Alex's shoulders. Alex rested her head on Miley's arm and sighed.

"But what if…you know this girl and she loves her boyfriend more than anything else in the world?" Miley gave Alex a look.

"Who in fact are you dating, and who's his other girlfriend?" Miley asked. Alex shook her head.

"You don't know them. They…don't go to this school." Alex lied. Miley caught the squeak in Alex's voice. She knew that she was lying, but she didn't want to accuse Alex more than she did before. Miley sighed and gave Alex a big hug. "I love him so much, but this is just so wrong. I – I don't know what to do anymore!"

"Just…love him. Go ahead and love him." Miley said, not knowing what else to say.

Alex couldn't believe the irony.

Miley felt things connecting as she and Alex hugged. She knew that Alex was lying through her teeth when she said that Miley didn't know who the secret boyfriend and his girlfriend is, but she didn't think too hard on that. Miley felt like she already knew who they were anyways. More importantly, she felt like she was going to face a huge ordeal - they all will. Miley told herself to stay away from this. She didn't want to drag herself into all of this mess.

"I think that we should go back to the cafeteria and finish our lunch. I could tell that you're still really hungry." Alex said, snapping Miley out of her thoughts. Alex and Miley pulled away and walked back to the cafeteria, not looking straight at each other and keeping a distance between them.

Nate sighed in relief to find Alex and Miley walking back to the cafeteria. He thought for a second that Alex told Miley the whole truth. He smiled at the two girls. "Hey, everything's alright?" he asked sweetly, sending butterflies inside of both Alex and Miley's stomach. Miley sat back next to him and went back to her position under Nate's arm, snuggling with him again.

"Peachy." Alex said, faking a smile at both of them before slumping down in her chair. Nate frowned and sent Alex an apologetic look. Alex rested her chin on her hand and looked at the couple. Miley looked sad and confused as she stared down at her hands. She was sad because her best friend was in a midlife crisis but confused because she still didn't understand the mixed signals Nate and Alex were showing each other. Nate on the other hand just looked guilty as usual. He kept that happy, cool look on his face, but the lack of shine in his eyes showed that he felt like something was tearing up inside of him. "I can't do this anymore." Alex said, her voice trembling.

Nate and Miley looked up at her. Alex's eyes watered. "I – I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" she yelled. Nate and Miley looked at her, not understanding her outburst. "I just can't do this anymore!" she said before running off in tears.

"Alex!" Miley and Nate called out, standing up at the same time. "Alex!" Nate repeated, running after her. He pushed away the bystanders, trying to catch up to her. Miley froze as she watched Nate run full speed ahead of her. She shook her head, shaking that shocked feeling inside of her, and quickly jogged, looking for Alex as well.

Nate found Alex in time before she was about to open the door to exit the school. "Alex!" Nate said, grabbing her arm. He turned her around to find her eyes streaming with tears. "Oh, Alex." Nate sighed, pulling her into a hug. Alex cried into his chest, embracing him tightly.

"I can't do this anymore, Nate! I can't do this to Miley!" Alex sobbed. Nate shushed her and rubbed her back. "I love you so much but…I can't do this to Miley."

"What are you saying?" Nate asked. Alex looked up at him.

"I don't know." Alex said truthfully. Nate cupped her face and wiped her tears away with his thumbs. "All I do know though is…that I love you more than I've ever loved anyone in my life, Nate Gray." Alex whispered.

"And I love you too." Nate whispered back. He leaned in and kissed her deeply. Alex was stunned. She slowly wrapped her arms around Nate's neck and pulled him closer. The two pulled away, panting slightly. "I will always love you." Nate said, rubbing her shoulders.

They heard a gasp. Nate and Alex turned to see Miley, also in tears by now. Nate and Alex pulled away from each other, taking a step back. They stared at Miley as she cried there, in front of them, looking so hurt and so betrayed. Hurt by her boyfriend and betrayed by her best friend. Nothing else was worse than that. "I can't believe you two." She said, her voice cracking. "I…I don't know what to say…but…why?" Nate and Alex didn't answer her. The three just stared at each other, silence passing by in between them. "I said why did you do this to me?!" Miley screamed.

"Miles," Nate said in a soft voice, trying to calm her down before she gets hysterical.

"Don't 'Miles' me! You cheated on me with my best friend! I can't believe you, Nate!" Miley yelled. She wanted to slap him, curse at him, and tell her father and brother to beat the living crap out of him. But she stopped herself once she saw Alex in more tears than she was before. "And for you," Miley said, shaking her head. "I should have seen this coming. You even hinted me about it, but I still acted like nothing was wrong. I still acted like there was nothing between you two. Wow, was I wrong."

"Miley…I…I'm sorry." Alex chocked out. Miley scoffed and shook her head. Alex hung her head down, feeling like she just got slapped right in the face.

"You hurt me so much, Nate." Miley said. "Both of you did. Sorry won't cut it."

Miley understood everything now. Why Nate and Alex were suddenly being nicer to each other. Why she felt like she needed to keep her guard up 24/7. Why she had the feeling like Alex was mad at her. Why she had the feeling that Nate was cheating on her. Why she had that annoying feeling like Nate and Alex were hiding something from her...It was all making sense to her now. Miley knew that they would end up together if they didn't hate each other.

She was right.

A/N: And there you have it, folks! Miley finally found out! Well this story is coming to an end! Yes, I know, it's really short. But when I was writing this, I didn't expect many chapters for this story. Oh, and sorry that this one was short!