Sing Your Heart Out – Chapter 10

Miley's P.O.V:

The loud sound of Tik Tok by Ke$ha blasted out of my alarm clock, immediately waking me up. Mitchie tumbled to the floor with a loud thud causing Taylor to burst into giggles, poorly muffled by her pillow in an attempt to not make Mitchie grumpy.

"Miley! You could have warned me that your alarm clock is like a fog horn!" Mitchie grumbled as she picked herself up and rubbed her head grouchily after whacking it against the wardrobe.

I stretched my arms upwards and yawned tiredly. "Mitchie if it wasn't loud enough we'd still be snoozing away and earning ourselves tickets to a nightmare called Mr Moorstone's office." I reasoned.

"She's right Mitchie. We really cannot afford any more detentions and we definitely don't need Mr Moorstone on our backs right from the word go. My mum will murder me for getting even one week worth of detention – never mind anymore." Taylor agreed and jumped out of bed and hastily ran towards the bathroom for the luxury of first dibs.

Mitchie complained slightly before settling for claiming the bathroom after Taylor decided she was finished. She quickly made her bed and debated quietly with herself between a shower now and a shower later. Obviously opting for the second option she slipped on a pair of dark denim jeans and took out a plain navy long top and a black and white striped long sleeved shirt to choose between.

"The navy one definitely. It's cute." I told her.

"Thanks. I'll change to meet Chad though. I know it's only casual but I still want to look cute." She replied and flung the rejected shirt back in her drawer.

After Taylor was finished Mitchie darted into the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth.

"Miles what shall I wear? It's got to be nice because I want to look pretty when I tell Shane. But I can't change my outfit after school because that would be super obvious." Taylor panicked, dragging me over to the wardrobe and motioning towards her clothes for me to pick from.

"Ooh how about your light denim jeans with your cream cowboy boots and a check shirt. Very you but very cute to knock Shane off his feet." I giggled as I took out her jeans, shoes with a red and cream checked shirt.

"Thank you Miley – you're the best!" Taylor squealed and hugged me tightly.

Mitchie walked out of the bathroom and picked up her jacket ready to go and Taylor followed her lead. They simultaneously looked in my direction expectantly – both of them noticing for the first time that I hadn't even begun to get ready.

"Miles you woke us up with your annoying alarm clock and we're both ready to go down for breakfast while you're not even dressed." Mitchie moaned.

"Umm I'm not hungry so you guys go down without me. I'll meet you in class, okay?" I said as I got up and began to file through my outfits.

Without another word they were out of the door. I picked out a pair of dark blue jeans and a white vest top with a thick grey and black cardigan. No point me dressing up when I've got no prince charming to impress.

Once in the bathroom I double checked that the water running out of the water was quite warm before I stepped in and let the soothing water do it's magic. As I let the shower relax my tense muscles I quickly washed and conditioned my hair before stepping out and wrapping my towel around me and brushing my teeth. I got dressed and suppressed a sigh as I inspected my rather boring ensemble in the mirror. At least it's only for school.

I looked at the clock to see that I had 30 minutes left. I decided to blow dry my hair into its natural curls and then I applied natural make-up. After all if Taylor's forcing me to be a cheerleader I may as well make a bit more of an effort than usual. Not that I'm going to start wearing ultra revealing clothing or shovel on the make-up. That's just tacky.

With 5 minutes to spare I strolled happily into my classroom and found my desk to sit down and wait patiently for Mitchie and Taylor to turn up.

"Hey Miley. You're here early today. Feeling okay?" Nate joked as he walked through the door with Jake and Shane and pretended to feel my forehead for a temperature.

"Haha you're hilarious, really. This may shock you but I'm usually early. Yesterday was a blip in my extremely spotless record. And it's going to be a one-off because I am NOT making detention my regular hang-out." I retorted and waved hello to Shane and Jake.

"If you say so, I guess I'll take your word for it. Do you want to maybe hang out again tonight after your detention? We could maybe work on the project this time. Or we could just chill. I don't mind." Nate said.

"Yeah sure I'd love to! Maybe we could start thinking about what we want to sing. I'm guessing the others were sensible and got a head start yesterday so we should probably catch up." I suggested.

"Well if I could go back and change yesterday afternoon I wouldn't change it for the world. But working on our project might be a good idea tonight. I'll meet you at your room at 5pm. That okay?"

"Aww well I think that's one of the sweetest things I've ever heard escape your lips. I'll see you at 5." I giggled and looked at the door just in time to see Mitchie and Taylor sprint into the classroom and skid to a halt to stop them from colliding with the teacher's desk. After recovering themselves they ignored the laughter coming from the boys and collapsed in their chairs, out of breath.

Nate flashed me a smile, said good morning to the girls and raised his eyebrows at me as if to say 'I'll leave you to talk to your weird friends' before walking over to his group of friends.

"Wow you two. That was quite an entrance. But why the sudden enthusiasm to get to class? There's still 2 minutes until the late bell goes." I pointed out.

"What?! Taylor's watch said it was like 1 minute until we were late and we were sat on the grass on the other side of campus." Mitchie cried.

"Oh man! Are you seriously telling me that we just sprinted all the way here for absolutely no reason? I can't believe our luck." Taylor groaned.

"Hate to break it to you – but yes."

This is going to be an incredibly long day, I thought.

***

(Skipped forward to the end of Miley's detention– I really don't want to describe the whole school day, as it would just be pointless and rubbish to run through the school day. Plus the main stuff is happening after school)

And I was completely right. First off we had English – enjoyable at times when the project is okay but I am actually beginning to despise Romeo and Juliet even if I am good at it. Then we had ICT and the stuff we are told to do is crap and we can't go on any decent websites seeing as school got the genius idea of blocking sites that aren't educational. The only saviour is that we're allowed to bring our own laptops for in our rooms. After break came Science and I'm not what you'd call keen on learning about our body or electricity or whatever Science teachers drone on about. The only cool part is entertaining experiments, which are an extreme rarity at Hartbridge. The highlight of my day was obviously Drama with Miss Hudgens – she's actually got an idea of what teenagers respond to. Things went downhill again for our History lesson. I'm more interested in my present and the future not the past and the teacher's is definitely what you'd sum up as boring. Once lunch was over I spent Maths helping Mitchie and Taylor struggle through the work, luckily I'm good at Maths. I used my Art class to have some much-needed relaxation before getting incredibly confused about the world map in Geography. For our last lesson of the day we had Music. At least the teacher let's me, Mitchie and Taylor sit in a corner with some instruments and mess around. The depressing thought is that I'm going to spend every school day stuck in this routine until the end of the year.

Usually the bell signalling the end of the day would bring on a wave of relief after a day as bad as the one I had experiences. Unfortunately I had half an hour's detention to suffer before I could escape and meet Nate. Things seemed to go from bad to worse as Mr Young, our English teacher, waltzed in and announced that he would be supervising our detention as Miss Hudgens had an important meeting. So here I am stuck in detention where I can't even speak to Mitchie and Taylor because that's Mr Young's idea of a suitable punishment.

I glanced up at the clock and sighed impatiently. 2 minutes to go. I picked up my completed homework and put it in my school bag. If I want to look on the bright side I could always say that silent detention has given me the incentive to get my homework finished and out of the way.

"Girls, you may go. Have a good night and remember your homework to write Juliet's diary entry after meeting Romeo is due in tomorrow." Mr Young reminded us as he got up out of his chair and walked out of the door. It's safe to say we didn't waste any time in getting out of there either as we made a quick dash for our room.

Mitchie sprinted into the bathroom before taking the quickest shower possible and changed into the outfit she had chosen carefully the night before – white denim jeans, black leather boots and a dark grey sweater with sequins all over it. I straightened her hair for her while she applied smoky eye make-up and a bit of lip-gloss before piling her phone, money, lip-gloss and room key into a black handbag.

"See you later Mitch – have a nice time." I called after her as she sped down the corridor.

"What time is it Miles?" Taylor asked as she finished applying her mascara.

"Umm it's 10 minutes until 5pm. What time are you meeting Shane?"

"I told him to meet me on the beach in our spot. I remember going there on the first night here to feel closer to home in Los Angeles. Of course now we've moved to London I don't feel homesick for the beach. A boy saw me and recognised me from the driveway in the morning so he sat with me and we talked until about 1am in the morning. It was Shane." Taylor recalled, smiling softly at the memory. I could tell it was something special to her that she'd never forget, "I just wanted it to be there that I told him. It will be perfect then."

"Tay that's really romantic. It's exactly the right way to tell him." I reassured her, so happy that she's finally getting her fairytale moment.

"I better get going now. Could you pass me the blanket off my bed?" Taylor asked as she pulled on a fair of flip-flops with her jeans and checker top. Cowboy boots aren't exactly ideal for the beach after all.

"Go get your man." I giggled as I pushed her gently out of the door and waved goodbye as she walked to the exit, looking back at me with a nervous smile as she exited the building.

Before I could close the door Nate appeared round the corner from his room and grinned at me.

"Should I be freaked out that you had the door ready for me? I don't want another stalker to worry about along with my long line of admirers." He joked and I punched his arm lightly.

"I was just making sure Taylor actually went in the direction of the beach and didn't back out."

"Suuuure. Why would she back out? It's not like some big date – it's Shane."

"Yeah but its not just some regular hanging out either. She's going to tell him she likes him as more than a friend." I told him as I sat down on my bed.

His eyes widened in recognition and a huge smile crept onto his face. "Really? That's great! All he talks about at home to mum is Taylor and whenever you tease him he blushes madly. He's obviously crazy about her. I just didn't realise she felt the same way."

"Yeah, I think she's liked him ever since they met but she's never had the guts to tell him. And he's had girlfriends before so that didn't exactly encourage her."

"Yeah but he always compared his girlfriends to Taylor. And they never matched her. He was just clueless to the fact that he liked her." Nate laughed.

"They've both been oblivious to it. Mitchie and me have teased both of them about it and we've hinted at them acting like a couple to try and get them to realise it. I'm starting to think they've both known how they've felt for ages but they've been too scared to do anything about it."

"Sounds exactly like Shane. How about we try and think of a song? I know we've got ages yet but the sooner we think of one the more time we've got to perfect the lyrics and music and then to get our voices sounding great together." Nate said, his eyes brightening at the mention of music. I smiled back enthusiastically, I can't help thinking that I'm lucky to have a partner that I get on with and who seems truly excited about the project.

"I think we should do quite a slow song. Which means it's probably going to be a love song. If that's okay with you." I blushed. I don't want him to think that I want to write a love song with him – I just think it will suit us best.

"Miley you're blushing! If you think a love song will be awkward for us then we'll find something else to do."

"No! It's not that. I just didn't want you to think I was some obsessed girl that's dream come true was to spend months with Nate Grey writing and practising a love song and then getting to perform it. Not that some girls don't dream of that. Just not me." I laughed at Nate's horror-struck expression at the thought of working with a girl like that.

"It hadn't even crossed my mind that you'd be like that. I'd actually feel comfortable writing a love song with you because I know there are no secret intentions – I can be myself with you like we're best friends." Nate said softly.

"Love song it is then." I giggled and took my guitar out of its case and handed it to Nate. "Just play what you feel. My daddy always told me that's the secret to writing a hit song – write what you truly feel."

"He obviously knew what he was talking about. Did he write songs?"

"Yeah, his dream was to be a singer and he always chased that dream. He went over to America for a few years to try and get signed but then he met my Mum and they moved back to England and he became a songwriter. Then my Mum died when I was three and he kind of stopped and it wasn't like we needed the money anyway. I guess when Mum left so did his inspiration. He only writes songs nowadays for a bit of money if we ever need it but they're never love songs." I told him sadly.

I miss the way my dad used to be. He was so carefree when I was younger but after mum died it's like he wanted to forget the pain of loving mum and in doing so he left behind his love of life and more importantly his love of music.

"I'm so sorry about your mum Miley – I never knew. I think we should write this song for your dad – make him proud of you. Maybe that will be enough to get his inspiration back." Nate said wisely, hugging me tightly.

"Thanks Nate for not treating me like a charity case just because my mum died. I'm sick of all the sympathetic looks. I'm fine and I've not forgotten mum, I think about her everyday and I'll always miss her but I've got to live my life. I'm lucky to have a great dad to support me – he's never let grief stop him from being a father to me and my brother."

"Then let's get writing this song." Nate grinned as we sat down at my desk to start writing.

Taylor's P.O.V:

I unrolled the blanket carefully to spread it over the sand then grabbed some candles out of my bag and placed them all around the blanket before striking a match and lighting them. I lay down and stared up at the stars, waiting for Shane – becoming nervous for the millionth time today.

Oh my gosh! There is no way on earth that I'm going to be able to go through with this. I can feel my heart pounding dramatically in my chest as if at any moment it's about to burst. My hands are even starting to clam up as I get more and more nervous.

What if he doesn't feel the same way? What if he gets freaked out and runs away from me? What if this confession ruins everything we've got?

"Taylor! Where are you? I can't see – it's too dark." I heard Shane call from the pathway at the top of the beach.

"I'm right by the shore, straight ahead from the path. I've got candles down here so you'll see me when you get closer." I shouted as loud as I could in his direction.

I got no reply but the soft patter of footsteps in my direction assured me that he had found me.

"Hey! It's our spot. Good thinking – we might get some brainwave for the song from being here." Shane said excitedly as he handed me his guitar and the piece of paper with song ideas scribbled on it before sitting down beside me.

"Hopefully, I so want our song to be awesome." I agreed, smiling nervously.

"Are you okay? You seem really on edge." Shane asked concerned.

"Umm just nervous." I told the truth instinctively. I've never felt the need to keep anything from Shane or lie to him. So I just didn't even think that he wouldn't know why I'm nervous.

"Why? Is something happening that I've not been told about?" Shane replied, clearly confused.

Looking at Shane's face, I know that the only way to tell Shane is to be completely honest and straight-forward.

"I've got something really important to tell you. But I'm not sure how you're going to respond. Please don't react badly." I whispered.

"Tay you can tell me anything – I'm your best friend through everything." Shane reassured me.

"Okay, here goes," I began and breathed deeply. "I really like you Shane. But not just as friends, I'm pretty certain that I've fallen for you. I've felt this way for ages but I just didn't have the confidence to ever tell you. Lately I've realised that I need to let you know how I feel because then I'll never know if I sat by and wasted my chance."

Shane's mouth formed an 'O' shape as I finished talking as I looked at my lap shyly, dreading the words that would fall out of Shane's mouth next.

"Taylor don't' look so scared. I feel exactly the same way – I've liked you ever since we met at this exact same spot last year. You don't know how glad I am that I can finally admit it." Shane replied and pulled me into a tight hug.

It was my turn to be surprised at Shane's revelation and I could feel myself tense up with shock. I soon relaxed into his arms and hugged him back in a way that I've never hugged him before. And I like it.

When I finally pulled away from Shane's grip he immediately slipped his hand into mine and pulled me closer.

"So… where do we go from here?" I whispered.

Shane turned to me and grinned adorably. "I'd like you to be my girlfriend, if you want to be of course."

"I'd love to be your girlfriend." I replied as I reached up on my tiptoes and connected my lips to his, him immediately kissing me back.

I instantly felt the sparks flying at the contact and I smiled into the kiss, the only thought running through my head is that I wish that time could stand still and me and Shane could stay on the beach, just us two, forever.

"What are you thinking?" Shane asked, lying down and pulling me down next to him.

"I'm thinking that tonight couldn't have been more perfect. I wish I'd listened to the girls ages ago now." I giggled as I thought about all the times Miley and Mitchie had insisted that Shane and me were perfect together.

"Snap! Nobody can even begin to understand how happy I feel right now." Shane whispered and kissed me softly.

"I can understand." I giggled, "But how about we get back on to the project? Not to ruin the moment or anything."

"Sure. You should probably take a look at the song ideas I thought of. I'm thinking that we should write a happy love song now – a depressed song might not be the easiest thing to write when I'm really cheerful and in love."

"I'll try and focus on the project then. But don't blame me if I fail. All I can think of is the first night we met here."

"Then let's write a song about us – starting from the first night we met."

"Oh my god! You're an absolute genius Shane. Got any paper?"

Shane's P.O.V:

I watched Taylor's face light up at the idea and I immediately knew that we had found the song we were looking for. I love that Taylor never ever fails to be happy over the simplest yet important details. She's still the same beautiful and caring girl that I met on the beach last year. I can remember every last detail of that night – where she was sitting, what she was wearing and every thing she said.

"Of course – and I've got the first part" I grinned and pulled out a piece of paper, scribbling my lyrics onto it.

"I remember what you wore on the first day. You came into my life and I thought hey." I sung softly.

Taylor turned to me curiously, "Do you really remember?"

"Soaked denim shorts and a white vest top, clinging to you and most likely see-through. I tried not to look to protect your dignity. You'd just waded into the water and not spared a thought for your poor clothes. I could never forget." I laughed.

"Wow. Taylor breathed and picked up the guitar, strumming gently until she found a soft steady tune. "Sing your first line to this and let's see if it goes."

"Maybe you should sing the first line. Your voice is better."

"Shane those lyrics are personal to your memory – you should sing that bit. And anyway, your voice really suited it." Taylor insisted.

I took a deep breath and began to sing, adding a bit on that had formed in my head. Once I finished I grinned happily.

"Okay I don't want to be big-headed or anything. But that sounded absolutely awesome!"

Taylor nodded in reply and chewed her pencil thoughtfully before turning to the paper and jotting down more lyrics.

Things went on like this for an hour or so, Taylor continuously playing the tune and us both furiously noting down the lyrics running round and round in our heads. Finally we'd formed an unbelievably good song.

"I can't actually believe this. In just one night I've found out that the boy I love feels the same way and we've wrote the perfect song for the talent contest. This is officially one of the best nights of my life." Taylor squealed excitedly and hugged me tightly.

"Not the best? I'm offended." I joked and pulled away, pretending to be offended.

"Oh I don't have favourites. Not when there's the night we met, the night my little sister was born and New Years Eve with Miley and Mitchie every year. They're all the best." Taylor giggled and kissed me gently.

It's safe to say I'm the happiest person on earth at the moment. I can now call my best friend/ the girl of my dreams my girlfriend, I've got my brother back and everything's going perfectly.

"Okay then, I'll be happy with the fact that I'm in two of them! Maybe we should head back to school now. It's getting late and as much as I'd like to just stay here with you I'm not sure that's the best idea. Miley's on her own isn't she? We could go keep her company." I suggested as I got up and pulled Taylor to her feet.

She immediately picked up the blanket and slung it over her shoulder, quickly blowing out the candles and piling them into her bag.

I grabbed my guitar and slipped my free hand into hers.

Miley's P.O.V:

A noise from outside woke me up as I rubbed my eyes. Must have fallen asleep while waiting for the girls to get back. I looked at my alarm clock. 10pm and still no Taylor or Mitchie. I tried to roll onto the other side but something stopped me. Then I noticed the muscular arm holding me tightly.

Nervously I glanced across at the unknown person asleep with me.

I sighed with relief at the sight of Nate sleeping peacefully with a small smile playing on his lips. Tonight was really great. Writing a song with him just feels so natural and there was no need to hold back.

I let out a whispered giggle as Nate's curls fell into his eyes and I gently brushed them back, admiring his deep chocolate brown eyes and his silky complexion. No wonder one smouldering glance or quick smile from him has the ability to make girls fall head over heels for him. A true heart breaker.

A knock at the door grabbed my attention and I heard Taylor shout, "Hey Milers, it's just me and Shane. I've got my key though!"

I quickly pulled myself up to move away from Nate. Somehow I don't think people would see me lying in Nate's arms as two innocent friends, especially not Shane.

The sudden movement must have shocked Nate as he shot up and banged into me causing me to fall straight to the floor with Nate landing on top of me.

"Wow Miley, you really got yourself out of that one." I muttered to myself sarcastically as Taylor and Shane burst through the door.

"Umm are we interrupting something?" Taylor asked as Nate pulled himself up and coughed awkwardly.

"What? No! We were just writing our song and then we must have fell asleep waiting for you guys. Then you idiotically shouted and startled us so we fell off the bed." I protested as I got to my feet and shot her a warning look to drip it.

She shrugged casually and sat down on the bed with Shane. He quickly wrapped his arm around her waist and she leant her head on his shoulder with a shy smile.

"So… does this mean you're finally together?" I asked curiously.

"Yes!" Taylor squealed then covered her mouth quickly as she realised that she'd made it completely obvious that us girls had been discussing it before.

"Congrats love birds." Nate smirked and flicked Shane on the ear, "But we better be off. Isn't there some rule about boys and girls not mixing in rooms after a certain time?"

"Yes, crap! After 10pm you get detention if your in the opposite sexes room. Nate what's the best way to go without teacher's catching us?"

" I hate to disappoint your secret wish to be a cross between a ninja and a spy but I vote we just walk normally and hope if we bump into a teacher it isn't a strict one."

"Ugh! You always ruin thing for me. But fine." Shane groaned as Nate pushed him out of the door with a last wave.

I nudged the door with my foot to close it.

"No! I forgot to say bye!" Shane shouted as he barged through the door just in time, "Ooft, that was a close one."

"Wow. Way to lay low and not attract attention Shane. I'd be surprised if the whole campus didn't hear you." I giggled

"Was it really loud?" Shane whispered nervously to Taylor.

"No, it's just Miley enjoying teasing you. But you should definitely go before you push your luck and get caught." Taylor laughed and began to push him towards the door.

"I get the feeling your trying to get rid of me!" Shane pouted.

"Bye babe." Taylor said firmly as she kissed him on the cheek before quickly pushing him out of the doorway and closing the door.

"Meanie! But I still love you." Shane whisper-shouted.

"Earth to Shane! Do you really want detention? No? Didn't think so. Let's go!" Nate grumbled from the other side.

"Bye boys." Taylor and me called.

"Bye." They chorused before we heard them sprinting down the corridor in an attempt to get to their room without a teacher noticing.

"They're so going to get caught." Taylor giggled.

"No doubt about it!"

"Bed time?"

"You read my mind. I wonder what's taking Mitchie so long though."

"Ah, she's probably just lost track of time. Don't worry though; she's got common sense unlike Shane and Nate. She'll creep in after the teacher's finish their look outs."

I laughed as it dawned on me that the boys had chosen the stupidest time to leave. I changed into my pyjamas and quickly combed a brush through my hair before switching off the light.

"Miles, put it back on for a second. I'll put the lamp on so you can get to your bed safely. You're going to…"

"Argh, my toe! Owwwwwww!" I screeched as I collided with something hard and cold and stubbed my toe.

"Hate to say I told you so. But I told you so." Taylor sniggered as switched on the lamp and helped me up and onto my bed where I cradled my foot ruefully and glared at the object i had banged into - Mitchie's bed.

"Shut it Miss know-it-all. For that I WILL quiz you thoroughly on you and lover boy." I retorted and pulled my duvet over me.

"Whatever you say. But I'm sure Mitchie will find it very interesting to hear about how we found you and Nate." Taylor threatened.

"Night best friend." I grinned and closed my eyes, smiling softly to myself. She wouldn't dare.


Authors Note:

1. I am SO SO SO sorry that it's been so long since I updated. I know it's not much of an excuse but I've just been super busy. All through January I had to revise for an important Science exam and I've had a few coursework deadlines. Then it's been my Dad's birthday at the end of January and we had a big family trip over a weekend. But I won't let it happen again, I planned to update weekly and I'm sorry I made you all wait for ages.

2. I'm really grateful for all the reviews and I've got my loyal reviewers now that are reviewing EVERY week so thank you so much guys, you know who you are. You're the reason I was desperate to get this out. I've even sacrificed making my Science coursework deadline for you. Though I'll probably make it if I put some hard work in as soon as I've finished typing my A/N!

3. THE RESULTS FOR THE TALENT SHOW SONG AT THE MOMENT ARE:

* Miley and Nate will be singing Fly With Me

* Taylor and Shane will be singing Two Is Better Than One

* Mitchie and Jake will be singing Here We Go Again

* Alex and Lucas will be singing Naturally

Hope you're all happy with that. If you didn't vote last time go to the previous chapter and look at the song choices and review with your chosen songs. Taylor and Shane are definitely singing their song now as I've had them writing it and I am obsessed with that song at the minute. But the others are still open to voting :]

4. Please read and review. I'd like more than 12 reviews for me to post the next chapter. I'm getting 12 reviews pretty much every chapter so if you haven't been reviewing – one little comment & I'll get the chapter up ASAP!

5. Who likes Glee? I absolutely love it. It's just come out in the UK and I'm hooked after just 5 episodes. In fact it's on right now!


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