The next evening I showered and got ready for Taylor's party. It wasn't a formal thing, but everyone tends to be slightly overdressed for his gatherings, although I'm not sure why. I spent the day texting Miley. It turns out that she has a boyfriend just a few towns over, Liam was his name, and that they were pretty serious. She asked about my love life and reluctantly told her about Selena. Something about talking with her was so simple. It was like talking to Joe in girl form & not being related. She was great. I feel like I've found a new best friend, hopefully she and Selena will like each other! I finished getting ready and went to go pick Miley up. When I got there she was waiting outside for me.

"Hey there!" she greeted as she climbed into the passenger seat. "How was your day?"

"Pretty uneventful" I told her. "I spent the day writing some songs. They're not working out too well though."

"I'm sure they're great. Don't put yourself too down!"

We chatted a little on the way to Taylor's. When we got there the party was already in full swing. We walked through the door and my eyes scanned the crowd for Selena. I saw her over in the corner talking to Demi. She was wearing a gorgeous pink strapless shirt with a high-waist black skirt, she looked stunning as always. When she saw me she smiled and waved, then looked at Miley and her face fell a little bit. I smiled back at her then looked at Miley.

"That's her over there," I said as I nodded towards Selena. "The one in the pink and black."

"She's gorgeous!" Miley exclaimed. I blushed. "Let's go and talk to them!"

We walked over to where Demi and Sel were. Joe came and joined us as well.

"Hey guys! This is Miley. She just moved to town. We met yesterday at Maureen's Coffee Shop." I introduced. "Miley, this is Joe, Demi and Selena."

"It's nice to meet you Miley" Selena said and extended her hand. "Welcome to the nerghbourhood! How do you like it so far?"

"It's great. I actually love it here, although I do miss home a bit." Miley replied.

"Why is that?" Demi asked.

"My boyfriend." Miley said sheepishly. "We've been together 3 years, and it's hard being away from him. But he's not that far so we'll make it work."

Demi gave Selena a knowing smile. I caught on to that. So Selena did like me? I need to know. I want her to like me!

"Well guys, feel free to stay and chat, but I'm going to go dance. Any of you guys wish to join me?" I asked.

They all shook their heads. "I'm good here, I'll stay and talk to Miley" Demi said.

"Oh what the hell! I'll join you!" Selena said.

"Lovely!" I took her hand and lead her to the dance floor. We started dancing and laughing. She was singing along to almost every song that we heard. She was actually a pretty good singer. And an amazing dancer. I wonder where she got those moves from. I was just about to ask her when Amazing by Hedley came on. Couples started to move into eachothers arms, and dance together. I was tempted to ask her, but I thought it'd be too awkward so I started to leave the dance floor.

"Hey Nick, where are you going?" Selena said.

"oh.. I.. uhh.." I couldn't think of what to say.

"Come here." She said.

She latched her hands behind my head and started swaying. I placed my hands around her waist and at the small of her back. She nestled her head into my shoulder and I rested my chin on her head. This all felt so right to me, Selena here in my arms, like this is the way it's supposed to be. There were about three different slow songs played, and Selena didn't budge. She just stayed there in my arms the whole time. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

"Hey Sel?" I said after the third song ended

"Mhmmm?" she murmured.

"The slow songs ended" I reluctantly told her.

She looked around at the rest of the people, and then quickly realized she was still pressed against me. "Oh, sorry. I was lost in thought" she said as she pulled away.

"it's cool, don't worry about it."

"I'm gonna go into the kitchen and get a drink, kay?" She said.

"Go ahead Sel. I'm gonna go talk with a few people." I had lost track of the time, and the next thing I knew it was 1 am, and I hadn't heard back from Selena. I walked around Taylor's house and then found her completely wasted with a random guy. He was trying to get her into bed with him. She clearly didn't want to go with him, but was so wasted she couldn't get the words out. Instead she vomited all over the guy's clothes. He immediately left her side.

"Hey, Lena, are you okay?" I called to her.

"Nick, take me home" she started to cry.

"C'mon Sel. Don't cry, it'll be okay. I'm going to take you back to my place, okay? Demi probably already left with Joe. Miley left about an hour ago, so it's okay to leave." She continued to cry but nodded her head. "Here, let me carry you." I picked Selena up and carried her to my car.

When we got back to my place, Joe was MIA. At Demi's I assumed. I carried Selena upstairs and as she cleaned herself up a little bit I got out an old t-shirt for her to sleep in. I gave it to her and she quickly changed. She came out of the bathroom wearing just my old t-shit. Her hair was a mess, and makeup was running down her face. Her eyes were all puffy from crying and she looked incredibly drunk. But despite all of this she looked gorgeous. I couldn't take my eyes off of her.

"You can sleep in my bed, okay? I'll go sleep in Joe's room tonight" I told her.

"No." she said.

"No?" I asked.

"I want you to stay here tonight. With me, in here. I can't be alone right now." She started crying again.

"Sel, I can't stay here with you. where will I sleep? C'mon let's get you into bed." I started ushering her to the bed.

"You can sleep in your bed with me. There's plenty of room for the two of us. and besides, you know you won't take advantage of me. You're too sweet of a guy. Not that I'd mind if you did that, I mean, i've had a crush on you for years now but I've never told you. I almost cried when I saw you with Miley today. I thought she was your girlfriend and you were gonna get married and have beautiful babies with Joe." She continued rambling.

As much as I wished what she was saying was true, I knew she was just saying things because she was drunk. "Sel, you're drunk. Get some rest." I told her.

"not unless you stay with me" she pouted.

"fine. Just this once" I told her. Truth is I wanted to sleep beside her and feel the warmth of her body next to mine. I quickly got changed and then snuck into bed beside her. She was already asleep by the time I got back though. She was so cute when she slept. So peaceful.

"Sweet dreams Selena." I said as I kissed her on the cheek. It was then that I realized I had to make her mine as soon as possibly could. I started brainstorming ways to ask her out as I fell asleep.

hey guys! happy new year! i hope you all had a wonderful holiday season.

i hope you liked this chapter. I know i've been falling behind but with exams soon it's stressful. I'll try to update more soon!