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Shane then walked over and grabbed his books. "Ok ladies, let's get to class." we all had 1st period together. He then wrapped his arms around Mitch and I's shoulders but stopped and thought or awhile. "Miley, get on my back. We arrive together." he said with a smile. She smiled and hopped on. We all talked and laughed as we entered the classroom.

The teacher gave us a stern look and said "Miley please remove yourself from that fellow's back."

We all laughed as Miley hopped off and we took our seats. We didn't even notice when Nate came over to talk to Miley and tried to kiss her. Or the jealous glare Nate gave us when we came in. We were too caught up knowing that Miley really did belong with us and that this would be fun.

Chapter 5: My Dad

Alex

Throughout all of the class Mitchie, Shane, Miley and I were passing notes. Nate was sitting next to us and every once and awhile he would grab the note we were passing and chuckle. Then Nate would add something to it. I would look at it, hold in my giggle and crumple it up and take out some more paper. Miley would look slightly disappointed so after awhile I didn't crumple it up, I just didn't read it and Miley seemed happier with that choice. She's lucky I like her.

At lunch, Miley sat with us opposed to the usual spot her and Nate used to sit together at. Nate of course came and sat with us too. I couldn't help but roll my eyes but when I saw that Miley noticed, I mouthed a sorry to her.

"Hey." Nate said as he sat down.

"Hey." Miley said. No one else said anything. Lunch continued awkwardly when I spoke up.

"Ok. Miley. It must be awkward when you're the only one talking to Nate so you might feel like you have to choose between us and Nate. You don't just because you talk to Nate and we don't doesn't mean we'll resent you. It wasn't your fault what happened so basically Shane, Mitchie and I will have a conversation and you can jump in whenever you want. Heck, Nate can too. He will just be ignored. Oh and Shane. Nate's your brother. Forgive him. Mitchie I don't care what you do. Now can we please have a non-awkward lunch?" I asked and Miley smiled. Nate smiled at me too but I just rolled my eyes and turned to Mitchie and Shane where we started to talk about random stuff.

After school, I was at my locker with Mitchie when Nate approached us.

"Hey Lexi and Mitch." he said.

"1st, don't call me that. 2nd, what do you want?" I asked, irritated.

"Look I'm sorry. I just really like Miley and wanted her to like me too. I'm really sorry. Please forgive me. Shane did." he begged.

"I told Shane to." is all I said.

"We might accept your apology if the only reason you were apologizing wasn't to keep Miley. Apparently Miley is as important to you as we are put together so just don't lose her because we won't be there." Mitchie said and we walked off.

I hopped into Mitchie's Porsche and we drove off to her house. Or should I say mansion? Mitchie's mom, Connie, owns a catering business and it got huge a few years ago so she was rich. Basically I'm the only person in our little group that isn't rich. I chilled at her house for awhile and then my dad called.

"Where are you?" he demanded.

"Chill out daddio. I'm at Mitchie's!" I replied.

"Would you happen to know why my son is covered in green goop right now?" he asked. I laughed.

"Wow! That catapult actually worked?!" I asked and began laughing again.

"Yes it did. Now you're grounded. Come home right now!" he yelled.

"Don't have a car." I simply stated.

"Then I'm coming to get you!" he said and hung up the phone.

I sighed and told Mitchie I had to go. The trip from my house to Mitchie's wasn't very far about 5 minutes. To be honest, I'm surprised my dad didn't tell me to walk. I began to worry when my dad wasn't here in 10 minutes. Then 15. I called him and it went straight to voicemail. I then called my mom. When she answered she sounded like she was crying.

"Mom! What's wrong?" I asked.

"Your father has been in a horrible accident! Come to St. Helen's hospital now!" she told me and my eyes widened.

"I'm on my way!" I said and ran out of the door and down the street to the hospital.

When I got there I ran to the front desk.

"Where is Jerry Russo? Which room?" I yelled frantically.

"Are you fa=" she began.

"I'm his daughter! Now where!?!?!?!?!" I yelled.

"Room 341." she said and I ran down the hall until I reached the room. My mom was sitting in the waiting area in front of the door and I came over and hugged her. Just then, the doctor came out.

"I'm sorry but we lost him. Mr. Russo is dead." he said and my eyes got blurry which I soon realized was due to the tears coming out of them. I stormed out of the hospital and ran wherever my feet took me. I ended up on the Gray's front step. I knocked on the door really loudly and Shane came to the door. I then collapsed into his arms, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Alex! What happened?" he asked urgently. I began to speak but it came out as incoherent babble. Shane then led me to the living room where I sobbed. Mitchie came bursting into the door and ran over to me about 15 minutes later.

"LEXI! WHAT HAPPENED?" she yelled. This time I didn't even bother to try and answer.

Nate then came in with an ecstatic expression on his face.

"Shane! Guess what?!" he yelled and then took in the scene. "Who died?" he asked sarcastically.

With him causing all of this pain to me and me being in the pain I was already in, I decided to let my anger get the best of me. I hopped up and walked over to Nate.

"My dad." I said and punched him as hard as I could. Shane and Mitchie gasped.

Jason then skipped into the room with a huge smile on his face.

"Did you hear Shane? WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!!!" he yelled and I began to fall then everything turned black.

I woke up in my bed surrounded by faces. There was Shane, Mitchie and my mom. Wait. Is that Nate? I noticed everyone was crying including Nate, who now had a black eye. I made a mental note to apologize later. Everyone kept asking if I was ok and I kept responding that I was. I finally just asked everyone to leave. They agreed because they knew I would want to be alone. I was laying face down in my bed with my iPod blasting in my ears, sobbing, when I felt someone sit on my bed. I sat up and saw Nate and his eye was even worse now. He had a small smile on his lips and I pressed pause on my iPod.

"Look. I know you hate me right now and I thought about and you should. As hard as it is, I'll accept your wishes and leave you alone. That is after I make you feel better." he said.

"Look. I'm sorry about your eye. I just kind of took my anger out on you." I said sheepishly. He smiled.

"It's OK. I deserved it. I was a total jerk. How about you let me stay with you tonight and we'll be even. You can go back to hating me if you want tomorrow." he said.

I thought about it and reluctantly agreed.

"I brought you something." he said and handed me a big jar of pickles. I smiled and thanked him quietly.

"It's going to me a Nalex day. Like when we were 15." he said referring to a day went we spent together in his room when his grandmother passed away. I named it our Nalex day. I couldn't help but smile. I have a feeling that the real Nate is coming back but I can't let him in until I know he's here to stay.

BTW. I know a lot of you may say it was too easy for him but don't worry!!!! oh and do you want this story to be like 10-15 chapters long and have a sequel [Girlfriends and Tourbuses] or just have it super long?