After school, Nick and Miley met up with Kevin and Joe at Kevin's car. "Hey, Guys."

"Hey, Miley." The boys greeted back.

"We were wondering if Miley could hitch a ride home with us. She's our next door neighbor." Nick said.

"Jackson drove me to school this morning. Dad died and that's why we moved because Jackson couldn't afford the Malibu house." Miley added.

"Your dad died?!" Joe and Kevin asked shocked.

She nodded and looked down sadly. "Oh, Hunny." Kevin said and hugged her. "We're so sorry."

She let go and slightly smiled sadly. "It's ok. Lilly's upset and won't talk to me. She's my best friend and that hurts more than losing my dad."

"I could talk to her for you." Joe said.

"How?" She asked looking at him.

"She gave me her number before we left. I talk to her all the time except the last two weeks and I guess that's because of your dad's death."

"Oh. She never told me she talked to you."

"I'll call her when we get home. She tells me everything since we've been dating."

"What?! How long have you two been together?"

"Three months. I come to visit her sometimes on the weekends."

"She lied to me?!"

"Huh?" Joe asked confused.

"All those weekends in the last three months that I asked her to hang out, she said either something in her family came up or she had the 24 hour bug. She lied to me. It was because YOU were visiting her. I can't believe her! I tell her EVERYTHING and now that Nick and I got together, I was gonna tell her the next time she let me speak to her." Miley said exasperated and teared up at the fact that she couldn't believe her best friend would lie to her like that. "I thought she was my best friend. But I guess I was wrong." She sniffled.

Nick pulled her to him and hugged her tightly. "Shhhhhhh. It'll be ok, Love. You always have us. And you have Oliver back in Malibu. He's still your friend isn't he?"

Miley nodded her head against his chest. "Yeah, but he's a total doughnut." She mumbled.

Nick chuckled. "I love you, Sweetheart."

"I love you too." She said pulling away.

Nick wiped her tears with the pad of his thumb and kissed her lips softly. "I'll never leave you, My Smiley Miley. You're my life, my soul, my everything. I have missed you that much since my brothers and I had to leave Malibu. Our friend from school Macy likes me, but I've already told her I don't like her like that and that I love someone else. I didn't say who you were though."

Miley smiles. "Do I ever get to meet her?"

"Probably later. She's our friend Stella's best friend. She follows Stella everywhere."

She giggles. "She a fan of yours? Macy I mean."

"She's creepily obsessed, but yes. Very much so."

"I did always love you guys, but I've never been like that. I was so honored when I met you all, but especially you, Nicholas. Your music always inspired me. That's how I write my own. I've been writing my own for a year now. Dad was so proud of me when I wrote my first one. It took a while, but I felt proud of myself too once I was done."

"I heard the one. Gonna Get This. You sang it with Iyaz. I liked that one."

"I wrote it myself, but the producers wouldn't let me record it. Then Iyaz came into the studio and said he liked it. He convinced the producers to let me record it if he sang it with me."

"Well, it's really good."

"Thanks, Nicky. I'm working on one called Been Here All Along. It's about those who are in the military and stuff."

"I'm sure it'll be wonderful, Love. You're a really great song writer."

"Thanks. Lets get home." She replied and gets in the car.