Chapter Eight
Miley's POV 3
Miley passed the popcorn, that room service had delivered awhile ago, over to Nick. She might appear as if she was watching the movie but she had been observing Nick all night. Miley glanced over at him exactly when he tried to hide his smile over the movie. Nick had always pretended as if he didn't like this movie. He probably thought it would ruin his masculine image, but what he didn't know was that Miley couldn't get over how masculine he was. She was the first person who would think he was anything but. She couldn't help but reminisce over the dates that she and Nick used to have. That's what this felt like. It also felt like… a bad idea. "Nick?" She said quietly.
She watched Nick tear his gaze away from the movie and she wanted to smile. She loved the little things they knew about one another but sometimes wished she wasn't so in tune with him so that she didn't feel like she'd fall back in love with him at any moment. She was closer to Nick than anyone. Even Demi. "Yeah?"
"Are you and Joe going to be okay?"
Nick had a dark cloud deeply tent his features and Miley noticed his good mood fade. He shrugged. "I just never imagined our family would be this separated."
"I think you should talk to him. Neither Demi nor I want you to lose your brother over...something that is going to pass or our opinions of him."
"What is Demi's opinion of him?"
"She obviously thinks he's awesome or she wouldn't be in this position in the first place." Miley laughed.
"And what's your opinion of him?"
"He's… one of a kind." Miley pursed her lips tightly together then she looked over at Nick who looked confused. "He's really hot."
Nicks mouth dropped open in surprise as Miley laughed. He pushed her shoulder playfully. "Miley."
"Alright." She rolled her eyes but looked at Nick serious. "I think he's slightly confused. I really think that if Joe had left my friend out of his train of girlfriends trying to find himself we could have been friends. We're a lot alike, Joe and I."
"You both have a lot of girlfriends and boyfriends?"
Miley looked down. "No."
"You're both lusted after by teen girls and boys?"
"No. We're both searching for ourselves in someone else."
Nick sighed. "Miley, you don't have to search for yourself at all. I know exactly who you are."
She looked over at him expectantly.
"Miley Ray Cyrus, there really is no such thing as finding yourself. You are who you are and in your case that's beautiful, talented, original, funny, generous, loving, accepting, gorgeous, intelligent, artistic, and sexy."
Miley felt overwhelmed by the emotions running through her. "You said beautiful, gorgeous, and sexy."
Nick blushed. "I think it's safer for us if we don't broach that subject ever again."
Miley felt a tad bit disappointed but she knew it was for the best.
November 11th
"Selena, we need to talk." She conveyed over the phone to her new friend. If they really were going to be friends, it was probably time to mention a certain topic that all friends talked about with one another. Boys. They couldn't avoid Nick Jonas any longer.
When Selena joined Miley later at the hotel restaurant, she didn't waste time. She went straight to the point. "So, what's this about?"
So much for subtlety, Miley thought. There would be no stalling with this one. "We should talk about... Nick."
"Oh...him." Selena waved her hand away from her body at the subject. "He's all yours."
"What?"
"Isn't that what you called me for?"
"Yes. But he's Nick Jonas. I thought you'd be a little angry."
Selena laughed. "And that is the reason he is all yours. You've always thought way more of him than I did and I noticed it was a mutual feeling, anyway. Plus my boyfriend is waay better than Nick Jonas."
"So, we can talk about him?"
"Sure." Selena grinned. "What's going on?"
Miley looked around for a second before whispering over to Selena. "He's…flirting with me, but I don't think he wants to date. Every time we even get close to a subject like that, he changes it up."
"Has he told you that he doesn't want...more?"
Miley shook her head. "No. It just seems that way because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it."
"The way I see it, if he doesn't say 'no, I want to stay friends' then I see no reason in not pursuing this relationship." Selena shrugged her left shoulder. "In the meantime, you should stay friends with him. This guy is a heartbreaker. And as strange as this may sound, I don't want him to break yours."
"Aww. Have I grown on somebody?" Miley teased with a wide smile.
Selena tilted her head slightly to the side as if she were surprised, too. "I guess you have. I've grown attached to you. You'll never get rid of me now."
Miley waved that off with a playful curse. "Damn." She said, still smiling.
Hope you like the two chapters that I have uploaded today. Oh, and Joseph may not have a chapter for awhile. He'll be in it. Soon but it's not his time yet. Please read and review.
