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Celebrity Secrets

Chapter 16

The crowd was completely silent. Miley was silent. Lily and Oliver were silent. Everyone was digesting the news; Nick Jonas had spread rumors about Hannah Montana.

The first thing Miley felt was relief. He hadn't told everyone her secret. She thought he wouldn't but there was always that nagging chance. After all, she had just left him there on the beach, not even willing to really talk to him.

He messed up, though, Miley thought, he lied to me about not spreading those rumors. He gained my trust so he could get closer, and then he let it come crashing down. He is not going to get off easy this time.

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Nick's heart pounded. He had really gone through with it. And he would have felt better if the first voice he heard hadn't been that jerk, the host.

"Whoa," he chuckled, "now that was some secret. My only question is: Did Hannah know?"

There were a few laughs from the audience and that's when the host did something that pushed Nick over the edge. He put his hand on his shoulder. He had the nerve to pat him on the shoulder after he had just revealed a big secret that could get him in a lot of trouble?

Nick shrugged off the host's hand roughly, shoved the mic back into his hand, and walked off the stage.

"Wait a second, kid, we got ten minutes left. Where do you think you're going?" The host asked. Nick ignored him, not missing a step as he skirted around the guards and headed towards his room. Joe pulled him aside, though.

"Nick, hey, thanks for –"

"Whatever," was all Nick said, turning out of his brother's grasp and heading for his room again. He wouldn't talk to anyone right now except maybe – Kevin. He was right there waiting by his door already.

Nick opened the door and Kevin followed.

"Do you think she watched?" Nick asked immediately as the door closed.

"Nick I think you should take a minute to cool off. You kind of -"

"Do you think she watched?" Nick asked more insistently this time.

"Maybe. Word travels fast. They do a lot of promotional things for these kinds of shows so she might have heard something at school," Kevin answered calmly while Nick paced.

"I just decided to do this yesterday,"

"They've still advertised for the show itself. A lot of people were interested in this show so if she heard -"

"But what if she didn't?" Nick voiced hysterically.

"Nick!" Kevin finally yelled, then saying more regularly, "Calm down. One way or another, she's probably going to hear about this and if she doesn't then at least you got this off your chest right?"

Nick sat down and buried his head in his hands, "I guess."

"I really screwed up didn't I?" Nick said after a short silence.

"No," Kevin said, sitting down next to him.

Nick sat up and looked at his brother curiously.

"We did," he finished.

There was a knock at the door.

Nick smirked, "Did you plan that?"

"I try," Kevin smiled, tucking his hands behind his head and reclining back in the couch, "Go on. Answer it. He really wants to talk to you."

Nick looked from the door to Kevin and back to the door. He got up and opened it. Sure enough, Joe was standing there leaning against the frame with his hands stuffed in his pockets.

"Can I come in?" He asked.

Nick opened the door farther and Joe stepped in.

"I don't really know how to start," Joe said, shuffling his feet around.

"Joe Jonas doesn't know what to say? That's a first," Nick commented.

"I know what to say, I just don't know how to say it!" Joe yelled back. He shoved his hands farther in his pockets and repositioned his stance, looking around the floor the whole time.

"Okay, it was just a joke," Nick held up his hands defensively, "I – never mind."

The room was a silent for a while; Joe was still trying to figure out how he wanted to say what he was going to say.

"I realize now…that I was putting a lot of pressure on you and making you do something…you really didn't want to do," Joe admitted slowly, choosing his words carefully, "This whole thing turned out completely wrong from how I wanted it to go. I…it wouldn't have turned out well for anyone either way I planned it, I guess, so it was stupid of me to think of it in the first place."

"Yeah, it was stupid," Nick agreed.

"Look, I'm trying to apologize here!"

Kevin got out of his seat now and stepped between his brothers just in case anything would start to happen.

"Hey, both of you relax. Joe, what you did was stupid, and Nick, Joe knows it was stupid. Just let him finish," Kevin said, making sure Joe had calmed back down before he stepped away.

"And I want to try and make it up to you but…I don't really know how," Joe said.

"Well," Nick considered, "Just don't be stupid again."

Joe looked up at his brother and saw a small smile there. He chuckled, "Will do."

Then they both laughed.

"Are we cool?" Kevin asked his brothers.

Nick and Joe nodded.

"Group hug!" Kevin shouted, opening his arms wide.

Nick and Joe stopped laughing.

"Not off set?" Kevin asked.

They shook their heads. Kevin put his arms down, but he was still smiling.

"Now, isn't there some place you have to be Nick?" Joe smiled mischievously.

Nick was confused, "Was this live?"

"I think. I mean, they planned for the first one to be live but with such short notice I'm not sure –" Kevin was cut off as Nick bolted through him and out the door. He was going to take the chance.

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Miley didn't know what she was feeling. She wanted to stay angry at him. If he came back to her, she wanted to tell him that he had no more chances left; that she would move on indefinitely. And yet...there was a part of her that wanted to forgive him. In a wave of emotion, she felt a completely new feeling. Her heart ached, she was anxious, and she only thought of one person.

Miley got off the couch and headed for the door.

"Miley -" Lily called.

Miley turned her head.

"Where are you going?" Lily asked. Both she and Oliver were standing up, wondering what had gotten into her.

"I know where he is. I know where he is and I want to see him," was all she said, and then she ran. She ran out the door, down the street, and to the beach - to Rico's snack shop and the surf shack; to many memories with friends, boys, strangers alike, wanting only to relive the one memory she was thinking of now and the one boy that was the center of it all.

Miley stopped when she was by Rico's shop to catch her breath. Walking over to the railing, she looked down at the beach. It was still bright out but there was no one on the beach today - no one except one particular curly-haired boy.

"Nick!" She yelled and she started running again. She ran down to the beach and over to him. He had barely enough time to turn his head before she flew into his arms, nearly knocking him over in a fierce hug.

They hugged for a long time before they broke apart, still holding each other at elbow's length, though.

"I'm guessing you saw the show," Nick offered, still unsure whether she was really standing there across from him.

A simple kiss was his answer.

"And?" Nick asked, not all there yet. Miley kissed him again. That convinced him. He smiled, relieved and overwhelmed at the same time.

And Miley stared back at him. She knew she had only dated him less than half a year - that she was putting all her feelings on the line again, that feeling this way so soon was questionable, but above all that she felt a weight on her heart and it let her know that she was making the right decision. She knew how to find him here, she knew that he felt the same way, and she knew...she loved Nick Jonas. That was her biggest secret now.

Author's Note: Wow, I actually finished my first continuous story. I know I've procrastinated and kept you waiting a lot, and that's why I want to thank everyone who read and reviewed this story. Your support means a ton to me. I only want to ask everyone two more things though. One, that you please make this the best review ever. I really want to know everyone's favorite and least favorite parts and how effective my writing style was. And two, keep your eye out for more of my Hannah Montana stories! There might be a sequel to this one if enough people seem interested.

Oh, and I hope you got that Camp Rock reference joke thing with Kevin. The group hug?