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"Remember when Nick broke up with Miley at the end of the summer? Well that was because he thought she was cheating on him with you. Which you didn't make seem any better with the roses and the affection there," answered Brandi.
"He doesn't know that I have been dating Emily for the past four months?" Cody asked, clearly ashamed for messing up a very strong relationship.
"Oh don't blame yourself Cody. It's just a misunderstanding. And no, Nick and I haven't really been on speaking terms as of late" I reassured him, putting my arm around his shoulders.
"So wait, I'm confused. Why are you here in the first place, Cody? Isn't D.C. a pretty far drive from L.A.?" Joe said, taking Nick's spot on the couch and scratching his head.
"Em and I came to Baltimore to visit her grandmother, and we decided to surprise you. We were planning on hanging around for these two concerts. I guess that wasn't such a good idea."
Emily walked into the room with cookie hanging out of her mouth and three more in her hand. "Miley! How are you!" The cookies fell to the ground as she embraced me in a hug. When I didn't hug her back right away she pulled away and looked at me critically. "What did I miss."
Cody walked over to us and put his arm around Emily's waist. "Nick is pissed because he thinks that Miley cheated on him with me."
"Oh wow. You didn't, right? Because if that's true I might have to disown you."
"Emily! Of course we didn't," I laughed. "But I'm really screwed this time. The guys are only doing two more concerts with me, and I need to settle this thing with Nick before it's all said and done."
"Well why are we standing around here then? We need to go find him and explain!" Emily grabbed onto my wrist and pulled me out of the door. Everyone filed out of the room after us.
"Where are we going anyway? Where would he have gone?" I managed to get out between pants. "Jeez Em slow down it's not going to make a difference whether it takes five minutes or ten minutes. He's going to be in a really bad mood either way."
"He'll be in the studio on the bus. He always writes new lyrics when he's upset," Kevin said from behind us.
"Thanks Kevin. Now, we have to decide how we're going to handle this. I think that I should go in alone. As you said Kevin, I need to work this out for myself." I said, pushing away from the rest and heading off in the direction of the tour bus parking lot.
"Wait Miley! Don't you think that it would help if Emily and I come along and explain our relationship to Nick?" said Cody. He had caught up to me at that point.
"True. Good plan. But you have a total of two minutes to tell your side of the story, and then I would like some private time. Joe, Kevin, you two can go hang out in my bus with Brandi until we're done. Lord knows she can keep you entertained."
"YES! You do have food on that bus, right?" asked Joe, he was already headed off towards the other side of the parking lot, following Brandi around like a lost puppy.
"Of course, Joe. Now, I was thinking… Spongebob Monopoly and The Ring!"
"Oh yeah! We so get the good deal in this switching busses deal," said Kevin as he ran to catch up with the others.
Okay. Here goes nothing. I didn't bother knocking because I knew he wouldn't answer either way. Before I could talk myself out of this I pushed open the door of the bus and immediately headed to the studio in the back. I had told Cody and Emily to stay in the living area until I had talked to him a little first. As Kevin had assured me, Nick was sitting on the floor in the corner, pencil and paper in hand and guitar on the floor next to him.
I cleared my throat to make my presence known. He just glared up at me.
"I hope you're happy. At least this experience gave me the inspiration I needed to finish that song, though it did take on a particularly bitter note at the end." He pushed past me and walked out the door into the living area. When he saw Cody on the couch he whipped his head back around to me it caught me off guard, and I stumbled away from him a little.
"Why the hell would you bring him into this bus? It's my home! You're right, I don't know you because the Miley I knew and loved would not try to hurt me on purpose."
Cody stood up in front of Nick. He had a good two inches on him, and he looked intimidating as hell at the moment. "Would you just get over yourself and listen to the poor girl for a second? You might learn something."
"Nick, please. Just sit down and let us explain," Emily quipped quietly from her spot on the couch. The Jonas' driver, Adam, walked onto the bus and into the driver's seat. "Alright kids, we have got to get going if we want to get to Baltimore before midnight."
"You can leave as soon as these three get off of my bus and Joe and Kevin get on," snapped Nick as he sat down in a chair across from us.
"The other bus already left and your brothers were on it. Sorry, but this is the travelling arrangement and you're stuck with it. It's only an hour drive," Adam replied, as he put the bus into gear and turned out of the parking lot.
"Great."
Nick finally agreed to give the three of us five minutes to explain the whole situation before he was free to lock himself away in the studio for the rest of the trip.
"Okay. So first off I would like to let you know that I never cheated on you with anyone. Cody and I were only kissing as part of the episode we were taping that day."
"But you were in your dressing room when I saw you…"
"Roger got mad when he said we had no chemistry on screen together and told us to go practice!" Cody jumped in.
"But then today with the flowers and the kiss…"
"That is nothing that you wouldn't have done for a good friend. Cody and Emily were just congratulating me on a good concert. Your brothers kiss me on the cheek all the time, but it's not like they are secretly in love with me and scamming on me behind your back!" By this point I was off the couch and standing right in front of Nick's chair.
"Besides, I have been dating Cody since before that episode was taped," Emily called from behind me.
"Oh. Shit you guys, I'm so sorry. I have never been the jealous type before. I just really really love you Miley, and I didn't want to have my heart broken again. Please forgive me." He had stood up and was now holding on to both of my hands.
I just broke down in tears, and he pulled me into a hug. "Aww!" Emily and Cody cooed from behind us.
"Remember that alone time I was talking about? That starts right about now," I said as Emily quickly pulled Cody up off of the couch and dragged him into the studio.
"I'm so so sorry Miles. I promise that I will never doubt your fidelity again." He pushed me to arm's length and looked at me with a critical look on his face.
I just burst out laughing. "Nick, I have never seen you be so serious before. As long as you know that I would never cheat on you we'll be ok. Besides, there's something that you don't know."
"Yeah? And what's that?"
"That I love you too."
I'm pretty sure that this was my last chapter of this unless you guys have any good ideas because i think it has run its course. I have a really good idea for another story, but I think it would be better as its own story than as a sequel.