You and I

We'll be young forever

You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream

The way you turn me on, I can't sleep

Let's runaway and don't ever look back, don't ever look back

My heart stops when you look at me

Just one touch now baby I believe

This is real so take a chance and don't ever look back

Don't ever look back

"Why are your eyes closed!"

"They're not!"

"Don't you dare say-"

"I'm just resting them…"

"There, you said it."

"You said don't fall asleep, nothing about closing my eyes…"

"Closing your eyes leads to getting comfy which leads to falling- you're snuggling into my arm right now…"

"And?"

"You're really not helping you're case."

"Miley… it's 6 in the morning, we've been talking for two hours, let me sleep!"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"I'll let you get the bottom bunk on the bus…"

"What are you still doing awake? Go to sleep already!"

Nick laughed as he pulled Miley closer to him, "You're a very comfortable girlfriend" he commented while trying to stifle a yawn.

"Ah, yes, because being comfortable is the number one thing you look for in a girl…" she joked while snuggling deeper into his arms.

"That and cheesy puffs…"

"Cheesy puffs? If you're still trying to get me to sneak home to grab them, you're going to have to think of a better tactic" Miley shook her head as the two lay there, staring at the stars in their old safe haven.

"Eh, it was worth a shot" Nick grinned cheekily.

The two went silent for a few minutes, letting each other bask in the moment. There was a whole lot of summer left; just most of it would be spent on a bus, in hotels, on stage and in front of big crowds.

No longer would they be able to lay around their houses, lazily watching TV, walk down to the beach whenever they pleased, go on group hikes, or over to the boardwalk to listen to a band or get ice cream.

Two more hours and they'd be on their way out of California, headed towards their first stop.

She really wished she could have said goodbye to all of her friends the right way. This whole 'ignoring each other' thing really didn't sit well with Miley. She was a hugger, someone who patched things up when they went wrong and it killed her that she couldn't do anything.

Yeah, things were slowly getting better and people were fixing things themselves. But, she just felt so out of the loop, like everyone just decided to stop all communication with her and Nick and say, "we can handle everything ourselves, we don't need your help."

That's not how it was supposed to go. She and Nick were the go-to couple for help. Maybe not all the time because they had trouble too… but, ok at least she was the go-to person for help.

Where was everyone?

"Oomph"

Miley's ears perked up at the noise, "did you hear something?"

Nick lazily stretched his arm out to play with Miley's hair, "hear what?" he yawned and closed his eyes.

Whispers, she definitely heard whispers.

"Those noises! Don't you hear them?"

"No, I don't…" Nick sighed.

She could hear Joe whining, for sure. She wasn't going insane, right?

"I swear I just heard Joe…" Miley whispered to herself.

"Miles, I know you miss them, but please don't start making up-" Nick started but was, of course, cut off.

"MY FUCKING LEG!"

The two quickly sat up and looked at each other wide-eyed, "Joe" they said in unison.

"Wow, way to be stealth Joe! They can probably hear us right now!" Lily.

"Lily, shut the hell up! You're just making it worse!" Aly.

"Hey, could someone give me a lift up into the window? I haven't been to the gym lately; I've just been really busy and … thank you Kev… " Oliver.

"No problem, but you might want to work on a better excuse for future references." Kevin.

"Kevin goes to the gym all the time and he's a world-wide known musician! What's your excuse Ollie? Too much time in front of the Xbox?" Selena.

"Guys, can we please get back to TRYING TO GET JOE'S LEG OUT FROM UNDER KEVIN'S VESPA!" AJ.

"Joe… how did this happen?" Taylor.

Silence and then…

"It was a one time thing" everyone said along with Joe, along with a few eye rolls.

By this time, Miley and Nick had made their way over to the window where Oliver was dusting himself off.

"Hey Oliver" Miley smirked at him.

Oliver casually looked up, smiled and then went back to fixing his cargo shorts, "Sup Mi, sup Ni-" his head shot up and he looked at them with wide eyes.

"Fuck guys! They know!" he scoffed.

A distant, "what do you mean they know!" came from outside the window and then Selena was being hoisted up onto the ledge, "Oh…" she spotted the two of them standing next to an awkward looking Oliver.

"What's up guys?" she smiled cutely.

"I don't know Sel, you tell me" Miley narrowed her eyes at the girl.

Selena laughed nervously as she jumped down from the high window and landed wobbly, "It's kind of a funny story actually…"

"Nick loves funny stories, don't ya Nick?" Miley elbowed her boyfriend.

She was mad they were here at her and Nick's special place. She was mad they were all here, together. She was mad it seemed like everything was fine and she had nothing to do with it. She was mad they were making her feel like she wasn't needed.

She was mad.

"Well we all couldn't really sleep. Ok well I couldn't really sleep and so then I called Kevin because I knew he'd be awake because you know with his whole recent sleeping problems and everything. Wait no, actually first I texted Lily, thinking she might be awake and then I called Kevin… anyways, after I did that the three of us were talking and then it turned into a mass text and Joe had this great idea to get the four vespa scooters the Jonas' got for Christmas two years ago and go out for a ride cause we all couldn't sleep..." you'd think she'd have run out of breath by now… she hadn't.

"Selena!" Miley interrupted, giving her the stink eye to say 'get to the point.'

"Oh, right right right!" Selena giggled, "So while we were riding down the boardwalk, it hit me. You two were probably here! I mean it was a chance coming here because you know of the whole 'for sale' thing and everything, you might not have come. But, I thought that since you were going on tour tomorrow and since I know you have over a bajillion romantic bones in your body that you'd come here so…"

Miley stared at the girl, "So?"

Selena didn't miss a beat, "So here we are! And here you are! Here we are all together!"

Miley stared at the girl for a good thirty seconds. This girl had been M.I.A. for a good while now and Miley really did miss her; her happy smiles, her contagious laughter, her random mood swings – which occurred all the time, her innocence that made Miley feel like a five year old again.

She didn't want to cry, who ever really did want to cry? But, the stinging in her eyes told her that she didn't get a damn say in whether she was going to cry or not.

"Thank you Sel" Miley smiled brightly as she engulfed the girl in a bear hug.

Selena's eyes widened as she wrapped her arms around Miley, with the way she had been staring at her the entire time she talked, she thought Miley was going to wring her out to dry when she was done.

Selena rested her head on Miley's shoulder, "No problem Mi."

Shuffling could be heard behind them, "That's it Joe, just jump down… nice and easy, no, no don't dive like you're going into a swimming pool!" Taylor was frantically trying to help Joe down from the window ledge, "There's nothing but concrete down here Joe!"

Miley finally let go of Selena and looked at all the people around her. "How'd this all…" she was at a loss for words, "I mean, hours ago you all hated each other!" she was so happy right now that she couldn't form words.

"You don't always have to fix everything, Mi" she turned her head to find the voice. Lily was smiling at her best friend, "We can handle it too ya know, you don't always have to hold the burden."

"I like the burden!" Miley quickly interjected, "I love the burden! If I could marry the burden and have mini-burden babies with it, I would!"

Laughter echoed throughout the warehouse, "So we'll split the burden then" AJ interrupted.

"Right down the middle?" Aly offered.

"How about you guys can have one fourth of the burden while I get the rest" Miley smiled.

"Sounds reasonable to me!" Joe exclaimed while smacking Miley's back in encouragement.

"He fell from the window ledge, excuse him" Taylor winced while slowly dragging Joe away from the girl.

Soon enough the group of friends was lying on the floor of the warehouse, once again staring up at the morning sky. They chattered away mindlessly, no longer caring what time it was.

"You guys, what if somewhere out there in space, on some planet that we don't know about, there are people or things doing the same exact thing we're doing right now and the stars they're looking at… are really us, our planet", Aly asked her friends.

The group fell silent, all wondering the same exact thing. And of course, when any serious moment came around, it had to be ruined.

"Why am I the only one that likes Milk Duds?" Taylor asked, curious.

"Because they're disgusting" Selena rolled her eyes.

"They are not! Now, Butterfingers are disgusting…"

Joe's eyes bulged, "Are you kidding me! Butterfingers are delicious! No wonder everyone thinks you're nuts!"

"Joe, I really don't think you should be the one talking" AJ shook her head.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"I think you know what I mean!"

"No, I really don't!"

"Oh, wow, shocker!"

"Hey, he just fell off-"

"THE WINDOW LEDGE, we know already!" everyone exclaimed.

Miley watched in amusement as her friends continued to bicker; she smiled in on the scene before her. The sun was going to rise soon, she was surrounded by her best friends and she couldn't have been any happier.

"Looks like you're needed Mi" Nick whispered into her ear.

She smiled in return, "Looks like I'm needed."

So this is basically the end besides an epilogue chapter coming up, I had a really good time writing this series and I'm gonna miss these characters so much, but I have some other stories I really wanna work on. The story will all wrap up in the next chapter which will be the last. I really appreciate all you guys who have stuck with me over the past.. 2 YEARS! Can you believe it? This story has stretched on for that long. I started this is 8th grade I think and now I'm a sophomore in high school, it's crazy and I'd just like to thank you all for the reviews and support!

love,

emkearsexx