Okay this is the last chapter guys! Enjoy!
Joe and Nick slammed through their house door. "Dude! What is your problem?" Nick yelled at Joe. "Why did you basically just break up with Miley for me? I don't want to do that!"
"Because she is lying to you dude! I am just trying to protect you."
"Oh like you always do? You rigged a contest to protect me from being in a depression and now you are trying to protect me from getting hurt by the person that you set me up with!" Nick was so furious. "Just do us both a favor and stop protecting me! I am a big boy Joe and I can take care of myself. Miley is not lying to me. What do you even think she is lying to me about?"
Joe didn't say anything. He just stood there choosing his words carefully. He finally got up the strength to tell him, "Miley isn't who you think she is. She's Hannah Montana dude. She's been keeping that from you. I know that is probably hard to hear but it is the truth. I'm sorry."
Nick stood there frozen to the floor. Not because of the secret, he already knew, but from the fact that Joe figured it out. Did Joe tell her that he knows? Is that why Miley didn't fight back when Joe was telling me I couldn't be with her? She must be devastated. What was he going to do? He walked toward the door absentmindedly. It didn't even feel like he was walking. It just felt like he was floating toward the door, like in a dream. He didn't say anything to Joe. He just opened the door and walked outside.
"Miley, what do you mean Joe knows? How?" Lilly didn't understand what was going on. "Did you tell him?"
Miley was lying on the couch with a blanket over her body and tears on her face. "No, I didn't tell him. He just told me that I am a liar and that Nick can't be with me anymore. I mean that is not even his decision! Why do you like him?"
"Well now that I know that he is a total control freak I don't like him. I guess I just liked the person that I thought he was." Lilly said.
"Now I don't even know if Hannah can still do the song with them. Does Kevin know too? Is it that obvious?"
"Miley it is not obvious to people that don't spend time with Miley and Hannah. Just people that hang out with both."
"I guess you really can't mix business with pleasure." Miley said and a knock came on the door. She got herself up off of the couch and went to open it. Standing there was Nick with a somber look on his face. He engulfed Miley into a hug. "Nick you probably shouldn't be here." Miley sobbed.
"I don't care. Joe's not the boss of me. Can I come in?" He asked and Miley nodded. They walked inside together.
"I'm going to go Miley. Call me if you need anything." Lilly said and Miley nodded. Lilly walked out the door.
"Miley I am so sorry that Joe did that. He has no right to tell us if we can or cannot be together."
"Have you told him that you already knew yet?"
"No when he told me that he knew I just had to come here to make sure you were okay. I'm going to tell him though. I promise."
"Can I still do the song? I mean we only have a couple of more things to do on it."
"Trust me Miles, everything is going to be okay. I am going to tell Joe that I already knew and we are going to do the song and finish it and we will all live happily ever after." Nick tucked some hair behind Miley's ear and kissed her.
"Nick, how was ever so lucky as to end up with you?"
"I am the lucky one. I bet that if Nick and Miley wouldn't have ended up together then Hannah and Nick would have which would've meant that I would still be with the both of you. What I'm trying to say is that I'd be lucky and happy either way."
Miley laughed. "Nick you talk too much." She said and kissed him.
Joe and Nick hadn't talked in a while. Joe decided it was time to face his little brother. "Hey little brother. Can we talk?"
Nick put down his guitar. "Yeah I have to tell you something. Look I knew that Miley was Hannah before you told me. I was okay with it and I still am. So doesn't someone feel like an idiot?"
"Oh. Nick I am sorry. I just figured since we tell each other everything and you never told me that you didn't know." Joe sat down beside Nick.
"I didn't tell you because it is not my secret to tell. Miley came up with Hannah Montana so that she could you know keep it real… like we like to do."
"I understand that. Look why don't we all go out to dinner tonight. You, me, Miley, and Lilly. I'll apologize to Miley and we can all start over again."
"Thanks Joe, that means a lot to me. I'll call them up and see what we can do."
"Cool! I like Lilly. She is really cool and I'd like to get to know her better."
"Okay I'll call Miley right now." Nick said and got his phone out.
Miley was hanging out with Lilly when her phone rang. "Hello my hunk of a boyfriend."
"Hey Miles, what are you doing?"
"Just hanging out with Lilly, you?"
"I just told my big brother that I already knew that my girlfriend is the biggest pop star in the world and he should mind his own business. He feels really bad and wants to know if you and Lilly would like to go to dinner with us tonight."
"I would love to. Let me just ask Lilly." Miley said and took the phone away from her ear. "Lilly, Joe wants us all to go out tonight. You in?"
Lilly thought about it for a minute. "Is he going to be controlling Joe or the Joe I thought he was?"
"Um the Joe you thought he was." Miley answered.
"Then I'm in!"
Miley put the phone back to her ear. "We are in! Tonight at like 7?"
"Okay we will pick you up at your house then. Bye gorgeous."
"Bye cutie!" Miley said, smiled, and closed her phone. "We have got to go pick out some pretty outfits. Come on Lillian!"
"Okay. I really hope that Joe acts better tonight. You only get two chances with Lilly." Lilly said as she and Miley walked back to Miley's house.
Miley, Lilly, Nick, and Joe all sat at a restaurant waiting for their food. Miley and Nick were staring lovingly into each other's eyes and Joe and Lilly sat there awkwardly. Lilly finally broke the silence. "This place is nice."
"Yeah it is one of my favorite restaurants." Joe said and it grew silent again. "Look Lilly I am sorry about the other night. I didn't really pay much attention to you because I thought that Miley wasn't a good person but I hope that we can start over. You seem like a really great person and I can't wait to get to know you better."
Lilly smiled, "I can't wait to get to know you better too Joe." And that conversation broke the ice for the rest of the evening.
They all stood at Miley's doorstep after their amazing night together. "Well Nicky poo I had the best night ever with you. We should do this again."
Nick pulled Miley close to him. "Yeah I think we may even be good as a couple."
Miley laughed. "Yeah I do believe we could be." They smiled at each other and then kissed each other passionately.
"Lilly I had fun with you tonight." Joe said.
"I did too. You are a really great guy to be with. We should do it again."
"Okay I think I can manage that." Joe said and he kissed Lilly lightly on the lips.
Robbie Ray walked outside. "Alright no more of this kissy kiss! Good night boys."
"Night Nick." Miley said and he and Joe waved goodbye to them.
Lilly and Miley walked inside and went up stairs to Miley's room. "You know Lilly, I may have won both of those contests but we both won the two best guys in the world." Miley said.
"Yeah we are pretty lucky aren't we? Thank you Miley for helping me get Joe."
"Thank you for being my best friend." Miley said and got her cell phone out.
Joe and Nick walked inside to their house. "Well Joe tonight was fun. You and Lilly make a cute couple."
"Yeah you and Miley are meant for each other. I hear wedding bells in the future my brother."
"Yeah I am totally and completely in love with her. I think I was the day that I first laid eyes on her. Thanks for bringing us together man."
"No problem. Thank you for being an understanding and wonderful little brother."
Nick and Joe high fived each other and Nick's phone went off. It was a text message from Miley.
I forgot to tell you something… I love you Nicholas Lucas
Smiley Miley
I love you too Miley Ray Stewart.
JONAS
Nick and Miley both closed their phones and smiled. They couldn't be happier with the way things turned out and they have Joe to thank for it. Love is a wonderful thing to experience and they are happy that they get to experience it with each other… forever and always until the end of time.