Hey guys...Wow! can you believe how long its been. I apologize!! Can you believe all the stuff that's happened since my last update????

This chapter is not written very well and I apologize for that the next chapter will be ALOT better I promise. I didn't have a computer through the whole summer and I'm just now getting it back and so I wanted to update fast. I don't know if anyone cares and I'm really sorry for taking so long but here's the next chapter...

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Chapter 12:

"So that's it then?" Nick was talking to me.

"I don't see what else we can do." I said grabbing his hand.

He looked at me with a sad expression. "I don't want to lose you," he said, "We've been together so long, I don't know what I would do without you."

I put my head down, "Thing's will just go back to normal, you can be with Demi and I'll be with my father."

I gave him a gloomy smile, and then continued; "Besides it's not as if this," I waved my finger in between the two of us, "would have worked out forever. We would have broken up eventually anyway, at least this way we can move on without any regrets."

At that, he shot off my bed, "What do you mean 'without any regrets'? I'm freaking out here Miley. I thought you cared about me. I guess I was mistaken." His voice rose as he talked.

"Of course I care about you Nick, you know that." I said getting off my bed and walking over to him.

"Do I? Because I thought I did, but I don't know anymore Miley. Everything is just so screwed up now," He went on, "And their winning."

"Who's winning?" I asked curiously, while he ruffled his already curly hair.

He looked stunned, like he had said something he wasn't supposed to, but he continued anyway, "My parents. My brothers. God! I don't know. It's all one big conspiracy to make my life miserable, like I have a big sign on my head that says 'control me,'" He kicked the side of my bead, "And do you know what sucks, most of all? Nothings changed! After all we've been through; we're right back where we started!"

"Nick, it will be okay. We'll be okay." I'm not sure who I was trying to convince, him or myself. He put his hands on my waist, pulling me closer to him as I wrapped my arms around his neck.

"You don't understand," said Nick. I tried to tell him that I did understand. That I was feeling the same thing. That I loved him to. But before I could, he continued, "And I don't know how to tell you. It's just, I actually like you." Like. He didn't love me. "So I should let you go because I don't want you to get hurt, because I know it would never work. But, I like you so much that I don't want to let you go. It just sucks you know because I'm hurt, and confused, and sad, and miserable, and torn, and god, I sound like a girl."

I looked at him baffled. I wanted to tell him that it was okay. That everything would work out. That he could tell me anything. I wanted to tell him, that I loved him and that we could make it work. But I wasn't so sure anymore so instead I didn't say anything. And then he kissed me…

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"Okay, now if you just sign here, she will officially be yours." Paul's lawyer was talking to my dad.

"Here that darlin'," Rob drawled, "Ur all mine." I gave him my best fake smile and he seemed satisfied.

I watched as the tall, slightly overweight lady handed a big stack of papers to my dad. This was it. That stack of papers was me, my life anyway. The lawyer looked around fifty. She sat there, quietly scrunching her nose and fiddling with her hands while my dad looked over the paperwork. I couldn't help but wonder what her life was like. Was she married? Did she have any children? Was she sleeping with Paul? Did she even care that my life was about to completely change? That I was being dragged away from the only guy I ever loved? Did she know that it felt like my life was over?

Probably not.

And why should she? This is just a job to her.

"Okay." Rob finished signing the papers. "Well darlin' I guess that'd be it."

I couldn't breathe.

"Great!" Candii sang, like she just won the lottery. She was obviously really happy to be getting rid of me.

"Yea, great," I choked. I felt something roll down my cheek as nick's face flashed in my mind. Why was I crying?

"Oh, sweetie what's wrong?" asked the lawyer. Why is it that I'm always invisible except for when I actually want to be?

"Nothing," I managed, "I'm just really going to miss everybody." And it was true.

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Its funny how I never realized how attached I had gotten to everyone until I had to leave.

"I can't believe your leaving tomorrow." Me and Lilly were in my room saying our goodbyes. She was crying, "I mean it's like we just met yesterday."

She threw one of my t-shirts into my already half packed suitcase. We decided to say our goodbyes today instead of tomorrow because Lilly said that we were so close, we needed like a month. She settled for a day.

"I know," I said pulling her into a hug, "But we'll stay in touch. I promise." I probably shouldn't have promised because truthfully I had no idea what was going to happen. Did Rob even have a phone?

"Yea right! Everybody knows that's just crap people say before they leave to make people feel better. Then they meet new friends and forget all about 'their old friend'" Lilly pouted

"Lilly, I could never forget you; you still have my blue sweater."

Lilly laughed, "Where are you going anyway?"

"I don't know," I answered honestly, "Paul's meting with Rob today, to sort out all the details."

Lilly nodded, "But how bizarre is it that Paul was supposed to be your 'daddy'?" She made air quotes around 'daddy.' Who exactly was she quoting? "I mean, I thought it was kind of weird that I never heard anything about your parents, but wow. Your life is so much more thrilling that mine."

To be continued...

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