Come Back... Be Here (NEMI Story)

I'm Here

Demi ran into Nick's house two weeks later, tears running down her cheeks. She knew the whole family would be here, but she needed her best friend. As soon as she got to the living room, the family all stopped talking and turned to Demi. Joe had put his promise ring back on, even though it was a broken promise now. Demi took hers off after she got out of treatment, not because she'd broken her promise yet, but because she just didn't want it. She gave it to her Mom to give to her little sister one day, even though her sister was only twelve. (Looks a lot older! Haha!) Joe looked up from his conversation with Paul, smiling when he saw her. 

"Babe!" He cooed, standing up and walking over to her, but she dodged out of the way of his lips as he went to kiss her and made her way into the living room and over to Nick. After their little argument, they hadn't even spoken to each other. Demi refused to listen to him and he didn't know what to say to her anymore since as she refused to believe the truth. 

"Nick, I need to talk to you." She whispered, leaning over the back of the couch and his eyes widened when he looked beside him and saw Demi crying. If it was one thing that broke his heart more than the sight of her with his brother, it was her crying. "Please?" She begged and Nick got up, grabbed hold of Demi's hand and ran into the kitchen and shut the door before anybody else could follow. He never wanted to let go of her hand, to never feel the rush of her skin against his again. 

"Tell me what happened?" Nick said softly and she nodded her head, tears still rolling down her cheeks as her hands shook. 

"Nick, I... you're gonna be an uncle." She said, her voice shaky as she started to sob. His eyes widened, but he pulled her in for a tight hug. Her arms flew around his middle as one of his arms went around her body and the other rested on the back of her head, tangling in her hair as he kept her close to him.

"Does Joe know?" He asked, kissing the top of her head in a friendly way before resting his cheek against her head. He felt her shake her head and grip onto him tighter.

"Everything's over, Nick! My parents will hate me, my fans will all regret ever looking up to me and all you guys will disown me! I can't get rid of this baby, but I can't raise it by myself!" She sounded so desperate that it made tears spring to Nick's eyes as he held onto her impossibly tighter. There was no way Nick would let that happen to Demi. 

"You'll always have me... this is my niece or nephew and my best friend we're talking about here... but you need to tell Joe." Nick said that last part through a sigh, realizing that Joe would now always have Demi because he had this baby with her. They were permanently bonded now because of this child. There was a knock on the kitchen door before it opened and Demi pulled away from Nick, the two of them turning to see Joe stood there.

"Hey, can I talk to you, babe?" He asked softly and Demi nodded, wiping her eyes. 

"I need to talk to you too." She choked out. Nick went to leave, but Demi gripped onto his hand as he passed. "Don't." She whispered and Nick understood why she wanted him to stay. He'd promised that she'd always have him and as much as it'd break his heart, he knew he had to do it. For Demi. And now for his unborn niece or nephew.

(i dont own the characters or the sotry)