Falling For The Same Girl (chapter 5 is up!!)

[princessnikki]

Intro

Natalie has been close to the Jonas Brothers ever since they were younger. She has been especially close to Nick being that they are the same age. They are best friends and, besides his brothers, Natalie is the only one who understands him. While Nick is trying hard not to fall for his life long friend, he starts to get jealous when he sees Joe and Natalie starting to fall for each other. Then Nick realizes he has to tell Natalie how he feels before its too late.

Chapter One
Nick’s P.O.V

“ Hey, you cant do that. That’s cheating.” I said to my best friend Natalie. We were playing Spit on my living room floor. She smiled at me.
“Nick, you always were a sore loser.” she put her last card down and won the game. I smiled and didn’t show one sign of disappointment.
“ I let you win this time, Nat. I’ll get you next time.” I told her as we picked up the cards. She smirked.
“ You always say that, Nick. But yet, I always beat you. Why is that?” I’ll admit, Natalie is really good at this game, but I have beaten her twice… out of about fifteen games. I know she doesn’t cheat and she knows that I know she doesn’t cheat, but we like doing this every time we play this game.
“ You always beat me cuz you cheat.” I joked. She laughed. I noticed how white her teeth were and how cute it was how she scrunched up her nose when she laughed. Her long brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail. Her big, brown eyes were shining. And her clothes… she always did have a great sense of style. Whoa! Wait a minute! Where is this coming from?! Am I seriously talking this way about the girl I knew since I was in diapers? The one who used to kill ants with me and up until 5th grade, the girl who just used to be one of the guys? I’ve been thinking about her this way for a while now. And its really starting to get annoying. Just as we finish picking the cards up, Joe comes bursting in the room, scaring us half way to death.
“ Hey, Nick Nat!!” he screamed energetically. Joe loves combining me and Natalie’s names. He says it sounds like the nursery rhyme ‘this old man’.
“ Geez, Joe!! You scared us half way to death!” I told him standing up. He smiled.
“ Sorry, Nick. I thought it would be funny.” I smiled at Joe. He was definitely the comedian of the family. Always trying to make us laugh. I looked at Natalie who hadn’t said a word since Joe came in. She was looking at him with a look in her eyes that was, unfortunately, very familiar to me. I look at her in the same way she was looking at Joe right now. I turned back to my brother hoping with all my might that he didn’t notice. But he did. And he was looking at her in the same way she was looking at him. It was almost as if they had forgotten I was in the room, or even existed for that matter. I cleared my throat.
“ Um, so… Joe, did you want to tell us something?” I asked wishing he would go away. He looked at me confused for a moment and then he answered.
“ Oh, um. No. I just wanted to see what you guys were doing. Then I was gonna go help Frankie get something out of his closet.”
“ You can stay if you want. We wouldn’t mind.” Natalie said still staring at him. I wanted to protest, but kept my mouth shut. From the corner of my eye, I could see a smile forming on Joe’s face. I love him, but at this moment, I was wishing he didn’t exist.
“ Actually, im kinda hungry. You wanna come with me to lunch?” Natalie smiled a smile I had never seen her make. It was a special kind of smile. Just for Joe.
“ Sure.” she said and almost immediately jumped up. Then they remembered I was there.
“ You wanna come too, Nicky Nick?” Joe asked me. That was the last thing I wanted.
“ No. I’m fine. I’m not even hungry.” I responded.
“ It’ll be a lot more fun if you came, Nick.” Natalie said. I highly doubted that. I knew she just didn’t want to make me feel bad.
“ No, you guys go. I think I’m gonna hang out with Kevin for a while.” they smiled at me and left. I didn’t understand. I shouldn’t have been upset because I shouldn’t feel like this towards Natalie. She’s my best friend. And I hated how this was becoming one of those best friends to lovers stories. But I just couldn’t help it.

chapter 2 will come soon!!

[princessnikki]

Chapter Two
Natalie’s P.O.V

“ Actually, I’m kinda hungry. You wanna come to lunch with me?” When Joe asked me this, my instant reaction was to look at Nick. It was as if I was searching his face for approval. Nick was looking at me very curiously. I turned back to Joe who was staring at me with anticipation. I really wanted to go with him. He had a certain glow in his eyes and the best smile ever on his face. I couldn’t help but smile. He looked really hot.
“ Sure.” I replied and stood up. His smile grew. For some reason, I couldn’t pull out of his gaze. It was like… we were the only people in the room. I felt weird. I knew for a fact that I didn’t like Joe like that. But then, why did I feel like this? We finally pulled out of each other’s gaze and remembered Nick was in the room.
“ You wanna come too, Nicky Nick?” Joe asked him. He shook his head.
“ I’m fine. I’m not even hungry.” Nick replied. I knew he was lying. I felt terrible. Nick was my best friend and I knew it was obvious that I felt something for Joe. His brother. That must have made him feel horrible. But its not like we were interested in each other. Nick and I were just friends. Even though I wanted to be more, it didn’t seem like he was interested, so I recently started falling for Joe. Its weird. I tried to make Nick feel better.
“ It’ll be a lot more fun if you came, Nick.” I said guiltily. I think he heard the guilt in my voice because he shook his head again.
“ No, you guys go. I think I’m gonna go hang out with Kevin for a while.” There was no convincing him. Joe and I smiled at him and left. I felt so bad! Joe must have read my mind.
“ He’ll be fine.” he told me reassuringly. I nodded. I wanted to believe him, but the look on Nick’s face when Joe and I left told me he was far from ok. “ Nick doesn’t like to share you sometimes.” he said jokingly. If I had just met Joe, I would’ve taken this extremely offensive. It would’ve made me feel like a piece of meat. Luckily for Joe, I knew his sense of humor. “ I cant blame him, though. I wouldn’t want to share you either.” Joe finished. He smiled at me and I blushed.
“ Nick and I are just friends.” I said.
“ I know. that’s kinda why I wanted to talk to you, Natalie.” I looked at him very curiously. He continued. “ I know we knew each other for forever but a couple of years ago, I started developing feelings for you. You’re an amazing girl, Frankie adores you, Kevin loves you like a sister, my parents like you and you’ve been so caring and helpful to Nick. Especially when he first got diabetes. I know this sounds all cheesy and whatever, but its true.” I smiled a little. Sure, it was cheesy but it was sweet.
“ Thanks, Joe. That’s sweet, but what are you trying to say?” I knew exactly what he was trying to say, I just wanted to hear him say it. He smiled.
“ I guess… I’m trying to say that I like you. A lot.” He was looking down at his feet. I realized I had put him on the spot. I smiled.
“ I-- I like you too, Joe.” as soon as the words left my mouth, Joe stopped staring at his feet and looked at me happily.
“ You do?!” He sounded shocked.
“ Yeah. But maybe we shouldn’t go out just yet.” I told him as we walked into the hamburger restaurant.
“ That’s not a problem. Do you mind me asking why?”
“ I think it would be too sudden for your family. I mean, it would be kinda out of nowhere.” I reminded him. He smiled and nodded.
“ Yeah, your right. We’ll give them a few days to realize we like each other.” while we were on line waiting to order, two blushing girls approached us. They were staring at Joe very excitedly. He smiled at me and turned back to the girls.
“ Hi, girls.” he told them. They squealed. Joe laughed and I smiled and shook my head. The girls looked to be about eleven years old.
“ Hi Joe!! My name is Alyssa and this is my friend, Candace. We’re huge fans!” she said excitedly. I could see Joe grinning with pride. He really loved his fans, and the smile on his face proved it. The line moved up and it was our turn to order.
“ I’ll order for you, Joe. You want your usual?” I asked. He smiled at me gratefully.
“ Thanks, Nat. this will only take a minute.” he turned to the girls. I ordered our food and took it to a table. Joe noticed me waiting for him. He said goodbye to the girls and walked over to me. He sat down.
“ Sorry about that. It was a longer conversation than I expected.” he apologized.
“ No need to apologize. I know you love your fans and they love you just as much.” I said. Joe smiled at me. It was one of the hottest smiles I’ve ever seen him make. I thought I would melt!
“ Thanks. And thanks for ordering my lunch.” he said biting into his cheeseburger. As we ate, something popped into my head.
“ Um, Joe? When I told you I liked you, why’d you sound so shocked?” Joe swallowed his food.
“ I guess… I didn’t think you liked me. I always thought you liked Nick. But, I was surprised when you said you liked me. I wasn’t really expecting it. I just wanted to tell you how I felt.” Joe replied. He smiled at me and I smiled back. I was starting to like Joe more and more each second. We finished eating and left. As we walked, Joe took my hand. I was surprised and his touch made a shiver go through my body. We were silent the whole way home; but it was a peaceful silence. We got back to the house ten minutes later. Kevin was sitting on the couch.
“ Hey, Kev.” I said.
“ Whats up, Kevy?” Joe asked.
“ Hey, Joe. Nat. What…” he stopped when he looked at me and Joe. He was staring at us very suspiciously. Joe and I looked at each other and realized we were still holding hands. We pulled away quickly. I was embarrassed and I felt my cheeks turning red. Kevin was still staring at us suspiciously. Joe cleared his throat.
“ Um… we’ll be in my room if you need us. Where’s Nick?” Joe asked awkwardly. Kevin was still looking at us suspiciously.
“ In the kitchen with Frankie.” he said confused.
“ Oh, ok. Um… see ya later.” With that, Joe and I walked towards Joe’s room quickly. When we got there, we sat on Joe’s bed.
“ Wow. That was… awkward.” I said.
“ Yeah. Really awkward. And that was a little too close. I wonder if he knows we like each other.” Joe said looking into my eyes.
“ I don’t know. Thanks for lunch.” I said. He smiled at me.
“ No problem. It was the least I could do. I really, really like you, Natalie.” I knew he was telling the truth. He was looking into my eyes. I blushed and turned away. Looking into his eyes so deeply like that, made me nervous, but in a good way. I heard him laugh a little. Then I felt his hand on my cheek and I allowed him to gently move my face so I was looking at him again. I was a lot closer to him now. I touched my hair and took my scrunchy out; allowing my hair to flow down to my waist. Joe licked his lips and smiled. That was the hottest thing ever!
“ It was too tight.” I explained. He nodded and said nothing. He pushed my hair behind my ear and pressed his lips against mine. He continued kissing me as his hand went to touch my cheek. I put my hands through his, today, very straight hair. We were in full make out mode. His kisses were soft and gentle. He moved from my lips to my neck and back. His hands, which started on my cheek, were now around my waist causing me to move closer to him. I was playing in his hair. I gently bit his bottom lip. Even though both our eyes were closed, I could feel him smiling. He playfully bit my bottom lip in return. I smiled as we continued kissing. It was literally the best make out session I’ve ever had. Or at least it was, until it got interrupted.
“ JOE!” said a voice. The person’s voice startled Joe and I so much that we pulled away from each other at lightening speed. We looked in the doorway and there standing, completely in shock, was Kevin. I wiped my mouth a little and smoothed out my hair. Joe also wiped his mouth. It was incredibly and intensely awkward in that room. Both me and Joe refused to make eye contact with each other or with Kevin. After a long, awkward pause, Kevin finally spoke.
“ Joe, can I talk to you? Alone?” he asked. Joe and I exchanged glances. I nodded to him and he nodded back. Then I stood up and walked out of the room. Kevin gave me a little smile. I smiled back and walked towards the staircase. I heard Kevin close the room door. I sighed and smiled to myself. As I walked down the stairs, I knew my face was glowing. All I could think about was Joe and how awesome that make out session was. I could still feel his lips on mine and he has such a magical touch. When I got downstairs, I looked at myself in the mirror. I was glowing like their was no tomorrow! My cheeks were vibrant and my eyes had turned a light brown/ hazel- ish color. I looked at my long, naturally wavy hair. I decided to keep my scrunchy out of my hair. I put my hair up in a bun. Letting my hair flow down my back was a special hairstyle now. It was just for Joe. I looked at myself one last time, smiled and turned the corner to go into the living room. I was surprised to Nick sitting on the couch, with a look on his face that told me he had something important on his mind.

chapter 3 coming soon!!!!

[princessnikki]

Chapter Three
Nick’s P.O.V

After Natalie and Joe left to go to lunch, I sat back on the couch miserably. I wanted Natalie to be here with me. But she was with Joe most likely having a wonderful time. A way better time than she would’ve had with me. Joe gets the girl again. I wish I was more outgoing like Joe. Then maybe I would be out with Natalie right now. Or I at least wished I had more courage, that way I could’ve easily told Natalie how I felt about her. This was too much to handle, but at least I finally admitted to myself that I liked her. Just like I usually did when I was upset, I got up and walked into my room. I grabbed a paper and a pen, sat at my desk and started writing a song. About ten minutes later, Frankie and Kevin came into my room.
“ Hey, Nick.” Kevin said. I looked up.
“ Hey, guys.” I responded.
“ What are you doing?” Frankie asked walking over to me. I smiled at him.
“ Writing a song.” when I said this, Kevin made a curious face and walked over to me.
“ Really? How’s it coming along?” he looked at the page and read what I already wrote.
“ It’s going ok. Its just the lyrics to a song. I’m almost done and then I just need to write the music. You can help me with it if you want.” I told him. Frankie climbed up onto my bed.
“ Can I help too, Nick?” he asked. Frankie is the best little brother ever. He always wanted to help out and he is the most awesome seven year old in the world. I smiled at him.
“ Sure little man.” Frankie smiled at me and got off of my bed.
“ I’ll be back. I gotta go to the bathroom!” he said and ran out my room. I laughed. Kevin looked at me and smiled.
“ These lyrics are really good. This song wouldn’t happen to be about Natalie, would it?” oh, man! I either hated that he was so smart or the fact that I was so obvious.
“ What makes you think this is about Natalie?” I asked him. Kevin folded his arms and smirked at me.
“ Well, lets review, shall we? You cleverly named the song ‘Just Friends’, you only write lyrics by yourself when your upset and you were fine up until Joe and Natalie left and you’ve had a crush on Natalie for about five or six months now.”
“ I cant be that obvious. If I was that obvious, then Joe wouldn’t have asked her out to lunch. He wouldn’t be interested in a girl if he knew I liked her.” I protested. Kevin sat down on my bed.
“ Joe takes a while to catch on to things. You know that. And if you just told him how you feel about Natalie, I’m sure he’d back off.” I wanted to believe Kevin but his advice was useless by this point. It was too late to talk to Joe because they were already out and Natalie seems pretty interested in Joe. This lunch date was only gonna make her fall for him more. But it was my fault for not telling her how I felt six months ago.
“ it’s too late for me, Kevin. Joe already asked Natalie out to lunch. He likes her. I know he does. And the way she looked at him… I know she likes him back. If only I was more like Joe. Then I would--” I didn’t get to finish my sentence because Kevin stopped me.
“ Whoa! Your jealous of Joe?! Nick! Why?! It’s Joe.” Kevin asked in disbelief.
“ I’m not jealous of Joe. I just… wish I had more of his qualities. He always gets the girls before I even get a chance to talk to them.” I said looking back down at the lyrics I was writing.
“ You had plenty of time to make a move on Natalie.” Kevin said quietly. He was right. I knew he was.
“ Yeah. I know. But I blew it.” I whispered. Kevin sighed to show me that he understood.
“ When he gets home, I’ll talk to him for you. Maybe they don’t like each other as much as you think. Maybe Joe just wanted someone to talk to. And when they come back, talk to Natalie. Tell her how you feel.” he told me. I could tell he really cared but I also couldn’t help but feel as if he just felt bad for me. Because I was one of the youngest boys in the family. Kevin and Joe, sometimes even our parents, had the tendency to feel bad for me and Frankie. And the fact that I have diabetes doesn’t help the situation. I nodded to Kevin.
“ I will. Hey, your gonna write the music for this song or what?” I said trying to change the subject. Kevin smiled.
“ Yeah. I am.” he got up, took a piece of paper from me and started writing. Frankie came back in the room.
“ Never drink six glasses of lemonade.” he said taking his seat back on my bed. Kevin and I laughed out loud. A few moments later, Frankie was starting to get hungry. We decided to take a break from songwriting, which was fine with me. After writing half a song and spending time with Kevin and Frankie, I was feeling a lot better. Kevin went into the living room to relax on the couch and Frankie and I went into the kitchen to find some food.
“ I would like some mashed potatoes, grilled chicken, a side order of corn, pasta salad and a glass of iced tea with fresh lemon on the side.” Frankie told me. I smiled at him.
“ That sounds great, Frankie. But today’s special is a corndog with a side of potato chips.” I told him. He shrugged and sat down at the table.
“ Sounds good to me.” he said. I laughed and started making his lunch. I finished fifteen minutes later.
“ Here you go, Frankie.” I said giving him his lunch. He made a wide grin.
“ Thanks, Nick. Can I eat in my room?” he asked giving me his best puppy dog face. I smiled.
“ Oh, why not? Go ahead but don’t tell mom I let you do that.” I told him. He grabbed his plate and stood up.
“ I wont.” he reassured me and left. I shook my head smiling and I heard the front door close. My heart jumped. I knew Joe and Natalie were back. I breathed deeply and after a few seconds I went near the kitchen door to hear what they were saying.
“ We’ll be in my room if you want us. Where’s Nick?” I heard Joe ask. He asked with a shakiness to his voice. I was wondering why.
“ In the kitchen with Frankie.” Kevin said in a confused voice. I really wanted to know what was going on.
“ Ok… um, see ya.” Joe said awkwardly. Why were they going to Joe’s room? To do what?! I walked out of the kitchen to see a very confused Kevin sitting on the couch. I sat down next to him.
“ Joe and Natalie are back?” I asked. Kevin snapped out of it and turned to me.
“ Yeah that was them.” he said.
“ Kev, I don’t think I can do this.” I told him. He looked at me with the most serious face I’ve ever seen him make.
“ Nick, do you like Natalie?” what kind of dumb question was that?!
“ Of course I like her. I really like her.”
“ Then this shouldn’t be a problem. Show her the song. Talk to her. Do something to show her that you like her as more than a friend. You’ve liked her for a long time now, I think its time you let her know that.” Kevin was really serious about this. I wanted to ask him why he and Joe sounded so confused and why Natalie and Joe went to Joe’s room. But I didn’t. I figured it might be better if I didn’t know. So I just nodded.
“ Ok. I… I think I’m ready to do this.” I said sighing. Kevin smiled at me.
“ Good luck, bro. I’m gonna go talk to Joe. I’ll tell Natalie to come down here.” he said, stood up and left. The few minutes I had while I was waiting for Natalie were extremely nerve wrecking. I had the song I wrote in my pocket. I was so nervous, I thought I was gonna hurl. I took a deep breath and a few seconds later, Natalie was at the living room entrance. God, she looked so beautiful! She changed her hair style from a ponytail to a bun. She looked as if she was glowing and her eyes looked at me with a curious look on her face.
“ Hey, Nick, my bestest friend ever. Whats wrong? You look so serious.” she said as she sat down next to me. My heart was beating a million miles per hour. I choked on my words.
“ I-- I have… to, um… I have to… talk to you.” I said. I felt so stupid. The curious look remained on her face.
“ About what? Whats wrong?” she repeated. She is so hot when she’s curious. I swallowed hard and thought about what she had previously said. She called me her best friend. that’s when it hit me. I was her best friend and no matter how badly I wanted to be with her, she probably didn’t think of me as anything more than a friend. I couldn’t tell her how felt yet.
“ I… how was lunch with Danger?” I asked instead. She smiled at me.
“ It was great. We ran into two fans. Your fans really love you guys.” I smiled at her. I was wishing she said that she loved me. Well, she does say that. But she says it and means she loves me like a brother. But I wanted her to love me as more.
“ I’m glad you had fun Nat. I love you.” I told her. I meant I loved her as more than a friend. She smiled at me.
“ I love ya too, Nick.” She meant she loved me as a brother. But I pretended she meant the same thing I did. I smiled and hugged her.

chapter 4 coming soon!!

[princessnikki]

Chapter Four
Natalie’s P.O.V

Nick told me he loved me. That was nothing unusual. We always told each other that. But the way he said it was different from the way he usually did. It sounded like he truly meant it. Maybe he was interested in me. The thought made me smile. It made me feel good. But, I was really into Joe and I just didn’t feel like that towards Nick anymore. I smiled at him.
“ I love ya too, Nick.” I told him. He was truly like a brother to me. A twin brother. I would literally die for him. He smiled and hugged me. I hugged him back. He was warm and I felt incredibly comforted. A few seconds later, we pulled out of the embrace.
“ You up for some video games?” he asked me. I smiled slyly.
“ Bring it on!” I told him. He smirked and turned the game on.
“ I know I’m gonna win.” I said slyly. Nick laughed.
“ Ok, sure. We’ll see about that!” We began playing a racing game. My thoughts traveled back to Joe. What was Kevin talking to him about? Why did he need to talk to him alone? Was it something bad? Is something wrong? Are they talking about me? All these thoughts flooded my mind. Nick’s sudden outburst of excitement brought me out of my thoughts. I looked at the tv and saw that he had won the game. Was I really zoned out that long?
“ I won! In your face, Nat!” he laughed happily. I smiled at him.
“ Good job, Nick. I guess… I was kinda distracted.” I said Nick’s smile began to fade.
“ Thinking about Joe or something?” he asked me somewhat annoyed. My heart skipped a beat. Did he know about me and Joe?
“ N- No. why would you think that?” I asked somewhat nervously. He shrugged.
“ No reason. Just… forget I said anything.” I sighed and decided to change the subject.
“ So, what do you wanna do now?” I asked. Nick smiled and stood up.
“ You wanna share one of our famous Nick Nat Sundaes?” I smiled brightly. A Nick Nat Sundae is something Nick and I invented when we were ten. You use a huge bowl, fill it with as much vanilla ice cream as you can and then you top it with a whole bunch of whip cream, chocolate syrup, caramel, nuts and a banana. No one can eat one by themselves. We can hardly finish one and there’s two of us eating it!
“ Extra whip cream? Pretty please?” I gave him my best puppy dog face and he smiled.
“ As long as there’s extra caramel.” he responded. I laughed.
“ Deal!” we went into the kitchen. It took us about five minutes to make it. And just like when we were ten, we made a huge mess and we were bursting out laughing.
“ My fingers are sticky with caramel!” Nick laughed. We were laughing so hard, we couldn’t breath.
“ You also have whip cream on your nose!” I laughed wiping caramel off my cheeks. We started laughing harder.
“ Let me get that for you.” I said catching my breath. I gently wiped the whip cream off of Nick’s nose. We smiled at each other and we were just staring at each other. I had no clue why but there was something about his eyes, something about the way he was looking at me, that I couldn’t pull away from his gaze. Finally after what seemed to be forever, he cleared his throat.
“ So, are we gonna eat this thing or not?” I sighed happily. Thank goodness nothing weird happened.
“ Yeah lets hurry up before it starts to melt.” I laughed. He took the bowl and I grabbed two forks. I know it sounds weird, but that’s just how you eat a Nick Nat Sundae. We walked into the living room and sat down on the floor next to each other. I handed Nick his fork and we happily ate our ice cream.
“ Your eating all the whip cream!” I laughed.
“ Well that’s because your eating all the ice cream.” he laughed back. It was just like the good old days. Me and my best friend playing around and eating our very special snack. Nick took a huge glob of whip cream and jammed it into his mouth. We laughed as most of it ended up all over his face instead of in his mouth.
“ No more for you, Nick.” I said playfully blocking the remainder of the whip cream with my fork as Nick wiped his face.
“ Hey! Im getting more!” he laughed as he tried to get around my fork. But I followed his every move.
“ Natalie, move your fork!” he laughed as he continued to go for the whip cream. I laughed.
“ Make me!” I said slyly. Nick put his fork down and looked at me with a sly smile.
“ Oh, im gonna make you alright!” he said smiling. Before I had a chance to ask him what he was going to do, he pounced on me and started tickling me. I immediately started laughing hysterically.
“ Surrender?” he asked as he continued tickling me. I was laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe.
“ Never!” I said laughing. I shouldn’t have said that. He continued to tickle me and I really needed to breathe! I was laughing so hard, my stomach was hurting.
“ Alright! Alright! Mercy! I surrender!” I laughed. Nick had a smile of success on his face, but he didn’t stop tickling me.
“ Say ‘Nick Jonas is the champion and can eat as much whip cream as he wants’.” I was now laughing even harder because of what he wanted me to say and because he was still tickling me.
“ I cant say it if I cant breathe!” I laughed. He stopped tickling me and I caught my breath. I giggled and playfully punched Nick’s arm.
“ Don’t do that again, Nicholas!” I said smiling at him. He smiled back. I turned around to stretch and there staring at us was Joe. He didn’t look happy and seem to didn’t realize that I was looking at him. When he did notice, he smiled and began to walk over to us.
“ What are you guys doing” he asked when he reached us.
“ Oh, you know, just eating a Nick Nat Sundae. Want some?” I asked him. Whatever he and Kevin talked about made him extremely upset. And even though he had a smile on his face, his eyes told me he was upset. I turned to Nick who was now looking down at the floor. His smile was completely erased from his face.
“ Can I talk to you Natalie?” Joe asked. Wasn’t anyone tired of talking?! I turned back to face Joe. This was the most serious I had ever seen him. His features were tight, his eyes looked really upset and I could tell he was tense. I turned to look at Nick. He also looked very upset. I stood up.
“ Nick, I’ll be back. Ok?” he said nothing. He didn’t even bother looking at me. He just slowly nodded and looked at his phone. If he was trying to make me feel like the worst best friend ever, I hope he was happy cuz it was working. I sighed sadly and looked at Joe.
“ Lets go walk. Outside.” he said in a monotone voice. It was really bugging me that every one was upset. I mean, you could really feel and smell the tension and anger in that room. I just wanted to hug Nick and kiss Joe and make everything better. But I knew it would never be that simple. I followed Joe outside. As we walked down the street he said nothing and had the most hurt expression on his face. I wanted to hold his hand so bad. But I figured this wasn’t the best time. He looked so depressed. I couldn’t contain myself any longer. I took a deep breath and gently took his hand. He jumped a little at my touch. He was too zoned out and I guess I scared him a little.
“ Sorry.” I told him. He looked at me and didn’t crack one smile.
“ its alright.” he responded. This was really bothering me. I wanted to know why he was so upset.
“ Where are we going?” I asked him.
“ The park. We need a place to talk.” he said. I was happy he at least decided to take my hand. When we got to the park, we found a bench under a tree to sit on. We let go of each others hands and sat down. I looked at Joe curiously and waited for him to speak. After about ten seconds, he closed his eyes, sighed and turned his head to look at me.
“ You and Nick looked happy together.” he said.
“ Nick is my best friend, Joe. We’re always happy together.” I responded. Joe was looking at me in my eyes very intensely. I knew he was angry, but I didn’t know why. And to tell you the truth, the look he was giving me was scaring me a little.
“ How could you do this to me, Natalie?! I thought you liked me! You kissed me for Pete’s sake!” Joe’s outburst put me into more confusion. What the heck was he talking about?
“ Joe! I don’t understand what your telling me? I do like you. I like you a lot. More than I ever liked any other boy.” I told him raising my voice for effect.
“ Save it, Nat! You don’t have to pretend to like me just so I wont feel bad!” Now it was my turn to be angry.
“ PRETENDING!? What the hell are you talking about, Joe!? I cant fake an emotion! The way I kissed you… did it feel like I was pretending?! When I told you I liked you, you think I can lie like that to someone? That hurts, Joe! That really hurts!” I yelled. I was fired up now. I couldn’t believe he thought that! What kind of heartless person does he think I am?! I felt tears stinging my eyes and fought hard to keep them back. I was just as angry as he was by this point.
“ How long are you gonna keep this up?! I know your going out with Nick, so you can stop the act now.” I was totally bewildered.
“ Nick?! You think--?! What the hell, Joe! Nick is my best friend! You suck, you know that?! How could you be jealous of your own brother?! Just because Nick and I were sharing a sundae and he was tickling me?! Geez, Joe! We always do that! We’ve been having tickle fights with each other since we were five! I thought I made it clear that I liked you, Joe! I kiss Nick on his cheek and his forehead! I don’t kiss him, and I never kissed anyone, the way I kissed you! You’re a jerk! A jealous jerk!” by this time hot tears were running quickly down my face. I really liked him and he made me feel like I was using him, and that’s what made it hurt more. I didn’t know how much more my heart could take. I stood up. Joe’s face had softened up and he looked really sorry. But I didn’t care. He hurt me bad.
“ Natalie. I… I’m sorry. I don’t know--” I cut him off. I wasn’t interested in what he had to say.
“ I don’t wanna hear it, Joe! I don’t wanna hear you or talk to you or see you for a long time. You murdered my heart! You stabbed it continuously and left it to die. Maybe one of your fans would take this kinda crap from you, but I’m not!” I screamed angrily and walked away without giving him a chance to respond. When someone tells you your love for them is a lie, it hurts like a pain you never felt before, and its really hard to forgive that person.

chapter 5 coming soon!!

[princessnikki]

Chapter Five
Natalie’s P.O.V (continued)

When I got to my house, I slammed my front door shut. I know I told Nick I would be back, but I knew he would understand once Joe got home. I must have alarmed my mom because she came running down to the front door. She was carrying my two year old brother, Matthew, in her arms.
“ Natalie! Whats wrong?” she asked me. I sighed angrily.
“ Nat’ lie’s mad!” Matthew said making an angry face to show what he meant.
“ I’m not mad. I’m just… frustrated. Boys are annoying.” I replied. Matthew made a face.
“ Hey!” he said. I couldn’t help but smile at him. Matthew didn’t look like he was related to anyone one in my family at all. Every one in my family basically had wavy brown hair, big brown eyes and an olive complexion. Matthew has platinum blonde hair, big blue- green eyes and a beautiful tan complexion. He’s the most adorable kid I’ve ever seen since Frankie. The only thing Matthew shared with me that showed he was my brother was his smile.
“ I was talking about teenaged boys, Matthew.” the laughter in his eyes returned.
“ Oh. Ok.” he seemed content with that answer. My mom, on the other hand, had a concerned look on her face. “Mommy, I want down!” Matthew said beginning to squirm.
“ Say please, Matt.”
“ Peas, Matt.” he answered. My mom laughed and put him down. He ran into the living room to play with his toy cars. My mom turned back to me; the concerned look returning to her face.
“ Whats wrong, Nat? Did you have a fight with Nick?” she asked. I didn’t really want to talk to her about this, but I figured it wouldn’t hurt to tell her who I was upset with.
“ No, not Nick. Another Jonas.” I replied.
“ Joe or Kevin? I know you cant be upset with little Frankie.” she replied.
“ Joe. And I really don’t wanna talk about it so, can I go in my room please?” I begged. I expected her to protest and demand me to tell her what happened. But she didn’t. she just nodded sympathetically.
“ Go ahead. I’ll be here if you wanna talk.” she told me. I gave her a little smile. I must have been really upset if she let me walk away without arguing with me. I walked into my room and closed my door. I went on my bed, put my face into my pillow and screamed at the top of my lungs. I figured it was a better way to get the anger out of me than crying was. I finished screaming and decided to turn my computer on. As soon as it was on, my AIM window popped up. I looked at it and saw that Nick was trying to IM me.
nickjisoffthechain: Joe told me what happened. Are you alright?
natlovesmatthew114: I’m fine. Sorry I didn’t come back.
nickjisoffthechain: its ok. And I know your not really fine. Joe said you walked away crying.
natlovesmatthew114: he hurt me, Nick. He made it seem like I didn’t care about him.
natlovesmatthew114: I like him, Nick. I really like him. that’s why it hurt so much.
It took a few minutes for him to reply. I guess it was somewhat of a shock to him. But, I had to tell him. If I couldn’t be open and honest with my best friend, who could I be open and honest with?
nickjisoffthechain: I had a feeling you did.
natlovesmatthew114: he thought I was going out with you. What would make him think that?
Nick was silent once again. Why was he being so hesitant? His reply, ten minutes later, made me extremely curious.
nickjisoffthechain: I might know something about that.
What was he talking about?
natlovesmatthew114: *confused face* ?
I waited for him to respond. About five minutes later, someone knocks on my room door.
“ Come in!” I yelled from my computer desk. My mom entered my room.
“ Sweetie, Nick is here.” she told me. He wanted to tell me what he was talking about in person.
“ He can come in.” I said in a low voice. My eyes were red from crying earlier, my hair was no longer in a neat bun and my voice was hurting me. But I didn’t care. I wanted to hear what Nick wanted to tell me. He entered my room with a sympathetic smile on his face. My mom closed my door and Nick and I just stared at each other. I broke the silence after ten seconds.
“ You can sit down, you know.” I said motioning to my bed. He usually sat down without me telling him he could, but seeing me this upset, he didn’t look like he knew what to do. He sat down at the edge of my bed, facing me. I turned around in my computer chair to look at him.
“ You said you know why Joe thinks I’m going out with you. Care to elaborate?” I asked him sternly. He sighed heavily and looked at me.
“ When you and Joe left to get lunch, I was feeling pretty upset so I went in my room and started writing a song. Kevin came in, read my lyrics and asked me who it was about. I told him its about you, Natalie. I realized that I liked you for a long time now, but I didn’t have the guts to tell you. Writing a song was the easiest way I could get my feelings out.” he paused for a moment to gather his thoughts. I was staring at him patiently. He likes me! My best friend since I was born has fallen for me. And I like his brother! I knew this was a complete mess that could ruin our friendship. I didn’t dare say a word and I just sat patiently waiting for him to finish.
“ I told Kevin how I felt about you and he said he’ll talk to Joe for me because I thought Joe liked you too. I guess I was right. I guess he and Kevin got a little off point when they talked.” he finished. I was looking at Nick very compassionately. I now understood why Nick was acting so weird today and why Joe was so angry. But I was still upset with Joe. He could’ve told me how he felt without accusing me anything.
“ Nicholas Jonas, you know I love you. And you know your way past best friend stage. But I don’t like you like that. If it’s a guy, after best friend stage, there’s two things you could be: brother stage or boyfriend stage. I really do love you with all my heart, Nick. But as a brother.” I told him. To my surprise, the biggest smile ever appeared on his face.
“ I’ve been thinking about that. I realized after I told you I liked you, I really don’t. I mean, love you too, but like a sister. And besides, us going out could kill our friendship.” he told me. I smiled, hugged him and kissed his cheek. He kissed my forehead and we pulled out of the embrace.
“ I think you should give Joe second chance. He’s miserable and he knows he blew it.” I smiled at Nick.
“ I’ll talk to him later. Now, without it being awkward, can you sing the song you wrote for me?” I asked. He smiled at me and nodded. He took a folded piece of paper out of his pocket.
“ you want me to sing a cappella?” he asked. I nodded smiling and waiting for him to start he began singing looking straight at me.
There she goes again
The girl I'm in love with
It’s cool we’re just friends
We walk the halls at school
We know it’s casual
It’s cool we’re just…
I don’t want to lead you on
No
But the truth is I’ve grown fond
Yeah
Everyone knows it’s meant to be
Falling in love, just you and me
‘til the end of time
‘til I’m on her mind
It’ll happen
I’ve been making lots of plans
Like a picket fence and a rose garden
I just keep on dreaming
But it’s cool cause we’re just friends

I listened carefully to Nick’s words. He had a beautiful voice and he was really talented at writing lyrics. I felt really honored to have inspired him to write such a good song. He finished singing and smiled at me. I gave him the biggest hug in the world.
“ that’s a beautiful song, Nick. It smells like a hit!” I joked. He smiled and we pulled out the embrace.
“ even if its not, I made it for you, so as long as you like it, I don’t care what critics think.” I smiled and hugged him again. What he said deserved another hug.

Later that night, after Matthew went to bed and I helped my mom clean up, I went back on the computer. Joe was IM- ing me.
dangerboyjoe: can you talk to me please?
I sighed deeply.
natlovesmatthew114: I don’t have anything to say to you.
dangerboyjoe: but I have something to say to you.
dangerboyjoe: I know I screwed up. Big time. I’m sorry. I over reacted.
natlovesmatthew114: yeah. You think? You shouldn’t have exploded at me like that.
dangerboyjoe: yeah. I know. I don’t know what I was thinking.
natlovesmatthew114: you weren’t thinking.
dangerboyjoe: I deserved that. And I deserved being called a jerk. But I’m gonna make it up to you.
natlovesmatthew114: how?
dangerboyjoe: =)
dangerboyjoe: look out the window.
I curiously stood up and walked over to my window and looked out. Joe was standing there, with his iphone in hand, smiling at me. He was wearing a black wife beater and jeans. He looked incredibly sexy. I had to smile. He motioned for me to come downstairs. I nodded and quickly left my room. I tiptoed quietly downstairs, not wanting to wake up my mom or Matthew. I quietly shut the back door and ran to where Joe was. It was dark but the back porch light helped me see clearly. I saw Joe and ran into his arms. His soft, bare skin against mine felt really good and sent a tingle through my whole body.
“ I’m so sorry, Natalie. You were right. Everything you said, you were right. I’m sorry.” he whispered into my ear. Without pulling out of his embrace, I looked at his eyes.
“ Don’t worry about it. I mentally forgave you the second I walked away.” I told him. He smiled and took my clip out of my hair, allowing it to fall down my back. I knew what was gonna happen next. He grabbed my face and pressed his lips against mine very hard and very intensely. Soon his kisses were softer and sweeter and I allowed his tongue to enter my mouth as his tongue played with mine. I bit his bottom lip softly and he bit mine in return. Then we slowly pulled apart. He was smiling at me. I laughed a little, bit my lip and turned out of his gaze.
“ I love you, Natalie Stone.” I looked at him again, ecstatic by what he just said.
“ I love you too, Joseph Jonas.” I replied. He kissed me gently.
“ I have something for you.” he said going into his pocket. I gave him a sweet smile.
“ Aww, Joe! You didn’t have to!” he pulled a long velvet case out of his pocket. I stared at it in amazement.
“ I know. But I wanted to.” he replied as he opened the box revealing a gold heart shaped locket. My eyes widened in wonder.
“ Oh my gosh! I always wanted a locket! How did you know?! I asked him. He laughed.
“Being brothers with your best friend has its advantages. Let me open it for you so you can read it.” he said smiling. He opened the locket and handed it to me. I read it out loud.
“ You know your in love when you see the world in her eyes, and her eyes everywhere in the world.” I was incredibly speechless.
“ its so even when I’m not around or I’m on tour or something, you’ll know that I’m always thinking about you.” he told me. I was in awe and amazingly out of words and he wasn’t making it any easier for me to speak. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. When we pulled apart, he was beaming from ear to ear.
“ Can you put it on me?” I asked him. He took the locket, I held my hair up and he put it on me. When he was done, I dropped my hair and turned to face him. He was smiling.
“ Perfect.” he said. I smiled brightly at him.
“ I’ll never take it off.” I reassured him.
“ you wanna come in and watch tv for a while?” I asked him. He couldn’t resist my offer.
“ Sure.” we walked quietly into the house and into the living room. Joe sat on the couch and I snuggled up against is chest. He put his arm around me and we happily watched tv together. The night couldn’t have been any better.

chapter 6? coming soon!