Always and Forever
A Joe Jonas Story

Summary: Joe and Callie have been best friends since kindergarten. He loves her, and she loves him. But they're afraid to tell each other because neither of them wants to ruin their friendship. When they attend a party one night with their friends, one thing leads to another and something happens that will cost them everything- except each other.

Introduction:

Joe Jonas sighed as he stared at his best friend. She was all but beautiful to everyone else in her shaggy, dirty old work clothes, but to him, she was the most beautiful creature on the face of the planet, no matter what she was wearing. She glanced up from the pen where she'd been giving one of the dogs their food and caught his eye. She smiled, her eyes sparkling as she did so.

"Hey, Joe," she greeted him, setting the bag of food down on the floor and resting her elbows on the counter. She put her chin in her hands and smiled again. "You're early. I told you had to work an extra hour today."

"Uh, yeah, I remember you telling me that," he said. "I just thought I'd come help you a bit. You do take volunteers here, right?"

She smiled. He was so thoughtful. "Yeah, sure," she said, handing him a small baby bottle filled with milk. "See that pen over there?" she asked, pointing to the corner. Inside the pen were a small Yorkie-Malt mix and three tiny puppies. "That's Duchess and her puppies. She's been having a tough time feeding them since… you know, she was sick when she was brought in. We use the dropper to feed the puppies for her. She needs more nursing herself before she can nurse her young. Do you think you could handle feeding them?"

Joe smiled at her. She was the most kind-hearted and caring person he knew. She worked for her mother's animal rescue shelter, A Helping Paw. She aspired to be just like her mother, and to follow in her footsteps. She wanted to eventually own the shelter, and maybe even become a real vet one day. She really cared about the wellbeing of the animals, and she fell in love with each one that passed through her hands. She especially had a soft spot in her heart for Duchess and the puppies, and she knew she would have to say goodbye soon, when they'd find a happy home. That was the reason she tried to avoid spending all of her time with them, why she'd offered the opportunity to him.

He took the bottle and walked over to the pen. "Of course I can, they don't call me Joe Jonas for nothing."

She laughed and turned to look at him, resting her hand on her hip. "And what does that have to do with taking care of Duchess and her puppies?" she asked.

He winked at her. "I don't know… yet. But I will figure it out someday, when I'm a big star."

She laughed again. "Well, Superstar, get to work. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can leave."

He turned and opened the pen, where the three puppies stumbled over each other to get the first drink. He smiled at them. They knew he was going to feed them, before he even held the bottle up. He quickly grabbed one of them and held it gently in the crook of his arm. It squirmed for a moment, its small black and white paws pawing at his arm and its tiny pink nose pointing up towards him. Its adorable eyes were full of hope, and he pried the nipple of the bottle into the puppy's mouth. It quickly began to suck the milk from the bottle, and he smiled. "Just like a baby," he whispered, running his thumb along the soft fuzz of the puppy's ear.

Half an hour later, Callie came up behind Joe, who was still admiring the puppies, and said, "Joe, we can go home now, I'm all done for the day."

"Cal, these puppies… has anyone called about them?" Joe asked, looking over at her.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"I mean, are they available for adoption?"

She nodded. "Yeah, no one's asked about them yet," she replied. "Why?"

"Because I know one special girl who would love to get them as a present, if I'm allowed to take them."

Callie's heart caught in her throat, and she tried to keep calm. He wanted to give them to another girl. This was a double disappointment for her- another girl, the luckiest girl on the planet, had stolen his heart and she'd lose the puppies in the process. The two loves in her life would be gone. She nodded, trying not to cry. "How thoughtful of you," she said quietly. "I'll get their papers."

Joe filled out the papers, and Callie tried to take them. "I have to file these real quick. Then we can go."

But he held the papers back. "I need to give them to your mother," he said.

She shook her head. "No, I can take care of it," she argued.

"I'd rather give them to your mother," he pleaded.

"Fine. You know what? Just, uh… just go home. I'm going to stay here for awhile until my mom gets back from the doctor. I think she wants me to go grocery shopping with her."

He stared at her for a moment before nodding. "All right, Cal, see you later," he said. What was wrong with her? Why was she acting weird all of a sudden? And at that moment, it hit him. She thought he'd found a girlfriend. Little did she know, that wasn't the case. That wasn't the case at all.

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