Author's Note: All right, this is from a long time ago. Some of you might recognize it. I improved sections of it, but I felt like it should be reposted. It's not my best quality of writing, but you know it's always fun to look back at how much your writing's changed.
Enjoy, please, and review.
Song: "Must Have Done Something Right" – Relient K
Ships: Nick Jonas/Lilly Truscott, Joe Jonas/Miley Stewart, Kevin Jonas/OC
We should get jerseys
'Cause we make a good team
"No! I can't believe you guys beat me! I never lose! Never!" Joe Jonas wailed at the top of his lungs when he realized that he was outsmarted in his favorite game, Monopoly. By his brother and his brother's new girlfriend.
"Face it, Joe. They make a good team." Miley Stewart admitted sadly as the couple grinned and gave each other high-fives.
Joe refused. "Alright Nick, Lilly, rematch."
Miley groaned because she knew they would win again, and she would be stuck with Joe, trying to convince him that Nick Jonas and Lilly Truscott were made for each other. They weren't going to mess up.
"You're on."
An hour later the group's intense match of Monopoly, was again won in the favor of Nick and Lilly.
"Fine," Joe admitted when it got too late and Lilly and Miley had to go home. "You two do make a good team. You should get jerseys or something."
But yours would look better than mine
'Cause you're outta my league
Joe and Miley left to give them some alone time to say good-bye for the night.
"He's right. We should get jerseys." Lilly laughed.
"Yeah, but yours would look better than mine, because you're outta my league." Nick flirted with her and pulled her in for a hug.
"Oh, whatever," Lilly slapped his arm playfully, despite the fact that she was blushing. "If anything, you're out of my league, Mr. Rock Star."
Nick smiled and took in the smell of her hair. "Not even close."
And I know that its so clichéTo tell you that every day
I spend with you
Is the new best day of my life
"So, did you have fun today?" Lilly asked Nick as they walked back hand-in-hand from the carnival one late night. He'd called her up while her Mom was at work and asked her to come with him and they'd spent all day there.
"It was the new best day of my life." Nick rubbed circles in her palm with his thumb as she looked up at him with her small smile. She already knew what he was going to say next.
"Oh really? And why's that?" She smirked at him knowingly as she asked the question she always asked.
"Because, I spent it with you." She laughed softly, as the twinge of pink heated her cheeks.
"That is so cliché, you know that, don't you?" She interlaced her fingers tighter with his and grinned widely. He made her feel special, like she was the only girl in the world.
Nick smiled; he didn't have a choice. Every time he saw her smile, he had to. It was too contagious. "Maybe. But I'm going to keep saying it, because it's true."
"Good, because if you don't say it, I will." She reached up and pecked him on the cheek. He smiled widely and they walked together to Lilly's house while she rested on his perfectly positioned shoulder.
Everyone watching us Just turns away with disgust This jealously they can see That we've got it going on"Come on, do you guys have to do that everywhere we go?" Miley asked, annoyed. Miley, Joe, Nick and Lilly were at the bowling alley, on a sort of group-night-out, but Nick and Lilly were sitting together, holding hands and whispering to each other. It wasn't that they were being mean, just leaving the others out.
"Seriously," Joe added, "It's disgusting."
"Whatever, Joe. You're just jealous that you don't have a girlfriend." Nick scoffed, teasing his brother. It was true, Joe didn't have a girlfriend, but he told Nick he liked someone. Nick lately had enjoyed using this as an advantage when Joe poked fun at him and Lilly.
"Yeah, we've got it going on and you're just jealous that you don't." Lilly laughed, but Joe understood they were just kidding.
"I am not jealous, okay? And by the way, I could get a girlfriend whenever I want," Joe said smugly.
"Oh? Then prove it."
This must have pushed Joe over the edge. "Fine."
In one swift movement Joe had pulled Miley towards him from her watching position a few feet away and planted a smooth kiss right on her lips. It lasted for a few seconds as Nick and Lilly watched astounded before Joe pulled away.
"I've liked you for a long time. Will you be my girlfriend?" He breathed out heavily.
"Yes." Miley blushed deeply as he brought her in for another long kiss.
"Oh yeah," Lilly rolled her eyes at the new happy couple, "and you call us the disgusting ones."
"We still could be," Nick laughed. This time he leaned in and kissed her soft lips deeply. Not much bowling went on that night, but no one had a problem with that.
And I'm racking my brain For a new improved way To let you know you're more to meThan what I know how to say
Nick and Lilly sat side-by-side on his couch watching a movie late Saturday night. Nick couldn't tell you much about the movie, but he could tell you how Lilly tucked her hair behind her ear when the stray strand fell down, or how she smiled at the happy parts, or hid into his shoulder at the scary parts, because that was really all he could concentrate on.
He thought about her all the time, and he didn't have an idea how to tell her how much he cared for her.
He kissed the top of her head lightly, taking in the scent of her coconut shampoo. She smiled up at him, nuzzled her head into the crook of his neck.
"Hey, Nick?" She asked, looking up at him with those crystal blue eyes. "I love you."
He smiled as his stomach did a flip. It was like she knew what he was thinking. "I love you too, Lilly. You mean more to me than I could ever say."
She smiled, and took his free hand in her own. The other was already resting around her shoulders. She sat and played with his purity ring on his left ring finger for the rest of the movie, and he knew that he didn't have to rack his brain anymore for an ultimate way to show her how he felt, because she already knew.
But that didn't mean he wasn't going to find a way to remind her.
You're okay with the wayThis is going to be
'Cause this is going to be
The best thing we've ever seen
Lilly sighed, happily as she walked in the door from a date with Nick. He taken her down to the beach and she tried to teach him how to surf. They'd both gotten a lot of bruises and swallowed a lot of salt water, but it was still the best date they'd had yet.
Her phone buzzed on the kitchen table and she frantically realized that Miley was supposed to call her ages ago and she'd forgotten her phone here. She picked it up and pressed the green button to talk.
"Hello."
"Hey, where have you been?" Miley asked a little concerned. "I left you like 6 messages."
"Sorry," Lilly apologized. "I had a date with Nick and I forgot my phone here."
"Well, I suppose I can forgive you for that one as long as you tell me all about it! Plus, I was on a date with Joe and I partially just wanted to talk to you about it."
Together the girls' shared their stories about their dates with the Jonas boys. Lilly mostly listened though, but she didn't mind. Miley's favorite thing to do was talk.
"Miley, I'm really okay with this thing with Nick. He really treats me nice, and he's so sweet." Lilly could feel herself start to ramble. She could talk about Nick Jonas for hours on end.
"I know! You two deserve each other. You've had enough lying and cheating boyfriends, and from what Joe's told me Nick's had a string of bad girlfriends too." Lilly could almost feel Miley grinning through the receiver. After all, she had set them up.
"Yeah, I think this is probably the best thing either of us have ever seen."
Miley sighed dramatically on the other end. "Ah, young love."
If anyone could make meA better person you could
All I gotta say is
I must have done something good
You came along one day
And you rearranged my life
All I gotta say is
I must have done something right
I must have done something right
Nick came inside grinning like an idiot after his date with Lilly. She'd tried to teach him the art of surfing, which hadn't gone so great. But he still had the time of his life because she was there. It was his best day yet.
"Hey, little bro. What's with the mile-long smile?" Nick's oldest brother Kevin asked from the couch.
Nick hardly heard him, but Joe answered for him. "He just got back from his date with Lilly. He'll be like that for the rest of the night."
Nick snapped back into reality, though still smiling. "Oh yeah, like you weren't the same way after your date with Miley last night."
"Shut up." Joe threw a pillow at his head, but Nick dodged it.
For the remainder of the night Kevin watched Nick. Kevin had been a little absent from the foursome lately, because he'd been spending time with his own girlfriend. She broke up with him tonight, but he didn't mind much. There was no spark. Kevin wanted something like what Nick and Lilly had. He wanted to be unable to stop smiling after a date.
"Nick, you seem different." Kevin stated randomly, while he and Nick lounged in the family room. Joe was off somewhere text-messaging Miley, so it was just Nick and Kevin.
Nick woke up from whatever he had been thinking about, Lilly, actually, and asked him, "Different? How so?"
"I don't know," Kevin struggled for the right words. "You just seem…happier, I guess. Like, out of nowhere you'll just smile. No particular reason, you just will."
"Oh," Nick smiled, just like Kevin had pointed out. "It's because of Lilly. I'm always thinking of something she said or did. Honestly, I think she's made me a better person.
"She's rearranged everything in my life, and without even knowing it. I love her." Nick grinned madly, and Kevin just smiled and listened to Nick talk more and more about Lilly Truscott.
"I really think I must have done something right to deserve this girl, Kev. She's more than I could have ever asked for."
Kevin watched his brother, and thanked the Lord for Lilly. He'd only met her a couple of times, but Nick was completely captivated. Now if only Kevin could do something right, then maybe he could find a girl too.
Well maybe I'm just lucky
'Cause it's hard to believe
Believe that somebody like you
Would end up with someone like me
"I'm still trying to figure this out…. Maybe I'm lucky." Nick thought aloud, as Lilly just shook her head.
"Nick, stop, I'm not that great."
"No, no, I beg to differ." Nick smiled as she just rolled her eyes.
"Do you? You got any evidence to support that beg?" She teased.
"As a matter of fact, I do." Nick beamed, "You want to hear it?"
She sighed, "Sure. Why not? I got time."
All they were doing was walking on the beach after lunch at Rico's.
And I know that it's so cliché
To talk about you this way
But I'll push all my inhabitations aside
"Okay, here it goes." Nick took a deep breath. He pushed aside everything that had been keeping him from ever saying this before and told her everything he thought about her. "Your smile lights up the whole room. You're beautiful, even when you're not trying to. Your laugh is contagious, as is that gorgeous smile of yours."
Lilly was already trying to hide her blushing cheeks, but he continued.
"Your hair always smells slightly of coconut, and your is always perfect despite what you think. You have a great sense of humor, but you can be serious when you need to be. You aren't afraid to go against the crowd, and most of the time you don't even care what people think. And I know this sounds so incredibly cliché, but your are the most wonderful person I've ever met and there must be some reason you ended up with me because I nowhere near deserve you."
By this time Lilly was bright red, and almost in tears. "You didn't have to be lucky and I could care less if its cliché as long as it's true. All you had to do was love me and I'm yours."
Her voice was quiet and they met in the middle with a kiss so full of passion that it blew both their minds. They were in heaven and head no intention of ever coming back down.
It's so very obvious
To everyone watching us
That we have got something real good
Going on
Kevin watched his little brother and Lilly together on the beach and just smiled. The two of them had something really special going for them. Kevin even predicted they would get married years from now, and they were only sixteen.
He stood there for a few seconds; he only noticed them in the first place as he was taking a walk. Kevin had stopped in town to buy a CD and had some coffee at the local Starbucks, a habit he had developed on and off tours with the band.
Just as he turned to continue home someone walked straight into him, a woman. He caught her with the arm that wasn't holding his coffee, before she hit the ground.
She was reading something with one hand, and also holding a coffee in the other. "Oh my gosh! I am so sorry."
She apologized immediately, which amused Kevin. "It's no big deal. I saved both our drinks, we're good."
She laughed and he took note of how much he liked it. She also had the most stunning green eyes he'd ever seen. "I'd love to say this doesn't happen often, but it really does. I'm a klutz; I'll admit it. But most of the time my drink ends up on me. Thank you for, well, catching me, I guess."
Kevin truly smiled, as her eyes entranced him. This was a chance. "No problem."
I'm racking my brain
For a new improved way
To let you know you're more to me
Than I know how to say
"I'm Kennedy." She folded the paper up and joined it with coffee in her hand to greet him properly. He would say they held on for a little too long, but he was not concerned. "Um, has anyone ever told you that you look a lot like Kevin Jonas? My little sister is obsessed with them."
Kennedy. Kennedy. He liked that name. It was unusual, and he'd never heard it before.
"Actually, yes they have. That's because I am. Nice to meet you." He took off his Aviator sunglasses and detective-style hat, to reveal his curly hair.
"Hmm, that would explain it then. Nice to meet you, too." Kennedy had wavy red hair and freckles sprinkled over her nose and cheeks. He noted that her eyes sparkled, even as she laughed at herself. She looked to be about 19 or 20.
"I hope I'm not being too forward, but would you like to take a walk?" He motioned towards the sidewalk in a mysterious burst of confidence.
There was a prime moment of surprise when she glanced between him and the sidewalk, and he prayed with all his might she would accept. She finally grinned and it felt like his stomach did a summer-salt. "I'd love to."
From that moment on, Kevin knew what his brothers felt like. He could not stop smiling.
You're okay with the way
This is going to be
'Cause this is going to be
The best thing we've ever seen
Kevin and Kennedy walked and talked for almost an hour before they circled back to her house, not to far from his own. They exchanged phone numbers and she surprised him by pecking his cheek. Then she scampered into her house, crimson, like a sixteen-year-old all over again.
Kevin stood there for a second, in sheer fascination, and moved his fingers to his cheek. He could still feel the exact spot where her lips had touched – if only for a fraction of a second – tingling lightly. A grin overtook his features until he got home and told his brothers all about this new girl he met.
Who would've thought he'd be thanking Nick and Lilly for making out on the beach?
If anyone could make me
A better person you could
All I gotta say is
I must have done something good
Came along one day
And you rearranged my life
All I gotta say is
I must have done something right
Joe and Miley had been going out for quite a while. With his unconventional way of asking her out, there was no way their relationship was going to be all smooth sailing.
After all, it was Miley. Nothing ever seemed to be smooth sailing with her, period. But together, they were getting through it.
The same day that Kevin met Kennedy, Miley and Joe were fighting. It had been something small, but both of their emotions were running high and with personalities so different, it was bound to occur. It developed into something huge, and it ended with them screaming at each other words they'd regret, Joe storming out of her house, and Miley crying on her bed, more at what they'd caused then any hatred towards Joseph.
An hour later, Miley's tears had dried and she felt incredibly guilty. She couldn't even remember the stupid thing they were fighting about, and she had just thrown away the most important thing to her.
On her highest impulse she dashed out of the house, wanting to get to the Jonas' as fast as possible. She needed to apologize to Joe, otherwise she wasn't going to last very long.
But as she flew out the door she almost ran right over someone. It didn't take long for her to recognize, the hair, the face, the eyes. Joe.
"Miley, wait! Just listen to me first, okay?" He didn't even wait for her response. As she listened to his speech she noticed his red-rimmed eyes and imagined herself in the same state. "I'm sorry. That's what I want to start with. I was being an idiotic jerk today and there is no excuse for that. Do you forgive me, Miles?"
She simply nodded, the corners of her mouth tugging upward slowly. He started to grin, but then took a deep breath and started again. "I want you to know something: You've changed me. For instance, I wanted to come apologize two seconds after I stepped out of this door. I never even left your front porch. The only reason I didn't come up sooner is because… because it was unbelievably heart breaking to hear you cry like that, because of something I did.
"Normally, it would've taken me hours to feel enough regret and guilt to apologize. I'm so glad you changed me, Miley. If it weren't for you, I'd be lost right now. Gosh, I love you, Miles." He half-smiled and she moved towards him.
Miley lifted one of his hands into hers and played with the ring on his left ring finger, his purity ring. She had one on her finger, too. "You know, I was only leaving the house to go say sorry to you."
"You were?"
She nodded and they were both smiling now. "I was being unreasonable, too, and I apologize. I love you, too, Joseph."
They smiled themselves into a sweet kiss and just hugged each other tightly on her back porch. And that was it, bliss.
The only thoughts running through Joe's head were wondering what the heck he did that was so wonderful that God wanted to bless him by directing Miley and himself together. Whatever it was, he was undeniably thankful he did it.
"If anyone could make me
A better person you could
All I gotta say is
I must have done something good
Came along one day
And you rearranged my life
All I gotta say is
I must have done something right."
The Jonas Brothers performed their new hit single in front of thousands of fans. Throughout the entire song they couldn't keep their eyes off the three girls in front and center. Every girl in that venue were wishing that song was for them, some thoroughly convinced, but only three knew it was for them.
"If anyone could make me
A better person you could
All I gotta say is
I must have done something good
Came along one day
And you rearranged my life
All I gotta say is
I must have done something right
I must have done something right."
At the last line of the song, Nick was looking at Lilly, Joe was looking at Miley, and Kevin was looking at Kennedy, and they all were thinking the same thing.
"I must have done something right."
