Chapter 1-Fallin' For You
I hate this. Why in the in world do we need more celebrities at our school? The Jonas Brothers no less! This stinks. Look at those stupid girls just waiting to bow down to them when they walk through the door. Some girls are so stupid. They don't even stand a chance. Fools.
"Jealous Knight?" sneered Miley.
"Why would I possibly be jealous?" I snapped.
"Because I'm dating the guy of your dreams of course." She said snootily
"Nick? Yah right! He is a jerk and a moron! You want to know why?" I asked
"And why is that?" she asked.
"Because he's dating you." I said.
"You jerk." She cried.
Just then all the girls started to scream. The Jonas Brothers have arrived. Joy. I saw Nick b-line towards Miley.
"Hey Miles!" he said. He leaned in and kissed her.
"Gross." I gagged. I started to walk away.
"Oh I'm sorry Miles is this one of your friends?" asked Nick. I laughed.
"Yah right! I wouldn't be friends with her even if you paid me 1 million dollars." I snapped.
"Why? Miley is awesome." Said Nick.
"What drug are you on pop star? She's a jerk who only loves fame and fortune." I snapped.
"Hey don't you dare insult my girlfriend and for your information I'm a rock star not a pop star." He snapped.
"Freedom of speech. Look it up. And as for the rock star part, yeah right pop star you wish."I sneered.
"Jerk." He snapped.
"Yah right. If anyone's a jerk it's that thing you call a girlfriend hanging on your arm. When you finally wake up from your dream where she's the sweetest thing on earth, tell me so I can say I told you so. Now if you'll excuse me I have to get to class." I snapped and made what I believe to be a perfect dramatic exit.
When I walked into class my best friend Shannon was waiting for me.
"Hey, don't look now but Joe Jonas is staring at you." said Shannon.
"Why should I care?" I asked.
"Because he's walking over." She replied.
"Hi…um…I noticed you dissing Miley earlier and…" he said
"And you want to defend her? You must be just as stupid as Nick." I interrupted
"Ouch! Harsh, but no. Kevin and I both hate her. I was going to say that it was awesome." He said.
I turned around. He was pretty cute. Aw what the heck I'll give him a chance.
"Oh my gosh in that case I'm sorry about my rude comment. Miley is just a real jerk to me and I'm not really fond of anyone who considers her nice." I said trying to look adorable and wounded.
"She's a jerk to everyone. I'm sorry she such a jerk to you I mean you seem really sweet. You're really pretty too." He said blushing.
"Thanks…you're pretty cute too." I said also blushing.
"Okay class get into you're assigned seats." Said Mr. March.
"Um sir I'm new…where should I sit?" asked Joe.
"Hmmm…You can take the open seat next to Miss Knight, Miss Knight would you raise your hand so he knows where to sit?" said Mr. March. Score! I raised my hand. Joe grinned. He managed to trip over his own feet. All of his stuff flew out of his backpack and his head slammed into Mr. March's desk. The whole class erupted with laughter. I gasped and ran from my seat, gathering all his stuff as I did. I put all his stuff into his backpack and knelt by his side. I snaked my hand behind him and hoisted him up to a sitting position while Mr. March lectured the class.
"Are you okay?" I asked anxiously.
"Fine, fine, that's why they call me danger." He said smiling.
"Are you sure? Your head hit the desk pretty hard." I said.
He chuckled.
"Positive" he said.
Just then Nick walked into the room. Oh great. When he saw Joe and I so close together he looked furious. He stomped over to us.
"Joe what are you doing?" he snapped.
"For your information, I fell and this sweet girl was helping me." He said. He moved in front of me as if to protect me.
Nick looked positively enraged.
"Excuse me but I believe you are late." Said Mr. March addressing Nick.
Joe took advantage of this miracle. He grabbed his stuff and gently helped me to my seat. He winked at me and sat down. I giggled. Nick stomped to the back of the room like a child having a temper tantrum. I felt Nick's eyes drilling into my back. When the bell rang Joe quickly grabbed his stuff and then swiped mine off the ground. I looked at him curiously.
"Mind if I escort you to your next class?" he asked.
"Oh no you don't!" growled Nick. He grabbed Joe's shoulder and yanked him backward.
"Let go of me." Snapped Joe as he ripped his shoulder from Nick's grip.
"Dude she's not to be trusted. She's a no good jerk who insulted Miley." Nick snarled.
"Dude I know, in fact I saw it. It was awesome! I loved it. She's not a jerk. She's really sweet." Said Joe.
"Are you serious?" cried Nick.
"Yes I am. In fact, Sammie would you like to come to our concert tonight? First row, center, backstage passes included?" he asked.
"…"
"Please? I'll make sure HE stays away from you." He said giving Nick a nasty look.
"Okay I'll go. Who could say no to someone like you? I mean you're sweet, adorable, and funny." I said.
Nick looked like he wanted to tear me to shreds. Good. Let him be mad. Joe blushed and smiled.
"May I?" he asked, his hand extended towards mine.
"Of course." I said. I reached out and intertwined my fingers. Just then Miley ran over to Nick.
"Hi Nicki! EW what's that thing doing here?" asked Miley.
"This thing has a name, its Samantha and for your information I can be wherever I want to be." I snapped.
"Ya but we don't want you here." She snapped.
"I do. In fact guess what? She's coming to our concert tonight." Said Joe.
"What? No way! Nicki do something!" shrieked Miley.
"Too late Miley she's already invited. There's nothing you or my idiot brother can do about it." Said Joe.
"You might think I'm an idiot but at least I don't trip on air!"Snapped Nick.
"Well at least I have a girl who likes me for me." Said Joe
"Umm. Hello he's got me." Snapped Miley.
"You're not a girl you're a leach who feeds of my brother. You don't really like him. You just like his fame and money." Snapped Joe.
"Hive five Joe that was a good one." I said Joe laughed and gave me a high five. Suddenly Nick's fist impacted with Joe's jaw. Joe's head snapped back and blood dripped from his mouth.
"You jerk! Look what you've done to your brother! Nick I didn't like you before but I thought you were better than this. This is really low. She's just a girl. You hit your own brother because of a stupid girl." I said. Tears were streaming down Joe's face. Blood was oozing from the side of his mouth.
"Come on Joe, I'll take you to the nurse. We started to walk away when from the corner of my eye I saw Nick run after me and swing. In seconds I had turned around, twisted Nick's arm behind his back, and pulled upward. I leaned forward until my lips were inches from his ear.
"Don't you ever swing at me again or else you'll regret it. I'm a black belt in taekwondo and I could kick your butt easily. Oh and Nick, don't try to hit someone when their back is turned. It's rude, now scram before you or your leach does something you'll regret." I said letting him go and intertwining my fingers with Joe's.
"Impressive." Mumbled Joe. He winced, his eyes watering.
"Careful. Nick hit you hard, that Jerk." I said.
I brought Joe to the nurse's office. Most of the kids there were faking an illness to get out of class. As soon as the nurse saw Joe's jaw she gasped.
"Oh my! What happened?" she asked.
"His brother punched him." I said.
"Oh my gracious this boy needs ice and fast, his jaw is swelling." She said. She ran to the back of the office while I sat him down. About a second later the nurse was back with an ice pack.
"Can we have a damp paper towel to wipe off the blood?" I asked.
"Oh of course!" she said running.
"I'm bleeding? Ow!" Joe winced. He reached his hand up to his jaw. I shook my head smiling. Just then the nurse returned and handed me the paper towel.
"Thanks" I said. I started to gently wipe the blood from Joe's jaw.
"Ow." He winced.
"Sorry." I said pulling away. He gently took my wrist and pulled it back to his jaw. I smiled. When I finished I put the ice on his jaw.
"Will I make it?" he joked, wincing.
"Yes." I said laughing.
"Can we go to class?" Joe asked the nurse.
"Yes. Make sure it doesn't swell more. If it does come back. Oh, also, I'm calling the principal who's his brother?"
"Nick Jonas. Let me tell him personally." I said.
"Okay I'll tell the principal he's coming." Said the nurse. Joe and I walked out of the nurse's office.
"I'm gonna enjoy busting Nick." I said grinning evilly. Joe laughed.
"Me too. He's in my next class, Spanish, Mrs. Lopez." Said Joe.
"Bingo, that's my next class too. Let's go." I said. We ran to class.
"You're late." Said Mrs. Lopez. Joe lifted the ice pack to reveal his swollen and bruised jaw bone. Everyone gasped including Mrs. Lopez.
"What happened?" she asked.
"I had to bring him to the nurse. Nick, the principal wants to see you for punching Joe." I said smiling innocently. The class snickered. Nick got up, grabbed his stuff, and shouldered by me. When he did he looked at me.
"I'll get you for this." He whispered.
"Not likely." I whispered back.
Joe and I sat down together. We didn't see Nick until lunch time. Miley was hanging on him, of course.
"You! You got Nicki in trouble! How dare you!" screeched Miley. She lunged. Joe sprang from his seat and stood in front of me.
"Back off." He snarled.
"You're standing up for her? She got your brother in trouble!" she snapped.
"Yeah I got him in trouble because he hurt Joe. Nick didn't apologize or worry. I was there for Joe." I said.
"You really think Joe will like you? You're a no good loser Knight. You always have been. You're always being teased because you're a loser. Joe's probably showing you attention for a charity case so just go sit by yourself like you usually do." Miley sneered. A single tear ran down my cheek. Joe turned around and saw the tear. He immediately swiped it gently away. He leaned in and gently kissed me on the forehead. "Don't listen to her. You're not a loser or a charity case I promise. Sit with me? Please?" he said. He gently cradled my hand.
"Okay." I said quietly.
"As for you Miley, shut up. Nick might be blind but Kevin and I aren't. We can see how much of a dirty leach you really are. We both hate you and we'll probably through a party when Nick breaks up with you. Go to hell where you reign as the devil." Growled Joe.
"Nicki!" she whined.
"You just asked for another punch." growled Nick.
"No! Don't touch him." I screeched. I quickly got in front of Joe.
"Get out of the way." Snarled Nick.
"Punch her." Screeched Miley.
"Babe, I may hate her but I can't hit a girl, now get out of the way Samantha!" Said Nick.
"No not until you get away from Joe and swear you won't punch him." I replied stubbornly.
"Do what she says Nicholas." Said Kevin who had suddenly appeared behind Nick.
"Fine!" Nick grumbled.
"Thanks for standing up for my little brother. What's your name?" said Kevin
"Samantha." I whispered shyly. Gosh why did I have to be so shy?
"Well thanks again. I'm gonna go buy lunch, I don't know about you but I'm starving!" said Kevin. He ran towards the lunch line. I turned around to look at Joe. He had an adorable crooked smile on his face that made my heart beat wildly. He reached for me and pulled me into a hug. He nuzzled his face so that his lips were inches from my ear. My heart felt like it was about o rip out of my chest.
"Thanks. That was the sweetest thing any girl has ever done for me." He whispered.
"No…no…no problem." I stuttered. How does he do that? He chuckled and pulled away. We went to sit down. Miley saw us coming over and kicked my bag away from the table and stole my chair. Joe growled and lunged at her. I stopped him. He looked at me confused. I skipped over to another table and swiped a chair. I slid it over to the table and placed it next to Joe's seat, grabbing my backpack. Miley scowled. Joe, like a gentlemen, took my backpack and put it down next to his. Then he took the seat from my grip and pulled it out for me.
"Madam." He said. I laughed.
"Why thank you kind sir." I replied in my best English accent and sat down like a proper lady. He sat down next to me.
"Impressive English accent." He commented.
"That's what happens when you're a die-hard Harry Potter fan like I am." I replied.
"Nice." He said smiling. For the rest of lunch Joe Kevin and I joked around while both Miley and Nick took turns giving me nasty looks. When the bell rang we cleaned up and headed towards the A and B 100s.
"What class do you have next?" I asked.
"Intro to physics B107 with Mrs. Smith." Replied Joe. My face fell. Darn so close.
"Aw man! I have Mrs. Roland B106. I was really hoping we'd have this class together cause Miley's in it." I grumbled.
"Miley's in your class? Don't let her near come near you. If she says or does anything tell me. Can you promise me that?" he asked.
"I promise." I said.
"Good." He sighed. We stopped in front of my class room where Miley was already sitting in her seat. We talked until the bell rang. He leaned down and kissed me on the cheek.
"Have a good class." He said. I smiled.
"I will now." I said. He chuckled and walked into the class across from mine. I floated to my seat next to my best friend Rachel. All we did was watch a boring movie. The narrator reminded me of Joe. *sighs* Joe.
"Look. Joe's waiting for someone in our class. Wonder who it is." Giggled Rachel.
"Me." I said. I ran over to Joe. He immediately pulled me into a hug.
"How was class?" he asked.
"Nothing special. We watched a boring physics movie. What did you do?" I asked.
"We talked about gravity." He replied.
"Oh that's easy." I said. I pulled out a blue bouncy ball and dropped it. It fell down and then bounced back up to my hand.
"There. Gravity." I said. Joe cracked up.
"Nice." He said still laughing. We walked towards the buses. I went to get on my bus. Joe followed.
"Um. Joe…You're awesome and all but don't you think you should get on YOUR bus?" I asked. He laughed.
"This is my bus." He replied. I blushed.
"Oh" I said blushing. Gosh! I could be such an idiot at times. I walked to the last seat and sat down.
"May I?" asked Joe. I smiled.
"You may." I said. He sat down. A few minutes Miley and Nick boarded the bus and sat down diagonal of us. Miley looked over at Joe and I in disgust. Joe took advantage of her attention. He did the yawn and stretch move. He gently rested his arm around my shoulder. I scooted closer. He smiled evilly in Mileys direction. Miley pretended to gag. Joe and I laughed.
"So, do you wanna come over my house after you get ready for the concert considering we live close to you?" Joe asked.
"Sure…Where do you live?" I asked
"667 Summer Street" he recited.
"So YOU'RE my new next door neighbor. I live right next door, 669 Summer Street." I said. His eyes lit up.
"Score!" He said pumping his arm. I laughed.
"You have no idea how good that is. We have this tradition, whenever we get a new neighbor we have to bring them a pie and invite them to a barbeque in honor of them moving into our neighbor." I said in relief.
"Pie? Barbeque? Food!" he said giddily. I cracked up. He had the goofiest look on his face. By the time we got to our stop I had laughed more than I had in my lifetime. Joe was hilarious. We hugged goodbye and I ran into the house. Mom wasn't home. I ran upstairs and took a shower. I put on a flowy blue camisole, white short-shorts, and a pair of blue converse. I went back into the bathroom and put on some perfume. I left mom a note explaining where I was and that I had my cell phone if she needed me. About 15 minutes after I got home I was ready to head over to the Jonas house. I texted Joe to tell him I'd be over in a second. I stuffed my phone in my pocket and grabbed some money incase Joe surprised me. When I ran over Joe answered the door.
"Hey!" Joe said excitedly.
"Hey." I replied.
"Come on in." he said. I stepped inside the house and before I knew it Joe had pulled me into a hug. He nuzzled his head into my neck so that his face was hidden behind my hair.
"Mmmm you smell really good." He said, his breath tickling my neck. I laughed.
"Thank you. It's that perfume that Hollister sprays on all their cloths." I said.
"Joe like's." he said in a goofy voice. I laughed harder.
"HEY KEEP IT DOWN! I'M TRYING TO GET—OH MY GOD GROSS!" screamed Miley. In record timing Joe and I jumped apart. He wrapped one arm around my shoulder and had pulled me close to him again. I turned to Joe.
"How can anyone stand her?" I asked.
"I honestly don't know. She drives everyone but my idiot brother crazy." Replied Joe.
"I CAN HEAR YOU!" Miley shrieked.
"I should care why?" asked Joe in an annoyed tone.
"JOE LEAVE MILEY ALONE!" yelled Nick.
"Hey bro, it's not my fault, she over-reacted. Sammie and I were just having a good time and she complained." Joe said, attempting to stay calm.
"Oh Samantha's here, that explains it. Miley if that no good loser bothers you just tell me, I'll get rid of her." Said Nick. I whimpered and shrunk into Joe. In record timing, Joe had ran upstairs. I heard a door slam open. I ran after him. Joe had Nick pinned to the wall. By his neck. Nick was squirming. He looked scared. That was a first. Still I felt bad.
"Help!" Nick gasped. He tried to pull Joe's hands off his neck. Stupid heart.
"Joe stop." I said.
"Yeah stop Joe." Gasped Nick.
"Shut up Nick. What? Not until he apologizes." Replied Joe.
"Joe if you do this you'll be no better than him. Let him go." I said. Joe let go. Nick collapsed and fell on his knee's gasping. His hands went to his neck. Joe looked ashamed.
"Don't be upset Joe. You had a right to do it. Go downstairs and calm down." I said sympathetically.
"Can you make sure he's okay?" he mumbled.
"If he lets me. Don't beat yourself up for this." I said. I kissed his cheek as he left the room. Miley walked
in.
"Hurry up Nicki, we don't want to be late." Snapped Miley. She walked back to the bathroom and shut the door behind her. Nick looked shocked. I wasn't surprised. I walked calmly over to Nick and examined his neck gently.
"Can you believe her?" Nick said in shock.
"Honestly it doesn't surprise me." I said calmly.
"What?" He said looking at me surprised.
"After every insensitive thing she's ever done to me I've stopped being surprised. When are you finally going to realize that your brothers and I are telling the truth?" I replied.
"Ha! Never. I'm sure she just didn't realize what happened." Nick said.
"Mhm whatever you say. I think your neck will survive but your relationship with Miley is a wrong turn, like your song Turn Right says 'You might fall off this track sometimes hope to see you at the finish line' the finish line being the moment you break up with Miley." I said. I got up and walked downstairs. Joe was hunched over on the couch with his fingers running through his hair. I walked over to his side and sat down next to him. I wrapped my arm around his shoulder. He laid his head on my shoulder.
"I'm a horrible brother." He mumbled.
"No you're not Joe. You're an awesome brother. Nick was being a jerk, you were just trying to defend me." I said rubbing his back gently in calming circles.
"You mean it?" he asked.
"Of course I do…" I said hesitating. Could I trust him?
"What?" he said now looking at me curiously. I bit my lip. He was really sweet.
"Can I trust you?" I asked hesitantly.
"Of course you can I would never do anything to hurt you." Said Joe. Don't even get me started on how much that line has been used on me.
"Joe…People have fed me that line way to many times, each time I believe them they end up hurting me anyway. Crap! I basically just told you." I said. Joe looked at me softly and sympathetically.
"Your safe with me, I promise." He said.
"You have a direct line to paparazzi." I said. He looked shocked.
"I would never!" he gasped.
"Ya well Miley's given me a bad example of celebrities." I mumbled.
"Jerk, sometimes I just want to—argh!" He growled.
"We all do Joe, we all do." I said shaking my head. All of a sudden notice a gorgeous acoustic guitar lying on the couch next to me.
"Wow, Joe is that yours?" I asked.
"Yeah, you like it?" he asked.
"It's much cooler than the one I have." I said.
"You play?" he said surprised.
"Ya. I can play just about all of your songs." I admitted blushing.
"Wow. Do you write?" he asked curiously.
"Occasionally. None that's any good." I answered.
"I bet they are good. Play one for me." He said placing his guitar in my hands.
"Fine. Only if you don't make fun of me." I said sternly.
"I promise I won't." He said sincerely. I started to strum slowly.
"The stars lean down to kiss you
And I lie awake and miss you
Pour me a heavy dose of atmosphere
'Cause I'll doze off safe and soundly
But I'll miss your arms around me
I'd send a postcard to you, dear
'Cause I wish you were here
I'll watch the night turn light-blue
But it's not the same without you
Because it takes two to whisper quietly
The silence isn't so bad
'Til I look at my hands and feel sad
'Cause the spaces between my fingers
Are right where yours fit perfectly
I'll find repose in new ways
Though I haven't slept in two days
'Cause cold nostalgia
Chills me to the bone
But drenched in vanilla twilight
I'll sit on the front porch all night
Waist-deep in thought because
When I think of you I don't feel so alone
I don't feel so alone, I don't feel so alone
As many times as I blink
I'll think of you tonight
I'll think of you tonight
When violet eyes get brighter
And heavy wings grow lighter
I'll taste the sky and feel alive again
And I'll forget the world that I knew
But I swear I won't forget you
Oh, if my voice could reach
Back through the past
I'd whisper in your ear
Oh darling, I wish you were here" I finished and looked up to see him looking at me in shock.
"What? Was it bad?" I asked. I'm soooo embarrassed.
"Are you kidding me? It's awesome! What's it called." He asked. His eyes were twinkling happily.
"Vanilla Twilight." I answered in shock.
"That's an awesome title! Hey Kevin come here! You have to hear this!" Joe said excitedly. Kevin walked over. I sighed and played the song again.
"Wow you should totally play that at the concert." Said Kevin after I had finished.
"That's exactly what I was thinking!" Joe said totally hyper. I paled.
"Are you okay?" asked Joe.
"How many people will be at this concert." I asked hoarsely.
"About 5000." Replied Kevin. The room started to spin. Me sing in front of 5000 people? That was my last thought before everything went black. When I woke up Joe had me cradled in his arms. My head was propped against his chest. His worried face was leaning over mine.
"Sammie are you okay? What happened?" he asked. He sounded sincerely concerned.
"I have terrible stage fright. Even the thought of performing a solo in front of 5000 makes me feel sick." I responded weakly. A look of relief washed over his face. He leaned over and kissed me tenderly on my forehead.
"Don't you dare scare me like that again!" he said sternly.
"I won't. I'm so sorry for doing this to you. I feel so bad. You invite me into your house and I faint." I said. I am so ashamed with myself.
"Don't you dare apologize for fainting. You can't control that type of thing. You don't have to perform alone although I would really love if you would sing that song at the concert. Not alone of course! I'd be there the whole time. I won't leave your side if that's what it takes." He said. He was begging now. The room started to spin again. Not as fast as it had before.
"Joe, stop. I'm getting dizzy." I said hoarsely.
"Right. Sorry." He said looking at me nervously.
"No, no don't apologize. I…I…I'll do it. I'll sing the song but you have to promise me that I can stop whenever I want to." I said. His eyes lit up. He smiled giddily.
"Of course! Whatever you need." He said practically buzzing out of excitement. I laughed. He was cute when he was hyper. Oh my gosh! Am I falling for Joe?