PUSHING ME AWAY

By: Amy

Ally- Main

Joe- Main

Amy- Ally's best friend

Eric- Ally's ex-boyfriend

Julianne- Joe's old girlfriend

Kevin- himself

CHAPTER 1:

JOES' POV:

I woke up on Monday morning with a smile across my face, just the thought of Ally made it bigger. I lifted the sheets off of my body and gradually got up out of bed. I glanced over to the dresser where my phone was charging, and saw that I had a text message. I read the name and my face lit up,

ALLY :)-

Morning Handsome :)

I started to grin at the thought of her saying that. I didn't really feel like texting back, so I finished getting ready. I went to my closet and picked out a shirt, I slid it over my body and kept hearing my phone vibrating against the wood. I just rolled my eyes and smiled because I had a feeling that it was Ally again. I slipped on a pair of pants, grabbed my backpack, my phone and looked down at the screen,

2 New Text Messages!

ALLY :)-

You there?

JULIANNE-

Hey, I need to talk to you.

Before freshman year, I had gone out with Julianne, but we were over. What would she want to talk about? Ah, whatever. I texted back saying, 'Sure'. I ran downstairs, grabbed a bagel, and headed out the door. I got into the car, started the engine and turned up the radio, as I was backing out, the radio kicked in and it was our song. 'When You Look Me in The Eyes' I smiled at the thought of Ally last night.

I arrived at school on time, I saw Julianne by my locker. As I was walking over, she looked over and smiled.

"What did you want to talk about?"

"Well, what went wrong with us?" I looked at her in a disgusted way,

"Are you serious Julianne? You broke up with ME" I pointed at her.

"Oh…" She said dumbfounded, "Well, maybe we can try to get back together and…"

"No, don't even go there."

ALLYS' POV:

I walked back into those familiar hallways, and just the smell of it made me smile. It was officially junior year. I kept walking and saw Joe at his locker… with Julianne? She had her hands all over him. He told me freshman year that they dated in middle school, but they were over. He said he never wanted anything to do with her. Was it true? I walked even faster past his locker, I didn't even look back to see if he saw me.

"Ally! Wait up!"

I kept walking until I reached that same locker. I stopped in front of it and concentrated on the combo, he kept yelling my name. I couldn't focus, get the combo and get the locker open, I thought to myself. I don't even want to talk to him. I know I shouldn't be really that jealous because he was just talking to her, but just the fact that they use to go out made me worry.

"Ally!" he was getting closer this time. He continued to call my name, "Ally!" he finally reached me and leaned up against the locker. "You're… a fast… walker" he said out of breath. I just kept looking down that the dial to get the locker open.

"You okay?"

"Stupid Locker!" I yelled and hit the locker with my fist. I turned and looked at him.

"I'm fine."

"No, you're not Al. I know you" he said grasping my shoulders, he looked at me and sighed, "What's wrong?"

"I saw you talking to Julianne. And well, what happened last night I thought it would last longer than, oh I don't know, a night!" I now had my arms across my chest. "And…"

"Al, we were just talking. Don't worry, there is nothing going on between us."

I looked at him and rolled my eyes. I turned around and walked off to class, I couldn't look at him anymore.

CHAPTER 2:

JOES' POV:

I watched Ally slowly walk away from her locker to class. How could she not believe me? I sighed and started to walk the same way, but I felt someone's hands around my body,

"Hey you. I'm sorry about the whole thing…" I continued to say, I turned around and saw Julianne. "What are you doing here?" I said surprised.

"I just couldn't resist, see you later." She said winking.

I shivered at the thought of us back together. Then, I carried onto my next class, the rest of the day I couldn't stop thinking about Ally not believing me.

ALLYS' POV:

After school, I had basketball practice and everyday I had to cross the gym to get to the locker room. That meant, I had to see Joe. I took in a deep breath and pulled open the gym door. A big gust of air blew my hair back and I continued walking with my head down. I looked over to the sideline, and saw Julianne at cheerleading practice; she winked at one of the boys at practice. I looked over and realized she was doing it to Joe. Once again, I rolled my eyes and continued on my way to the locker room. I could feel tears slowly forming in my eyes.

JOES' POV:

Ally just came in for basketball practice, she looked gorgeous as usual. I watched her make her way to the locker room. She looked over at Julianne, and I noticed Julianne was winking at me, I didn't do anything. Then, Ally glanced over here and kept walking. I just wish she would believe me about Julianne. What could I do?

All of the shots I was taking in practice, sucked. I just couldn't get Ally off of my mind. I needed to make her believe me.

ALLYS' POV:

"You okay Al?" Amy asked as she took another shot.

I reached up with the ball, it hit the backboard and went in. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just Joe problems." She smiled. "Why are you smiling?"

"Well, I know how you feel. It can sometimes be hard to trust him because of his ex-girlfriend Julianne, but just remember, he is with you, not her." I smiled; she always knew what to say.

"Your right"

"Duh, I always am!" she laughed and hit me. "Now hit this shot like I know you can!" I was behind the 3 point line, dribbled, dribbled, and lifted my arms and slowly released the ball from my hands. It floated in the air to the rim and fell in. Amy lifted her hand for a high five, "That's my girl!" she wrapped me in a hug.

CHAPTER 3:

After practice I was heading to my car, when I noticed Joe standing by it. I breathed in deeply and continued walking, when I reached my car, I walked right past Joe into the drivers' seat. I shut the door and rolled down the window. I looked at him,

"Listen, I'm sorry I didn't believe you. I should of and again, I'm sorry."

"It's fine, I just want you to know that my heart is with you when I tell you this, I love you." A smile crossed my face and I replied,

"I love you too, now come here." I said leaning out of the window, he leaned in and our lips met again like they have before. "Meet me at the courts." I said as I was pulling out of the parking spot. As I was driving to the courts to meet Joe, I was thinking to myself. I know Joe and I hadn't made it official yet, but I hope we would sometime soon, so then Julianne could keep her hands off him. I arrived there sooner than I thought I would, and Joe wasn't there yet. I got out of the car, grabbed the basketball out of the back seat, and noticed a pair of hands around my waist. I turned around and found… Eric.

I looked at him, "What do you want?"

"I wanted to see you, I know you're mad at me about that whole party thing, but it's over now. We can go back to how things were before."

I laughed, "Are you kidding me?"

"No." he said very seriously.

"Eric, do you even remember what you did?" I had my arms crossed and just waited for him to answer.

"Um… well I just got into it with Joe. That was it."

"That was it? You slapped me! You use to be best friends with Joe, and as of then, I use to be your girlfriend." I slammed the back car door shut, and walked towards the courts,

"Ally! We can work this out" he said walking towards me. I slowly turned around to face him and backed up more as he got closer.

"No we can't. I don't know how you can say that when you were the only one that messed up, not me" I breathed in slowly and continued, "And besides, I'm with Joe"

"You are?" he questioned

"Yeah, she is" I heard a voice I had known well.

I looked over to find Joe in a ripped t-shirt, showing off his muscles, basketball shorts that hugged his thighs and gym shoes. I smiled at him to say thanks. He replied by smiling as well.

"Now if you don't mind, we have a basketball game to play" he said staring back at Eric.

Eric looked confused as always, turned around and went back to his car. Joe made his way over to me, and enclosed me into a hug. We turned towards the courts and he wrapped his arm around my shoulders and walked at the same pace. I was wearing a sweatshirt, and basketball shorts. We reached the edge of where the grass met the blacktop and I pulled my sweatshirt over my head, and was now in a sports bra. Joe looked over and his eyes widened. I couldn't help but laugh. As I bent down to re-tie my shoes, I looked up at Joe,

"You ready to lose?"

He laughed, "Are you kidding me?" I slowly got up and walked really close to him. Our bodies were touching, I looked into his eyes and then down at his lips,

"Do I look like I'm kidding?" I quickly turned my head and went to the free throw line. Joe was still standing there looking at me, "I came to play basketball, if you want to stand there and watch me, you should really leave" I smirked.

"Oh, so that's how you want to play. Okay miss hotshot, your ball. I'll go easy on you." He winked. He shoved the ball in my stomach, and went in front of me, I checked the ball to him and he checked it back. I dribbled around him and went up for a jump shot. We both looked at the basket, swish! It went in.

"Make it, take it" I said, smiling at him. He bounced the ball back to me,

"Fine" he said agreeing.

After 3 hours of playing one on one, it was now pouring rain and the score was tied. Who ever got the last point would be the winner, and I would stop at nothing to get that point.

CHAPTER 4:

I spun the ball around in my hands and down to the ground, it bounced back up and I grasped it. I shoved the ball at the ground while it bounced up to Joe, then he shoved it back and it was once again, back in my hands. I breathed in deeply and made my move. I took the ball with one hand and dribbled it to the right, left, and then around him to the right again, I dribbled up towards the basket for a lay up and threw the ball up to the backboard with my right hand. It hit the backboard and sunk in.

"YES!" I screamed, almost as loud for anyone around to hear.

I looked over at Joe, and he was still facing the basket, and looked at me. His mouth was propped open, and his eyes were wide. He snapped back and started walking towards me,

"Well, since you won, can I ask you something?" I walked towards him, so we were now in front of each other, I reached for his hands at his side and I locked our fingers together.

"Sure, shoot" I smiled.

"I know before I went out on tour we were friends, and you weren't the prettiest girl. But you were too me. Why did you change yourself?"

I sighed and swallowed; I looked into his brown eyes and answered, "Well…" I unlocked our fingers and turned my head to the side, I couldn't look at him when I explained why. "I was hoping that if you came back or we saw each other in the future, you would see me like this and I could feel worthy to you. I wanted to feel pretty, not only in other boys eyes, but in yours too. And that was way before I knew that you thought I was pretty back then. I wanted to be something that you could show off, or be proud to have in your arms." I was still looking around at the rain dropping on the ground. I felt his fingers linger on my skin and lift my head up to see him.

"Al, why would you say that? You were beautiful anyways. I didn't care about your looks; I was in love with the girl that was inside" We locked eyes, and he smiled. He gently put his hand on my cheek and leaned in. Our lips encountered as the rain hit our faces. I was slightly smiling as we were kissing; I put my hands on his chest, while he had his around my waist. He drew me closer until our bodies were almost one, I unattached our lips and rested my head on his chest. I could hear his heart beating, slowly. We pulled apart, and walked towards the edge of the court; I grabbed my sweatshirt that was now soaking, and headed in the direction of the car.

"I'll call you tonight, love you Al" he wrapped me in one last hug, looked at me and headed back to his car. I smiled, and walked over to the car. I steadily got into the car, and started the engine. I started to ring out my hair from the rain, and blasted the heat. As I looked back up in front of the car, I saw Amy running towards the car. I quickly rolled down the window as she came to the side of the car,

"Hey Ams, what's up?"

I looked over at her and saw that her eye was bruised. I put my hands over my mouth and my eyes widened. I continued, "What the hell happened?"

She started to cry, I could see the tears falling down her face. I quickly got out of the car, and captured her into a hug. Her head was leaning against my chest, while the rain kept descending.

CHAPTER 5:

As we were driving back to my house, I looked over at Amy, worried. She had her head leaned against the window, staring out it.

"Do you want to talk about it or no?"

She sighed and lifted her head to look at me. We were stopped at a stop light, and I looked over. I asked another question before she answered, "Who would do this to you?"

She breathed heavily and answered, "It was…Cameron."

The light suddenly changed, "are you going to go?" she asked.

"What are you talking about?"

"The light, Ally!"

"Oh!" I said as I hit the gas pedal, I was still in shock from the name that came out of her mouth.

"He found you?"

She nodded. Amy told me a long time ago that her old boy friend Cameron was really abusive to her. They moved from their house in Michigan and moved here. That's when she found Joe and they got together. But I guess, he was able to find her.

"What are you going to do?"

"I don't know…"

The rest of the car ride was silent. We finally arrived at my house and I told her that she could stay a couple nights if she wanted to. It was Friday night, the night before homecoming. Joe texted me,

JOE : )-

Good luck at your game!

ME-

You won't be there?

JOE : )-

Nope sorry, I can't make it. Family stuff.

I took one last look at the text and threw the phone on the bed. I had to get pumped for my basketball game, even though I didn't know if I could, especially since Joe wasn't going to be there. I blasted my iPod in my room while I got ready. I threw my jersey over my head and pulled up my hair with pre-wrap. I smiled at the reflection looking back. I was ready to win.

CHAPTER 6:

JOES' POV:

I just told Ally I couldn't do anything because I had something special planned for her. It was hard to lie to her, but it was for a good reason. I smiled at the thought.

ALLYS' POV:

We pulled up to the school, and my mom let me out of the car. I grabbed my bag and headed towards the gym. I saw Amy walking,

"Hey Ams. How you doing?"

She turned around; this time she had a bruise on her neck and arms. My arms automatically wrapped around her. "Let's go" I quietly said. We entered the locker room, and some of the girls started to stare at Amy.

"What the hell, do I look like a mirror to you? Stop staring!" I could tell she was getting frustrated. She took a seat on the bench in the middle of the locker banks and buried her head in her hands.

"I'll let coach know you can't play tonight." I started rubbing my hand on her back, letting her know everything will be okay. She looked up, and mouthed the word, "thanks" and I noticed that she had tears on her cheeks. I told the coach, and went back to my locker. I did the combo and it squeaked open, I place my bag in there and waited around for the coach to come. We all were very anxious since it was our first home game. Coach came out, told us the plays and we all ran out on the court. The music was playing as we were taking shots. I looked over in the stands and saw my parents, and no Joe. I glanced at the crowd once again; I guess he really wasn't coming. The ref blew the whistle before we went out on the court. We were in the huddle,

"Okay, I want the first shot from Ally" the coach said pointing at me.

My eyes grew, "Me? Why me, coach?"

"Because I said so! Now let's go!" We all had our hands in the middle and pulled them out, "Warriors!" we yelled.

My stomach started to get butterflies, I just had to focus on the jump ball and who got it, then they had to pass to me for the first shot. Just pretend like your playing with Joe, I thought to myself. I breathed in and out. The whistle was blown and I watched the ball gradually go up in the air. We got the ball! They passed it to me, and I dribbled to the 3 point line and glided the ball in the hoop. I stared at the back board and noticed a sheet of paper, it said:

'I'm glad you took a shot to go to Homecoming with me! From Joe'

Once I read the sign, I looked below the basket and saw Joe standing there with flowers in his hands. The corners of my mouth rose into a smile. I completely forgot that we were playing basketball and I walked towards him.

"Are these for me?" I questioned.

"No, I was actually asking Amy…" he said sarcastically

I couldn't help but laugh, he smiled. I got a little weak in the knees. I wrapped my hand around his neck and pulled his lips to mine. They were gentle and soft. My eyes were closed and Joe pulled away. "You never answered the question" he said in a serious tone.

"Well, if I said no, do you think I would kiss you?" I had one hand on my hip and the other was holding the bouquet.

"True," he winked. "Now get back in that game! They need you"

I turned around and looked at the score, he was right. As I was walking back on the court, Joe smacked my butt. I turned around and looked at him, "Hey!"

"Nice shot" I bit my lip at what he just said.

"I learned from the best" I winked back at him. We ended up winning the game against Neuqua, our rival school. Could things get any better?

CHAPTER 7:

Saturday morning came quicker than ever, it was officially Homecoming. I woke up that morning, bright eyed and ready to get all dolled up. Amy and I were scheduled for our nails at 1, then our hair around 2:30ish. I slipped into my dress that embraced all of my curves. My dress was a teal color, and Amy's was red. I opened the door from Amy's bedroom and we both slowly walked down the hallway to lead us to the stairs. We stood at the top of the stairs and I saw Joe standing there.

JOES' POV:

I was nervously playing with the box that the corsage came in, when Kevin tapped me,

"Dude, look" he pointed at the top of the stairs. I brought my head up from where I was looking and saw Ally. She was beautiful, I couldn't even breathe. Her dress rested upon every curve on her body and I couldn't take my eyes off of her. As she walked down the stairs, she looked so poise, how could I get this lucky to find a girl like her?

KEVINS' POV:

I hit Joe to pay attention to the girls coming down the stairs, and I noticed how beautiful Amy looked. Even if she had a black eye, and bruises, she was the prettiest girl in the room. Her dress was red, with high heels, and she walked down the stairs so graceful, the only thing my eyes could do was follow.

ALLYS' POV:

We were taking pictures at 4:30 at Amy's house. She didn't have a date, so Joe's brother Kevin offered to take her. After all of the camera flashes from our parents, we drove to Olive Garden for dinner.

"Thanks for taking me Kevin"

"My pleasure" Kevin replied, Amy blushed. I could tell she was going to have a better night. We all sat down at the tables, both Kevin and Joe pulled our chairs out for us before they sat down. A waitress made her way over to the table to take our order; she was staring at her pad of paper,

"Good Evening, I'll be your server tonight. Is there something I can start you off with…" she looked up from her paper and continued, "Your Joe and Kevin Jonas!" she said pointing at them.

"Well…" Joe started to lift his spoon and looked in it, "I hope I am" I laughed, and so did the waitress.

"You are the funny one!" she continued, "So what can I get you guys? It will be on the house."

"That's not necessary" I added.

"Sure it is." She smiled at Joe, and Joe looked her up and down and smiled. I rolled my eyes and as Joe was ordering I kicked his leg under the table,

"Ouch!" he yelped. He looked up at me, and I smiled. The waitress took our orders and walked away. As she was walking away I noticed Joe watching her. He looked back at me, and asked,

"Why the hell did you do that for?" I folded my arms at his question.

"Are you serious Joe? You checked her out!"

"No I didn't! What are you talking about?"

"Well, if you don't call that checking a girl out, then what is?" I questioned with a smirk on my face, let's see if he could answer this one.

CHAPTER 8:

"Well, stand up" I rolled my eyes and slowly got up from the booth.

"This is what I call checking a girl out," he looked me up and down, then said, "Damn!"

"Ugh!" I pouted all the way to the bathroom. I heard the high heels from Amy following me.

Joe and Kevin were still sitting back at the table, "Smooth…" Kevin said glaring at Joe. He took a sip of his pop.

"What did I do?" Joe questioned.

"It's what you didn't do" he replied.

The car ride to the dance was silent, except from the laughter of Amy and Kevin. I was staring out the window at the cars passing by. My phone vibrated in my purse, I opened it and saw the screen light up, I had a new text message,

JOE : )-

I'm sorry : (

I stared at it once again and looked over to the seat next to the window where Joe was sitting. He was also staring out of the window. I smiled; I just couldn't stay mad at him. I quickly texted back, so he wouldn't know if I got it or not.

ME-

I Love You.

I looked over at Joe who had just opened his phone, and smiled. He looked over at me, and leaned in. Our lips met, it only lasted a second but it was nice. We finally made it to the dance, as we were walking in, I could hear the music from the ballroom. I smiled at the thought of what it would be like tonight. Joe whispered in my ear,

"I got us a room"

I smiled and noticed Julianne looking over at us. She came walking towards us, and I squeezed Joe's arm tighter than ever. He looked down at me, with a smile that said, don't worry.

"Hey Joe!" she squealed, she looked over at me, "Ally."

Wow, bitch. I smiled at her; I didn't even want to talk to her because she always caused tension between Joe and me.

"Julianne" Joe said. We both brushed past her, to where the dancing was happening. Amy and Kevin were behind us. On my way into the ballroom, I saw Melissa and Lisa, my basketball friends. I stopped,

"Mel! Lisa! How are you guys?" I asked as I was giving them each a hug.

"Good! I see you came with Joe," Melissa said, "You sure are lucky!" she smiled.

"You look gorgeous, both of you!" I replied to both Melissa and Lisa. "Well, I have to go; Joe wants me out on the dance floor. But we can catch up later! Love you guys!"

We hugged, and all went our separate ways in the dance. I found Joe in the middle of the dance floor, standing with Kevin and Amy. I was guessing he was waiting for me. He turned around and looked at me,

"Hey you" he smiled.

I smiled back, "Hey"

"Want to dance?" he asked.

"Yeah sure" I grabbed his hand and he led me to the dance floor. I started to grind on him and noticed Julianne watching while she was dancing on another guy. I would look away and every time I looked over at her, there she was, staring. Then suddenly, Kevin and Amy came over in front of us, and blocked my vision of her.

"Thanks!" I yelled so Amy could hear me.

"No problem" she smiled as she grinded on Kevin.

CHAPTER 9:

Finally, a slow song came on. Joe grabbed my hand after grabbing a drink and brought me into his arms. I had my arms around his neck, while he had his hands on my lower waist. I was looking down at the ground, and he leaned down to see me,

"You okay?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine" I smiled back up at him. "I love you, you know that right?"

"Yeah of course I do," he leaned towards me and our lips attached, I closed my eyes as I slid my hand up on his cheek. We kept kissing, and I could no longer here the music, I felt as if we were the only ones in the room. I wished it never ended,

"Get a room!" Amy yelled over to us. I unattached our lips and looked at her and laughed. She smiled and laughed again. She was dancing with Kevin.

AMYS' POV:

I was dancing with Kevin to a slow song. I just saw Ally and Joe kissing; I wish I had that instead of these bruises. I felt fingers against my skin and Kevin lifted my face to his and our lips met. I kissed back passionately; I slid my hands through his curly locks, as he had his hand on my back. I opened my eyes to see if this was really happening, it had been so long since I felt this way. I pulled away slowly; I touched my lips with my fingers,

"Wow," I smiled up at Kevin.

"Ha, thanks. I'm going to take that as a compliment" he smiled back.

"You should" I winked at him.

JOES; POV:

We were still dancing, when I leaned in and whispered in Ally's ear,

"Meet me at the room" she smiled. She whispered back,

"Okay, I'm going to go get a drink. See you there"

As I was heading for the exit from the ballroom, Julianne jumped in front of me.

"Hey you, where you going? You haven't danced with me yet" she put her hand on my chest to stop me, I looked down at her,

"Yeah I know, and I'm not going to"

"Aw, how can you resist me?" I could tell she had been drinking because she was wobbling all over the place.

"I'm meeting Ally in a hotel room, and how can I resist you, like this," I said brushing past her and out the door. God, was she annoying. I headed towards the elevator and walked in, I hit floor number 20. My stomach started to get anxious, this would be the night. Ding! I heard the elevator say as it reached the floor I needed. I quickly got out and looked for the room; I found it and opened the door. I walked in and sat on the couch, I waited for about 30 minutes. I heard a knock at the door, I quickly ran to it with a smile on my face, I opened it to find…

CHAPTER 10:

Julianne; standing there with a drunken smile on her face. My smile vanished.

"What are you doing here? And how did you know what room I was in?" I demanded.

"Well, I ran into Ally and she was with…Eric. And she told me to tell you that she was 'taken care of'" she said with air quotes around it. My eyes grew wide, and my throat started to ache. How could she do this? After everything we have been through. It was like she was pushing me away. First, the thing with me and Julianne she didn't believe, and now she was with Eric? I don't get it. I put my hand to my head, and looked at Julianne. I walked towards the door,

"Where you going?" Julianne issued.

"Home" I went to the door and twisted the handle open and slammed it shut.

ALLYS' POV:

I headed towards the elevator when I heard Amy,

"Ally!" I turned around to see her and Kevin holding hands. I smiled, I was glad she was happy now. She continued, "We are going home, do you need a ride?"

"Nope, I'm good. Joe will bring me home" I waved goodbye and they headed out the door. I lightly pressed the elevator button, and waited patiently for the doors to open. Once they did, I got in and pressed the floor number. Butterflies started growing inside my stomach; I was hoping this would be the night for me and Joe. I reached the floor, and headed down the hallway to find room number 20. I knocked on the door, and tapped my foot as I waited. The door finally opened, I saw Julianne standing there in a towel.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I think I have the wrong room, I was looking for Joe" I looked her up and down, disgusting.

"Oh, Joe. No you don't, he is in here."

"Are you sure?" I said with a worried look on my face.

"Yeah, he is in the shower"

"The… shower? For what?" I asked again.

"Rinsing off," she said with a smirk on her face.

My head started to hurt, and tears were about to form in my eyes. I held them back, and breathed in deeply. "Oh…well can you tell him, I never want to see him again" I said as I was walking down the hallway. I couldn't stop the tears at this point, they were leaking out of my eyes. I got to the elevator and broke down.

JULIANNES' POV:

As I shut the door, where Ally was just at. I laughed. This would be fun, I thought to myself. I went the bathroom and shut off the running shower that was empty.

NEXT PART OF THE SERIES:
called 'One Call Away'