"Hey Lily. It's Joe. Remember me? No, that sounds stupid…" Joe tapped his forehead with his pencil, thinking. Then he sighed. I cannot believe that I am writing out what I am going to say to her. Who have I become?
"Joe, what is taking so long? Do you want to watch the movie or not?" Nick's voice reverberated up the stairs from the den where he was, rather impatiently waiting for Joe to appear.
"Huh?" Joe called out.
"Fight Club! You said you wanted to watch it. I just asked you ten minutes ago." Nick was exasperated.
"Oh, well, I forgot. Go ahead without me." Joe replied and then promptly forgot about Nick. He didn't even notice when the sounds of the movie starting never began, but he nearly jumped a mile into the air when Nick was suddenly in his room and leaning over his shoulder, reading what he was writing.
"Dearest Lily. Where are you? It is I your Prince Joe, come calling!" Nick cried out with a British accent. "Where-oh-where are you? I loooove you! Wait? Do I even know you?" Nick broke down into laughter as Joe turned a bright red and then jumped out of his seat and smacked Nick on the back of the head.
"Leave me alone. You don't even know what you are talking about."
"You don't seem to either. How many copies of your 'script' are there in the trash can?"
"I, um, well…I met this girl…" Joe shrugged.
"I can see that. What happened to Mr. Suave Jonas? How can you of all people be blocked on what to say to her when you see her?"
"Well, no. See, I'm writing what I am going to say to her on the, well, phone." Joe closed his eyes ready for the onslaught Nick was sure to give him at this, but instead he was met with silence. Slowly, Joe opened one eye at a time. Nick was staring at him in alarm.
"What's wrong Nick, your eyes are like, glazed over?!"
"What? No, I'm fine. Just shocked. How long have you known this girl?"
"I just met her today."
"And how long did you spend with her?"
"About an hour… why?"
"Well, don't get me wrong, I can't even believe that I'm saying this, but I think you, my friend are smitten."
"What? Me? Nah. Couldn't be. I mean Lily is great. Funny and cute. No, beautiful and intelligent. No, witty and gorgeous. I'm not sure exactly how to describe her, but, wow."
"Joe? Is that you in there? Joe Jonas? Hellooooo?" Nick poked him on the chest. Then raised his eyebrows. "When have you ever gone ga-ga over a girl?"
"I'm not sure. You would have to ask Kevin, he has the best memory." A small semblance of the normal Joe made its appearance at his joke, but then he was pulled under into the dream world where there was only him and Lily.
"I will. This is so weird." Nick was confused, but if there was a girl out there for Joe, and Nick was sure there was, Nick had never imagined that a change like this could happen and just after less than a day with her… it was incredible.
"Tell me about it. I feel so strange. Happy and light. Like a weirder version of myself."
"To tell you the truth, you're starting to sound like a girl."
"Shut up."
"What? I'm your brother, I have to be honest with you."
"Go watch your movie."
"Dude, just call her." Nick smiled reassuringly at Joe. "If she interrupted her day for like an hour to talk to you about whatever than she must like you. Don't worry. Just call. It will come to you."
"Thanks Nick."
"No problem Joe. Maybe Kevin will watch the movie with me, while you go off to la-la land."
Joe waved his hand at Nick, already lost to the world, mentally preparing himself for calling Lily. He shook his head. How could it be that Nick, two years younger than him, had so much more knowledge about what to do in a situation like this? Joe was the first to admit that he had never really been in a relationship, to say the least had a problem with what to say when just calling someone. Maybe Lily was special, and maybe Nick knew more than Joe. Either way, I'm gonna call her.
And he was, but just as rehearsed one last time in his mind what he was going to say to her, his body crumpled up from the exhaustion from his non-stop recording schedule, and Joseph Adam Jonas fell asleep curled up next to his cell phone where the screen read:
Lily
555-3996
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"And then he said, 'I pinky promise to call you'!"
"Ahhhhh!" Miley practically screamed Lily's head off.
"Miley. I'm excited too, but could you possibly not scream that loudly?"
"Sorry. It's just been soooo long since you have liked a guy and that you have gushed about it! I'm so glad. I knew moving to New York with me was a good idea for you!"
"You said that moving here would be great for my career! When did it ever come into your mind that a guy would be involved."
"Well, I didn't plan it, but I can't say that I didn't hope." Miley smiled at Lily happily.
"Ah Miley. Thank you for hoping. Maybe it did me some good…"
"Oh my god! You LIKE him!" Miley started jumping up and down on Lily's bed, screaming. "JOE AND LILY. JOE AND LILY FOREVER." Soon it just turned into a jumbled mess that sounded like, "joeanlilfover"
"Miley. Stop. You are more excited than I am, I swear. It's not that big of a deal."
"Sure, right. A guy in New York knocks your books out of your hands and not only stops, apologizes and picks them up for you, but he is also drop dead gorgeous-"
"I didn't say that!" Lily interrupted.
"You didn't have to. I could see it in your eyes!"
"Since when can you anyone see anything in anyone else's eyes! I sooo don't get that!!" Lily started rambling when she wanted to change the subject.
"Don't even try that. I know all of your tricks! You can't fool me, I'm Lily's best friend!" suddenly Miley started laughing uproariously.
"What is so funny?" Lily asked, half concerned for Miley's sanity and half concerned that her best friend may be pscho.
"You know that book, about the ginger bread man?" Lily shook her head. "Yes you do!" Miley corrected her. "We read it in like the third grade. 'Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man.' Remember?"
Lily shrugged, "Possibly?"
"Ugh, whatever. Sometimes I don't know why I talk to you." Lily gasped and hit her with a pillow.
"You are such a jerk!" Lily shrieked at her.
"Me? I'm not the one who always denies her best friend just one little moment of happiness. Seriously sister, look in the mirror. It is you who is responsible."
Lily just hugged Miley and laughed at the strangeness that was her best friend.
