I suspect that this is better than my usual writing, but I'm probably wrong.
I like this story. 'Tis fun to write.
If it doesn't quite come through yet, Lilly is kind of Joe's only weakness. This chapter kind of gives some back story on the Jonas' and Lilly's relationship.
Joe is 17. Lilly and Nick are 15.
Nobody but Oliver knows that Miley is Hannah. Lilly and Miley and Oliver are still best friends.
Hopefully, fanfiction will fix itself soon, cause the no alerts are pissing me off.
Props to my homies; Anna, Cayce, Deni.
Review Please.
-Emilie
The next morning, Joe woke to someone trying to rip his shoulder from its socket. His eyes ripped open to look up towards his younger brother. Joe immediately burst into laughter, then quieted, trying not to wake Lilly. He sniggered at Nick's appearance, which pertained mostly to the large grey shadows under his eyes and his curls going every which way. Like he'd just woken from a horrid night of sleep.
"Why are you here?" Nick whispered in a hoarse and much louder than tolerable voice.
"Fell asleep." mumbled Joe as he sunk down back into his sleeping position, holding Lilly like she was a delicate snowflake. Nick grabbed Joe's shoulder again and shook it. Joe looked up to him.
"Dude. If mom or dad find you like this their gonna freak. Go upstairs. Lily will be fine." whispered Nick reassuringly. Joe sighed. He desperately didn't want to leave her. He didn't want to leave her strong atmospheric scent that calmed him and drove him insane, all at once. He didn't want to leave the safety of being asleep next to the girl who he loved. He looked to Lilly warily. Nick noticed his obvious want to stay with the girl.
"Come on, Joe." said Nick. Joe nodded and gently moved from his place. He shifted Lilly so that she was comfortably lying on the couch with the blanket over her. Joe glanced once more at his best friend, and then looked to Nick.
Nick smirked and pointed up the stairs. Joe shot him a inappropriate hand gesture and slumped off. He climbed the staircase and found his bed. His room was humid and hot from the open window that Kevin insisted to keep open because he liked the warmth. Joe felt his skin start to become moist and sticky from the humidity. He groaned. He got up and shut the window, unfortunately resulting in Kevin waking up immediately. He looked at Joe and groaned.
"Just leave it open…."
"GET A BLANKET." yelled Joe in a harsh whisper.. He felt the cool air engulf him as he fell into his pillows.
"Someone's not sleeping well…" Kevin mumbled before falling directly asleep. Joe lay in the cool air, waiting patiently until he could be around Lilly again.
Within two hours and fifteen minutes, Joe had kept track, Kevin woke Joe up. It was around 9:45 and Denise Jonas was making breakfast. Kevin and Joe went downstairs, Joe eagerly awaiting his invisible reunion with Lilly, Kevin just starving. The boys peered into the kitchen to see their mother making breakfast and Nick and Lilly sitting at the kitchen table, thumb wrestling. Nick won. Lilly secretly let him. Nick always insisted on setting the table as soon as he woke up for some reason, which Joe generally didn't mind, because it meant that he didn't have to do it. Nick challenged Lilly to another thumb wrestling tournament, and she accepted. Joe took a seat next to Lilly and rested his head on the table. Lilly glanced at him, then back to her game.
"Good morning." She said cheerfully.
"Mornin'…." Joe mumbled, now realizing that he was extremely tired from the lack of sleep. Lilly giggled at her friend as her arm darted this way and that as her thumb fought with Nick's. Lilly let him win again. She sighed and turned to Joe.
"You look tired." She stated.
"I'm exhausted." grumbled Joe. Suddenly, Kevin set a large plate of pancakes in the center of the table, and Joe's expression brightened. He grinned. He grabbed a bunch and stacked them on his plate. He snatched the syrup and pour it generously onto his seven stack pancakes. Lilly laughed at him. She took a few pancakes, three to be exact, and stole the syrup from Joe. Joe shot her an annoyed look, but it passed when she smiled at him.
The five kids, Frankie had woken and was downstairs and Kevin sat down to eat, ate the pancakes in much delight. Denise and Paul joined them at the table and the family (plus Lilly) ate breakfast.
After a while, the front door opened, and a man with short, slightly spiky blonde hair came in. He smiled at the family.
"Good morning, Jonas'." He said cheerfully.
"Morning, Uncle David." Nick mumbled, shoving another piece of pancake into his mouth. ortunate for Joe, he wasn't their actual uncle, but they considered Lilly and him family for as long as they'd known each other. David Nathaniel was the Jonas brother manager, and Lilly's dad.
"Morning, Daddy." Lilly said. Her father kissed the top of her head.
"So, this morning, I woke up to find that the house was empty. Lilzee…" He said smiling woefully.
"I fell asleep. Gosh." She said giggling. "Joe and I were watching the third Pirates of the Caribbean." She explained. David nodded and shrugged.
"Well, David, now that you're here, would you like some pancakes?" Denise asked cheerfully. David smiled at her.
"I'd love to, Denise, but I just came by to make sure Lilly was here. I'm heading off to the office." He said gracefully.
"Well, alright." She said quietly.
"Have a nice day!" He said as he started to walk out the door. He suddenly froze and turned toward Lilly. "Oh, and Lilly, Matt called three times." He smiled. Lilly gasped, and dropped her fork.
"HE DID?!" She squealed. Matt was Lilly's current boyfriend of three months, and the reason for Joe's misery. David nodded and smiled. A grin spear across Lilly's face, and a frown came across Joe's. He watched as she quickly stuffed the rest of her pancakes into her mouth, swallowed and got up.
"Thanks for breakfast, Mrs. Jonas!" She shouted as she ran out the door. Joe watched her disappear from sight solemnly. Everyone saw his down expression. Joe's family knew about his love for the girl.
Lilly and the Jonas' went way back. Ten years to be exact.
You see, Lilly's mother and father divorced when Lilly was only 3, and her mother got custody of her. Heather and Lilly moved to Wyckoff, New Jersey, right next door to a small musical family, the Jonas, of only five at the time. Lilly instantly befriended the boys.
Nick and Lilly shared a tight bond, because they were exactly the same age. Both were born on the sixteenth of September. They considered themselves twins, even thought they looked nothing alike and really didn't have much in common. Course, that's what made them best friends. Nick was super protective of his twin, and Lilly was protective of Nick. They were forever biffles.
Kevin and Lilly always had a somewhat big brother - little sister kind of relationship. Kevin, like Nick, was incredibly protective of her. That's how Kevin was with everyone, and he was twice as bad. Like, parentals bad. He had to meet every boy she went out with, just so he could make sure that he was ok.
Joe was different. Until Joe turned 14 and she was 12, he and Lilly absolutely loathed each other. Joe used to pick on Lilly constantly. Every single time she was over, or when she was anywhere near him, they would go at it. Lilly usually won because she read a lot as a child, and used big words against him. Joe wasn't exactly a genius. When Joe realized that him picking on Lilly was because he was to scared to tell her that he liked her, he told her he was sick of fighting with her. Ever since, the two have been best friends, Joe secretly in love with her.
So, the four of them, five once Frankie came into the picture, spent oodles of time together. When Nick started Broadway, Lilly would help him practice his lines, and soon found her own passion for the arts, but she wasn't nearly as forward about it. The only person who she told before she turned 14 was Nick. He had caught her singing in her room once, and couldn't get out of telling him. When she turned 14, she admitted to her dad that she really liked singing.
When the boys got dropped from Columbia records, Lilly was there for them, and it just so happened that Lilly's dad was in town. David worked as a manager for Hollywood records, and saw them play at a open mic one night. When they had to move to California, all five were completely distraught as to what to do considering they would be leaving Lilly.
But then, things turned around, when David offered for Lilly to live with him, and move to California with the boys. And so started the California adventures of the Jonas boys and Lilly.
"So, boys, we spoke with David about your next tour." Paul said, breaking the silence and finally moving Joe's attention from Lilly to the conversation.
"Oh, really? Whats the deal?" Nick asked.
"Lilly's going to be opening for you," This perked Joe up. "And it's a joint tour with Hannah Montana." Paul finished. Nick's head shot up and he looked at his parents.
"Hannah Montana!?" Nick yelped excitedly. Joe snickered at him. Nick shot him an annoyed look.
"Yes, Nicholas. Hannah Montana." Denise said smiling. Like Joe's Lilly crush, Nick's attraction to the teen sensation was well known by the family. "We thought you might be happy." She sad smiling. Nick's face dropped and he looked down at his food, continuing to eat, while he hid the red that was developing on his cheeks and ears.
"When does it start?" asked Kevin, who was the only boy sitting at the table who wasn't obsessing over a girl. Even Frankie had been daydreaming about a girl in his school who he fancied.
"A few weeks. We still have to finish working on a few things, and the we set sail." Paul replied.
"Great." Kevin said smiling.
One thing was running through everyone's heads.
This would be one interesting tour.
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