I do not own HHAW or Jojo, but I own Natalie and my creativity :D

Ooooh it's getting tense now isn't it?? :P

Oh, the song he sings is Why Don't You Kiss Her by Jesse McCartney.

Sorry it's such a long chapter!

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Natalie woke up the next morning still upset. She loved last night with Jojo but she didn't know what she was going to do. She loved Jojo with all her heart, she couldn't just stop seeing him altogether. She went downstairs slowly and quietly, hoping her mum wasn't up yet. She usually wasn't, she liked to sleep a lot. Natalie quickly had a slice of toast and left for school, a bit earlier than usual admittedly, but she wanted to get out of the house as soon as possible. She didn't want another argument.

She left the house, bag on her shoulder, wishing she had brought a scarf with her as is was a lot colder than she expected.

"Natalie!" someone whispered from behind a bush near her house. She stopped, and approached the bush, wishing it was who she thought it would be.

It was.

"So, is she still mad then?" Jojo whispered, Natalie crouching down, joining him behind the bush.

"I don't know, probably, I didn't see her this morning,"

"Oh right, well, what are we going to do then?" said Jojo, dreading what he might be hearing next.

"What do you mean?" Natalie said, a bit puzzled,

"Well, about us, she doesn't want us to be together so what's going to happen, I mean I'll understand whatever your decision is but you know I just -" Jojo's rambling was interrupted by Natalie gently kissing him. This took him by surprise.

"I don't care what my mum says, she doesn't have to know we're together. We'll just keep this our little secret," she said, smiling, "now, we better get to school. I don't want to be late,"

"Good idea," Jojo said smiling. They walked off towards school together, hand in hand.

They arrived at school about 5 minutes before the bell went for 1st lesson.

"Hey, so what do you have first?" Natalie asked.

"Err…" Jojo took his timetable out of his bag, "Oh, we have Art,"

"Awesome!"

They went straight to their Art classroom - they didn't think there was much point in waiting around for 2 minutes before the bell went.

"So… I wanted to ask you out on another date, but well since your mum wont let you see me any more I guess that's not going to happen…" Jojo said quietly, a bit disappointedly.

"Don't worry about her, she'll just have to live with the fact we're together, and I'd love to go on another date with you,"

"Ok, great, so how about we meet up at the observatory tonight?"

"Yeah, sure, but I'm only going up there if you come with me," Natalie said nervously.

Jojo looked a bit confused.

"Well, obviously I'm going with you, it wouldn't be a date otherwise,"

Natalie laughed, "I know you'll be there with me but I mean going UP to the observatory, as in being catapulted into the air,"

"Oh, of course, I forgot about that, yeah I'll meet you at the bottom then, say about 7?" Jojo said, realizing how stupid he'd been.

"Hmm, no, I'm going to be sneaking out remember, so make it about 11"

"Haha, rebellion always wins," Jojo said smiling. Natalie laughed and put his arm round Jojo's waist. The bell was right above them when it rang, which startled them. None of them understood why it had to be so loud. Miss Wholetter, the art teacher, opened the door and invited the class to go inside and sit down.

"Now, Natalie, Jojo; I hope we won't have a repeat of last lesson," she said sternly.

"Yeah, sorry about that," Jojo said quietly, following Natalie into the art room. They sat down at the back of the class.

"Today, class, we will get on with our first artwork of the year! We will be drawing an object of our choice from anywhere around the school. You can choose up to 3 objects, but they all need to be in the same photo. We will spend 10 minutes walking around campus in pairs, with a camera, and each of you take a photo of what you want to draw. Bear in mind we will end up painting it large-scale, if that changes your decision at all. So if everyone pairs up and comes to the front, chooses a camera and goes looking for an object, then meet me back here in 10 minutes."

Natalie and Jojo paired up together, took what seemed like a very high-tech professional digital camera, and set out to find their objects. They both knew exactly where they wanted to go - the music room. It was only down the hall so it wasn't far. They walked up to the music room to find the door open and the room empty. This was a relief for them - they didn't really want to knock and ask to walk around the room in the middle of a lesson.

Jojo walked to one end of the room where they had their guitars. He picked up a red electric guitar and layed it on the table, arranging it so it would make a good shot. Natalie, however, couldn't work out what she wanted to do. She saw the piano - she wanted to do the piano but wanted something else with it as well - Miss Wholetter did say they could have more than 1 object in one shot. She looked around for something else to put with it - then she noticed the open window, and a small rose bush outside. She carefully picked a rose and layed it on the piano keys. Perfect. She took a few shots of this, from different angles.

"So, Jojo, you done?"

"Yeah, I am, but you know we still have 5 minutes or so, how about I play you a quick song?"

"Wow, ok, did you write it yourself?" said Natalie eagerly. She loved Jojo's songs, and his singing.

"Yeah, actually I wrote it when I first met you,"

Natalie was really taken aback by this. No one had ever written her a song before, or a poem or anything for that matter. She sat next to him on the table, he picked up the guitar and he started to play;

We're the best of friends

And we share our secrets

She knows everything that is on my mind

Lately something's changed

As I lie awake in my bed

A voice here inside my head

Softly says

Why don't you kiss her

Why don't you tell her

Why don't you let her see

The feelings that you hide

'Cause she'll never know

If you never show

The way you feel inside

Natalie gently played with his hair with her fingers while he was singing. She still couldn't believe he had actually written her a song. He continued to sing, the whole time with a small smile on his face;

Oh I'm so afraid to make that first move

Just a touch and we

Could cross the line

Every time she's near

I wanna never let her go

Confess to her what my heart knows

Hold her close

Why don't you kiss her

Why don't you tell her

Why don't you let her see

The feelings that you hide

'Cause she'll never know

If you never show

The way you feel inside

What would you say

I wonder would she just turn away

Or would she promise me

That she's here to stay

It hurts me to wait

I keep asking myself

Why don't you kiss her

Why don't u tell her

Why don't you let her see

The feelings that you hide

'Cause she'll never know

If you never show

The way you feel inside...

Why don't you kiss her?

There was a short silence when he stopped.

"Jojo, I…-"

"That was lovely, Jojo, but sadly not what art is all about," Jojo and Natalie jumped at the sound of Miss Wholetter's voice coming from the doorway.

"Oh, I'm sorry, we were just -" Jojo started to explain, but so quietly he could probably not be heard at all.

"Principle's office, both of you. I am very disappointed in you both, I hope you're not going to act like this every lesson."

Jojo put the guitar on the guitar stand at the back of the room and walked out the room, looking at the floor. Natalie timidly followed, giving Miss Wholetter their cameras when she passed. Jojo and Natalie walked down the hall to the principle's office.

"Natalie," Jojo said apologetically, "I'm so sorry, I didn't think we'd get into trouble. I didn't mean for this to happen." Natalie held his hand.

"It's fine. To be honest, I don't mind if we get told off. It was worth it really," she said, kissing him on the cheek. Jojo blushed slightly and smiled.

"So, you really liked it?"

"I loved it. I really did," she said, squeezing his hand.

They arrived at the principle, Mrs Whonote's, office. Jojo knocked on the door. Mrs Whonote opened the door.

"Why hello, come in, so what can I do for you this time?" she said, gesturing for them to enter the office. They did so and sat down in the chairs in front of her desk. Mrs Whonote sat behind her desk.

"Well we were told taking photos of objects around the school for out art project," Natalie started, Jojo in shock at here sudden change in character; last time they were here she was so nervous, "and Jojo and I went to the music room to take photos of some instruments, and we still had over 5 minutes until we had to be back in the classroom, so Jojo sung me a song he wrote for me, and then Mrs Wholetter told us off and sent us here,"

"When will you two learn, you must always do what you're told to do, so if you were told to go straight back to class after taking your photos, you should have done so. And you need to stay on task!" Mrs Whonote said.

"We know, we know, it was just spur of the moment, I guess," Jojo explained.

"I'm sorry, but I have no choice but to call your parents. This is twice you've been sent here in only a matter of weeks." Natalie didn't know what to do, she'd have no hope with Jojo if her mum found out about this.

"Can't you just give us another detention, and we promise not to do it again? Please?" Natalie pleaded.

"I'm sorry but these are the rules," she said, looking inside her drawers for their student folders. She opened Jojo's and looked up his home phone number, and dialled the number on the phone. Jojo didn't seem all that nervous.

"Hello, is this Jojo's mother?……It's Principle Whonote, from Whoville High school……I am calling to inform you that Jojo has been in sent to me twice in the last few weeks, once for note passing and today for being tremendously off task……no, it's not just him, both incidences have involved another girl named Natalie, does he hang around with her often?……yes, yes……I see……no it's not serious at the moment, but it's still school rules that we call you……yes, you're welcome, goodbye,"

- and with that she put the phone down. She then opened Natalie's file, and dialled her home number. Natalie was petrified. She reached out for Jojo's hand, and he held it, giving hers a squeeze.

"Hello, is this Natalie's mother?……This is Principle Whonote, from Whoville High School……no she's fine, I'm just calling to inform you that your daughter has been sent to me twice in the last few weeks, not due to really serious, but it's just school rules that I contact you after being sent to me twice in a month……first she was not passing and this time she was extremely off-task……both times she was with a boy named Jojo……I see, ok……yes……you're welcome, goodbye,"

- and she hung up the phone. Natalie's heart was beating hard in her chest. This was it for sure. Jojo and Natalie looked at each other, and Jojo mouthed "It's Ok" to her. Natalie smiled lovingly and looked to the floor, her smile fading.

"You may leave now, go back to your lessons." She said as both the young Whos got up and slowly walked out the door, Jojo closing the door behind them. Natalie had walked ahead slightly, so Jojo caught up with her, and gently put his hand on her shoulder. Natalie stopped walking and stood there, looking at the floor, her fringe in front of her face.

"Natalie, I promise you everything will work out," Jojo said softly, now standing in front of her, facing her. She still stared at the floor. Jojo gently lifted up her chin so they were looking at each other in the eyes. "you will always have me. I love you."

A tear fell down Natalie's cheek. Jojo pulled her into a hug, and Natalie hugged him back.

"I love you too," she whispered, "but you don't know my mum. She'd do anything to get her way," Jojo gave her a squeeze before letting go. He stared into her eyes.

"Natalie, I was going to give this to you later, but who knows what will happen later," Jojo said, putting his hand in his pocket, pulling out a small chain with a key and a heart charm on it. He went round behind Natalie and put the necklace on her. He walked back round in front of Natalie. "It's the spare key to the observatory. I'm up there every night, all night. If you ever need me, you know where to find me."

Natalie looked up at Jojo and smiled. He smiled back, and she kissed him.

They walked back to their art room, in silence, Jojo's arm round Natalie's shoulders.