I denied every and any feeling I had towards Joe in my body at that moment. Hate. Like. Anything. I wasn't getting attached to him. Or any of these boys for that matter. I already liked them and I'd only been hanging out with them for less than an hour. It'd be heartbreak to have to lose any of them like I had anyone else I was close to...I wouldn't be able to handle it. I must've been really out of it, because Kevin started to shake me.

"Hey. Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine." I said quietly. "Were you saying something?"

"I was just talking about Sarah. How she isn't actually a fan. More like a person who likes fame."

"Oh." Right then I realized something wrong in that sentence. The same thing that was wrong with the other one. "Did you say fan?" I asked, completely perplexed.

"Oh, right you don't know who we are." Nick said, and he sounded almost as confused as I was when he said it.

"That would explain why you weren't shrieking or hyperventilating." Kevin said. "We're famous."

"Okay.." I said trailing off. "For what exactly?"

Kevin laughed at the tone of my voice and his laugh was just so...I couldn't even describe it.

"We're a band." he said, traces of his laughter still in his voice.

"Like a boy band?"

"Like a band of brothers." he said.

"Oh! You're brothers. In a band. Together." I let it soak in for a second. "Don't you wanna kill each other with all the time you spend together?" I know if I was in a band with Ayden, we'd kill each other in no time.

"Actually, we already have. We're a ghost band." came a voice from the other room. Joe walked in, confidently placing himself next to me on the couch again with a bowl of popcorn in his hand. Kevin rolled his eyes.

"No, we get along. mostly anyway." he said, eyeing Joe. "So what did Sarah want?" he asked Joe.

"Tomorrow night we're going to some party with people she's meeting with to get a movie deal." he said, putting a handful of popcorn in his mouth. "This couh be heh big breah."

"Could you swallow before you talk next time?" Kevin asked, disgusted by his brother's rudeness. Joe just stuck his tongue out at him. A phone rang again, only this time it was mine. I hesitated as to whether or not I should answer.

"Go ahead." Nick said, gesturing to a door. "You can talk in the bathroom if you want privacy."

"Thanks." I said and I headed into the bathroom. Looking at the I.D it said: Riley. Sighing in relief that it wasn't Derek, I answered. "Hello?"

"Hey! Where'd you go?"

"I left. Derek was being an ass."

"Yeah, I heard. He's such a jerk. You know, I saw him making out with some skank when I left?"

"Thanks Riley. You really know how to make me feel better." I said sarcastically. "I just thought you should know. Where are you?" "Some guys' hotel." I said, immediately regretting my choice of words.

"You go girl! Moving on, I'm proud of you!" I knew she'd take it the wrong way.

"No Riley, I'm not here for that. I sort of passed out when I left and the guy brought me here. Now I'm hanging out with him and his brothers."

"Cool. What are their names?" She didn't actually sound remotely interested, but I told her anyway.

"Joe, Kevin, and Nick."

"JONAS?!" She exclaimed through her phone.

"I don't know. They're in a band." I said plainly.

"THE JONAS BROTHERS?!"she exclaimed again.

"Yeah, I guess."

"Oh my gosh! You are with the Jonas Brothers! Lucky!"

"Come on Riley. They're just normal guys." I tried to convince her. It didn't work out so well.

"Normal guys who are hot, incredibly talented, and famous!"

"Okay whatever. I gotta go."

"Alright, but what about Ayden?"

Shoot. "Tell him I'm at your house."

I looked at my watch. 12:45 A.M. Wow. Had it been that long?

"'Kay. But you gotta get with one of those boys Makenzie."

"Goodbye Riley." I said, hanging up the phone. The thing with Riley was that she was always trying to get people together, which is how me and Derek came about actually. I wasn't gonna let her do this with them. I walked out of the bathroom and back to where the boys were. I sat on the couch, moving Joe's feet out of the way since he was sprawled out on it now, and Kevin was playing Guitar Hero. Nick wasn't even there anymore.

"So what's your name anyway?" Joe asked. Kevin put his game on pause. I forgot that they didn't know me. It felt like I'd known them forever.

"Makenzie."

"Cool name." Joe said, taking a gulp of Red Bull.

"So Makenzie..." Kevin started, "Wanna see me kick your butt at Guitar Hero?" He had a competitive grin on his face.

I smiled the same way back. "Bring it on."