"Could you have been any more pathetic?" I asked Nick as we entered his house and I kicked my flip flops off. I was not at all happy about how my afternoon was turning out. I had planned on lying out by the pool and relaxing but instead I had to do manual labor for complete strangers and all because Nick didn't know how to think with his upstairs brain. I mean sure I liked Emma, she seemed nice but Grace? She was completely psychotic and her giggling made me want to punch her in her annoyingly pretty face.

"Oh come on, I thought she was cute." He told me and I rolled my eyes.

"Cutely throwing herself all over you maybe. I thought you went for girls with class." I argued and he shot me a look.

"You don't even know her." He stated and I shrugged.

"I don't need to." I told him and it was his turn to roll his eyes as he pushed past me.

"You're too judgmental." He muttered but I brushed it off as I made my way into the living room. I knew I had a high standard for people but that was just because too many people had let me down before and I would be damned if I got my hopes set on someone again. That just led to disappointment. The only people I knew who hadn't traded me in for someone or something cooler were the Jonas's. That was why they were my best friends and the only people in the world I trusted.

"What's wrong Olive?" I heard someone ask and I just shook my head as I plopped down onto the couch, making sure I was as far away from Nick as possible.

"You mean other then the fact Nick's an idiot?" I asked back and Nick's oldest brother, Kevin, laughed as he took a seat next to me.

"What did you do now Nick?" He questioned looking over at his brother and waiting for an answer.

"Nothing! I was just being nice and helping the new girls unpack and Olivia got all jealous because the attention wasn't on her." Nick answered as he sent me another glare and I just made a face back. Yes, I was aware we could be completely childish at times, especially when it came to fighting.

"Excuse me I don't need attention, unlike some other redhead I know…" I shot back, referring to Grace. Nick opened his mouth to make some comment back but Kevin quickly held up his hands.

"What are you guys talking about? Who are the new girls?" He asked and I sat back in my seat, letting Nick answer since he was oh so eager to defend them.

"They moved into the Jacobson house. There's this cute blonde, Emma, who I think is about Joe's age and then there's this really hot redhead named Grace who's seventeen. I told them to stop by later." He explained and I laughed.

"Have something add Olive?" Kevin asked and I shrugged.

"Not really, just that she was all over him giggling every five seconds and be completely annoying and dumb." I answered.

"Which one?" Kevin asked.

"Grace." I answered back not seeing why it mattered.

"Way to go kid. That means Emma's up for grabs right?" He asked, congratulating Nick and I let out a frustrated yell as I stood up and hit Kevin with the pillow that had been sitting next to me.

"You guys are freaks!" I told them both as they burst into laughter and then stormed out of the room and onto the back deck.

"Someone's having a bad day." I heard and I looked to my left to see Joe sitting at the edge of the pool, dipping his feet into the water and reading a book.

"Oh really?" I asked sarcastically and sighed as he gave me a look of mock hurt. "Sorry, your stupid brothers are driving me up a tree." I apologized and he laughed.

"And that's new how?" He asked and it was my turn to laugh. "Something else is going on so come sit down and tell me what's wrong." He said and I smiled as I walked over and sat next to him, slipping my feet into the water and trying to ignore the butterflies that were fluttering in my stomach from being so close to him.

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"Wow, I can't imagine someone would actually want to flirt with Nick." He told me a few minutes later as I finished telling him all about my day and I laughed. I was feeling much better and was starting to realize just how ridiculous this whole thing had been. I didn't care if Nick got a girlfriend, in fact I would be happy if he did, as long as I was a part of his life that is.

"You totally missed the point of the story." I informed Joe and he started laughing as well.

"Nah, I got it just fine. You like Nick right?" He asked with a grin and I splashed some water at him.

"You are such a loser." I informed him, mimicking the grin on his face.

"Who you calling loser, punk?" He asked and I let out a yell as he managed to splash a bunch of water in my face.

"Oh you are going down!" I told him as I splashed more water at him and laughed as an all out water fight broke out between the two of us. And just like that my day became a million times better.