Hey guys! Sorry for being so late. I lost inspiration but now I'm back. I tried to make this as the least cheesy as I possibly could...You can tell it's already gonna be mushy, huh? I hope you guys like it! "D And reviews mean the world to me. As well as marshmallows and Nick Jonas & The Administration's "Stay" which comes out on March 2nd. :D Whoa...this is the longest chapter I've written...I think I didn't do a too-crappy job. I tried to embrace the Jemi in me and try to make it seem...real. Please review and tell me how I did. 8D
Chapter 7: I Only See You
The Night Before…
Demi smiled as she finished fixing her hair. She took a deep breath and looked at herself in the mirror.
"Okay, Demi…" She told herself, "Tonight's going to be the night you're gonna tell him."
Demi was listening to her iPod. She put her playlist on Shuffle. Katharine McPhee's "Over It" started playing. It sounded…a little depressing. Sometimes when she listened to a song, she felt that it could relate to her life.
It's such a pretty song but the meaning behind it…It's so sad…Could this really be a sign? Nah…I'm probably just over-thinking it. Same as always.
She put on her pair of black skinny jeans and a top that was pretty much like a dress over it. The silky top was a rose red and it flowed nicely down to her waist. She strapped a silver belt around it. She put on her navy blue ballet slippers and decided, make-up already done, that she was ready to go.
She looked at the time on her iPod and saw that it was 6:55 PM. Joe would be here in 5 minutes. That gave her enough time to relax.
Why am I so nervous? It's Joe. The guy I've known for 2 years. Which pretty much equals like 30 years if it were up to me…He might not even think this is a date anyway…Even if that sucks, I still have to tell him…
She suddenly heard a knock at the door and she almost fell off of her bed from getting scared. She let out a little scream and immediately slapped her hands over her mouth.
"Hey! You okay? It's me, Joe!" She heard him outside the door.
"Just a second!" Demi said as she calmed herself down and took one last look at herself in the mirror. She sighed and walked to the door. Her heart skipped a beat as she took in the sight of the adorable 20 year old. She saw him in a light that no other girl was able to see him. His brown eyes shined almost a bright hazel.
His smile was from ear to ear when he saw her was absolutely too much for her to take in. His dark brown leather jacket looked incredibly hot, if she did say so herself. His old ripped jeans that still fit him perfectly after buying them two years ago were the icing on the cake. He looked…well, pretty much like himself. Most of the time, he was forced to wear certain clothes without getting a say in it. She couldn't remember how to breathe.
She blinked to snap out of it and she said, "Hey…" Well…you sure clean up nice…
"You okay? I heard you scream." Joe's eyes were dancing as Demi figured out the letters of the alphabet…how to pronounce them…how to spell…how to speak…She was basically lost in her own little world. When she looked at Joe, some adorable love song popped into her mind. This time it was If I Fell by The Beatles. An old song, she thought, but she loved it to bits.
"Um yeah. I was kinda spaced out. I…nap…Long day. Please make me shut up." Demi whined.
Joe chuckled. "It's okay. Are you ready to go?"
"Just got to get my wig on," Demi said.
"Oh yeah…Me, too…" Joe seemed kinda nervous himself but of course, Demi being so in love with this moron, she didn't realize it. She was too caught it up in how awkward it felt to be this close to him.
"You can come in, if you want," she said, managing to smile.
"Yeah, thanks," Joe said as he walked in and took his wig out of his bag. It was a curly blond haired wig and it made Demi laugh when he put it on.
"You look just like this guy I knew back in middle school. I kinda hated his guts." She cracked up.
Joe frowned. "I can get another wig…"
"Nah…it's fine. You look great in it," Demi said, smiling honestly for the first time.
Joe felt sort of…embarrassed. He never felt this way about any girl. With Demi, it felt different…better…wonderful.
"And what are you wearing on your head tonight?" He managed to ask to shake away his confusion about how he should act in front of her.
"I'm going to be the blond tonight myself," Demi said as she put on the wavy blond haired wig. "I'm really glad I don't have to do this all the time…"
"I know. And why are we even disguising ourselves?" Those words automatically came out of Joe's thoughts. He didn't realize what would come about after this.
Demi's smile faded. Why did they need to hide? What were they trying to prove? "I don't really know how to answer that…I was hoping you'd be the one to answer that question."
"I'm not sure. Do you have any idea?"
"To avoid the press, right?" Demi decided to give a safe answer. She wondered if Joe chose to wear the wig to hide the fact that he was hanging out with her. That made Demi blush with humiliation and her heart began to sank.
"Of course…So I was thinking…Maybe we don't have to wear the wigs tonight. Who cares what everyone else thinks? I wanna be by your side. I don't want to have to hide anything."
"Hide what exactly?" Demi's heart was racing as he gave her relief…and hope.
Shoot. He sighed as he managed to find the correct words to say. "Dems, let's just go out tonight and have a good time."
She smiled at him and decided that she would tell him soon that she loved him. But for now, she just wanted to see how the night would go.
"Awww, this sucks!" Joe said as he and Demi got to the arena downtown. There was a sign in front of the ticket counter that read Safetysuit Tonight: Cancelled.
"Yeah, I know…" Demi frowned, knowing that he would take her home now. Nothing would happen tonight. Absolutely nothing.
Joe glanced over at her who was avoiding his eyes. He felt so bad. He really thought that tonight was going to go as planned…But he thought to himself.
So much for the concert…But then again, I could take this to my advantage…I won't have to deal with seeing her in the dark. We wouldn't be able to talk for a few hours because of all the noise…There's gotta be something else we can do. We're in frickin' Los Angeles, for crying out loud!
Suddenly, he came up with an idea. A sly smile appeared on his face. Demi turned to him and raised an eyebrow. "What's on your mind?"
"Oh…you'll see," Joe said, smiling as ideas started pouring through his head. The perfect song…Perfect timing…I knew I would do this sometime in my life…When I found her…
He extended his hand toward Demi. She looked at it, skeptical.
"What are you doing?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Just take my hand, will ya?" It almost seemed like he was begging her. Her heart began to race but she didn't want to let him know what she was truly feeling…like a nervous wreck.
Oh boy…I know that look on his face…Something tells me that this night isn't gonna be over so soon after all…
She hesitated to take his hand but she immediately shoved her hand at his and intertwined her fingers around his. She hoped her hands wouldn't get clammy…
He began pulling her away from the concert hall and they were running down the street. Demi laughed a little, feeling excitement rush through her veins.
"Where are we going?" She asked as he kept pulling her toward many directions.
He immediately stopped running, making Demi almost trip over her own two feet.
She gasped as she stopped gravity from completely controlling her. "Next time, warn me when you decide to stop pulling me around like a rag doll."
He chuckled as he saw the freaked out look on her face. "Sorry. I couldn't help myself."
She rolled her eyes. "Whatever," she said as she managed to fix her side bangs, "Anyways, what were you thinking, dragging me around to God knows where?"
"I'm trying to find a taxi cab. What else would I be doing?"
"Finding the nearest strip club, I'm guessing…"
He pretended to look offended and said, "Hey, I'm not that dirty…I treasure women for who they truly are."
She managed to suppress her laughter but she made a funny sound in the process. She bit her lip. "Spare me, Joe…" That's when she started laughing so hard. The fact that Joe kept a straight face like he truly meant what he said was what had her rolling around on the ground like a moron.
"You must be dying to know what I've got planned, huh?" He asked as he waited for her to stop laughing.
"Uh huh…Would you mind sharing with me?" She looked up at him and noticed once again how tall he was. She could smell his cologne. She was glad he wasn't one of the guys who overdid it with trying to smell good. She remembered once when she used to have PE back in the 6th grade when she was in middle school. She walked by the boys locker room with some of her friends She could smell the colossal amount of cologne and Axe body spray from outside the door. Her old crush, Jamie and some of his friends stepped out and he smiled at her. Sadly, the strong smell was too much for her. She ended up passing out and everyone immediately surrounded her.
"Guess that Demi likes you, bro," one of Jamie's friends chuckled.
"As if!" Demi's friend Sasha defended her as she noticed her eyes were struggling to open.
Her eyes finally opened and she noticed that her whole PE class and Coach Michaels were all around her in a big circle.
"Demi! Are you okay?" My other friend Vivian screamed as she immediately hugged me.
I struggled to get myself up and I noticed that Jamie helped me up. I immediately turned red. Jamie Franklin was the hottest guy in the 7th grade and his arms were around me. I was at the envy of all the 6th and 7th grade girls. Woot!
"You okay? What happened?" Jamie asked as I looked up at him. That's when I noticed…He smelled like he poured his sweaty body over with at least 2 bottles of Axe. That's when I fainted and humiliated myself yet again…
I always blushed when I thought back to that memory but sometimes I couldn't help but laugh because it was so funny. I just stood there, smiling like an idiot.
"What are you smiling at, weirdo?"
"Nothing you need to worry about…Now tell me. What are you thinking?"
"I just came up with an idea so brilliant…that only I could've come up with…"
"And your definition of brilliant would be?" Demi smirked.
"Oh, you know it's true. You think I'm the smartest guy in the world."
"I've met a lot of guys before in my life. I'll give you this: You're one of the only ones whose left a pretty good impression on me." Demi managed to reveal a little honest smile.
Joe was kind of shocked at how bold she was being. She's gained confidence. That's what he realized. He realized that he loved her more than he ever admitted to himself and that really got on his nerves. He shook the thought out of his head and tried to think of a good way to respond.
"That means a lot…" He smiled, trying to think of something clever to say. But she pretty much kicked his ass at being bold for tonight…Or did she?
His eyes lingered and stared directly at hers. He just stood there smiling. It wasn't a goofy smile that he usually put on around her in the past. But this was the smile of someone who might actually love her. She couldn't stand not knowing the truth…
"Joe?" Demi waved a hand across his face. "What's this brilliant idea of yours?"
He shook his head to snap out of it. "I'm sorry, little girl…It's a surprise…"
"I already have a bad feeling about this…" She sighed, looking out at the LA streets filled with speeding cars. The brilliant lights of countless stores blended in with the night scene. It reminded her of some shots of her "Remember December" music video. But this time, she felt a rush inside her that told her that tonight had to be a good night.
15 minutes later, after Joe kept attempting to hail a cab, Demi placed her fingers against her lips, closed her eyes, and whistled as loud as she could. The minute she opened her eyes, there were three taxi cabs that stopped right in front of the two of them.
"Okay…so I see that singing isn't the only thing you're better at than me."
"There are a lot of things that I'm better at than you...just like, surprisingly, there are lots of things you're better at than me."
"So you admit it," he said smirking as he opened the car door and let her in first.
Only God knows where he's taking me…It better not be a strip club. Because if it is…He's so dead to me.
They pulled up to…an amusement park? It was deserted…But all the lights and rides were working just fine…
Her mouth was wide open and her eyes were like a deer's caught in headlights, in a good way if that makes sense.
"Tada," Joe said as he put his arm around her.
A smile immediately formed around her face. They had an amusement park all to themselves…Shut up! No way!
"You pulled this off?" Demi said, trying to form words that connected to her feelings. Of course, it wouldn't make sense if she said banana. Because how can bananas be related to her undying secret love to Joe?
"Yup. I'm brilliant after all, huh?" Joe said as he stepped in front of her, his arms spreading so he can present the amusement park to her. It was hard to take in this sight. It took Demi a few minutes to finally catch her breath.
"Is this all…for…me?" Demi managed to say something that made sense. Something she was dying to know.
"Well, yeah. Do you like it?" He smiled shyly at her. She didn't even think it was possible that he could smile like that. Was he just as nervous as she was?
"Like it? I love it!" she said, her hands shaking from the excitement. Without thinking, she immediately ran into his arms. "Thank you so much! This is incredible…"
He chuckled as he wrapped his arms around her. Anything for my favorite girl.
They reluctantly let go of each other. "So…I was going to bring you here after the concert. Since it turned out to be cancelled, I figured it'd make sense to bring you here. I don't think I would've been able to keep my mouth shut about it for too long."
But he was able to hide his true feelings for practically 2 years. How did he do it?
"I'm speechless…" Demi said, smiling, "But why? Why did you do all this?"
Well, if it wasn't obvious…It's because I love you. "You'll figure it out before the night ends. Let's get a move on!" He smiled, taking her hand. Her heart was racing at the speed of light.
For the next 3 hours, it was non-stop going from the merry-go-round to the giant massive roller coaster (which Demi didn't want to go on in the first place but after what Joe did for her, she didn't feel so afraid anymore) to playing carnival games and winning each other stuffed animals. She held hands with him the entire time. They licked from the same ice cream cone and she couldn't stop giggling as Joe raised his eyebrows at her. They played with water guns and ran across the amusement park, playing tag. They managed to dry up somewhat. Before they knew it, it was 12:30 AM. But they knew the night wasn't going to end so soon. Well, Joe did anyway. Because his real surprise for her was coming up really soon…
"Oh my God, this has been the best night of my life," Demi said, smiling at Joe. He realized that he took her smiles at him for granted. Every time she smiled at him, a part of his heart felt like it melted. He couldn't wait to show her his surprise.
"Mine too," he said and he managed to say, "So…"
"So…" Demi smiled, looking up at him.
He sighed and smiled back and asked her, "Did you finally figure out why I did all this?"
Demi's smiled faded. Well…it's January…And that's way off from being my birthday…I already got a Christmas present from him…I think I know why he did this…But I was scared to admit it…Because maybe I was the one who was in love…Not him.
"Well…I have a pretty good guess…But I'm kind of scared that I'll be wrong…" She said, biting her lip.
"Go ahead…We've got all night." He smiled.
"Well…maybe it's because…" She immediately froze. I don't think I can do this…
"Hey, if you wanna think about it a little more…That's fine," he said, "Anyways, there was just one more thing I wanted to show you."
She sighed a breath of relief and said, "What is it?"
He pointed towards a dark part of the amusement park. She didn't pay much attention to it but then she saw that a spotlight turned on. It was a stage. There stood two chairs and a guitar set in place.
"Umm…what's all this?" Her eyes widened with awe and wonder.
"It's for you. Come on, I've got something I wanna run by you." Those words took Demi back to when they did their lines for Camp Rock. Oh boy…This has got to be a twisted version of when his character Shane Gray sang for her character Mitchie Torres.
"Okay…" She smiled as she followed him. He got up first and extended his hand out for her to take to get up on the stage.
He motioned for her to sit down on one stool. He grabbed his guitar and sat on the stool opposite her.
"Do you remember what my favorite song is?" He practically whispered but Demi could hear him very clearly.
"Of course… 'I Only See You' by Benton Paul, right?" He's only told her that like 12 times…How could she forget. Actually, the first time she actually asked him…She immediately went to download it and the song constantly stuck in her head. It drove her crazy but she never told Joe that.
"Yup," he said, smiling, "And guess what? I'm about to sing it to you."
"No way," she said, putting her hand over her mouth to contain herself.
"I've been practicing this song for months. I never got the chance to after all that's happened...With the world tour and the show…But I've obsessed over this song for too long. And I thought tonight would be the perfect time to test it out."
"Wow…you're serious…I know I'm gonna sound dumb…But…Is this for me?"
"Well, I'll try to say this as nicely as I can…Duh!"
Demi laughed and hit him playfully. "Thank you. You've made this night so…unforgettable…I…"
"Let me play the song so I can make this night better that it already is," he said, smiling.
He started playing the chords to the song and Demi stood there, heart racing.
(A/N: Here's "I Only See You" by Benton Paul. It's actually one of Joe Jonas's favorite songs. Please check it out. I'm already in love with it! You should play the song to actually get better effect and pretend Joe is the one singing the song.)
In a crowded place, I see just your face
And it looks so familiar
I can't get to you, though I'm trying to
There are just too many barriers
He constantly couldn't keep his eyes off her but if he kept staring at her for too long, he would lose track of the song…No matter how hard he practiced for this moment…he would easily lose concentration if he kept staring at her bright brown eyes. She had that much of an effect on him.
But I only see you, in all that I do
To the rest I am blind
I don't want something new, other than you,
For the rest of my life
He winked at her but not in a cocky way. In a way that said, "I love you." Now she realized what he was trying to say…He loved her after all…
People talking loud, I can't hear the crowd
You are so much more appealing
I'll be honest girl, you've become my world
And I'll spend my whole life wondering
'Cause I only see you, in all that I do
To the rest I am blind
I don't want something new, other than you,
For the rest of my life
His face turned more serious…He was trying to make sure that she realized how he felt. He wanted her to know. He was pouring his heart and soul out to her…
Promise I'll always be there for you
If you give me a chance
Promise I'll never be less than true
'Cause I only see you, in all that I'll do
To the rest I am blind
I don't want something new, other than you
For the rest of my life
As he finished the final chords to the addictive melody, Demi felt tears quickly slip away from her eyes. She smiled at him.
"That was beautiful…"
Joe put his guitar down and he inched closer to her. He wiped away her tears and kissed her on the cheek. "I'm glad you think so…But I guess it's not really from me to begin with…"
"No, Joe. You made it all your own. Benton would be proud." She smiled.
He took a good look at her. She glowed under the moonlight. He was right there with her and now was the perfect time to tell her.
"Demi, I…" He began to say.
"I love you, too," she said, smiling.
That's when he pressed his lips against hers and she immediately gave in. They were in a world that only included the two of them and that's just how they liked it. Finally, they both thought, there were no interruptions!
Joe could feel Demi moan as they kept on kissing. He gently held her face and she did the same with his face. He smiled as their lips met and he didn't want to let go. Ever.
They breathed heavily as they let go.
"Wow…That was…" Demi blushed. It was only natural that she would.
"I know…" He said.
"Joe, I can't thank you enough…" She said as they both walked off the stage.
"It was kinda fun setting the whole thing up…It wasn't too much work…I'd do anything for you." He smiled and then said, "Man, that was pretty corny."
"It wasn't. Till you said it was." She laughed.
"I love you," he said, "Now I had a chance to really say it."
"Sorry…I just couldn't hold it all in. You must've thought I was dumb for not realizing that you loved me…"
"Nah…You said you were scared…I was, too."
"But…Things are the way we want them to be." Demi said, as she took a hold of his hand.
"Yeah…I can't believe this is all happening…" He said as he stared intensely at her.
"Neither can I. It's like a completely bizarre dream…"
"Would this make it more bizarre?"
"Huh?" She looked up at him and he kissed her again.
"Now you know it's not a dream," he said, smiling.
"I figured out that this wasn't a dream when I went to the bathroom and slapped myself to try to wake up."
"You're so weird…" He chuckled.
"And what's your excuse?" She laughed.
"It's cuz I'm crazy about you…"
"Oh, Mr. Jonas…You really know how to sweep a girl off her feet."
As they walked back to the entrance of the amusement park, the rides and lights started turning off. She spun around because she was so darn happy…She couldn't believe it.
Gahhh...I made him SING to her *___*. Haha that must have been the most perfect date ever. 3 I love Jemi but...you know, that something's going to happen, huh? I spent a lot of time coming up with ideas and some of the interesting stuff I wrote just popped into my head and I stuck with it...Brilliant, no? x)
Questions: What did you think of the Jemi date? What do you think will happen next? Do you think it's happy ever after yet?
Coming up: Niley day 3 and Miley's leave to Franklin, TN. T___T
