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Chapter 7

Third Person POV

Lilly continued walking the short distance from the beach to her house, biting the inside of her cheek to keep from crying. She had wanted to be strong and just walk away from Joe without a second thought, but she had succumbed to temptation. She needed to look at him again, just in case it was the last time. She saw his long figure in the distance, with the ocean as a backdrop. That was going to be the image that flashed into her mind whenever she thought about him. It was a little depressing. She desperately tried to shove the thoughts of him out of her mind. She told him how she felt, and that was that.

"I made the right decision," she told herself over and over. "I am in love with Matt and we're getting married soon." At the thought of Matt, Lilly suddenly remembered that she ignored his call just a short while earlier. She needed to call him back. She whipped her cell phone out of her back pocket and punched in his cell number.

"Lilly?"

"Hey Matt, sorry about earlier…" Lilly began.

"You mean when you ignored my call?" Matt asked, sounding a bit hurt.

"Yeah, I'm sorry. Miley was having a mini crisis and she was in the middle of ranting to me," Lilly lied, praying to god he would believe her.

"Oh," Matt chuckled a little. "Miley will be Miley." Lilly exhaled, not realizing she was holding her breath. "So did you get your ring back?" Lilly was confused a moment before it hit her. She told Matt she went to Miley's house to get her engagement ring back. Luckily Lilly had stuck the ring into her pocket before she left the house.

"Yep, I got it. Anyways, love, I'm coming up the driveway now, so I'll see you in a few seconds," Lilly said breezily.

"Looking forward to it."

"If you want to destroy my sweateeeeeeeeeer. Hold this thread as I walk awaaaaaaaaaay," Joe sang at the top of his lungs as he tapped his fingers on the steering wheel. He was in an absurdly good mood after the events that had happened that day. It just kept replaying in his mind: how Lilly looked in that outfit, the conversation, the wonderful & much anticipated kiss, seeing Lilly turn around and stare after him for a full minute… It was all too much for his brain to wrap around. Sure Lilly said she couldn't see him, but he knew what she really wanted. Him.

He sped along the freeway into Los Angeles. He searched the signs for the right exit and when he found it, he exited the freeway. He reached over into the passenger seat and grabbed the Mapquest directions to his little brother's house. He felt slightly embarrassed that he needed directions to get around L.A. after living there for so many years. But hey, it had been four years since he had been back here.

"Watch me unravel, I'll soon be nakeeeeeeed," Joe continued to sing as he made a left and continued to drive toward Nick's house. "Lying on the floor! Lying on the floor-oor, I've come undooooone!" He made a right and then another, until he finally pulled up to Nick's place. He killed the engine and got out of the car. He whistled as he unloaded his bag from the trunk and walked up to the front door.

Ding Dong.

Nick looked up from the show he was watching at the sound of his doorbell. He got up from the couched and stretched a little before walking over to the front door. He opened it to find a whistling Joe on his doorstep.

"Joe! It's about time you got here!" Nick exclaimed as he pulled his brother into a hug.

"Yeah, it's been awhile, hasn't it?" Joe said, returning the hug. Nick smiled and stood back.

"Come in," he said and gestured inside with his arms. Joe stepped inside and Nick closed the door behind him. Nick turned around and opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again when he saw the look on Joe's face. He wore a goofy grin on his face and he was practically vibrating. Nick was instantly curious.

"What's gotten into you?" he wondered looking at Joe from head to toe. Joe smile slackened a little as he faced Nick.

"What do you mean?"

Nick sighed. "Joe you've been moody and depressed for the past few years and refused to come out to California to see me. Now here you are, standing in my entryway grinning like an idiot. So I repeat: What's gotten into you?" Nick said, crossing his arms over his chest, looking at Joe expectantly.

"What I just can't have a change of heart and be happy to see my mop-top little bro?" Joe joked as he reached over and gave Nick a noogie. Nick slapped his hand away and took a step back. He looked at Joe even more curiously.

"See what I mean? You're acting all…silly again. Something major definitely happened to you," Nick claimed. Then it clicked. "Oh my-You saw Lilly again, didn't you." Joe shrugged and tried to act nonchalant, but was failing. His goofy grin and reddened ear tips gave him away.

"No way bro! You saw her? What happened? How'd she look? Did she remember you? Is she still with Matt? Are you guys together now?" Nick had about 6 more questions he could ask, but Joe putting his hand up stopped him.

"Whoa now, I'll explain everything to you as soon as you show me where I will be sleeping so I can put my bag down. It's getting heavy," Joe stated, shifting the bag onto his other shoulder.

"Right. Sorry about that," Nick apologized. He motioned with his hand. "Follow me." He led Joe down a long hallway until they finally came to a halt at the last door on the left. "This will be your room." Joe stepped in and looked around. There was a queen-sized bed, a walk-in closet, plus a dresser, and above the dresser there was a TV screen hanging on the wall.

"This'll do," Joe sniffed jokingly. Nick laughed.

"Alright, now tell me what happened!" Nick demanded. Joe smiled smugly and brushed past Nick on his way out of the bedroom and into the living room. Nick followed behind him, looking somewhat like an eager puppy. Joe approached the couch and fell back onto it. Nick did the same and waited impatiently for his brother to speak. He didn't.

"What do you want? An invitation? A written OK? Talk!" Nick hollered. Joe smirked. He loved this. He loved being in control and messing with his brothers. Nick especially. He always got the best reactions out of him. Joe had been on the verge of depressed for the past few years, so he hadn't been in the mood to pull anything on his brother's. He had a lot of time to catch up on. So this seemed like the golden place to start.

"Want do you want to know?" Joe asked, completely content with himself.

"Everything!" Nick cried.

"Ask specifics," Joe instructed coolly. Nick wanted so bad to pounce on top of him and physically wipe that damn smirk off his face. He stubbornly sat there, silent. He didn't like giving in to Joe. He didn't want to give Joe the satisfaction.

"Do you want to know or not?"

"Fine," Nick gave in. "How'd she look? Did she look any different?"

"Amazing," Joe said immediately. His goofy grin returned. "Absolutely incredible. And she didn't look any different, just more grown up. She was wearing a bit of makeup."

"What did you guys do?" Nick asked, not wasting any time.

"I made a picnic for the two of us at the beach," Joe said. "She loved it," he added cockily.

"What did you guys talk about?" Nick was beginning to feel like an interrogator.

"You, Kev, and Frankie, her job…Matt."

Nick's eyebrows shot up and they almost touched his hairline. Finally they were getting somewhere. "Are they still together?" he asked frantically.

"Nope. They broke up," Joe told him.

"Well that's great! Now you can swoop in and be her knight in shining armor!" Nick looked more excited about the idea than Joe. He was just sick of seeing Joe act like a moping child for so long.

"Settle down, Nicky boy, it's not that simple. She said she couldn't see me anymore," Joe admitted. Nick's happy façade vanished. It was replaced with a look of confusion.

"What? Why? Does she have a new boyfriend?"

"No, I don't know. I pretty sure she doesn't. What happened was we were kissing and then-"

"WHAT?! You kissed?! Why didn't you say that in the beginning?" Nick exclaimed.

"You didn't ask," Joe replied. Nick rolled his eyes. When was Joe going to grow up already?

"Anyways," Joe continued. " We were kissing and then her cell phone rang. And that's when she started acting all weird. She said 'I can't do this' and 'I can't see you anymore'. Then she walked away." Joe looked wistful.

"Aw, dude I'm sorry," Nick said, patting Joe on the shoulder.

"Nah, it's cool. I know she still wants me."

"Dude, she said she can't see you anymore," Nick reminded him.

"Thanks for the recap. It's not like I was there or anything," Joe said sarcastically.

"Well then how do you know Lilly still wants to be with you?"

"Because," Joe said. "She turned around." By this point Nick was so confused, he didn't even want to hear anymore of the story. Joe could really fuck up a good story. It was like a gift, or something.

"Whatever Joe. Look, I'm beat. I did a ton of things today, and I woke up at 5. I'm going to crash for the night," Nick said. "Plus, trying to follow your story and understand your logic gave me a headache." Now it was Joe's turn to roll his eyes.

"Ok. I had a pretty eventful day as well, so I think I'm going to hit the sack too," yawned Joe. They both got up off of the couch and walked toward their bedrooms. Before Joe shut his door, Nick stopped him.

"Hey Joe." Joe looked up.

"Yeah?"

"Even though I don't really get what happened with you today, I'm glad you're feeling better. I hope everything works out with you and Lilly. She's a great girl; you deserve her," Nick said. Joe smiled.

"Thanks Nick. And thanks for letting me stay with you," Joe responded.

"Anytime. What are brothers for?" With that, the boys went to bed.

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This was it. He thought this would never happen to him. He was Joe Jonas for crying out loud. He wasn't expected to do something like this. But here he was, fixing his tie in the church mirror.

It was his wedding day.

His hands were unsteady as he tried to tie the tie. He was nervous and scared for what was about to happen. He wasn't getting cold feet; he knew for sure he wanted to be with her for the rest of his life. He loved her. He would do anything for her: Jump off a bridge, walk through fire, scuba dive with sharks,

Get married.

"Joe, you ready? It's about to start, you need to get up there," Nick told him, his head popping into the door.

"Yeah, I'm ready. I'll be out in a few seconds," Joe told him. Nick nodded and closed the door. Joe put on his tuxedo jacket and looked at his reflection on last time. He took a deep breath and walked out of his groom's area and toward the main doors of the church.

He took another deep breath and opened the doors. But something was wrong. There was another wedding going on. Nobody turned to look at him as he opened the doors. He walked up to the nearest person and asked, "What's going on. Who's wedding is this?" The person didn't respond.

"Hello?" he called out. No response. It was like he was invisible. He looked up at the back's of the bride and groom. Who were they? When he looked at the groomsmen, he did a double take.

They were Kevin, Nick, and Oliver.

"What the hell?" Joe wondered aloud. Of course no one heard him. He looked at the maid of honor.

Miley.

That really made him panic. He only knew of one girl who would make Miley her maid of honor. Joe began to run up the aisle when the priest spoke.

"You may kiss the bride." The bride and groom turned toward each other. What Joe saw made him stop dead in his tracks and his blood ran cold.

The bride was none other then Lilly, the girl he was supposed to be marrying.

They kissed, long and slow. Every second of it made Joe's heart crack.

"I now pronounce you Mr. and Mrs. Marshall," announced the priest.

"Lilly, no!" Joe cried. But no one could hear him, even if he wasn't invisible. For his cries were drowned out by the cheers of the people and the deafening applause.

Joe sank to the floor, sobbing, while the throngs of people closed around him to congratulate the new, happy, wedded couple.

Poor dream Joseph. Reviews would make him feel better. And me.

Pwease? :-)

Oh and the song Joe was singing in the car was Undone (The Sweater Song) by Weezer. I've got the ringtone.

Over & Out!

Deni