-CHAPTER 10-
'You have reached Ayleena Jordan. I can't come to the phone right now. Please leave a message after the beep, and I will get back to you -Beeeeep.'
"Hey mom, it's me. Just thought I'd check in, see how things are going. Call me soon. Miss you. Bye." I sighed and flipped my lightpink RAZR shut. I flopped back on the bed. The door opened and Joe poked his head in.
"Can I come in?" asked Joe. I merely moaned and curled up into a ball. Joe lay down next to me on the bed, on his stomach.
"You know, I never got the chance to properly apologize for that night." he said. I waved my hand at him, and closed my eyes.
"Apology accepted." I mumbled. I was too tired to think about anything at the moment. Just before I fell asleep, I felt Joe slip his arm around my waist. I drifted off to sleep.
"Good morning, beautiful." My eyelids flickered open to the sight of Joe smiling down at me. "Beautiful? You're kidding right?" I pushed my blonde hair out of my face. It was still dark outside. I grabbed my glasses off the nightstand (I hadn't put my contacts in) Joe reached down and pulled my glasses off again.
"What if I said no?" he asked. I tried to grab my glasses back from him.
"What if I said that it was impossible for someone like you to like someone like me, much less think I'm beautiful?" I managed to snatch my glasses back from him and put them back on.
"What if I said that nothing is impossible, especially that?" he said with a smile.
"What if I said that you were lying?"
"What if I said that you look even more beautiful without your glasses and that it's not impossible because I like you as more than a friend?"
"Huh..? I still think you're lying." I said.
"I don't think I could lie about this." Joe said. He leaned down and kissed me. When I pulled back, Joe had a confused look on his face.
"What?" I asked, tilting my head to one side.
"Why do you keep yelling and getting mad at me?" he asked.
"Because I like you too." I said simply.
"Then I guess you wouldn't mind if I asked you to go for a walk at," he glanced at the clock, "four in the morning out in the cold?"
"No, I wouldn't." I replied with a smile.