Feel The Beat
Chapter Ten
Joe was distracted all throughout his band practice, thinking about Lilly. Only about fifteen minutes into practice, Kevin got annoyed with Joe constantly messing up lyrics, and missing all his cues.
The oldest brother suddenly stopped playing. "Joe!" He yelled over Nick's drumming, trying to get his brother's attention.
Joe stopped playing also, looking over to kevin, confused. "What man?"
"What's up with you? You're off today." Kevin said in concerned older brother manner.
Joe sighed, "I just have a lot of shit on my mind right now, sorry."
"Maybe we should just finish practicing later then." Kevin suggested in an annoyed tone, not satisfied with Joe's answer.
The youngest brother intervened, "Kev, come on. Let's just keep going. Joe, can you try and concentrate more?" Nick said calmly, always being the mediator.
Joe nodded, "Yeah, Nick. Sorry guys." Kevin didn't say anything, but picked up his guitar playing where he left off, followed closely by his two brothers.
They finished practicing around 10:30, and Joe retreated to his room, exhausted. He debated going to Lilly's, but decided that it was too late and he'd just go tomorrow.
Lilly and Oliver were sprawled out on her bed harmlessly, with a large bowl of popcorn between them and Twizzlers hanging from their mouthes. They were watching Nightmare Before Christmas, Oliver's favorite movie. Lilly didn't really like to watch except around halloween, but she often did, just for Oliver.
So distracted with her time with Oliver, Lilly had almost forgot about her situation with Joe. That was of course, only until Oliver so wisely brought him up.
He turned to her, "So, how are things with you and Joe?" He said, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
Lilly sighed and shook her head. "None existent."
"What do you mean? It seemed pretty existent to me..." Oliver said curiously.
"Yeah, well..." She sighed, not wanting to think about.
"What happened, Lils?" Oliver asked softly, not joking anymore.
She shrugged her shoulders and looked at her best friend. "He kissed me again last time I saw him, and I left to give him time to think because he still hadn't broken up with his girlfriend, and then I went back today and he just wasn't there. He quit, apparently, and didn't even bother to tell me." She said quietly, trying to keep the tears in that wanted to fall so desperately.
Oliver sighed now. "Aw Lils, he's not worth your time." He told her like a best friend should. "Who needs a sexy musician anyway?" Oliver laughed and Lilly punched his arm. He smiled at her, then turned his attention back to the TV. Lilly smiled softly and laid her head on her friends shoulder, watching the movie again.
Lilly woke up, some unknown amount of time later, with a note laying next to her head.
Lils,
You feel asleep... no surprise there, haha. I had to go, you know how my mom is wither curfew. DIdn't want to wake you...Goodnight, call you tomorrow.
Oliver
She smiled, hoping Oliver's girlfriend appreciated him, because Oliver deserved someone awesome. Glancing at her clock and seeing it was 3:00 am, Lilly turned around to lay in her bed the right way, and fell back asleep.
Joe woke up around 12:30 the next morning, and immediately got ready to go to talk with Lilly. He threw on his dark skinny jeans, black converse, and left on the wrinkled white v-neck he already had on. There was no time to fuss over what shirt he was going to wear.
Joe rang the door bel nervously. Now that he was here, he realized that he hadn't really thought of what he was going to say to her. He waited about 3 minutes, and there was still no answer, but he wasn't going to give up. Her car was in the driveway, she must be here.
He rang the door bell three more times within the next ten minutes, but there was still no answer. Frustrated and desperate, Joe rang the door bell repeated. After about seven in a row, Lilly opened the door, her hair uncombed, wearing a shirt that matched his, and a pair of pajama box shorts. He must have woken her up.
Before the door even revealed him Lilly was mad. "Jesus christ! You are so annoying! It's like five am!" She threw the door open, and was surprised to see Joe standing there.
"Hello..." He said awkwardly, running a hand through his hair.
"Joe?" She said, shocked.
"Hi Lils."
"What the hell are you doing here so early?" She asked angrily.
Joe couldn't help but chuckle. "Lilly, it's like 1:00." He stated.
She looked a little embarrassed. "Oh," She said quietly, but then quickly recovered, "Still, what are you doing here?
"I, uh, I wanted to talk to you." He told her. Lilly stared at him for a moment, before opening the door wide enough for him to come in. She walked over to the couch and sat on the arm of it, and he followed her, remaining standing in front of her.
Lilly spoke up after a few moments of silence, "So...I thought you wanted to talk. It's awfully silent." Lilly said sarcastically.
Joe nodded, "I came here to tell you that I'm sorry."
"...For...?" Lilly responded. Joe knew that she knew what he was sorry for, but she wanted to hear it.
He sighed, "I'm sorry for leaving so abruptly. I should have at least told you."
"Yeah, that probably would have been nice." Lilly said bitterly.
"Lilly, I really am sorry. This is going to sound lame, but... my mom quit for me. She thought that she was being nice, you know since it was my punishment and all, and when I told her I didn't want her to quit for me, it was too late because she had already done it. She didn't know that I actually enjoyed teaching... and spending time with you." Joe told her. Lilly's heart softened a little.
"You still could have at least called to tell me Joe..." She said.
His eyes were regretful, "I know, I should have, and I honestly don't know why I didn't, but I know that I'm sorry."
Lilly played with the hem of her shirt, trying to look distracted. She wasn't ready to forgive him so quickly. "I'm supposed to go meet Greg today, my new teacher." She told him.
"Don't," Joe said firmly.
Lilly looked up at him, confused. "Why not? You quit on me... I'm going to need a new teacher."
Joe sighed. "I can still teach you though! And I didn't quit on you, Lilly, that's why I'm here."
"I don't know Joe..." Lilly said hesitently.
"Please, Lilly," He begged, "You can come over to my place, or I can come to you all the days we usually do." He smiled slightly.
Lilly didn't miss a beat. "How do I know you'll show up?" She spat.
Hurt filled his eyes, and Lilly felt sorry. "Lilly..."
She looked down, not wanting to get pulled in by his eyes. After thinking for a minute, she looked back up and sighed. "Fine..." She agreed, because she enjoyed learning with him, and she didn't want to have to learn with this new Greg guy.
Joe's face lit up. "But, you're just my teacher and I'm your student." She said solidly, thinking she wouldn't be able to handle anymore confusion about what was happening with them, and Joe's girlfriend and what not.
Joe looked a little saddened, but shook her hand that was outstretched anyway.
"Tomorrow?" He asked.
She nodded, "Where though?"
"Do you want to me to come here?" He asked, thinking it'd be easier for her.
She shook her head, "I don't want my mom to know I'm not going to the place anymore, it'd just be easier if I didn't have to explain it to her."
"My place then? You can come over whenever you get up." He told her.
She smirked, "Yeah, you woke me up this morning with your obnoxious ringing."
He smiled sheepishly, looking down, "Yeah, sorry about that." He told her, smiling. She bit her lip to hid her own smile, not wanting him to think he was fully forgiven yet.
Lilly stood up and they walked to the door.
"I'll call you tomorrow and give you directions to my house." He told her.
"Alright, bye." She said, shutting the door as he left.
Thinking about what she had gotten herself into, Lilly went up to her room and put on her bathing suit, and a short cover up. Miley had called her for the first time in a while and wanted to meet her at the beach.
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