Chapter 11: I Don't Know

Hayley POV

Nick and I just sat there is shocked silence at Joe's sudden outburst. He was staring at us with wide eyes, like he was about to explode or something. After a minute, he just randomly started pacing back and forth in front of us. I wanted to look and see what Nick's reaction was, but I have to admit I was a little scared. Joe was rambling on about something, but I couldn't understand a word of what he was saying. After a second of just listening, I could finally understand three words that came out quite frequently.

"I don't know."

What the hell does he not know?

Alright, stupid question. I think everyone knows that Joe has two brains. And the one that is supposed to carry knowledge is completely empty. We're not going to mention the other.

"Joe!" Nick shouted, after what seemed like hours of extreme awkwardness. If that's a word... I'm not sure. Whatever.

"What?" Joe yelled, turning to face us. I scooted back a bit. I have to say, I was slightly frightened.

"Stop pacing! Why are you pacing anyways?"

"What? Well, I don't know-"

"Yeah, we got that." I rolled my eyes, and let Joe continue.

"You guys should not be kissing, you see it was out of...concern. For you know.. Nick. Yeah, because when he uh..kisses you...I wouldn't want uh...him to uhh..get all-you know...infected?" He stated, almost like a question. "Because you know...when I kissed her, I got sick for..like an..hour...and I would hate to see...my brother under..uh-that."

I just stood up, shoved Joe with all my strength, and left, slamming the door closed behind me. I told myself not to cry, and started power-walking toward Alyson's new trailer. I barged in on her and J Man.

Eww. That's a sight I didn't want to see.

"Oh my God guys, if you're gonna make-out put a 'Do Not Disturb' sign up or something! How disturbing!" I shrieked, my hands flying to cover my eyes. Alyson and Jordan immediately flew apart, and blushed like maniacs. "You guys are blushing!" I sung, and they juts glared at me.

"Did you need something Hayley?" Alyson finally asked. I chuckled a bit.

"Well, I wanted to know about Demi and Joe, and I needed to tell you what just went down in the Jonas trailer. Quite dramatic if I do say so myself." I smiled, and sat on the couch, right in between them.

"Ok, basically-" Alyson explained all that Demi told her. That she was picked on, that her dad abused her, that she's scared Joe only likes her because he feels sorry for her.

"Wow, what a rough life. Well, she shouldn't take it out on me, moving on." Alyson and J Man laughed at my 'concern' for Demi. Yeah, I honestly don't care. "Wait, did she say anything about me? I mean, she hates me, she had to have said something."

I saw J Man and Alyson exchange worried glances.

"What did she say guys?"

"Look, I promised I wouldn't tell you, but it wasn't anything bad, I swear. And you know I wouldn't lie to you. It's a really personal thing and I just can't tell you, I'm sorry Hayles." Alyson told me. I hugged her and told her it was alright. "So anyways, what happened with the JoBros?"

"First of all, you change emotions quick! Second of all, never say 'JoBros' again. Third of all, I was sitting there with Nick, and all of a sudden we kissed right, and then Joe comes in and yells at us. Then he starts pacing like a freak saying 'I don't know' over and over again, it was crazy! Then he told Nick, with a lot of stammerin might I add, that he can't kiss me because he'd get infected. He also said when he kissed me he was sick for an hour. But it had like, a thousand 'uh's in there." I explained.

"Whoa. How insane is that crap right there?" Alyson laughed.

"I'mma kick his ass. You ain't infectin nobody." Jordan stood up and started walking toward the door.

"Just don't come home with a black eye!" I called after him, and he laughed, turned around, and sat back down with us. "Back so soon?"

"I'm a scaredy cat. You know, all talk." I laughed at him, and left, heading for my trailer to think about the day.

Why was Joe so...stuttery...about his words?

A/N:Short, but drama-filled. Ha. ok, so I got a lot of reviews asking if this was going to be Nick/Hayley. I'm going to say right now that you're going to have to wait til next chapter to find out. Anyways, preview for next chapter:::

Ha, the sneaky little ninja man, thought he could get away with that. Nothing gets by Hayley Slater.