First of all i need to say sorry majorly for the massive long wait. And the bad thing is... this chapter isn't even that good. Everyone seems to be just talking on phones and nothing really happens. Just more questions get asked. I know it sucks and i am so sorry for the wait but i have good reason. my accont got blocked n even my story got deleted!!

"So," Mr Jonas smiled at his family from the head seat of the dining table. Everyone was sitting in their usual seats, Nick next to Frankie, Frankie across from their mom and their mom next to Kevin who was like usual, sitting next to an empty spot. Joe was being his usual self and rushing around late for dinner. "How was everyone's week?" It was Friday and yet another week was over.

Nick smirked and looked down at his food, trying not to blush or let off too much off a vibe of how in love he was. After the run in with Amber in the bathroom, Nick had been feeling strange around her at school and even though they had never been so close he had never been so distant. On Thursday when Hal decided to steal Amber's biology notes Nick did not argue but the second he was alone with them he quickly snatched them away and slipped them into her locker with a small drawing and note on the corner. During their detention they were both silent and sat in their usual seats however when they were alone Amber had spun around and asked what color dress she should wear to the dance, Nick started to blush and lose breath so he just shrugged and then looked away.

"Normal." Kevin answered, stabbing a fork into one of his potatoes. He stared down at the crispy food and begun to think about the week that he and April had just had. They had met up for lunch every day for the past week, sharing and swapping stories. Sometimes she would start to cough and need to excuse herself so Kevin assumed she had a cold and used that as a reason to him not to try and kiss her again. He did not want to make anything move to fast as they were really getting along and on countless amounts of occasions since they had become friends she had told him he seemed to be the only decent man she had met in a long time.

"Nick has a girlfriend." Frankie busted out. All eyes turned to Nick who had instantly turned red. Mrs Jonas just smirked at him and begun to think of the girl who had visited him.

Nick rolled his eyes and looked over to his dad, trying to play it down about how embarrassed he was. "It's not-"

Before Nick could even reason and try to get himself out of such embarrassment Joe was stampeding into the room. His hair was a mess and the look on his face was sheer frustration. "Sorry I'm late. I was just putting on pants." He took his usual seat and peered over the table to see what food was there for him to eat.

Kevin put down his knife and fork and entwined his fingers, "And why were you not wearing pants Joseph?" He smirked and suddenly all eyes were on him. Kevin had a massive grin on as he felt he had busted Joe for something.

"I just got out of the shower. If that is alright with you Kevin?" Joe laughed a bit at Kevin as he watched him just roll his eyes. "Is that alright?" He repeated himself still with a chuckle to his voice. Kevin was always acting like Joe's older brother and even though it was true that he was, it got annoying when it was 24 7. Kevin was just like a dad figure before he could even know what was going on, protecting the people he cared about the most.

Mrs Jonas cut in and passed the salad bowl down to Joe. "That's great, we love our boys to have good hygiene." Joe gave her a confused look as he held the salad bowl in his hands. All the boys laughed as Joe passed the salad back to her, the same as all the kids had done before him.

"Talking about being clean," Nick leaned forward and flicked his eyes between his mom and dad, "how about I give you a hand in the kitchen after dinner? Do a little washing and drying, keep the pocket money to yourselves, I am doing this out of the kindness of my heart."

Everyone, even Frankie laughed at what Nick had said. "Very convincing," Mr Jonas said raising his eyebrows with a smirk. "What do you really want?"

"Everyone is going to Hal's tonight and I know I'm not supposed to go to Hal's when he is having a get together because of what happened last time-" Last time, Nick and a crowd of kids had stampeded up the street throwing rocks at street lamps. The cops came and ended up dropping Nick home to a very tired household. "But everyone will be there and-"

"Everyone?" Mr Jonas said in an uproar of shock, "Well are Kevin and Joe going?"

"Defiantly." Kevin joked about even the thought of hanging around with Nick's group of friends.

Joe looked offended, "that Hal kid is the biggest loser I have ever met, and his parties involve pizza, no beer and parental controlled music."

"And having no beer is a problem?" Nick retorted, "Are you an alc-"

"No, I am just trying to point out that it isn't much of a party." Joe cut in before feeling the gaze of both his parents burning into him, "Not that I would know. Parties are so stupid." His parents both smiled at his corageous words and then gleamed at one another, proud of the good boy that had come to raise. "Before we get any further into this,"

"Joe!" Nick shouted, "I was trying to ask a question."

"And the answer is no Nicholas. That Hal boy is trouble. You're better than him." Mr Jonas drowned Nick out and while this was usually Nick's cue to jump up and fight back he kept silent. He looked down at his meal as though it were a sea of a thousand eyes, staring up at him with an audience of waiting for his next action. This was Nick's great moment, the drama that made for good television.

"You're right." Nick sighed.

"I said no!" Mr Jonas yelled before realizing what his son had said. The room went silent and everyone stared at Nick in awe. "I mean good. Good to hear. That bump on your head must have knocked some sense into you for once." No one paid any attention to what their father had just said; they all just kept staring at Nick as though he was a different person. His face even looked different; it looked as though it was glowing.

Nick smirked to himself and almost forgetting that he was not alone, "it's alright. She wouldn't be there anyway." Joe and Kevin quickly exchanged confused looks, Frankie was about to pipe up and start cooing words about Nick's petty crush but everyone could tell by the way he said the word she that it was more than a petty crush. Looking up at everyone, Nick could not fight his smile, "could I be excused then? I think I have a phone call to make."

"S-s-sure." Mr Jonas stuttered confused as he watched Nick pick up his plate and almost skip away. Everyone was silent and confused in their owl realms, trying to get a grasp on this new Nick. "Do you think it was the girl that came for him when he knocked his head?" Mr Jonas leant across the table to his wife, trying to keep his voice low.

She was smiling like a mother would in that situation, "I hope. She is very attractive, their children would be adorable. And the wedding, she would look like a million bucks!"

Joe started to feel his face blush, "have you thought about this kind of stuff about me and Caitlin too because I know it's a girl thing mom but still it kind of scares me." Everyone looked to him now and started to think about his girlfriend.

"Sure." She lied in response as though it would make Joe feel more comfortable. "It's been a while since you had that look on your face though." She had never even thought about Joe's wedding day with Caitlin, she had never even thought about what they might look like at prom together. It was almost like no one even expected Joe and Caitlin to make it past the weekend, sure they said they loved one another but love is a deeper feeling than words. It seemed Joe was a pretty good speaker then. Everyone knew it; even Caitlin knew it- Joe did not really love her.

Nick

"Yeah man my dad was being a total dick about it." Nick complained with a fake bad boy attitude on the phone to Hal. All Hal was doing was responding with short and complaining answers. "I told him to go fuck himself and then he got really mad and told me to go to my room."

"Bust out then." Hal tried to pressure Nick again. The music in the background was loud; the party had already started at Hal's house. No one important came before nine, but Hal still put the music on loud. He said that pumping up the volume attracted hot girls who were going out for a walk after dinner, it had yet to work but Hal had faith.

Nick rolled his eyes, this was the third time in the past five minutes that Hal had tried to tell Nick to sneak out and he was running out of excuses. "Kevin is on Nick watch." Nick walked over to the mirror on his wall and started to examine his teeth, totally carefree of the situation. He was almost professional at getting out of plans and this was no exception. "Dad told him to report to him immediately if he even hears the smallest sound from my room."

Hal gasped, "get off the phone then! I don't want you to get caught talking to me."

Nick smiled at his reflection as though it were the master mind behind the lie. Hal was so easy to fool. "Shit, you're right man. Alright I might see you tomorrow. Are we still on for Xbox tomorrow at Jackson's house?"

"I hope so, his mom is so hot. I would tap that all night long." He paused as though thinking impure things about someone's mother. "And all day long."

"Hal," Nick scrunched up his brow, "that's someone's mom."

"True. But she's hotter than some of the dogs at our school. Like Delany."

Nick froze. He turned away from his mirror and jumped onto his bed, sitting up straight and letting his body try to cool down. "Really? You think Amber is ugly?" His face was flushed and going pale all at the same time. His skin was prickling at the thought of her. Talking about how she looked only made a picture of her in Nick's mind and that made him smile. Seeing her eyes stare at him made him want to impress her and seeing her lips made him want to kiss her and never stop. There was so much he wanted to do for and to Amber but he was too afraid.

"No," Hal admitted. "Don't tell anyone this man and I can only tell you this because you're my best friend but-" Hal paused and took a long, deep breath. Nick rolled his eyes about how serious Hal was being and waiting. "I would say Delany is one of the hottest chicks at our school, like sometimes when I'm throwing stuff at her or taunting her, all I can think is how much I want to touch her. Not like a creep but like just to be with her."

Nick's lips peeled apart and his mouth hung open. Hal had hated Amber Delany since he could remember; he had insulted her and made almost the entire school including Nick hate her. Everyone was horrible to Amber and Nick had become the leader of all the trouble, the trouble that he had learnt to cause from his best friend.

"If you tell anyone I'll kill you though." Hal snapped as he heard nothing but silence from Nick.

"Why do you hate her so much?" Nick asked, throwing his body down onto his bed.

There was silence from the receiver and Nick thought perhaps Hal had hung up but after what seemed like a few minutes, Hal spoke again. "Nick you know." Nick thought for a moment, trying to think of horrible things that had happened in Hal's life that he could pin onto Amber Delany. When Hal was seven, his brother and his brother's best friend were in a car crash. Hal's brother Mike died while his best friend Zac become brain damaged. It was the only bad thing Nick could really think of that had ever happened in Hal's life and sometimes that was what Nick believed made Hal the way he was. "You know. Why are you being such a dick about this?" Hal almost screamed at Nick.

Nick was scared and silent, "Kevin's coming, I have to go." He lied, trying to find a way to escape the awkward conversation. Something had overcome Hal and the only thing that Nick could think was the memory of Mike. But what did Amber Delany have to do with Mike's death?

Joe

After dinner Joe was in his room, pacing back and forth trying to get his nerves out about meeting Caitlin's parents. They had organized for Joe to go to their house for dinner on Saturday and all Joe could think about since the arrangement had been made was how scared he was. All the pressure Caitlin had continuously put on his about making everything perfect was finally getting to him.

After Nick had left the table Joe had told his parents of how he was meeting Caitlin's family and suddenly their mom was buzzing about what he needed to wear. Although she had certainly got excited by the news, she had still not started to talk about marriage plans between them like she had with Nick and a girl she had never met. The whole situation was beginning to make Joe wonder and sweat and even more nervous than he was.

Taking a seat on his bed, Joe held his cell in the palm of his hand and wished it would just ring itself. "Come on Caitlin call me." He whispered softly, wishing that somehow she would be able to hear him and suddenly call him. But she did not have bionic hearing and she did not call him, but within minutes Joe's phone was buzzing with a caller ID set as private.

Sitting deeper into his mattress he let out a squeak. He had wished that Caitlin would call him, he had even asked for it and now his phone was ringing. It was all out of the ordinary and strange, he could not even bring himself to move and answer the phone. Just staring at the private ID message, Joe could feel his body going numb. Putting all creepy facts aside, Joe was nervous that if it was Caitlin than he would have to talk to her about Saturday night and that worried him because he knew that she would start to get like she always did and start barking orders at him. She would tell him the perfect clothes to wear and the perfect things to say, she would tell him the perfect looks to give and the perfect way to do his hair. From head to toe, Joe knew that going into it he would just be a creation of Caitlin, perfect to her in every way.

The phone stopped ringing and Joe let out a sigh of relief. But just as it had stopped, it started again. "Fuck!" Joe cried and then threw his phone onto his bed. He jumped off the bed and stood away from it, staring. It was like the telltale heart, slowly driving him mad. "Fine!" he finally gave in and jumped onto the phone, flipping it open and holding it loosely against his ear. "Hello?" He croaked, shutting his eyes tight and fearing for the beckoning voice of his girlfriend. He knew they need to discuss Saturday but he was too afraid to do it.

There was almost a silence on the other end, but not an uncomfortable silence. "Hello Joseph." A cool voice broke the silence and Joe recognized it as Tatiana. He was not expecting her to call; he did not even know how she had his number. He was in awe and stunned, not saying a word he let her speak. "My mother is ironing like crazy, my dad is well being my dad, my sister is singing really loud or at least trying to and my family is just everywhere right now, they're all really on my nerves and I was wondering if you would like to come play with me?"

Joe's eyes widened, "Tatiana!" He snapped, cupping his hand over the phone so no one in his house would hear him say a girl's name other than Caitlin. "You can't say stuff like that to me."

"Why?" He knew she would be smiling like the coy girl she was, probably biting her lip and running her hands all over her body. "Does it turn you on? Does it only make you want me more? Does it-"

Joe felt hotter all of a sudden; her voice did things to him and made him feel things that he could not describe. "How did you get my number?"

"Caller ID Joseph." She said blankly as though he was stupid for not having already thought about it. "When you called me last time, you know the time before you made me feel so good down by the dock?" Joe tensed and bit his lip. He sat on the very edge of his bed, hunched over so low that his hair flopped in front of his face. All he could feel was something that was a mixture of regret and pleasure. He hated himself for what he had done, but he wanted to do it again.

"That was a mistake." He tried to reason, not only to her but to himself as well.

"No it wasn't, I know that and you know that. You are trapped inside of something that you don't want to be, you want to explore, you want to learn and we both know Joe that I am the only one who can free you and I am the only one who can teach you those things. I am the only one who will let you explore." Tatiana's sudden words confused Joe.

He cocked up and straightened his back a bit. "What do you mean by that?" He knew what it meant, Tatiana would do things with him that Caitlin would not but how did Tatiana know that.

There was a silence as though she had been busted for something that she had not even been accused for. "Can you please just come meet me at the dock?" Her voice was low all of a sudden she seemed more serious than Joe had ever heard her.

"Why?" Joe asked, trying to make sense of anything she had said. "It felt really good last time when I touched you like how I did and being with you seems easy-" he realized how wrong everything he was saying was and stopped, "it was wrong and I don't think we should see each other or talk anymore."

Then the Tatiana he had come to know seemed to become a real person. Her voice sounded sincere and what she said seemed real, "I want you Joe. I don't just want your lips on mine and I don't want just your hands on my skin or your fingers pushing and prodding me."

"Why are you calling me?" Joe stood up, shouting into the phone. His voice was loud and caused Kevin to come knocking at his door. There was a disgruntled look on Joe's face when Kevin opened the door and he knew he should have just backed out and left him to his privacy. Kevin guessed Joe was on the phone to Caitlin and it seemed like there was trouble in their paradise, if that was what anyone would have called it. "I want to forget all that; I want nothing to do with you so just fuck off!"

"Joe!" Kevin gasped in shock. Joe waved him off and tried to get him out of his room. He was flustered about Tatiana and did not have time to deal with nosey brothers.

Tatiana stayed silent for only a second before blurting out what she had called for, "come meet me Joe, I want you inside of me and not just your fingers. I want your all. I want to drown under you and I want to feel you erupt, I want to scream like I am about to die. Joe, so clearly all I want is a moment of your time."

Joe dropped his phone and the sudden action scared Kevin. Kevin jumped and stared at Joe's feet where his cell lay flat on the floor. "I have to go." Joe croaked turning slowly to Kevin. Being a boy was getting the best of him. Picking up his phone he spoke into it one last time before hanging up, "I'm leaving now."

If only Joe could see the reaction of the girl on the other end. She was smiling with such a dark smile that any evil villain would be afraid of her. If only he could have seen her, she was already dressed to go out and have sex with Joe as though she knew that he would not be thinking with his head when he gave her his answer. Joe was just like any other boy and Tatiana knew that, he was a toy and all she had to do was play with him until she was bored. Bored or at least until she got the revenge that she wanted. The same revenge as the last time. Hey Alistair?