Hi again!

See! I told you that I would get another chapter up today! Yay! This is my longest chapter yet. I hope you enjoy all the Joella, as it was very cute to write. Probably there will be nothing tomorrow, but maybe on Monday, if I find the time. I still need to write it, as I deleted all the other chapter drafts on my i-pod, stupidly.

Also, I have worked out how to do links to things on my page. Well, you have to copy and paste them to a search box, but it is the exact picture. But, I think they disappeared earlier, when it decided that I hadn't been on my account for time enough for it to log out, before I hit save. So those will be up probably tomorrow.

Yep, that's about it.

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Chapter 14

Promise Ring

He opened the box to display a ring. (Link in profile.)

Stella gasped.

"Joe! What's this?"

"Well, I know that sometimes the paparazzi and stuff is kind of scary, and when they start going on about me cheating, you cheating, not being in love, too young to be in love, and all that garbage, then you can look at this ring and be reassured that all that stuff isn't true, that I love you, and we are going to be together for a very long time."

She smiled at him, but he doesn't seem to notice, and he rushes on.

"It's not an engagement ring. It's a promise ring."

He takes it out the box and shows her the engraving on the back. It reads 'Stells, I love you. Don't forget that-J'

She beams, reading that.

"Joe-" she says. "I love you too. I shouldn't have run off like that, not giving you a chance to explain. It wasn't fair."

Then she leaned in and kissed him.

He slid the ring on her finger.

"How did you know to have it with you tonight?" she asked him, curious.

"To be honest, I didn't. But since I got it, because we are living with Macy, Danielle, Kevin and Nick, I have been carrying it round with me all the time."

"Truly?"

"Yep. I've been carrying it around with me for a week."

'How on earth did you manage to keep it a secret for that long?"

"Just kept it with me, and haven't got it out around anybody."

"Well, you must have been pretty dedicated, to keep it from your two nosy brothers, their two even more nosy girlfriends and me."

"I guess you could say that," he admitted. "Can I get a reward for my dedication?" he asked with a playful smile.

"What did you have in mind?" she asked in an equally playful tone.

"Well, something like this?" he asked, and kissed her softly on the lips.

"Yes, I think that's reasonable, but maybe worth a bit more than that," she said. "Maybe something a bit more like this?" she asked kissing him harder and longer.

"Or what about this?" he asked, smirking at her and giving her the hardest and most passionate kiss yet.

When they broke away, both were out of breath, and flushed with happiness.

They stayed, facing one another, eyes locked, foreheads touching, for a long time.

Then Stella finally broke the stance, and kissed him again.

After they broke away again, this time they sat, wrapped around each other. Stella had her head resting on Joe's shoulder, and he could feel her warm breath on his neck.

Her arms were wrapped around his waist.

Somehow, Stella had kind of ended up half sitting in Joe's lap. His arms were around her waist too, and they were holding her close.

Stella ended up dozing off in Joe's arms like that, and Joe didn't have the heart to wake her, especially when she looked so happy and peaceful.

Joe, although he didn't realise it, also ended up falling asleep, which is how they ended up in the position they woke up in.

Joe was lying down, and Stella was half lying on top of him, her head using his chest as a cushion.

About two hours later, Stella woke up.

She slowly sat up, and looked around, trying to figure out where she was.

Joe woke up when the warm patch that was applying pressure to his chest woke up and sat up.

He sat up too.

"I guess we should stop doing this?" he asked in a sleepy joking tone.

"Yep. You've got that right," said Stella, standing up and stretching.

Joe also stood up.

"We should probably go back to the house now. The others might be worried."

10 minutes later they got back to the house.

Joe went into the main house, and Stella into the guesthouse.

As soon as Stella closed the door, the light was turned on. She turned around and jumped. Sitting on the couch facing the door, looking extremely displeased, was Danielle and Macy.

"Where the heck have you been?" they both demanded in sync.

"Out?" asked Stella unsurely, slightly scared by her friends.

"With Joe?" she added.

"Yes, we guessed that, but where with Joe?"

"The beach?"

"Oh? And what were you doing at the beach?"

"Talking?"

"Talking? Just talking?"

"Yep. Just talking. And then after talking we fell asleep."

"Okay. So, you made after what happened on the red carpet with Vanessa?"

"Yes. Wait, how did you know that?"

"We saw it on T-," Macy stopped. "-V. Oh my god! He proposed?" she yelled.

"No! What? Where the heck did you get that idea?" asked Stella, seeming confused.

"From the ring on your finger, that's where!"

"What? Oh, that," she realised where Macy was coming from.

"No, this is only a promise ring."

"Oh my god! So you are kind of engaged! Engaged to be engaged."

"Yeah, I guess."

"So, what happened? Like, after you rushed off the red carpet?" asked Danielle.

"Well, I ran off to the beach, and Joe somehow knew where I was going, and followed me. He found me at our sand dune, and we talked. Then, he completely surprised me by producing a ring box and pulling this out. Then, once again, we fell asleep together. Then we woke back up and came back here."

"Cool. So, let's see the ring!" said Macy excitedly.

Stella extended her hand so they could see the ring.

They examined it closely, and read the inscription.

"Awww! This is so cool!" said Danielle.

"Yeah, yeah. Well, I've just spent more than 2 hours sitting and lying in sand, and I would like to change and shower."

"Oh yes, sorry," said Macy.

Stella went and showered, and then the three girls went to bed.

JONAS L.A

As Joe closed the door to the house quietly, the lights turned on and his brothers popped up.

"So, had a good evening?" asked Nick.

"Yep," said Joe, trying to be airy and innocent.

"And what did you do?" asked Kevin.

"Well, after Stella ran off to the beach from the red carpet, and I followed her, and found her at the beach at our sand dune, we talked, I gave her the promise ring that I have been hiding from you guys for a week, and then we fell asleep on the beach. And that's about it."

"Wait, you gave her a promise ring?" asked Nick.

"Before Nick gave Macy one?"

"Without telling Kevin and I?"

"Yep."

"Well, okay then," said Kevin.

"But why didn't you tell us?" asked Nick, looking slightly hurt.

"Well, you two are hopeless at keeping secrets from your girlfriends, so if I told you, even if you tried to keep it from your girlfriends, they would get it out of you, and then since they cannot keep a secret from Stella, I thought it would be best not to tell you."

"Well, that makes sense," agreed Nick.

"Thank you. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've just spent more than 2 hours on a sandy beach, and I'd like a shower. Can I go now?"

"Yes," said Nick and Kevin in sync, and stepped out of his way.

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