When I woke up I realized we were in Georgia and we were only about seven hours from home. I got really sad, and Joe noticed.
"You okay?" He said as I began to sit up.
"Yeah…I mean no…. it's just that we're almost back home, and I don't want to leave you." I replied sadly. He sighed.
"I've been thinking about that too."
I looked out the window and saw the city of Atlanta realizing we were probably close to the arena for tonight.
"I don't want to leave you." I repeated looking at my feet.
"We'll figure something out." Joe said reassuringly. I could tell he was deep in thought. He reached for my hand and held it until we got to the theater. When we got there the boys had a meet and greet for the VIP fans so Sam and I sat in their dressing room.
Sam watched me bite my fingernails, a nervous habit I've had since I was little.
"You okay?" She asked.
"I'm sad. What's going to happen when we get back home and he has to continue his tour?" I asked Sam but also myself.
"It'll be hard, but you love him right?"
I shook my head in agreement.
"Well…love isn't always easy, but if it's right you'll know it, and you two will make it work." She replied with a smile.
"When'd you get so smart?" I asked her jokingly.
"Hmm… definitely yesterday." She joked.
"I just…I just don't want him to go off and find someone better." I said sadly.
"Impossible." She answered.
Right when she was replying the boys walked in.
"What's impossible?" Nick asked.
"For you to get any sexier." Sam replied with a smile. We all laughed a little.
Joe came and sat next to me and put his arm around my shoulder holding me to him.
He whispered 'I love you' in my ear and I knew it would be okay. Sam and I watched the show from the side of the stage and danced and sang along letting ourselves look like idiots. That night in the hotel Joe and I laid in my bed and he played with my fingers.
"What if you came with us for the rest of the tour?" Joe proposed.
"I can't do that. I'm only on Spring Break right now, I still have this year to finish." I replied sadly.
"Well…this summer. You can come this summer right?" He said hopingly
"Maybe." I said thinking. "Yeah. I mean I'd have to check with my mom but I think I could." I confirmed.
Joe smiled obviously happy. "Oh and I can come and visit you before then, when we have a break!" Joe said and I could tell he was mentally picking out the dates for him to come. "See," he said, "we can make this work. We'll just have to trust each other." I gave a weak smile.
"But…I mean, what if you find someone better than me." I asked looking at our hands. He put his hand under my chin and forced me to look at him, and then he gave me a light kiss.
"That will never happen…ever." He said with a smile.
The next day we drove to Tampa, which only took us a couple of hours. It became very real when we entered Florida that soon Joe and I would have to say goodbye. I pushed the thought out of my head as we approached our hotel. We all sat around and watched Across the Universe until it was time to go to the theater for the show. Sam and I decided to walk around the theater while the boys did sound check. When we walked by a group of girls we heard whispering, and could hear "…. yeah that's her. Joe and her are dating…. No I swear I saw the pictures online…"
Pictures? Sam and I went back to the dressing room and got on Nicks Mac and searched various Jonas sites until we found what we were looking for and it read:
Sorry ladies it's official Joe Jonas has been spotted with a mystery girl, which is reportedly his girlfriend. They were seen kissing outside of the boys' tour bus in Atlanta, Georgia.
A picture of us followed the article. I wasn't mad really, I was just kind of upset because we hadn't told our parents and undoubtedly his had already found out, I just hoped they weren't mad. When the boys came back from sound check we showed them.
"It was going to happen eventually." Kevin said.
"We should go talk to my parents." Joe said. He grabbed my hand and we went to find them. When we found them I let go of Joe's hand and he just re-grabbed it. I smiled.
"So…mom…you haven't been on the computer today have you?" Joe asked him mom cautiously.
"No honey I haven't. Why, were you afraid I'd find out you and Natalie are dating before you'd told me?" His mom smiled. "It's okay I'm not mad. Upset you didn't tell me, yeah. But I couldn't be mad at you for finding someone you care about." We both smiled, that was a relief.
They had their show that night and were flawless. We went back to the hotel and made love knowing that tomorrow would be our last day together for a while.