Thanks a lot for your reviews. And I'm working on making my grammar better, so bear with me until then. Anyway, I hope this chapter was worth the wait.

I don't own Melissa and Joey. If I did, I'd be a billionaire.

So here goes…..

Joe

"No, its fine, sweetie." Mel said. "Do you have a pen?" Mel and Ryder were talking.

I slowly picked up my shirt and backed away. And after I went to my room, I shut the door and leaned back against it. I grazed my fingers over my lips, just realizing that my lips were still tingling from… our kiss.

"I can't believe I just did that" I said to myself. Not that I was complaining about the… experience.

Crap. What about tomorrow morning? It's gonna be so damn awkward. What about Ryder, I don't think I can look him in the face. But doesn't he know not to interrupt people who are kissing. Especially the ones who are making decisions that they are gonna regret in the morning.

I put my shirt back on and peeked through the window to see if Mel is back in her room. I looked and looked, but she never came. "She must've gone to talk to Lennox or Ryder"

That reminded me that Mel walked down the stairs when Lennox and I were talking. "Oh my God, did she hear our conversation? Is that why I can't see her in her room? Crap. She's talking to Lennox. Right this second." I said to myself and sat on the bed, all hope lost. "I hope she doesn't tell Mel the stuff that I told her"

Ryder

What the hell did I just interrupt?! I just saw my aunt and my nanny… making out. If the nanny was a girl, I would have liked it much more.

"And Joe didn't have his shirt on" I said, finishing the story for Lennox.

"Mel and Joe were kissing?" she asked, making sure.
"Yup"
"And he was shirtless?"
"Yeah"
"And then you walked in on them?"
"Yes"

And then she grabbed my shoulders and shook them like she trying to wake a dead person up. "Whoa… lennox. What the hell?"

"You do know what that would've led to, right?"
"Sex?"
"Bingo."
"And are you sure you know that Mel and Joe love each other? Secretly, but still!"
"Yeah, I know. I tried to leave but Aunt Mel said she'd sign my permission slip."
"You interrupted them for a signature on a permission slip? Really? By the way, if a person walks in on two people kissing, they can't just forget it and go back to what they're doing!"
"Yeah, I know. And it's not…." He stopped talking when someone knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"It's aunt Mel"

"Crap. She's gonna kill me for being up so late. And that too for talking to my sister." Ryder whispered.

"It's not like you can walk out the door now. Hide under the bed." I whispered back to him.

"What?"

"Lennox, sweetie, I need to talk to you. Can you open the door? Are you okay?"

"C'mon. Get under the bed."

"Fine." He said and crawled under the bed.

I opened the door, and Aunt Mel came in. and I know what she is here for. To ask me about what Joe and I were talking about. And maybe, I can "officially" get her to tell Joe how she feels.

"Hey, Aunt Mel. Are you okay? You don't usually come knocking on my door, late at night."
"Yeah, I know. I just need to talk to you about something."
"Yeah, sure."
"Uh… I'm not sure how to say this, but um…."

And I had nothing else to do but nod my head and get her to talk.

"It's about what you and Joe were talking about… before I came down the stairs. Uh… I didn't mean to snoop around, but I'm pretty sure Joe said something about he was gonna tell me how he 'feels'. So what exactly does that mean?"

What was I gonna do: tell her the truth or ask her why she wants to know so bad or…. lie?

"Lennox, sweetie?"
"Huh?"
"What does that mean? What did he mean?"

Crossroads and I need to pick one.

"Aunt Mel, why do you wanna know? Is there something that 'you' need to tell me first or, Joe first?" I said, stressing on the word 'you'.
"What are you talking about?" Aunt Mel said, trying to cover up the doubt in her own words.
"Aunt Mel… c'mon, we don't have all night. If you tell me what's ACTUALLY going on, we can move on with our lives!"
"No, it's just…. I just wanted to know what he meant by 'he would tell me how he felt for me'. Does it mean that he doesn't want be our nanny anymore or that he has a girlfriend and that he doesn't want to stay here anymore or…."
"Or… what?"
"Or nothing. I was asking you right? What does he mean?"
"Why do you want to know so badly? And would it be so horrible if he did have a girlfriend?"

Yup, this would definitely make her tell me.

"No, it's just that…." She said and looked down to the floor.

"Oh my god, you like Joe!" I said, making sure to say it like I just got to know.

"What? No I don't! Lennox!" she said, but her red cheeks begged to differ.

"You like Joe. And that's why you don't want him to have a girlfriend. Oh my god, is this why you were so angry at Joe for marrying Elena?"

And I waited for a reply but there was silence and no eye – contact.

"Aunt Mel? Aunt Mel?"

"Fine, I like him! You happy?" she hissed at me.

"Actually, yes. I'm very happy!" I squealed.

This is a good way to change the topic of the conversation. Distract her with other stuff like how and from when she likes joe, than that he loves her.

"Have you told him?" I asked as if I don't know at all.

"No. I was about to, but you guys came in, and then after that I didn't know what to say. So I just ,,ade some weak excuse and got out of there.

"Maybe you can tell him at that trip we were planning to take. And I promise Ryder and I will not interrupt you."

"Yeah, but what if he thinks I'm crazy. Or if he doesn't feel the same way."

"But if you didn't, you'd always wonder."

"Yeah. Thanks, lennox. Good night." She said and she went to the door.

"By the way, have you seen your brother? I knocked on his door, but no one answered. He's in his room, right?"

"Yeah. But I think he was in the bathroom."

"Ok."

And that was the end of it. Boy, this trip couldn't get more exciting.