Chapter 37

The flight back to California seemed to take ages, much longer than the flight to Texas had taken. Landing Michelle was met with one last surprise, a limo to take her home. Reaching home she quietly slipped back to her room, hoping her roommate were in class or didn't notice she had come home already. Instead moments later they both walked into her room with grins on their faces.

"Celebrity or not that Kevin knows how to treat a girl!" Caitlin grinned as she sat down on Michelle's rolling desk chair.

"You've been back all of what – five minutes now? More than enough rest time. We need to hear what happened! Kevin wouldn't tell us the entire plan."

Laughing Michelle watched as Alyssa sat down on her bed and grabbed one of her childhood stuffed animals. Both of her roommates were ready for story time. She grinned as she recited the events of the past day and her roommates listened in aw. Once done, Michelle kicked them out of her room so she could finally call Kevin like she had promised.

The call lasted longer than she had expected considering they had seen each other just hours earlier. Michelle learned she had the seal of approval from Mrs. Jonas, something that, while she didn't express outwardly, made her extremely happy and pleased to hear. Once the talk ended the two exchanged "I miss yous" and good byes. Michelle hung up her phone and crashed into her bed. Since she had already missed her classes for the day, it was the perfect time for a nap.

It was a week before anything eventful in Michelle's life occurred again. That was the time she once again appeared on Perez's radar. At least this time she wasn't caught off guard by random facebook comments and messages. She was able to see it first hand without being told to. As she read the little blurb Michelle found a new love for Perez Hilton.

Mystery Blonde Resurfaces
Well Jonas Brothers fans apparently she wasn't just a one weekend thing. We don't know if she surprised him or if she had already planned to visit, but this little blonde spent Valentine's night with our Kevo.

No kissing picture this time, maybe the love birds realized massive PDA just isn't their thing. Either way the oldest JoBro looks pretty happy to have her on his side. And she looks pretty darn smitten with him.

Then again, who wouldn't be happy to snag his JoBro?

At least Kevo got himself a cutie. Don't know who her stylist is, but she is working that dress and those heels! She gets an A+ just for being able to walk in them!

Michelle glanced back at the picture that went with the post. Apparently one of the fans at the back entrance of the concert had a pretty impressive camera with them. The picture showed Michelle and Kevin standing hand in hand right in front of the SUV. He was in mid-wave to the fans with a smile on his face while she was glancing up at him smiling as well.

Checking the comments, she laughed when she read one apparently from the girl she stood next to at the concert. Oh my gosh! I was next to her at the concert! She was texting someone during intermission, it had to have been Kevin! I could have stolen her phone and gotten his numbe!. He was totally staring at her the entire show! She seemed nice. The next comment made Michelle laugh even harder. Man! I wanted her to be a bitch!

Not bothering to read the rest of she went onto her facebook to see what damage awaited her. It wasn't nearly as bad as she expected. One message caught her eye and it made Michelle realize she and Kevin needed to figure out what exactly their relationship was, and what they were going to tell people. The message was from her friend she hung out with in her Thursday sociology class. So that's why you missed class…I guess it's a pretty legit reason! Haha hope you had fun with your celebrity!

Without knowing a response Michelle just closed the message and returned to her books that had been waiting for her to stop procrastinating. While Michelle and Kevin continued to talk on a regular basis it took her nearly a month to find the nerve to bring up the subject, well after the time the "excitement" of their second outing had died down. By that time Kevin knew by her tone when something was on her mind. It was during one of their nightly conversations after a concert that he realized something was up.

"Is there something you wanna talk about Mich?"

Michelle paused for a moment. She loved the fact he was able to read her tone so well, but sometimes it was hard to hide things. She felt like such a child, not being able to just say it, the mature thing to do was talk about it. Finally she let it out in her rushed speak; almost positive he wouldn't be able to understand. She couldn't decide if she wanted him to understand or not.

"What are we? I mean, we've been on dates; you've visited me and flew me out to visit you. But I get people and friends asking if I'm dating Kevin Jonas and I have no idea what to say. Or even if I should say something to being with."

She let out a breath of relief after finally saying what had been on her mind for so long. While Kevin remained silent on the other end of the phone, she began to worry that she has said something she shouldn't have, or that he really hadn't understood what she rambled about. By the he spoke up there was a maturity and seriousness in his voice she wasn't use to.

"I like you Michelle, a lot. I'm hoping you've realized that by now," she nodded even though he couldn't see her. "If we were even in the same state as each other, I'd want you to be my girlfriend. But with all my traveling it's really hard. I wouldn't want to ruin anything for you if you were to meet someone…okay maybe I would." She laughed. "You can tell friends we're seeing each other if you want." There was a pause in his speech and when his voice returned Michelle could hear the excited tone laced with a dash of nervousness. "This summer things will be different. I want them to be…if you do."

"As long as it's a good different then yes, I do."

A smile grew on her face as a silence surrounded the conversation. Even though Kevin hadn't asked her anything specific, the fact he wanted to made Michelle extremely happy. The silence continued until it grew to the point of awkwardness. She soon felt the desire to laugh, biting her lip she tried her best no to, but instead it came out a short burst of snickers. Finally breaking, she fell into a fit of laughter and in a moment Kevin joined her. Michelle fell backward onto her bed as she laughed, while on his tour bus, Kevin could be heard laughing from inside his bunk.

It wasn't until Joe pulled open the curtain to the bunk to yell at his older brother did Kevin finally stop laughing. On her side of the line, Michelle heard the two brothers jokingly argue with one another, causing her to laugh harder and gasp for breath. Kevin returned to the phone conversation and finally she was able to catch her breath. Still snickering slightly, she was able to actually speak.

"Sorry to get you in trouble with your little brother," it was obvious by her tone Michelle was smirking.

"You're right, it was your fault! Making me laugh so loudly I disturbed the rest of the bus."

"Well you were the one that allowed the awkward silence. What else was I suppose to do besides laugh? I could have just remained silent until we awkwardly said good bye."

"I'd take awkward silence over getting yelled at my younger brother. Really, I'm supposed to be yelling at him. He can't tell me what to do, it kinda weirds me out when he does."

The two continued to joke around for a couple more minutes, allowing the serious conversation they had just had to slip to the back of their minds. The earlier conversation hadn't actually left either of the two's mind, but it was almost an unspoken decision to let it remain in the background. Another yell from Joe informed Kevin the bus had arrived at the hotel, meaning the conversation had to end.

"Did you hear that?"

"Yea, I'm actually a little impressed. Joe's voice really carries." The two laughed yet again at Michelle's comment.

"I really should get some sleep, we have a radio interview in the morning and a photo shoot right afterwards." There was a tone of sadness that laced Kevin's voice. She didn't want him to feel bad for having to leave.

"Well then you really do need some sleep. It seems like the radio DJ's have gotten tired asking about me and getting the same answer. They might come up with some new questions now."

"And how may I ask do you know what the DJ's have stopped asking about?"

"Um…hello? I'm a Jonas Brothers fan. I totally stalk the band. But my job is made a lot easier since I have your number and I can call you about whatever I want." Kevin laughed.

"Shoot…I didn't realize my number had gotten into the hands of a stalker. I guess I have to change my number."

There was a voice again on Kevin's end of the line. This time Michelle could tell it was Mrs. Jonas and not Joe. Mrs. Jonas told Kevin to say good bye to Michelle and he reluctantly obliged, but not before passing on Michelle's hello to his mom. Michelle placed her phone on the side of her bed after hanging up. She glanced up to the calendar she had hanging above her desk and counted how long she had left until it was summer.

"Only three more months."