Disclaimer: Chapters one and two
A/N: I really didn't get any suggestions I wanted to use (be patient, lalaura, it'll happen eventually.) so I'll just finish it off. It probably sucks, and to repeat the first chapter of Wedding Bells are Ringing, you don't need to tell me how bad it is.
Chapter 6 – The First Kiss
Joey and Caytlinne were sitting on the couch in the Tanner living room watching Most Outrageous Game Show Moments. Caytlinne had tried to get Joey to watch something other than cartoons for a change, and he had agreed to this because it was funny, according to Caytlinne anyway. Danny had taken Michelle and Denise out for ice cream and Stephanie went to the movies with a friend from work, so the two had the house to themselves.
"So, how is it?" Caytlinne asked during a commercial.
"Pretty good, Cayt."
"Especially that Hollywood Squares goof!"
"No, I liked the Family Feud one better."
"Oh you mean the one when…" Caytlinne was interrupted when the front door opened. It was Jesse with the twins.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" Joey asked.
"Becky was tired," Jesse said, "I decided to give her the house for a while."
"Where's Michelle?" Nicky asked.
"She went out." Joey said.
"Aw, man!" Alex moaned, "What are we gonna do with the…" that was when he realized it wasn't just him and Nicky in the room.
"Guys,"
Caytlinne said standing up, "Why don't you take what you have in
the kitchen and I'll help you find something to do with it."
The
two followed Caytlinne out of the room. "I don't like her,"
Nicky whispered to his brother.
"Why?" Alex whispered back, "She won't do anything to us."
"Wanna bet?" Caytlinne asked jokingly. The three walked into the kitchen.
Joey laughed. "I love the way she does that."
"You know," Jesse said, "You two make a pretty nice couple."
"I've always thought so, too."
"So how come you've never been on a date with her?"
"What do you mean?" Joey said, "Remember after the funeral?"
"Joey, watching Hannah-Barbara cartoons in her living room is not a date."
Joey thought about that one. "I see your point."
"You should take her someplace nice."
"Yeah," Joey said, "Like…dinner and a movie."
Caytlinne came out of the kitchen laughing. "What's so funny?" Jesse asked.
"They were planning to put a moldy orange on a chair and get Michelle to sit on it."
"And they got a moldy orange where?"
"Hey, it's your house," Caytlinne said, "Hey, Joey, I'd better get going. Jack said he had another script he wanted me to look at."
"Sure," the two hugged, "Bye, Cayt."
"Bye," she said to Joey. On her way to the door she said, "Bye, Jesse."
Jesse waved as she opened the door. When it closed, Jesse asked, "Why didn't you ask her?"
"I…" Joey started, "…I kinda started looking at her hair and…"
"Jeez, Joey!"
The next afternoon at Caytlinne's house, Jack was proofreading his script again. "Maybe this line should go here…"
"Jack, really, it was fine!" Caytlinne said. She was doing a crossword puzzle from People Magazine.
"I'm tired of bad reviews, Caytlinne!"
"Joey likes us."
"He's practically your husband, he has to like you!"
"And the exaggeration award goes to…Jack Becalle!"
"God, Caytlinne, have you seen the way the man looks at you?"
"Just my hair!"
"I think it's more than the hair."
"Yeah, like he…you really think so?"
The phone rang. Caytlinne ran up to get it.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Joey."
"Hi."
Joey had tried to figure out how to ask her out all that morning and the night before. He decided to just act casual about it. "You doing anything tonight?"
"Um…no." Caytlinne wondered why he asked that. Usually it was just, "Hey, you wanna watch Scooby Doo tonight?"
Joey suddenly started getting nervous. "You know, we've known each other a long…well, not really long, but still…" he was amazed to find out how much he sounded like Danny.
"Joey, stop rambling."
"Well, we've never really been out on an official date so I was wondering if…"
"So you're asking me out?"
"Yeah," Joey said, "Like, dinner and a movie or something."
"Sure," Caytlinne said, "Around five?"
"Sure," Joey felt relieved and extremely happy at the same time, "I'll meet you at the theater."
"Okay, bye."
"Bye." Joey hung up.
Caytlinne put the phone back on the receiver and flopped down on her bed sighing. Smiling ear to ear, she said to herself, "Finally!"
Joey sat down in a chair in the kitchen, hoping she wasn't just doing it to be nice. "What am I thinking? We're already friends!" he thought. But what if she didn't want to be more than that?
Joey nervously sat in the movie theater parking lot, waiting for Caytlinne's car to pull in. He checked his hair in the rear view mirror. It looked the same way it did when he left the house.
Joey saw the familiar sedan pull into the spot across from his. When he saw Caytlinne walk out, he got out of his car and walked up to her.
"So, what did you want to see?" Caytlinne asked, hoping it wasn't a kid's movie.
"The choice is yours."
The two walked up to the front of the theater where the showed the "Now Playing" list.
Caytlinne studied it for a while. "This looks pretty good."
"Alright."
The two walked inside and saw a huge line infront of the tickets. "Maybe we should try another theater," Caytlinne said.
"This is the only one that's a reasonable distance from our houses." Joey said. He couldn't expect her to know that, she had said that she hadn't been to a movie theater since she moved there.
"Is it worth the wait?"
Joey looked at the ticket seller. He posted a "Sold Out" sign over the poster for the movie they wanted to see. "I don't think so."
Caytlinne looked at the poster. "Yeah, I agree."
Joey was disappointed. He wanted the whole date to be perfect, and the movie being sold out wasn't exactly perfect. "We could just go to dinner."
"Alright."
The two got out of their cars. The restaurant was a short distance from the theater so they walked. "So," Joey said, "Was Jack's script any good?"
Caytlinne nodded. "Everyone says he should be an author."
"There's a talent I was never born with."
Caytlinne laughed. "You've got plenty of others."
"Name one that isn't comedy or hockey."
"Well," Caytlinne thought, "You're great around kids. I've seen you and the twins a lot and they really like you."
The two arrived at the restaurant. When they walked in they first saw a man at a desk. "Do you two have reservations?"
Joey then realized he forgot to make the reservations.
Caytlinne looked at him. "Yeah, Joey," she said, "Do we have reservations?"
"Actually, there's a funny story about that." Joey tried to laugh.
"Sir, if you don't have reservations I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
The two walked out. Joey felt like a complete idiot. "I can't believe I ruined the whole date!" he thought. He looked at Caytlinne. She didn't seem too disappointed.
Joey, without realizing it, walked to Caytlinne's car with her. She turned around. "Joey, don't worry about it," she said. Joey smiled. He knew she meant it.
"Why don't you come over, we'll just eat there," Joey said.
"Sure."
Caytlinne got into her car and Joey walked over to his.
The two went in around back and sat on the bench. "I can't believe I forgot the reservations!" Joey said, still feeling awful.
"Joey, I'll live."
"It's just that I wanted this to be the perfect night."
"This is pretty perfect to me."
"You're just saying that."
"I'm serious," Caytlinne said, "I really like you Joey."
Joey couldn't help smiling. "I really like you, too."
Caytlinne laughed.
Suddenly, Joey was looking in her eyes. He wanted to kiss her even worse, but still wasn't sure how she'd react. Still, he wanted too, and there was only one way he could think of to get her to kiss him back. "Cayt…there's something that's been…" suddenly Caytlinne's lips were on his.
Joey almost forgot where he was. All he knew was that she was there, her lips on his. It felt like hours before the kiss ended. The first thing he thought was "How did she feel?"
Caytlinne looked in Joey's eyes. She couldn't believe she had done that! But still, she loved it. Her eyes still fixed in Joey's, she let out a soft, "Wow!"
A/N: I feel like I have to apologize. In my last story, I made sure all the characters fit in the plot, I edited it so many times, and you guys really seemed to like it. When I started this story I thought, "Well, they loved that story, so they'll probably love this story, too." So I didn't concentrate on it as much as the last one. I know this story is pretty bad, and pretty short. I know that characters like Steve, DJ, and Michelle weren't written in too well. I think I'll stop writing stories about just one character and focus more on the whole Tanner family.
My next story doesn't have a title yet, but it will be on the site soon.
SPECIAL THANKS
Thanks, FH Fan, for your reviews. It makes me so happy to find someone who really likes my writing
Thanks for the rest of the reviewers, you guys are great!
Thank you, Whose Line is it Anyway, for giving me inspiration for most of Chapter 2
Thanks to this site for the fortunate gift of not being hunted down my lawyers.
Dedicated to Grandpa's memory