Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: Of course I don't own Harvest Moon! Joe and Kurt would sooooo be in love!

Not Good Enough

Chapter 4: Lyla and Joe! A Wedding or a Break Up? Katie and Kurt! A Friendship or a Romance?

Joe woke up bright and early like he did every morning. He was a fisherman for goodness sake! All fishermen knew that the fish liked to bite early in the morning. Plus he was a carpenter. He had to get up and get to work ASAP.

Joe yawned and sat up. Looking around the room, he noticed the tea already made, and Kurt already gone. Kurt. That name was all it took to remember what had happened the night before. Everything from the kiss to Lyla….

Lyla! Everyone probably thinks I'm going to marry her! I better put a stop to this! But what if she doesn't let me? What if they don't want me with Kurt? What if she told everyone that we were most definitely getting married today? What if…

Joe kept thinking about all the 'What ifs' that had a small one in a billion chance of ever happening. It was pretty crazy. Pretty crazy indeed. Joe got himself a cup of tea and sat down to attempt to relax. Luckily enough, it worked. It took him only a moment to realize today was his day off.

Perfect, now I can go find Lyla and get this whole mess straightened out. Maybe she'll even let me go without a fight. Maybe she won't yell at me, or call me any horrible names, like you always see in the movies. Especially where their fiancé was cheating on them with another man. That's even worse then a women, or so they say…

By the time Joe was finished talking to himself, he was in one of the biggest panic attacks anyone would ever see. It was pretty freaky, especially since Joe was usually calmer then this. Not as calm as Kurt, but still calm. Slowly he got up and but the cup into their sink. Their as in his and Kurts.

As he left the house he noticed that Woody wasn't outside like he usually was. In a matter of fact, no one was outside. It was pretty weird. Even little towns had someone out and about. As Joe began making his way to Lyla's he became even more worried. Not even Gina was outside, and she was one of the biggest busy bodies in the whole town. She tried to get every thing done, and fast.

No one was outside, and he couldn't hear any voices from the inside of the houses. It was worrying Joe a lot more then he let on. Finally when he got to Lyla's house he knocked on the door, hoping she'd answer it and he could leave fast.

Lyla answered the door and smiled when she saw Joe.

"Joe, honey, come in, come in." Lyla told him, almost forcing him inside.

"Hey Lyla we have to talk." Joe told her saying the dreaded four words.

"What about?" Lyla said sweetly as she and Joe walked into her house.

"Well, Lyla it's not that I don't' like you or anything, but… it's just that, your more of a friend to me. And there's someone else, who means more to me. I really can't go through with this, we didn't even agree on it…" Joe said the words barely coming out of his mouth.

"It's Kurt isn't it?" Lyla asked, her eyes filled with tears.

Joe looked up at her and sighed. "Yes, it's Kurt…"

"I thought so, that day of the dance, he didn't believe me when I told him we were getting married… I guess I just, really wanted to marry you, you know?" Lyla said tears trailing across her face.

"I'm sorry Lyla, it's just…" Joe began trying to make her feel better.

Lyla pressed her pointer finger against his lips to silence him. "It's okay, I understand, I'd rather you be happy. I'll go tell everyone that I made it up… that way you and Kurt can be together…" Lyla said, wiping tears from her eyes.

Joe smiled. "Thank you so much. This really means a lot to me."

Joe walked out of her house, not feeling any regret any more. He was just happy to be with Kurt now. Happy that she would tell everyone she had lied. Happy he got to do what he wanted. And he was happy he got to be with Kurt.

Joe walked out of her house with his step a little lighter and his face a lot brighter.

Lyla mean while sat there with tears running down her face. She had loved him. She loved him with every fiber of her body. But she knew he wouldn't be happy with her. She knew that only one person could make him happy.

She knew that she would probably hate herself, after she announced a wedding that she didn't know about. That was not the right think to do. It was only a dance… he had only taken her to a dance.

Kurt and Katie time

Kurt was walking to the café where he worked on his days off. He liked working there. It somewhat relaxed him. Katie waved to him as he walked in. He smiled back at her, and walked back to the kitchen.

Katie followed him into the back. Kurt looked at her. He wasn't used to this. Normally she would stay out front and he would talk to her when no one was there, and on their time off. Things like that. Never during work.

"Hey Kurt." Katie said with a slight blush.

"Hey Katie." Kurt said with a smile.

"Umm… Kurt since we went to that dance together I was wondering if maybe…" Katie began.

Kurt had a bad feeling about his. A really bad feeling about this. He and Katie had gone to the dance together. That was true enough. But he didn't want to be her boy friend or anything. In a way, he kind of had a boy friend.

But he wasn't sure if that was the case. He wasn't sure, but he really, really thought so… He couldn't help it. Joe had said he loved him. Joe loved little old Kurt! That's pretty amazing you know.

Especially from Kurt's point of view. He never thought Joe would like him, much less kiss him. For some reason, Kurt had always thought Joe was a million times better then him. Thus the reason, he felt he would never be good enough for Joe. Kurt had a pretty confusing mind.

"Well what I was wondering was if maybe you wanted to be my boyfriend!" Katie said, her face as red as Kurt's favorite food.

Kurt bowed his head. There was no way this was going to end well. 'Ding-ding-ding'. The bell over their door went off. That's how they could tell if a customer is here.

"I gotta go Kurt, we can talk more about this at closing time!" Katie said as she ran off to the front of the café.

Kurt spent the rest of the day thinking. Well thinking and cooking. He didn't want to get fired or anything. Katie wanted to be his girlfriend. Kurt's girl friend. Kurt had never had a girl friend before.

Though it shouldn't be that surprising considering his crush on Joe had taken up all his time. He didn't have time for anyone else. All he needed was the love of his life and he was set. That's the way Kurt thought about it any way. It was easier to think when the world revolved around Joe. Much easier.

At closing time, Kurt cleaned the kitchen and walked out to the café part of the house. Katie was lifting up chairs and putting them away, scrubbing down tables, etc. Normal things a waitress like her does.

"Kurt! Did you think about? Can I be your girl friend?" Katie asked with a smile.

"Katie…" Kurt said with a sigh. "I can't be your boy friend…"

"Why not?" Katie asked him tears in her eyes.

"Katie, I'm in love with someone else…" Kurt told her attempting to comfort her.

"Who…?" Katie asked sniffling, even though she knew the answer.

"Joe…" Kurt said with a blush on his checks.

No one said anything after that. Instead Kurt decided to comfort one of his only friends. He wrapped his arms around her, in a hug.

"Katie, even though I don't want to go out with you but I really, really want to be your friend still." Kurt said.

Katie cried for a couple of minutes into Kurt's shoulder. It hurt to get your heart broken. It really, really hurt. But he was right she didn't want to ruin their friendship. Plus, she had always known how much he liked Joe. Maybe she should've stopped herself from liking him. But she really couldn't help it.

Katie smiled and then looked up at him. "Okay Kurt, you and me are officially best friend forever!"

Kurt smiled at her. He'd never had a 'best friend forever.' One reason was he didn't have many friends. The other reason was he wasn't a girl and you have to admit. Best Friend Forever was kind of a girl thing.

Kurt smiled at her. "Agreed." Kurt said simply.

After an hour of clean up, Kurt went back to the house he shared with Joe. Joe was probably asleep by now. Kurt sighed as he walked in. Joe was sitting in one of the corners, waiting for Kurt to come back.

Joe, having no idea about Kurt's job, was pretty freaked out when Kurt didn't come back after dark. Kurt was usually here…

Joe stared at Kurt and then smiled. "She's not going to marry me!"

Kurt smiled as well. That was a very rare thing for anyone to see. Even Joe.

"What took you so long?" Joe finally asked as Kurt sat down next to him.

"I work at the café in my spare time." Kurt sad simply.

"Oh…" Joe said with a sigh. "Why didn't yo-"Joe stared but was stopped when Kurt's lips planted firmly against his own.

End of Chapter 4

Preview for Chapter 5. Possibly the last chapter. Joe and Kurt now are each others one and onlys. But will the town except the two? Will the two tell the town? Find out next time in 'Not Good Enough'

Okay everyone I'm thinking one more chapter. What do you think? Well no matter what you decide the next chapter will come out in the next 5 or 6 days.

I hope you all review! I'm sooooo sorry it took so long for me to up-date everything. I have five other stories and I've had softball a lot lately. Luckily softballs over now and I can finally type again! I'm so happy. Well every one the end of this story is near. It couldn't be more then two chapters.

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