Why you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
And you fall and you crawl and you break
and you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
and promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no

Miley and Nick stared blankly at the group for a few seconds then immediately sprung out of their seats. "Jake!" Miley exclaimed, flashing a big smiled; forced beyond belief.

"Miley!" he exclaimed back, a little hesitant.

"Demi!" Nick exclaimed, smiling at her.

"Yeah, I'm not doing that…" she rolled her eyes.

Becca stood next to Oliver, awkwardly. "Aren't you going to introduce me?" she asked, excitedly. "To who?" Oliver knitted his eyebrows together. "Demi Lovato!" she exclaimed. Oliver sighed, "Demi…Becca…Becca…Demi" he mumbled.

"Hi" Becca smiled.

Demi looked her over, then turned her head towards Jake again, "Jakey, I wanna go to the fair" she said in that annoying tone of hers. Miley cringed at the sound, it reminded her of Jake's old girlfriend; Rachel. She despised her.

Jake smiled over at her, "Of course Dem." He looked over at the group, "Alright well, we better be heading out. I'll talk to you later?"

Miley nodded, "Miley" Jake smiled. Not saying goodbye to the others.

Nick wrapped his arm around Miley's waist, pulling her closer to him as Jake walked away with Demi, laughing lightly.

"She seemed…sweet" Becca frowned.

"Yeah, as sweet as a sour onion!" Miley rolled her eyes.

"Is there such a thing?" Nick whispered into her ear.

"I don't think so" she giggled.

Oliver sighed, "Well Becca and I are gonna go back to my place. See you guys later" He held the door open for Becca as she slid out, him following her. Something seemed off with Oliver, was he ok? Wasn't he happy he and Becca got back together? Hmm…

Lily stood on one side of the bedroom and Joe stood on the other. They had been in that same position for the past half hour. Lily had barely blinked. There was a knock on the door. Lily and Joe ran towards it at the same time, their hands brushing as they reached for the door knob. They pulled back immediately, not making eye contact. "Guys, it's me. I have the key! Kevin's asleep and I thought I'd give you guys some fresh air" Selena's voice came from the other side of the door.

Joe stood still, zoned out. While, Lily reached for the door knob and turned it open. The door swung open revealing a beaming Selena, holding some chocolate chip cookies. "You realize Kevin unlocked that door a long time ago and you guys could have just left any time you pleased?" Selena laughed.

The two were still silent. Selena looked them over, skeptically. "Ok, uh well then I'm just gonna put these cookies down and leave since you two have uh so much stuff going on."

No response.

"Alright. Well, you two chatterboxes have fun" she rolled her eyes as she walked back out the door and down the staircase.

Joe shut the door and looked over at Lily. Their eyes making full on contact. "You want to do that again?"

Lily just nodded her head, still shocked and Joe ran up to her, pushing her up against the wall; allowing their lips to reconnect.

Selena peeked into Joe's bedroom after 10 seconds of them thinking she was downstairs. She just smiled before closing the door and walking downstairs again.

"It worked, didn't it?" Kevin smiled, amusingly as he put a word down on the Scrabble board.

"Like a charm"

Miley jumped over the white fence, her feet hitting the cold ground. The street lights flickered on and off do to the thunder storm that was currently happening. She finally crossed over into the Jonas' yard when a strike of lightening crashed. She was just about to scream in terror when a hand came around her body and covered her mouth. This, just frightened her more and she was about to kick the crap out of this stranger when she smelt the familiar smell lingering on their body and relaxed. She removed their hand and turned around slowly, collapsing into their arms. "Fact 1: Never come up and scare me like that ever again" she laughed.

Nick rolled his eyes, "Either way you were going to scream"

Miley smiled and took a hold of his hand as the two walked down the sidewalk and made their way towards the warehouse. Miley kicked a rock in front of her and turned to Nick, "Demi broke Oliver's heart" she stated.

Nick shot her a confused expression, "What do you mean? He's with Becca."

Miley sighed and shook her head, "Did you see the look in his eyes when he saw them together, it was just painful to even look at. Imagine what he was feeling!"

Nick nodded his head, understanding completely. That's what he usually felt like when Jake tried to make a move on Miley. Hurt, pain, annoyed.

"And? What are we supposed to do about that?"

She looked up and saw that they had arrived at the warehouse, she let go of his hand and jumped up to grab the edge of the window; lifting herself up carefully.

She had finally made it through the window when she answered him, "I don't know…but, Demi's seriously starting to get on my last nerve"

Nick slid through the small entrance and jumped down. He brushed his hands off on his jeans and smirked at Miley, "You're not the only one"

She lay in bed that night, snuggling closer to the stuffed animal Joe had one for her at the carnival 2 years ago.

"Joe. You know I'm not that into these stuffed animal things, why would you get me one?" Lily rolled her eyes as the two strolled down the walkway in the fair. They stopped by a near-by bench and sat down. Joe turned his body so that he was facing Lily, "'Cause you're my best friend and I want you thinking about me every second of every day while I'm on tour"

"It's only for two months Joey and besides Miley and I will be coming to a few of your nearby concerts too. It won't be so bad" she wrinkled her nose as she giggled. "See! That's what I'm gonna miss Lils" he smiled. She knitted her eyebrows together, not getting what he was trying to say. "All those little things you do and say. I'm gonna have to live without that for a while and I don't know how I'm gonna manage."

Lily blushed, "Just take the gift, ok?" Joe insisted. She nodded her head and then smiled, "I'm gonna name him Danger" Joe gasped, "That's copyright!"

"What?" Lily giggled, "It is so not!"

"Mhmm!" Joe nodded, "I'm suing. Yup, that's right. I'm suing! You better get your lawyers on the line right now. You're going down Truscott!"

Lily just chuckled, she was going to miss him too. Most definitely.

Lily leaned over the side of her bed and reached for her night stand. She unplugged her cell phone from the charger and allowed her fingers to swipe over the keyboard. She bit her lip, debating on sending the message or not. She finally pressed 'send' and sighed. Hopefully, she wasn't making a mistake.

Buzz Buzz

Joe jumped at the sudden buzzing noise. He flipped his phone open and read the new message. He had already taken his phone out, ready to text Lily, but it seemed as she must have read his mind.

From: Lily Pad

About today…what does it make us?

Joe groaned after reading it, he didn't know what that had made them. Well he knew what he wanted them to be, friends. Wait no, more than friends. No! Friends! Most definitely. Or…more then friends?

"Ugh!" Joe groaned in frustration. He took a deep breath, letting all of his frustration out. "I can do this" he told himself, trying to boost his confidence. He let his fingers take over and pressed the send button.

Was he making the right choice?

Sorry for the "long" wait. School's been...well school. What else could it really be? Ooohhh Joe! What did you end up deciding? Well, with Joe you can never know. So review and you'll get the next chapter!!

P.S. and I just wanted to thank ttran59, missing in imagination and c-melle. your reviews always make me smile :)

xxEmilyKearsexx