Songfic 5: Stay

Song by: Sugarland

This goes out to YourHandInMine. She said, "Make Joe the victim." So here we go.

Joe Jonas sat in the living room of his and his girlfriend's apartment. He sighed and stared at the clock.

Right on cue the phone rang. Joe rolled his eyes. She was going to leave again. Pain shot through him as he watched the love of his life, Lily Truscott walk into the living room carrying her purse and make up bag in her hand.

Joe glanced at her.

"What?" she said.

Joe couldn't take it anymore, it all came out, "Don't go. Please."

Lily raised her eyebrows, "Joe, I'm just going to Miley's."

"To see Jackson." he said quietly.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing, nothing at all."

"Okay, fine." She walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek, "Later."

"Bye." He replied.

As Lily walked out the door, Joe stood up, pacing back and forth. He was lost, unsure of what to do. He loved Lily, but he wanted to be the only one. He knew he most definatley was not.

It had all started a few months ago. Joe had gone on tour with his brothers, leaving a very sad Lily at home, alone. Then, when Lily didn't come to greet him when they finally parked the buses, Joe knew something was up.

He drove home only to find Lily asleep in Jackson Stewart's arms. In his bed.

The memory hit Joe hard. He sat back down with his head in his hands. He glanced up and weighed his options.

He could leave Lily all together and forget her, or stay here, still in love, but have to shar her with another guy.

Joe stood up silently and went back to the bedroom. He grabbed his dufflebag out of the closet and grabbed his shirts from the closet, he stuffed them in the bag carelessly, not knowing why he wanted to leave her all of a sudden.

He did the same with his pants. That is, until he reached his favorite pair of pants. They were tight, red, skinny jeans with a huge blackish stain on thm. He half smiled at them, remembering how he was wearing them when he first met Lily.

Joe walked up to Hannah Montana's dressing room. He knocked on the door and a pretty girl with bright pink hair answered the door. She had a ring of chocolate around her mouth.

"Oh my Jonas!" She squealed, "Eeep!"

She bounced up and down clapping her hands. She grabbed his hand and pulled him inside where Hannah was sitting on the small couch.

"Down Lola. Don't hurt the boy. I need him for 'We Got The Party'." Hannah said.

Lola nodded and "eeeped" once more.

Joe walked over to the chocolate fountain, entranced by this Lola girl.

"Hey, your name is Lola, right?" he said.

Lola's eyes widened as she nodded. She took a strawberry from the bowl with her shaking hand and attempted to dip it in the chocolate, but instead hit the thing in the right spot, causing it to tip over and send chocolate sloshing everywhere, including Joe's famous red skinny jeans.

"Oh my God! I am so sorry! Oh my God! Oh my Jonas!" she said, frantically.

Joe laughed, "Nah, it's fine, I've got tons of these."

Joe smiled at the thought. He really wished she wasn't doing what she was. He loved the "eeeping", spazztic, funny girl that he once knew, and not the lying, cheating person she was now.

Joe continued to pack his stuff and load it by the door for about an hour, when Lily walked in the door.

She saw all the bags lying by the door and stared at them with wonder. Joe was no where to be found.

"Joe? Joe! Joeseph Jonas!" she yelled, storming back into the bed room and then into the bathroom where Joe was packing up his colognes and various hair products.

Joe noticed her presence in the door frame, but ignored her.

"Joe what the heck is going on?" she said.

"Lily," he didn't look up, "I'm not going to sit around while you give the best of yourself to Jackson. I'm leaving baby."

Lily stared at him blankly, feeling her heart racing, tears rushing to her face.

"Joe, come on, I'm sorry, I didn't want you to know, come on, please Joe, please stay! Don't go!" she began to cry, "I won't cheat anymore, I promise, I won't do it again."

Joe looked at her, letting the tears freely fall, "I can't belive you. That's why I'm leaving."

"Joe, I'd rather be with you, in your bed, with your arms around me, not Jackson, not anyone, please!" she begged.

Joe looked at her. Lily fell to the ground in tears on her knees.

"Joe, Joe, please." she cried quietly, "No"

Joe felt a mixture of guilt and fear in his heart as he watched her.

"You're telling the truth, aren't you?" he said.

Lily looked up at him, "Look at me Joe, look at me and tell me I'm lying. Tell me I'm not in love with you. Tell me I'm in love with Jackson."

Joe down at her. She had eyeliner and other makeup going down her cheeks. Her blonde hair fell in her eyes.

"Stand up." he said.

"What?"

"Stand up Lily!" he said.

Lily got up, her bottom lip still quivering. She stood before Joe, not looking at him directly.

Joe gently tilted her chin to face him.

"Lily," he sighed, "I love you. I really do. I want to stay. Lily, I don't know if I can go on. Lils, I don't know if I can trust you."

Lily nodded, "If I were you, I'd leave too."

"That's why I'm not going to."

Lily's eyes widened as she looked at him.

"Why? Joe why?" she said.

"You'll never learn that there's no one that can love you quite like me if I don't stay." he said.

Lily burst into tears, tossing her arms around his neck. He gently kissed her on the head.

"Lily, I'll stay on one condition."

"I'll never do it again Joe. Never. You're the only one." she finished him off.

Joe rested his head against Lily's and sighed, "That's all I'd ever want."

"All I want is for you to stay." Lily said, gripping him tighter.