A/N: JOE IS MINE! growls and claws Okay fine he's not, but cut me some slack and stop reminding me. I don't own anything but this plot and my imagination and maybe some twisted sense of humor D

It was quarter before ten. For Joe, he had slept in. He sat up, quite disoriented. He rubbed the sleep in his eyes. He still had his phone in his hands and his headset plugged into his ears. Only then did he realize that he fell asleep while talking to Krisha. "Very smooth, Joe. Way to impress a girl." He groaned. He quickly redialed her number. He tried twice but landed on her voicemail. He grunted at every ring, she must have been irritated at him.

Third try lucky. She finally picked up but did not talk except for a faint breathing sound that suggested she was there—just quiet.

"Good morning. Sorry about last night." He said sheepishly.

There was no reply, just a vague mumble.

"I didn't want to fall asleep why talking to you. I swear." He insisted, hoping she'd finally talk.

"Uhm…who is this?" she asked unthinkingly.

"Joe." he replied tentatively.

"It's too early." she whined.

"It's almost ten." He said as if making a point.

She groaned, "Exactly. No one's supposed to wake me up until past noon."

"Oh, sorry." he apologized feeling uneasy, "I just thought I'd apologize for falling asleep on you."

"That's not physiologically possible." she said after a yawn, "And besides, I thought it was hilarious when you started to snore" she added with a smirk.

His eyes widened and he could feel his face flush. He quickly protested, sounding a lot like a little kid, "Hey! I do not snore. You are so making that up!"

Krisha tried to stifle a laugh but terribly failed. She tried to talk through her outburst, "well if you try keeping up with me some other night and fall asleep again, I'll record it for you."

"Oh, so you're anticipating another late night call from me, aren't you?" he threw back at her, gaining back his confidence.

She took a while to reply and right there and then, Joe knew he has her cornered this time. He heard her groan from the other end which only made his smile widen. "And Joe scores!" he shouted, imitating the voice of sports commentators, "That's the first time you could not think of a witty come back."

"Whatever. Joe, one point. Krisha, three hundred fifty two thousand, nine hundred eighty one." She said, also trying the sports commentator tone but in a less enthusiastic voice; as if the team she was betting on was losing big time.

Joe laughed at this, "You cheater! You added a point to your score." He said it with such conviction as if a point made such a big difference.

"My bad. It's just difficult to keep track of the score board when the opponent is not really much of a competition." she said, letting another yawn escape her lips.

"Yeah, I know. Your presence make me lame like that." He said, trying to add a dramatic tone to it.

She sighed, easing a serious tone, "No. You're just naturally lame like that. And we can not really do anything about it. It's really sad you know."

"I know. I love you too." he said, laughing.

There was a brief pause. She has been blocking all his flirtatious advances but he still cannot get a clue. She was being blunt, but she did not want to assume too much. She would like to think that he was just naturally like that with every girl he meets. This was somewhat true, except that she was missing one vital thing in Joe's intentions—there was something at stake; so he has to be extra flirty.

"Ugh. Whatever." she said finally giving up on him.

"Joe scores yet again! He's finally picking up." he regained his commentator voice, then shifted to his usual cheeky tone, "And the amazing part is you did not attempt to deny it."

"Only because there isn't any point doing so when I know you'd just pretend to hear something else." she said simply.

"Awww, you're finally submitting to me.' he cooed.

"Shut up." she snapped at him simply, "Hey I have to hang up. I still want to sleep."

"Just when things are going my way?" he griped.

She laughed mechanically, "Uh-huh."

"Five more minutes." he bargained.

"Okay, five more minutes but don't call for the rest of the day." she said.

"Krisha! I told you to go back to sleep. I'll call you later." he smirked, as if it were her fault that they were still on the phone.

"Ha-ha. That was very funny." Sarcasm plagued her tone.

"I know," he said, "So…dream of me when you go back to bed?"

"That would be too much of a nightmare more than anything." she leered.

He laughed again, "And yet you love it."

"Whatever. I'm going back to sleep." And with that she hung up. It did not take too much time before Krisha finally got to sleep again. Ten in the morning was still definitely too early for her, although even if he refuses to believe it, she was very much being entertained by Joe else she would have instantly just fell back asleep while talking to him.

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Joe had a somewhat idiotic smile on his face while he sat up on his bed with his back was rested on the headboard. He flipped his phone shut but continued to gaze on it as if hoping she'd send him a message or something corny like that.

"Joe, we have band practice in an hour!" he heard Nick call from down stairs. He almost forgot about that; although they were having two weeks off from shows they still had to practice.

He jumped out of his bad and quickly scrambled his way to the bathroom. He felt like it was going to be a busy day.

A/N: That's kinda short, but I hope you guys liked it nonetheless. I'D STILL LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. Reviews make me ecstatic:) and I'm not fishing for just praises either, constructive crit and suggestions are very much welcome. I'm hoping to hear from you guys soon! Love love 3