I DO NOT OWN JONAS

The day wasn't over yet for Macy. She was standing on the sidelines of a field that was still wet from the rain the day before. She was in the middle of arguing with the coach, who wouldn't let her play since her ankle still hurt. "I'm fine." She told him. "It's just practice." Her coach nodded. "I know It's just practice, so I don't want you at risk to have a worse injury when there's a game, so sit this one out."

"But I won't get hurt worse, my ankle's almost fully healed." She tried to explain. "How did you do that anyway, Macy?" Macy blinked. What was she supposed to tell him? 'I was sleepwalking with one high-heeled shoe on in the pouring rain, and I fell while trying to reach the house of the guy I'd been accidentally stalking for a week'? It didn't sound like a good argument. It sounded like something that made her sound crazy.

The coach sighed after she didn't answer. "Look, you're not gonna be able to play in this or worse condition. So, if you don't want to go home, then... go watch the cheerleaders practice!" He blurted out a random alternative, making a strange face at his own words. To his surprise, Macy was trying her best to hide a bright smile. "Okay." She said quietly, walking off.

After awhile, one of Macy's teammates came to the coach's side. "For a girl with a hurt ankle, she's sure moving quick." The coach nodded, confused. "What do you think that's about?"

"They've got a date today!" Joe yelled into his cell phone, from where he stood in his kitchen. That was the first thing he said after Stella picked up. She rolled her eyes. "What, are we... in competition with them?" Joe sighed. "No, but we have nothing to do. And Nick and Precious just decided to... leave us with nothing to do. I mean, it didn't even cross their minds to ask us to double date with them?" "Obviously not. They probably want to be alone, Joseph."

"You're right." He said. "But what are we gonna do?" Stella shrugged, even though he couldn't see that. "We could go out to eat." She suggested. "Yeah." He agreed. "But we should probably take Kevin with us." "Oh, I know." Stella said. "The poor guy's got nobody."

Joe laughed out of nervousness. "When you put it that way, it's depressing." "The truth hurts." Stella answered, mad at herself for that. Joe didn't argue, but felt sort of guilty for agreeing with what she said. "I'll go find him and ask if he wants to go." Joe told her after hesitation. "I guess we'll go to Friday's." He said with a smile.

"It's Monday." Stella reminded him, not sounding amused. "Potato skins!" That was his only argument. She had to laugh. "Alright." She groaned. "You're lucky I love you." "Yes I am." Joe replied. "I love you too, bye." "Bye." She said right before Joe hung up the phone, running upstairs to find Kevin.

"You know how there's always those icons about people in love taking over the world together?" Precious whispered to Nick in the eerily quiet movie theater. "Yeah?" Nick whispered back, not noticing she was half-way hiding behind her popcorn container. "I... always thought... you'd make a... great ruler." She told him between startled gasps.

Nick laughed sweetly at her comment, but had to correct her. "Precious, I don't want to rule. I want to lead." She smiled while trying to keep the popcorn from spilling while she jumped. "Even better." Nick saw that she had her eyes closed tightly then, and reached for her hand.

When she took it, she realized he was shaking. "You're scared, Nick?" She asked him. He took a deep breath before answering. "The creepy music is gonna give me nightmares." He explained. She had to smile at him in the darkness, because she felt safe with him.

Precious held his hand tighter and leaned into his shoulder a bit. She was so lost in her happiness, she didn't even hear Nick whisper the rest of his reply. "That's not the only thing that's got me terrified."

"Chew with your mouth closed." Stella instructed to Joe, giving him a look. "I am!" He argued. "It's just, for some reason, you decide to ask me a question only when my mouth is full." He said, looking at Kevin to back him up. He seemed to be distracted by something, so Joe took another bite of his dinner. "Are you gonna stop?" Stella asked him. "I—" "Joe!" "What! It's your fault this keeps happening." He said after he swallowed, taking another bite, this one fairly big.

"It is not!" Stella replied. "Right?" She asked. Joe rolled his eyes, continuing to chew. "An answer would be nice." She told him. Joe swallowed the food he had in his mouth, nearly choking on it. "Eating my dinner in peace would be nice." He told her. "Do you just enjoy torturing me?" Stella didn't answer him, keeping a straight face, but Joe caught on.

"You're doing this on purpose." She still didn't speak, or even move. "You're doing this on purpose!" He repeated. Stella smiled. "So?" "So?! So why?" "To prove a point." She told him. "You put up with it, you must really love me." She just loved to say that, he could tell. "I get it." Joe said. "I love you, you love me." Stella burst out laughing at that one.

"How old are you now?" Kevin asked from where he sat next to Joe, sounding completely monotone. "Hey! That song is dramatic!" Joe argued to him and Stella, who was still cracking up. "It is." Kevin agreed. "But the way you said that—" Stella added, not able to finish. She was still having a laughing fit and Joe wasn't sure it would ever stop. He found himself laughing at her laughter.

Kevin paid no attention. He would have laughed too if he wasn't so hypnotized by what he saw. It took him awhile to realize who he was watching fixing dinner for herself at a table in the back of the restaurant, all alone. She took her time putting everything exactly the way she wanted it, humming a tune to herself as she sat. He walked over to say hello.

"I guess you're stuck in stalker mode, huh?" Macy's eyes lit up at the sound of his voice, and she got up and turned around to face him. "Kevin! I haven't seen you in—" "Three hours!" He finished for her. They both laughed.

"All of a sudden I lost my appetite." She told him, knowing that he was done with his dinner. Kevin smiled. "All of a sudden?" He asked. You coming over here was pretty sudden. Macy thought. She nodded. "I'll get this wrapped." She told him, pointing to her plate.

"Are you ever gonna stop laughing?" Joe asked Stella, looking at her red face. She shook her head, unable to speak. His face was red too, and they both had tears in their eyes. "Is this even about the Barney thing anymore?" He asked, trying to calm down. Stella was still roaring with laughter when she answered. "No! You're just so cute!"

It was impossible for Stella to tell that Joe blushed at that, but he did. As her laughter died down, she took deep breaths to in order to collect herself, as did he. They just stared at each other for awhile, in total silence. They didn't even notice that they were both leaning in over the table, completely forgetting everyone around them. Their moment was broken when something hit Joe in the side of the face.

It didn't hurt, but it was totally random. "What was that?" Stella asked him, completely calm at that point. "It s a $20." Joe replied, raising his eyebrows. "For what?" Stella asked him, just as confused. "I'm guessing Kevin's part of the bill." He told her, looking it over. When she saw, she nodded in agreement, and then gave Joe a concerned look. "Where is... Kevin?"

Her question floated in the air while Joe looked around, trying to answer it for himself. "I can tell you one thing." He replied, getting up.

"He's not here."

I don't own Barney either :) Thanks for reading, what did you think? I know the show pretty much dropped the whole 'Kevin the cheerleader' concept, but I thought it was cool, so I put it in here... the jock and the cheerleader? Only on JONAS. At least, only on JONAS where it's interesting, and different. I'll update soon!