AN: I am so so so so sorry that this story has been so drawn out, I just lost interest in it. I tried to tie up the loose ends as best as I could and I hope everyone enjoys it!
Heaven. That was the only way I could describe the feeling of finally kissing Joe Jonas. I threw my arms around his neck, twisting my fingers into the hair that just brushed against the collar of his shirt. He stumbled back a few steps but quickly righted himself. As his arms started to snake around my waist, reality set in and I realized what I was doing. I tore myself away from him, ignoring the pull I felt to just collapse into his arms again. This was all wrong. Joe didn't like me like this, we were just friends. What had I done? Our friendship would be ruined. Joe was looking at me in confusion. Slowly, very slowly, he reached out towards me, but I side stepped his touch. I quickly covered my mouth with my hand; I could still feel the way his lips had moved against mine. But I must have imagined it, we were just friends. I was crazy for thinking that he would like me back. He probably kissed me back because he felt sorry for me. I felt tears starting to collect in the corners of my eyes.
"Rachel, are you crying?" Joe asked quietly, worry evident in his voice.
"I…just…Joe…I'm sorry" I managed to mumble out.
"Sorry for what?" He whispered.
"You can't like me, you just can't! We're friends, just friends!" I all but shouted at him.
"Rachel, that's not true. You know it's not…we both know it's not…" Joe muttered shyly. "I've had a crush on you for the majority of our lives but I think I've only just begun to realize how much I truly care about you…I think I'm in love with you."
There was no way this could be happening, it was all too perfect. But it was; Joe Jonas had just professed his love for me. I had been waiting for this day since I was 5 years old. I glanced at Joe who was nervously awaiting my reply to his unexpected declaration and realized that I truly did love him back. I decided to answer him the only way I knew how Seeing as I had forgotten my name much less how to string together enough words to get my point across, I quickly recovered the space I had put between us and flung myself into his arms, where I had belonged all along, kissing him once more and finally realizing that, no matter what happened, Joe had always been there for me and he always would.
AN: Please Review even though you have ever right not to seeing as it's only 450 words and it took so long to update. It would be much appreciated though... =)