Chapter 8...hope you like it!

Chapter 8

The headline was "Kevin's New Girl??" in big, bold letters; and right in the middle was a picture of me and Kevin holding hands! "Oh. My. God. " I said. "How did this happen??" Emily frantically asked. "Well, it was when Kevin and I were looking for you and Nick," I started to explain. "When we looked outside, the paparazzi found us. So, Kevin grabbed my hand to run back inside. They must have assumed we were together." "Ya think??" Emily exclaimed. "Now it's all over the gossip sites!!" "Oh man." I said I started to get nervous. "I should call Joe. Hopefully he hasn't found out yet."

After my conversation with Emily ended, I quickly dialed Joe's number. As I waited for him to pick up, so many thoughts were running through my head. Did Joe find out? Is he really gonna think that me and Kevin are together? Finally, Joe answered the phone. "Hey Joe, what's up?" I asked. "Nothing much, just hanging out. You?" he replied. "Nothing really. Actually, I'm a little freaked out. You haven't looked at any of the gossip sites today, have you?"

"As a matter of fact, I have. I was just about to call you myself."

Uh-oh.

"Is there anything you want to explain to me?" Joe asked.

"Ok. Before you start flipping out on me, let me tell you what happened. When me and Kevin went outside to look for Emily and Nick, the paparazzi found us and Kevin grabbed my hand to get away from them."

"Are you sure you're telling me the truth?" Joe asked, worried. "Of course, Joe! We've been together for pretty much one day. Do you really think I'd lie to you?" It was quiet for a few seconds. and then Joe said "I guess you're right. It's just that when I saw the picture, it looked really believable. But I should have realized by now that you can't always trust the gossip sites."

"Well, I'm glad we cleared this up," I said, relieved. "I just wanted to make sure you knew that I would never do anything to ruin this relationship, especially this early. Anyways, I was thinking that we could hang out, just you me, Nick, and Emily."

"Sure, that sounds good. I'll go tell Nick, and we'll pick you girls up in about a half hour. And thanks, for telling the truth. It means a lot." I could hear him smile as he said that.

When Joe hung up, I called Emily to tell he that everything was back to normal, and to come over my house to get ready. When she came over, we just hung out and waited for Nick and Joe to arrive. After a few minutes, we heard a car horn and we made our way over to the car. "Well hello ladies! Long time no see.", Joe said as Emily and I laughed and got into the car. "So, where are we headed to today?" Emily asked. "We're gonna go hang out at the mall. Our dad called security to clear most of the people out, so this way it won't be so chaotic when we arrived." Nick explained.

We go to the mall, and Nick was right. There was probably only 40-50 people still there, so we were fine to hang out and not be crowded around. However, there was one person in particular there who looked somewhat familiar. "Oh no." Joe said as he took my hand and started walking to the mall entrance. I looked at who was there, and then I knew why Joe got so nervous.

Even more drama coming!!! Things are gonna get intense!