Since the last chapter was really short, I post this chapter too.
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Joe's POV

"Erm, Joseph? We have to talk"

Oh God. Not those four words.

"Err, what do you want to talk about?" I said casually, maybe she just want to say she miss the old times thats all.

"Please don't freak out when I say this." Okay this is getting weirder by the seconds.

"Ok I'll stay quiet until you finish" I managed to say out sadly.

"Ok good. I have a confession to make."

I shifted a little bit to get more comfortable sitting on my bed in case whatever she's going to tell me will cause me to faint. What?! It could be possible.

"I, er, think I'm having feelings for a guy that I met last month in Texas while I was visiting my grandmother. He confessed his feelings to me last night over the phone and I told him about you but he said he didn't care if I turn him down for you and he will wait for me but I told him I had to think about it first. Joe, are you angry at me?" She said it all very fast and i barely caught on whatever she just said.

"Let me get this straight, You met a guy in Texas, you exchanged numbers with him then you two start contacting each other behind my back and he confessed his feelings to you and you said you had to think about it first. So now are you asking for my advice on which you should choose on this little thing called love triangle?! Unbelievable" And I thought having slight feelings for a person I haven't met for a decade is bad enough. Wait, what am I saying?

"Joe, I'm sorry! I wanted to tell you all this while but I didn't want to ruin what we had. Joe please understand. I just wanted to ask you if we could maybe take a break so I can have time to think about this." She pleaded.

My anger was really rising inside me and I don't know what to do. I just said what I think is the best.

"Fine. When you're ready to choose, call me. But I can't promise you that my feelings for you will still be the same."

"Thanks Joe…" She trailed before I hanged up on her.

I slammed my phone down on my bed and laid on my back to stare at the ceiling. Maybe what Kevin said was true. I'm always making out whenever I'm around her. I looked to my left where my small storage section is located. Suddenly, a thought came up to my mind. I went to my small storage section and started digging for something special that I received before I left for NJ. After almost 30 minutes of opening and closing boxes, I found the small blue and pink old-looking small photo album that was covered with dust. I blew the thin layer of dust away but started to cough when I accidentally breathed it in.

"Smooth move Joe," I said to myself.

I took a seat on my desk chair, with my laptop still on infront of me. The photo album is now placed on the small space on my desk in between me and my laptop. I slowly opened it to the first page which had a small note written by Sherwayne. She gave me this before we parted. This was what written on the page with a little kid's handwriting:

Dear Joeyman,

I am going to miss you! Remember our promise. Don't ever forget me! :)

Your BESTEST friend,
Sherwayne

I smiled at this. I remember the promise. But sadly, I didn't stick to my promise. I made new friends and started to forget about her especially when Nick got the record deal and stuff. I wouldn't be surprise if Sherwayne hates me now. I flipped the page and it has a badly taken photo of me and Sherwayne covered in flour at my house. I remember this was taken in candid when Kevin was playing with my dad's camera in the kitchen while Sherwayne and I were finding something to eat when I "accidentally" poured some flour on her. My mom, who was giving a very young Nick a bath, came rushing down when she heard Sherwayne scream. It was a very silly day. I flipped to the next page and this time round, it was a photo of me, Kevin and Sherwayne with our first sandcastle built together taken at some beach. After that photo, the sandcastle was destroyed when I yet again "accidentally" tickled Sherwayne unexpectedly, causing her to fall on the sandcastle. Both Kevin and I tickled her until she managed to escape. I was about to flip the page again when I received an IM.

madguitardude: get ur ass down to the living room now. dad wants to talk to us

djcrazydanger: and why can't you just come to my room? Kevin, you do know I'm just in the room next from urs right?

madguitardude: I'm already down here and I don't want to shout for you to come down, dad would kill me

djcrazydanger: k, i'm coming down now

I left the IM open and went down immediately. I saw Nick and Kevin looking at something on Kevin's laptop while dad was looking through his phone. I quickly took a seat beside Nick on the sofa opposite my dad. I can't wait to get this over and done with so that I can get back to looking at the photo album and reminisce on the wonderful past. Dad placed his phone by his side and turned his attention towards his three sons who now have all their attention on him.

"Ok boys, I have good news and bad news."

Sorry for the cliff hanger, had to stop somewhere. Hehe.

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