When Joe returned two hours later, Nick and Kevin were playing guitar hero. Kevin was winning. The girls had left as it was almost their curfew.
"This is probably the only game I can't defeat you at" Nick said through gritted teeth as Kevin racked more and more points than him.
"Dream on little brother, I can beat you at anything" Kevin retorted.
"Yeah, like you beat me at hacky sack?" Nick challenged and Kevin shot his tongue at him quickly.
"I let you win" he said when his face was back to the screen.
"Lying again I see" a voice said before Nick could retort. He paused the game and turned to see Joe behind them.
"I'm not a liar Joseph" Kevin defended himself and Joe scoffed.
"Just like you're not a thief yet my girlfriends bracelet was in your pants pocket" Joe snapped.
"She put it there" Kevin cried and Joe crossed his arms.
"Why would she do that Kevin? Becca just met you" he asked. Nick shot Kevin a look but Kevin ignored it.
"Why can't you just believe me?" Kevin asked.
Joe shook his head. "How can I bro? You say Becca did it but won't explain why and then you ask me to just trust you?" he asked and Kevin nodded.
"Because you're my brother" he responded.
Joe shook his head. "That's not good enough….if you can't even explain to me why Rebecca would hurt you then I can't trust you anymore" he said and Kevin gasped.
"You no longer trust me?" Joe shrugged. "I guess not…" he said sadly looking away.
Nick stepped in between then. "Come on guys, why let a girl come between us, remember the Jonas law?" he asked.
Joe scoffed. "Why not Nicholas? Why should I trust someone who lies to me and steals?" he asked.
"I didn't steal the bracelet, Becca put it there Joe!" Kevin yelled.
"Prove it then!" Joe demanded and stormed off and down a fire pole.
Nick put his hand on Kevin's shoulder. "Don't worry Kevin, I'll fix this" he said and Kevin gave him a grateful smile.
"I hope fast Nicky cause this is annoying me, I hate fighting" he said sadly.
"It's only been a few hours""Does it matter how long its been? It sucks no matter how long" he answered and Nick had to agree.
"Don't worry bro, I promise you this plan is foolproof" Nick promised.
"Nick, you say that every time and then it backfires" Kevin retorted.
Nick punched his arm. "Thanks dude…I don't see you planning anything"
"Because I stink and know it…you're the genius brother remember?"
Nick smirked. "Exactly so I wouldn't insult me or else I might get mad and stop helping" he said.
"Okay I'm sorry…man you're annoying sometimes" Kevin said.
Nick only smirked in response.
Joe came back upstairs and glared at Kevin before storming to his bed. He picked up his homework and laid down.
Kevin shrugged at Nick and went to do his homework as well. Nick followed and their room was very silent. An hour later at dinner it was very awkward as Joe and Kevin weren't speaking.
When they had to pass food to each other it was followed by a glare. After dinner Joe ran upstairs again and went back to sulking.
Kevin took his job of dish duty telling their parents they had a fight and it would blow over soon. 'I hope' he thought.
The next morning Nick's plan was put into action. Kevin began to annoy Joe so much that when they arrived he slipped off as they argued.
He winked at the girls by their lockers. "Keep it convincing" he whispered and both nodded.
Nick casually walked over to another group of lockers where Becca was just closing hers.
"Hey Becca their you are" he called and she looked at him. "Nick? You were looking for me? Really?" she asked sweetly and it took all of Nick's strength not to gag.
"Sure have" he said and made a small smile. He leaned against the locker beside her.
"What about Nicky?" Becca asked in the same sickening sweet voice.
Nick forced another gag down his throat. "About you getting Kevin out of our band, I been trying for weeks now but its hard cause he is my brother" he said.
Rebecca smiled. "Ke…Kevin left?" she stuttered trying not to look too happy.
"Yeah…when Joe came back he said I had to choose between him and Kevin and I like Joe more…Kevin is an ugly dork who thinks he is so awesome because he plays our backup guy" Nick said trying to look and sound smug.
It didn't seem to take much cause Becca wasn't paying attention to him. She was smiling smugly.
"Ha, I knew I wasn't the only one who hated the ugly elf" she said and Nick raised a brow.
"What do you mean? Kevin and I just met you" he asked and Becca laughed.
"So the elf was too embarrassed to talk of me huh?" she asked and Nick only pretended to be confused.
Becca grinned at him. "Well since you hate him so much I guess I can tell you" she started and Nick nodded.
He casually yawned making a signal with his fingers and the girls nodded.
Macy ran down the hall and jumped on Kevin. "Hi Kevin of Jonas…you're looking great today" she giggled.
Stella casually followed and grabbed Joe's hand. "I think Nick is stealing your girlfriend" she whispered and Joe looked to where she pointed.
"Oh come on…I can't seem to trust any of my brothers" he said angrily.
He ran off and got there as Becca explained to Nick. Stella followed along with Macy and Kevin.
"Oh trust me I do hate him…so you know Kevin right?" he asked and she nodded.
"I met him in junior high and the ugly elf thought I'd date him what a loser so I turned him down" she said.
Joe stopped as she said that and turned to Stella who nodded. "We thought it was best you heard it yourself" she whispered and Joe nodded.
He folded his arms and listened to Becca rant to Nick, her back to him. 'How can someone so pretty be so evil' he thought angrily.
Nick put on a fake disappointed face. "Oh, I thought you were evil…if it was me I'd have humiliated him" he said and Becca grinned.
"Oh but I did Nicholas…I got a huge group of people to witness just what I thought of that freak…hell I even got myself suspended just to make him look responsible" she said.
Nick looked impressed. "Whoa…you are evil" he said with a whistle.
Becca shrugged. "It only got him hated by his peers, I think framing him and making Joe hate him is cooler huh?" she asked and Nick grinned.
"Oh yes Becca, just like me tricking you" he said and she turned.'
"You…you tricked me" she cried and Nick laughed. "Of course…Kevin is my best friend" he said and Kevin bumped his fist.
"Joe…I…you don't believe…" Becca stuttered but Joe only glared at her.
"I never want to see you again Rebecca…you're nothing but an evil girl and I don't hang with that kind" he said coldly.
"Fine, I don't need you anyway Joseph" she huffed and stormed off.
Joe watched her leave then turned to the group. Nick took the girls away leaving the two older boys in an awkward silent stare.
"I guess apologizing won't work huh?" Joe asked and Kevin shrugged.
"It can't hurt" he said.
"I'm sorry bro…for believing that devil over you" he said and Kevin smiled.
"I'm sorry too…for not telling you that I knew Becca" Kevin replied quickly before Joe could look confused.
"Yeah about that…I don't get why you wouldn't tell me that" he said and Kevin shrugged.
"You seemed so happy with her…I guess I rather you be happy than me" he said.
"Kev…" Joe said but couldn't come up with anything. Instead he hugged him for a second.
When he pulled away he gave him a stern look. "You deserve to be happy too bro…Rebecca had no right to treat you like that" he said and Kevin nodded.
"Thanks…" he started and Joe cut him off.
"I'm not done…don't ever let me go out with someone who's mistreated you or Nick or Frankie or even the girls" he said and Kevin nodded.
"So…we cool?" he asked and Joe nodded.
They bumped fists and Nick walked up and put his hands on both of their shoulders.
"Good because you two were beginning to annoy me" he said and they laughed.
"Yeah but you love us" Joe teased and Nick shrugged. "Do I have a choice?"
"Not really and thanks little bro" Joe answered.
"Yeah, whatever, I only did this because Becca was more annoying that Fiona which I didn't think was possible" he said and walked away.
Macy followed him as they laughed again.
Kevin ran after them leaving Joe and Stella with another awkward silence.
"I guess you're probably happy I'm miserable" Joe said and Stella shook her head.
"No….I'm sorry you got hurt actually and I'm sorry for our fight" she said.
"Really?" Joe asked and she nodded.
"Look…I…I'll see you later" she stuttered and tried to leave but Joe grabbed her arm.
"Don't go…I'm sorry too for hurting you…maybe we could try again at least you like my family" he said and Stella smiled.
"Yeah…okay Joe" she agreed and gently kissed his lips.
"And now it's a happy ending Kevin" Nick whispered and he nodded.
"Never doubted you for a second bro" he whispered back and Nick punched him gently.
Macy giggled. "Well I know I didn't Nick" she said and he smiled at her.
"Least I got one admirer" he said. He put his arm around, stuck his tongue out at Kevin and walked away.
Kevin smiled. "Least it's all back to normal" he said to himself.
The end, hope you liked this one, only so many more to end now.