Wow! I can't believe I got soo many reviews on the first chapter of this. Thank you all so much! Keep it up. :) I'm glad you all liked the first chapter. Sorry it took a few days to get this chapter up.
Chapter 2
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Joe woke up the next morning. His head was pounding, a hangover as usual. He had a text message from Kevin. Call me when you're up.
Joe went to the bathroom first and grabbed a beer out of the fridge. Then he called Kevin. "Hello?" Kevin answered his phone.
"What's going on?" Joe asked.
"I need to tell you something." Kevin replied.
"What? A concert?" Joe questioned. They still played shows, but they couldn't go on tour, and they had to watch Joe carefully the whole day before.
"No...Lilly is back." Kevin answered hesitantly. "Her dad passed away. She's moving back here."
"Oh." Joe said finally.
"Are you ok?" Kevin asked.
"Fine." Joe lied. "Do you know how she is?" He asked quietly.
"I guess she's doing well. She's an accountant now." Kevin replied.
Joe scoffed. "I gotta go..bye." Then he quickly hung up before Kevin could say anything.
Joe started thinking about Lilly, he thought about the last time he spoke with her. It was Kevin and Kelsy's wedding about 5 years ago.
Joe had been trying to have a good time. He was talking to Nick and joking around. "So have you heard from Lilly yet?" Nick asked. He'd known that Joe had tried to text her that day.
"No." Joe answered.
"You know what? You try to text her, but you never end up getting in touch with her. You need to just call her." Nick explained.
"I doubt she'll even answer." Joe replied.
"Try it." Nick urged.
"Fine." Joe agreed. He stepped outside with his phone and called Lilly's number.
Lilly answered right away. "What, Joe?"
Joe hesitated for a second. "I'm sorry, I miss you. I love you."
"Stop it." Lilly hissed back. "If you loved me, then why would you do that to me?"
"I didn't mean to-" Joe tried to begin.
"No, just don't talk to me anymore, because you know what?" Lilly paused for what seemed to be an eternity. "I hate you."
Joe was in shock. He didn't want to cry. He felt like an idiot. "Bye..." He heard the other line cut.
After the phone call, he got so drunk, he could hardly stand.
That was when it began. His brothers and family had all tried to help him, but nobody could get through to him.
Joe came back to reality and suddenly felt like he was really stuffed up in the house. He decided to go out for a walk. He needed some air.
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Lilly was woken up that morning by her mother. "Lilly, would you like some breakfast?"
Lilly yawned. "I'm not really that hungry." She was, but she didn't want to get caught in a conversation with her mom about anything.
"Oh ok." Heather responded.
"Sorry, I usually just go for a jog in the morning, you know. Get some exercise." Lilly replied.
"It's fine." Heather told Lilly. "Just tell me if you get hungry."
"I will, thanks, mom." Lilly put on an old t-shirt and a pair of capri athletic pants. Then she put her tennis shoes on and pulled her hair into a ponytail before she left the house.
Lilly started walking down the street. All of a sudden, she saw a familiar face in the distance. She knew who she thought it was, but she kept telling herself it wasn't him. Soon, she realized it was definitely him.
"Hi." Lilly said, using no emotion.
"Hi." Joe repeated. "How's life?" He asked bitterly.
"It's just fine." Lilly responded.
"Yeah, I'm sure it is.." Joe replied sarcastically.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Lilly asked.
"I heard you're an accountant now?" Joe questioned.
"So?" Lilly answered.
"Wow." Joe laughed, only it was empty. "Isn't that what you said you'd never do? You never wanted to end up like your ignorant father."
"You have no right to say anything about my dad at this point." Lilly replied. She changed the subject. "And what about you? You're a fucking alcoholic."
"And how do you know that?" Joe asked.
"The entire world knows it." Lilly answered.
"Don't even go there, Lilly." Joe warned.
"Why? Are you going to try to hit me like you hit the guy working at that liquor store three years ago?" Lilly asked, smiling now.
"Seriously, I don't want to get into it." Joe continued.
"Maybe I do. You've become such an idiot. 'Dude, don't you know who the fuck I am? I'm Joe fucking Jonas. Give me the beer. I don't need a damn ID.'" Lilly mocked.
"You don't know a thing about my life." Joe replied.
"Yeah, well don't go and judge my life either, ok?" Lilly questioned.
"I'm not the one who turned into the exact person she said she'd never be." Joe responded.
"Oh, you're not?" Lilly asked.
Joe stormed off in the direction of his apartment. Lilly took a deep breath and then the tears started to fall. She needed to go somewhere. She started walking in the direction of Miley and Nick's house. It wasn't far, she knew the address from the things Miley had sent her in the mail.
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It wasn't as long as I expected, but I put a lot into it. Leave a review, I'll try to post again on wednesday or maybe even sooner.