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Nick stood silently against his car about 40ft away from Joe, who was sat knees pressed to his chest as his hands gripped to the front of his legs tightly.
He'd heard the faint sound of a car door slam, the raised voices of both Joe and Miley and the tyres screech as Joe sped off, but he hadn't picked up on the key elements of the argument, something that was beginning to bug him now.
How was he supposed to go and try and do what Kevin asked him if he had no idea what had happened? For one, he knew exactly what Joe was like. Stubborn.
After another mental argument with himself, Nick decided it would be best to just go and ask what had happened, maybe Joe, judging from his current position, had lost his stubborn side.
"I was told to come find you"
Joe's head spun to look at his brother as the younger boy sat himself down onto the sand. "Here I am"
Silence engulfed the air again, as Joe continued to look out towards the ocean, eyes hard.
"Joe?" Nick decided to break the silence, his head turning to his brother.
"Hmm?"
"What happened back there?" Nick winced a little as Joe's fists visibly clenched, his jaw locking. Only when Nick took a closer look at brother's face did he see the few tears running down his cheek. "Joe..."
"She's pregnant" Was the angry mumble.
Nick felt his jaw drop as his mind processed the words. "I'm sorry, what? It sounded like you just said Miley was pregnant, did I mishear?"
Joe let a small amused smile onto his lips, if only for a few seconds, Nick knew he'd heard right.
"But, I thought the two of you were set on waiting until marriage"
"We were. I am" Joe's harsh tone alerted Nick this probably wasn't the best subject to be talking about right now.
"...I'm confused"
"It's not mine, Nick. She's obviously been seeing someone behind my back" Joe shook his head angrily. "I don't understand how she could do this, she claimed she was in love with me, that she wanted to wait. Damn it, I would have given it all up for her if that's what she wanted"
The little angry sobs that had been coming from the older boy, turned into full cries as the last sentence left his mouth.
Wrapping his arms around Joe, Nick pulled him into a tight hug. "Have you let her explain?"
"She told me it wasn't something she was ready to talk about"
"This is Miles, she's in love with you, I think you both need to sit and talk about this"
"She doesn't want to"
"It's obviously something that's hard for her to explain Joe and for now, you're just going to have to trust her and wait for her to speak to you"
Shrugging, Joe raised his hand trying to wipe the tears that were still falling away. Standing up, Nick held his hand out waiting for Joe to take it.
"C'mon, I'll drive us both home and get Kevin to come get your car later"
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Kevin turned away from the telly as he heard the door creak open, his expression turning to anger as he spotted his two younger brothers enter the house.
"You Joseph are one of the biggest jerks I've ever had the misfortune of knowing"
"Kev..." Nick was cut off mid-sentence by Joe.
"What?"
"Miley needs you right now, more than you know and you think screaming at her and storming off is the best thing to do?"
"Kevin! Right now is not the best time to be having this conversation!" Nick's voice raised a little as he shot a glare at his eldest brother.
"Where is she?" Joe's voice was barely a whisper compared to Nick's outburst.
"Asleep upstairs, she got herself so worked up by the time I'd managed to calm her down she was exhausted. I don't believe for one second Joe, that you truly believe deep down she'd ever cheat on you and if you do, then you obviously don't know her as well as you like to think you do"
Joe sighed a little, looking helplessly at his older brother. "Kevin, how would you react if you found out your girlfriend was two months pregnant and you knew for certain it wasn't yours?"
"With the kind of relationship you and Miles have, I would have tried to speak to her without freaking out like you did" Kevin let out a sigh too, as he made his way towards the younger boy. "Joe, I'm not being heartless, I know you had your reasons for freaking out how you did, but now you need to speak to Miley and sort this out"
"She doesn't want to explain it to me"
"Let her come to you, support her and apologise for earlier. She'll come around easier than you think, she just needs reassurance from you"
Joe nodded as he moved to hug Kevin, before pulling away and making his way towards the stairs and his bedroom. He stopped in the doorway as he spotted Miley curled up under the duvet, obvious dry tear tracks still highlighting her cheeks.
Making his way slowly towards the bed, Joe kicked his shoes, jeans and jacket off as he climbed under the duvet next to her. Laying on his side, his hand found its way to her hair, gently brushing some away from her face.
He still wasn't sure how he was supposed to be re-acting to what had happened today, at the fact his girlfriend of 4 years was pregnant with someone else's child, but he knew he was still in love with her, he was going to fight for her if that's what he needed to do.
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