I got up the next morning for work and took a shower. Once I got out, I walked downstairs to see Liz up and also getting ready for work.

"Dude, why didn't you tell me you gave Joe Jonas your number?! Then hung out with him?! Vanessa, its JOE JONAS!" Liz said the moment she saw me.

"I don't think its a big deal. Jared and Jensen are famous and we don't treat them differently, so why would I treat Joe any different?" I replied.

"True, but still. He's super hot and ugh. Was it fun?" She asked.

"Yeah, he and his family are extremely nice. Kevin and Nick interrogated me," I told her with a laugh. "Whats up with you and Jensen?"

"I don't know yet, I'm supposed to go to his house after work."

I gave her a knowing look and she rolled her eyes. I laughed and poured myself a glass of orange juice, then ate a bowl of cereal. I went upstairs and saw that I was running late so I put my hair in a ponytail and walked out the door.

Once I got home from work, I changed into fresh clothes. [[ swear_that_you_dont_have/set?id=87998541]] I started looking online for Jared's birthday gift since it was coming up, I knew exactly what I was going to get him. I was on a website and saw a Spurs jersey signed by the point guard, Tony Parker. It was obviously extremely expensive, but I didn't care. I knew it would bring a smile to Jared's face and that's all I want. I found the Jersey and bought it, hoping it would ship in time for his birthday. Right when I shut laptop, Jared and Erin walked in.

"Hey Ness!" Jared said.

"Hi," I smiled in return, even though it still sucked seeing them together. "Whats up?"

"Nothing really, just stopping by because we're bored." Jared told me and I nodded.

"Look what Jared bought me!" Erin burst, practically shoving her wrist in my face.

I saw on her wrist a diamond bracelet, it was beautiful and I could tell the diamonds were real. I shot a fake smile and Erin, how could Jared buy her something so expensive early in a relationship?

"It-Its nice," I said.

"Isn't it?" Jared smiled.

Was he being completely serious? This is ridiculous! No matter what I said, it wouldn't change anything so I kept my mouth shut. Was Erin using Jared for his money? That was my first thought. It seemed reasonable. Or maybe I'm just jealous.

"Well, I have to leave babe. I have dinner with my parents soon, bye!" Erin kissed Jared and walked towards the door as she quickly said a goodbye to me.

"Jared, how much was that bracelet?" I asked him once she left.

"It doesn't matter," he said.

"You guys haven't even been dating for two months and you buy her a real diamond bracelet?" I asked.

"Yeah. Whats your point?" He asked.

I rolled my eyes and dropped the subject, not wanting to fight with him. Suddenly, my phone rang. It was Joe.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Hey, Vanessa! Are you free tomorrow?" He asked.

"I work until 5, why?" I replied.

"Would you like to go to dinner at 7:30?"

"Of course! That sounds fun," I said with a smile.

"Awesome, see you then!" Joe said, then hung up.

"Was that Joe?" Jared asked immediately.

"Yeah, we're going to dinner tomorrow."

Jared rolled his eyes just like I had.

"What?" I asked him sharply.

"Nothing, I just find it odd that you met some famous singer dude at a bar while you were drunk and now you're dating him." Jared said.

"Are you kidding me? We're not dating, first of all. Also, I find it odd that you're spending tons of money on some girl you met on set." I retorted.

"She's not just some girl, she's my girlfriend!" Jared raised his voice.

"Whatever, I'm not fighting with you." I told him calmly, crossing my arms across my chest.

"Fine," Jared rolled his eyes again.

"Lets go to Starbucks, I want a frappe!" I told him.

So we went. I got a caramel frappe and he got a mocha one. We sat outside and drank them peacefully, we were the only ones there. As we glanced over, we got a perfect view of the sunset.

"Beautiful," I whispered.

"You really are," Jared whispered back.

It caught me off guard, I looked at him and he was just staring at me.

"What?" I asked him.

"You really are beautiful, Vanessa. You mean a lot to me, despite the fights we have. And its moments like this that I'll always remember," Jared told me with a smile."You truly are my very best friend, and I don't know what I would do without you."

"Jared.. why don't you ever talk about what happened between us?" I finally asked.

He put his head down.

"I knew that was going to come up sooner or later," Jared sighed. "I couldn't do it, Nessa. I just couldn't. Being away from you broke my heart, so eventually it came down to this: Would I rather break up with her and let her be happy or keep her waiting for me all the time? It just didn't seem fair to you. But I couldn't bring myself to actually say the words to you because I loved you so much."

Loved. That was the word that stuck out to me more than any other.

"Jared, I didn't mind. I loved waiting for you. I loved when you could sometimes come home on the weekends or when you would surprise me, just like you did when you came home this time. Except, you brought someone else with you." I sighed.

"But, it turned out okay didn't it? I mean.. I have Erin and you have Joe. And plus, now we're extremely close again. I love it more than anything, being this close with you again." He put his hand over mine as he spoke, and kept it there.

A part of me wanted to scream. I wanted to scream and ask him why we couldn't be closer. Why we couldn't be more than 'best friends' again, why he loved me when I love him. But.. I couldn't. He was happy without me being in his life as a significant other.. I saw a flash out of the corner of my eye. Jared must have seen it too because we both shot our heads in that direction at the same time. We didn't see anyone, though. I shook it off and enjoyed the rest of the night with Jared. We both went back to my house, then he went home. Right after he left, Liz walked in looking happy as ever.

"Whats up with you?" I asked her.

"Jensen and I are officially dating!" She smiled even wider.

"Yay!" I said, extremely happy for her.

I ran up to her and gave her a big hug. Now I'm always going to be the fifth wheel, awesome. Well, its whatever. As long as my friends are happy.