Chapter 3
-Jay’s POV-
I woke up the next morning when I felt my phone vibrate under my pillow. I set it that way so it would wake me up without disturbing anyone else. Mr. Jonas was the only person awake on the bus and he was upfront eating breakfast. I took a quick shower and got dressed. This was going to be the first day where I would actually be dressing the boys and Miley, so I just threw my hair up in a messy bun and pinned my bangs off my face. I couldn’t have my hair in my face while doing last minute alterations. I didn’t feel like wearing my contacts today so I slipped my glasses back on and walked back to my bunk to put my stuff back. I walked to the kitchen area and sat at the table across from Mr. Jonas. Without looking up from his sports section of the newspaper he slid the other parts towards me. I grabbed the living and spotlight sections and passed the rest back to him. I was reading when someone slid in the seat beside me.
“What’s happening in the world today?” Joe asked setting his chin on my shoulder and looking at the newspaper with me.
“Today? I don’t know… but Fashion week is coming up” I said smiling and pointing to the article
“Too bad you’re going to be here with us” Joe said
“Not that week” Mr. Jonas said from behind his paper
“You’re going to leave me?” Joe said making puppy dog eyes.
“Just for a little bit, this is the first year Fran is letting me do the backstage with her” I said excitedly
“How long have you been working with Fran?”
“I’ve been an official employee for about two years now, but I’ve known her pretty much my whole life”
“So, when does ‘fashion week’ start?” Joe asked putting extra emphasis on the words fashion week.
“Three weeks” I said. Joe nodded, digging his chin into my shoulder. Suddenly he grabbed the newspaper from my hands and shot out of his seat.
“It’s about me!” He exclaimed as he jumped around the bus. Mr. Jonas looked up over his paper for a second before shaking his head and going back to reading.
“What does it say?” I asked as he was skimming the paper
“It says: The almighty Jonas Brothers are doing a tour! Everyone is excited to see Joe Jonas because, let’s face it; he’s the best looking and the most talented of the group. You’ll probably be wondering: How does Joe always find clothes that look so amazing on him? You may think that it’s just another part of his perfect personality, but alas it is not. His clothes are all hand picked by a beautiful girl named Jay Matthews. Her taste in clothes is immaculate and her designs are to die for” he put down the paper and grinned at me. While he was reading Mr. Jonas had gotten up and left.
"That's not what it says" I said
"No, it's about Miley and Nick... but you gotta admit the article I said was way better than anything about Nick and Miley"
“I'm sure... so, my designs are to die for?” I said crossing my arms
“You betcha” Joe said calming down a bit and sitting across from me.
“Have you seen any of my designs before?” I asked him raising an eyebrow
“I own every article of the Jay Matthews collection” Joe said matter-of-factly.
“Wow, do you wear any of it?” I asked
“Of course, pretty much every day”
“You know I only design girl’s clothes right?” I said smirking. In my mind I was trying to make myself shut up. I was never like this, I am the shy awkward girl, the one that sits back and lets everyone interact around her. I never joke around with people I just met, but there was something about Joe that made me feel like I knew him my whole life… in fact all the boys, Joe, Nick and Kevin made me feel that way.
“You wear glasses Jay?” Kevin said sliding in beside me as Nick sat beside Joe.
“I’m pretty much blind without them” I said
“I’m hungry” Nick said getting up and grabbing the box of pop tarts. He set them in front of us and we all dug in.
“So, I expected you guys to still be in bed” I said as I swallowed some of my pop tart
“Dad shut down the movie last night” Nick explained
“He said that the movie was too loud and we shouldn’t disturb you” Kevin continued
“Don’t even worry about me, I’m a fairly light sleeper, but I have earplugs” I said. We ate in silence for a little bit before Joe spoke up
“So, are picking up mom and Frankie today?” he asked his brothers
“Yeah, we should be there soon actually” Kevin answered him checking his watch
“There are going to be more people on the bus?” I asked
“Yeah, our mom and little brother… don’t worry, there’s still room for you” Nick said smiling
“About your little brother…” I said
“What about him?” Joe asked
“How little are we talking?”
“He’s seven… why?”
“Well, kids and I don’t really mesh… I had a… different childhood, so I’m not so good at interacting with anyone younger than 13”
“What do you mean different childhood?” Kevin asked giving me a weird look.
“Well, I pretty much only interacted with adults when I was younger… I didn’t bother making friends my age, I hung around Fran’s studio a lot and there were never any kids there”
“So you don’t have any friends your age?”
“Not really… most of my friends are Fran’s models”
“Most of your friends are models?”
“Well, I’m a model… ish… I model sometimes for Fran”
“Your just full of surprises this morning… first we find out you’re leaving in three weeks, then that you wear glasses and now that you’re a model” Joe exclaimed.
“Wait, you’re leaving in three weeks?” Nick said cutting in
“Only for a couple days, Fran said I could work backstage during fashion week… it’s an amazing opportunity”
“So you mean you’re going to be in a room full of models that will be running around half dressed?” Joe asked smirking
“Um… yeah, but it’s not really the same experience for me” I said kind of weirded out by what Joe had said. This made Kevin and Nick laugh. We felt the bus stop and the door flung open. A little boy that looked exactly like Nick and Kevin, but not so much Joe, ran into the bus.
-Nick’s POV-
“Nick! Kevin! Joe!” Frankie yelled as he jumped onto my lap.
“Hey Frankie!” Joe exclaimed giving him a high five. Frankie waved me down so he could whisper something in my ear.
“Who’s the girl?” He whispered. I smiled and sat back up
“This is Jay” I said pointing to her “Jay, this is our little brother Frankie”
“Nice to meet you Frankie” Jay said with an uncomfortable smile. Frankie started to climb onto the table towards Jay, her eyes got wide and she tried to keep her smile. Frankie got over to her and stuck his hand out.
“You can call me Frank the Tank… everyone else does” Frankie said shaking Jay’s hand vigorously.
“Alright Frank man, come on back here” Joe said grabbing him by the waist and pulling him onto his lap. We heard the door shut and Joe’s head whipped around.
“MOMMY!” he yelled as he shoved Frankie onto my lap and jumped onto the table to get out of the seat. He ran over to our mother and pretty much attacked her with a hug.
“It’s good to see you too Joseph” She said as Joe backed away from her. I got up and gave her a hug and so did Kevin.
“I told you I’d beat you to the bus” Frankie said with a huge smile.
“I just can’t keep up with you anymore” My mom said smiling and shrugging. She looked up at Jay
“I’m Denise” she said sticking out her hand
“Nice to meet you, I’m Jay” Jay said standing up and shaking my mother’s hand.
“Oh, so you’re the famous Jay”
“I guess that’s me” Jay said smiling awkwardly as her cell phone started to ring.
“Oh, excuse me for a moment” Jay said pulling out her cell phone and walking to the bunk part of the bus.
“She seems like a nice girl” My mom said as Jay disappeared.
-Jay’s POV-
“Hello?” I said into my phone
“You’re on tour with the Jonas Brothers!?” Someone yelled
“Darcy?” I said
“Why wouldn’t you tell me about going on tour with the hottest guys on earth?” Darcy whined into the phone. Darcy was a good friend of mine; she was 20 and one of Fran’s models. She was extremely dark and had long black hair and deep brown eyes.
“I’m sorry, it was really last minute and you were in Paris with Fran”
“Oh yeah, that gives you all the right in the world to keep this information from me” she said sarcastically
“How about you come pick me up for fashion week?” I said
“How about I meet up with you sooner… Fran got you some stuff from France and I could drop it off”
“Well we’re doing two shows here, so maybe you can come and meet me here”
“Yeah… I’ll say it’s very important Fran Sanders business that I need to discuss with you”
“Excellent… so you’ll leave now?”
“Yeah… except… I don’t know where you are”
“Oh, Uh… I don’t either… hang on a sec” I said as I put my phone on my bunk and walked back into the main part of the bus.
“Hey Jay, What’s up?” Kevin said as I walked out
“Um, a friend of mine has some stuff from Fran that she needs to drop off… we’re here for two nights right?”
“Yeah” he said nodding
“Umm and could you tell me where ‘here’ is?” I said awkwardly making Kevin laugh.
“Here is Atlantic City”
“Thanks” I said as I walked back to my bunk
“Hey Darcy, we’re in Atlantic City”
“Cool, I could probably be there by about 3?”
“That would be awesome… So, do you miss me?”
“Girl, you know I do”
“Just checking”
“Well, if you expect me here by 7 I better head out… I’ll see you soon”
“Later Darcy” I said as I hung up the phone. I walked back to the guys. They were playing video games; Joe motioned for me to sit by him on the couch. I went and sat down
“So, that was a friend of yours?” Joe asked
“Yep” I said knowing what was coming
“A model type friend?”
“Yep”
“Is she old? Or… whatever?”
“She’s twenty” I said
“Interesting” Joe said as a smile grew on his face. I rolled my eyes at him as I leaned back into the couch.
“Do you play?” Nick asked motioning to his controller
“I’ve been known to kick a few butts at video games” I said smirking
“Halo 3?”
“My specialty” I said
“Here you can take my player… I suck” Kevin said handing me the controller. I took it and started to play. About an hour later we were still playing video games… I had beaten Nick twice and Joe three times.
“I demand a rematch!” Joe exclaimed as he lost… again.
“No way… I’m quitting while I’m ahead” I said putting the controller down.
“Awe come on. One more game?” Joe said pouting at me.
“I need to work… I didn’t get to finish the pants I was working on yesterday” I said standing up and going to my bunk. I worked on the pants for a while before there was a knock by my bunk. I was told it was lunch time and everyone was going out. We went out to lunch and then I went to Miley’s bus to work on some of her clothes. I was getting more and more excited as three o’clock rolled around, I couldn’t wait to see Darcy or to see what Fran got me.