A Little Bit Longer and I'll be Fine: A fanfic
*With the exception of the Jonases and my first name, all first names, last names, and place names have been changed for privacy reasons.
*Disclaimer: I own none of this. I do not own the Jonas Brothers, other members of the Jonas family, or anything else. What I write isn't even real. I am simply a fan of them, and I hope you enjoy reading my fanfic.
*Yes, I do realize that all of the Jonases are older than they are in this fanfic, but in order for it to work, me and Nick had to be the same age, and I know more about what he was like at age 13 than what I'll be like at age15.
Part 1
Everyone knows it's meant to be, falling in love just you and me, till the end of time, till I'm on her mind, it'll happen. I've been making lots of plans, like a picket fence and a rose garden, I'll just keep on dreaming. But it's cool, cause we're just friends.
-Jonas Brothers, Just Friends
Chapter 1
"Why do I have to meet them again?" I ask my mom impatiently. There's a new family moving into the neighborhood, and Mom's determined to get me to like them.
"Because they're new to the neighborhood, and as our daughter, we expect you to be neighborly to them," Mom drones on. "The Jonases seem like nice people, and they have a son that's your age and will be going to St. Joan's in the fall..."
"Mom! Stop trying to make friends for me!!!" I yell at her. I put up with her nagging, bossiness, and even how unfair she was at times, but when she nosed her way into my personal life, that was enough. Look, I don't tell her how to live her life, so why should she tell me how bad I'm living mine?
"I just think that you should meet them. Then you can decide whether you like them or not." She says in reply.
"Do I have a choice?" I ask, already knowing the answer.
"No. Now get ready; you should try to make a good first impression."
I sigh as I pull my hair back into a ponytail. They aren't going anywhere, so why bother meeting them now?
Chapter 2
"Hi, I'm Kevin Sr., nice to meet you." Mr. Jonas introduced himself. He looked about forty or forty-one. Pretty young, considering that Mom told me their oldest was eighteen.
"Hi, we're Laura and Ryan Johnson. This is our daughter, Abby. She's thirteen."
"Same age as our second youngest, Nick! Where is he, anyways?"
"Right here, Dad!" he seemed to appear out of nowhere. "I was just getting my stuff to unpack."
Okay, confession time: He was über cute. His smile could melt any girl's heart, and his semi-curly brown hair was better then all the other curly-haired boys' hair put together. Throw in his dreamy brown eyes, and any normal girl would be all over him by now.
But I'm not normal.
"Oh, hey. You must be Abby. Wanna help me unpack?"
"Oh, she'd love to. Right, Abby?" Mom answers for me. Her look says If you say no, you can just kiss the Internet goodbye for the summer.
So I look at Mom, put on my fakiest smile, and say "Sure I would."
I follow him upstairs to where his room is. He had better have one box of stuff or change his mind about me unpacking.
Chapter 3
There are seven big boxes to unpack, of course. Why couldn't it have been one tiny one? Why did my parents drag me here with them? I wish he wasn't so cute. It makes it harder for me to hate him.
"So, um, where are you from?" I say, unable to think of anything else.
"New Jersey." He answers. "We had to move here because of Dad's work."
"I heard you had brothers. What are their names?"
"Well, Kevin's the oldest, he's eighteen. Joe is sixteen. And my little brother Frankie is five."
"Hmmm." I say. I'm really bored right now. Then I open one of the boxes. There's a guitar case inside.
"You play?" I ask, genuinly interested.
"Yeah, do you?"
"No, but I wish I could. I asked about it for my birthday, but all I got was a stupid book about World War II."
"That sucks. I could teach you if you want to learn."
"Really? That would be awesome! And I'm sure Mom and Dad would agree because it would be a lot cheaper than regular lessons."
"Yeah! As soon as we're done unpacking, we could talk to them about it."
Maybe Mom was right. Maybe we could be friends. If I could only ignore his cuteness.....
Chapter 4
Who knew so much could change in one month? One month ago, I didn't even like the Jonas family, I had no idea what finger exercises were, and I thought It's About Time was something you yelled at someone who was late for something. Now, Mandy is the most played song on my ipod, the guitar is my latest obsession, and Nick and me are already BFFs, even though we're different genders. I don't even notice what I used to think was cute. Okay, that was a lie, but I swear, I DO NOT have a crush on Nick. I mean, he's totally awesome, but if I like-liked him, it would ruin our friendship. What if he didn't like me back? What if he did? What if I asked him out and he said no? What if he didn't? What would happen if we broke up? Joe and AJ broke up, and they can't even look at each other anymore. I wouldn't want to lose my best friend like that. Which is why I'm happy I don't have to worry about that, because I don't like him that way, not even a little bit.....
Who am I kidding? OF COURSE I like Nick as more than a friend! How could I not? He's nice and smart, and he can make me laugh. He's also the ONLY person I can just be myself around. But I put our friendship first. It's not like I have a choice.
Chapter 5
Tonight is the Fourth of July, and, as always, our town is having a HUGE celebration for it. They have a big picnic for it, followed by a parade and a fireworks display DisneyWorld would envy. It's really fun, which is why it's a crime that Mom is such a slow driver.
"Why can't you go any faster? We'll never get a good spot if we go this slow!" I yell at Mom.
"We're almost there, and stop yelling. Hardly anyone is here right now." Dad tells me. I look out the car window. All I can see is cars and people. Yeah, hardly anyone. As soon as we get out, I try to find my friends. After five minutes of looking, we find the Jonases. We lay our blanket by theirs. We eat our sandwiches, chips, and, of course, our s'mores before watching the parade. Just when we find a good spot, we run into Rosie. Rosie is a girl who was in some of my classes in the seventh grade. We were pretty friendly with each other, but we never, like, hung out after class or anything.
"Hey Rosie." I say to her.
"Hey Abby. Who's your friend?" she asks.
"Oh, this is Nick. Nick, this is Rosie."
"Are you two, like, boyfriend/girlfriend?"
"Oh, no, we're just friends. Right, Abby?" Nick says.
"Yeah. Totally." I say, hoping I don't sound hurt when saying it.
"Abby, can I talk to you?" Guess I do.
"Sure you can." I say while walking a few steps away from Nick. "Why?"
"Do you like Nick as more than a friend? 'Cause he's kinda cute, and I wouldn't want to ask him out if you liked him."
"Well, yeah, I do like him, but it's okay if you ask him out."
"You sure it's okay?" she asks one more time.
"Yeah, it's okay," I lie "I wouldn't want to ruin our friendship by making a move on him."
"Okay then." She says as we walk back to Nick. We watch the parade together, and after that we watch the fireworks, me and Nick, just the two of us. Not counting Mom, Dad, Nick's parents, Joe, Kevin, and Frankie. Then we say goodbye when we get into different cars. I see a star in the sky on the way home. I wish Nick liked me back.
Chapter 6
It's been a few days since the Fourth of July, and Nick and me are just hanging out, as usual. We aren't that busy this summer, and being by yourself with nothing to do is a lot worse than the same thing with someone.
"Hey, Abby, I need to tell you something." Nick says, breaking the silence.
"Okay than. What do you need to tell me?" I ask, listening closly. This could be majorly important or incredibly ridiculous, but there's only one way to find out.
After taking a deep breath, he says, "We're visiting New Jersey. Me, Kevin, Joe, Frankie, Mom and Dad. We'll be going in about a week. Which means I'll be gone."
"How long will you be gone?" Even if it's a short amount of time, he's my best friend, so I'll miss him.
"Week-and-a-half, more or less. I'll call and text you."
"Nick, you know as well as I do that I don't have a cell phone."
"Sorry, I forgot."
"It's okay, here's my email address, use it." I say, scribbling it down on a scrap piece of paper and handing it to him.
"Thanks. You know, since I'm gonna be gone for over a week, we should make up for it while I'm here."
"You know what? You're right. Let's get out and do something!"
"Yeah! Why don't we go to the Groovy Smoothie? I hear they have Mango Mixers now."
"Yum! Let's go!" I say. It's so unfair he has to go. What'll I do without him?
Chapter 7
It is such a good thing Nick is coming back today, because I'm not sure I can take another day of it. The one week we were together went by way too fast, as expected, and while he was gone, Mom decided it would be good mother-daughter bonding time. I mean, I love my mom, but scrapbooking, gardening, and housework just isn't my idea of how a summer should be spent. Plus, I did some thinking while he was gone, and I've decided to tell him. As in, tell him that I happen to have theee hugest crush on him. Maybe some good can come out of it. Maybe he'll like me back. Maybe he'll stay my friend if he doesn't. Either way, I can't keep it a secret anymore. And judging by how much I missed him when he was gone, I can't get over him.
Okay now, back to reality. The Jonases will be back any minute now. My hair is finally perfect, my outfit is good; cute, but not too cute. I'm checking my email one last time to see if he wrote me anything else. He didn't, but there's one from someone else. I open it and start reading.
Hi, my name is Brianna, and you may or may not have heard of me. I'm one of Nick's friends from New Jersey. I have heard A LOT about you, even if you haven't heard of me. I just want to set one thing straight: You may think you're Nick's best friend, but you're not. Us friends, the ones in New Jersey, we are. We grew up with him. We know him better than you ever will, so back off!
My mouth drops in shock. Who does this girl think she is, talking to me like that? But wait, there's more....
Oh, and my BFF Lizzy would want you to have this. The girl is Lizzy, and I'm pretty sure you know who the guy is.
I scroll down, and what I see is possibly the worst thing I've ever seen; it's a picture. Of Nick and Lizzy. Kissing. Lip-kissing. I feel the tears welling up in my eyes. He has a girlfriend already. One who's known him for a long time. Why didn't he ever tell me about this? I thought we were best friends. No way can I tell him how I feel about him now. The tears are starting to fall....
"Abby, hey! I missed you!!" Nick walks in, completly unaware of what I just saw. He notices the tears.
"Abby? What's wro-"
"Go away!!!" I yell at him. I don't think I can see him right now, even if I'd missed him more than anything while he was gone.
"Listen, if it's because I didn't email you much, it's because...."
"Just leave me alone!!!"
"Why don't we talk this out?"
"Because I never want to see your face again!!" I yell. I run into my room and slam the door behind me. Then I start crying. This is the worst day EVER!!!!!
Chapter 8
Three days after he came back, and I'm still miserable. I've tried everything, but nothing is making me feel better. Not even my guitar. I've been playing this new song Nick, Joe, and Kevin wrote called 'Hold On', and some of the lyrics are 'When you love someone, and they break your heart, don't give up on love, have faith restart', but it's not working. My heart is broken into a million pieces, but even when it's that broken, it can't help but like Nick above almost everything, even though I know he doesn't feel it too. Nick, he's tried talking to me about it, but I'm too scared to face him right now. I can't believe how stupid I was for thinking someone like Nick could ever like me back.
Chapter 9
"Abby? Abby, let us in! We just want to talk to you."
Great. Now Joe and Kevin are getting involved. As if I want them to add to the drama in the soap opera my life has become.
"Don't worry, we didn't bring Nick with us."
"Okay then, you can come in." I say, unlocking my bedroom door. Joe and Kevin walk in.
"So, what's wrong?" Kevin asks, noticing how red my eyes are from the tears.
"Yeah, you seem pretty upset." Joe adds.
I think about it for a minute. Joe and Kevin have always been nice, and we'd all been pretty good friends, but it was mostly me and Nick who were best friends. But I can't talk to him right now.
"Promise you won't tell Nick any of this?"
"We promise."
"Okay then. So, first of all, I really like Nick. As in, boyfriend/girlfriend like, not a just-friends like."
Kevin looks somewhat shocked, as if he can't believe what I said. "Really?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Nothing; it's not that important." Joe says. He looks as if he's trying to cover for some sort of secret, but I know better than to pry.
"Anyways, I REALLY like Nick, but I haven't told him yet because he's such a good friend and I don't want to risk our friendship. But while you guys were in New Jersey, I decided that I was going to tell him. But I made the mistake of checking my email right before you came back."
"What was in your email?" Joe asks, getting really interested in my story.
"Somehow, one of Nick's New Jersey friends found my email address and sent me an email..." At this point I start crying. "...Sent me an email that had a picture of Nick kissing some other girl named Lizzy."
"Abby, you don't understand. That girl was Nick's EX-girlfriend." Kevin explains to me.
What? Ex-girlfriend? They aren't together? This is too good to be true. "Really?"
"Yeah, Nick told us all about it." Joe says. "You see, they were talking, and she asked Nick if he was still single, and Nick said that he didn't want her back at all, but she still did, so she..."
"Kissed him and hoped he would change his mind like they do in the movies." I finish for him. I've seen too many sappy romance movies my mom forced me to watch to not know how it goes.
"Pretty much. But it didn't work. Right after he told her he would never like her again because of that. He said he'd noticed her friend Brianna with a camera when he was walking away. Was she the one who sent the picture?"
"Yup, that's her."
"Well, we have to go now, but at least you know the truth." Kevin says, getting up to go.
"Wait! Just one more thing." I say. They stop to listen.
"You promised you wouldn't tell Nick a word of what I said."
"Don't worry, we won't tell him."
"But could you tell him I want to talk it out with him?" There are some things I need to set straight with him now.
Chapter 10
Nick came over as soon as Joe and Kevin told him, of course, which is why he's here in my room only one hour after they left.
"THANK YOU! I missed you so much!" Nick says, giving me a big hug. I hug him back.
"I missed you too."
"Then why were you avoiding me?" he asks. He stops hugging me and sits down on my bed.
Here it goes. I'm going to have to tell him. Whether he likes me or not, I'm going to have to tell him. I take a deep breath.
"Because Brianna emailed me the picture of Lizzy kissing you." I say, sitting down next to him.
"Oh." Nick says, looking a little embarrased. Then he realizes it.
"Wait, why would that make you not want to see me?"
Just say it, Abby. It won't get any easier, and at this point, it might be the only way to keep his friendship.
"Because I like you."
"Well, um, that's good, considering we hang out, like, every day."
"No, Nick. I mean, like as in I think you're cute. As in I have a crush on you. As in me seeing any other girl kissing you would break my heart."
"You mean you like me in a boyfriend/girlfriend way?" He asks after a few minutes of silence.
"Yes."
At first he just looks surprised, but the surprised look fades after a while, and then......
Chapter 11
........he kisses me. Right on the lips. It's my first kiss, and for the first few seconds, thoughts won't stop buzzing around in my head:Oh my God, Nick is kissing me! This has to mean he likes me back. Right? Wow, either there's some idiot who thinks it's still Fourth of July, or Nick is a really good kisser! Am I doing this right? I wish I had more experience at this sort of thing, but then Nick wouldn't be my first......
Suddenly, all of the thoughts stop, and the world is narrowed down to me and Nick, no one else. This is perfect. A little cheesy, yes, but perfect. When we finally stop, he holds me close and says, "I like you too."
Oh my God, he likes me back. This is too perfect. The only way this could get any better would be if my teeth magically fixed themselves without braces.
"And you had no idea I liked you back?" I ask him, my head resting on his shoulder.
"Nope. You had no idea either, right?"
"Yeah. I was scared you liked me as just a friend, so I didn't tell you."
"Abby, there's no way I could like you as just a friend. I've liked you for a long time now."
"But we've only known each other for a couple of months now."
"So? Summer is only one month more than that, and they call it a 'never-ending summer'."
"True. Exactly how long?"
He thinks for a minute, then says, "The very first time we were just hanging out, and you were just really nice and smart, and you seemed like a really cool person...."
"That's exactly what I thought about you!"
"....yeah, and I also thought you were cute the first day we met."
"Same about you." I say, taking his hand.
"Abby?"
"Yeah?"
"Are we still friends?"
I don't say anything this time. I just lean in to kiss him again, hoping he can figure it out for himself.
Chapter 12
"So, um, exactly what are we now?" Nick asks, sounding really unsure. It's a little awkward right now because of what happened the last time we saw each other.
"What do you mean by that?" I ask him, equally unsure.
"You know, like, are we friends, more than friends?....."
"Well, we're definetly friends, no matter what." I say instantly. "Whether or not we're more than friends...."
"Yeah, that's about what I was thinking. I was just wondering if we should......you know......um........be more?"
"Well........we both like each other, that's obvious enough, but I'm just worried that if we broke up, we wouldn't be friends anymore. I mean, Joe and AJ broke up, and the closest they are to 'friendly' is not hating each other."
"Yeah, but Joe and Mandy also broke up, and we're all still good friends with her."
"You know what? Maybe we should be more. You know, just to see if it would work out."
"Still friends if it doesn't?" He asks with a smile.
"Definetly." I say, hugging him to prove my point. He's the best friend a person could ask for, and boyfriend/girlfriend relationship or not, I don't ever want to lose that.
Part 2
That's what I go to school for, even though it is a real bore. You can call me crazy, she is so amazing. That's what I go to school for, even though it is a real bore. Girlfriends, I've had plenty, but she's the one that I need. That's what I go to school for. That's what I go to school for.
-Jonas Brothers, What I Go To School For
Chapter 13
Wow. So much can happen in just three months. It's early September, and I know how to play the guitar, have a new favorite band, friends who are guys, a best friend who's a guy, and a BOYFRIEND. But summer's over now; time to find out which class I'm in for eighth grade. As I try to get through the sea of people around the bulletin board with the class lists (How can a school so small have a crowd so huge?), I run into Nick.
"Have you found out which class you're in yet?" I ask him.
"Not yet, but I will soon." He says, pointing to the board. There are only a couple of people in front of us. As soon as they walk away, we get there fast, before anyone else does and start looking for the eighth grade lists. Then I see my name, underneath the 'Mrs. Smith's Class' list.
"I got Mrs. Smith." I say to Nick. His eyes light up.
"So did I!" He says, pointing to his name on the list.
"And so did I." Someone behind us says. I turn around to see who it is. It's Kasey.
Kasey was one of my best friends from the first day she moved from California to here in the sixth grade. She could be a little stuck-up at times, and sometimes she was a little b*tchy (I won't say the actual word here), but she was a really nice girl and a true friend overall.
"Hi Kasey! So, how was it in California?"
"Awesome, but we had to visit our aunt and uncle, and I got stuck babysitting the cousins."
"That sucks."
"Yeah. Who's your friend?" She asks, looking at Nick disapprovingly.
"Well, Kasey, this is Nick, and Nick, this is Kasey. He moved into the neighborhood at the beginning of summer."
"And are you guys friends, or....."
Oh, now this is awkward.
"Um, well, actually....." Nick says, looking at me for help.
"......We're, uh, kind of dating." I finish for him.
"Oh, well, I guess I'll see you later." She says, giving Nick a dirty look before walking away.
"What was that all about?" Nick asks after she leaves.
"Don't know. I'll ask her at lunch." I answer with a bad feeling in my stomach. I know Kasey well enough to know that whatever it is, it isn't going to be very good.
