A Jonas Daughter

By: marissajfox on youtube.com

Sarah's POV

"Joseph Adam Jonas put me down this instance!!" I said trying not to laugh as he lifted me up high in the air.

"No, I'm too excited!" he said with a huge smile.

"Well could you at least be careful? Unless you want to accidentally damage the baby that is," I said as he put me down with a big smile on his face.

I had just told my husband of three years, Joe Jonas, that I was pregnant. "I'm going to be a daddy!" he said excitedly as he gently poked my stomach with an even bigger smile.

"I know," I said with a big smile.

"How far are you?" he asked.

"About a month in," I said rubbing my stomach.

"I'm going to be a daddy in eight months!" he said even more excited.

"Already starting down the countdown I see," I said with a smile.

"Of course!" he said kissing me as Kevin and Nick walked into the area of the tour bus we were in.

"Why are you two so happy?" Kevin asked.

"I'm going to be a daddy!" Joe said making me smile.

Kevin and Nick looked at me. "I'm pregnant!" I said with a smile.

"Congratulations!" they both said.

"I'm going to be a daddy! I'm going to be a daddy!!" Joe said jumping up and down excitedly.

"And I'm sure you'll be a very good daddy," I said as he hugged me tightly. "But you're about to squish the baby you'll be the daddy of!"

"Sorry, I'm just so happy and excited!" he said.

"I know, I am too!" I said sitting down.

"Let's make a video for you tube to let the fans know!" he said pulling a video camera out.

"Okay," I said as he turned it on and started recording.

"Hello, this is Joe and my wife, Sarah, and I have some really exciting news for you!" he said turning the camera to himself.

"Very exciting!" I said with a smile as he sat down next to me and turned the camera to both of us.

"And what is this exciting news you ask?" he said as Kevin and Nick started going what is it, what is it.

"The news is that Joe and I are going to be," I said letting Joe finish.

"I'm gonna be a daddy!!" he said excitedly.

"Yes, I'm pregnant," I said with a big smile as we kissed and Joe turned the camera off.

Kevin and Nick then went and uploaded it to you tube where it got a bunch of comments saying congratulations and that the fans we're really happy for us.

Eight months later,

"Hey honey," Joe said walking in and sitting down next to me.

"Hey," I said kissing him as the baby kicked. "The baby kicked again."

Joe smiled at me and rubbed my stomach that was now huge. Just then my pants suddenly felt wet. "Joe...," I said as I felt a big pain.

"What is it honey?" he asked.

"I think it's time! My water just broke!" I said as I took deep breathes.

"Kevin!! Nick!! We need to get to a hospital!!" Joe yelled as I squeezed his hand from the pain.

"What's wrong??" they asked running in.

"It's time!!" I said through the pain as I squeezed even tighter.

"Okay!!" they said running to the driver.

"It's going to be okay," Joe said trying to help me with the pain.

After about ten minutes we made it. After another four hours of being in labor the baby finally came out and everything went black for me.

Joe's POV

"She's beautiful...," I said through the tears that were in y eyes.

"Joe... I'm so sorry," Kevin said hugging as I held my new baby girl in my arms as I felt like I might cry.

"It's not fair... she never even got to meet her," I said.

My wife had died in child birth. None of the doctors could explain it. She was completely healthy but she died as soon as the baby was out. "I know it's not fair. But she has you and you're going to be an amazing dad for her," Nick said looking at the little girl in my arms.

I looked at the sleeping baby in my arms while some tears rolled down my cheeks. "So what are you going to name her?" Kevin asked.

"Sarah always said if she had a daughter she would want to name her Marissa and so I think Marissa Ann Jonas is a good name," I said.

"I like it," Kevin and Nick both said.

I gently rocked the baby in my arms trying not to think of Sarah as I tried to think of all the good times that I'd be having with my new daughter.

One year later

Marissa was sleeping cuddled against my chest as I slept on the couch in the tour bus that was taking us to the next venue Kevin, Nick, and I would be playing at. Sometimes I wished that Marissa could have a normal life in a normal home instead of always traveling on the road with me but if we had that the paparazzi would always know where we were and I don't want to put her through that. I woke up to Marissa crying. "Oh, shhhh-shhhh. It's okay Marissa. Don't cry, daddy's here," I said sitting up and rocking her in my arms.

She stopped crying after about twenty minutes. "See its okay. There's no need to cry. I'm here," I said gently rocking her as she looked up at me with her pretty hazel eyes wet, red and puffy.

Kevin and Nick had came in. "Hey, how you doing?" they asked.

"Okay, tired but I'm fine," I said trying to get her to fall back asleep.

"You want to put her into her crib and take a nap?" Kevin asked.

"That sounds like a little piece of heaven right now," I said walking over to her crib.

We had set up one of the bunks with railing so it was like a suspended crib. I laid her down in her crib and lay down on my bunk which was right across from hers. I fell asleep instantly. "Joe wake up," Nick said quietly as he gently shook me.

"Mmmm... what?" I said.

"We're at the hotel," he said.

"Oh... okay," I said getting up and going over to the crib. "Where's Marissa??" I said looking around, since she wasn't in her crib, as I started panicking.

"Relax Joe, Kevin has her. She's fine," he said.

"Okay," I said calming down.

Marissa's POV

I looked around as I was carried into another big building by the person called Kevin. I looked around curiously as there were a bunch of flashes and a bunch of girls stared at us. I started crying from the flashes hurting my eyes. "Oh its okay, its okay. Don't cry," Kevin said as he bounced me in his arms.

It wasn't helping though. I hid my eyes in his shirt to try to get the flashing to stop. I felt myself being handed over to someone else. I looked around as I continued to cry. "Shhh-shhh, its okay, daddy's here," the person that was holding me said as he gently rocked me in his arms.

I cuddled up in his arms since I knew them so well. I felt safer in them than anyone else's. I had stopped crying as I looked around some more. I saw that there were even more girls now and they were all screaming. It hurt my ears and the flashes were still hurting my eyes. It was really scary but I felt safe in my daddy's arms. I used one of my hands to grab onto his shirt and the other to suck my thumb while I looked up at him. He looked down at me with a tired looking smile. When we got up to the room we would be staying in he laid me down and laid down next me. I fell asleep after about ten minutes while he fell asleep instantly.

Kevin's POV

"I think they're both tired," I said seeing that both Joe and Marissa had fallen asleep after only ten minutes.

"I don't blame them, especially Joe. He's up almost 24/7," Nick said.

"Yhea," I said as I got a camera out to take a picture of them. "These are the kind of pictures that make great post cards for mom."

"Yep," he said seeing the picture. "How long until tonight's concert?"

"About five hours." I said.

"Who's watching Marissa tonight?" he asked.

"I don't know... I think Joe said she'd be coming tonight since it's her birthday and afterwards we'll be going home to see mom, dad, and Frankie," I said.

"Oh okay," he said lying down.

I did the same and we both woke up to Joe yelling. "Where is she?? Where is she??" he yelled running around the room.

We looked at each other confused. "What's going on Joe?" Nick asked still half asleep.

"I can't find Marissa!" he said still running around.

"What??" we yelled both jumping up.

"Marissa!! I can't find her!!" he yelled with scared eyes.

"Well she doesn't know how to walk and she can't reach door knobs and the door was locked. So she has to be in here somewhere!" Nick said.

"I've looked everywhere! I can't find her! Why'd I have to fall asleep??" he said on the verge of tears.

"Joe it's going to be okay, we'll find her! Big Rob is in the next room over and the rest of the band are on the other side of us so she couldn't have gotten too far," I said trying to reassure him even though I wasn't so sure myself. "You keep looking here while Nick and I go ask the others to help."

"Okay," he said as he started looking again.

Marissa's POV

I heard some yelling. I looked around as I crawled out from under a counter where I was exploring. Just then I saw daddy running around looking worried and scared. I crawled out in plain sight as he turned around. He looked relieved when he saw me. "There you are!" he said running over to me. "Where were you? I was so worried!" he said picking me up and hugging me.

Just then Kevin, Nick, and a bunch of other people came in. "I found her," he said.

Everyone sighed a sigh of relief. I looked around confused. "Dada," I said for the first time.

Everyone looked surprised as dad hugged me even tighter. "You said your first word!" he said.

I was tired so I fell asleep in his arms as everyone walked out.

Nick's POV

We were all really happy Joe found Marissa. None of us could believe she said her first word when she had just turned one. She fell asleep in Joe's arms pretty quickly. Joe had a big smile on from finding her and her saying her first word. "What time is it?" I asked.

"About three hours till the show," Kevin said.

"Okay," I said lying down.

"Um Nick," Kevin said.

"Yhea?" I said getting up.

"We have to go for the sound check," he said.

"Oh, okay," I said as we walked out the door where everybody was waiting for us.

When we got to the lobby we bumped into a couple of kids which made Marissa wake up. "We're so sorry!" they said as she started crying.

"It's okay, it was an accident. Speaking of which, I'll be right back. Someone needs their diaper changed," Joe said running back up to the room.

"Oooh... this could be a problem..." I said seeing a bunch of screaming girls outside.

"Are you the reason that they're here?" one of the boys asked.

"Yhea," we said as we heard to ear piercing screams come from behind us.

Two girls stood behind us. One I recognized as London Tipton and the other was this beautiful blond. "Hi...," we said backing up as Big Rob blocked us.

Just then Joe came back down with a freshly changed and awake Marissa. She looked around curiously as Joe started walking over to us. He stopped the two girls saw him. Marissa looked at them curiously as she sucked her thumb. Joe looked at them nervously as they had huge smiles on their faces. He slowly walked past them towards us. Marissa started crying when we got closer to the screaming. "It's okay, it's okay. Don't cry. Daddy's here," Joe said gently bouncing her.

Marissa's POV

When we got into the big bus again daddy set me in my playpen and went into another room. I didn't like being alone so I started crying to get daddy to come back in. He came running back in. He picked me up and started rocking me. I clutched onto his shirt as I stopped crying and started sucking on the pacifier he put in my mouth. "It's okay, you didn't need to cry," he said as he started to set me back down.

I started to whimper a bit as I clutched his shirt even tighter. I'm really scared of being left alone. "Oh, you don't want me to leave you, do you?" he said going back up with me still in his arms. "Come on then."

He dragged my playpen into a room with a bunch of weird stuff in it that were making noises. He set it up so I was next to him and put me in it as he, Kevin, and Nick put really big headphones on and started singing. I looked at them as they sang a soft song that made me really sleepy. I laid down and fell asleep after about two minutes.

Joe's POV

When we finished our newest version of "When you Look Me in the Eyes" I turned to see Marissa had fallen asleep to our singing. I smiled as I picked her up since we were at the venue. I collapsed the play pin and carried it in with her asleep in my arms. I set it in an area backstage that I could see from the stage and Big Rob would be watching her while we were on the stage. I set her in it with a blanket over her and some stuffed animals for her to play with when she woke up in the play pin. I then went onto the stage where we did sound check. After sound check we went backstage where Marissa had woken up and was happily playing with her stuffed animals. When she looked up and saw us she stopped playing and waited for me to come over. "Hey Marissa," I said picking her up.

"Dada!" she said excitedly as she clutched my shirt.

I smiled as I heard fans start to come in. "You having fun?" I said as she cuddled against my chest.

I wished she could stay little and sweet like this forever. After the opening band finished I kissed her forehead and set her down in her playpen. "Now you be good while I'm out there," I said to her as she smiled.

"Don't worry I'll watch her," Big Rob said with a smile.

"Thanks," I said as ran onto the stage.

Marissa's POV

I watched as daddy ran onto the big stage. I looked around for something to do. I wanted to go out there with daddy but nobody would ever let me. Every time I tried someone picked me up and put me back in my playpen. I started trying to tip it over so I could crawl over to daddy but the man that daddy had watching me held it so I couldn't. I tried to stand up. I was able to get up so I decided maybe trying to walk like everybody else could might help me get around more easily. I started trying to walk but fell down. "Dada...," I said looking around.

I wanted to be with my daddy even more now and I thought maybe if I walked he'd let me come out with him. I climbed back up and started trying to walk again. This time I got a bit farther than before. I tried again and made it all the way across the playpen. I looked around and saw that the man that was watching me had an amazed look on his face. "Dada?" I said looking around.

About two hours later daddy came out and came over to me with a big smile on his face. I climbed up onto my legs and slowly walked over to him and his smile got even bigger. "Dada!" I said as he picked me up.

"Very good!" he said hugging me tightly.

Kevin and Nick came over. "Dada, dada, dada!" I said over and over again as his smile just kept growing.

Kevin's POV

"Hey, we saw you walking from the stage!" I said as Joe handed her to me.

"Dada," she said.

We all just smiled. "So where to now?" Nick asked.

"Home, for a birthday party. Then back to the hotel," Joe said picking up the playpen as we headed to the limo that was waiting outside for us with Marissa still in my arms.

"Cool," he said.

We set Marissa in the car seat that was already set up in the limo. Marissa fell asleep in the car on the way there so Joe just carried her in when we got there. As soon as the door opened I had fallen from Frankie running up to us. "Hey Frankie!" I said.

"Kevin!" he said hugging me even tighter.

"I missed you to Frankie, but can I get up?" I said smiling.

"Okay," Frankie said moving over to Nick.

"We're home mom!" Joe said.

"Boys!" mom said coming over to us with dad close behind.

Marissa started to wake up as she clutched Joe's shirt and sucked her thumb. She looked around. "Hey there sleepy head," Joe said running his fingers through her straight black hair, that had a slight curl but was mostly straight, as she looked up at him.

Mom and dad both hugged us and we had a little birthday party for Marissa. She didn't really seem to know what was going on and she fell back asleep about halfway through so we just visited the rest of the time. We went back to the car and headed back to the hotel. When we got there a bunch of girls and photographers were waiting for us. All the screaming woke Marissa up and caused her to start crying. "Oh its okay, its okay. Don't cry. Daddy's here," Joe said as he held her close while we squeezed into the hotel. When we made it in we saw the two girls again.

"Oh no," Nick said as they both gave off high pitched squeals again.

Marissa just looked around confused. She had stopped crying and she was clutching onto Joe's shirt as though her life depended on it. "Dada?" she said as she continued to look around.

The blonde girl made an awing sound at Marissa. 

Marissa's POV

I looked around as I saw the two girls we'd seen earlier today. Just then I saw two boys with blond hair rolling around and man telling them to stop. I started giggling a bit as I continued to watch. "Dada, dada, dada!" I said as I looked around seeing even more.

One of the girls made a sound the sounded like she was going awe. "Come on, let's get some dinner," daddy said as he started walking by the two girls slowly as their smiles grew even bigger.

As soon as we got to the room and I was set down I started walking around the room. I wanted to explore anything and everything there was to explore. I fell a couple of times and I looked around carefully for anything I had missed. I finally walked over to where daddy was standing and I grabbed his pants leg. "Dada," I said as I hugged his leg.

"Very good," he said with a smile as he picked me up. "You need some dinner now."

He set me on the bed where there was a towel and some food. I started playing with the food. "No, we don't play with our food, we eat it," he said as he got a spoon out and started feeding me some soup.

When I was finished eating dad cleaned me and got me in my footy pajamas. I looked outside and saw flakey white stuff falling to the ground. I stared at it in amazement. "What are you looking at?" daddy asked seeing me staring out the window. "Oh wow... it's snowing," he said looking out the window. "Kevin, Nick look."

"Wow, it's snowing," they both said as I cuddled up in daddy's warm arms.

"Dada," I said yawning as I cuddled even more while he sat down.

"That's right, I'm here. Now just go to sleep," he said with his eyes drooping as I started sucking my thumb.

He softly hummed a song as he lightly rocked me in his arms. I fell asleep about two minute's later still cuddled up in his arms.

Nick's POV

Joe and Marissa both fell asleep on the bed very quickly. I started thinking about the blond girl from the lobby. She was absolutely gorges. "I'll be right back," I said as I headed for the lobby to get a candy bar.

When I got down I headed over to the candy counter where the two girls were talking. "Hi, do you have any Hershey chocolate bars with almonds in them?" I asked.

"Yes I do. How many would you like to purchase tonight?" the blond asked.

"Two please," I said.

"Okay, that'll be three dollars please," she said not seeing my face.

"Here," I said handing her the money.

"Thank you," she said freezing when she saw my face. "H-h-hi."

"Hi," I said as the London noticed who I was.

"OMJ!! It's Nick Jonas!" she said.

Just then Joe ran down sleepily with a crying Marissa. "Nick! I'm too tired to drive to the store. Please drive. We're out of diapers," he said trying not to collapse from exhaustion.

"Oh here!" the blond said running to a closet and pulling out a package of diapers. "We always keep them on hand incase a guest needs them."

"Thank you," he said taking them. "Where's the nearest bathroom?"

"Right there," she said pointing right down the hall.

"Thanks," he said going over to it looking tired beyond belief.

"Joe let me do it. Go back to the room. You need sleep," I said.

"I'm fine, I can do it," he said.

"No, I'll do it," I said.

"Okay," he said walking over to me.

Marissa had stopped crying and now she was looking around. "Dada?" she said clutching onto Joe's shirt.

"It's okay, you're just going to be with uncle Nicky for a bit," Joe said trying to get her to let go so he could hand her to me. "Come on sweetie, daddy needs sleep."

"Dada, dada, dada!" she said not wanting to let go.

"Please Marissa, you'll be fine. I promise," he said as she let go. "Here you go."

Joe handed Marissa to me and the stuff I needed to change her.

Marissa's POV

"Dada?" I said as daddy walked back up to the room without me.

I didn't want my daddy to leave me. "Dada!" I cried.

He looked back with a tired, heartbroken look on his face. "It's okay. You'll be back with me in a little bit hunny," he said.

I looked at him with pleading eyes while he turned back around and started heading back to the room again. "Can I come back and get my candy bars after I change her?" Nick asked.

"Of course," the blond girl said.

"Thank you," he said as he went over to the bathroom and changed me.

We came back out about five minutes later. "Dada?" I said as I looked around trying to find daddy while I let out a little yawn.

"It's okay. You'll be back with your daddy in just a few minutes. You can just fall asleep in my arms for now though," Nick said gently rocking me.

I wanted to stay awake though, but it was so hard. Nick walked back up to the counter. He picked up two chocolate bars and put them in his pocket. "Dada!" I said as I saw daddy come down.

"Joe? I thought you went back up to go to sleep," Nick said.

"I did... but I couldn't sleep," daddy said.

"Dada, dada, dada!" I said as Nick handed me to him.

"I think someone wants you," Nick said with a smile.

"She is so cute! She's so close to you!" the blond girl said as daddy smiled.

"Thank you," he said as he rocked me.

"Dada," I said as I clutched onto his shirt and cuddled up in his comfy, warm, safe, friendly arms,

"That's right, I'm here. You can fall asleep," he said gently rocking me.

Joe's POV

"I'm going back up to the room now," I said as I continued to rock Marissa.

"Kay, see you in a bit," Nick said as Marissa started to drift off.

As I walked back I felt a bit weird. I felt dizzy. When I got to the room Kevin saw me swaying. "Joe are you alright?" he asked as he came over to me.

"I'm...," I said as he took Marissa from my arms and I collapsed.

"Joe!" he yelled causing Marissa to wake up.

Marissa's POV

I woke up and started crying as Kevin bent down to the floor. I looked and saw daddy lying on the ground. "Dada?" I said through the tears as Kevin lifted him up.

He dragged him out the best he could. "Nick! We need to get Joe to a hospital. He just collapsed!" he said when he saw Nick talking with the blond girl.

"Okay! Talk to you late Maddie!" he said running to us.

I was still crying as Nick took me from Kevin's arms so he could support daddy some more. When we got to the car I had stopped crying and I wanted my daddy to hold me. I had no idea what was going on, I just looked around feeling really confused to why were in such a hurry. "Dada?" I said as Nick quickly buckled me into my car seat.

"It's okay Marissa, it's going to be okay," he said in a tone that told me he was scared.

"Dada," I said tearing up from the scarred tone he had.

"It's okay, don't cry. Daddy's going to be okay," he kissing me on the top of my head as he got in and sat next to me.

Kevin rushed the car to a big white building. I looked around as I was carried in. Nick was holding me and rocking me to keep me from crying.

Kevin's POV

After about an hour a doctor came out. "You're the family of Joseph Adam Jonas right?" he asked.

"Yes we are," I said as Marissa slept in Nick's arms.

"I have good news. Nothing serious is wrong. He's just overly exhausted. Unless he wants to become seriously ill though he's on bed rest for about a week though," he said as we sighed a sigh of relief.

Just then Marissa woke up. "Dada?" she looking around groggily.

"Is he awake or no?" Nick asked.

"He's awake," he said.

"Can we go see him?" Nick asked.

"Yes," he said.

"Thank you," we said as we went to his room.

"Hey Joe," I said as we walked in.

"Hey," he said with a tired smile.

"Dada!" Marissa said excitedly when she saw Joe.

"Hey sweetie," he said as Nick handed him Marissa.

"Dada, dada, dada!!" she said clutching onto his shirt.

"I love you too sweetie," he said.

"Mama," she said as Joe got a sad look on his face.

Marissa's POV

I looked up at daddy as he got a sad look on his face. I thought saying another new word would make him happy. Why's he sad? He was happy when I said dada, what's wrong with mama? "Mama?" I said hoping he would be happy with the word this time but a tear just rolled down his cheek.

"You okay Joe?" Kevin and Nick asked looking at him as they hugged him.

"Yhea, I'm fine... I just really miss S-Sarah," he said.

Who's Sarah? "Dada," I said wondering if he liked this word better for some reason, he smiled a bit this time.

I'm not going to say Mama anymore. I don't like having daddy sad and I feel like I'm the one making him sad when I say mama. "Dada," I said cuddling up in his arms as he also fell asleep.

Nick's POV

We all fell asleep in the room and we were woken up by some high pitched screaming and flashes. There were a bunch of girls and photographers trying to get in, but luckily we had called our bodyguards before we fell asleep and they were keeping them out. Just then I saw Maddie standing squished against a wall as was London. I went over to Big Rob. "Those two girls can come in," I said pointing at them.

They were let in and they sat down, Maddie next to me and London next to Kevin. Marissa was still sleeping soundly as was Joe. "They must be tired," Maddie

Marissa's POV

I woke up seeing the two girls talking to Keavin and Nick while daddy was still asleep. I looked up at him as I cuddled up in his arms even more. "Dada," I said softly catching Kevin and Nick's attention. "Hey Marissa," Nick said picking me up out of daddy's arms.

"Mama," I said not remembering last night.

Kevin and Nick looked a bit sad when I said that. "Can I hold her?" the blond asked.

Nick looked at Kevin and he nodded. "Sure, you can hold her Maddie," he said handing me over to her.

She gently rocked me as I looked around. "Mama, dada," I said.

She smiled as she hummed a soft tune that made me sleepy. "Dada," I said as I drifted of again.

Maddie's POV

As I held her I felt a happiness as she just fell asleep in my arms. "She's so cute and sweet," I said as I looked up.

"She is. We love her like she was our daughter too," Nick said.

London was looking intently at Kevin with a dazed look in her eyes that made him squirm a bit. "Oh don't worry, she always has that look in her eyes," I said as Joe woke up.

"Hey Joe," Kevin said as he noticed that I was holding Marissa.

"Hey...," he said looking at Marissa.

"Oh here," I said handing him Marissa.

"Thank you," he said as he hugged her.

I smiled as I wished I could have had some love like that. My parents were always fighting so I never really got much attention or love from them. It was mostly from my grandma.

London's POV

I stared at Kevin, he is soooooooooo hot! I wonder if he's met daddy before. "Hi...," he said looking at me.

"Hi," I said in a dreamy, far off voice.

"Hey London," I heard someone say.

I snapped back into 'reality', whatever that is. I looked around and saw Zack and Cody. "Hey Maddie," Zack said trying to sound manly.

"How'd you two get in?" I asked.

"I let them in," someone said.

"Jesse McCartney?" we all said.

"No I let them in!" someone else said.

"Tony Hawk??" we all said.

"What's going on?? I'm so confuzzled!" I said.

"You mean confused?" Nick said.

"Confused, confuzzled. Same diffrence."

"That's an oxy-moron," he said.

"Hey! I'm not a... a... whatever you called me!"

"You can be whatever you want. It's your dream," Kevin said.

"You mean I can be your wife??"

"Anything, but that."

"Oh sweet niblets!"

"Wrong show! That's from Hannah Montanna," Cody said.

"We're in a show?"

"It's your dream! We can be in one if you want," Joe said.

"I want... I want... I know what I want! I want fabulouse! Bigger, better, and best! I need something inspiring to help me get along!" I satarted singing.

"That's from High School Musical two. London you can't keep doing all this copywrited stuff! We don't want to be sued for copywrite infringement!" Jesse said.

"Oh fine, I'll just wake up. There's no place like home, there's no place like home. There's no place...," I said.

"London!" everyone yelled.

"What??" I asked.

"That's from The Wizard of OZ!" Tony said.

"Oh... I'll just pinch myself then," I said.

"That works," Maddie said.

"Okay, here goes," I said as I piched myself.

Joe's POV

London jerked up. "Please tell me you weren't sleeping with your eyes open again," the blonde girl said.

"Maybe I was, maybe I wasn't. Maybe I like sleeping with my eyes open Maddie," London said.

The blond, Maddie, just shook her head as she looked at her watch. "I have to go. My shift starts in like 20 minutes," she said.

"Kay, bye," Nick said looking a bit sad.

"Call you later?" she said.

"Sure! Here's my number," he said as he wrote his number on a peice of paper and haded it to her.

"Bye," she said.

"Bye," Nick said as she and London both walked out.

"You like her," Kevin said looking at Nick.

"What? Who?" Nick said.

"The blond girl, Maddie," Kevin responded.

"Maybe a little," he said blushing as we heard a familiar voice.

"Nick!" a girl said.

Nick jerked back to see who it was. "Oh no...," he said.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"Miley," he said as Marissa started to wake up.

"Nick!" Miley said again making Marissa wake up.

She started crying from Miley shouting. "Oh shhhhh-shhhhh-shhhh. It's okay. Daddy's here, no one will hurt you. You don't need to cry," I said as I rocked her in my arms.

"Dada," she said with a tiny yawn as she stopped crying.

"That's right, I'm here. Daddy's here," I said hugging her.

"Hey Miley," Nick said.

Marissa's POV

This really loud girl that looks about Nick's age just came. Everyone's calling her Miley. I don't like her. She seems like she's pretending to be nice and sweet, but she's not doing a very good job at it. "So this is Marissa?" she asked looking at me.

"Yes, this is my daughter Marissa," daddy said.

"Can I hold her?" she asked.

"Um... sure," he said with his mucles tensing up as I grabbed onto his shirt so she couldn't hold me.

"Dada," I said looking up at him with a look in my eyes that I hoped told him that I didn't want her to hold me.

"Come on Marissa, let go of daddy. Miley wants to hold you," he said making me cling to him even tighter.

"Dada," I said not letting go as I looked up at him.

"Sorry Miley. I don't think she's going to let go," he said as we both relaxed a bit.

"Oh okay," she said.

"Well Joe needs rest so can you leave for now Miley?" Nick said.

"Sure," she said walking out.

I let go of daddy and relaxed in his arms. "Dada," I said.

"That's right, I'm here," daddy said.

"Mama," I said forgetting.

I looked up to see a somewhat sad face. "Dada?" I said with teary eyes since I got sad when I saw that he was sad.

I didn't like to see my daddy or anyone else that cared about me sad. "Oh, it's okay. don't cry hunny," he said as he kissed the top of my head.

(One week later)

Daddy was finally getting out of the big whit place. "Dada!" I said excitedly as he ran over to me.

"You back to your regular goofy self now?" Kevin asked.

"Yep," he said as he picked me up out of my play pin.

"Dada!!" I said happily as he sat down on the couch, on the big bus, with me and started tickling me.

I started giggling as Nick and Maddie walked in. Nick and Maddie were now dating and Maddie was going to be coming with ous on the bus. "Guys! Marissa doesn't need to see this!" daddy said covering my eyes as they started kissing.

London walked in. She was also coming with us so Maddie would have a friend to talk to while daddy, Kevin, and Nick did their concerts. "Sorry," they said as they stopped and I was able to see again.

"Dada!" I said standing up and walking closer to him.

"Good job!" he said picking me up and hugging me.

Maddie's POV

It was so cute how Joe and Marissa were so close to each other. It was easy to tell that he loved her more than anything, more than life itself. I smiled as she kept saying dada, which only made the smile Joe's face grow even bigger. "Dada!" she said happily as she giggled from Joe tickling her again.

After about 15 minutes he stopped tickling her and just picked her up as she yawned. "Dada," she said as she cuddled up in his arms.

"You tired?" he said as he stood up and took her over to her crib and set her down in it.

She fell asleep after about five minutes of Joe softly humming to her. "So do you have a concert tonight?" I asked as I looked at Nick.

"Nope. I'm free to be with you for three days. Then we arrive in New York and have a ton of concerts," he said.

"Cool," I said as we hit a bump.

Marissa woke up from the bump and started crying. "Oh, it's okay, it's okay," Joe said picked her up.

"Dada," she said as she looked up at him.

Kevin's POV

"Hey guys. We're stopping for food now. Where's everyone wanna go?" I said.

"I don't really care," Joe said.

"I'm good with anywhere," Nick said.

"Same," London and Maddie both said.

"Kay... how's the Havester sound?" I asked.

"The what?" Maddie and London both asked.

"Oh the Havester is one of the best restraunts ever!! They make the best pie and milkshaked ever!" Joe said.

"Sounds good to me," everyone said.

"Cool," I said

Marissa's POV

We went into a restaurant after about half an hour. "Dada," I said as I cuddled up in his arms.

Daddy got me a grilled cheese sandwhich and some soup. After about an hour we left. "I don't think I'll ever be able to eat another bite of food again," daddy said.

"Same...," everyone else said as I was set in my playpen with some toys.

Daddy laid down next to the playpen and looked at me as I played with some blocks. "Dada," I said wanting him to see my stacks of blocks.

I looked at him and saw that he had fallen asleep. "Dada," I said reaching through on of the small gaps in the playpen and grabbed his finger. "Dada, dada, dada."

"Hmmm," he said waking up a bit.

"Dada," I said trying to pull him over.

"Hey Marissa," he said with a smile as he sat up.

"Dada," I said as I proudly pointed at my towers.

"Very good!" he said looking at them as he nodded proudly.

"What's going on Joe?" Kevin asked as he, Nick, Maddie, and London all walked in.

"Look at what Marissa made," he said as they all looked.

"Wow! That's so cool! Good job Marissa!" Kevin said.

"It looks like we have a little architect in our presence," Maddie said with a smile.

"I'd say so," Nick said smiling.

"Dada!" I said happily as daddy picked me up.

"It's time for someones nap," he said as he looked at his watche.

"Dada," I said as he set me in my crib.

I fell asleep after about ten minutes of daddy humming to me.

Nick's POV

Marissa was sleeping peacfully as Maddie and I sat down. "So what do you want to do Maddie?" I asked.

"Just visting with you is fun for me," she said with a smile.

"Cool, I like visiting with you," I said as I kissed her.

4 years later

Maddie and I were talking as we sat on the couch in the living room of our house. We had now been married for one year.

Just then the doorbell rang. "I'll get it, I bet I know who it is," I said with a smile.

"Kay," she said as I opened the door having myself be knocked over.

"Uncle Nicky!" Marissa shouted happily as she hugged my legs.

"Hey Marissa!" I said sitting up to see her and Joe.

"I'll be back around 8:30ish to pick her up," Joe said.

"Kay, have a good time," I said as he bent down, gave Marissa a hug, and told her almost the same thing he had told me.

"Bye," he said as he left.

"So what do you want to do first Marissa?" I asked as I closed the door.

"I want to play a game!" she said excitedly.

"Okay, come on then," I said as I picked her up and carried her into the living room.

"Hi Marissa," Maddie said.

"Aunt Maddie!" she said excitedly as I set her down and she ran excitedly over to Maddie giving her a hug.

"So what do you want to play?" I asked Marissa.

"Hide and seek!" she said excitedly.

"Okay. Here's the rules. No hiding upstaires or out side. You have to hide on this floor," I said.

"Okay," Marissa said. "I wanna be it first!"

"Okay. Count to ten," I said.

"Okay," she said as she started counting. "One... two... three... four... five... six... seven... eight... nine... ten! Ready or not, here I come!"

She started running around the room looking for Maddie and I. "I found you!" she shouted looking behind the couch where I was.

"Very good! Now lets find Maddie," I said as we started looking.

"I found her!" Marissa yelled excitedly as she looked behind a curtain.

"Very good!" Maddie said as she came out from behind the curtain.

"Okay, now I'll be it," I said.

"Okay!" Marissa said running off and hiding.

After countiong to 20 I started looking. "Hi Maddie," I said seeing her behind a chair.

"Hi Nick," she said crawling out.

Well now to find Marissa," I said.

I heard agiggle come from the dinning room. We went in and I started looking. "There you are!" Maddie said pulling her out from under the table.

"That was a good hiding place Marissa!" I said.

"Thank you!" she said.

"Now it's my turn," Maddie said.

"Okay!" Marissa said running off to find a hiding place.

After she counted to 30 she started looking. "Hi Nick," she said we she spotted me under the kitchen sink.

"Hi Maddie," I said getting out.

We starrted looking around the house but couldn't find Marissa. After about twenty minutes we got worried. Just then the door bell rung. "Joe what are you doing back so early?" I asked.

"The date didn't work out at all," he said. "Brittany turned out to be not so nice. So where's Marissa?"

"Hiding, we're playing hide and seek but we've been looking for like half an hour but we still can't find her," I said with a worried look in my eyes.

"You what??" Joe asked.

"I found her!" Maddie said walking in with a sleeping Marissa in her arms.

"Where was she?" I asked as she handed her to Joe.

"Asleep in the closet," she said.

"Okay," Joe said.

"So... have you told her yet?" I asked.

"No...," he said. "I'm telling her tonight."

"Okay, good luck," I said.

"Thanks, bye," he said.

"Bye, see you tomorrow," I said.

"Yhea... tomorrow," he said with a sad look in his eyes.

Joe's POV

After about 20 minutes Marissa and I were home. "Marissa wake up sweetie, I need to talk to you," I said as I gentely shook her.

"Daddy!" she said happily as she saw me.

She hugged me tightly as I picked her up. This was going to be even harder than I thought. "Hey Marissa, I have a question for you," I said.

"What?" she asked looking up at me.

"How does staying with grandma, grandpa, and uncle Frankie while I'm touring with uncle Kevin and uncle Nicky sound?" I asked as she looked at me with a confused look in her eyes.

"Why?" she asked.

"I'll tell you after you answer my question," I said.

"Fun... but being with you would be more fun," she said causing me to have a pain in my heart. "Why?"

"Well I was thinking you'd have more fun staying with grandpa, grandpa, and Frankie than you would being cooped up on the bus this time," I said as she had tears filling her eyes.

"B-but I want to be with you!" she cried as she clung onto me.

"But I'll call you everyday, send you emails with pictures everyday, send you letters and postcards more than once a week, and you'll see me when we get back here," I said trying to convince her it would be okay.

"But you won't be able to hug me everyday!" she cried as she clung to me even tighter making my heart break.

"But you'll have Frankie, grandma, and grandpa to give you hugs everyday," I said trying not to tear up while my heart kept being ripped into little pieces.

"But I won't have you!" she said.

"But sweetie...," I said as she cried into my shrirt.

Just then there was a flash. I looked around saw that there was a photographer and his camera was going off like crazy while more photographers were coming. Some of them were blocking the door to our house. We were being corored and Marissa was crying even harder. The photographers were starting to fling questions that I really didn't want to answer. I was getting stressted out by all the chaose so I did the only thing I could. I quickly got into the car with Marissa still in my arms. I closed and locked the doors as I set Marissa on one of the seats.

"Marissa, can I take you somewhere?" I asked as she continued to cry.

"Yea, on tour with you!" she cried making my heart break even more, if that's even possible.

"I meant now, I have somewhere I want to take you," I said.

"Okay...," she said as I buckled her in.

"Come on," I said as I got into the front seat. Marissa covered her eyes from all the flashes. "It's okay sweetie, we're getting away from this and hopefully they'll be gone by the time we get back home, or we're not going to be able to sleep here tonight."

I started the car as some of the reporters moved so they wouldn't get hit. "Daddy?" Marissa said.

"Yes sweetie?" I said as I managed to pull out of the driveway.

"Why don't you want me to come on on tour with you?" she asked as more tears filled her eyes.

"Oh sweetie, it's not that I don't want you to come," I said.

"Then why can't I come?"

"Well...," I said not wanting to tell her that I was dating now and I really didn't want her to have to got through a bunch of diffrent girls going on and off the bus.

It was going to be hard enough for her to meet a girl when I came back with a girlfriend if I had one at that point. "Daddy," she said. "Please tell me."

"It's nothing sweetie, I just think you'll have more fun with grandma, grandpa, and Frankie," I said as I pulled up to a hill and got Marissa out.

"Daddy where are we?" she asked as she shivered in the cool night air.

"Well... this is a spacial hill that mommy lives on," I said taking my jacket off and wrapping it around her.

"Daddy where's mommy?" she asked.

"I'll take you up to her right now," I said as she cuddled up in my arms and yawned.

"Okay," she said.

I slowly went up the steps that lead up the hill and went over to a tree with a stone under it. "This is mommy," I said with tears burning my eyes.

I sat down next to the stone with Marissa in my arms. "Where?"

"Well... she's right here," I said as I touched the ground,

"Huh?" she asked.

"Well mommy's buried here."

"Why?"

"B-because she died when you were born," I said with the tear stinging my eyes even more.

"Mommy died?" she asked as I hugged her close.

"Yea...," I said as the tears threatened to come out.

"Daddy...," she said as she hugged me.

"It's okay sweetie," I said as I wiped my eyes and hugged her. "You know, you look a lot like mommy."

"I do?"

"Oh yes, very much so."

"Was mommy pretty?"

"Yes, she was beautiful."

"What did she look like daddy?"

"I have a picture of her right here."

"Can I see?"

"Yea."

I got the picture out of my wallet and handed it to Marissa. "See, you have the same hair as mommy, the same nose, and the same chin. You defiantly have the same smile as her too."

"She's pretty."

"Yea... she was gorgas."

"How'd you meet mommy?"

"It's not to intresting a story sweetie."

"Can I hear it?"

"Okay."

flashback

I was playing in front of a corwd of screaming girls when I saw this one girl. She was gorgas. When we got to the part where we picked a girl I went over to Kevin and asked if I could pick this time. "Yhea, sure Joe," he said as I got a huge smile on my face.

I pretneded to look around and picked the gorgas girl. She came up with a huge, beautiful smile on her face. We sang the song for her and as she left I slipped her my phone number. We kept in contact from then on and ended up getting married.

End flashback

"Wow," she said as she cuddled in my arms trying to stay warm while she shivered a bit.

"You cold sweetie?"

"A little."

"Come on."

I wrapped the coat even tighter as I carried her down the hill while she yawned tiredly. I set her up in her car seat and covered her with a blanket. I got in the car as she fell asleep. I relaxed in the front seat as I heard Marissa's soft breathing. I drove home and saw that all the reporters were still there. I started driving to Kevin's house. When I got there I pulled into the driveway and got Marissa. I walked up to the door and rang the door bell. "Hey Joe," Kevin said as he answered the door.

"Hey Kevin, can we stay here tonight? A ton of reporters are blocking our house," I said as Marissa slept in my arms.

"Sure Joe," he said as he let us in.

Marissa was still asleep but she was starting to wake up. "Hey Marissa," Kevin said as she woke up.

"Uncle Kevin!" she said happily as she hugged him.

"Hey, you guys hungery?" he asked.

"I'm fine, how about you Marissa?" I said.

"No thank you," she said with a tiny yawn.

"Okay, but you do need sleep," I said as Kevin pulled a couple of pillows and blankets out.

We set the futon up and laid Marissa, who had fallen back asleep, on it. "Thanks for letting us stay Kevin," I said.

"No problem Joe. That's what brothers and uncles are for," he said.

"I took Marissa to the hill."

"Oh really? How'd she take it?"

"She was really good about it. I showed her a picture of Sarah and she asked how I met her, so I told her," I said as I laid down.

"Cool, well you look tired so follow Marissa's example and go to sleep."

"Kay," I said with a yawn as I fell asleep.

When I woke up Marissa was still asleep and cuddle up against my chest. I hugged her close as she woke up. "Daddy," she said hugging me back.

"Hey sweetie," I said with a smile as she cuddled under the blankets.

"Daddy?"

"Yes?"

"Can I please come on tour with you?"

"Sweetie, I really think you'll have more fun with grandma, grandpa, and Frankie."

"But I'll miss you!" she said with tears starting to come to her eyes.

"I'll miss you too Marissa, but I think you'll have more fun here than you cooped up in a bus all day long and watching us do sound check and waiting while we do interviews on the radio and on T.V," I said as I hugged her.

"Okay...," she said sadly as she hugged me tightly.

"Well let's go home and get you packed," I said as Kevin came out.

"You two going home?" he asked.

"Yhea, we need to get packed," I said.

"Kay, see you later," he said.

""Yhea, see you later," I said as I got off the futon with Marissa in my arms.

I set her on a chair and made the futon back into a couch. I turned back around and picked up Marissa. "Bye uncle Kevin," Marissa said as she hugged Kevin.

"Bye Marissa, see you later," he said.

Marissa's POV

I looked around as daddy set me in my car seat and buckled me in. I didn't understand why I couldn't come on tour with him. I'd come with him every other time and I'd had a lot of fun with him. The people at the interviews were always realy nice to me, I'd found things to do durning the concerts, and I always came out with daddy to the meet an greets. Why couldn't I come this time?

Daddy pulled into our driveway since all the reporters were gone. "Come on sweetie," daddy said as he took me inside. "Let's start packing."

"Okay," I said sadly.

Daddy gota suitcase out as he looked sad. This was the longest time I'd ever been away from him and I didn't want him to leave without me. I got my teddy bear out. Daddy always gave both of us goodnight kisses before we go to sleep.

flashback

Daddy tucked me and teddy into bed. "Night Marissa," he said as he kissed my forehead.

He got ready to leave when I said, "What about Teddy?"

"Of course! How could I forget Teddy?" he said as he kissed Teddy's forehead. "Night Teddy," he said as he gave both of us hugs.

"Night daddy," I said as I hugged him. "Will you scare away our bad dreams daddy?"

"Of course I will!"

"Thank you, good night."

"Good night Marissa," he said as he turned off the light and closed the door half way so I had the hall light coming into my room.

end flashback

I put teddy in my suit case and daddy packed my clothes and the stuff I needed in the bathroom. "I think that's everything," daddy said.

"Okay," I said.

"Do you want to see some funny pictures Marissa?" he asked catching my intrest.

"Of who?"

"Of me when I was younger."

"Yes please," I said as I nodded my head yes.

"Okay, come on then."

He took me over to the coffe table where he set me on th couch and pulled a big book with pictures out. He opened it and on the first page a saw daddy with a big hooded jacket with fake fur rimming whith a big pience of bread in his mouth. "See, rhey're funny," he said as I giggled a bit at the picture.

"I like it," I said.

"Good," he said as he flipped it to anouther picture.

two hours later

Daddy looked at the clock as he put the book away. "Time to go," he said.

"Okay...," I said sadly as he picked me up and got my suit case.

He got me set up in the car and put the suit case in the trunk of the car. He drove to grandma and grandpa's where I saw the tour bus, all the band members, grandma, grandpa, and Frankie. Daddy got me and my stuff out. "Bye sweetie, I'll call you tonight and email you every day and I'll send you letters almost everyday," he said as I hugged him tihtly with tears in my eyes.

"How long until you get back?" I asked.

"About two and a half months... but it will seem way shorter!" he said as I hugged him even tighter. "Bye daddy," I said as he handed me to grandma.

"Bye sweetie, I'll call you tonight and send you and you'll have an e-mail from me," he said hugging me and kissing the top of my head.

"Okay," I said with teary eyes.

Daddy turned around with tears also in his eyes as he got on the bus. I started crying as the bus drove away with daddy. "Oh Marissa, it's okay! Daddy will be back in what seems like no time at all," grandma said.

"I want daddy!" I cried as grandma carried me inside the house.

1 month later

I had been here for a month and I missed daddy a lot. He had kept his promise and called and e-mailed me every day. I had eight letters from him so far but it didn't help. I wanted a hug from him more than anything else. I was miserable with out him and I knew I'd be haveing a lot more fun with daddy. Frankie always read to me and hugged me when I was really sad. Grandma and grandpa always tried to cheer me up, but nothing worked. I was probably happiest when daddy called me. "Marissa, come on. We need to go somewhere," grandpa said picking me up.

"Okay," I said sadly.

Grandpa put me in my carseat and buckled me in. Then Frankie, grandma, and him all got in. We drove for about an hour until we had gotten to a big building. I was confused, this was like the places daddy played at. Grandma got me out and took me over to a door. We went in after the gaurd moved. Grandma set me down on a couch and I flet me eyes being covered. "Gusse who?" a familiar voice said.

I felt the hands as the person laughed a bit. "Daddy??" I asked excitedly as the person picked me up and gave me a big hug.

"Very good!" he said happily as I hugged him back.

"Daddy!!" I said excitedly.

"Marissa, wake up," I heard someone say as everything shook.

I opened my eyes and saw grandpa. "I want daddy!" I said as I started crying.

"Well we have a surprise for you Mairssa," grandpa said as he picked me up.

Joe's POV

This is going to be so awesome! It's Christemas morning and I don't know if Marissa even remembers that it is. I'm hiding behind the tree while Kevin and Nick are hiding in mom and dad's room so she doesn't have a clue that I'm here. Frankie knows so he knows what I'm going to do. Dad just came down with Marissa and she looks sad. "Merry Christmas Marissa," Frankie said.

Marissa looked like she was about to cry. "Hey Marissa," I said as I came out with a big smile on my face.

She looked up and her eyes got bright while she got a huge smile on her face. "Daddy!" she said excitedly as dad set her down and she ran over to me.

"Hey Marissa," I said as I hugged her.

Kevin's POV

Nick and I came out with Maddie and saw Joe hugging Marissa.

I smiled since she looked so happy, mom and dad had told us she had been really sad for the whole time Joe was away. "Hey guys," we said as we sat on the couch.

Marissa looked over at us as her smile widened. "Uncle Kevin!! Uncle Nicky!! Aunt Maddie!!" she said as Joe set her down and she ran over to us.

"Hey Marissa!" we said as she hugged us.

three days later

"But I don't want you to go with out me again!" Marissa cried as Joe hugged her.

Marissa's POV

"But sweetie I'll be back really soon," daddy said as I clung onto him even tighter.

"But I don't want you to leave at all!" I cried.

"But sweetie, you'll have a lot of fun while I'm gone," hs said.

"You said that last time!" I cried.

"I know, but if you try to you will," he said as I clung even tighter.

"But I don't want you to leave at all!" I cried.

"I'll only be gone for a few months though," he said as I cried even harder.

Joe's POV

I sighed as I pried Marissa from my shirt. I really wanted to bring her with me but I was still looking for a girlfriend. So far all the girls that'd been with me on this tour were only dating me because I was famouse or for my looks. I missed Sarah and the fact that she loved me for me. Marissa looked at me with pleading eyes as I handed her to mom. "Bye sweetie, I'll be back in a few months," I said before heading to the bus.

I heard Marissa cry even harder as I stepped on the bus. I went to my bunk and laid down trying not to cry. The last few month of touring with out Marissa had been the most miserable month of my life. I missed her so much, I tried to talk on the phone with her as long as I possibly could, but it never seemed enough for either of us. I'd be back in anouther month for anouther surprise visit since it'd be her birthday, but it seemed like and eternity to both of us. I sat up and grabbed a guitar and just started randomly playing hoping it would take my mind off Marissa. It wasn't working though.

I sighed as I tried not to think about Marissa. I needed to focus on the concert. After the concert was over I could call Marissa before she went to sleep. After six more songs we went backstage. "I'm going to go call Marissa," I said.

"Kay," Kevin and Nick said as I pulled my phone out.

"Hello?" mom answered.

"Hey mom, it's Joe," I said.

"Hello Joe, I'll go get Marissa," she said.

"Okay," I said.

After about ten seconds mom handed the phone to Marissa. "Hello?" she said sounding sad.

"Hey sweetie," I said.

"Daddy!" she said sounding a bit happier.

I smiled a bit. "How you doing?"

"I miss you!"

"I miss you too sweetie, I was thinking about the whole concert."

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Where are you right now?"

"Backstage in Los Angelous. Did anything exciting happen?"

"I lost a tooth," she said making me a bit sad.

"That's so cool!" I said trying to sound really happy.

I had wanted to be there for her when she lost her first tooth. "When do I get to see you again?" she asked.

"It's a surprise," I said.

"Okay...," she said sounding a bit sad