Sister to Jonas

Hometown Crowd

Joe's POV

I'm performing at home in New York City today, at Madison Square Garden, so that's exciting in itself. But today it's even more so, because Brexley is coming to the show. Though I know she's seen me perform as part of the Jonas Brothers with Kevin and Nick, and a few times on my own with Fastlife, my twin has never seen me with DNCE. And I'm the most proud of this group, especially since I created it, so I'm really ready to show out for her. Not to mention, she's a huge fan of our music, so I know she'll enjoy hearing it live for the first time.

"You ready, man? We've got a full house tonight," Cole says, coming up behind me as I slide my leather jacket on and adjust it, staring at my reflection in the dressing room mirror.

"I've been ready for a long time. Believe me, dude," I tell him, and he nods.

"I know. Let's get it," he says, turning around and heading for the door with me right on his heels.

As we're waiting backstage, I decide to sing a few bars of Unsweet, even though we don't perform it in the show, to warm up my voice and make sure it's at it's best. Every little bit of light singing helps, right?

"I like you unsweet, don't need no manners, don't need the good, the good grammar when you pour your heart out on me. I want you unsweet, you satisfy me, that brutal honesty, won't you pour your heart out on me."

"That's sounding great today, Joe," JinJoo says, and the others nod their agreement.

"Thanks. I'm really trying to pop off today," I say with a laugh.

"I mean, naturally, but why is today so special?" Cole asks.

"Brex is coming. She hasn't seen me perform yet with you guys, and I really want to make it special for her," I tell them, and I can't hold back my grin. I'm just so excited to perform for my sister again.

"Alright, guys, it's go time. We gotta get the masks on," Jack says, and we all grab our respective prop, putting them on and heading to our positions.

The show opens with Naked, as it always does, which really gets the crowd going. I swear they're even louder here than they have been at other shows, probably because they know they're the hometown crowd and they're determined to show that off. I give my all and then some while performing this one, but then, once we move on to DNCE, I start scanning the crowd for my sister. Yes, there's a lot of people, but we're twins. I should easily be able to find her using our twin connection. But as much as I look, I can't seem to find her. Not even while we're playing Body Moves, Good Day, or Doctor You. Then, we're halfway through Truthfully when my eyes lock on my sister's, and then the familiar looking girl next to her. After all this time, Sophie's here. She finally made it out to see me perform.

"Speakin' truthfully, I'm not sure why we keep fightin', you just go blame the bad timin', admit it to me. Speakin' truthfully, I love you more than you love me. I love you more than you love me."

The tears definitely aren't staying back today. As much as she used to talk about coming out to see me perform at some point, I never believed it would actually happen. Her schedule was just so busy, and I never thought she'd be able to make the time to come all the way to the United States for a concert. But here she is. For me.

At the end of the song, Cole gives me a tissue again before thumping me on the back in an attempt to be comforting. That's Cole for you; bad at comforting but you always know he means well.

"You haven't cried during this song since opening night. What's up?"

"It's not just Brexley in the audience tonight," I whisper back.

"What do you mean?"

"Sophie's here, too," and that's all I have to say, because his face splits into a huge grin. He knows how much I love her, how much I've loved her ever since I first met her all those years ago in California. He knows what a positive impact she's had on my life since then, especially when I was going through everything with my family.

"Well, now we really have to show out," he says, and I nod, moving on to Jinx quickly amid cheers from the crowd.

As we sing through the rest of the setlist, I can't stop looking at Sophie, can't stop smiling when I see her beaming back up at me on the stage. I officially have everything I've ever wanted now. My life is back to being good, back to being what I longed for throughout the years. And I can't wait until after the show, because I know what has to happen. I've been dreaming of this moment for the longest time, and I don't know when I'll get another opportunity.