Adopted by joe Jonas

Chapter 3 - The Secret Comes to Light

After agreeing to meet Kevin and Nick, Joe left my room and I decided that my current outfit wasn't going to cut it for meeting my favourite band. Luckily it seemed that Joe had bought some clothes for me already, and as I looked through my closet I realised that Joe actually had pretty good taste. The outfit that I picked out was a pair of dark wash jeans, a long sleeved black top, and a sage green graphic tee on top. Even with tops, I still felt cold, but I couldn't find a hoodie in the closet. However, I did find a pair of socks with "Jonas Brothers" embodied  on them and I put them on, I figured that they wouldn't blow my cover if they were from Joe.

After I had gotten ready, I heard a soft knock on my door. I called for whoever was knocking to come in, assuming it would just be Joe. When I turned around I saw Nick Jonas's face peeking around the door. When I noticed him he stepped into the room, with Kevin and Joe behind him.

"Hi! You must be Isabella! I'm Kevin, this is Nick. We're so excited to meet you!" Kevin exclaimed.

I was so starstruck that I forgot how to speak for a second. Kevin had always been my favourite Jonas Brother and I couldn't believe that I was in the same room as him.

"Yes, um, Isabella- thats my name. Nice to meet you" you stuttered, trying not to seem as excited as you were feeling inside.

"Is that a guitar?" Nick questioned, motioning to my guitar which was in the corner of the room.

I nodded, glad that none of the brothers had seemed to notice my nervousness.

"Can I see it?" Nick asked.

I said yes before realising that Nick seeing my guitar would blow my cover - my guitar was COVERED in Jonas Brothers stickers. I tried to get to the guitar to take it but it was too late. Nick had picked it up and unzipped the case. I could only watch in horror as he slid the guitar out of its case and looked at it questioningly. Joe and Kevin looked at the guitar over his shoulder.

"Wait, Isabella, do you listen to our band?" Kevin asked, and from his tone he seemed excited.

I hung my head in embarrassment.

"Yes..." i mumbled.

"I'm confused, Isabella," Joe said, "You said that you hadn't heard of us?".

"Im sorry Joe," I replied, "I lied because I didn't want you to think I was a crazy fangirl and send me back to the orphanage...".

I saw Nick and Kevin exchange looks that said "oops we started some drama!". I was so scared that Joe would be mad at me that I couldn't look up at him. I couldnt believe I was meeting my favourite band and already ruining it by lying.

"Isabella, of course I wouldn't think that," Joe said, sympathy coating his voice, "I think its awesome that you love our band!!".

You were very surprised but relieved as you looked up to see the brothers smiling at you.

"Can we go practice now?" Nick asked as he put down my guitar.

Kevin started to agree with Nick before Joe interrupted him.

"Wait, Isabella, you play the guitar, do you also sing?" he asked.

I nodded hesitantly.

"You should totally play with us!!" Joe exclaimed. Kevin and Nick nodded, agreeing with him.

I couldn't believe he was asking me this, playing with the Jonas Brothers was literally my biggest dream! Well, that and writing a song with them. Of course I agreed to play with them. We went down stairs to the music room where there a was a drum set, a piano, and a wall full of guitars and basses. I was amazed. Kevin grabbed an electric guitar for both me and himself and Nick sat down at the drum kit.

"Well, since you're the guest of honour in today's practice, how about you choose what song we start off with?" Joe said to me.

I decided to go with a classic.

"How about Burnin' Up?" I suggested.

"Alright, a throwback! Let me just look up the lyrics for this one... I'm not so good at remembering them... haha" Joe chuckled.

Once Joe had the lyrics in front of him and everyone was ready, Nick counted us in and we started to play. I was nervous that i would mess up but I had played that song so many times by myself at that point that it was basically muscle memory. I had never had so much fun playing music before. After we finished playing the song, all of the brothers clapped and cheered.

"Wow, Isabella, you can really shred!" Kevin remarked.

"She's really good!" Nick said. I wasn't sure if he was intentionally making a Camp Rock reference or if it just came naturally to him.

"That was super fun, can we play some more?" I asked.

The brothers agreed and we ended up playing for hours, and by the end I was absolutely exhausted but so happy. We decided to watch a movie in the living room. I collapsed onto the sofa next to Joe. Not more than 5 minutes into the movie I fell asleep. I woke up to see the credits of the movie playing on the TV. I suddenly realised that my head was resting on Joe's shoulder. I quickly pulled my head up, feeling embarrassed. I noticed that Nick and Kevin had left.

"You must be really tired, you should go to bed." Joe said softly. He sounded tired too. Had he stayed on the couch just so i could sleep with my head resting on his shoulder?

I nodded and went up to my room, changed into pyjamas, brushed my teeth, and splashed some water on my face. As I was about to get into bed, there was a quiet knock at the door before Joe poked his head in.

"Goodnight Isabella, if you need anything you can come to my room anytime" he said.

I walked over to where he was standing at the door and put my arms around him, pulling him into a hug. He seemed surprised at first before hugging me back .

"Thank you for everything, Joe." I said into his shoulder.

When we pulled apart he looked a little emotional but all he said was "theres no need to thank me, Isabella. I'm just glad you're happy".

I smiled at him and said goodnight. He left to his room and I got into bed, falling asleep almost instantly as I was exhausted. But before I fell into a deep slumber, I smiled to myself. "I think I'm going to like it here" I thought.