complicated || j.s & c.l

1.1

Emma sat quietly eating her cereal in the kitchen, looking through a magazine. 

"Hey." She hears, looking up to see Joe. 

Things have been a little awkward between them. They both agreed to forget about it but it just ruined their friendship. 

"Hello." She smiled, glancing back down to her magazine. 

Joe awkwardly grabbed some waffles and put it in the toaster. Honestly, that one minute waiting was hell. Emma continued to read her magazine and Joe stood there watching her from the back. She wore a big t-shirt, assuming it was Caspar's. 

Her hair fell perfectly on her back. She was absolutely beautiful and everyday spent with her killed Joe.  Just being in the presence of her made him want to grab her and kiss her. 

Caspar walked up the stairs and Emma's smile shot wide open. "Hi, love." He says, quickly putting a small kiss on her forehead before sitting down next to her and wrapping his arm around her waist and taking an offered amount of cereal from Emma's bowl. "What do you want to do today, love?" Joe turned around thinking to make the best of this and vlog it. He grabbed his camera facing it towards them. 

"Anything with you, Caspie-boo." She giggles, knowing he hates that pet name. He groans, shaking his head as Emma laughs. 

"Don't laugh." He yells, grabbing her and tickling her. Her loud laugh and gasps for air fill the room and Joe shakes his head, flicking them off on camera and walking away to his room. 

His head has been very messy lately and he hasn't posted a video in a week. He just can't come to it. But today he sat down and started to film a video. 

Emma tapped quietly as Caspar spoke about their plans today. 

"I thought maybe we could grab some lunch and walk around the park before I drop you off at Zoe's."

Zoe and Emma decided to take a vacation from the boys. They were going to a spa weekend for three days. Emma was all packed up, everything at Zoe's but she wanted to spend one more night with Caspar because they just can't be away from each other. 

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Emma and Caspar were walking along the park after lunch. Her arms clutched around his. They were that perfect ideal couple you'd see on rom-coms. But something in Emma's heart was missing. She couldn't quite put her mind to it. 

Caspar holds her tight, not wanting to let her go for a moment or she might get lost. He's always had the shittiest relationships. They always end up thinking he's not good enough or mature enough. That it was all just a simple relationship. Like nothing would come out of it. So once he started to see Emma, he just got scared. Scared that something would happen and he'd lose her too. His vlog camera is always on his hands, recording every moment with her.

His thoughts were interrupted as she wiggles out of his grip, giggling and running to pick up a branch of the cherry blossom tree that had fallen off. Her little figure, in a red coat and cat hat, runs off to pick it up. Caspar smiles, quickly pans the camera to her in time to get her running back to him. 

"Is that a cherry blossom branch?" He laughs. 

"Yeah!" She squeals, giggling and shaking the branch so all the petals come off flying down like confetti. He moves the camera to his face but before he can talk, Emma moves next to him. She tippy toes and hovers the branch over his head, shaking it and letting it all fall on him. He laughs, grabbing her before she can run away and kissing the top of her head. 

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Caspar had dropped off Emma at the train station, giving her a billion kisses before leaving. He opens the door to the apartment, slowly but stops. He peeks through the door, listening to Oli and Joe's conversation. 

"You need to stop. It isn't fair for Emma or Caspar. Can't you see they're in love? She's happy, Joe." Oli slighly raises his voice half way. 

"I know but I love her. I'm in love with her and I can't help it. It is hell to be here and see her happy with him and not me." His voice is low and shaky. 

"It's not fair. It just isn't. I don't care if you kissed her and she kissed you back but she pulled away for a reason. She didn-" Oli gets cut off from a sudden sound of the door closing hard. Joe turns, his eyes shooting wide open and Oli shakes his head. 

"You fucking what?! You kissed her?!" Caspar's body moved before his mind could process it and he was rushing forward to Joe. Joe opened his mouth to speak but the sudden pain on his jaw from being swinged at by Caspar stopped him. 

A/N: eh sucky chapter but shits about to get down. 

oh and cute gif of Emma on the side :))