Our Little Secret

Chapter Twenty

Joey's POV:

"Joey, will you quit messing around & pick a tie already? The wedding is in three hours & we have no tuxedo or tie." I heard Daniel call from the other side of the dressing room door.

"This one is my favorite so far, what do you think?"

I unlocked the dressing room door & peeked around the corner, just enough for him to see my bow tie around my neck. When he turned, he couldn't bare to keep a straight face. I chose a giant bow that had huge stripes in all sorts of colors, going in all different ways.

I smiled & realized that Daniel already couldn't control his laughter. He was doubled over, trying to keep his balance intact by holding onto a rack next to him.

"I thought you would like this one as much as I did." I looked to him.

He immediately stopped laughing & looked at my saddened face, gasping at the sight.

"I-I thought you were joking. I'm sorry, if you really like it that much you can buy it. I promise I won't laugh again." He rambled on.

"Gotcha, I hate this tie. Now come in here & help me get it off." I smirked.

"You frustrate me sometimes, you know that?" He stepped in the room & let the door close behind him.

I stood in front of the mirror & waited for him to step behind me & help get the tie off. He began to untie & loosen it from my neck, breathing onto the skin behind my ear. He took it completely off & turned my body around to face him.

"I like where this is going." I whispered as he inched closer to my lips.

He smirked & pressed his lips onto mine, dropping the tie on the small stool next to the mirror. We kissed for awhile before hearing a knock on the door, sighing as we pulled apart.

"Is anyone in there?" An older man's voice asked.

"Uh, yes!" I called, loud enough for him to hear.

I became nervous as I thought I heard the door start to open. If the man came in here while Daniel & I were in here, he probably would have suspected something else was happening. I kissed Daniel one last time & shooed him out of the room so I could change back to my regular clothes. I left the room soon after & began to search for the actual tie I was going to wear later. I ended up finding one similar to Daniel's, a light shade of lavender. It went well with the shade of grey that my suit was. His was a dark purple color that matched his dress shoe lining.

Spencer was still out with a friend of hers, Matt, who was also going to the wedding, buying her a dress & shoes. She got her nails done to match the color & Matt let her get her hair curled at a salon. Spence wasn't much of a dress type of girl, she only had two black dresses in her closet.

I let Daniel get ready in my bathroom as I changed in my bedroom, making sure the doors were both locked. I pulled on my dress pants & slid the white short sleeved shirt onto my chest, Daniel helping me put my tie on. He refused to let me do it myself, even though I told him I could do it myself. He insisted on tying it for me, no matter what I said to him. When he stepped out of the bathroom in his partial suit, I gasped & let my eyes wander up & down his body, liking what I saw in front of me. 

"Do you like what you see?" He twirled around.

"Are you kidding, of course I do. You look amazing." I said, still staring at him.

"Why thank you, kind sir." He bowed.

"Will you do me the honors of putting my bowtie on?" I asked, holding out the lavender material for him to take. 

He helped me get it on, finishing my look off with the coat that matched my bottoms. There was a knock on the front door after I finished my hair, causing me to sigh & stand up from my seat in front of the big mirror. I kissed Daniel's cheek & told him I would go see who it was, expecting it to be Matt & Spencer anyway. I opened it to be faced with exactly as I had expected, the two of them holding big plastic bags & boxes. 

"I see shopping went well." I smiled. 

"Shut up, we don't have much time to get ready now." She pushed past me, Matt following behind her, carrying his own clothes in his arms. 

"We've got to go, come on everyone!" I called throughout the house to everyone.

Spencer walked out of her room in her baby blue knee-length dress with lace sleeves that went to her elbows. Her shoes were black heels with cut outs on the sides with a tie at the top & a zipper on the side. Matt had a tie that matched her dress perfectly, just as they had planned before he came over. 

"Let's get in the car." Spencer said, walking up to me. 

We drove twenty minutes to get to the wedding venue & got there just in time to see the ceremony. I noticed all the kids from school, dressed up in suits & dresses, sitting in the rows of chairs in front of the altar. 

"The ceremony was beautiful, congratulations on your marriage." I said to the newlywed couple. 

We had a great time at the reception afterwards, Stefanie's mom let us have a few drinks that weren't too strong, even though we're underage. 

"I'm tired, let's get home!" Daniel shouted over the loud music. 

"Okay!" I called back, telling Spencer what Daniel said.

We hugged Stefanie & said goodbye to her parents, walking out the door & leaving to go back home. We dropped off Matt at home because he had to go somewhere the next morning. Daniel fell asleep in my room right away, leaving Spencer & I to stay up until we got tired. Spencer had the great idea of pulling a prank on him when we woke up early in the morning. She found a blowhorn & water balloons, telling me to fill as many of them as I could with water. I filled them up & followed her with the full bucket of balloons. He was still laying in bed, snoring softly into the pillow. She counted from 1 to 3 & pressed the button on the blowhorn, scaring Daniel awake.

"Now!" She shouted, starting to throw the balloons at him.

I helped her & started laughing at a now soaking wet Daniel sitting in my bed, pouting. We used all the balloons & set the bucket down on the floor next to my bed. 

"What did I do to you that made you want to do this to me?" He complained, wiping off his face. 

"It was Spencer's idea, I swear." I pointed at her. 

I moved over to him & hugged him from behind, whispering in his ear as he struggled to get out of my grip. 

"I'm sorry babe, is there anything I can do to make up for it?" I said quietly.

He gasped slightly & stopped moving, clearly interested in what I had to say. He whispered back & told me to get Spencer out of the room. She was still laughing, almost on the floor because of it. When I shut the door behind her, she didn't think anything of it. 

"Where were we?" 

"You were about to make up for getting me wet."

"Ah yes." I smirked, walking over to Daniel.

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A/N:

well this is a long overdue chapter for you guys & i am so so so sorry about that. since its getting close to school starting again, i somehow got really busy with school clothes shopping & trying to fit in final sleepover plans before it starts. i got my schedule on tuesday so i dont have to worry about that anymore but now that i only have a week left before i go back, i will be trying to fit in as many chapters as i can. so after i type this out, i will be posting this & hopefully starting the next chapter. okay now this note is getting way too long im just gonna go now...keep commenting & voting :)