Beside You | Jemi

Six

Demi was sat with her parents at dinner time playing with her food. She couldn't get over Emily at school today, it was clear Joe didn't want to have anything to do with her but she kept trying to get him to notice her. She wondered whether she should tell Joe how she felt, whether he would feel the same and they could start a life of together. She was being a bit ambitious with that. She looked up when she heard her name being called.

"Are you okay Demi? You're a little distant." Dianna inquired Demi nodding her head taking another forkful of her salmon.

"Yeah just thinking about something at school." Demi stated.

"You want to talk about it?" Dianna inquired again Demi shrugging her shoulders gently. It had been the longest time she had a crush on Joe and he doesn't even seem to notice that she had any feelings for him. She knew it was only getting stronger as they got older, her hormones would be starting soon then it would get even worse. She hoped she got over it though, she loved Joe and didn't want to lose him all together. If she told him he might leave her and that was the last thing she wanted.

"Come on tell your old man what's going on." Demi giggled slightly but sighed afterward, she knew they wouldn't understand.

"It's at school, there's this girl that really likes Joe and has done since kindergarten!" Demi exclaims taking another forkful of her dinner.

"Are you talking about you here Demi but hiding it?" Dianna inquired Demi shaking her head gently.

"No mom! Her name is Emily but she keeps try and he clearly isn't interested so I don't understand why she isn't giving up." Demi confessed.

"Someone is a little jealous." Eddie teased Dianna kicking him from under the table.

"She probably just wants to be friends with Joe rather than wanting him to be her boyfriend, I'm sure she'll get over it soon." Dianna assured her.

"I really hope so." Demi mumbled continuing to eat her dinner.

Denise smiled as Paul ushered their three boys into the living room, Kevin was thirteen now, Joe eleven and Nick eight but they would soon be welcoming another baby and they were looking forward to telling their boys. The three brothers sat down on the couch as Paul turned the telly off so they could chat with nothing distracting them.

"I want to watch telly." Nick wined sitting back on the couch crossing his arms over his chest a pout forming on his face. Denise just laid her hand on his thigh.

"Me and you father have some news." Denise announced.

"Are we going on vacation this year? Kevin questioned the parents laughing but shaking their head gently. They knew their boys were going to take it well, Kevin and Joe were already great big brothers to Nick and they knew how much Nick had wanted to be a big brother since he was young. They knew they wanted more kids but it wasn't possible until know. They thought now was the best time to welcome another baby, they were all settled with their lives here and couldn't seem themselves moving again like they did when their three boys were younger. They were all born in different states but they planned for this baby to be born here in the place Kevin was born.

"No we can't go on vacation this year." Denise answered.

"Aw why not?" Joe questioned too.

"Because your mom is having another baby, your all going to be big brothers again." Paul revealed watching as his boys became excited all giving their mother a hug being careful knowing that mommy was carrying a baby and they needed to be careful. He loved raising his boys so far and he couldn't wait to raise this boy or girl with his wife.

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