I Figured It Out | Jemi

Forty One

Joe and Nick greeted one another as Joe wondered over, he was a little late because of Joey coming out this morning but not too late. They headed straight towards Starbucks where they had agreed to have a drink for a little while and just spend some time getting to know one another, they were only children last time they saw one another. They sat down in a booth with their drinks adding sugar and milk to how they liked did.

"How are you feeling today?" Nick questioned.

"I don't really feel much different." Joe admitted.

"Which personalities can I expect to come out today?" Nick inquired.

"Any but Joey comes out more than the others, sometimes it's only Joey in that day but sometimes it's Matt. Gabby hasn't come since yesterday," Joe explained. "Anyway enough about me, we've been talking about me too much, what about you?"

"Well I don't have what you have," Nick begun Joe laughing slightly but took a sip from his drink. "What do you want to know?"

"Anything, like your job or relationships." Joe stated.

"I'm a photographer, I'm getting married by the end of the year but we haven't set a date yet but we have a two year old daughter." Nick explained.

"So my younger brother beat me to children and marriage?" Joe questioned Nick laughing nodding his head as he swallowed his drink.

"Seems like it, how long have you been with Demi?" Nick questioned.

"Not long, if we didn't have the moment together and conceived our son or daughter I don't think we'd know each other to be honest." Joe explained.

"How did you meet then?"

"I know it sounds a little stupid but at the police station. Her son had found a dead body in the park and I took her statement, there was a hostage situation and I was shot she came back couple of months later when I was back at work because she had a parking ticket we maybe got into the heat of the moment and had sex in the questioning room." Joe explained laughing along with his brother.

"I feel sorry for anyone that was near by then," Nick stated but Joe just shrugged his shoulders. "Do you not remember anything about what dad did to us?"

"No, only the small bits I've been told. I only know it was dad because Emily snuck it out." Joe explained but Nick, he could remember everything.

"Well I won't tell you everything but I want to thank you for all the times you stood up to him for me so I wouldn't get beaten." Joe cracked a small smile.

"I did that?" He inquired Nick nodding his head a smile on his face too.

Joe and Nick continued to share the day together meeting up with Denise to have a meal just the three of them. They weren't staying long this time but they had promised to come down and visit again soon and for longer, they would keep contact over the phone and the internet.

"Have we had any visits today then?" Denise inquired as they were eating.

"Nope, I think they must know I'm spending time with my brother I haven't seen since I was a young child, I am a little surprised though. There hasn't been a day since I was diagnosed that one of them hadn't came out." Joe stated.

"I don't see how you can live like it to be honest."Nick stated.

"I don't really have a choice, there isn't a cure." Joe retaliated.

"None at all?" Denise asked.

"They can do something to make the personalities come out less often but they can be gone for good, I guess I have to get used to it." Joe shrugged his shoulders, it still scared him a little bit that he didn't know what he was doing but he was slowly adjusting to it.