Messages To Joe | J.S

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Friday September 19th 2018:

"Your such a shit driver !" Amber laughed at me, digging into a sandwich I'd brought her from Tesco. "Like, I haven't even taken my test but I bet I could be better than you."

"Okay, well, we're here now so why does it matter?" I sighed, pulling into the parking space outside the Zalfie household. I still feel so bad for them, ever since their address got leaked and even after they both tweeted about it, more and more people have just been looking over their fence and snapping photographs.

"I still can't believe this is happening, it seems unreal," she smiled at me and it looked so genuine. I returned the smile and turned the engine off, opened the door and got out.

"Joe !" I heard Zoë call out from the front door and I turned around to meet her in a hug. "And Amber, it's to nice to actually meet you, I could stand here and tell you all about what I've heard, but then you'd have to leave," I retrieved the bags from the car and continued inside.

"Hey guys," Alfie smiled. It seemed odd for them to be so casual and actually, for Amber to be so normal. Saying that, inside I bet she was drowning in 'fangirl'. "Good journey?" I nodded, bending down to meet Nala, or Alan.

"Come through, we were just watching TV. Would you like to film today, or tomorrow?" Amber had sat down with Nala playing with some kind of mangles pig toy (God knows why she'd want to touch it) and she seemed like she'd know these two for ages. I had to admit how weird it all felt that someone I only really met last week has travelled over an hour to Brighton to meet my sister.

"I think tomorrow, we should just chill today," I huffed as I landed on the sofa, it felt nice after being in a stiff position for so long. "But we'll have to do it early since we have to get back and also so I can post it for 7," I motioned for Amber to sit on the sofa next to me, I was so determined for this weekend not to be awkward for her. I figured it wouldn't be, but I'm not sure if she'd actually let me know whether she felt that way or not.

"So, Amber, how are you?" Zoë asked her, shutting her laptop (extremely unusual for any YouTuber) and signalling for Nala to jump onto the sofa.

"I'm good thanks, a little tired though - I'm not sure if Joe told you, I was in Ireland and flew in at 1 this morning," she laughed in such a heartfelt way.

"Ohmigosh, well I'm going to Ireland soon for the book signing that had to be cancelled when I was sick that time and I was thinking of booking the flight for the early hours of the morning as it'll be much cheaper," as the two were blabbering on, I went to join Alfie who had gone to the kitchen.

"Oh hey Joe," he said as I approached round the corner. "So, just so I don't say anything wrong or awkward, you and Amber aren't dating, right?" Crap I thought. Of course, I knew we weren't dating but was it really that obvious to think so? Did that make sense? Probably not. The answer was no, clearly, but inside I think I wanted it to be yes.

"No, we're not," and I said that with so much regret, but what was I to do?

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Sorry this has taken me so long, I've actually written a chapter I plan to add in maybe at around chapter 45 so yeah and also I've got so much going on right now with friendship issues and schoolwork it's all hard but I hope this will make up for it just a little bit 💛 I'm not sure how long I plan on dragging this book on for, I think even when I properly finish the storyline, I'll do one shots and continuous text messages because I find it really fun x