brother's best friend || joey birlem

chapter eight

||Tayler's POV||

I knocked on Joey's apartment door, and waited a minute for him to open it. Then, finally he opened the door.

"What?" Joey asked.

"I'm sorry." I told him.

"For?" His voice sounded plain and emotionless.

"Saying you couldn't be with Kaylee. I talked to her about it, and made a good point. She said if I care about her, then I would want her happy. And she said you make her happy. Look Joey, does she make you happy?" I asked.

"She really does. I've never liked a girl this much before. I know I'm only fourteen but I think I could see me being with her for a really long time, Tayler. And I swear to God I won't hurt her. If anyone gets hurt, it'll be me." Joey said. His eyes told me he meant what he was saying.

"Well you have my permission to date my sister." I smiled. "Man it feels weird to say that."

"Thanks, bro." Joey said.

"No problem. You can come over if you want." I told him.

"I'll be over later." He said.

"Okay. See ya." I said.

He nodded and closed the door. I walked back to my place and saw Kaylee laying on the couch. She was smiling at her phone.

"Whatcha smiling about?" I asked. I went to sit next to her on the couch.

"Check Joey's Twitter." She said. I pulled out my phone and looked at Joey's last tweet.

@josephbirlem:
you got me feeling things ive never felt before @kayleeholder

"Awe how cute." I laughed. She smiled and laughed. Ive never really seen her so happy before. I think this actually might be a good thing.

||Kaylee's POV||

After seeing Joey's tweet, I couldn't stop smiling. I know we aren't dating, but I really really like this boy.

@kayleeholder:
you give me so many reasons to smile. @josephbirlem

I tweeted it, and read over it a billion times making sure it was okay. Finally, I was convinced that it was fine and I stopped reading it.

"You two are actually pretty cute." Tayler admitted.

"I know." I smiled. I felt my phone buzz so I checked it. I saw that Joey had replied to my tweet.

@josephbirlem:
@kayleeholder I love your smile.

@kayleeholder:
come overrrrrrr @josephbirlem

After I tweeted that, there was a knock on my door. I got up and opened it, and I was  standing face to face with Joey.

"Hey." I smiled.

"Hey." He smiled back.

"Kaylee, I uh, I was wondering." Joey said.

"You were wondering what?" I asked. Then I saw Joey pull a pink rose out from behind his back and he smiled at me.

"Kaylee, will you be my girlfriend?" He asked.

"Yes!" I smiled. I hugged him and he squeezed me tightly. He let go of me and handed me the rose. I smiled at it, and then back at Joey.

"I got you a pink one because I thought it was pretty." Joey laughed.

"I love it. Thank you." I laughed with him. I pulled him inside and he shut the door behind him. We sat down on the couch and I intertwined my fingers with his. I layed my head on his shoulder and smiled. Then, my mom came in from work.

"Hey guys wh- oh what's going on here?" My mom asked.

"Joey asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes." I smiled, sitting up.

"Awe, honey that's sweet." She smiled. Then Tayler came in the room and saw me and Joey holding hands.

"Are you guys like, dating yet?" He asked.

"Yes we are. He got me a rose too!" I smiled as I pointed to the flower.

"I'm glad you're happy." Tayler smiled. My mom came and picked up the rose off of the table to put it in a vase. I looked up at Joey and he smiled at me. I leaned in to kiss him, but Tayler interrupted us.

"No kissing with me in the room!" Tayler laughed. I looked at Tayler and rolled my eyes.

"Hey, I'm letting you date my best friend. Don't make me change my mind." He laughed.

"Fine." I said. Tayler nodded and started to go back to his room. Once he wasn't in the room anymore, Joey picked my chin up with his thumb and kissed me. It was a short kiss, but it was sweet.

"I'm gonna go hang out with Tayler." Joey said. He started to get up but I pulled him back down.

"One more." I smiled, then kissed Joey's lips. I leaned back on the couch as he leaned back with me. He then pulled away and smiled.

"As much as I like kissing you, I should go hang out with Tayler." Joey said.

"Okay." I said. He got off of me and went to Tayler's room.