brother's best friend || joey birlem

chapter twelve

"Kaylee!" I heard Tayler call from his room. I got up and walked to his room. I saw him and Joey setting up Tayler's laptop.

"We're about to go live." Tayler said. I sat in the floor next to Joey and intertwined our fingers. He smiled at me and I layed my head on his shoulder.

"Have you guys told the fans yet?" Tayler asked.

"No. Do you think we should tonight?" Joey asked.

"I mean, if you want to." I said.

"Okay, but let's wait until the end of the broadcast." Joey said and I nodded. Tayler started the broadcast and I let go of Joey's hand. Then they both posted videos on snapchat saying to come watch.

"Okay so at the end of the broadcast, we have a big announcement to make." Tayler said.

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"Okay guys, we're about to end this broadcast. But first, Joey has something to tell you." Tayler told the viewers.

"So, a lot of you guys have been asking, and a lot of you probably caught on by now." Joey said, then grabbed my hand.

"Me and Joey are dating." I smiled. I saw a lot of positive comments and a few negative. Then I saw comments telling us to kiss.

"They want you guys to kiss." Tayler laughed as he told me and Joey. I looked at Joey, and then he kissed me. We kissed for a few seconds and then I smiled at him.

"Bye guys!" Joey and Tayler said. We waved at the camera and then ended the broadcast.

I went on Instagram and Twitter to see that I had been tagged in a lot of things. I clicked on photos of me, and lots of people have posted pictures of me and Joey kissing. They were all positive posts and I smiled. But then I went on Twitter, and saw a few negative tweets. I brushed it off and closed Twitter. Joey put his nose on my cheek and I laughed.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"I love you." He smiled.

"I love you too." I told him. I turned my head and kissed him.

"Ew gross!" Tayler yelled. I forgot that he was sitting next to us. I pulled away and laughed and so did Joey. Tayler started laughing and then he wrapped his arms around Joey.

"He's mine." Tayler told me.

"No he's mine." I said. Then I got a good idea. I smirked at Tayler and then I kissed Joey's lips. Tayler instantly let go of Joey and stood up.

"That's not fair. You can't use PDA to gross me out." Tayler laughed.

"Yes I can." I said. Joey started laughing and so did I. We both stood up and we all went into the living room.

"Hey kiddos. I'm going to work, I'll see you guys later. Love you." My mom smiled.

"Bye mom! Love you too." I said. Joey and Tayler sat on the couch and I went to sit in Joey's lap. He wrapped his arms around me and I smiled.

"Can we watch a movie?" I asked.

"Sure. What about Insidious?" Tayler said.

"Sure." I replied. He got up and put it in. He turned the tv on and started the movie. Tayler sat on the recliner and me and Joey layed down on the couch. Joey had his arm around my waist and my back was against him. Then I felt Joey lick my cheek. I wiped my face off and wiped it on him.

"Why are you so weird?" I asked Joey.

"I don't know but you love it." He laughed.

"Will you two shut up and watch the movie?" Tayler asked. Me and Joey laughed and then continued watching the movie. During the scary parts, Joey would squeeze me because he got scared.
After the movie was over, we all just stayed where we were because we were too scared to go anywhere. Even Tayler was scared. I rolled over to face Joey and he smiled. Our faces were almost touching because we had to be close so I wouldn't fall of of the couch.

"What the hell was that?" Tayler asked. I sat up and looked at him.

"What?" I asked.

"I heard something in back of the apartment." Tayler whispered.

"Stop playing around." Joey told him. He sat up next to me.

"I'm not fucking playing, Joey." Tayler whispered. I grabbed Joey's hand and buried my face in the crease of his neck.

"Hey it's okay." Joey whispered to me. I let go of his hand and wrapped my arms around him. He held onto me tightly and then Tayler got up slowly. He walked very slowly to the back of the apartment.

"Tayler, don't." I whispered. He ignored me and kept walking. I held onto Joey tighter, and he did too. Next thing I know, Tayler is running back into the living room.

"Go!" Tayler said. Me and Joey got up and we ran out of the apartment with Tayler behind us. Tayler was on the phone with someone, and after he hung up, I heard sirens.

"What the hell is going on?" I asked as we stood in the parking lot.

"There's someone in the apartment." Tayler said pacing back and forth. I looked at Joey and he opened his arms for me. I walked to him and he hugged me as I cried into his shoulder. Then the police came, and some went into the apartment and some came to us to ask questions.

"Did you get a good look at his face?" One cop asked Tayler.

"No sir, he just looked tall and he was pretty big. I think there was someone with him but I'm not sure. I just know that I saw him standing there with a gun and that's when I told them to go and we ran out here." Tayler told him, pointing at me and Joey.

"Are they your siblings?" The cop asked.

"That's my sister and he's my best friend, also her boyfriend." Tayler said. Then, I heard a gun fire, and I buried my face back into Joey's shoulder as he held onto me.