jina for life // thatcherjoe fanfiction ✔️

Chapter 13

We got into the uber and it dropped us off at the hotel, which had a Starbucks inside. I got a S'mores frappuccino and Joe got a Vanilla Bean.

We went back up to my hotel room and hung out for a little while. We were having a few minutes makeout session until I go rudely interrupted by my phone ringing.

I answered it without looking at the name tag. "What?!" I yelled annoyingly.

"Well, that's a nice way to say hello to your sister." The voice said, to reveal that it was Alexa.

"Oh, sorry. You were just interrupting something important."

"Like what?"

"That's top secret."

"Hey, as long as you don't come home with a third baby on the way, make everything top secret, for God's sake."

I giggled. "Whatever, I'll call you back after this."

"Alright. And remember to use protection."

I rolled my eyes. "Bye."

I then hung up as he put his arm around my waist. I kissed his soft lips and put my hand on his cheek. I turned on my side and he did the same. I put my available hand on his chest and pulled myself closer to him.

After a few minutes, I heard a loud banging on the door. "Great, now what!?" I yelled as I opened the door to reveal Joey's face. I rolled my eyes. "You would be the one to interrupt me right now."

He looked down and played with his fingers for a moment. "Look, Nina. I'm sorry about earlier. You didn't deserve to have your secret outed like that and I should've respected your privacy."

"Great, goodbye now." I then slammed the door in his face. He began to knock again and I opened the door again. "What now!?"

"I wanted to ask you if you and Joe wanted to get some dinner with me, Meghan, and Connor. My treat." He asked.

I looked over at Joe to see what he wanted me to do. He told me to come over, so I told Joey to give us a second and cracked the door.

I walked over to the bed where Joe laid. I asked him if he wanted to go as I crossed my arms and moved my hair out of my face.

"The question is do you think that you can go?" He asked me.

"I don't know if I can talk to him without crying."

"Then we won't go."

"But I'm hungry."

"Then let's go."

"But what about Daniel? Wherever Joey is Daniel is too."

"Then don't go."

"But Meghan's gonna be there, and I haven't spoken to her in person in a while."

"For god's sake, make up your mind, woman." He put a pillow over his head, which made me laugh.

"I'll go."

He then took it off his head. I went over to the door and saw that Joey was on his phone, but put it away when I opened it.

"So, what do you say? You guys coming?" He asked, trying to put his phone in his pocket.

"Sure." I answered, slightly smiling.

"Great, see you at 7." He began to walk down the hall, back to his room and I closed the door. I turned around and jumped onto the bed, landing on Joe's legs. He screams out in pain and I laugh, getting off of him and going back on my side of the bed.

"Sorry." I kissed him gently and he put his arm around my waist again.

"It's alright, love." He pulled me in closer and put his free hand and interlocked it with mine. I smuggled into his chest and he put his head on top of mine and started drifting off to sleep before Joe stopped me.

"Nina." He whispered right as I closed my eyes.

"What?" I groaned.

He paused for a second. "I love you."

My eyes opened wide. I looked up at him. He was smiling. He meant it.

"I love you too." I smiled again. I then laid back down on his chest and drifted back off to sleep happy.

This was the first time we've ever said that. It made me feel a bit happy.

No guy has ever said it to me and meant it other than Joey, but after today I'm regretting ever getting together with that bastard.

I love him. I've loved him since I first say him. I loved everything about him.

His eyes.

His smile.

His sense of humour.

His hair, but everyone loves that.

His laugh.

Everything else is pretty much a compliment to the rest of him.

God, I really do love him.