When We Were Young.

Twenty-Six

'Paris with this one has been absolutely amazing! It's been great to just get away from everything and relax.'

Placing his phone back into his pocket Joe smiles and turns to face Demi.

'Have you had a good time this weekend?' He asks and she nods her head.

'I've had the best time. This has been exactly what I needed.' She replies smiling as he drapes his arm around her shoulders and kisses the side of her head.

'Good. You know I've been thinking and if in a few months you were to find out you were pregnant we'd make it work... Regardless of my tour or your career; we'd make it work.' He says.

'I know.' She replies.

'And maybe the idea of us having a baby in a little while isn't such a bad idea.' He says.

'R-Really?' She asks.

'Yeah. I mean I'm not saying now but maybe next year.' He replies causing her to smile.

'Maybe.' She almost whispers letting her head rest against his shoulder as he smiles. They've never officially confirmed their relationship but they have been posting pictures on both Instagram and Snapchat which has pretty much confirmed it for everyone.

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'Do you know what scares me?' She asks as they sit in a private lounge in the airport.

'Spiders?' He replies causing her to sigh.

'I'm being serious, Joe.' She says and he turns to face her.

'Sorry, what scares you?' He asks.

'I'm scared that if we decide in the future to have a baby it could affect your career and leave you resenting me.' She admits glancing down at the floor.

'Have you been worrying about that the entire way here? Is that why you've been so quiet?' He asks and she nods her head.

'You've got nothing to worry about; if we decide to have children then I'm sure neither of us will be going into it clueless. We both know what could happen right? What about your career? That could go wrong?' He says and she shrugs her career.

'I would pick a family over my career any day.' She replies.

'Oh so you don't think I'd pick you over my career? Is that what this is all about?' He asks causing her to sigh.

'I didn't want this to start an argument... I just- I know how much you love performing.' She replies.

'Not more than I love you... I can't believe you actually thought I'd pick a career over you and a family.' He says, his voice laced with anger and hurt.

'Joe, I'm-' She begins and he shakes his head.

'Don't. I'm going to get a drink.' He says standing up. He leaves the private lounge as tears begin to stream down Demi's cheeks; they'd had the perfect weekend in Paris, why did she have to ruin it by bringing that up?

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He makes his way towards the lounge bar as the conversation minutes earlier run through his head; did she actually believe he would pick his career over her? He would quit everything right now and start a family with her but he knew that sooner or later they could regret rushing into everything. He wanted her to be 100% sure that this was what she wanted before they even considered it.

'What can I get you?' The bartender asks.

'Umm... Just a water.' Joe replies and the bartender nods his head. He passes him a bottle of water before going off to serve someone else. Glancing down at his phone he sighs as he sees the picture of him and Demi as his lock screen picture. This wasn't how this weekend was supposed to end.

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'Are you coming in or...' Demi asks as she glances at Joe who's in the drivers seat.

'No, I'm going to go back to mine. I'll call you later.' He replies.

'Oh okay.' She says quietly as he leans over and kisses her cheek; the journey from Paris to LA was absolutely horrendous! They barely even spoke to each other and if she did try speak to him he gave her one word answers or else just ignored her.

'Bye.' She says getting out of the car. She grabs her bags and quickly makes her way into the house as tears stream down her cheeks.

'Hey, this isn't how I expected you to come back.' Mike says making his way out of the kitchen as Demi leans against the front door and sobs.

'I-I fucked up.' She cries.

'Hey, come here... I'm sure it's not the bad.' He says making his way towards her. He wraps his arms around her and sighs as she continues to sob.

'It'll be fine. Tell me what happened?' He asks.

'I-I basically told Joe that I thought he'd choose his career over me but that's not what I meant at all.' She replies leaning heavily against him and closing her eyes as her head begins to throb.

'Did you tell him you didn't mean it?' He asks.

'I tried but he was so hurt by it... I feel awful, Mike. I don't want to loose him.' She cries.

'You won't loose him. Joe loves you and I'm sure once he's cooled down he'll phone you, okay? Maybe you just need to give him some time.' He says.

'Where's my baby?' She asks pulling back and running her hands over her face as he smiles sympathetically at him.

'Probably in your bed... He's hardly moved from there all weekend.' He replies. Making her way to her bedroom she smiles as she finds Batman exactly where Mike said; fast asleep curled up in her bed.

'Hi, baby...' She says softly as she lies down next to him, tears still streaming down her cheeks.