Paper thin // Joe Sugg au

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"I love you too" He pulled me into a hug. I hugged him back, wondering why I'd said what I did. It just slipped out. He obviously said it back to make the situation less awkward.

"But seriously, thank you for being so helpful lately. You've been like a fill in best friend and you've done well, my friend. I thank you" I joked. He pulled away from the hug to smile at me.

"Anytime", He said, leaving us in a short silence before speaking up again, "We better get going, I'll drive. Go get Nikki and I'll wait in the car" He quickly got up and left through the front door.

"Nikki, we're going. Are you coming?" I called to her. She came sloping in, hands crossed over her stomach. "You alright?" I said as positively as I could.

"Yeah, yeah.  It's just Chase has had to skip dinner again... family issues or something. I really wish we'd be able to see each other more, you know? He's always busy or having to see family. I trust him so much but I miss him more. I feel like I've done something wrong, said something I didn't mean or just annoyed him a little. I don't want to seem clingy but I'm dependant on him because I love him" She sighed, shaking her head.

"You should talk to him, tell him how you're feeling. No man should let her girl go around wondering what's gone wrong. I'll take you to dinner tonight instead, yeah? We can go to McDonalds and get as much food as we want and then we can go get ice cream and just eat and talk" She giggled at the offer, took my hand and pulled me out of the door.

-

Alfie didn't need that much convincing. He was easy to talk to today but seemed so far away. He was upset, a bit down. We told him that maybe seeing Zoe would help and he just accepted it. It all seemed a little too easy but we did what we needed to and he was going to the hospital. We also told him that I was going to see my mum. He drifted further away after that - muttering things under his breath, staring hazily out the window and his foot tapping on the car floor impatiently. Nikki eventually started a conversation with him, firstly asking how he was and moving onto more positive subjects.

When they were deep in conversation, Joe put a hand on my shoulder causing me to turn to him.

"You'll be fine, you know that right?"

"Yeah, just seeing her in a state... it'll be hard. I'll miss her" I mumbled. It was so hard to sum up in words what I felt. No one would understand the amount of guilt and sadness that was piled on top of me. It was easy now but later I would suffocating.

-

The reception desk loomed ahead of us as we walked through the entrance doors.

"I don't know if I'll have time to take Alfie to the appointment if I go to your mum first" Joe exhaled.

"It's fine, I can take Alfie" Nikki leant over and murmured so Alfie, who was in the middle of talking, couldn't hear.

"You don't have to do that Nikki-" I began but Nikki cut me off.

"Don't worry about it. You'd prefer for Joe to go anyway, your mum knows him better" And with that, Nikki walked up to the receptionist and began talking to her.

"What did she mean by I'd prefer you?" I questioned, confused to why she would add a comment like that. I loved Nikki and with everything she was doing I couldn't possibly have been any better.

"Oh, so you wouldn't prefer me?" Joe questioned. I was shook of guard at the comment. I couldn't tell if he was joking or not.

"W-what? No, no I just... I'm confused on why she said that" I stuttered. Joe laughed and shook his head, telling me that he was only joking.

Nikki had already pulled Alfie away and so Joe got the hospital room number.

"Come on then" He encouraged. I took a deep breath and followed him.

A/n-

I'm doing so many filler chapters rn so sorry (again) if it's getting a bit boring but I don't want to do drama every chapter because idk, i guess it wouldn't be as good and surprising than if there isn't? You get me? Idk, hope you're enjoying this and have a nice day :)