Something More - A Richpez Fanfic

Chapter 11

- Sorry its been so long guys but i have finally updated... i know this chapter is really bad i was just trying to get it done so i could update. It was originally alot better than this but i lost the usb the original copy was saved on so i had to write most of this by memory.

Anyway hope you guys like it, thanks for reading :) -

Joey POV:
“What?” I ask innocently.

“Nothing” he answers, walking away with a grin on his face.

I walk after him “seriously dude, what?” I ask again, stopping him with my hand.

“As if it’s not obvious, she likes you” he replies and walks in to his bedroom.

Lauren POV:

I just dropped Joey off at his apartment, I was planning on staying for a little while but I got a text from Jaime asking to meet her and the girls at this café we always go to.  I arrived at the café and looked through the window, I saw the girls sitting at our table in the back corner. I walk in, take my order and go sit next to Meredith.

They were all blabbering on about some tour or something that Brian thought of. I don’t really know, I kind of stopped listening. I kept thinking about Joey. But this time not in a romantic way, I don’t know what I was thinking. As if I thought I liked Joey. He is my best friend. I probably just thought I did because for a moment I thought he liked me too.

I remember back when everything was so much easier.

Back in our college days, where me and Joey would sit under the big oak tree on the field.  We would just sit there talking about all the stupid little things that only we found funny or throwing food at each other and trying to catch it in our mouths.

If we had an awkward moment then it wouldn’t even matter because we forgot about it straight away and it didn’t matter because we were just kids.

If anything awkward happened I would just shake it off.

*magical flashback*

One day me and Joey were sitting in our usual spot like any other day. He was leaning against the tree trunk and I was resting my head in his lap. We were talking about how we would want our firsts to happen in a relationship. Such as, first kiss, first date.

“Alright, how about the first I love you?” Joey asked. I thought for a moment “well there is never a perfect time to say I love you so I think that if you feel it, you should say it” Joey nods “yeah I guess… okay, how about the proposal?”

“Well I wouldn’t want something too extravagant or anything, something sweet but simple … just like you” I reply. I was never really girl who liked all that romantic stuff or wanted everything perfect because in reality, that’s not how it works.

I looked up at him and smiled. He smiled back and our eyes met and locked on each other. I was having the urge to just grab him and kiss him but we were interrupted by someone clearing their throat.

We both look up to see Darren standing there, “hey guys, can I sit with you?” he asked and sat down next to me.

 “Alright Criss, but you better have food with you or you’ll have to go” I warned. He laughed and grabbed a packet of chips out of his bag and passed them to me. I took and the packet and smiled as opened them up and began munching on them.

Just like that, I completely forgot that anything had happened with me and Joey.

“So what are you guys doing for Valentines on Friday?” Darren asked.

“Well we’re probably just going to have movie night like usual. How about you?” Joey answered trying to take a chip from me but I slapped his hand away.

From the first year of college, Joey and I have had a tradition that if we didn’t have a date for Valentines we would just spend it together watching movies and eating junk. It was kind of lame but we didn’t mind.

“Well I was going to ask out this girl but turns out she has other plans” Darren said looking at me.

“Yeah well better luck next time” Joey replied in a bitter voice. I could tell him starting to get a little irritated.

I knew that Darren had liked me since our first year but I didn’t feel the same way so I didn’t want to lead him on.

*end of magical flashback*

Joey also knew that Darren liked me so whenever he talked about ‘this girl’ he always seemed a little annoyed. I thought Joey was just being protective of me, I never thought that maybe he had feelings for me in that way. I also thought that Joey just got annoyed because Darren always used to talk about himself a lot.

Everyone used to tell me that Joey liked me all throughout college and that I was totally oblivious to it. I never believed them though, I knew he never would have liked me that way. Besides, he had a long term girlfriend for the first 2 years of college.

Her name was Sarah, and she always hated me because she was jealous of me and Joey’s friendship. She was such a bitch but whenever Joey was around she acted all innocent and always told him that I was saying all this bullshit about her. Me and Joey got into so many fights because of her, he wouldn’t talk to me for days. Eventually he broke up with her because she went kind of crazy when she found me and Joey had to do a stage kiss in acting class.

Now all of a sudden I don’t feel anything like that for Joey, its back to how it’s always been, he’s just my friend and nothing more. Besides, he never would have felt that way about me.

It would be totally weird if me and Joey got together anyway, we have been friends for way too long.

“Lo, what do you think? Lauren?” I hear a voice and something nudging me on my shoulder. I realise that someone’s trying to get my attention “huh what?” I asked going back into reality. “I asked what you think… about the tour?” Denise repeated. “oh um, sounds great’ I answer and they all get back to their conversation.

From across the table Jaime gives me a look as if to say “are you okay?”  I shake my head and smile as if to say “it’s nothing, I’m okay”.

And for once, I meant it. Everything was back to normal, Joey was okay and I wasn’t going crazy anymore.