Forbidden | A Jemi Love Story

Seventeen

"Mom! Get off, you're hurting me!" Demi exclaimed trying to pull her hand back but Dianna's grip got slightly tighter.

"You can't leave us Demetria, you're all we have!" Dianna demanded and Demi managed to free herself from her mother's grip.

"I'm not staying if you're going to treat me like this." Demi answered on the verge of tears but she opened the door relieved when she saw Joe and Nick heading up the path and they rushed a bit more when they saw the look on her face. Joe desperately want to wrap his arms around her and give her a hug but he picked up her suitcase instead Nick wrapping his arm around her leading her down the path. She turning her head to see her parents just watching her leave now with Joe and Nick. They reached Joe's car Joe shutting the trunk as Demi and Nick got into the back together. Joe drove away as quickly as he could putting on his seat belt as he went so Demi didn't have to stay here any longer. Demi watched her parents as they watched her leave.

"Are you okay?" Joe questioned and Demi looked down at her wrist, there was a red mark where her mother had grabbed her.

"Yeah I'm fine, mom grabbed me but there's just a red mark," Demi breathed. "They just kept repeating that I couldn't leave them, they had nothing but that."

"Well, you're not there anymore and our mom and dad will look after you and baby." Nick praised.

"This is gonna be so hard." Demi mumbled.

"Yeah, but I'm here too, you're not alone," Joe was quick to assure her. "I've already applied for that internship so we can save some money up.

"I'm not worried about money too much, you know who my dad is and they'll realize what they're doing soon enough. They're not gonna miss out on their grandchild's life. Trust me. It's time, I'm gonna be at school for the whole of the pregnancy too."

"I'm sure the school and arrange some things where you can do work from home and if you're worried about the crowds in between classes then you could leave early. I think they'll be reasonable." Nick stated and Demi sighed nodding her head.

"I hope so." Demi stated settling back against the car seat and she glanced in Joe's middle mirror smiling when he winked at her.

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Joe carried the suitcase inside leaving it by the stairs so he could take it up later. Demi had been over before so it wasn't a complete strange place for her. He wrapped his arm around her when she cuddled up to him kissing the top of her head.

"You wanna go upstairs to your room?" Joe inquired and she nodded her head slightly standing up straight again lifting the suitcase up leading the way upstairs and Nick followed so it didn't look so strange that Joe went upstairs with who they thought was his girlfriend.

"Do you have your own rooms?" Demi questioned looking between the both.

"Yeah, it's a four bedroom house." Nick answered.

"I hear voices." They heard and Denise stepped out of the spare room greeting the three of them as they came over to her.

"Thanks for letting me stay here." Demi breathed.

"It's no problem, really. You're family now." Denise assured her and Demi cracked a small smile.

"Still, I think you deserve a thank you." Demi urged slightly.

"The boys will look after you, well Joe will until he goes back to college," She laughed as he rolled his eyes at her. He hadn't told his parents about the internship, he knew his father would kick up a bit of a fuss about it and he didn't want that to happen until he knew whether he was getting it or not. "I'll leave you with the boys."

"Thanks." Demi repeated and Denise laid a hand on her arm as she passed her.

"Come on." Joe encouraged and he entered first leaving the suitcase on the double bed which was there.

"It looks nice." Demi admitted sitting on the bed running her fingers over the fabrics of the bed.

"And look, mom has cleared a space the the crib to go when the baby comes." Nick stated and Demi smiled looking over in the corner of the room. He knew his parents would be excited about any baby coming into the family. Even if they were young, they had shown they were serious about this.

"Our baby is gonna be spoilt." Joe grinned sitting next to her.

"I'll be in my room, okay? I'll rush down if I hear mom on the stairs." They both nodded their heads watching as he left shutting the door behind him.

"I'm glad you went for the internship, it means you'll be around more." Demi stated.

"Yep and I don't want to miss anything of the pregnancy." Joe stated pecking her lips gently.

"I need to book an appointment to see how the baby is doing."

"Let's get you settled then we can think about that." Joe replied and Demi smiled laying her head on his shoulder.