#Joke

Chapter 3: Luke's POV

We ate & ate & ate.

Only we could manage to spend so much money at a 7-Eleven.

We had all kinds of Ben&Jerry's in the freezer, along with the Slurpees. We bought Cheeze-Its, & M&Ms, & Nutella, & cookies, & all these different candies, & a whole lot of junk food.

It was like someone barfed up Halloween & snack food. I made sure to take note of which ones Jo said were her favorites.

-Milky Way

-Ben&Jerry's Phish Food

-Skittles

-Every flavor of Poptarts

-Blue raspberry & Fanta cherry Slurpees

The list went on & on.

She was really funny, & sassy, & smiled a lot, but not to the point where it was creepy or annoying.

She wasn't afraid to be goofy, or silly, or spontaneous. She was full of surprises.

Michael, Calum & I stood on one side of the island, while Jo & Ashton sat in the stools on the other side, the food scattered across the counter.

"So who's that lady you live with?" Calum asked between mouth fills of chips.

Jo sipped her slurpee, "Oh that's Greta, my foster mom."

"When did you enter the foster system?" Ashton asked shoving a cookie in his individual Nutella jar.

"If you don't mind us asking." Calum quickly added.

She looked at us with a reassuring smile, "It's okay," she looked over at Ashton, "Well around three weeks after I was born, my biological father, who was only around sixteen, left me at a fire station, from there they took me to an orphanage. I spent I think about 4 years there, when a couple decided to adopt me. Newly weds, they tried really hard, but things got worse, then the divorce came along. My 'dad' won custody since his ex-wife never actually wanted a kid. By the time I started middle school I was in the foster system for three years."

"What happened with your 'dad'?" Michael asked quietly.

She gulped more of her slurpee, "He was uh deemed unfit to take care of me."

We all sat in silence.

"Who wants to watch a movie?" Calum said trying to ease the mode.

It was an excellent attempt & I probably would've done the same if I wasn't completely frozen in a trance.

"Sounds good to me," Jo smiled, "As long as I get to keep eating."

We all laughed & brought some of the snacks to the small coffee table infront of the TV.

Calum took the seat beside her & I couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

The green monster only grew as he put his arm around her & she his her face in his chest. You could tell she was honestly terrified.

He squeezed her & she stayed there sometimes peaking & watching the less scary more gory parts.

Once the movie ended, Calum never moved his arm & they just sat like that eating ice cream.

Calum then excused himself the the washroom & I took his spot beside her.

"Thanks again for the clothes," she said scooping up more Ben&Jerry's.

"It's cool, you look better in them anyways."

"Glad you feel that way,"

"Why's that?"

"Because you aren't getting them back."

I just smiled at her, & she smiled back. We just started at eachother for a little while & she did the thing where she blushes & looks away.

"Want some?" she asked holding her spoonful of Phish Food ice cream.

I opened my mouth & allowed her to feed me the ice cream. She giggled.

"This stuff is really good." I said.

"I know it's my favorite Ben&Jerry's."

Calum came back & we decided to watch another movie, "I get to pick this time!" Jo exclaimed.

She pulled out a movies she had brought, "Friends with Kids, or The Dark Knight Rises?"

"What's Friends with Kids?" Ashton asked.

"A RomCom about best friends that decide to have a kid together," she said.

"Never heard of it, let's do it." Mikey said.

She popped the movie in & we watched. My arm rested around her on the sofa. I'd inch closer to her seeing if she'd move away. She never did.

She sat with her legs crossed on the couch & I allowed my knee to lightly brush against hers, she glanced at our knees quickly, but didn't move away.

There were moments where I wouldn't watch the movie, I'd just watch he as she watched it; mouthing the words to herself, trying to contain her self when something happened, you could hear her suppressing giggles & she couldn't sit still.

She never caught me staring, she was so entranced in the film.

It was a good movie, I had to admit. Really cute & the kind of movie you'd watch while on a date.

I let my arm softly touch her shoulder, & I felt the tingles shoot up my arm alarming me slightly.

She tensed a bit & I wondered if she felt them too. Soon she cuddled into & eventually placed her head in my lap, "I might fall asleep," she whispered to me.

"That's alright,"

"No it isn't,"

"Why not?"

"I don't like falling asleep during movies."

I just chuckle & twirled her dark hair between my fingers. Soon enough she's sleeping & I can't help but watch her.

The thickness of her eyelashes against her rosy cheek. The even rhythm of her chest as it rises & then falls.

I decide she'd be more comfortable in a bed so I wrap my arms around the bottom of her knees & her back.

I make my way up the stairs then to the guest bedroom. Laying her down, I almost regretted bringing her up; it meant I had to leave.

So smoothed her hair back, & whispered, "Night night, Jo."

I walked out of the room & decided I needed sleep too. I walked over to my room & threw myself belly down, onto my bed. Not so smoothly receiving a mouthful of comforter.

This is gonna be a long tour.