the one reason ❤ j.s & d.b

Chapter 2

Joe's POV

"So Dianne... tell me about yourself, and while you're doing this, try not to hit me again" I say pretending to be upset. She laughs at me and starts with the usual stuff,

"Well, I'm Australian as you most likely could figure out, I grew up in a small town in Perth, I moved here 2 years ago because I was offered a job on this show, and I always have loved the thought of travelling so it was a good deal for me. I have been dancing since I was 3 years old, I specialise in ballroom, but I love a good cha cha. I live in a small apartment about 40 minutes from here with my boyfriend Anthony and yeah that's basically it for me, what about you?" she smiled

"Well I'm a youtuber, so I make videos and post them on YouTube for my viewers to see. I have around 8 million subscribers on my main channel and then a couple more on my other two channels. I have written 3 books and produced and starred in two movies with my friend Caspar. I also have a clothing line, well not really its merchandise with my sister because she's a youtuber as well", I say and then pointed to the logo on my hoodie,

"Wow joe, that is so impressive, you're so well accomplished already, you really must work hard then?" she asks intently,

"Yeah I really pride myself on working hard, it's something I've always loved, I used to be a roof thatcher before I became a youtuber so it's kind of built into me" I reply.

She looks at me in awe, which makes me slightly uncomfortable, before smiling, "Aw Joe I am so excited to work with you, I think this could be a really special partnership in the making" she exclaims as she pulls me into a hug.

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The rest of the night ran smoothly. The group dance was good because I was tucked away in the back, you couldn't really see me much, so I felt less nervous.

I exchanged numbers with a large portion of the cast, as well as Dianne as it was now time to go home. The episode wasn't going to be out for a couple weeks, actually it is being released on my birthday, so Stacey suggested that I have a birthday/Strictly viewing party and I thought it was a brilliant idea.

As I walked home, I was thinking about the journey that has just begun and compared how I feel now to how I felt a couple months ago, thinks were looking up for me it seemed, I just hoped it could only continue to get better from here.

Dianne's POV

Tonight was magical, oh how I have missed dancing on that stage. It ad gone even better than last year, probably because now I wasn't the new girl, feeling like I belong more now with the strictly fam.

I return home to my apartment at around 12:30am, unlocking the front door and walking in as quietly as I could, just so I wouldn't wake Anthony up if he was asleep. I put my bag down and headed into the bedroom to find him lying in bed just chilling out on his phone,

"Hey Di, how was opening night?" he asked, not taking his eyes of his phone,

"Really amazing actually, it was so much fun! All the celebrities are really lovely, and my dance partner is Joe Sugg, and he's a really hard worker and ahh him just so excited to start!" I exclaim as I sit up on the bed.

"Mmmhmm that's great Di" he said bluntly, clearly more interested in his phone than me.

I huffed in acceptance and went to the bathroom to have a shower and try get the remaining makeup and glitter off my body and hairspray out of my hair. Anthony and I have been together for around 10 months, having a couple on and off patches here and there because he is an actor and I dance so we have a lot of commitments and its hard to make time for each other. Recently things have been a little less than lovey dovey between us. Nothing bad or anything like that, just I feel like I'm slowly falling out of love with him, the spark is slowly dying away, and I know he is feeling the same, but we both can't admit it just yet. That's another reason I'm sort of excited for training to start, because, maybe as bad as it is to think this and to want it to happen, maybe it will be a good excuse to end things, as I really will have no time for him.

Once I finish my shower, I quickly blow dry my hair and put it up in a bun, brush my teeth and then walk into the bedroom to put my pyjamas on. Anthony is now rolled onto his side, phone off, dead asleep. I slide into bed next to him and grab my phone from the nightstand to set an alarm for the next morning, only to see a message from a number:

Hey Dianne, its Joe here, just thought id send you a quick message to let you know how excited I am to work with you! Also thank you for holding my hand tonight, I was shitting myself ahaha, anyway goodnight, see you on Monday. J x