Joe's POV:
It's my first day of learning how to dance. Never thought I'd say that to be honest, but anything for Dianne.
"You ready Joseph?" She asks, jokingly. The truth is, I don't think I'll ever be ready.
"As ready as I can be." I lie, not wanting to distract her.
"Okay everyone so this is my less-than-glamorous assistant, Joe." Dianne welcomes me to the class. I didn't realise they'd all be so young.
"I'm glamorous!" I protest, ultimately failing and hugging into Dianne.
"Is that your boyfriend?" I hear a girl ask Dianne. She must shake her head or something because she leans down to the girl and calmly states:
"We're just friends. And that's all we'll ever be." I feel my heart break. Clearly, she wasn't expecting me to hear that.
"We're going to try the jive today." She says as she stands up from leaning down to the child.
"It's fast and upbeat and you won't be partnered too much today." She's really throwing me in the deep end, isn't she?
"Okay so we're gonna go 1,2,3,4 kick ball change 7,8." Dianne demonstrates. Is there anything this girl can't do?
"Copy me if you get stuck." Dianne says, never taking her eyes off me.
"We're going to try five on one leg then five on the other and we'll repeat this for a minute. Okay kids?" She asks. They all beam at her. Clearly, I've got a lot of catching up to do.
"How was that?" I ask after we've finished the most intensive class of my life.
"Yeah, you weren't bad." She giggles to herself, indicating that she's lying.
"How did I get so lucky to have a friend like you?" I ask. She blushes under my gaze.
"I'm nothing special. I just like to dance." She states, shrugging.
"You're amazing." I tell her, honestly. I doubt she'd ever believe me though.
"No. Joe, you can't say that to me." She begins to fall apart slowly. I can't see her like this. I rub my eyes, ready to fight again.
"Dianne, look, I know I made a mistake, but I'm really trying to prove to you that it wasn't your fault. Please?" She pushes her hair back and I feel self-conscious and do the same thing.
"Look, Joe, I'm trying. I really am. But you can't erase it all. You can't just start again because you messed up." I sigh, knowing she's right.
"What about you and Aj? I never said anything then?" I start. Here comes another argument. I can sense it.
"Me and Aj were nothing. You know that. Boys and girls can be friends." She tries.
"Oh so it's just like us then?" I retort, knowing I've got her there.
"You made the mistake. You deal with it." She says before angrily storming off. What have I done?
"Joe, what's the matter?" Zoe asks me, sensing something happened with Dianne.
"Nothing." I reply, shrugging, hoping to just drop it.
"That girl, you must love her." She observes. I raise my eyebrow, finally questioning myself.
"No. No I don't love her." I suggest, but Zoe's having none of it and at this point, I don't buy it either.
"You sure Joe?" Alfie, who's now appeared asks.
"No. No I'm not so sure. Also what are you doing here?" I try to distract them but it doesn't really work.
"He's just visiting. You love Dianne, Joe. Why else would you take up dance for her? Why else would you be so offended about her friendship with Aj? Why else would you both be so damn head over heels when you're together?" Zoe rambles on.
"Because Aj is bad news." I start, then realise.
"Because I'm jealous of what they have. And I want to dance with her to show her that I can do it too."
"Finally some truth!" Alfie almost squeals.
"I just want to make up for my mistake. It doesn't matter how I feel." I have no idea what I've just said or done. Now I need to face the truth. Guess I'll be avoiding Dianne for the next few days. Well, until my next dance class where I'll have to face her properly.
A/N: Brand new character (an OC as well) next chapter. We finally learn what Joe's done wrong...well sort of.
Ngl I actually love Aj but I was watching the Mamma Mia group dance when I wrote this. Hope him and his brother gets better soon though x
Also the technique Dianne uses for the jive in this chapter came from my lovely dance teacher who taught me how to jive by doing this!
First update of the day x
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All We'll Ever Be || Joe And Dianne
Fanfiction"We're just friends and that's all we'll ever be." Joe's made many mistakes in his life, but there's nothing he regrets more than losing Dianne's trust. On a quest to regain her love, he takes up dance with her. He isn't the best at it though and st...
