the one reason ❤ j.s & d.b

Chapter 10

*time skip a couple of weeks*

Joe's POV

Over the last couple weeks, thing have been better than I ever could've imagined they would. I went from doing the Charleston, t going through to movie week and doing an American smooth, then getting through again and doing the Cha Cha Cha, and then getting through to last week which was the waltz. Another plus to that, is that Dianne and I are getting closer each week that goes by. I mean it is bound to happen considering we spend pretty much every minute of every day together. We talk all the time while we are training, having fun while also working hard, and then when we are not together, we are either texting or on the phone with each other. This has not helped my growing feelings I have for her. It really hasn't.

This week is Halloween Week and we are dancing a foxtrot to Young Blood by 5SOS. It honestly is my favourite dance so far, its only the first day and I have already got what we have done so far pretty much down.

"okay so after you grab my arm here, you pull me back, so my back is pressing up against your chest, like so" Dianne explains and then demonstrates. She moves her body, so it is right up against mine.

"Now from here, you grab my hips and you kind of have to press up against me and roll your hips" She again demonstrates slowly so I understand what she means,

"Do you get what I mean?"

"Yeah I do, can we do it again though, so I have it down pat?" I ask,

"Yeah of course, okay 5... 6... 7... 8..."

She counts along to the beat as I do the move, I pull her back and grab her hips, pressing my body up against hers, after which she turned around to face me, my hands still wandering on her hips.

Our eyes connected, our faces inches away from each other, and we were stuck there like we were frozen in time.

I want to kiss her. SO bad.

I quickly dart my eyes down to her lips, and then back up to her eyes, the tension feeling as strong as ever.

If I kiss her now, not knowing how she felt about me it could ruin everything, but if I don't kiss her now, I will always wonder what it would've been like.

Dianne's POV

The past couple of weeks with Joe have been amazing. We have gone further in this competition than I have been before, considering last year I was out in like the 4th week. He has worked so hard, and he really has made me so proud. In doing so though, he has also helped me move on from Anthony.

He always makes me laugh, he always makes rehearsals fun and he is always there for me now. He is probably one of a few people I can really honestly trust.

Over these week though, I have started to develop feelings for him. Or at least I think I have, I don't know my mind is so confused right now. I constantly want to be around him, and whenever he smiles my stomach flips and my heart futters whenever he gives me a hug or calls me. Okay I definitely like him, but on the other hand, he is a celebrity who has come into this competition to be professional, this is work for him, like it is for me. I don't know if he would appreciate me coming in and ruining that, and then if people found out, everyone would go on about the strictly curse, which already kind of came out when Anthony and I Decided to make a somewhat official statement that we were no longer together.

My heart is so conflicted.

Never the less, the show must continue. Today I am teaching Joe the Foxtrot for this week's Halloween special. Because we are vampires, I want it to be hot and full of like a sexual tension, acting of course. Plus that theme works perfectly with the song as well.

I run him through the choreography, up until a part where he is almost grinding up against me. I feel like this part will show the most tension. I first teach him the move, before we run through it a second time. The way he grabbed on to my hips and pressed himself against me was such a turn on, but I have to be professional. Come on Dianne, keep your cool girl. I turn around to face him, to go on to the next move forgetting that I haven't actually taught I to him yet. As I do, he continues to grab my hips as we now face each other, eyes locked, faces so close I can feel his breath fanning my face.

Our eyes are glued to one another's, trying to figure out what the other is thinking. The tension between us is so thick that I feel like I'm having trouble breathing. He looks down from my eyes to my lips and I think I know what he now wants. Is Joe going to kiss me?

I continue to look into his eyes for what feels like a while, before he opens his mouth and says,

"Fuck it"

And with that his lips are pressed against mine in a quick motion. I finally catch on to what he is doing before kissing him back with just as much passion and intent that he is, matching what he is producing. His hands move from my hips up to the small of my back, and my hands make their way to the back of his next, find their way tangled in his hair.

The kiss is hot. That's the only way I can describe it.

He moves his hands down to grab my bum quickly, before moving them under, gesturing for me to jump up. I do so, my legs wrapped around his torso, still kissing him, as he walks us over to the couch that is in the studio. He turns and sits himself down, leaving me straddling his lap.

After what feels like forever, lost in kissing him, he pulls away, releasing a big breath.

"Ahhh... so...umm... that was... different?" he said cautiously, I could tell that he wasn't sure how I felt about it.

"Joe, I like you" I blurted out, my hands instantly covering my mouth after I had said it. Ahh crap what have I done, I've ruined everything. What if he doesn't actually feel the same way, it was just a heat of the moment type thing.

"Dianne, I like you too" he laughs, obviously catching on that I was worried about what I had said,

"Really? You like me? Oh I'm so glad to hear you say that, I thought I just stuffed everything up and..."

He cut off my ramble by giving me a quick peck on the lips.

"Dianne, shut up." He laughed, "I kissed you first remember", he smiled.

I smiled back at him, looking into those gorgeous blue eyes, only to come to a realisation,

"So what happens now, you know, for us?"

A/N: YESSS THEY FINALLY KISSED! Sorry about the big time skip, I wanted to speed up the story and I reckon this week was when they first started like seeing each other because if you watch their reaction video, when they do this move in the dance, Dianne asks joe a couple times what his favourite part of the dance was so I felt like there was some sort of like back story behind it, and I also feel like this dance was the one where they properly clicked.