Youngblood

Chapter 5

Joe's POV

I'm being ridiculous. At least, that's what I keep on telling myself. I can't possibly have a crush. That's just... stupid. I'm Joe Sugg. People are meant to be crushing on me, not the other way around.

Then why can't I get her out of my head?

"Joe!" my mum calls. "Dinner!"

I drag myself down the stairs and sit next to Mum, with Zoe and Alfie opposite. Zoe's had a boyfriend for ages now, and they just got on so well. Maybe that could happen with me and... No, just stop it Joe.

"Is everything alright?" Zoe asks.

"Yeah, why?" I question.

"The food's been down for a minute now and you haven't started eating. That's so unlike you," Zoe explains. I just sigh at my sister and start eating the lasagne. If I'm being so silly then why can't I stop thinking about her. I mean, right now I see the colour red and that's what comes to mind.

And I hurt her yesterday. I still can't believe that. I still hate myself for it.

I finish my dinner and head back upstairs, still thinking to myself. What am I meant to do? I have so many feelings going around my head. I've never felt like this before.

-NEXT DAY-

The first two lessons go by pretty averagely, and then it's break. I'm at the benches at usual when I see Anna and Dianne walking past. I instantly get butterflies at seeing the redhead.

"Oi! Anna! Dianne!"

Well Jack, that's one way of getting them over here.

The two girls come over to us and sit down on the benches, Anna pushing Jack off the end.

"Are you feeling ok?" I ask Dianne. After what happened yesterday, I want to make sure she's ok. I don't know why I just feel so guilty.

"Yeah, I'm fine thanks," Dianne says. I look into her eyes, and it's like entering a different world. It's just so perfect, and she's just so...

Ok, I give up. You really are crushing, Joseph.

I break away at the sound of someone coughing. I look up and see Byron, who is looking at me suspiciously.

"Anyway," he says. "Want to go to the park later?"

"Sure, why not?" Conor says.

"Girls too," Byron says, then he looks at me as he says it. Does he suspect something?

Dianne's POV

I think it's fair to say that I never thought I'd be invited to the park with the buttercreams.

The bell goes and I head off to lesson, but there's one boy stuck in my head. Joe Sugg. We made eye-contact at the benches, and we held it for a while. So long that I feel that Byron noticed something. I don't know though. I mean, who would like me?

I manage to survive through maths and history and then finally it's lunch. As me and Anna are walking to get food we stop by a few girls, and see that Marie, Grace and Yasmin have just walked off.

"What did they do to you?" Anna asks.

"It's fine," one of the girls says.

"No, Amy, seriously, what did they do?" Anna says. Amy explains everything, about how they've been bullying them for a while and constantly getting into fights. I then recognise the four girls as the ones who got into a fight with Yasmin, Grace and Marie outside the shop before I went to Anna's.

"Come with us today," Anna says. The six of us head off, but to a different place than with the boys. My heart sinks a bit about not spending lunch with Joe, but at least I'm seeing him after school.

The girls introduce themselves as Amy, Lauren, Katya and Chloe. Apparently, Amy, Chloe and Katya dance like me, which isn't something I thought I'd find. I'd presumed that majority of people here who danced would've done styles like street and contemporary rather than ballroom and latin.

We spend the rest of lunch with them and then I head off to fifth period, English, with Anna. I just can't wait until I get to see Joe again.

Joe's POV

Dianne and Anna don't show up all lunch, and not going to lie, I'm actually upset about it. I couldn't wait to spend more time with Dianne, seeing as I've finally excepted that I do like her, but at least I've got the park after school.

I spend majority of fifth period daydreaming and doodling, then when the bell goes, I dart off to meet the other boys. We then go to look for Dianne and Anna, and it's great to see Dianne again. I mean Dianne and Anna, obviously.

"Where were you at lunch?" I ask.

"Oh, just with some other people," Dianne says. That means that they may not be coming anymore. I've got to get over myself. I've just got to take a deep breath and ask the girl out. But not in front of everyone.

When we get to the park, we all take off our bags and dump them by all the equipment. Caspar and Oli start climbing up on all the equipment and standing on the pieces that really aren't designed for that.

"You'll fall," Anna calls.

"No we won't!" Caspar says. "We aren't stupid."

"Er, think about that," Mikey adds.

Then Josh decides to join them, and the three of them are being so silly it's hilarious. They then decide to come back down, Oli coming down last and landing with a thump by my feet.

"That was called being skilled," Oli says. Dianne laughs. "Oh, disagree, do you?"

"I'm sure even I could do that," Dianne says, and she begins starting to climb.

"Dianne no, you could hurt yourself," I say. I really don't want her injured any further.

"I'll be fine," she says, and she manages to do it just as well as the boys. Wow, she's impressive.

"Wow," Mikey says.

"Didn't think I could do that?" Dianne says. "Well there's a lot you don't know about me."

"Go on then, say some stuff about yourself," Conor says.

"Well, my name's Dianne Claire Buswell, I'm from Bunbury Australia, I dance and have been in many competitions, I've got two brothers but live with neither of them," Dianne starts.

"Why don't you live with your brothers?" Jack asks. I look at him. What if Dianne doesn't want to tell us her family history.

"It's complicated," Dianne says. "I live with my mum over here, and my dad and brothers are back in Australia, but that's a story for a different time."

We spend the rest of the afternoon getting to know Dianne better and she learns more about us. Then Byron gets a text saying that he needs to be home, and we all decide to head off. But I deliberately stay behind with Dianne.

"Dianne, can I ask you something?" I say. Come on Joe, you can do this.

"Sure," Dianne replies.

"Well, er, I was wondering..."

A/N: Cliffhanger! Hope you like the new part and make sure to let me know your thoughts!