Beautiful Crazy

Unforgettable

"Can't say I'm surprised seeing you here." Joe said shaking his head.

"Hey Joey." Brian greeted his voice cracking a bit. "Maren seemed pretty upset, just wanted to check on her." He started to explain but it was too late. While on the other side of the door in the hall, Joe heard a small giggle from Maren.

It wasn't often that Joe Gatto really got upset over things but he had just about enough. Walking into the hotel room without being invited in he let the door go resulting in a loud thud causing Maren to jump a bit. "I've had it, you two. After all I've done for BOTH of you and you have the audacity to lie to my face. You both have some balls."

Maren and Brian exchanged concerned looks over how upset Joe was getting. They both knew they needed to drop the charade for the sake of their friendships with Joe. He was right, he was always in their corners. "Murray told you I assume." Brian said in a low voice looking down at the swirl design of the carpet.

"Murray?" Joe questioned, "He hasn't said a word. I saw him earlier and he just mentioned how this David guy is giving him a weird feeling. He's getting in touch with some contacts from Northsouth to get more info on this guy. Wait...Murray knows about you two?"

"He kinda stopped by my room in London and put two and two together." Maren spoke up.

"Don't be mad at him though, I asked him not to say anything." Brian said immediately.

"How long have you been back together?" Joe asked.

"Just a couple days." Maren quickly said hoping Joe wouldn't be too upset over them keeping it a secret.

"I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little hurt guys." Joe admitted, "I've had your backs since all this shit went down. Christ Maren I even went down to Florida to get you back." Joe added pacing the room out of frustration.

"Joe I know...it's just after all the stuff that's come out in the media and now with the network being upset, we didn't want to bring anymore stress to you all. Clearly us being together is a bad idea in everyone's eyes." Maren tried to explain.

Joe stopped pacing and looked at his friends, "You really think I care what the media thinks or what the network thinks?! All I want is for my friends to be happy. Now whether that's together or apart...that's for you to decide."

Brian walked closer to Maren pulling her into his side. "I'm better when I'm with her Joe. I don't want to be without her anymore."

Joe tried to fight his smile but it was no use, these two fit together better than any couple he'd ever seen. She had this calming effect on him and he brought out the fun side she had seemed to forget existed. She was the rules but he was the reminder to let loose and enjoy some of the perks of who he was. Everyone saw it so long ago, except them.

1 year ago

"You guys didn't tell me about this." Maren whispered to three of the four Jokers. Sal was away taking a quick phone call so the others were taking advantage of Sal's spur of the moment punishment.

They were on their way to a show in DC but a corn field they passed the day prior in Pennsylvania caught Brian's eye from the bus. That's when he suggested getting in contact with the crew and seeing if they could set up a haunted maze as a punishment for Sal. It took some quick work but Joe was able to get the crew to scrabble from New York and get everything into play.

Now Maren was freaking out about getting this filmed in time so they could still get to their DC show on time. "Last minute Mulls, Sorry. But come on we can't let an opportunity like this pass us by." Joe laughed.