Stargazing - Joe and Dianne One shot series

Girl Trouble

"Zoe I need help!"

Week 5 of chapter 12 was proving difficult for Joe, and it wasn't just the dancing. He had managed to form a rather large crush on his red-headed dance partner. No matter what he tried to do to push the thoughts out of his mind, all he could think about was her. This however was taking a toll on his dancing this week with Diannes favourite phrase being "Joe what are you doing".

"Joe I'm not bailing you out of some stupid sponsorship deal you've got into with pound land"

Joe sat on one of his broken barstools at 10pm on a Wednesday night talking to his sister on FaceTime, who was quite frankly cuddled up with Alfie in bed.

"Zoe shut up, right don't judge but I've got myself a bit of....umm....I...I've got a pretty big crush on someone but I don't want to ruin anything between us"

Joe sat there. Empty. He had just told his sister possibly one of his biggest sisters in his life yet he couldn't bare to even think about telling the girl that he actually likes.

"Right so you like dianne but your too chicken to tell her cos your scared it will ruin your friendship? Right?!"

Zoe had guessed earlier that day when she was asked to film a VT for the show at one of their rehearsals that Joe had a little crush on her. And from what she could work out, the feeling was very much mutual.

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"That was good, yeah better than before you seem less focused on other things. Joe are you sure you were ok yesterday? I know I'm just your dance partner for the show but i do care about you, if I can help I want to"

Joe had come into rehearsal the next day a lot more relaxed after his chat with Zoe. Dianne was going over to his apartment tonight to film last week's reaction video, this also gave Joe the perfect opportunity to see if Dianne slightly felt the same.

"Yeah..umm..I'm ok. Are you still able to film the video tonight? I feel bad at such short notice I'll order some food for us as an apology for the short notice and my mind wandering this week"

Joe had been really struggling with the waltz this week but as Zoe said last night the romantic dance and his crush on the red-head probably wasn't helping. And she was right now he had got it off his chest able to tell someone how he felt, he was much better and was actually able to think about the dance and not being worried about overstepping bounderies.

"Joe stop worrying I'm looking forward to it and food wise as long as you let me pay for what I have then go for it. Right let's do a power hour and then head back."

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"Foods here"

Since getting to Joe's Dianne had noticed how Joe's persona had changed. It's almost as soon as they got into his apartment his mind started to crowd and he just couldn't concentrate again.

"Ooh good I got some plates out of the cupboard and found some wine I hope that ok I just thought that we could have a drink to celebrate you finally, no offense, getting this dance"

A nandos, lots of laughs and a bottle of wine later. Joe and Dianne could be seen sat on the sofa singing along to Mama Mia.

"shit Di its half 11" Dianne's face dropped. She hated travelling home late at night, especially by herself. what made it worse was the fact that she wasn't 100% sure if she picked up her key in the stressed rush she was in that morning.

"Fuck, mmm joe I may have forgot my key this morning, sorry I was a stressed mess. is there a chance I could stay? I will sleep on the sofa, shit I'm sorry I feel awful"

"di calm, of course you can stay here I was going to say that because I wouldn't feel comfortable with you travelling through London by yourself this late. why don't we finish this movie then you can sleep in my bed Byron is at Emily's I will sleep in there"

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"aww I love that film a soppy love story with a happy ending"

joe hadn't even been paying attention to the film his mind had been on how he was meant to tell Dianne he had a pretty huge crush on her without ruining their friendship.

"di, right umm hear me out, I sort of need to get this off my chest but I don't want it to ruin anything between us."

Joe sat ridged. He had just told Dianne exactly how he felt yet he felt comfortable, happy he had spilled all. He had trust in her that she wouldn't break him, even if this wasn't something that could work.

"WOW, umm well, umm are you serious? Because I feel the same way"

"Di I wouldn't say it if I wasn't. I really do like you but I've never really done this before so I'm always learning, I'm not the best with emotions as you know" Back in week 2 when Dianne had been feeling particularly down due to her recent break up Joe very quickly learnt it was probably best not to make her even more upset by not focusing on the dance.

"Joe I don't care. I just want you to know that I really like you and I know it seems sudden after the whole thing with Antony but I don't think my heart was ever in that. But I really do like you and I could see a future with you"

They spent the majority of the night cuddled up on the sofa watching random movies, before dianne fell asleep. Joe tucked her in with a few blankets and pillows then headed up to his own bed. He was about to try to get some sleep but not before he texted his sister.

Thank you Zoe xx