deep love | 1

trust

J's pov

Nick gazes sadly into my eyes. "No. Joe doesn't get pranked easily. Usually, he's the one pranking me. I'm kinda jealous of him, actually." My eyes light up. "That's it!" I yell. "We make him jealous!" Nick stares blankly at me. "Don't you get it? If we make Joe jealous of us, he'll want to be my boyfriend again!" Nick is bewildered. "I'm not sure if that's a good idea though..." He sees my expression. "But... I guess I'll do it." I smile. 

We don't really know where to start, so we just do the simplest one- changing our Instagram bio. My heart hurts when I delete Joe's name and change it to "Nick", with a ring emoji beside it. Nick adds a line in his bio- Jessica, followed by a heart emoji. We can only wait. I invite Nick to spend the day, so we go out for lunch together. Holding hands. 

We're followed everywhere by the paparazzi- to be more exact, Nick is. But being Joe's girlfriend for about 2 years has made me used to this, so I just plaster a smile on my face as the reporters' push cameras in our faces. I can already imagine the headlines- Nick has a new girlfriend? What about Joe? It's usually pretty annoying, but today I'm glad. Hopefully, Joe checks the news tomorrow.

Nick decides to spend the night, so we're sitting down and watching TV on the couch when my phone starts to vibrate to alert me of a new notification. I pick it up. I'm right- there's news about Nick and I even though it's only 7 pm. I'm pretty on point with the headlines too- Nick is now dating his brother's girlfriend! Nick peers over my shoulder at the news article. I look up and see Nick making a face. He checks his phone and I hear him suck in his breath. It's my turn to look over his shoulder at his screen. 

It's a text from Joe. 

Nick, I don't know why you're doing this. It's pretty obvious my girlfriend cheated on me for you. But you didn't have to make it worse by going out with her. Now the whole world knows. It's like you two are teaming up against me. I hope you two have fun together, then. I won't bother you anymore.

My heart probably stops beating for a second. This is bad, really bad. I look at Nick, and the hurt is obvious in his eyes. He hands the phone to me. As he stands up, he mutters, "I told you it was a bad idea." and goes to the room, shutting the door behind him. I'm left sitting there, holding his phone, without anything to say. 

I don't know what to do, so I just lean back on the couch and try to stop the tears. Just when I thought things were finally better with Nick, I had to go and ruin it again. I decide to give him space, so I start to type back a reply to Joe. 

Joe, it's Jessica. Your girlfriend, in case you've forgotten. I still love you, and I'm not lying when I say that I'm not the one who wanted to make out with Nick. He'll tell you, just ask him. There isn't any proof for this, so please, just trust me. You know me.

I'm surprised to see that he reads it immediately. He was probably waiting for a reply. As I see the sign indicating that he's typing back a reply, I can hear Nick crying in the other room. Nick never cries. Or at least, I've never seen him cry. None of those Jonas boys ever cry- except for Joe. Well, at least that's what I thought. I'm about to go and comfort him but Joe's reply is waiting for me. 

Don't call yourself my girlfriend till you tell me why you and Nick were holding hands when you went out for lunch. I grimace. My bad, again. My fingers fly across the keyboard. 

Maybe you haven't noticed, Joe. But I love you, more than you know. So when you walked out on me the other day I was desperate to get you back. So I asked Nick to go out with me so you'd get jealous and want me back. But it failed, and Nick thinks you're mad at him. I press send, but then add another line. Nick's crying in the other room. Joe's response is almost instant. 

Oh. My. Goodness, He types. I'm sorry. I can feel a smile spreading across my face, but it disappears almost as quickly when I read his next message. Tell Nick I haven't forgiven him though. 

I'm about to type a reply when Nick comes out of the room. His eyes and nose are red, and I just want to wrap my arms around him and tell him it's okay. But I know it's not, so I watch as he takes the phone from me and jogs out to the car without a word. 

I honestly want to slap myself right there and then. My hands move to grab my phone, and my fingers punch in Joe's number. It's almost like my brain and hands aren't connected. 

"Hello?" Hearing his voice makes me want to burst into tears, but this time I don't try to stop it. I don't say anything for a while. All that replays in my head is- "You ruined it for Nick." I hear the beep of Joe putting the phone down, but I don't do anything. It seems like whenever I finally solve things with one brother, I'm on bad terms with the other.