Sister to Jonas

Talk

Joe's POV

"So, where do we start?" Brexley questions me as she sits down by my side.

"I don't know. It's been long enough," I joke, and she grins.

"Yeah. We've only got two years to cover here."

"You start. What have I missed?" I ask her, and she considers for a little bit, probably trying to find the best place to start. It really has been awhile, and there's a ton that's happened in both of our lives, I'm sure.

"Well, there's a lot of unimportant things that I don't want to bore you with. But I did start dating Jason, and he's pretty important, so why don't I just start there?"

"Start wherever you want. I'm all ears."

"Okay. The whole relationship started not long after we-you know. Stopped talking. At first I didn't know if I would be able to handle it on top of losing you, but he actually helped me out a lot. I talked to him more than I talked to any of our family," she says.

"I'm glad he was there for you," I say, and then look at her expectantly as she adds on.

"He hung out with me all the time so that I didn't think about our situation too much. He was my support system when I felt like I had no one, and he even helped me figure out what I should say to you when I was trying to reach out. It was at the point where I felt like if I didn't have him, I wouldn't have anybody, and for a few months at least I put all my trust in Jason and only Jason."

"Wow. He sounds great, Brex," I say, almost speechless at how much this dude took over all of our roles in my sister's life. I'm very glad for him, because I don't know what her situation was with Kevin, Nick, or Frankie, but I know I wasn't there for her like I needed to be. At least she had someone.

"He is great. He was by my side through everything, and that's all I could ever ask for. Then, the day he met our family, everyone came over here and he got along super well with them all. The only part that was awkward was when Mom forgot you and I weren't talking to each other and she wanted to wait on you. That got me a little upset," Brexley says with a slight laugh.

"Oh, yeah, that wouldn't be so good," I say, chuckling uncomfortably. Come on, Mom. Why'd you have to do that to her?

"But yeah. I only really talked to Jason, and then Kevin and Nick more as time went on. I was doing okay too, coming to terms with it all, and then when Cake by the Ocean came out I literally bawled. After I had the meltdown, then I was pissed because it was a good song and I couldn't tell you that I liked it because we weren't talking to each other," she says, and I can't help but grin.

"You could've still texted me. But I'm glad you like it, and I'm sorry it made you upset at first."

"Oh, like you would've responded if I did," she retorts, and I shrug.

"You never know. I might've had a change of heart," I say, and she rolls her eyes.

"Probably not. Enough about me, though. My life wasn't that exciting. What about you? I know you had some exciting things happen over time."

"Oh, yeah, for sure. I mean, DNCE starting was probably the biggest thing that happened, what I'm most proud of, you know. And then the concert tour started up. But there were other things, like when I fixed my relationship with Kevin and Nick, and of course talking to Sophie," I explain.

"I was hoping you two were still talking to each other! Have you met up in person since we were all in LA together?"

"No, unfortunately. There hasn't really been time, you know? She's so busy filming Game of Thrones, and then in her off time she's at home in the UK. But I wish we could sometime. She's really helped me through a lot these past couple years, similar to how Jason did for you."

"Well that's good. I know you two really hit it off when we were back at home so I was hoping something would come out of it," Brexley says.

"Wait, like what?" I ask with a laugh.

"I don't know, just something. At least a friendship, if not more," she says, and I smirk.

"If not more?"

"Come on, you know you two would be cute together. And the way you're making it sound, she's super supportive of you and she's had your back a lot, so that's always good."

"Yeah, that is. I talked to her so much; we texted all the time and even called each other randomly if we had anything we wanted to talk about. It was nice, it really was," I say.

"Well, I'm happy it turned out like that, then. But you guys need to try and meet up in person I feel like," Brexley says.

"I would like to. I don't know. We'll have to try and coordinate it once things slow down with the band, I guess," I say, and Brexley nods.

"Listen, it's late, and I know you have a busy day tomorrow, so we should probably get to bed."

"Yeah, probably, or I'm going to be dead tomorrow, and that wouldn't go over too good," I joke, and she laughs.

"Not at all."

We both get up and head towards our rooms, just like we used to when we actually lived together here. It feels nice, just like old times. I've missed this.

"Well, goodnight, Joe. And, you know what? I'm really glad you came back, even though I didn't act like it when I found out you were here before," Brexley says.

"I'm glad you are. I didn't really have a plan for what I was gonna do if you didn't want to hear me out, and since I came all the way here, I was really hoping I wasn't going to have to think of one."

"Well, I guess our twin bond is just too strong," she says with a laugh.

"I guess so. Hug it out?" I ask, and she nods, so I go over to where she stands and bear hug her.

"When did you start being so protective?" she asks after about half a minute.

"When I almost lost my best friend. I love you, Brex."

"Love you too, Joe."

Note: I'm sorry it's taken me so long to update this story, school and life got a little crazy there for awhile! But I'm ready to take on the end of this book with you guys, thank you for sticking with me. Hope you enjoyed this update! <3