When two paths cross

Twenty-Two

"Morning my love." Joe said as he woke up and saw Dianne already awake. "How long you been up for?"
"About an hour." She said rolling over so she was facing him. "Morning."
"Did you sleep well? And be honest." Joe said, knowing that she would say she had even if she hadn't.
"Yeah I did, I promise. Best night sleep in a while." Dianne told him.
"It's coz your with the person you love." Joe smirked.
"Probably. I love you. I love saying that." Dianne laughed.
"So do I. I love you." Joe smiled. "But we should probably head downstairs, get breakfast and then head out." Joe said, they had planned a fun day out as tomorrow Dianne would be heading back to Australia so they wanted to spend time with eachother before she went.

"ZOE, ZOE, ZOE!" Dianne shouted as she walked into the kitchen to where Zoe was sat with Alfie eating some toast.
"DI DI DI! What's got you so excited?" Zoe laughed, Joe was still upstairs trying to find a t shirt to put on.
"Me and Joe, we told eachother we love eachother last night." Dianne said running over to Zoe and giving her a hug.
"Oh my god! That's amazing! I'm so happy for you both!" Zoe said. "Did you both cry?"
"I did, Joe didn't. It was cute though. And we just keep saying it. We can't stop." Dianne laughed.
"That's what me and Alf were like, every opportunity we would tell eachother." Zoe laughed. "Oh he is, how's your first morning of being openly in love Joseph!" Zoe asked.
"She told you then." Joe laughed as he walked over to Dianne and wrapped his arms around her, kissing her forehead. "We need to eat quickly Dot, we've got places to be."
"Yeah, I'm only gonna have a croissant, do you want one?" Dianne asked as she got one out of Joes breakfast cupboard.
"Yeah go on then." Joe said, Dianne got an extra one out and handed it to Joe.
"I'm gonna go and get changed. Skirt or jeans? You chose Joe." Dianne asked.
"Ooo a skirt, I love you in a skirt." He said.
"Righty ho, I'll go and change." Dianne said and then headed up to Joes room.
"What's your plans for today then?" Alfie asked Joe as he waited for Dianne to finish getting ready, Joe got changed before heading downstairs.
"I'm not too sure, we're gonna head to the shopping centre coz they have all those attractions don't they, we might go the aquarium, shes desperate to go their. So probably that and then grab food somewhere." Joe said. "She needs to be back at hers for 8 at the latest coz Mark and rina want her to have a good nights sleep before tomorrow."

"Lunch first, then aquarium then dinner? We can go and have a look round a few shops before we get lunch if you want." Joe suggested as they walked into the shopping center.
"Yeah! OH MY GOD!" Dianne said getting excited.
"What?"
"Can we go build a bear. We can make one of eachother and then give them eachother and I can take it away with me so it's like we've got eachother kind of." Dianne said.
"That actually sounds cute. We should do that. So what I make one that reminds me of you?" Joe asked, making sure he had understood Dianne correctly.
"Yeah. And then you give me it after and I give you the one I made that reminds me of you." Dianne said getting excited. She pulled Joe into the shop. "No we have to do it in secret. But also put in a sound and a smell. And choose an outfit."
"Okay, go on then, go make mine." Joe laughed moving her over to where some of the bears were.

"And the sound." The staff member asked.
"Can I record my voice?" Joe asked, she nodded. She pressed play and let Joe record his sound. "I love you Dotty."

"And the sound?" The staff member asked Dianne. "You can record your own if you want." She suggested, Dianne nodded so they pressed record.
"I love you Joey."

"I can't believe we put the same message in. That's cute." Dianne said as they walked out of build a bear and towards the food court. "Can we have a subway for lunch?" Dianne asked.
"Yeah course, I'll pay." Joe said
"No you will not! I will! I know what your like, you'll end up paying for the aquarium and for dinner so at least let me get lunch." Dianne said.
"Alright then." Joe said, he knew she was right.

"Oh my god, Joe it's a shark!" Dianne said as they walked through the aquarium. The aquariums that Dianne had been to in Australia were ones that were on the beach or into the sea, she had never seen animals caged in an aquarium. "Surely they can't keep sharks in here?"
"They can, they are safe don't worry." Joe reassured her, he found it adorable how worried she was about the animals.
"But there trapped. The animals need to to be out in the sea." Dianne stressed. "The aquariums are safer in Australia, they care about the sea creatures."
"Dianne it's safe here. Don't stress. How about we head into the gift shop? I don't think you'll want to watch the water show?" Joe said.
"Not if they are forcing those poor fish into doing it." Dianne said. "Oo can we go and see the otters outside?" Dianne said pointing at the sign that said about otters. Joe nodded and got out his vlogging camera so he could record more for his vlog.

"Di, tell them what you think of the aquarium." Joe said to Dianne but also talking to the camera.
"I don't like it, they keep the fish trapped. They should be out in the ocean not trapped." Dianne said as she walked over to the otters.
"I've told her they aren't trapped and that they are looked after but she won't have it, so we've come out to see the otters."  Joe laughed.
"Joey, look! A baby one." Dianne squealed as she pointed at the baby otter.
"Do you not think these are trapped?" Joe asked, still vlogging.
"No, these are happy, that shark before wasnt. The poor thing. You know how you can sponsor or adopt an animal here." Dianne said, unaware that Joe was still vlogging.
"Yeah."
"Can you put money towards them to get them out of here and back in the ocean?" Dianne asked making Joe laugh.
"I'm not sure darling. But it's cute how much you care." Joe said and then turned off his camera.

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"So, I'll see you in 2 weeks time then." Joe said as he stood on Dianne's doorstep. His mum was sat in the car at the end of the driveway having dropped Dianne off home.
"Yeah, can we FaceTime. I don't know what time, maybe like when you wake up, I'm 7 hours ahead in Perth. You can work out the times, It's too complicated." Dianne said.
"Okay, and yeah we can FaceTime whenever you want. It's only 2 weeks and then your back and we're back in school." Joe said, Dianne nodded. "Have the best time dot, I love you so much."
"I love you too. And remember we've got those teddies we made." Dianne said smiling.
"Yeah, right I better be off, and you better be heading to bed, your flights early tomorrow morning." Joe said.
"Yeah, I'll see you in 2 weeks, love you." Dianne said giving him a hug and a kiss.
"I love you too."
"BYE TRACEY!" Dianne shouted so Tracey could hear in the car, she waved back.
"Bye Joey."
"Bye Dot."

@joe_sugg : this little bean is off to Australia tomorrow for a few weeks ! Miss her already and she's not even gone ! Have the best time Dotty, you really do deserve it Xx @diannebuswell