You're My Exception

Chapter 16

A little while later, Demi was dancing with Sterling to a slow song, as she realized she hadn’t seen Joe in a while. Had he left without saying goodbye? No, of course not, Joe would never do that. “Have you seen Joe?” she asked Sterling.

“He should be around here somewhere,” he replied, looking down at her.

She kissed his cheek and stepped away. “I think I’ll go look for him.” Demi quickly darted off before he could respond.

"Joe, you need to get some rest," Selena said, laying him on the bed of a guest room she found.

"I'm fine!" he argued, though the way his eyes looked said otherwise.

"You're getting a huge hangover tomorrow," she confirmed.

"Selena, you look beautiful," he said, smiling.

She rolled her eyes. "Okay, you and Demi like each other. I know you kissed her. We're not repeating what happened, got it?"

"How do you know?" he asked, raising an eyebrow and trying to reach her.

Selena quickly moved away. "She's my best friend, you idiot."

He chuckled. "I wonder what it's like to be her best friend."

"You should know. You're her best friend."

"No, I'm her...." Joe couldn't even finish his sentence because he was distracted by the light. "It's soo bright..." he mused.

"Ugh, I'm never giving you beer, ever." Selena paced around the room.

"Have you seen Joe?" Demi asked about the tenth person.

"No," the person replied.

Demi sighed walking around. Where the hell could he be?! Why was he acting so weird? What was up with this? "Ugh. Stupid Jonas!"

"Selly, come heree!" Joe tried to sit up.

"Joe! Stop it, you need to sleep or something." She pushed him down.

"You look so beautiful in this light...kind of like Demi."

"Shut up, Joe." she made her way to the other side of the room.

"Sterling's a dubmass," Joe spat. He continued to ramble on about how much of a dumbass Sterling was, as Selena sat there, looking for split ends in her hair.

"I hope Demi doesn't find you, she'd go mad," she muttered, but of course, he didn't hear a word she said because now he was explaining what exactly he didn't like about Sterling.

"JOE!" she yelled.

"Huh?" he looked at her, stopping his rant.

"Please, just stop talking," she said going over to him.

"She's not ever coming back to me," he said softly, looking down.

"What are you talking about?" she asked, sitting on the bed.

"Demi. She's in love with Sterling."

"No, Joe. I know Demi, and I know she has feelings for you, it's just gonna take time."

"You're a really good friend, you know that?" he asked, looking at her.

She laughed. "I've been told."

Selena had no idea what was coming. Joe leaned in and kissed her. She was paralyzed in shock. 

The door opened and they heard a gasp. Selena turned and bit her lip. "Oh, shit."