JOE'S P.O.V.:
On Tuesday evening, I went to my brother Kevin's house. I was told that Nick and Priyanka would go to and we all could have some kind of "fun"...but to be honest I only went there so Alena and Valentina could finally meet their cousin. I arrived there with Rosie in her car seat and rang the doorbell. The weather wasn't cold, so that was a plus.
"Joe! Welcome." Dani said upon opening the door with a smile.
"Hey Dani." I said and kissed her cheek while walking inside the house.
"Uncle Joe!" I heard my nieces say with excitement before their smiley faces appeared in the hall.
"Hello princesses. How are you?" I asked them and walked to them.
"We wanna see her." Alena said and I chuckled.
"Okay, straight to the point." I joked and uncovered Rosie's car seat so they both could see their cousin. "Alright, Alena and Valentina, this is your cousin Rosie...She's sleeping now but she's pretty nice whenever she's awake." Dani and I chuckled and the girls had their jaws dropped.
"She's so beautiful." Valentina said and I smiled with a nod.
"And so tiny. Really really small." Alena said causing me to laugh.
"Oh hi Joe." Kevin said joining us.
"Hi Kev."
"Why don't we go to the living room until Nick and Priyanka arrive?" I nodded and we all walked to the living room to talk for a while.
"So, how have you been?" Dani asked me and I shrugged.
"I could be better but I'm okay. Rosie and I are getting along pretty well." I said with a smile.
"Nick told us someone's been helping you." I nodded with slightly raised eyebrows.
"Demi. She's being the most amazing friend to me and aunt to my baby...like seriously, the other night I called her after midnight cause Rosie wouldn't stop crying and she drove all the way to my house to check on us." Danielle smiled at me and Kevin frowned.
"Everything's alright with her? I mean, I know you trust Demi but...I just think she may want something from all of this." I sent him a confused stare.
"Like what?"
"Recognition maybe. Her name said in some of our interviews...I don't know." He said with a shrug and I shook my head in disbelief at his words.
"Baby, I don't think that's the case. She probably just wanna help." Dani told him and he raised his eyebrows.
"I would be cautious with that." He whispered and I chowed down on my lip before glancing at him.
"Look, I-" The doorbell rang interrupting us and Kevin stood up to go open the door.
"I'm sorry for what he said. He's just worried for you Joe, don't take it personal please." My sister-in-law said and I sighed. "Let's go eat."
After greeting Priyanka and Nick, we all sat to have dinner and the girls were hitting me with 100 questions about Rosie per minute.
"Seems like they are happy to have a cousin." Nick said and we laughed.
"Of course we are! This is the moment I've waited my whole life for." Alena said and we laughed again.
"Okay, I said nothing then girls." Nick said to them and Priyanka looked at me.
"You look a lot healthier." She told me and I nodded.
"I know, I'm getting a little more sleep now." My voice was interrupted by a whimper near us. "There she is." I whispered and stood up to pick Rosie up from her car seat. "Hello baby." I told her and rested her tiny body in my chest before sitting on the chair again.
"Hi Rosie." Valentina said to her softly and Alena gasped.
"She has blue eyes!" We laughed.
"Yes, like Sophie..." I said and my voice trailed off on the end. "Umm Nick, would you please have her while I go to the bathroom real quick?"
"Sure." He picked her from my arms and kissed her cheek. "Hello little princess, how are you?"
I stood up and locked myself in the bathroom trying to make the lump on my throat disappear. I looked at my reflection in the mirror and gulped hard before splashing water in my face.
Once I was calmer, I breathed deeply and headed back to the dinning room. Of course, I didn't expect them to be talking about me.
"What you just said is ridiculous. She's not any attention seeker Kevin." Nick said and I knew immediately who he was talking about.
"I'm not saying she is. But I think Joe may think of her as a better person than she actually is. There's obviously a reason why she's doing this. Like, they weren't friends anymore before everything happened. What's the point on coming back into his life now?" I raised my eyebrows and breathed heavily before entering the room again causing everyone to go silent and look at me.
"You know I heard everything, right?" I asked Kevin and he opened his mouth to excuse himself but I was faster. "Demi's done for me more than you've done this last month so leave her out of your mouth please."
"Joe-" He started and I glanced at Nick.
"Uh Nick...I have important news to give you." I told him and he frowned at me still with Rosie in his arms.
"What's going on?"
"Rosie chose you as her godfather." I said with a small smile and his eyes opened widely.
"Oh God, really?" He asked with excitement and I nodded.
"Yup, I wouldn't have it any other way." I told him and I saw his eyes get a little teary.
"Thank you so much." He said and I shrugged.
"It's my pleasure."
"And who's gonna be her godmother?" Alena asked with a frown.
"Well..." I glanced directly at Kevin. "Demi. She earned the spot."
"This is ridiculous, she's gonna disappear from your life again in some months and you'll regret this choice." I rolled my eyes.
"Look I-"
"Why don't we leave this for another night?" Priyanka asked us and I knew she was right. She was trying to stop us from fighting.
"Yea, okay." I said and sat to pick my baby again.
