"SARAH!" Bailey screamed as she ran up to her and gave her a big hug. "Oh my God, what are you doing here?!" she asked in excitement.

"Your mom talked to your boss, apparently they're really close friends, then BAM, here I am." Sarah replied smiling. "So how bummed were you when you didn't get to crash on your bus last night?"

"You're why the bus wasn't here?"

She nodded, "Yeah, they had to come and pick me up. It was supposed to be a surprise, so. . ."

"Well I'm surprised!" Bailey exclaimed, then hugged her friend again. "It's so great to see you! How long are you going to be here?"

"I just got here and you're already asking me when I'm leaving?!" she asked with a chuckle.

"Hey, you know I didn't mean it like that!" Bailey smiled. "Oh, have you met the guys yet?"

"No, I haven't met anyone, except for Ross."

"Alright, hurry! Let's go. We might be able to make it to their bus before it takes off." Bailey informed, then grabbed her friend's hand and ran off the bus. Luckily, they made it to the boys' bus before Bill, their bus driver, closed the doors and started the engine.

"In a little hurry there, ladies?" he asked with a small smile. Bailey nodded, then lead Sarah into the back room. Nick was on the floor playing Guitar Hero, Kevin was pulled up to a table on his laptop, and Joe was lying down on the couch on his stomach. No one noticed that the two of them were in the doorway.

Bailey looked at Sarah and put her finger to her mouth as she tip-toed towards Joe. His face was down on the cushion facing the inside of the couch. She took her finger and softly dragged it across his cheek.

"Stoooooop." he whined, thinking it was one of his brothers. Nick and Kevin looked up at Joe's voice to finally see the girls. Bailey put her finger to her mouth again so they wouldn't give her away, then went back to Joe.

She slowly stood up and quietly stepped up onto the couch. It shifted a bit, but Joe still didn't move. He was now between her legs as she squatted over top of him, trying to keep her balance. She then began to trace her fingers up and down his back. She noticed a smile appear on his face, but his eyes were still closed. Bailey then just sat herself down on his butt and pinched his sides, causing his head to shoot up.

"Finally!" Bailey laughed at Joe's face.

"Hey, that felt good." he mumbled as he put his face back down into his arms.

"I want you to meet someone." Bailey stated as she climbed off of his back and stood in front of her best friend. He was disappointed that she had got off of him. "This is Sarah!" she waved her arms in front of her. "That's Kevin and Nick." she said pointing to them. Joe didn't move from the couch. " - And this here." she walked back over to the couch. "It's our comfy couch. When you fall on it, like this." Bailey threw herself on top of Joe, he groaned. "It makes noise." she smiled. "Wanna try? We call him Joe."

"Yeah!" Sarah exclaimed, then went to sit down on him also. Joe instantly shot up from the couch sending Bailey to the floor next to Nick.

"Hi Sarah." Joe said, then sat down normally on the couch.

She eyed him. "So, I hear things are good." she replied, glanced at Bailey, then back at him. He smiled and looked down.

"Yeah, it's nice."

"Holy crap." Kevin exclaimed, staring at the computer screen. "1,047 New Friend Requests."

"No way!" Sarah replied.

"Yeah, come look." he said, then scooted over on the couch so she could sit next to him. She was going to fit in just fine.

"Ahem, so Nick. I didn't forget about that number." Bailey grinned.

Nick paused the game, then turned his whole body to look at her. "You really want to call it?" he asked, she nodded. "Alright." she noticed his face light up at bit as he went to his bunk to get his phone. Bailey turned to Joe to find him staring at her. She grinned, then rubbed her hands together eagerly.

All Joe wanted to do was hold her. He loved the feeling of having someone in his arms. He loved the feeling of actually liking the person he was holding onto. It had been a while since he'd felt that way.

"Here." Nick reappeared with his phone and the note. He tossed them to Bailey.

"I'm not calling her, you are." she replied, then pulled her legs under her and sat 'Indian style' while holing his phone up to him. "Come on, it'll make her day. Even her year. Just do it."

Just like that, Nick was convinced. "Alright." he said, then took his phone back. He made sure to block his number before dialing. After a few seconds with the phone up to his ear, he spoke. "Hello, Jordyn? It's Nick." he waited a moment. "Yeah, Jonas." screams could be heard through the tiny speaker as he pulled the phone away from his ear. He looked stunned, causing everyone to laugh. Nick ended up making his way to his bunk with the girl still on the line.

"That was nice of you." Joe stated, looking at Bailey. She spun herself around on the floor to stare up at him on the couch. "He wouldn't have called if someone didn't push him. He gets shy like that."

"Ahem, yeah, Joseph." Kevin commented, looking up from the computer screen. Joe glared at him.

"Oh, so you had girl issues too, huh?" Bailey asked, flickering her eyebrows up and down.

Joe laughed, "Like you wouldn't believe."

"Hm." she said before joining him on the couch. She leaned into the side of his body and rested her head on his shoulder. "Still having girl issues?" she smiled as he wrapped his arm around her waist.

"I wouldn't call it an 'issue'." he replied, smiling down at her.

"Oh, then what would you call it?"

Joe tried to think of something good to say, but his mind went blank. "I don't know, but I like it." He kissed the top of her head.

"That works." she stated, then nuzzled her head into his neck. He was loving it. Bailey was the only girl to ever make him feel this way.

- - - - -

"Joe, get up." Kevin said loudly. It was about 10am the next morning and they'd be at the next arena soon.

Joe slowly opened his eyes to see Bailey asleep with a pillow under her head on his lap. His hand rested on her stomach where her fingers were interlocked with his. She was curled up under a small afghan that was previously hidden behind the couch before they dozed off the night before.

"I love waking up like this." Joe stated, then rested his head back on the couch in satisfaction. Kevin just looked at him. "Well, without hearing your voice first thing." Joe smirked, knowing his brother was glaring at him. Bailey squeezed his hand to let him know she was awake.

"HI ROSS!" Nick greeted loudly from the front of the bus, hoping Joe, Bailey and Kevin had heard his alert.

Instantly, Bailey shot up from Joe's lap and made her way to the other end of the couch and smacked her face so she'd look awake. Joe basically did the same thing, except he straightened out his pants a bit and fluffed his hair. Ross didn't know that anything was going on between anyone and they weren't sure how he'd react, so for now they decided to play it cool.

"What's he doing here? Aren't we still moving?" Joe hissed, a little aggravated at the fact that they were currently going to have to hide whatever was between them. Ross would flip, only because he would see it as a distraction to the band. But everyone knew that it wasn't like that.

"I think we stopped for gas or something, I don't know." Kevin tossed that thought in the air as Bailey wiped the sleep from her eyes.

"Hey kids." Ross entered the back of the bus. To him, everything looked normal. "I'd like you to meet someone new."

"We already met Sarah." Kevin informed.

"No, no. We got a new assistant." he replied, stepping out of the way to reveal a gorgeous girl who looked to be around 16 or 17 years old. She had beautiful, long and wavy chestnut hair that came up a little from her elbows. Her eyes were a deep, emerald green that you could easily get lost in. "Guys, and Bailey, this is Tori. Tori, that's Kevin, Joe and Bailey." he introduced her, pointing to everyone as he spoke.

"Hey guys." she gave a little wave as she glanced at everyone, unintentionally staring at Joe for a bit longer. No one besides Kevin noticed, but he shook it off. He knew that all the ladies loved him.

"Alright, I'm leaving her here until we get to the arena." Ross stated, then started to head off. "Get to know her a bit."

"Where exactly are we?" Bailey asked, as he walked away.

"Were in Atlanta, but we'll be in Albany soon for the next show." Ross called back. He was almost off the bus before Bailey yelled.

"Georgia?"

"Yeah." was his last word before the bus started up again and they were off. Bailey tried not to show any emotion as she looked up, waiting for someone to start a conversation with the new girl. Instead, Joe spoke to her.

"What's that look for?" he asked.

Bailey shook her head, "Oh, it's nothing."

"Bails, I can tell by your face."

"Jake's from Atlanta, that's all." she replied. Joe then regretted asking.

"I'm pretty excited to be working with you guys!" Tori smiled, then sat down on the empty couch across from Joe and Bailey. She could tell it was a touchy subject, so she changed it.

"Did Ross tell you what he was having you do?" Joe asked her. He stared into her eyes as he waited for her response.

"Nope. He just said to play it cool for now." she replied. Bailey chuckled in her mind; that was exactly what Ross had told her and she still had yet to have some sort of responsibility. Figuring she'd be hip and hip with Tori, she wanted to get to know her.

"So you're from Atlanta?" Bailey asked, Tori nodded. "That's cool."

The conversation sparked from there. Eventually Sarah and Nick joined the group and hopped in also. They learned that Tori had a huge family that she was really close to and that she was a little disappointed to be away from her boyfriend of 7 months to help out on this tour. When they go to talking about music, Bailey's attention was grabbed. It was as if Tori was reading her off her iPod as she named some of Bailey's favorite bands; she was liking this girl already.

Before they knew it, the were at the arena.

"Hey Bailey." Sarah called out as everyone else made their way off the bus. Sarah stared as she watched Joe trail closely behind Tori as they exited the bus. She waited until everyone was gone before she spoke to her best friend. "What do you think of her?"

"Who, Tori?" she asked, Sarah nodded. "I think she's pretty cool. Why?"

"I don't know. She just seems familiar, that's all."

"What, are you having one of those feelings again?" she nodded again, making Bailey eye her. "I'm sure it's fine. I mean, she's from Atlanta. That's a far place from Delaware. I'm sure she just reminds you of someone else."

Sarah agreed with her, then shook it off.

What could possibly happen?