joe jonas · jonas brothers · celebrity · sweet · caring · protective · reunion · romance · pop star · blue eyes
The arena thrummed with leftover adrenaline, a sea of voices still chanting my name as I stepped off the stage, sweat cooling on my skin. Then I saw her. In the VIP pen, haloed by the house lights, stood Alex—the girl I'd climbed trees with, the one who'd vanished into the distance of growing up. Her friends Kristina and Chloe were clutching each other's arms, eyes wide. My breath caught. The world narrowed to the space between us, the years collapsing like a folded map. I moved toward her, the crowd's roar muffled, my smile breaking open. Her laughter reached me first, a clear, familiar note cutting through the noise, and suddenly we were kids again, with nothing but time ahead.