Wake Up Time and A Second Meeting

~Joe's P.O.V.~                      

I couldn't help but smile as I watch Kat walk away with Scotty. I see Sara smirking at me from the corner of my eye, so I roll my eyes and ask, "What Sara?" She just keeps smirking at me. "I haven't seen you smile like that in 5 years. It's good to see you smile again" she says after a couple more minutes of silence. "I know sis. I'm happy to have a reason to smile again. I'm going to the kitchen, would you like to join me?" I ask her as I turn towards the kitchen and look at her over my shoulder. "Sure. That way you can tell me the story of how you met the pretty lady that's playing with my son" she says as she smiles. "Might as well. Where's your husband?" I say as I roll my eyes yet again. "Upstairs why?" Sara asks as she raises an eyebrow suspiciously. "Is he asleep?" I ask with a mischievous smirk. She nods slowly as I smirk wider and quickly make my way upstairs. I open the door to their bedroom to see him in the center of the bed fast asleep, so I slowly creep into their room and stop at the foot of their bed. I take a deep breath and jump on their bed yelling, "WAKE UP KYLE THERE'S MONSTERS COMING!!!" Kyle jolts upright with his gun raised so I roll off the bed laughing. "WHAT THE HELL JOSEPH!!" the now fully awake Kyle yells as he narrows his eyes at me and lowers his gun. "Wakey wakey princess. It's 1pm sunshine" I say with a laugh. "I should've shot you asshat" Kyle mumbles with an eye roll as he plops back down on the bed. "Yeah yeah drama queen. Now get up I have a story to tell and someone for you to meet so get your ass up" I say with a smile. "Alright I'm up now get the hell out unless you want to see my junk asshole" he says with a smirk as he looks up at me. "No thanks man. I'll see you downstairs" I say as I scrunch up my face in disgust. Kyle nods as I leave the room. "You're such a jerk Joe" Sara says as I walk back into the kitchen. "Yeah I know but you both still love me" I say with a wide smile. "Yes we do" Sara says with a smile and just as she says that Kyle walks in and says, "Hey speak for yourself babe." "Shut it drama queen. You know you love me" I reply with an eye roll and a smile. "Duh smart ass" Kyle says with an over dramatic eye roll. Just as I was about to reply Scotty comes running in holding Kat's finger dragging her. "Look daddy Ucle Joe bought a pwetty lady home. And she nice" Scotty says with a wide smile. "I can see she's pretty buddy but who is she?" Kyle asks Scotty with a smile as he looks down at him. Before I can reply Scotty says, "Mama say she Ucle Joe's date." Kyle looks at me with shock in his eyes, so I roll my eyes at him yet again and say, "Kyle this is Kat and yes she is my date. Kat this is Kyle." "Hi Kyle. It's nice to meet you" Kat says with a warm smile. As she says that JoJo comes strolling into the kitchen and barks. I see Kyle smile as he asks, "And who's this?" as he squats down to pet her. "This is JoJo. She's my baby" Kat says with a wide proud smile. Once he stands up again he sticks out a hand for her to shake as he says, "Nice to meet you too Kat." Kat shakes his hand and smiles as I smile at the scene in front of me.

                ~Kat's P.O.V.~

As I stand and watch Scotty interact with his dad I feel eyes on me, so I look over and see Joe staring at me with a smile on his face so I smile back. Joe pushes himself off the island he was leaning against, walks over to me, and asks, "Are you hungry?" "Can I have some water?" I ask with a shake of my head. "Of course" Joe answers with a nod as he hands me a glass of water. I smile and drink the water as I look around and realize Sara, Scotty, and Kyle left the kitchen. I look over at JoJo who's sitting in the corner just looking at me and Joe. "Can I have a bowl of water for JoJo?" I ask as I put my glass down. He nods as he goes and gets a bowl and fills it with cold water and places it on the floor in front of JoJo. "Do you have a place where I can check my sugar?" I ask as I feel my phone vibrate with my glucose timer. "Diabetic?" Joe asks as he looks at me confused. "Yeah I'm type 2 so I have to keep track of my sugar levels. I check every 4 hours" I say with a half smile as I take my phone out and turn off the alarm. "Yeah. Follow me" he tells me with a smile so I smile and nod as I follow. As we make it up the stairs Joe pushes open a door and I smile as I look around the room and say, "Nice room. Is it yours?" "Yeah. I like black obviously" he replies with a smile. "I can see that. I like black too as you can tell by my outfit" I say with a little laugh as I over dramatically gesture to myself. "But you still look beautiful" Joe says with a chuckle. I blush as I take my glucose pouch out of my pocket, put my needle in my lancer, and a strip in my meter. I see Joe watching intently as I prep everything. Once everything's prepped I stick my finger with the lancer to draw blood then I take my meter and put the strip in the blood. Once done with that I take a bandaid out of my pouch and wrap my finger. I look down at my meter and see it reads 93 so I'm good for now. "When do you go to the doctors to get your insulin refilled?" Joe asks with a smile. "Every 6 months. I have to go back in a week" I reply with a smile. "How do you afford your insulin, all your bills, and school? If you don't mind me asking" he asks with a smile. "I don't mind. Financial aid and grants pay for my schooling. My savings and the money my Aunt Karol left me when she passed away pays for my insulin and emergencies. And I have a night job as a waitress that pays for my 3 bills. I got my house in my Aunt Karol's will so all I pay for is the electric, internet, and my phone, as well as whatever extra stuff, like Hulu, Netflix, etc... that I want. I have a car that's fully paid for and legal, but I don't use it a lot because I love to walk and I can walk to school, work, and home" I say as I smile with a nod. "Independent woman I see. How long have you been on your own?" Joe asks with a hint of pride. "Since I was 18 and my Aunt Karol passed away and all my cousins started their own lives" I say with a small smile. "It's good to be independent just know you have someone to help now if and when you need it" he says as he smiles at me. "Thank you Joe. I really appreciate it" I say with a blush. "You're welcome beautiful. Like I said before I'd like you to be a part of my life." I blush at Joe's words. *I like him a lot* I think to myself. After a moment of silence, I yawn and Joe laughs and says, "You can take a nap if you want. I can wake you up later" "Thank you Joe. Sorry I woke up early and I had to check my sugar every 4 hours" I say with a blush. "Don't be sorry. Just get some rest you need it" he says with a smile. "I will. Thank you Joe" I say with a laugh. "Get some sleep Kat. I'll be downstairs while you sleep, and I'll wake you up in a couple hours if you want" he says with a smile. "Thank you. If you don't my alarm will in 4 hours" I say with a smile. Joe smiles with a nod and a few seconds later I hear the door open and close so I take my shoes off and get under the blankets and fall asleep surrounded by the scent of Joe.