You Are More Loved Than You Know
Chapter 2: Don’t Take My Heart
“Joe, stop peeking out the curtain! They can see you,” Nick hissed at Joe. Nick was letting the bossier side of him show. Can’t say I blame him, we were about to go out to perform.
“I just need to see if she actually came.”
“Joe, relax. Ellie and her friends will be here. Now, get away from the curtain so we can start!” Joe did a double take, and then quickly moved back as the curtain started to move.
“HELLO SYRACUSE!!! We have a great show for you tonight. Tell them about it Nick!”
“We are going to be performing a song that Kevin wrote for this album! I have to say, this song is deep man.”
“It should be; it came from the heart.” I heard a loud “aww” and look to find Ellie and her two friends smiling at me. For some reason I knew that this was going to be a good show.
“Here’s ‘Don’t Take My Heart and Put It on a Shelf’!
She's such a flirt and I am the lonely heart
Give it a chance for our love to start
But you'll never see if you don’t give me a shot
To show you what I've got
Yeah it's too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf
Always someone else
The next guy who can make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else
I held your hand it felt like a movie
I'd made some plans but you were already
Moving on now I'm stuck under a rainy cloud
But you don't seem to care
but it's all I can take it's
Too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf
Always someone else
The next guy who can make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else
I'm tired of wastin’ all my time
My heart is hangin’ on this line
Is it me, girl, or someone else?
Don't put it on a shelf
It's too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf
Someday you will see
How much it hurts to be alone like me
So go ahead and put your heart on a shelf
La, la, la, la, la (x2)
Always someone else
The next guy who can make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else.”
In all my life, I have never seen a crowd go that wild over a song. The stage literally shook as they jumped and screamed. Ellie and her friends were going crazy as well- Ellie was even close to crying it seemed. Then Joe proceeds to take off his shirt. It felt like we were having an earthquake. Of course, now all the focus was back on him. I didn’t really need the 15 minutes anyway. Why would the ‘Ugly Jonas’ need one anyway? But then I looked at her, Ellie’s friend and all my fears seemed to disappear as we started to sing, but I kept looking at her. The whole show, I couldn’t seem to take my eyes off of her.
“Oh Boys!” We turned around back stage to see Ellie and her two friends walking towards us.
“Great show. This is Stephanie and Ashley.” The one I had been staring at all night was Stephanie. She had the same soulful eyes as Ellie did and similar hair to Ashley, but something about her was different. She moved with such confidence, it was stunning. Ashley was talking to Nick and Ellie was with Joe, so it just left me with her.
“You were amazing tonight Kev. You really know how to work the stage.”
“Thanks. It’s always good to hear that a fan liked it.”
“Oh, but I’m not a fan. Not a normal one anyway. You see, I was looking at everyone today and I was the only one with this on.” She unzipped her raincoat for me to see an ‘I love The Cute, Romantic One’ shirt.
“It must be that everyone just wanted to wear something else,” I said, trying to hide the pain in my voice.
“It’s no mistake. I felt so bad. Ellie and Ash did too, so we decided that we were going to give you a gift later.”
“It’s not my birthday.”
“We know; we just want too. You don’t need a special occasion to give someone something,” Ashley said, appearing behind Steph.
“Do I get a gift?” Nick smacked Joe’s head at the stupid question. The girls and I just laughed and Ellie hugged him.
“That’s your gift Joe- the gift of hugs,” Ellie shouted, while Steph and Ash hugged him. Steph laced her arms through mine’s and we all walked out the doors to the SUVs. I was stunned by her bold move, seeing that not many girls would do that- not even to me.
“I think that whatever happens in this vehicle stays here.” Ellie smirked and I got an uncomfortable feeling in the bottom of my stomach.
“Don’t look scared Kevin, she’s only joking. We just want to play ’20 questions’. Ellie likes to make sure that you’ll never forget her.”
“Believe me, I won’t.” Ellie shot me a look and I laughed at her.
“So boys, first question: Who truly wrote ‘WYLMITE’?”
“Kevin. At the time we wrote it, it was going to be on Nick’s solo album. Kevin was the only one really, who knew about love, so he wrote it. If you ever hear the original, he is the one singing with Nick.” Joe beamed proudly at me and I knew that my brothers would never let me fall.
“So, your turn girls. How did you all meet?”
“Ash, this is all yours Hun,” Steph said to her, smirking all the while.
“You are evil. Well, I was at a guitar store one day and I ran into Steph, who was teaching a group of 6 year olds how to play. I started yelling at her for no reason, since I was cranky. I had just found out that day that I had diabetes. Anyhoo, she just stood there and let me yell at her. After I was done, she asked me to join her and her class for a little jam session where we listened to the ‘Camp Rock’ soundtrack. Ellie came in later to pick up her cousin and we all just hit it off.” We all chuckled a little and pretty soon we arrived at the hotel. Come to find out, Steph and I were more alike than I though. It almost seemed like she was the female version of me. As we walked in I saw her check the other two girls, making sure they had their meds and they were feeling ok. I’ve never seen someone so caring.
“Reminds me of you, Kev.” I jumped as Nick laughed.
“You may not believe me, but you are just as caring as she is. Too bad no one other than us notices.” He made my mind wander as he walked over to the girls and handed them their room keys. I tried to clear my head, but I couldn’t. All I could think about was Stephanie. She walked over and picked up my bags.
“What are you doing?”
“Helping you with your bags. You have a lot of them.”
“Shouldn’t I be doing this for you?”
“You should, but Joe already took mine. It seemed that he wanted to challenge Nick to see who could carry the most bags. Besides, you look lonely.” She smile made my heart warm up and all I could do was smile back. After we all get settled, we had some pumpkin pie and Nick opened his gifts. Pretty soon, everyone was asleep, so I sat out on the balcony. On the table was a letter with my name on it.
“Paul
It's a four letter name for a gentleman. But if you go to a mere dictionary, it means something. From Roman it means 'humble', but to others the word means 'handsome'. But to most of us, he's Kevin. But when you stand in the crowd of a Jonas Brothers Concert, who is everyone screaming for? Joe and Nick. But what about the other one? Who plays his heart out, and breaks a sweat to bring that amazing guitar skill to the stage? Oh you're talking about Nick! No. Nick does play, but who does it for 2 hours straight only stopping for a intermission between the songs. From 2005 to now, there's been one guy who stands on stage, in the back, on the left. Oh you mean Garbo! No, not at all, not even Garbo himself can take his place. It's Kevin. Paul Kevin Jonas II, the hazel eyed brown curly haired boy, who is famous for his love for guitar and the band. Everyone sees him, but no one knows him. Going to city to city, who is your favorite? When you say "I support the Jonas Brothers", does that include the oldest? The 20 year old, hasn't had it easy. "Oh he's gay! Why do you like him? Joe is SO sexy! Nick is so hot!" What does that say to you? True fan right? Not at all. He has something so real. Nick is indeed a hero. But the ones who do love Kevin, have been known to have fallen for his charm, and irresistable looks.
What was the last thing you have said about Kevin? He's SO hot? He's SO ugly! His chest hair needs to be shaved! His sideburns are really tacky! What does that make you think of that person? She has a favorite.
Why bring him down? Joe isn't the only one who has fallen onstage. Kevin has too. Think about spinning, while playing guitar, and trying to master the spin in front of millions. Sure, he is the oldest, okay he's rarely sings loud in a song, his heart is pure gold. What makes him different? He's Paul Kevin Jonas II. When watching videos, do you laugh at Joe and Nick's jokes, and when Kevin speaks you ignore it? Can you tell a jb fan right now his favorite color is green? Or he loves butterfingers? Or he is THE Starbucks fanatic? Stop the hate. If you were teased because of your looks would you hate it? He's pushed and shoved in interviews, as the older brother, djs can tease. Would you hate that? If you people THOUGHT you were the first to try drugs? The first to have sex? The first to lose your purity? Think about it.
Step into Kevin's shoes for a minute. Waking up at 4 am to head to a brand new city on the tour.
Walking out of the tour bus, with thousands and thousands of fans standing there.
"I LOVE YOU JOE!" "I LOVE YOU NICK!" "OH MY GOD!"
But Kevin just smiles, and waves. He's being ignored.
Well maybe it won't be bad. He gets dressed in his dressing room.
Hears thousands of screaming girls.
Steps up on the stage, and smiles.
Begins the introduction of a song.
Then the lights hit them, and then hits the audience
What does he see?
Nick and Joe lover signs. How would you feel?
He does a lot.
He's dragged down, but what does he do?
Quit being a Jonas brother? NO! He loves us, and when that ‘Say Now’ text comes in, and all you hear is him.
Think about it, he's taking his time to say hello, and he loves us.
Zoe Myers: How do you feel about her?
Did she use Kevin to get famous? That's what I think, her life hasn't been that well since she dated him. I have strong opinions about the two dating. Kevin deserves better.
Don't you think?
He taught me what love is, and how romantic boys should be. He is beautiful to me. There's something inside of him, that shines through him, and when I see him, I can't help but love. He's amazing in my eyes. When I sit in front of him, in a crowd at a concert, I looked him in the eyes, and smiled. Because he is so beautiful to me.” I stared at this montage in shock. I heard a little giggle behind me to see Steph standing at the doors.
“We are heading back to our room. I thought I say goodnight. By the way, you should shut your mouth; you don’t want any flies flying in there, do you?” I quickly shut my mouth and she left our room. Even after she left, I still stared at the door thinking ‘Because he is so beautiful to me’, finally figuring out who wrote it.
“I just need to see if she actually came.”
“Joe, relax. Ellie and her friends will be here. Now, get away from the curtain so we can start!” Joe did a double take, and then quickly moved back as the curtain started to move.
“HELLO SYRACUSE!!! We have a great show for you tonight. Tell them about it Nick!”
“We are going to be performing a song that Kevin wrote for this album! I have to say, this song is deep man.”
“It should be; it came from the heart.” I heard a loud “aww” and look to find Ellie and her two friends smiling at me. For some reason I knew that this was going to be a good show.
“Here’s ‘Don’t Take My Heart and Put It on a Shelf’!
She's such a flirt and I am the lonely heart
Give it a chance for our love to start
But you'll never see if you don’t give me a shot
To show you what I've got
Yeah it's too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf
Always someone else
The next guy who can make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else
I held your hand it felt like a movie
I'd made some plans but you were already
Moving on now I'm stuck under a rainy cloud
But you don't seem to care
but it's all I can take it's
Too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf
Always someone else
The next guy who can make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else
I'm tired of wastin’ all my time
My heart is hangin’ on this line
Is it me, girl, or someone else?
Don't put it on a shelf
It's too late to pretend
You know me better than I know myself
Don't take my heart and put it on a shelf
Someday you will see
How much it hurts to be alone like me
So go ahead and put your heart on a shelf
La, la, la, la, la (x2)
Always someone else
The next guy who can make your cold heart melt
I'm gonna give my love to someone else.”
In all my life, I have never seen a crowd go that wild over a song. The stage literally shook as they jumped and screamed. Ellie and her friends were going crazy as well- Ellie was even close to crying it seemed. Then Joe proceeds to take off his shirt. It felt like we were having an earthquake. Of course, now all the focus was back on him. I didn’t really need the 15 minutes anyway. Why would the ‘Ugly Jonas’ need one anyway? But then I looked at her, Ellie’s friend and all my fears seemed to disappear as we started to sing, but I kept looking at her. The whole show, I couldn’t seem to take my eyes off of her.
“Oh Boys!” We turned around back stage to see Ellie and her two friends walking towards us.
“Great show. This is Stephanie and Ashley.” The one I had been staring at all night was Stephanie. She had the same soulful eyes as Ellie did and similar hair to Ashley, but something about her was different. She moved with such confidence, it was stunning. Ashley was talking to Nick and Ellie was with Joe, so it just left me with her.
“You were amazing tonight Kev. You really know how to work the stage.”
“Thanks. It’s always good to hear that a fan liked it.”
“Oh, but I’m not a fan. Not a normal one anyway. You see, I was looking at everyone today and I was the only one with this on.” She unzipped her raincoat for me to see an ‘I love The Cute, Romantic One’ shirt.
“It must be that everyone just wanted to wear something else,” I said, trying to hide the pain in my voice.
“It’s no mistake. I felt so bad. Ellie and Ash did too, so we decided that we were going to give you a gift later.”
“It’s not my birthday.”
“We know; we just want too. You don’t need a special occasion to give someone something,” Ashley said, appearing behind Steph.
“Do I get a gift?” Nick smacked Joe’s head at the stupid question. The girls and I just laughed and Ellie hugged him.
“That’s your gift Joe- the gift of hugs,” Ellie shouted, while Steph and Ash hugged him. Steph laced her arms through mine’s and we all walked out the doors to the SUVs. I was stunned by her bold move, seeing that not many girls would do that- not even to me.
“I think that whatever happens in this vehicle stays here.” Ellie smirked and I got an uncomfortable feeling in the bottom of my stomach.
“Don’t look scared Kevin, she’s only joking. We just want to play ’20 questions’. Ellie likes to make sure that you’ll never forget her.”
“Believe me, I won’t.” Ellie shot me a look and I laughed at her.
“So boys, first question: Who truly wrote ‘WYLMITE’?”
“Kevin. At the time we wrote it, it was going to be on Nick’s solo album. Kevin was the only one really, who knew about love, so he wrote it. If you ever hear the original, he is the one singing with Nick.” Joe beamed proudly at me and I knew that my brothers would never let me fall.
“So, your turn girls. How did you all meet?”
“Ash, this is all yours Hun,” Steph said to her, smirking all the while.
“You are evil. Well, I was at a guitar store one day and I ran into Steph, who was teaching a group of 6 year olds how to play. I started yelling at her for no reason, since I was cranky. I had just found out that day that I had diabetes. Anyhoo, she just stood there and let me yell at her. After I was done, she asked me to join her and her class for a little jam session where we listened to the ‘Camp Rock’ soundtrack. Ellie came in later to pick up her cousin and we all just hit it off.” We all chuckled a little and pretty soon we arrived at the hotel. Come to find out, Steph and I were more alike than I though. It almost seemed like she was the female version of me. As we walked in I saw her check the other two girls, making sure they had their meds and they were feeling ok. I’ve never seen someone so caring.
“Reminds me of you, Kev.” I jumped as Nick laughed.
“You may not believe me, but you are just as caring as she is. Too bad no one other than us notices.” He made my mind wander as he walked over to the girls and handed them their room keys. I tried to clear my head, but I couldn’t. All I could think about was Stephanie. She walked over and picked up my bags.
“What are you doing?”
“Helping you with your bags. You have a lot of them.”
“Shouldn’t I be doing this for you?”
“You should, but Joe already took mine. It seemed that he wanted to challenge Nick to see who could carry the most bags. Besides, you look lonely.” She smile made my heart warm up and all I could do was smile back. After we all get settled, we had some pumpkin pie and Nick opened his gifts. Pretty soon, everyone was asleep, so I sat out on the balcony. On the table was a letter with my name on it.
“Paul
It's a four letter name for a gentleman. But if you go to a mere dictionary, it means something. From Roman it means 'humble', but to others the word means 'handsome'. But to most of us, he's Kevin. But when you stand in the crowd of a Jonas Brothers Concert, who is everyone screaming for? Joe and Nick. But what about the other one? Who plays his heart out, and breaks a sweat to bring that amazing guitar skill to the stage? Oh you're talking about Nick! No. Nick does play, but who does it for 2 hours straight only stopping for a intermission between the songs. From 2005 to now, there's been one guy who stands on stage, in the back, on the left. Oh you mean Garbo! No, not at all, not even Garbo himself can take his place. It's Kevin. Paul Kevin Jonas II, the hazel eyed brown curly haired boy, who is famous for his love for guitar and the band. Everyone sees him, but no one knows him. Going to city to city, who is your favorite? When you say "I support the Jonas Brothers", does that include the oldest? The 20 year old, hasn't had it easy. "Oh he's gay! Why do you like him? Joe is SO sexy! Nick is so hot!" What does that say to you? True fan right? Not at all. He has something so real. Nick is indeed a hero. But the ones who do love Kevin, have been known to have fallen for his charm, and irresistable looks.
What was the last thing you have said about Kevin? He's SO hot? He's SO ugly! His chest hair needs to be shaved! His sideburns are really tacky! What does that make you think of that person? She has a favorite.
Why bring him down? Joe isn't the only one who has fallen onstage. Kevin has too. Think about spinning, while playing guitar, and trying to master the spin in front of millions. Sure, he is the oldest, okay he's rarely sings loud in a song, his heart is pure gold. What makes him different? He's Paul Kevin Jonas II. When watching videos, do you laugh at Joe and Nick's jokes, and when Kevin speaks you ignore it? Can you tell a jb fan right now his favorite color is green? Or he loves butterfingers? Or he is THE Starbucks fanatic? Stop the hate. If you were teased because of your looks would you hate it? He's pushed and shoved in interviews, as the older brother, djs can tease. Would you hate that? If you people THOUGHT you were the first to try drugs? The first to have sex? The first to lose your purity? Think about it.
Step into Kevin's shoes for a minute. Waking up at 4 am to head to a brand new city on the tour.
Walking out of the tour bus, with thousands and thousands of fans standing there.
"I LOVE YOU JOE!" "I LOVE YOU NICK!" "OH MY GOD!"
But Kevin just smiles, and waves. He's being ignored.
Well maybe it won't be bad. He gets dressed in his dressing room.
Hears thousands of screaming girls.
Steps up on the stage, and smiles.
Begins the introduction of a song.
Then the lights hit them, and then hits the audience
What does he see?
Nick and Joe lover signs. How would you feel?
He does a lot.
He's dragged down, but what does he do?
Quit being a Jonas brother? NO! He loves us, and when that ‘Say Now’ text comes in, and all you hear is him.
Think about it, he's taking his time to say hello, and he loves us.
Zoe Myers: How do you feel about her?
Did she use Kevin to get famous? That's what I think, her life hasn't been that well since she dated him. I have strong opinions about the two dating. Kevin deserves better.
Don't you think?
He taught me what love is, and how romantic boys should be. He is beautiful to me. There's something inside of him, that shines through him, and when I see him, I can't help but love. He's amazing in my eyes. When I sit in front of him, in a crowd at a concert, I looked him in the eyes, and smiled. Because he is so beautiful to me.” I stared at this montage in shock. I heard a little giggle behind me to see Steph standing at the doors.
“We are heading back to our room. I thought I say goodnight. By the way, you should shut your mouth; you don’t want any flies flying in there, do you?” I quickly shut my mouth and she left our room. Even after she left, I still stared at the door thinking ‘Because he is so beautiful to me’, finally figuring out who wrote it.