Joe and Lisa

Joe and Lisa is the the occasional friendship and romance seen in Carter Corp.

## Overview

Joe and Lisa is the recurring friendship turned romantic relationship between Joe Kicks and Lisa Parker seen in Ryan Carter's story route. The two do know about each other or are in other story routes together such Daryl Ortega, Colin Spencer and even Jake Stewart's story route, but they don't interact a lot or know each other that well.

Ryan's route route is where their relationship really shines through. The two first met at one of Daryl Ortega's parties at his villa. They got along right away and Joe seemed disappointed when he found out that Lisa was engaged, despite being engaged himself (he was unhappy with his fiancée though). Throughout the chapters, Joe and Lisa were then always seen talking or hanging out together as friends at places like Starlite and The Half Five, and just as friends since Joe never tired anything with Lisa since he respected her relationship, despite being smitten of her and liking her.

In chapter 6 however, Joe, Lisa and the player walked in on Lisa's fiancé Ethan having sex with Lisa's friend Fiona. Lisa was distraught and Joe was extremely furious with Ethan for cheating on Lisa, to the point that he slammed Ethan against a wall and almost beat him up when Ethan tried to play the victim. Joe was then very supportive and comforting towards Lisa after she broke up with Ethan and didn't seem to take advantage of her sadness for his own benefit.

They had a very sweet friendship but it obviously a one sided crush on Joe's part. Joe was mature with his crush on Lisa though and respected her relationship with Ethan and was okay with just being her friend. But after Lisa broke things off with Ethan due to his infidelity, Lisa started to see Joe in a different light not long after and the two began to date.

In the last chapter and after the 1 year time skip, Lisa decided to introduce Joe to her parents which he seemed excited about, and she also found a ring in his jacket and realized that he planned on prosing to her which she was happy about and she revealed that she was going to say yes if he did. In the bad ending, it was resealed by Lisa that Joe had already met her parents and proposed to her and Lisa and she said yes was officially engaged to him. Either way, the two are now currently engaged to be married and will possibly already be married if Ryan gets a season 4.

In Mark Leviels' story route, the player refers to Lisa as Mrs. Parker rather than Ms. Parker. If that is not a writing error and Lisa really does go by Mrs. Parker then that means she is married in Mark's route and if she is then it's possibly to Joe if so.

Joe and Lisa had hit it off right away and developed a cute and genuine friendship with each other, to where Joe was protective over her and wanted her to be happy. It's possible that Lisa always liked Joe from the start but never said anything due to being with Ethan, but was finally able to come to terms with her feelings for him after she broke up with Ethan.

Lisa and Joe seem to bring out the best parts of each other and hardly ever argue or fight, and seem to be genuinely happy with each other which is all Lisa ever really wanted. The two will more than likely stay together for a long time or forever due to the love and chemistry they have together.

## Trivia

* They are the first on-screen side characters to get engaged during the duration of a story route and still currently be together. (Cassidy Sparke got engaged to Giorgio Maccini during a time skip between seasons 2 and 3, not during the story route).
* They are possibly married in Mark Leviels story route. In Mark's route, the player miscalls Lisa as Mrs. Parker instead of Ms. Parker.
	+ If it's not an error and she really does go by Mrs. Parker, then that means Lisa is married in Mark's story route, and possibly to Joe.
* Both will be main love interests in their own upcoming mini-series.