Part 1
Grace and Josh are at a pub one Saturday night waiting to meet up with some friends for drinks and a game of pool.
"Hey what do you want to drink?" Grace asks ready to go to the bar.
"If you don't know by now what I drink then you haven't been paying enough attention." Josh jokes.
Grace smiles "okay just thought I'd check" and heads up to the bar.
Josh smiles too as he watches her walk away. No matter how often he sees her he never gets tired of watching her, particularly from this angle. Then picking up a pool cue he racks up the balls ready for a game when Grace returns. Her game has really improved since they first played and now he really has to work to beat her. Not that he is surprised she's got better at it. If there is one thing he has discovered about Grace it's that she's determined and if she puts her mind to it she can excel at anything.
As he looks towards the bar again Josh sees Grace greet a guy who has just approached her with a hug. Josh has never seen this guy before and he doesn't like the way he is looking at her. Nor does he like the way Graces face lit up when she saw him. Frowning he continues to watch as they talk animatedly for a few minutes his beer going flat sitting forgotten on the bar. Grace then pulls out her phone and begins to type presumably getting his number. The guy follows suit and then just as Josh has had enough and has decided to break it up the guy leans in and kisses Grace. Josh notices it was not a friend type of kiss either and he's furious. It doesn't help either that Grace is just standing there stunned watching as the guy walks away.
Josh doesn't know what to do. He doesn't know who the hell is this guy is but obviously Grace does. He wants to go after him and punch his lights out for kissing her but he also needs to talk to Grace. He knows it wasn't her that instigated the kiss but she didn't stop it either. So he's mad but he's also worried.
Grace meanwhile is stunned. For the life of her she can't work out why the hell he did that. She had known Gary at uni and they were friends but there was never anything romantic between them, so why kiss her like that. Then giving up on trying to work out what he was thinking and hoping Josh didn't see it because she can't explain it to him anymore than she can to herself Grace finally picks up the drinks and turns back towards where she left Josh. But as soon as she sees Josh's face Grace knows this was a false hope. He looks ready to hit something so it's probably just as well Gary left. He is standing with his arms crossed looking formidable and Grace grimaces not looking forward to the conversation they are about to have.
Josh is scowling as he waits for Grace to cover the distance between them. He desperately needs her to explain and tell him he's got nothing to worry about. But just as she gets with in an arms length of him and he looks down at her he hears his name being called. Damn it their friends have arrived and now he will have to wait to talk to her.