Okay, this has been floating around in my head for quite sometime now. No specific character pairings.
If you were to tell Josh Nichols that he and his girlfriend of four years would be over in a flash, he wouldn't have believed you. But that's exactly what had happened. He thought that he would have been with Mindy for the rest of his life but after being apart Senior year in high school, they decided that it wouldn't work.
They were both 20, and he decided to go to a party before their date, just to hang out with some friends and he lost track of time. He was already drunk and left his phone in his car. He couldn't remember what the hell had happened but all he knew was that his girlfriend was standing right in front of him, tears streaming from her eyes, and another girl, giggling at him. He pushed the girl away and stood up. He watched his girlfriend rush out and he was right behind her.
"Jacelyn! Baby, please wait,"
"Fuck off!"
When she got to her car, he wrapped his arms around her, preventing her from opening her car.
"Let me go, Josh,"
"No, please talk to me,"
"Josh, I'll scream,"
He instantly let go and watched her get in her car. He rushed to his car and followed her to their apartment and ran though the building. When he unlocked the door, he was greeted with a high heel being thrown at him.
"Get the fuck out!" She yelled at him
"Baby, please,"
"What did I do?" She asked him with a picture of the two of them. "Four fucking years and this is what I get?"
She threw the picture on the ground and stormed off to the room. He followed her and saw her pulling out all his things and throwing them on the floor.
"We're done," she said, facing him with tears.
"Wh- what?"
"You can get your stuff tomorrow,"
"Jacelyn,"
"Josh, please, just get out,"
XX
Two years later, Graduation.
Josh walked up to his crying mother and laughed.
"Mom, I just graduated college," he smiled at her, his green eyes, back to the bright color they used to be.
"I know, I'm just so proud of you," she smiled back at him. "You're father would be proud too,"
"I know, mom," he smiled and gave her a hug.
"Have you spoken to Jacelyn?"
"No," he shook his head. "You can go talk to her,"
She kissed him on the cheek and walked over to Jacelyn. He removed his robe and walked over to an empty seat. A group of friends had walked over to him. He began talking to his friends, hearing about summer plans and suddenly, his mother walked to him again.
"Look who I ran into, son," she smiled at him. "Boys, Josh will speak to you all in a moment,"
"Yes, Momma Nichols," they all mumbled and walked away with her.
Jacelyn smiled and shook her head. She already had her robe off and time stood still while he looked at her. She was still beautiful as ever and the dress she was wearing, hugged her in all the right places.
"Congratulation, Josh,"
"Yeah, you too,"
"Any plans for the summer?"
"Uh, I'm actually gonna live with my mom for a while," he said to her.
"I heard about your dad," she said, "I'm sorry,"
"Why?" He asked her, "It's not like he raised a good man or anything,"
"Josh,"
But before he could say anything, his mother had come back.
"Jacelyn would you like to join us for dinner?"
"I have plans with my parents tonight, actually, but thank you," she looked at her wrist with no watch and looked back at her ex boyfriend. "Actually, I should probably go find them,"
And without a good bye she left. After telling his mom that he promised to meet her at home, he decided to go for a drive. When he finally stopped, he saw Jacelyn standing by a familiar tree.
"What are you doing here?" He asked her.
"It's another big event," she told him.
"I'm not in-"
"A picture taking mood?" She finished for him. "You always say that,"
He gave her a sad smile and walked over to her. He stood next to her and let her take the picture.
"At least pretend to look happy,"
"I should go," he said, avoiding her statement.
"Josh," she called to him. He turned and looked at her. "Can I at least have a hug?"
"I don't trust myself,"
XX
After dinner, he decided to go to a party. He didn't know that Jacelyn would be there so to actually see her, was a surprise to him.
"Hey," she smiled at him.
"Sorry about earlier,"
"It's okay,"
"Seeing you, and talking to you..." he trailed off, "I need a drink,"
She smiled and shook her head.
A few hours later, Jacelyn was looking around for her friend and saw that she was passed out in a room. She looked at her phone and saw that he battery was completely dead. She looked around some more and saw that Josh was still there.
"Josh,"
"Hey,"
"So, my ride, is passed out,"
"Same apartment?" He asked her.
"Yep,"
XX
When they got to her apartment, she realized that she had someone of his that he had forgotten when he moved out. He was waiting for her to get it and when she brought it out to him.
"Thanks,"
After she watched the door shut, she ran to open it again and was greeted with a deep kiss from Josh. He kicked her door shut and they stumbled back to her bedroom, their old bedroom, and Jacelyn fumbled with the button on his jeans. When she finally popped the button, she felt his hands go to the zipper on the back of her dress. He pulled it down and let her dress fall to the floor. He picked her up, and he felt her legs automatically wrap around his waist. He climbed onto the bed on his knees and lowered them. He kicked off his shoes and she broke the kiss to remove his shirt. It got stuck and all that was showing was his mouth. They both laughed and she finally pulled his shirt off.
"Are you okay with this?" He asked her.
"Just kiss me," she whispered.
When they were completely stripped, he let her straddle his lap, like she always did and make love that way. There was a different feeling, physically, and emotionally for him. His arms were always wrapped around her small frame, holding her close. It was a different kind of closeness that he missed. He missed the way her body arched into his, the way her breath barely hit his ear, and the way it made his shiver. And God, there was something about how it felt for him when that orgasm rushed through her body. He felt every inch of it and it just rocked his own orgasm.
Spent, he just held her, knowing that any minute she could tell him to get lost. She looked at him and kissed him. She moved off him and lay beside him and he just watched her fall asleep. She she woke up, she looked at the body that was next to her and she sighed. She saw him move and she shut her eyes again. She felt him move more next to her and felt his hands roam her naked body. He pulled the sheet back and fluttered soft kisses all over. She groaned.
"Okay, I'm awake,"
"I should probably head out soon,"
Suddenly, she looked at him and burst into ash and he woke up, sweating. He didn't understand why he kept having that dream. Hell, they didn't even sleep together. He just took her home after that party and when back to his moms house. And that was seven months ago.
He was currently packing up some clothes for the weekend. He and his mother moved to a smaller place because she couldn't afford to keep their house. He was going away with his friend, Carly, his step brother, Drake and a friend. He wanted to have a good little vacation before he had to start his new job. He looked at the God awful box with Jacelyn's face in it and pushed it in his closet.
XX
"I'm telling you, Jace, you're gonna love him," Carly said, "he's totally chill,"
"Carly, stop trying to hook me up, I'm just tagging along because I wanna have fun this weekend,"
"Yeah," Drake, Carly's boyfriend said to her, "quit playing Cupid,"
"Whatever," she scoffed. "It's a right, right here,"
Drake already knew that too. He was tapping his hand on the steering wheel, nervously. He knew that the person who was tagging along, was his step brother Josh. Carly and Josh had become closer after the break up. Drake didn't have the heart to tell his girlfriend that her best friend was Josh's ex.
Carly pulled out her phone and called her friend.
"Hey, we're outside," she said, "okay, bye,"
It was raining, unusual for December, and they pulled up right as he got outside. When Josh opened the door and saw Jacelyn, they were both speechless.
"Uh, Drake, can you come help me find something?" Josh asked.
"It's raining,"
"I don't care,"
He groaned and got out of the car and he pulled him though the building hallway and around the corner. He glared at his brother.
"Oh, you have a little bit of dried drool on your face," he said, licking his thumb and reaching towards Josh's face.
"Don't touch me," he said smacking his hand away, "why didn't you tell me that Jacelyn was coming?"
Drake was hesitant at first, "Jacelyn and Carly are friends,"
"How long have they been friends for?"
Drake's scrunched his face a little in a cringe.
"Every day after we broke up I had been going to your place to get away from my thoughts," Josh stated, "and not once did you think to tell me that they were friends?" He asked, raising his voice slightly.
"I don't want Carly to hate you,"
"Why would that matter?"
"Because I can't have my fiance hating my best man,"
"Wait, what?"
"I'm gonna propose to her this weekend," Drake said to him.
Suddenly, Josh's features softened.
"Really? That's so great- don't think you're gonna get away with this," he snapped back.
"Josh," he said, "I'll tell her when we get there,"
"Yeah, lets have her hate me all weekend,"
XX
Josh had his headphones in and was just watching the scenery fly by through the closed window. They were going to a cabin of his aunt and uncle's in the woods of Colorado. He really wanted to go because he used to have a lot of fun there and also, he knew that his uncle had done a lot of work on it over the years and it was all different. He was actually looking forward to seeing it. Although with Jacelyn around, he figured it would be a little weird. Especially since there was only two bedrooms in the cabin, and he knew that Carly and Drake would be in the master. He had a feeling he would be on the air mattress in the living room.
When they finally got to the cabin, snow was covering everything. Josh got out and smiled. He walked through the snow and to the front door, looked through the windows and sighed.
"Hurry up! I wanna see inside already,"
"Come help with all this stuff first," Carly called back to him.
He rolled his eyes and stomped through the snow that went up to his knees, and grabbed his bag and Jacelyn's bag. After he stomped through the snow a forth time back to the car, he watched Jacelyn try to make it through the snow. He smirked and walked over to her right as she fell.
"You need help?" He asked her with a chuckle.
"Yeah," she laughed.
He held out his hand and helped her up when she grabbed a hold of it.
"Now my jeans are all wet," she whined.
"Change them when you get in, you'll get sick,"
She nodded and tried to take another step and almost fell. He shook his head and stood in front of her.
"Hop on," he said to her.
"Are you serious?"
"Jace, do you wanna fall every step of the way until you get inside?"
She rolled her eyes, "Fine,"
She hopped onto his back and wrapped her arms around his neck. He walked through the show and finally got to the steps and let her hop off. And when she did, she slipped on some ice and fell right into him causing him to fall as well. Next thing they knew they were both on the porch, laughing.
"What the hell are you guys doing?" Carly asked them.
"Nothing," Josh laughed.
Carly helped Jacelyn up and then her cousin.
"Uh, there's a problem with the sleeping arrangements,"
"No," he said shaking his head, "I was gonna give Jace the bedroom and sleep in the living room on the air mattress,"
"Yeah, about that,"
XX
"Fuck," he said, "why the fuck does it always happen to me?" Josh asked out loud.
"It's not so bad," Carly reasoned with him.
"Yeah, this is coming from the person who get's to sleep in the room with a fucking hot tub for a bathtub,"
"It's my cabin!"
"Bull shit! It's still in mommy and daddy's name," he snarked, walking back outside while she stormed to her room and slammed the door.
"Well I'm gonna go change," Jacelyn smiled briefly at Drake.
"I'm gonna get firewood," he nodded.
"Oh yeah, Drake?" Carly called to him, "We need to talk when you get back,"
When Jacelyn was into some warmer clothes and boots, she grabbed her camera and walked outside. She had never been in the snow before, at least not as deep as it was. She saw Josh smoking and she took her chance to take a picture. She knew he heard the click because he looked.
"Jacey!" He whined, "You know I don't like my picture taken,"
"Why was it always a hassle to get a picture of you,"
He just shook his head. She walked over to him, looked at him and waited for an answer.
"Everytime someone takes a picture of me, they take a little bit of my soul," he said, nodding.
Jacelyn laughed, "Okay,"
"I just don't really like taking pictures anymore, that's all,"
"You're face should be in photographs," she said to him.
"Please,"
"No, I'm serious," she said, "I actually still have all our pictures,"
"Liar," he smirked.
"Hey, you were my first," she said, "you were my first everything actually, well, except my first kiss,"
"You were mine too,"
She nodded slightly. Suddenly, he grabbed her hand and pulled her away from he porch.
"Josh, where are we going?"
"I wanna show you something," he smiled at her. "But you have to close your eyes when I say,"
She took pictures along the way, making sure she got everything. And when she turned her camera, she saw Josh in he frame, smiling at her.
"Okay close them,"
There was a sparkle in his green eyes that she only saw when he was excited about something. She closed her eyes, sighed and let him grab her hand. Suddenly she felt him stop her and it was all silent.
"You can open them now,"
When she opened them, she was amazed at what she saw. There were tons of trees with icicles hanging from every branch. The way the sun hit them, they all sparkled. Snow everywhere and dead center of the whole scene, were mountains.
"Oh my God," she whispered. "Josh,"
"This was where my dad and I came every summer,"
"You didn't have to show this to me,"
She looked at him as he walked around, looking at everything. And suddenly, he sat down on a snowless tree trunk. She walked over to him and sat down next to him.
"This is the first time I think I've actually felt something since my dad died," he said softly.
"People grieve the differently,"
"I'm glad he's gone though," he said, "like I'm not sad or anything. Is that bad?"
"No," she said to him.
"Let's take a picture," he smiled at her.
"Really?"
"Yeah,"
He grabbed her camera and set it up on a rock right in front of them. He set the timer and wrapped an arm around her right before the click and the flash. After about an hour they started to head back, but Jacelyn felt like someone else was around. She felt someone watching them. She grabbed his hand and he saw her look around.
"What?"
"I hear something," she said.
"We're in the wilderness, we're gonna hear a lot of stuff,"
She walked closer to him and they finished their walk back.
XX
Later than night, they were in the living room, drinking by the fire, laughing and joking.
"I'm serious, that's what happened," Carly said.
"No, that's not what happened at all," Josh laughed.
"Whatever," she scoffed.
He smirked at her and took a drink.
"Drake, remember that time we got stuck in that tree house?"
"Megan," Drake hissed.
"Wait," Jacelyn said, "when was this?"
"High school," Josh said, "it's a long story,"
An hour later, it was just Josh and Jacelyn in the living room. They were talking about old times mostly and laughing.
"I am sorry, by the way," he said to her.
"It's in the past," she said, "I'm gonna head to bed,"
He nodded and watched her walk away. He sighed, got up and walked into the kitchen. After finishing his drink, he just so happened to look out the kitchen window and saw a hooded figure standing off in the distance. He reached over and shut the blinds and checked the doors and other windows. He walked down the hall and knocked on Jacelyn's door. She opened it and let him in.
"I just wanna make sure the windows locked,"
He made sure that it was locked, said good night, and walked out. The next morning, he woke up, completely frozen. He was so cold. He looked out the window and saw that there was more snow on the ground. Jacelyn woke up and walked out of her room shortly after.
"Put some clothes on," she told him, "you'll catch a cold,"
He looked back at her, remembering how he loved the way she looked in the morning and she gasped.
"Josh your lips are blue," she said, walking over to him. She felt his face and shook her head. "Go sit down,"
She ran to get the electric blanket and she turned it on and wrapped it around his shirtless body.
"Why the hell did you sleep without a shirt,"
"I don't know," he shrugged.
She didn't know what happened but she suddenly was really close to him. She realized how close they actually were and Josh moved forward and closed the small gap between their lips. Her hands cupped his neck gently and then they broke apart when they heard a door open.
"Good morning!" Carly greeted. Josh grunted. "Someone's crabby,"
"No, someone's freezing their fucking balls off while another someone got to sleep in fucking luxury because my heated air mattress fucking exploded," he snapped, getting up with the blanket wrapped around him, "how's the hot tub in there huh? How's that big ass fucking heater in there?"
"Okay!" Jacelyn stepped in, "Someone needs to go back to bed,"
"No, someone needs to get laid," he said but only she could hear.
"Well, Drake and I are going into town to get some things, Josh,"
"What,"
"Go back to bed, and don't wake up til you're in a better mood,"
When they walked out the door, he went into the bathroom and brushed his teeth. After splashing water on his face he walked out of the bathroom and saw Jacelyn in the room. He leaned against the door frame and smirked.
"This isn't a dream is it," he asked, walking towards her.
"No," she smiled shyly.
"Well, I'm gonna go take a shower,"
She watched him walk out of the room and into the bathroom. She followed him shortly after, confused.
"Shower?"
"Yeah," he said, "you comin' in?"
"What?"
He opened the door, showing off his abs and he smirked.
"Hurry up before Carly comes back and makes a big deal," he said to her, "you scared?"
"No,"
"Then get in the shower,"
She glared at him and removed her sweatshirt. She pulled off her pants and finally the rest. When she stepped in, he kissed her right away, his hands roamed her soaking body. And it was then he realized why there were handles and bars in the shower.
"Wrap your arms around me," he said in a husky voice.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and he picked her up. She wrapped her legs around his waist. One hand grabbed a hold of the bar, he took a step forward, placing her back against the wall of the shower. He entered her in one slow thrust. She moaned in his ear. And just the sound made him groan. Soon, their breathing sped up and he looked at her, questioning. She nodded and kissed him. They both exploded into each other and she shuttered around him.
"Remind me again, this isn't a dream right?"
"It's not a dream,"
XX
After actually showering, he walked out of the bathroom, dressed and warm. He saw Jacelyn on the porch again. She was just looking at all the snow on the ground. He grabbed her camera and walked outside. Wrapping an arm around her, he kissed her and took a picture.
"What are you doing?" She asked him.
"Making a memory for myself,"
She turned around in his arms and just hugged him. She pushed herself away and walked off the porch to the snow.
"Let's make a snow man," she smiled at him.
He laughed and agreed.
They had decided to stop to catch their breath when they saw it. First they heard something that sounded like chopping. Josh looked around for the sound and grabbed Jacelyn's hand. She looked where he was looking and gasped. Josh covered her mouth with his hand and shushed her.
They saw a hooded figure, chopping up what looked like a bloody body. There were bags all around him, covered with blood. Each time the ax hit the body, they cringed. Blood was everywhere on the snow, it looked like a bright red blanket.
"What do we do?"
"We wait," Josh whispered to her.
They hid behind a huge tree and waited quietly. Josh looked around the tree a little, grabbed Jacelyn's hand and ran through the snow.
"Josh,"
"Just run,"
After a few minutes, they took a break and looked around. They saw nothing, just red off in the distance.
"Okay, run to the cabin and grab my phone,"
"You want me to go by myself?" She asked him.
"Just go!"
Jacelyn ran for the cabin, tripping in the snow a few times and when she got there, she grabbed his phone. She rushed and ran right into Josh.
"Get inside," he said, frantic.
"What the fuck was that?"
"I don't know,"
"What are we gonna do if he finds the cabin," Jacelyn asked.
"I gotta call Drake,"
He grabbed his phone from her hand and called his brother. There was a lot of static and finally he answered.
"Hey,"
"Josh, I can barely hear you,"
"Be careful coming home," he said loudly.
"What?"
"Be care- I'll just text you,"
He ended the call and sent him a quick text. Jacelyn locked the door and then looked out the big window in the living room.
"We should put something over the windows," she said softly, "he might know where we are,"
"He already does,"
"What?"
"I saw him last night," he told her, "through the kitchen window,"
"Why didn't you tell me? Or anyone for that matter,"
"Because I thought it was nothing," he said, raising his voice.
"Don't you dare yell at me," she snapped back. She turned and stormed off to her room and slammed the door.
"This is why I didn't wanna tell you because I don't need you freaking out!"
He groaned and sat down on the couch, face in his hands. Suddenly, down the hall, he heard a girly groan. He walked down the hall and into Jacelyn's room and saw that she was trying to nail a sheet over her window. He chuckled a little bit.
"Need some help?"
"No, I'm perfectly fine," she snarked at him.
He rolled his eyes and in about a few seconds, her room was dark from the sheet being up.
"Thanks," she said, flatly.
"So, you're just gonna stay mad at me?"
"I haven't decided yet,"
"Where have I head that before," he said as he walked out.
He decided to go back outside to smoke. He was looking around, just to make sure and saw nothing. He lit up and right as he did, Carly pulled up with Drake.
"Why are sheets in the windows?" Drake asked.
"I'll tell you inside,"
XX
"We have to call the police," Carly said to Josh.
"How long did it take for you to get to the nearest town?" He asked her.
"About an hour, maybe two,"
"Exactly," he said, "we're leaving in three days anyways,"
"No, Josh, Carly is right, we need to call someone,"
"And tell them what?" Josh asked Jacelyn, "Tell them that we saw someone chopping someone else up in the middle of the woods? Do you have any idea how big these woods are? By the time someone got out here, he could be gone,"
"Or he could still be here," Drake argued. "We're calling the cops,"
"Well I'm not talking to them,"
"For someone who used to be so good and so smart, you sure are acting like a dumb ass," Drake snapped at him.
"What did you say to me?"
"You heard me," Drake said to his brother, "you saw a possible murder,"
"And?" Josh asked.
Drake just shook his head.
"I'll talk to them," Jacelyn said.
"Fuck it," he said, walking back outside.
They all watched him leave and Jacelyn just rolled her eyes.
"Are you sure you saw what you say you saw?" Carly asked.
"Yes," Jacelyn said, "I can show you, it wasn't that far,"
She walked outside with the keys to the car and looked back at her friends.
"Well, lets go,"
"Where the hell do you think you're going?" Josh asked her.
"We need to give them an exact location,"
"Jacey, you're not going,"
"Yes I am,"
Josh suddenly walked away. They heard him digging around and then saw him come right back out.
"Let's go," he said storming past them.
"What?" Jacelyn asked.
"Oh, shit," Carly said, "he grabbed my dad's gun,"
"What?" Jacelyn shouted, "Josh Nichols!"
XX
When the four got to the spot where they saw the hooded figure, the noticed that the snow had covered the tracks. Josh took a step closer, moved the snow around where he saw the bloody, chopped up, body, hoping to find blood but found nothing. There was absolutely no trace of anything. And he had no reason to be mad about it because he knew that the snow would have covered it eventually.
He looked around, carefully listening to his surroundings, and still saw nothing.
"So this is what you plan to show the cops?" Josh asked them. "How would they find anything?"
No one said anything.
"Snow is just like the rain," he said before he started walking back to the cabin.
"What" Drake asked quietly.
"It washes everything clean," Jacelyn answered.
They all followed Josh back to the cabin, and completely missed a white hooded figure, starring at them off in the distance.
XX
They made sure that the windows and doors were all locked up. Josh was getting the couch situated for the night while Carly and Drake went to the bedroom, door locked and all. There was an unsettling silence in the room. And for whatever reason, Josh kept looking at the front door, almost waiting. He had the gun right next to him just in case. He wasn't planning on sleeping that night. He had some coffee made and some stuff to do. He was crouched by the fire, smoking, when Jacelyn had come out of her room.
"Josh, it's 4 AM what are you doing awake?"
"Couldn't sleep,"
"Why don't you sleep in the bed and I'll take the couch,"
"No," he whispered. "I need to keep you safe,"
"Josh, just come to bed, we're all fine, I'm fine," she said, "I'm actually freezing in there,"
His tired eyes looked at her and smirked. He got up and put out the fire in the living room. He checked just to be sure that the door was all locked up along with the windows and walked into the room with Jacelyn. He collapsed on the bed and fell right to sleep.
XX
Jacelyn was sitting on the patio drinking coffee a few hours later. The door opened and Drake walked out.
"Mind if I join you?" He asked her.
"Not at all," she smiled at him.
"Look, uh, I wanna apologize,"
"For what?"
"Not telling you Josh was my brother," he said looking at her.
"It's okay," she smiled. "Besides, Josh and I are fine,"
"That's good," he said, taking a sip of his own coffee, "he still loves you, Jace, you know that right?"
"Yeah, I know,"
"Can I ask you something?" Drake asked.
"Sure,"
"Would you ever consider Josh again?"
And before she could answer, the door opened yet again and Josh was standing there with his cigarettes.
"Morning," he said.
"Hey, Josh, sorry about yesterday," Drake apologized to his brother.
"Yeah, me too,"
They gave each other a quick hug before Drake went back inside.
"Sleep good?" She asked him.
"Yeah,"
He sat down next to her and lit up. He then saw something off in the distance. He grabbed Jacelyn's hand and she looked too.
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