A/N: I got this title from a Camp Rock song. I love that movie so much! Okay, here we go!
So there will not be an ending author's note, nor will there be any author's note on the next one. However, there will be one on chapter 8 at the end because guess what...this is a 3-Parter! It was too long to do in one chapter, so I split it into three. Hope you enjoy.
We have Joshaya, hints at Chrissy, and a sad Riley. Hope you enjoy and we're in for a good shocker at the end. Don't jump though.
RATED STRONG T!
Guest: Please focus more on Rucas and Joshaya
I can't I'm sorry! I love them too, but they are the two main ships. I just have to build Chrissy and Zaychel a little bit with background, because they are MY original characters (well Zay and Missy aren't but the relationships are)
HideAndSeekCat: Thank you for the author's note at the beginning I would have missed chapter 4. I have mixed feelings about Rachel. I like her but then I don't. Chris and Missy are headed for doom. Friends with benefits only works for so long. Josh a sex addict? i wasn't expecting that. He needs to quit wanting to be the bad boy before he hurts Maya more. I do wonder if she is a virgin or not. It didn't seem like it when Josh outted Lucas but maybe she didn't want Josh to know she was. Lucas and Josh's conversation so funny. I died when Josh mentioned a girl Lucas forgave him so he could be nosy, lol, but these two really need to sit down and talk about their friendship because some jealous or something is there and it could wreck their friendship later, esp after Rucas starts to get together.
I love your reviews! Josh and Lucas will be brought up again. I do plan on it, and Josh is a bad boy but he's a good guy at heart and that's what I want Maya to bring out of him. I hope you like their story. As for Rucas, who knows? I mean...I guess you got to read this 3-Parter! HINT HINT!
~TheRealSkystorm
Thanks for the reviews in advance. I hope you do review, because that is 1/3 of the only reasons as to why I keep updating. If you want me to update on time, REVIEW...like I am serious lol. Thanks for the follows, favorites, and pm's. You guys are the best. Thanks for everything, and this story is only going to get better.
One other thing: I'll repeat, because it will be necessary throughout this 3-Parter. Their dorms are like apartments. I just need you to get that wrapped into your heads.
Chapter VI: You're The Voice...I Need To Find You...I Gotta Find You (Part 1)
Thirty degree weather doesn't stop Colorado residents. They're use to this weather. Waking up in the morning isn't such a big deal. However, to a certain brunette hottie, it was a HUGE deal. "Ugh, why do they do this to me?!" Josh lets out an exaggerated groan as he grabs his phone and turns the alarm off. They was his job; they needed him to come in at two in the morning, and Josh didn't want to turn it down seeing as he was trying to get his job to see that he is reliable.
Josh turns his head to the left; his vision is blurry, so he rubs his eyes. I hate mornings! He thinks to himself. With a now clear vision, his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a blonde beauty that laid beside him. Of course, her back was facing him. Josh put his nose into her hair and smells it. He makes a moan-like noise at the sweet pleasant cinnamon scent. It smells just like Maya. He leans over the mysterious blonde, only to see that it's
..."Jennifer? Sh**..." Josh curses, jumping out of bed.
He quickly slide into his red boxer briefs and runs to the door, peeking his head out. Why was he doing this?
Suddenly, the bathroom door opens and Lucas walks out of it with nothing on but his blue Ralph Lauren (DO NOT OWN) Boxer Briefs. "Um, morning man. Going to work?" Lucas has one eye forced shut while the other one is squinting to focus on Josh.
He nods, "Yeah." He whispers then turns around to look a sleeping Jennifer.
"Yeah..." Lucas says, gesturing to the door. "...were busy. Dude, you do realize I can hear you guys." Lucas rubs his tired eyes.
Josh nods. "I know. This is the first time that I've ever brought a girl to this dorm. To be honest, I don't know how I got here." Josh says, crossing his arms. He always took the girls to Riley/Maya's dorm-apartment. That stopped when he found out Maya was into him. "The last thing I remember was that I was at the...oh, the bar. Dammit."
Lucas whistles. "Looks like somebody's in trouble." Lucas teases.
Josh uncrosses his arms. "Luke, I'm a grown ass man!" Josh rubs in Lucas's face.
Lucas presses his lips together in an I don't believe it type of way. "Can't tell." Lucas says nodding his head to the bulge that Josh had.
"Luke!" Josh exclaims, proceeding to kick Lucas away from him. Lucas bursts out into laughter as he moves away. "That was so not funny, dude." He tells him and hides his body in the room, only keeping his head out. "Question: did you ever come into the room and see who it was?"
Lucas shrugs his shoulders and shakes his head. "No." Josh let out a relieved breath after Lucas answers. Lucas folds his arms and looks at his best friend/roommate intently. "Should I want to know who this girl is?" He asks. "I mean, assuming that she IS a girl..." Josh's face dropped, as if he was saying really, dude. "I mean, if you're into guys, all you have to do is let me know. You know my history with people bullying others because of their sexual preferences. I'd—"
"Haha, how funny." Josh mocks a laugh. "And, no, you don't have to be bothered. Haha." Josh says pretty nervously. "I...um...I gotta get her out of her before she wakes up and realizes where she's at."
"Please." Lucas pleads. "We really don't need girls knocking on this door, telling us that you got her pregnant."
Josh's eyes widens. "That's so mean, man." He says before growling. "NUT SHOT!" He calls out before soft punching Lucas in the testicles.
"Dammit!" Lucas cries out and leans against the wall, cupping his balls. Meanwhile, Josh just laughs before he closes the door.
{*****}
"So did you get rid of that girl this morning?" Lucas whispers into Josh's ear as they sat in their class while the professor talked. It was ten to the class's dismissal time, and Lucas needed answers seeing that he wouldn't be seeing his buddy until after eleven o'clock due to his job and night classes. "I mean, the way you asked me this morning made me think you were trying to get rid of her without A) remembering you and B) remembering where we live." Lucas laughs, "I'm just gonna take it that the sex didn't go so well."
"Get off my back, will you?" Josh silently laughs. "And, aren't you a virgin? So, if you trying to make sex jokes, you better quit now. Anyways, I got her out. She doesn't know where I stay."
Lucas rolls his eyes, "You're always bringing up the fact that I'm a virgin. Being a virgin, especially in this world, is not something to be ashamed of."
"Anatomy is the branch of sciences that teaches body structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms. Physiology is the branch of biology that deals with the functions of living organisms and the parts." Their professor says as Josh and Lucas continues to whisper among each other. With no knowledge that their talking behind him, he calls out Josh. "Josh," The professor says and Josh eyes the professor irritably. Josh hates being called on. "Name a type of body structure in humans."
Josh laughs. "Are you freaking serious?" He says and his classmates looks at him. "Well, I'd have to say—" Josh doesn't know this stuff. He doesn't pay attention, so he not obviously leans his head to Lucas. Lucas says crotch, making Josh say it with the quickness. "The d*ck, sir." Josh suddenly realizes what he just said and punches Lucas in the leg, not noticeable for anyone to see. Lucas snickers.
The class all laughed. Josh's cheeks turn red with embarrassment.
The professor nods his head. "True."
Josh turns to Lucas. "Did our professor just say true? What the hell?" Josh says.
Lucas just laughs and watches the professor as he closes out the class, giving them a 10-page essay on the study of Anatomy & Physiology due by Thursday evening. It's Monday morning.
"Josh, I don't know how you survive in college." Lucas tells Josh, putting an arm around Josh's shoulders.
Josh shrugs Lucas's arm off. "And if you don't get into your car, I don't know how you'll survive without a job." Josh shoots back. Lucas nods his head as in 'great comeback' before he leaves Josh alone. Josh walks down the hall and turns the corner only to come face to face—actually, it was more of face to chest—with Maya. "Oh hey, Ma—wha? What happened?" Josh calls after her after she ignores Josh.
"She has been doing that all day." His sister's voice makes him jump. He puts a hand on his chest. "Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." Riley apologizes. "You know what, forget my apology. I'm mad at you right now." Riley says and prepares to walk off only to be pulled back by her brother.
Josh holds her arm tight. "What happened?" Josh asks his twin sister.
She points to Jennifer, who is chatting and laughing with a group of girls. "Her..." Riley says then looks at Josh. "Josh, I thought that you were going to put your needs in a bag and hold off. Now, my best friend is hurt because you said that you were going to wait for her." Riley says, poking her brother in the chest. "Why. Should. She. Wait. On. You. When. You—" Josh stops her poking and she pulls her hand back. "Sorry, but seriously! How long are you going to wait?! It seems like forever to me. Maya doesn't deserve that."
Josh groans. "Yeah, but...ugh. I didn't know Jennifer would go around boasting about it." Josh admits.
Just then Lucas runs by and aims straight for the restroom, only to be confronted by Jennifer. "Hey, Lucas...Lucas Friar, right?" Jennifer innocently asks.
Lucas nods. "Um..yeah. And you are?"
"Jennifer Scales, I just transferred here from The University of Texas." She tells him.
"Oh, are you from Texas too?" Lucas exclaims. He's happy to know that someone else is from Texas besides him, Billy, and Zay. Jennifer nods slowly, realizing what she got herself into. She wanted a cute boy, and lying is the dirtiest move to play. "That's pretty cool!" Lucas exclaims and a sudden urge makes him squeeze his legs together. "I...um...I have to be at work in a few, and I really need to go to the bathroom. Would you mind moving for me?" Lucas asks, because they were after all standing in front of it.
"Only if you agree to accompanying me later on tonight." Was she asking him out on a date?
A small smile appears on the corners of Lucas's lips. "Are you...asking me out?" He asks slowly.
"Yeah." Jennifer laughs and playfully hits the cute boy on his chest. "You act as if you'd never been asked on a date before."
Lucas's eyes widens. "Believe it or not: I haven't." Lucas admits before squeezing through her to get into the boys' bathroom.
Meanwhile, Riley and Josh looks from afar. Riley rolls her eyes, not knowing what the two were just talking about. Josh, on the other hand, was scared that Jennifer was luring Lucas into a trap that he could not get out of. Soon, Josh notices a unique blonde out of the corner of his eye. She, as in Maya, was talking to some other guy with brown hair.
"Here's some advise: if you like a person, it's better to approach them and tell them how you feel." Riley says with her arms crossed, looking intently at the new girl. "Because who knows who'll show up...and possibly take your spot."
Josh scoffs, "I don't mean to sound like an asshole right now but you're giving me the advice you need."
Riley rolls her eyes. "And I don't mean to sound like a bitch right now, but shut up." She says and playfully slaps her brother's cheek.
"Okay...okay...I...um.." Josh clears his throat. "I...I think I have a crush on Maya." He spits out.
Riley's eyes widens and a smile appears on her face. "You...are you freaking serious?! This is huge. Josh, you have the perfect timing. She's waiting on you! What are you waiting for? Go get her, tiger." Riley says, smacking her brother's behind which only granted her an intense glare.
"It's not that easy, sis." Josh tells Riley, pulling her into an isolated corner. "I'm the guy that everyone wants to hang around, because I'm fun. I am laid back, and I know how to party." He tells her. "People know me as the Grab and Let-Go type. And no, I don't are about what people will think...well, I'm sorta lying, because I do a little bit...but I can't bring Maya into my world. It'll be too hard for her to understand."
"Josh, you're my brother. Who cares about what people think?" Riley says, throwing her hands up into the air. "If you want to settle down with a very pretty girl like Maya, then you have the decision to do that. No one else can control your life. And Maya already knows what kind of f*cked up guy you are!" She exclaims, and Josh glares at his sister. "Sorry, but it's the truth. But that's why you need her. She'll put you back on the right path. Like, come on Josh!"
Josh sighs. "Yeah, but...gosh, I have a confession to make." Josh groans and out his hands on his face. "I think I am losing my mind, because I slept with a girl that looked exactly like Maya from the back. And, her hair smelled just like Maya's. I think drunk me just wanted to have Maya in my bed, but I couldn't do that so I got the closest human-being to Maya."
"Well, go get her tiger!" Riley says, pushing her brother forward.
Josh looks at Maya. Every time he looks at her, she gets more beautiful. Her hair was curled like it always has been. He liked it; it was one of his favorite things about her. She was loving and funny; he needs funny in his life. Surrounding by Lucas all day isn't going to give Josh the funny that he needs. He needs a girl that can stick up for herself and fight her own battles, even though he'll be there every step of the way to ensure that she is safe and backed up.
However, the closer he got to her...the more his mind kept telling him that it wasn't necessarily the perfect timing...that he should wait at least another day. But, what's the difference between today and tomorrow? He didn't know that, but he did know that this would end being a huge mistake.
"Sorry Riles, I can't do it." Josh says shaking his head. "Not now." He admits before walking away.
Riley stands there and shrugs. "Well at least he said not now."
{*****}
"Hello?" Chris answer into the phone after the most perfect shower. It was hot but not too hot; the water slowly slid off of him. He thought it was perfect. "Rachel? Yoo hoo! I do have caller ID, you know." Chris says fiddling with his white towel that was wrapped around his middle waist section.
"Oh, sorry Chris!" Rachel exclaims on the phone, breathing heavily. "I...um...gosh...hold on." And with that, Rachel leaves the phone again. Chris puts the phone on speaker and sits it on his bed before he walks to his drawer. "Chris, are you there?"
"I'm here." Chris calls out, looking at the phone.
"Okay, so something out of the blew happened to Missy this morning." Rahcel says, and this got Chris's full attention. "Last night, we were joking around and having fun. Then, this morning, she just started throwing up and coughing."
"Well, did you ask her what was wrong?" Chris asks.
"Yeah." Rachel says. "But she just said that she's experiencing stomach pains. I just was hoping that you'd come over and watch over her." Rachel asks. "I have a mandatory class in thirty minutes, and I need someone to watch over her." With the others being in school or at work, Chris was the only person she could turn to.
"Hold on: let me check my schedule." Chris says, sliding his phone to a calendar. It has nothing for this day, meaning that he didn't have to show up in college today. No test. No projects due. He was free. "I'm totally free. I'll be over there in ten."
Rachel lets out a relieved sigh. "Thanks, Chris. You are a life savior." She tells him.
"I try." Chris says. "Alright, I gotta go. See you in a bit."
Rachel smiles before ending the call. She sits her phone down on the table in front of her. I really really really really really really like y— "Hello?" Rachel answers into the phone.
"Rachel!"
"Riley!" Rachel exclaims. "Hey, haven't seen you in like three days."
Riley laughs. "I know. The other day...you were on a plane coming back from visiting your parents. Yesterday, I had to catch up on homework. And today...well, what happened." Riley basically asks.
"Well..." Rachel is a little hesitant. "Missy is kind of sick."
"Really? What is she doing?" Riley asks.
"Throwing up. She says she has some stomach pains—"
"Oh god!" Riley says, covering her mouth in shock. Rachel is beyond confused. "Um, stomach pains? Do you think that Chris had something to do with that?"
"No, why would h—" Rachel halts her talking, finally realizing what Riley meant. "Oh hell no! Wake up, Missy." Rachel says, shaking Missy pretty harshly. "Please tell me that those stomach pains..." Rachel points to Missy's stomach. Missy looks at her with tired eyes. "...aren't because of Chris."
{*****}
"Maya, I'm serious!" Riley exclaims as she tells Maya everything that she and Rachel just talked a few hours ago. Riley walks down the sidewalk with her purse weighing on her shoulder. Her phone put up to her ear. "I think Missy and Chris are up to something, because stomach pains just don't suddenly happen—"
"—actually, they do." Maya laughs and shakes her head. She slips into her pajamas, seeing as it's seven o'clock at night. "Plus, we might be over thinking this. I don't think Missy and Chris are doing anything other than kissing, which is totally acceptable in my books." Maya admits.
"Yeah, you might be right." Riley agrees. "Um, I'll be home soon. Work has got me all tangled up." Riley works for a restaurant named Old Billy's, and it is somewhat popular. Riley do rack up on tips; she brings a pretty good paycheck home. "How has the job search been going for you?" Riley asks.
"Well, I'd say that the job search has been total crap." Maya admits. "I put in an application at like every single store or restaurant, but I never get a call."
"The call will come." Riley says. "It'll come. I promise."
"I know it will. I'm just impatient when it comes to certain things." Maya admits.
"Like Josh..." Riley teases.
"You are so not any fun." Riley hear Maya laugh through the phone. Maya stops. "And what about you and Cowboy Lucas?"
"What about us?" Riley hints at the fact that something has happen. It's something that Maya already knows about, seeing as the two are the best of friends and tell almost everything. "Listen, I have to get back to work. I, um, I got to go." Riley lies. Before Maya can say goodbye, Riley ends the call and puts it into her pocket before letting a whimper. She runs a hand through her hair and sniffs.
Riley is hurt.
How can Lucas go out with that...thot? Riley asks herself, then her mind gives her an answer. Because you didn't make your move first. Who's the dumbass now! Her mind tells her.
And if anything, Riley knew that it was true. It was her fault that Jennifer got to go on a date with Lucas, because Riley never had the man parts to ask Lucas herself.
...and that's why she needed to call him.
"Hello?" Lucas answers on the first ring.
"Lucas, hey." Riley says nervously. She gets one back, and she lets out a nervous sigh before she made up her mind to continue. "I need to tell you something. I have had a—" Riley pauses when her mind tells her something: No, Riley. Don't do it. One side of her mind says, and the other says the opposite. However, which one should she choose? "I have had this...um...secret."
"Secret?" Lucas asks. "About what?"
"Um..." No, Riley couldn't tell him. "Um...oh my gosh! Lucas!" Riley exclaims. Riley looks around the sidewalk, noticing that she's not that far away from her job. She throws her phone down to make a noise. Luckily, it did not crack. "I fell! Ouch, my head!" Riley lies.
"Oh my gosh, Riley are you okay?" Lucas exclaims. No, Lucas. She is not okay...well...she is, but he doesn't know that. "Listen, I um...I'll be there—" The sound of Jennifer's voice stops him.
"Lucas, who's that on the phone?" Jennifer asks.
Lucas gives her a smile. "Oh, it's Riley. She has an emergency and needs me to help her." Lucas says.
"Are you kidding me?" Jennifer says and folds her arm. "Lucas, we are suppose to be on a date. Are you planning on ditching me or something? Because it sure did sound like that." Jennifer says. Lucas stays quiet. Jennifer scoffs. "I mean, doesn't she have a brother? Get him to do it."
Lucas gulps. Jennifer gives him a deadly glare. "I...um...Riley? Bean, I...I'm so sorry. It's a bad time." Lucas says, and Riley's mouth flies open. Lucas hasn't called her Bean since they were little, and he only gave her that nickname because she loved vanilla ice cream so much; it was the shortened version of Vanilla Bean. She cannot believe that this boy was not coming to help her to be with some...bitch! "I can call Josh, though."
Riley feels tears run down her face. "No, it's fine." Riley says. "I'm okay." Her voice was cracking.
"See, she's fine!" Jennifer exclaims, loud enough for Riley to hear through the phone. "Now let's get back to our date." Jennifer reaches over and snatches Lucas's phone away from him before ending the call.
Riley holds her phone and looks down at it. She could not believe this. She couldn't believe that Lucas would choose Jennifer over her. It was just too untrue for Riley to untangle in her head. Lucas Friar...the nice, handsome, mature, lovable, strong, and protective boy...became someone else in her eyes. Someone that she couldn't understand anymore, and she didn't try to understand it again. As far as Riley knows, she is done chasing after a boy who is so freaking oblivious to see that she has a crush on him.
But, at the same time...could she blame him?
How could he have known that she liked him?
Well, there was the kiss on the bus...the way she looks at him in his eyes...the way that she looked at him every single time he spoke to her.
Was he that oblivious?
{*****}
Josh runs a hand through his hair. He was lying on his bed, looking up at the ceiling. Lucas wasn't home yet from his little unofficial date with Jennifer, the girl he slept with the night before who looks exactly like Maya from the back. How could he allow himself to do something so stupid? Why did he sleep with her? He should have know that it'd hurt Maya.
"Why can I be so stupid at times?" Josh asks himself and turns over to smash his face into his bed. He turns over and checks his clock. He needs to get ready for work in an hour or things will not bode well for him. He groans as he lifts his legs and places his feet on the ground below him as he sits on his bed, still reflecting.
There's no doubt that Josh is in love with this girl. But, he's not man enough to tell her.
"That's it!" Josh says hopping off of the bed. He slips on a white t-shirt and grabs his keys. He already had black jogging pants on with red nikes. He gets into his car and turns it on, not having second thoughts about what he was about to do. "Tomorrow my butt." He tells himself as he drives onto the open rode. He was referring to what he told Riley earlier.
Soon, Josh finds himself sitting in his car that was parked outside a familiar looking apartment. It was the apartment that belonged to Maya and his sister. "I can't believe that I'm about to do this." Josh tells himself before he gets out of his car. Slowly, he makes his way in front of the door that belonged to their apartment. "Here goes nothing..." He tells himself before reaching out and knocking on it.
There's about twenty seconds before the door actually opens. However, it was the last person Josh thought he'd see.
"Oh, what's up Josh!" The man exclaims, bringing Josh into a comforting hug.
Josh lets out a nervous laugh. "Shawn." He says with a nervous smile.
It was the father of his crush...and it so happened to be his father's best friend.
What could go wrong?
TO BE CONTINUED