Hey, I'm writing a new story called Start A New Day. Its a really good song but my story is Cam-centric, so check it out. Some of my stories might go on hold, idk. But anyways thank you everyone for being such great readers, I appreciate it. It seems like its been forever since i've updated. I need to udpate my stories, I know. I'm hoping I can get a lot done tonight. Lol wow, i'm updating a lot hopefully tonight. Wow I talk to much.
Btw, Zach Berkman owns this song.
Chapter 7: Start A New Day
[Start a new day,
Let yourself go,
'cause your head seems to know this is right,
But your heart isn't sure]
Josh laid in bed, taking deep breaths. He smiled to himself, and he didn't want to go to bed. He had a day that he hadn't had a in a long while. It was just fun. It was more then fun.
It wasn't everyday that he got to go a second chance to have fun. Or a second chance to make memories. It was weird being around Massie at first, but then it felt right. The natural feeling of being around her soon came back. And when it came back, a lot of things came with it.
The more he thought and thought about the past and the future, or vice versa, he was realizing a lot of things. He made a lot of stupid mistakes and he regretted shit. But aren't you suppose to have fun and never regret anything? Maybe that was why he was getting such another chance at life. Heck he didn't know. He was just pleased that he was able to change things in his life all over again.
Before he knew it, his eyes closed and he was drifting off to sleep.
[Second chances come and go but I only come once]
Josh woke up with the smell of freshly baken cinnamon rolls. "Yumm." He said to himself. He climbed out of bed and checked his phone. It was 9:00 a.m. in the morning. He sure did sleep good. And with a good breakfast, his day was going to start off great.
He walked down the stairs and found his mom on her laptop smiling and laughing.
She glanced up and smiled, "Good morning son. Get any of those college applications filled out yet?"
Josh froze and thought to himself. He knew he what his speech was for his college. He would write it like he wrote it 8 years ago. Nothing big. He knew where he would be going to college. Same school that he and Massie were planning on going. Which was... Josh blinked a couple of times and he thought real hard. He couldn't remember the name of it. He tried thinking really hard and then he remembered the name.
They were planning on attending Columbia with Alicia and Chris.
"Nahh, not yet. I'll get to it." Josh walked over to the stove top and took out a plate in the cubert above. He placed four cinnamon rolls on his plate. He got himself a glass of orange juice and sat down at the table across from his mom. He dug into his food. He felt like he hadn't eaten in forever.
"Oh okay. And hungry I see?" She glanced up real fast from her computer and watched her son practically eat the plate in the process. Josh rolled his eyes and nodded his head.
Josh put his plate in the dishwasher and opened up the pantry and pulled out a double chocolate rice crispy treat and began to eat it. Ms. Hotz shook her head and continued to what she was doing.
"So what are you doing?" Josh asked curiously. His mom was never online this early in the morning. She was only really online to talk to some online friends and pay bills, sometimes she would online shop.
A wide smile appeared on her face, "I'm talking to his guy."
Josh raised his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders. "Okay, what sight?"
She chuckled, "Eharmony. Its something to do ever since your father left a long time ago. It sort of gets lonely around here when your not always home and you have grown up so fast. Your graduating soon."
Tears were forming in Ms. Hotz eyes. "So talking to a guy will help your lonelyness?" Josh asked curiously. He leaned up against a wooden chair and put all of his body weight on it.
"Yes!"
Josh laughed, "And you just can't get a hampster or a cat?"
She rolled her eyes, "Don't you have friends to hang with?"
Josh began to chuckle, "Nahh mom, I think i'll go meet some."
Ms. Hotz grumbled some choice words under her breath. "Go find something to do before I make you clean your bathroom and the pool. After the storm last night, there is a ton of leaves and twigs."
Josh shook his head, "I'm going to uhh- go hang out with Massie." Josh darted for the door before his mother could get another word in. He wasn't dressed the best, but messy was good. He didn't look gross so he didn't care. He grabbed his car keys and slid his Nike Shocks on his feet and walked outside to his Mercedes Benz. Ahh the good life.
He started it up, the car purred loudly and he spun out of the driveway and off too Massie's house he was headed. He didn't know why he said her house but he just did. It was something else to do instead of clean. When his mom threatened him to clean, it was serious.
Outside in the road was two little kids playing, Josh smiled and stopped for them to get their ball. He sure missed those days where he could play outside as much as he wanted and always had fun. Just like he was suppose to.
He pulled into the Block driveway and got out and rang the doorbell. The chimes rang throughout the house and soon enough someone answered it. Massie was standing in the doorway, rather surprised actually.
"Can I help you?" She asked curiously. She was dressed in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. Her hair was in loose curls and she had little make-up on but somehow she still managed to take Josh's words out of his mouth.
"I, uhh-"
Massie stood their and placed her hands on her hips and rolled her amber orbs. She didn't have all day to stand there and wait for Josh to speak up.
"My mom was going to make me clean so I left and your up early and besides I feel like I haven't seen you in forever." Josh blurted out. It was a miracle that Massie even understood any of what he said.
She nodded her and motioned him to come inside. "Nice to know that i'm sure place to go when you have to lift a finger to help your mom clean."
Josh sighed and looked around her house. It was sort of like he remembered, actually he really didn't remember much of it. Just mainly the hardest week of his life. He waited at Massie's house everyday hoping that she would come home and she never did.
"Come upstairs, my parents are sleeping in the living room. I'm surprised you didn't wake them up." Massie grabbed Josh's wrist all the way up the stairs, she clenched onto it tight and Josh felt like his circulation was going out of it.
"Geez." Josh grasped his wrist once Massie let go of it. They were standing in her room and she just shut the bedroom door. Now that he stared and looked around, her room still looked pretty much the same. Her bed was in the same place, same with her purple computer and her silver computer desk. Her bed was still colorful and the walls were gray and navy blue.
Massie smiled, "your fine. I'm going to get something to drink. Want anything?"
"Nahh, thank you though." Josh spotted Bean, Massie's pug. Bean was cuddled up on his doggie bed. Bean waas just like Josh had remembered. Massie went downstairs to get herself something to drink.
Josh walked over to the bed and picked up the pug and held it close to him. He hadn't seen the dog in so long, it almost felt as if time had stopped and nothing was going to change or happen.
"Bean, I missed you." Josh laughed and petted the pug ontop of it's wrinkled head.
But then Josh noticed something, the green eyes. They looked so lively and familiar. He knew he had seen them somewhere, but he couldn't remember where. It was like they were stuck in his head but he couldn't put the eyes to a face at that moment.
"Poor Bean." Massie walked back into the room with a glass of white milk and a chocolate chip poptart. She stuck out her tongue and sat down next to Josh on her bed. "So are you okay?" She asked.
Massie had been worried about Josh, he had been acting weird and saying thank you and no thank you. He was actually having manners, which wasn't him at all.
"Oh yeah. I'm beyond okay. Why?" Josh asked trying to cover himself up. He knew that no one would believe him and they would laugh and say he was insane or something stupid like that.
Massie frowned but shrugged her shoulders. "Oh okay." And she took another bite of her poptart.
Josh smiled and began to talk with Massie. They talked about yesterday and music. He missed their conversations, their inside jokes, and just about everything and anything. He didn't think that everything could feel so right as much as it did. But he was sure glad that he was getting to spend the day with her.
[Monkey See, Monkey Do]
Josh and Massie decided that the Westchester Mall was a good place to go when you were dying of boredom. Josh drove but this time on the way there, they talked about games and how much they loved playing Mario.
Mario was a classic and everyone just had to love it, no matter what. If you didn't like Mario then you were just not normal.
"So where do you want to go?" Massie asked with her Prada purse on her shoulder. Josh yawned and shrugged his shoulders. He really didn't care but his stomach sure did. It was beginning to grumble.
"I take it to the food court?" Massie giggled as she heard Josh's stomach making funny noises. "Oh yeah. Sounds good then we can go wherever else." Josh placed his hand on his stomach, he was hoping it would die down and not make such a distraction.
"Joshy." A high voice squealed. Massie cringed at the voice and Josh knew that voice out of anywhere. He was married to her for pete sake. Josh turned his head and Kristen was strolling down the Mall towards him. She had Skye Hamilton attached to her arm.
"Ugh." Massie groaned and rolled her amber eyes. She crossed her arms over her chest and was pretty much pleading for them to leave.
"Hi." Josh said as Kristen and Skye approaced he and Massie.
"Hello. I've missed you. Why don't you answer or take any of my calls. We need to catch up." Kristen pretty much threw herself onto Josh. Josh shrugged his shoulders. He didn't really know what to do, but out of the corner of his chocolate eyes, it almost looked as if Massie was hurt.
"Sorry i've been busy. College and stuff." Josh shrugged it off hoping she wouldn't whine bout him being here with Massie. But he knew her all to well. She probably was going to say something or make a comment.
"Ugh and yet you're here with her. Come see a movie with me and Skye now?" Kristen fluttered her eyelashes and acted all innocent. Josh paused and looked at Massie, he just couldn't ditch her and besides he was having a blast with her. He never had fun like that with Kristen. No way.
"Nahh, i'm spending time with Block. So i'll see you around." Josh turned around and began to walk with Massie towards the food court. Block? He smiled to himself, he was slowly coming back and hopefully he wasn't going to make the same mistakes again. He didn't want Kristen and he knew that now.
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Alright, it may have been bad or rushed but i'm really tired and I want to sleep. So I hurried up and finished the rest of the chapter. Short chapter, I know. But i'm sorry. I'm so tired so bed is calling my name.
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Ciao, Kailin
