Back with another chapter. This chapter, Lucas may seem a little bit more quiet but more talkative than last chapter. I know it was hard to read him going through that.
Also, to the fan that said that Josh's growth has been amazing to read, THANK YOU SO MUCH! You don't understand how much I needed to hear that.
Alright, catch you on the other side. –Stormai
Chapter XIV: Revelations and Continuations
He wanted to cry.
It felt so surreal to him.
He was finally free of being held hostage at his own home.
"This is crazy!" Josh exclaimed. He was jumping up and down in the passenger seat of Maya's 2008 Silver Honda Accord. "I'm finally f*cking free of my bed, my couch, my…EVERYTHING!"
Yeah, excitement was an understatement.
Maya shook her head and laughed, while Riley mindlessly played on her phone in the back.
"You're like a little kid sometimes, ya know…" Maya laughed.
Josh stuck his tongue out and chuckled, "You love it though."
Maya smiled, "Maybe…"
Josh scoffed, "Maybe, my ass!"
"Ok, Mr. Confident!" Maya exclaimed, shaking her head amusingly. She stopped shaking it in time to see Josh send an air kiss and a wink her way. She would be lying if she said she didn't blush a little…oh let's be honest here, it was A LOT.
"Okay, if you two can actually stop playing around, we'll make it back to the dorms alive." Riley mumbled from the back.
Josh rolled his eyes, "Riley, chill. Why are you always such a buzz kill?"
Riley gasped, "I AM SO NOT A BUZZ KILL!"
"Are you even excited that I'm finally free of those invisible chains?!" He asked his sister.
Riley nodded eagerly. "Hell yeah." Josh was satisfied with that answer; so much so that he had a big smile on his face. "Cause now I don't have to worry about you bugging me and calling me every 5 minutes about going to the grocery store to get ice cream, Doritos, taco meat, Jungle Juice, String Cheese, Ha—"
"—You started off so well." Josh groaned.
Riley smiled and shrugged, "Sorry, bro."
"Sorry, Bro." He imitated his twin sister. "Maya, stop the car. Kick her out."
Maya's mouth dropped open. "Wha—"
"Don't stop the car, Maya." Riley spoke up from the back. She leaned forward so that she was close to her brother's ear. "HE'S JUST MAD THAT I AIN'T FEEDING HIS STUPID EGO!" She yelled loudly in his hair, making him jump forward.
Maya laughed.
Josh turned his head to Maya. "Oh, you think this is funny?" He said, playfully glaring at her.
Maya quickly pursed her lips together. "No, no…I don't. Not funny at all." She quickly responded.
Riley looked between her best friend and her twin brother. Her eyebrows knitted together in confusion. What the hell? She thought to herself. "Um, excuse me?" Riley waited until she had both of their attentions. "Did you two do the dirty?" Oh wow, Riley! Just come out and ask it then.
Maya blushed.
Josh laughed, "Shut up."
Riley's mouth dropped open. "Oh my G—"
"Don't use his name in vein!" Josh quickly cut his twin sister off.
"But–Wha–" Riley was truly at a lost for words. "WHEN?!"
Maya opened her mouth to speak, "R—"
"The other day!" Josh said with a smirk.
Maya smacked Josh in the chest. "Stop it!" She screamed at him then looked at Riley through the rear view mirror. "No, we didn't. He's lying."
Josh put his hand on his chest and made a face. "Who me? No, I'm not lying." His voice was a little higher, indicating to Riley that he was indeed telling a fickle.
Riley pushed her brother's head towards the window then sat back in her seat. "You're such an ass."
"A lovely ass!" He exclaimed from his seat.
Maya couldn't do anything but laugh.
There was just something about this boy. Everything he did just made her happy.
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Billy slipped inside of his white and red Flakesville jogging pants, pulling the string next to make sure they're tight enough not to fall. He looked around the locker room, noticing the vacated red benches that had white towels lying on them. Those were the towels that were once occupied by his fellow teammates.
Why did they look irritating all of a sudden?
...oh that's right! Billy only just got over the fact that he was indeed only interested in girls. After the constant searching on the internet, Billy came down to a conclusion: he wasn't into boys, but he was kind of reflecting. Reflecting as in taking the time to think to one's self about something.
That something was common for most guys; although, most guys didn't start having dirty thoughts about other guys. The common thing that he found was the jealousy of their inferior body part: the crotch.
Believe it or not, guys take one-second glances at other guys sizing them up. It was common.
Nevertheless, If there was one thing that he knew that he had most of his teammates beat in, it was the beauty of his abs. Having an 8-pack isn't easy, but Billy made it look easy which is a reason for why most guys envy him.
A handsome brunette suddenly appeared in the empty doorway with a bag in his hands. Soon, the white large bag slipped from the fingers of the boy while he let out a fitful grown. "Why does coach have us volunteering at some stupid old people home?" Josh, who was already dressed in his Flakesville jogging pants and shirt, asked.
The question was not meant for a reply, but Billy gave one anyway. "Because Flakesville is all about being the help to people in the community." He explained while rubbing suntan lotion all around his arms, face, chest, and stomach.
"No duh." Josh said, grunting as he lifted the white bag that has all of the equipment for volunteering today. He took a look at Billy, who was too busy occupied with rubbing suntan lotion on his body. Josh's eyes lingered to Billy's abs, which would soon get him caught...
"Drooling over my abs?" The sentence came out of Billy's mouth as a question as a knowing smile graces his lips.
Josh looked away and clears his throat. "I...um..." He points behind him. "...I was just leaving." He quickly finishes, earning a fit of laughter from Billy. Josh let out a sigh, knowing he wouldn't hear the end of it unless he explained himself. "Okay, fine! Your abs are like perfect, while mine are..." Josh lifted his white, red, and black Flakesville shirt. He took a look at his own. "...see."
"Aw come on, dude!" Billy exclaimed, still trying to control his laughter. Soon, his laughter subsided. "Seriously, you have a better ab collection than eighty percent of our teammates." Billy tried to make Josh feel better about himself. "Plus, you just got off rehab. It's pretty remarkable how much ab density you were able to keep while being down. Impressive, bro."
"I know, but.." Josh let out a whiny noise then pointed to Billy's naked upper body. "You have an eight-pack, and I only got a six."
"Boo hoo! Some got four-packs." Billy admitted.
"Yeah, seven year olds!" Josh exclaimed. Laughed, making Josh even more upset. "Put a shirt on for Christ sakes! Geez! Bragging too much!"
Billy continued to laugh as he slipped on his Flakesville shirt. "Dude, I'm so glad you're back, man." He told Josh before they clapped their hands together and did a shoulder hug.
"Yeah, me too." Josh said once they pulled back. "Oh, and the drooling over your abs thing…don't mistaken that as s—"
"Josh, I know you aren't gay!" Billy laughed and rolled his eyes. "Seriously dude, I know this whole video thing got you tight, but you don't need to worry. As long as you know who you are, someone's opinion shouldn't matter to you." Billy being the motivational speaker today, it seemed.
Josh nodded and sighed, "Yeah. Maya was telling me the same thing the other day. I don't know…I just…I hate to be lied on. This feeling right here…it's like I'm being lied on."
Billy nodded, "I get it but you don't need to worry. Only childish people continue to believe in the stupidity, my guy." Billy grabbed the lotion bottle and squirted some in his hand. "You and Luke are my bro's. Trust me, I'd know."
Josh smiled, "Thanks bro." Then it left. "Wait…have you talked to Lucas? Like, you sound like you're cool with him."
Billy shook his head. "Nah. I'm not. For some reason, ever since this thing went down with you guys, I've been reflecting. I don't want something this childish and stupid ruining a friendship I've had for more than 10 years." Billy said then sighed, "I gotta fix it."
"I mean," Josh began walking backwards out of the locker room. "We will be in a bus for a little over an hour. Best time to talk, ya know…"
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"Ugh, why oh why are we required to go to this home to help the handicap?" Missy complained.
"And you just answered your own question." Rachel laughed. "How stupid do you feel?"
Missy sent Rachel a glare before rolling her eyes and letting out a sigh. Meanwhile a few feet away, Maya and Riley were too busy putting their skirts on to care. "You know, I never really talked about our college colors but I'm liking the red-white-black colors." Maya said as she looked down at her skirt that is red with a black outline and FLAKESVILLE in white font.
"You know what other color I'm liking?" Riley asked. Thankfully, Maya didn't respond knowing that Riley always asked rhetorical questions. "Blue and gold because they're Charlie's favorite colors. You know, the guy that actually knows that I exist." Riley exclaimed.
"Lucas knows you exist!" Maya exclaimed. "Oh my gosh, give the guy a break! He's been ostracized by half of the Flakesville student body."
Riley sighed, "I know that. It's horrible." She continued, "Well, last night, I called to talk to Josh. Lucas answered Josh's phone because he was in the shower, and when I said Oh, would you tell him I called?...Lucas replied, Yeah, but who is this again?" Riley explained to Maya for the third time after explaining it to her last night and this morning around eight.
"I know. I know." Maya let out a sigh. "But Riles, maybe he really didn't know it was you?"
Riley scoffed. "Yeah, right."
"Here you go again." Maya said, sliding into her Flakesville cheerleader shirt that was an exact replica of the skirt.
"What do you mean by Here you go again?" Riley asked, holding her bra in place as she gestured for Maya to clip it on in the back.
Maya sighed and moved behind her best friend. "Here you go again with the Lucas is ignoring me. Why can't I have a special relationship like you, Maya? crap." Maya explained as she snapped Riley's bra and move from behind Riley to in front of her.
"But I didn't say that—"
Maya interrupted Riley. "But you were about to!" She exclaimed, and Riley looked down at her shoes. "Listen, Riley." Maya used her hands as a comfort item as she placed them on top of Riley's shoulders. "The game that you are playing isn't something you should be getting yourself into. You may think that you're doing this to get his attention, but you may end up losing Lucas all together." As soon as Maya said that, Riley's head instantly snapped upwards.
"What's going on over here?" The voice was pretty unique and familiar. "Some lesbian love thing." Both Maya and Riley knew that it could be one person, and that person is Georgia who was also known as Gigi.
"Georgia!" Riley exclaimed with a smile all over her face. Ever since that time where Gigi helped the girls see inside of Rachel, Gigi had been trying to make amends with the group as the group of girls have done the same. Helping out with Lucas and Josh the week prior was a really good sign. "Oh my gosh!" Riley, Missy, and Rachel ran over to her in shock as Maya finished putting her shoes on before joining the four.
"You girls are really creeping me out!" Georgia shouted as she tried to get away from the squealing girls. When the girls finally move away from her, she dust herself off. "Do you guys know how long it took me to get dressed?" She asked. "My gosh!"
"Sorry." All four of the girls say in unison.
Georgia took out her small mirror and tended to her face.
Meanwhile, the girls stood a fair distance away from Georgia with 'not surprised' facial expressions. "Thank God you didn't mess with my make-up." Georgia said while putting her mirror into her purse. "Anyways, I hear that you are going on a trip to help the old."
"Wow, that sounded harsh." Riley said.
"It's the truth, though." Missy spoke up and rolled her eyes. "I can't believe they have us going to this old place."
"Well..." Georgia smiled. "If I said that I was coming with you, would you change your mind?" At first, the girls were confused at what she said then they're frowns turned into smiles.
"Oh my gosh!" The girls screamed and went to hug Georgia again, but she ducked out of the way.
"What the—how or why are you coming?" Rachel asked.
"I'm only coming, because the arts wants to see me helping the community in some sort of fashion. I got a very detailed letter in my e-mail only to find out that I wasn't qualified for a part in a tv show, because I didn't seem like a nice girl." Georgia explained to the girls.
"Which you're not by the way." Maya laughed.
Georgia sent a glare Maya's way. "I guess the only way that you are nice is if you help out the community. So! Walla!" Georgia said with the most basic enthusiasm. "But no one knows of this..." She gave a dark cold look to the four girls. "...I have a very detailed popularity here, and me doing community service is anybody but me."
"Alright, alright. We won't tell." Riley promised. "Anyways, I haven't seen you in a while. How's your love life?"
Georgia let a moan escape her mouth and closed her eyes. The girls gave her a disgusted look. Georgia froze, realizing that she was too out of place. She reopened her eyes and lets out a nervous cough. "Well, you know...I kind of did have fun with someone."
"Oh really?" Maya crossed her arms. "Who?"
Georgia blushed, "Nobody! Mind your own business." She said through gritted teeth.
"Well, at least he's treating you right." Missy added in, earning a glare from Georgia. "I mean, you're getting all blushy and sh*t. Gosh, I was trying to be nice."
Georgia sighed, "Thanks. Yeah. I don't know. I'm sorta scared, because I always feel as if I'm being taken advantage of but—"
"Listen, GiGi, you're hot as hell." Riley stated. "And you're tough. If somebody is playing you, you'd know."
Maya nodded her head in agreement, "Yeah. Trust me."
"THE BUS IS READY TO BE BOARDED!"
Rachel grabbed her pom poms and rolled her eyes, "Let's go girls. Whoopdeedoo! Let's go Flaskesville!"
The girls laughed.
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"Oh, sweet!" Josh exclaimed as Riley, Maya, Missy, Rachel, and Georgia enter the bus. They all stood in the aisles, groaning as they took a look at the filled-in seats. Now, the girls would have to sit in the front where no one ever wanted to sit. Josh saw this, and he turned to Lucas who was sitting beside him with headphones in his ear. "Luke." He said while shaking his shoulder. As soon as Lucas pulls his headphones from his ears, Josh continued. "I'll see you at the building. I'm going to ride upfront." He said, motioning for Lucas to move his legs.
Lucas complied, moving his legs so that Josh could scoot out.
Meanwhile, as Josh made the long journey to the front of the Flakesville owned bus, Zay noticed the empty seat next to Lucas. "Hey Luke," Zay called putting to his buddy. Lucas didn't hear him, seeing as he put the headphones back in his ear.
"Yo Luke!" Chris's voice boomed loudly a few feet away.
Lucas took off his headphones and look around, trying to find the owner of the voice.
Zay did a head nod to Chris. "Thanks." He told him before returning his eyes to Lucas. "Lucas, what's up man?" Zay had the biggest smile on his face. Seeing Lucas being all active and talkative (not by much though), really lifted Zay's spirits.
Lucas flashed a quick smile. "What's up, man? You're alright?" He asked.
Zay nodded, "Yeah…are you…alright?"
Lucas laughed, "Yes. I'm ok. You don't have to act weird or anything."
"Okay," Zay sighed. "Look, I'm here for you just like you were there for me back when we were young."
Lucas flashed another small smile.
Zay looked around then slid next to Lucas. "And," he began whispering, "I really appreciate you keeping that…thing…between us. Last week reminded me of when you stood up for me, and it hurt so much to see you like this and not be able to do anything." The look on Lucas's face as Zay talked was priceless, to say the least. The guy had guilt written all over his face, but Zay was too busy rambling and looking elsewhere to pay attention. "Like, if I knew who did this, man I would…" Zay clenched his teeth tougher and balled up his fist before punching the back of the seat in front of him.
Lucas gulped, "Um…yeah. Thanks man." He was trying to find the right words to say even though he knew he was guilty as hell for being somewhat a hypocrite on exposing things. "I'm not gonna let it get to me, though."
Zay patted Lucas's shoulder. "That's what I'm talking about." He was so happy to see his friend doing okay. Zay leaned over and tapped Lucas's phone screen. "Girls Like You…ayyyye, that's my song!" Zay laughed then ruffled Lucas's head. "Alright, man, imma stop bothering you. Have fun with ya music. Good to see you're in better spirits." And with that, Zay returns to his previous seat.
Lucas closed his eyes and let out a sigh. Girls Like You rang in his ears pretty loudly, but it wasn't as loud as the voice in his head reminding him of how sh*tty of person he was.
Meanwhile, the girls were still complaining up front.
"Ugh, we already have to go to this stupid place. Now, we have to sit in the front." Missy complained to the girls. "Could it get any worse?"
"Hey cuties..." Josh's voice grabbed the attention of the group of five. He put his arm around Maya and smiled at the rest of the group. "So, I couldn't help but notice that you guys are sitting in the front."
Maya sighed. "Yeah. Why are you up here?" She asked, putting her hand on the word FLAKESVILLE that happened to cover his chest (he has the Flakesville shirt on if you were confused).
"I didn't want you girls to be lonely." Josh admitted.
"Aww." Rachel, Missy, Georgia, and Rachel all simultaneously coo while Maya smiled.
"See, I told y'all you'll will like sweet Josh." Maya took the credit.
"Alright, will everyone please take their seats?" The coach announced as he and the cheerleading coach took their own. Missy groaned, because she really wanted to sit in the back and not in front where the adults were. Even though ironically, she was kind of an adult herself.
"There's a seat next to Lucas in the back, if you want it." Josh told Missy before winking at her.
Missy gave him a smile before she raced to the back. She slid in next to Lucas, who was now sitting by the window with his head leaning on it. "Hey Lucas." She greeted with a smile. Luckily, Lucas could hear through his headphones this time. He gives her a smile back, which is his way of telling her 'hi'.
"Oh, look who decided to sit back here after all." Missy smiled at the sexy voice then turning around to look at the blonde cutie, who sat right behind her seat. "What's up, babe?" He said before pecking her lips.
"Look at the happy couple…" Whoever said that didn't sound too fond of them.
The people that heard it began to laugh. "Oh, why yes we are…" Missy said, flashing a smile to the punk rock purple and white haired nobody that decided to open his mouth.
"That ain't what you told my boy, Sean, last night…" He laughed. "Ain't that right, Sean!" The punk rock kid patted the shoulder of a brunette that was too busy on his phone listening to music.
Sean looked at the punk rocker with knitted eyebrows. "Huh?" He was very confused.
Missy saw what was going on here. Chris did too and tried to stop Missy from talking by covering her mouth, but she yanked his hand away. "I thought you were talking to yourself, because we all know how you are with guys who have bigger d*s than you." A group of people began to laugh again. This gave Missy so much satisfaction. "Joey, stop coming for me when I didn't send for you." Missy learned that one from Rachel.
Joey growled. "Only a w* would know that." He shot back. "You sleep with every guy you sit by." He turned to another guy named Jackson. "Hey, didn't she sit next to you other day in the cafeteria?" Jackson nodded at Joey's question. "No wonder why all the girls want him now. You hooked up with him, so all the other w*s followed suit."
"And somehow all the other guys in your little posse start looking up to you." Missy shot back. "Did you let them hold your d*ck or something?"
Joey smirked, "Nah, you were too busy sucki—"
"F*ck off before you get your ass kicked in front of all these people. I have no problem showing them how weak your punk rock MGK looking ass really is." WOAH, CHRISTOPHER!
"Alright, now! You two are ordered to not talk to each other this whole trip." The coach yelled from the front of the bus. Guess they were too loud that even the front heard it.
Missy rolled her eyes and flicked off Joey.
"Stupid ass little boys, I swear…" Chris muttered under his breath.
"What was his problem?" Missy asked Chris.
Chris rolled his eyes, "Some of these guys on here aren't part of the football team. Some of them have to make up some of their required community work hours." Chris shook his head, "Don't worry about him. He was just trying to act tough in front of his skinny ass friends."
"Chris!" Missy swatted at his arm. He looked confused. "They didn't do anything. Don't talk about them."
This made Chris laugh.
"Sorry, Sorry…" He apologized.
Lucas leaned over for Chris to see him. "Do you need help ruffing him up?" He asked playfully.
Missy laughed, "No! No! You two stop it!"
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"That stupid punk rock asshole just tried to make me the laughing stock! Ugh, so freaking annoying, I swear!" Missy screamed, scaring some of the elderly people. "Sorry." She apologized to three of the six elderly people that heard her. "I mean..." She turned to Rachel. "Did you not hear us in the back?"
"Yeah." Rachel said. "Listen, don't pay the guy no attention, because you know Chris would pummel his little ass. The last thing we need is for you to be kicked off the cheer team and for him to be kicked off the football team. Believe it or not, we need Chris on the team to make it to the championships. And we need you, because you're our best friend and you keep us entertained."
"So, what you're saying is that I'm always turnt?!" Missy exclaimed.
Rachel laughed. "Yeah, but sometimes you're a little bit too turnt."
Lisa, the Flakesville cheerleading coach, captured everyone's attention with the snapping of her fingers. "Since yesterday, everybody knew who their partners were but coach and I decided to change them."
"What!" Missy exclaimed. She really wanted to be with Rachel or Chris. "I better not get anybody but Rachel." That's who her partner was before the coach decided to play mix-match.
"Sorry Ms. Bradford." Coach Lisa used sarcasm to apologize to Missy. "Your partner is not going to be Rachel." The group of football players and cheerleaders laughed. Chris sent a sad pout to his girl before returning his eyes to Ms. Lisa. "Your new partner—and we did this for a reason, so don't think we hate you—is Joey Townsend." She announced.
"Oh hell no!" Chris exclaimed.
"Oh hell yes!" The football coach responded to Chris. "And if you don't like that, then I hope you like the bench because you'll be off the whole season."
"Same for you, Ms. Bradford." Coach Lisa said.
Missy shrugged. "Fine. But when this place explodes, we'll see who'll be sitting on the bench for the whole season." She was implying that the school's board will fire them. "Come on, Joey..." Missy said, linking her arm with his. "See, we can get along."
"Like hell we can." Joey said, quickly pulling away from Missy.
"You two are in charge of taking care the patients in room 38B." Coach Lisa informed them, passing them the door keys.
"And how long are we suppose to look after them?" Missy asked.
"Until the actual workers get back from their lunch break, which could be four hours from now." Coach Lisa explained.
"That's not a lunch break!" Josh exclaimed. "That's a whole nap break."
"Listen, you guys can stand here and complain or actually go out and help these elderly people." Georgia spoke to the group.
"I'm glad you feel that way, Georgia." Coach Lisa said. She and Georgia have a history with each other in regards to cheerleading.
"Oh, I only said that because I really do want to get this over with." Georgia admitted and blew on her nails that she painted. "I don't understand why you have to help the community to get an acting job, but I'll do it because the arts is the only thing I have to fall back on. Other than that, I don't give a dog's behind about this old-mothball smelling-trashy building."
The whole group erupted in laughter once again.
Coach Lisa nodded as she looked around the lobby at every single person. "Well..." She cleared her throat and clicked her pin as if she's preparing to write something. "...that was a very-detailed response." Coach Lisa looked down at her clipboard as she writes down the names of whom were being paired with the other.
"Okay, let's continue." Coach Lisa said. "Maya, you are with..."
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"I can't believe they paired me with you." Maya said as the two girls walked to their assigned room.
"Aww, is Mrs. Joshua Matthews sad?" The girl, who's name was (wait for it!) Jennifer, says in a sarcastic tone. "Listen, you blonde dido. I don't want to be paired with you as much as you don't want to be paired me, so let's get one thing straight...I hate you." And I hate you too, Maya says in her mind after Jennifer told her how she felt. "Let's just do our job and get this thing over with."
"Are you still a little salty over the fact that I got Josh and Riley got Lucas?" Maya questioned. Jennifer looked as if she was gonna explode. "Listen, you blonde slut...you may have played around with our boys, but you won't anymore. Stop trying. Stop crying about it. Get over it."
Jennifer laughed. "Maya, I don't want Josh or Lucas. I've had Josh…" Jennifer grimaced, "…not that interesting in bed. And, Lucas, aw poor Luke…you know, he kept turning me down when I tried to get frisky with him. It makes sense now why…haha, he's gay!" Jennifer exclaimed.
Maya was two seconds away from slapping her.
Be the bigger person, she told herself. I got to set a good example for Josh. Can't be a hypocrite.
She couldn't stand the ground that Jennifer walked on, which was kind of the same ground she's walking on since they're both on the third floor of the somewhat fancy elderly home. Sometimes, she just wished that she would just go ahead and ask Josh to become official, but she didn't want to rush things. She wanted to take things slow, and she's happy that Josh was making somewhat of an effort to comply.
Everyone knew how Josh was.
The boy hadn't had any action in months.
He was a little handful sometimes.
What she's not happy with was Jennifer. Why did Josh have to sleep with her out of all people? Couldn't he have picked up someone random from the mall? These are all the thoughts that went through Maya's head.
Meanwhile, at least one group were put together like they wanted. Josh and Lucas were put together as partners, and Josh was just happy that it wasn't Jennifer or one of his late-night sex toys.
"Excuse me, young man..." An elderly lady reached to get Josh's attention. Thankfully, Josh wasn't entirely into his thoughts. He walked to the side of the woman's bed and waited there. For a minute or two, the woman doesn't say anything. She's just looking up at him as if she's thinking about something or observing his looks. "You're a handsome boy." She said, and laughter was heard from the other side of the room which belonged to Lucas as he continued to wipe down dressers and such.
Josh let out a nervous laugh. "Oh, well thank you." He thanked her. He was about to walk away until the elderly lady weakly pulled him back. "Is there something wrong?" He asked her.
She smiled then turned to Lucas, who was busy placing things in a designated order. "Pretty boy!" She called out and Lucas turned to look at the woman. She motioned for him to walk over, and Lucas obeyed chuckling along the way. He didn't have a clue what this women wanted.
She pat both sides of her bed, signaling for the boys to sit. They do; Lucas quickly sat down, while Josh slowly sat down fearing that she'll get a little handsy.
She put her hands on Lucas's right leg and Joshua's left leg. Josh flinched a little, because a woman her age never got close to any body part of Josh's. He's very cautious of elderly women, because he has witnessed their cougarish ways.
"You know, I never thought that I'd see two young handsome boys again." The woman said, and Josh was mentally freaking out. "You see, I lost most of my family at a party when there was a fire. Most of them got trapped in, especially my two grandsons who were the same age as you. I loved them with all my heart, because I knew that they'd be special as they grew."
"I'm sorry for your loss." Lucas said.
She sighed, but kept the smile on her face. "You know, when I look at you two, I see what I seen in my grandsons. I see something special." She laughed, and both of the boys give each other knowing looks. "Both of you are going to be something very special. Just by the way you walk and talk, I can tell you're football players." The boys just continued listening to her talk. "If football is what you love, keep going. If it's not, do what you love. Don't blow it."
"We won't." Lucas spoke for himself and his best friend.
Josh nods. "I won't." He said.
She pat the boy's leg in a comforting way. "And one more thing: Are you guys up for a threesome?"
"Um..." Lucas jumps up and slowly backs away with Josh doing the same.
She laughs. "I'm only kidding!" She exclaimed then paused, "Of am I?"
"No offense ma'am..." Lucas says. "But, we're nineteen and you're like seventy something."
"Actually, I'm eighty-three and I'm going to tell you something that'll become handy for when you get older." The elderly lady says with a smile. "Age ain't nothing but a number."
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"I really do need to talk to Luke, bro." Billy told Zay. Both were seated down on the chairs by the door in company with half the student body that tagged along. Now, they were waiting on Coach Lisa rounding everyone else up.
Zay's eyes widened. "Wait…you're ready for that conversation?" He asked. A smile could be seen on Zay's face.
Billy sighed, "Yeah…I think so."
"You think so?" Zay knitted his eyebrows together. "Come on, man. You're ready. Both of you need to squash this right now. Life is too short to be mad at each for eternity over something stupid." Zay was in the middle of a sermon, it seemed. "I know that it has nothing to do with you—well, I hope it has nothing to do with you, but Luke just went through this whole public humiliation thing and you squashing this would be the icing on the cake."
Billy sighed, "Yeah man. I hear you." He put his head in his hands and let out the loudest groan. Then, he turned to Zay, "…and also, I didn't do anything. I swear to God. Right hand on the Bible. And, I put it on my dad that I didn't record or leak any video that wo—"
"—I trust you, man." Zay simply stated.
Him saying those words made Billy's heart go through a thousand jumps. The fact that Zay simply believed in and trusted him was a big thing in his eyes. F*cking Zay, man. Billy thought to himself as Zay turned his head to the right to watch a bunch of people return to the lobby. He's gonna be the death of me.
"What's up, Dumb and Dumber…" Josh greeted Zay and Billy.
He stretched out his hand for one of them to shake, but Billy shook his head and smacked it away. "Nah, man. You play too much." Billy laughed, causing Zay to laugh too.
"Ayyyye!" Chris exclaimed as he approached his bro's. "What's up Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest—"
"Okay! Y'all are with the sh*ts, today." Zay said, standing and playfully pushing Chris.
"Cause girls like you run around with guys like me…" Riley sung as she approached the boys.
Josh started bumping his head to the song. "Aye! When I come through, I need a girl like you. Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah—"
"You skipped a whole verse!" Riley exclaimed, hitting her brother on his head. Josh began laughing.
Zay laughed, "So you and Lucas trading songs or something?" Riley's knitted eyebrows told Zay that she was confused. "Oh, my bad…he was listening to the song earlier. I just thought you two were trading or you know…" The looks from the other guys were basically screaming for him to stop. Lucas and Riley weren't necessarily on speaking terms, even though he apologized to her. Well, they have no bad blood against one another, but it felt a little awkward. Probably more so on Riley's part…"Well, I'm gonna…shit up now." That's probably best, Zay.
Out the corner of his eye, Chris could see Maya fuming as she walked (more like stomped) in Josh's direction. "Josh, Bro, trouble incoming…"
Josh was confused by what Chris was saying until he seen the little fireball of beauty himself. "Uhhh—" He managed to say before he was yanked away.
"Well damn…" Billy said, making the other two guys laugh.
Maya had dragged Josh into a secluded hallway and slammed him against the wall.
"Okay, what did I do?" Josh was scared out of his mind.
Maya shook her head. "Nothing, I'm just…Jennifer pisses me off." She told her.
Josh rolled his eyes then let out a sigh, "Listen, don't pay attention to that attention seeking h—"
"JOSH!" Maya hissed, slapping his arm. That's one thing that Josh liked about Maya: no matter how mad she was at a person, she wouldn't let anyone talk down about a person.
Josh mouthed an I'm sorry and rubbed his arm.
He paused for a minute and watched her face. A smile appeared on his face, "You're so f*cking hot even when you're not trying to be." Classic Josh.
Maya couldn't stop the heat on her cheeks. "Stop," she said and playfully slapped Josh's face.
"No, I'm serious. You're so f*cking cute even when you're pissed off about something." He laughed. "Damn, it's getting me all flustered right now."
"It's getting me all flustered right now, shut up!" She laughed, but that blush stayed very visible on her cheeks.
"You're so FREAKING CUTE!" Josh exclaimed again as he clenched his teeth. "Stop having this affect on me!" He grabbed his wallet out of his pocket then opened it before shielding his eyes with it.
Maya just laughed.
Then, she noticed the money sticking out of it. "Oooh, 100. Thanks, Josh." She announced before snatching it out of wallet.
"Oh my god, give it back!" He cried, chasing her down the hall.
When he finally caught up to her, he picked her up from the ground. "Put me down. Put me down. Put me down." Maya said quickly. One thing about Maya: she was afraid fo heights. Josh knew this.
"Give me my money, back." Josh told her.
"Here, I was giving it back anyways." She said, letting the money fall out of her hands. Unfortunately, it fell on the floor but that wasn't Maya's intention. "Now put me down!" She screamed.
"Ooh, this ass…" Josh said. He wasn't necessarily touching it with his hands, but his arms were wrapped around it so that she wouldn't fall and bust her head.
Maya started using her hands to push Josh's head back a couple times. Oh, he hated that and she knew it. "Put me down," She said, "NOW!"
He finally obeyed.
"Thank you!" She said before fixing her clothes.
Josh looked her up and down. "Damn, you even look hot when your clothes is all discombobulated."
Maya pushed him towards the doors. "Get out of here." She laughed.
They both continued to laugh and walk towards the door. As they neared it, Josh turned around. "Hey," he said before leaning down and stealing a quick peck on the lips. "You alright?"
Hell yeah, now I am. Maya wanted to say, but her mouth wouldn't allow her to do that.
"Why are you always stealing kisses?" She asked.
"What? I can't kiss you now?" Josh asked playfully before he lifted her off the floor. He went in for another one. He got it. "Are you gonna stop me?"
Maya chuckled, "No."
A smirk appeared on Josh's lips. "Like I thought…" He said before they went in for a full make out this time.
Maya couldn't sworn she fell a shock come from Josh's lips. If that told her anything, it said that this moment was one word: ELECTRIC. His lips suddenly moved to her neck then her breast before moving back up to her lips. Yes, he basically kissed them through her shirt.
"HEY!"
Maya started throwing punches at Josh. "You play so much!" She started screaming and laughing. In actuality, her heart was racing. Did the coach just catch them?
When they turned around, it was none other than…
"LUCAS!" Maya screamed. Josh just laughed as Maya jumped out of his hands and ran towards Lucas. "I swear, I'm going to beat your hillbilly ass if you ever tell anyone what you saw."
Lucas threw his hands up. "I won't." But, that didn't seem to stop Maya running towards him in full speed. His eyes went wide. "Oh sh*t!" He exclaimed before turning around and making a bee line for the door.
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"It felt like that woman was flirting with us. AND SHE'S 80 YEARS OLD! I've never felt so awkward in my life." Josh explained to Riley, Georgia, Maya, Lucas, Missy, Rachel, Billy, Chris, and Zay on the bus. They all laughed.
"Well, at least you learned something from today." Maya said. "I know I did about a particular someone." She turned her head and spots Jennifer, who was in the far back associating with someone.
"Well..." Josh wrapped an arm around Maya, and she just couldn't get enough of sweet Josh. "...we've done four hours of elderly duty and now we can go back to the gym and workout. Seriously, I am antsy when I can't work out."
"Hey," Zay whispered as he leaned over to talk to Billy. "Have you talked to Lucas?"
Billy shook his head. "No, but I asked to speak with him after we stop."
Zay smiled, "I'm so happy man. The bro's are back together!" He whisper-yelled.
Billy rolled his eyes, "Yeah yeah…get out ya little fantasy." He looked over at Jennifer, who was too busy amping it up with other guys. "She came and talked to me today."
"Jen?!" Zay was shocked. "You mean, Dirty Jen that got this whole Mr. Playlist thing started."
Jennifer was Billy's first official girl when he came to Flakesville. He was really in love with the girl until he found out that she was shacking it up with 3 other guys at the same time that she was with him. He was very hurt. When he went to get an explanation, she said that he was doing it for her. The other 3 guys knew where to hit her spot. Billy never got over that and never trusted women after. So, he made the playlist. However, even that, he felt like he was lying to himself. And now, he knew he was once he realized he couldn't sit around Zay without getting flustered.
"Yup," Billy nodded.
"What did she say?" Zay asked.
Billy shrugged, "She was seeing how I was doing. Then, she apologized for what she did. And then…" Billy paused and suddenly his eyebrows knitted together in confusion. "She asked about Lucas. In my head, I'm like…aren't you two done? Like, Lucas doesn't like girls like that. So, I told her that we're getting back on a good page—"
"Which is obviously a lie, because you two hadn't even talked yet." Zay added.
Billy gave him a really? face.
"Sorry," Zay apologized.
"But yeah," Billy said and shrugged, "I don't know. It was just interesting that she talked to me today. She tried to get info on Maya and Josh too, but I didn't have any to give her. So like, what the f*ck did she want me to say? Oh yeah, Maya and Josh have been raw dogging it since last month. Even if that was the case, why the f*ck are you so concerned with someone's relationship?!" He's getting it out of his system. "Let their sh*t prosper. Stop trying to ruin stuff like the messy b*tch that you are." Oh, damn Billy…
Zay pat Billy on the shoulder. "Yeah, man…don't let her get to you. But also, you need to shut this playlist thing down before it bites you in the ass." He told Billy.
Billy shrugged, "Well…"
"When you find the right person?" Zay asked him.
Billy looked into Zay's eyes. "I think I already did." Oh shit! Billy screamed in his head. Did I just say that out loud?
Zay didn't catch on.
Typical Zay Babineaux.
"Oh, are you forreal?" Zay exclaimed, "Amelia?"
Billy let out a sigh of relief. "No, but…no…I'm not telling you anything more." He laughed. "Mind your business."
Zay laughed, "That's what I need to be telling you. You're out here literally in everybody else's."
Billy gagged, "You're so f*cking nasty bro."
Zay threw his hands in the air. "Sorry, it needed to be said." They both laugh afterwards. "Good thing you're keeping it on the low tho."
Billy nodded, "Yeah I don't need everybody thinking I'm player. Gotta keep up the good front."
Da-Dup.
Da-Dup.
That sound sounded off too many times to count.
Lucas's heart sunk hearing people's phone go off. "Um," He could feel his chest rising up and down pretty fast.
Riley noticed this and moved over to sit with him. "Ok. Ok. It's ok." She told him. "Look at me, don't…oh my gosh, JOSH!" She called out.
Unfortunately, Josh didn't hear her due to all the text message alerts.
Player. No, literally an actual PLAYER. Not the football kind. Well, he is a football player. Guys, look at Billy Ross's Playlist. F*ckin girls on the daily. Ladies, beware. Check your v*ginas. You might have something crawling in there.
A picture of Billy's Playlist with a list of names was attached to it.
Zay's mouth dropped open. "Oh no…"
Billy, who hadn't read the text yet, looked over for a quick second. "What?" He asked before opening the text message.
His heart sunk.
Riley showed Lucas the text. "See, it's not about you." She told him. "You're okay." She calmed him down.
Weird to see Riley being the one to help Lucas through the anxiety of text alerts seeing as she was still a little bit hurt by him.
If Lucas's face could turn blue, it would've.
"That's not good." He said then semi-stood and leaned over the cushion in front of him. "Billy—"
"Don't. Say. Anything." Zay spoke slowly.
Billy looked on the verge of tears…or a meltdown. It was hard to tell nowadays.
Rachel, Chris, Maya, Josh, and Missy all turn their heads to Billy.
He looked up at everybody before he jumped up. "WHO THE F*CK DID THIS?!" He yelled.
"Billy, it's alright." Zay tried to calm him down. "Don't let it get to you."
"No," His voice broke. "Somebody is playing games. I would beat everybody's ass in this bus!" He yelled before moving to the middle aisle of the bus.
"Mr. Ross, please stay seated." Coach Lisa called out. "You're a grown adult. I shouldn't have to tell—"
"GIRL SHUT THE F*CK UP!" Billy turned and yelled at her.
"Oh my Gosh," Riley mumbled under her breath. It was all happening again.
Billy moved to Jennifer. "Was it you?" He asked.
Jennifer rolled her eyes. "Boy, I don't pay attention to you." She said then laughed, causing other people to laugh. "But at least you got the attention you always wanted…"
Lucas watched as Billy balled his fist.
He had to do something.
"Billy, stop it!" Lucas barked. "Sit down before you fall. The bus is moving."
Georgia tried to climb over a guy that was sitting next to her. "No, Lucas!" She tried to get his attention to sit down.
Billy turned to Lucas. "I know that Mr. Perfect." He said, bringing back a name that was given to him in middle school. "What's next: you're going to tell me how to live my life. Well newsflash for you, I'm not going to let that happen."
Lucas stood. "Dude, you really do need to chill." He said. "I promise, it's gonna be alright." Lucas unintentionally brushed the side of Billy's shoulder.
Billy pushed Lucas away, making him fall since the bus was still moving. "Hey! What's going on?!" The coach shouted.
It was hard for Lucas to stand, because the bus kept rocking. "Pretty boy here put his hands on me!" Billy roared. Lucas was still trying to stand. Billy took the opportunity and ran full speed before kicking Lucas dead in the face making him somewhat roll further back.
"LUCAS!" The girls (Riley, Maya, Missy, Georgia, and Rachel) screamed.
Josh's face turned red out of anger. He turned to Maya. "Tell me he did not just do that." He said before standing and charging towards Billy, who had his back turned to Josh. Josh jumped on Billy's back and put him in a choke-hold. "Not so strong now, aren't you?" Josh yelled as he wrapped his legs around him. Billy seemed to slowly lose strength as he took a knee.
The coach wobbly made his way to boys, but he's not fast enough. Billy eventually stood and threw Josh off his back to the back of the bus, landing near Lucas.
Josh groaned in pain and turned to Lucas, only to see him unresponsive. "Coach! Lucas is unconscious!" Josh was freaking out now.
Zay stood and shook his head. "Why in the hell would you—" He stopped when Billy looks at him. He slowly sat back down in his seat.
Billy stood there, looking like a human Hulk. Veins could be seen on his arms, and it freaked everyone out. "Calm down, Billy!" Riley shouted. Billy turns to look at Riley as if he's going to go after her. "It's not that serious! You could've actually hurt Lucas!" Her voice was breaking as she watched her brother try to slap Lucas awake.
Maya seen Billy inching closer. It caused her to step in front of Riley. "Think about what you're about to do, Billy." She said.
"Oh, I already thought about it." Billy was clearly hurt and was expressing it in anger. Maya gulped. "I don't need anybody telling me to calm down, because I am calm."
"No you're not!" Missy screamed. "Calm down, Billy!"
Suddenly, Billy was put in a hold from behind by the coach. "Calm down, boy!" The coach shouted. Coach wasn't putting force into the chokehold, because he didn't want to kill him. "That's it. Close your eyes." The coach said and Billy began to fade away. Soon, Billy was out and the coach gently lied him across a bus seat.
He pulled off his hat and rubbed a hand through his now wet hair. Everyone looked at the coach shockingly. "What?!" He exclaimed. "I might be almost fifty, but I'm still strong. Don't let my age fool you, now. I can knock put of you bustas out too."
"WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE GET US TO THE HOSPITAL?!" Josh yelled from the back.
The guy was full on crying now.
"Yes, I would like to report an assault—"
"Ms. Matthews, what are you doing?!" Coach Lisa yelled.
Riley pulled the phone away from her ear for a moment. "I'm doing what should've been done as soon as Billy pushed him to the back." Riley was fuming.
"I understand, Ms. Matthews, but there is a proto—"
"F*CK THAT PROTOCOL!" Chris yelled.
Zay was really concerned. He'd look at Rachel then back at Lucas then back at Rachel then back to his best friend. It felt like middle school all over again.
Maya leaned over to Riley, out of sight of the coaches. "Keep talking. We can't have him unconscious like this."
DO NOT OWN GIRLS LIKE YOU
Hope you all liked it. I don't know when's the next update, but I'm going to make it a priority to not have y'all waiting too long.
Also, Maya and Josh haven't had sex yet. Hope that wasn't confusing earlier in the chapter. I know some of you thought Billy was behind the leaks, but this may tell you otherwise. Riley may annoy you guys right now, but there's a reason for that (hopefully I don't forget it when the time comes to write that chapter). Oh, we got Savage Chris for the first time. Zay/Rachel will be heavily focused coming up soon. Just to let you know.
Who do you think is behind the leaks? (Leave your guesses in the comment section)
–Stormai