Chapter 3: "I Forgot the Flutter Nutters!"
Tuesdays at the Premiere were always particulary slow. So when Helen asked Josh to go to the storage room to get a couple of new boxes of "Flutter Nutters" he eyed her suspiciously. It wasn't until after he remembered the army of children that had been there for a school function the day before that he stopped worrying she'd had some sort of plot to lock him in there. Wouldn't really matter, he thought to himself, I'd be able to live off the snacks in there anyway. He made his way to the room.
"Ugh, now I remember why I hate this place," he said to himself as he made his way to the candy section.
It wasn't the nicest place to be. It was dark and sometimes the lights would flicker and make noises. It always sounded like someone was following you around. In fact someone was following Josh.
He turned around to see who it was and was startled when saw his step-brother was standing right in front of him.
"Ah! Drake, what are you doing? You can't come in here!"
"It's okay. Helen said I could come in to get some candy," he explained.
"Oh, okay. Well, uh could you give me a hand with these boxes?" Josh said as he motioned to the shelves directly behind him.
"Sure, just let me get through here..." Drake said as he tried to squeeze himself into the tight little corner they were in.
"Uh, dude..." he heard Josh say.
He was about to ask him what he wanted, but instead he noticed the unusual position he was in. There was virtually no space between them and when Drake looked up he was staring straight into Josh's eyes. Try as he might, though, he couldn't move...and not because he was stuck. Drake didn't want to move. He just stood there never taking his gaze off of Josh, who was now turning a shade of bright red. Drake pressed himself closer towards Josh.
"What are you doing? You-" he was cut off before he could say anything.
The next few minutes were a blur to Josh. He had every thought going through his head at a dizzying pace. Drake was kissing him and he didn't even know how to react. But despite the fact that he was so confused by it all, he never once tried to push him away. He just stood there feeling himself be kissed...and kissing Drake back.
They could have been there all day if their moment hadn't been interrupted by a loud yell.
"JOSH!"
His eyes widened when he realized who it was. Drake took his arms off from around Josh's neck and moved to the side just in time as Helen rounded the corner.
"There you are! What is taking you so long, boy!"
"I...uh...I was just, uh...talking. Talking to Drake about...about our homework!" Josh lied as he smiled.
"Oh, hi, Drake. You're lookin' handsome today," she complimented him.
"Thank you, Helen. So are you." he said, returning the favor. He started to walk toward the door, then turned around and gave his step-brother a little wink. "See ya, Josh!"
"Okay, Josh. Get the candy and get back to work before I get angry." Helen said as she followed Drake.
"Before?" Josh muttered under his breath. He stood still for a minute and sighed. Still feeling the warmth of Drake's lips on his, he put a hand on his stomach. It felt like there were a million butterflies in it. "What's going on?" he asked himself. He shook his head to clear his thoughts and started to walk out. Once he was out the door, he noticed Helen was standing across from him, hands placed on her hips and an angry look on her face. He thought for a moment before he remembered that he'd forgotten what he went in for in the first place. He let out a little yelp and ran back in and out with the boxes of Flutter Nutters. Josh gave Helen the boxes with a smile before she snatched them away from him and walked away, grumbling.
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The rest of the work day passed by too slowly for Josh. All he could think about was what had happened in the storage room...and how it had made him feel. Why? was the only thing he kept asking himself. He was snapped out of his thoughts when an angry customer shouted at him for not paying attention.
"Oh, uh. I'm- I'm sorry, ma'am," he apologized "here's your popcorn."
"I ordered a soda," she corrected him bitterly.
Josh handed her the soda and exhaled a little before getting back to wiping the glass of the counters.
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"Good night, Helen!" Josh said as he grabbed his things and left the theater for the night.
"Yeah, yeah..." he heard her say. Josh just chuckled.
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He had planned on talking to Drake that night. He wanted to tell him what he'd felt. He wanted to let Drake know that it was the best kiss he'd had in a long time. He wanted to...until he found Drake asleep.
"You're always asleep," he laughed a little and turned in for the night. Not that it did him any good. He couldn't sleep. As he watched the clock on the desk next to his bed, he kept thinking about the day's events, or rather the one specific one that seemed to have taken over his mind. Then he remembered something important. What am I gonna tell Mindy?
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Note: That chapter was a little longer and they're gonna keep getting longer. Now that I have more feedback I can write about more things.
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