Chapter Three

Joshua could only smile as Roya was a nervous wreck; while driving to the restaurant, she started doing her nervous babbling that she always did when her nerves where shook.

"Ro, relax. They are cool people, there is no need to be nervous. They are no different from Jon and I. They are very cool, easy to talk with and fun." he commented as he placed a hand on her shoulder. He could feel how tense that she was.

"Hush your basic mouth; they are the Bellas." Roya stated as he laughed. She was adorable when she was nervous.

"There is the spot." Joshua said as she found parking space in front of the restaurant and braced herself. Fixing her glasses, she straightened her shirt as Joshua stepped out of the car and walked around to open the door for her.

"Dude your shoulder is hurt, I should be opening doors for you." she stated

"I'm a gentleman even at fifty percent." he smiled as she took his hand and he helped her out the car. As they were walking into the restaurant, Roya gushed at how beautiful it was; it was a sushi place that had a modern feel with traditional Japanese influence. While she was looking around her eyes landed on Nikki Bella waving to them. Her heart was pounding as they walked over. Oh my god they are so beautiful! I look like shit right now, I should have dressed better. Who wears leggings and an ugly shirt to meet the Bellas? Roya scolded herself.

"Hey loves." Nikki greeted as she and Brie stood up to hug Joshua, "And this must be the pretty lady the boys are always talking about."

"All good things I hope but knowing them it will probably be embarrassing." Roya replied with a shy smiled

"Great things and funny stories," Nikki reached out to hug her, followed by Brie, "I love this shirt; Victoria Secret right?"

"Yes! It is actually." Roya replied

"Super cute." Nikki commented

"So Josh has also told us that you are apart of the Bella army." Brie smiled

"Guilty as charged." Roya commented nervously

"No need to be nervous hun, at the end of the day we are still regular people. Josh and Jon are your best friends, but to others they are super stars. Look at us just like you look at them." Nikki stated

"I appreciate that." Roya said as she slowly relaxed. As they ordered food and started talking more, Roya's nervousness went away as she was becoming fast friends with the twins. They were just as cool and down to earth as Joshua had said. After hearing her side of the many stories that the guys had told them, the Bellas could see why the guys liked Roya so much. She also told them how much her and her best friend Tyler were inspired by them. Brie took note at how Joshua looked at Roya and smiled. She had been one of the few people that he had expressed to about his true feelings. She knew that he was in love with Roya and it showed. The two were adorable, Joshua didn't know how to properly use chopsticks so Roya was trying to teach him. She laughed as Roya playfully smacked his hand when he wouldn't listen to her. Roya was so busy enjoying herself that she didn't notice her phone was ringing like crazy until she went in her bag for some mints. Taking her cellphone out, she was surprised to see that she had various missed calls and text messages. The majority was from Darren and a few from Tyler. Apparently Darren had arrived earlier than expected and Tyler tagged along with him. She could only imagine how that trip went. Tyler and Darren weren't exactly the best of friends; there had been many times that she had to stop Tyler from throwing a shoe or two at him.

"Something up Ro?" Joshua asked snapping her out of her thoughts, he noticed she was quiet and had a annoyed expression on her face.

"No, just Darren and my best friend Tyler are here. Darren decided to leave a few days early." she replied

"Sound like we get to meet boyfriend and the illustrious Tyler." Brie commented

"That gives me a great idea, why don't we have a little get together tonight? We haven't hung out with Josh and Jon for a while and I don't want the fun with our new bestie to end just yet." Nikki suggested

"Sounds good to me." Joshua said as the group agreed to met back at the guys' house in a few hours. He and Roya left the restaurant to pick up Darren and Tyler from the airport. While Roya was driving, Joshua noticed how annoyed she was. He wondered why she wasn't excited about Darren being there unannounced. If she was in love with him, she should be beside herself with joy.

"Penny for your thoughts?" he asked while sitting in the back of the car

"Huh?" she was dazed for a bit as her focus was on the road and hoping this wasn't Darren trying to pry on what was happening while she was away with the twins. He already disliked the fact that she came to visit them and probably didn't believe her when she said there was nothing going on. He could be so overbearing.

"You seem annoyed Darren showed up like this." Joshua stated

"...I'm just worried he and Tyler will get into arguments. If they haven't already." Roya replied

"Tyler doesn't like him?" he asked

"They have...differences." she sighed

"Interesting." Joshua commented

"Don't do that; anytime you say "interesting" you pry into shit." she said

"I'm not prying into anything, I don't even know the guy...yet. So you can relax. He is innocent until proven guilty." Joshua replied

"Sure." she knew better than to believe that

"Pull into this area." he said as they arrived at the airport

"I think I see Tyler." Roya unfastened her seatbelt and went in search of the two. Joshua watched as she moved past a few people then suddenly stopped as she found Darren. He leaned down and kissed her. Joshua groaned as he felt a sudden sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach. Roya hugged Tyler and they all started walking back to the car. Putting their bags in the trunk, Darren sat up front with Roya and Tyler took the backseat. As he opened the door and sat down, he saw Joshua for the first time.

"Jesus Christmas! You're Jey Uso!" Tyler squealed as Joshua smiled

"Hey, nice to meet you. Feel free to just call me Josh." a blush rose to Tyler's face as Joshua put his hand out to shake.

"Mmmm okay,... Josh. The pleasure is all mine," Tyler was eyeing Joshua like he was steak, "Strong grip. I admire that in a man."

"You also admire money so what's your point?" Darren said under his breath but they all heard it

"Darren!" Roya said annoyed

"It's alright Roya, Darren is just trying to show his balls in front of company," Tyler smirked as Darren was about to say something but Joshua interrupted

"So hey, what's up man? Nice to meet you." Joshua greeted as he put his hand out for him, Darren narrowed his eyes at his hand for a moment before reaching out for it. With a strong grip, it seemed like Darren was trying to squeeze his hand a little too hard. You got the wrong one bruh, Joshua thought as he squeezed back just as hard. Soon Darren released his grip as he was no match for Joshua.

"Yeah, nice to finally meet Roya's childhood friends." Darren commented as Joshua smirked. Tyler playfully slapped Joshua's knee and smiled

"I like you already, new friend." Tyler said

"So, tonight the Bella twins are coming over to the house for a get together." Roya said as she started driving

"WHAT!" Tyler practically yelled

"I met them earlier and they wanted to meet you guys too." she said

"Oh my god. This makes that plane ride with Darren worth it." Tyler commented

"Wasn't a thrill ride for me either." Darren sighed as he placed Roya's free hand in his. Joshua noticed and felt that same sinking feeling return. Just ten minutes and he already didn't like Darren. He seemed like an asshat and made him want to powerbomb him. But for Roya, he would keep his cool. He just hopped when Jonathan met him, he would be able to keep his cool as well. Unlike him, he didn't know how to "play nice" when he disliked someone. Especially when it came to Roya as she was basically family to them.