A few minutes later, we where driving back to Josh's house. His hand was on my knee while I checked in the mirror how much damage my crying left to my face. There wasn't much, so I shut the mirror and took his hand. He rested our entwined fingers on the center console.
"So are your parent's waiting for me?" I asked.
"Yeah, but their in a completely different townhouse." He smiled.
"Are they excited to see me?"
"Ecstatic!" Josh smiled again. "They should be you're perfect."
"I'm not perfect." I giggled.
"To me you are, and you'll be the same to them." He told me.
I just smiled at him. He was beyond perfect himself.
We finally pulled onto a street full of separate townhouses. They where decently spaced out, but not very far away from each other. There was a big front yard, from what I could see. I am pretty sure there's a back too.
Porches held the big front doors, and flower pots where all over the place, in specific patterns. I was in awe.
I looked over at Josh and just smiled. He smiled back before he pulled into a driveway, I looked at the house in front of it, and it was red and big.
"This is ours, and the one next door on the right, is my parents. Lynn and I share this one and my parents and little sister share the one next door. And the one on the left is where my aunts usually stay." Josh explained.
"Is your whole family staying here?" I asked.
"No, not all only my aunt Lily and Uncle Frank live in the house on the left. They are my favorite." Josh smiled.
I nodded looking at the three houses. "Well, are we going to go?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'll grab your bags." Josh smiled and was out in a flash. I got out also, and followed him to the back to grab the bags. I told him I was able to carry a bag so I grabbed my duffel and he took the suitcase. We walked up to the house, and Josh got out a key and opened the door.
"Lynn and his girlfriend, Gia are staying here too. It's either them or with my parents, and I just thought that would be weird." He told me.
"That's fine, about your brother and his girlfriend. I'm excited to meet them." I smiled.
We made our way up the stairs, and Josh led me into a room. "Well, this is our room." He set my bag down on the ground and I set the other one next to it. There were 4 parts of the room. I walked through the first part; it was just a place to set stuff up in. There was a coat closet, a few chairs and a long table on the wall. The walls where painted a light gold. Then I walked over to the 2nd part, there was a TV, a couch, and a cabinet filled with DVD's and video games for the Wii. I then walked into the 3rd part, the bedroom. There was a bed, night stands on either side, a TV again, and a little couch. I gasped and Josh walked up behind me.
"Josh! You got me a king sized bed!" I gasped I turned around to face him.
"Yes I did, the old beds got old, like a few years. So I decided to go out and buy a new one." Josh smiled.
"You didn't have to do that! You know I was just joking about your queen bed." I smiled.
"I want you to be happy." He smiled and leaned in to kiss me. I kissed him back. He brought us over to the bed and all I was think was what we where about to do. And how anyone could walk in any second. I pulled away.
"Not now." I told him. He nodded and kissed me quickly one more time before he got off the bed.
"Let's go eat, I'm starving." I told him.
"Ok." So he took my hand, entwined it with his and walked me downstairs.
We made pasta and then finally went to eat it. We sat down and twirled the noodles on our spoons, and then took a bite. It was delicious. It was the best pasta I've had in a long time. I let out a big "Mhm." And Josh laughed at me.
"I'm glad you like it." He smiled. Then he leaned in to kiss me. I smiled and pulled away.
"I'm very happy I didn't set your house on fire!" I laughed.
"I wouldn't let you do that!" Josh smiled.
Once we finished eating, we cleaned the dishes and watched TV in the huge, hardwood family room. There was a big flat screen TV, a pool table, and surround sound. He wrapped his arms around me and I laid my head on his strong chest. He stroked my hair behind my ear, as we watched one of the movies on the 25 Days of Christmas special on ABC Family. Then the door opened.
"Josh?" Someone shouted. We both popped our heads up and untwined ourselves. We got up and Josh led me into the foyer.
"Lynn!" Josh shouted he hugged his brother. They where laughing and smiling, I was instantly feeling awkward.
"And Gia! This is my girlfriend Reed!" Josh introduced me. I smiled.
"This is Reed? What is she doing with you? She's hot!" Lynn smiled. His smile looked just like Josh's, identical.
"Lynn! Hey Reed, I'm Gia!" Gia had tan skin, and beautiful brown eyes. Her white smile lit the room. She shook my hand.
"And I'm Lynn!" Lynn smiled again and shook my hand.
"It's great to meet you guys." I smiled.
"You too." Gia said. "So you go to Easton too?" She asked.
"Yeah, last year was my first year, it was… interesting." I said.
"I was so home sick when I first started boarding school! I came home for a whole week, and told the school I had a really bad case of flu!" Gia laughed at her memory, I joined her too.
Josh and Lynn where talking about something completely different. So me and Gia started our own conversation.
"How long have you been in New York?" I asked her.
"I just got here two days ago. Me and Lynn go to college in Boston, and we sticked around there for a while. Spending time together before you know… we hung out with his parents." She smiled giving me a knowing look.
"I understand I was in St. Bart's with some of my friends before. And Josh was here the whole time." I told her.
"That must have sucked!" She said.
"It did." I told her. I looked over at Josh and he took my hand,
"Let's go see my parents!" He pulled me to him, and wrapped his arm around my shoulder. I smiled, grabbed my coat, and followed him out the door.
Hey! OMG! I would love to thank an anonymous reviewer, Kristi. She put a really nice and big review that made my day! Thanks again! And I'm pretty sure I'm going to grow up to write but you never know.
Anyways, sorry this was a shorter chapter, and I'm leaving Noelle and Dash out of it. And what bugs you guys the most, about Noelle's ring still in the box on the table! Mwah HAHA! You'll find out why probably in the next chapter!
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Peace out,
Lauren
