"Just Friends?" – A Joshifer Fan Fic

– Chapter 3 –

– Jennifer –

It's been three days since me and Josh had our talk. We've been a little more flirty than usual, but we haven't kissed, or done anything more. I decided to wait until Nick came, and I broke things off with him, before starting anything with Josh. I was so excited to start my relationship with Josh, but so nervous to end things with Nick. How would he react? What am I supposed to say? When should I do it? Tonight? Tomorrow? Right before he leaves to go home? I'm so confused, and Nick's plane should be landing any minute. I'm waiting for him to arrive and biting my nails nervously. I'm looking around trying to find something, anything to distract me. Then we make eye contact and he smiles. Nick. He's smiling and walking fast towards me. I try and force a smile on my face as he picks me up and spins me around in a hug. While I'm in his arms all I can think about is how I'd rather be in Josh's. I feel like such a shitty person.

"Jen! I missed you so much! How are you?" Nick says. "I'm good, I'm really enjoying myself here in Atlanta." He can tell I'm being quiet, not my usual loud, crazy self. "I'm just tired," I say without him even having to ask. This is going to be harder than I thought. On the car ride to my hotel we sit there in silence holding hands, and smiling at each other. I feel sick to my stomach. How am I supposed to do this, how am I supposed to hurt this man I once loved very much?

Once we get into my hotel room, Nick pushes me against the wall and kisses me. I feel nothing; no spark, no connection, no love. He pushes off of me, and stares into my eyes angrily and says, "Jen, what the hell is going on? You can't even look into my eyes, you're barely kissing me, and you've been quiet this whole time. Why don't you just tell me what the fuck is wrong?" That is one of the things I dislike about Nick, his temper. Josh never gets angry like this, especially with me. Fuck Jen, stop thinking about Josh. Now is the time, you have to do this now.

"Nick," I take a deep breath, "We need to break up." There, I said it, no sugar coating. I'm so nervous for his response that I may have peed a little. "What the fuck, Jen! Where is this coming from? I thought we were in this for good? I thought we would get married one day! Why the fuck are you doing this! You have to be joking!" Nick yells. Now I'm even more nervous. I can't tell him the truth, about Josh; he would flip out ten times worse. "Being here, shooting in Atlanta, is making me realize how important my career is to me, how I don't want to, and can't, focus on anything else right now except that. You need to accept that." "Bull shit! I don't have to accept anything," he's still yelling, "I can't believe you would do this to me." He looks sad now, and I feel even more horrible. I mean, I did love him once, so this hurts more than I hoped it would. Then my phone starts ringing. Oh no. Nick picks it up and glares at the screen. "JOSH HUTCHERSON? Why the fuck is he calling you when he knows you're with your boyfriend, Jennifer? Huh?" Fuck. Him and Josh never did get along. Nick always accused me of liking Josh more than friends and I always denied. "Ex-boyfriend," I whisper. Nick throws my phone against the hardwood floor, and the screen shatters. That's the final straw, I've never been more certain of a decision in my life. I'm now screaming, "Get the fuck out of my hotel, Nick. Don't contact me again, and leave Atlanta now. Go home. I'm done with you." He storms out of my hotel room and slams the door. Somehow I feel like that isn't the last I'll see of Nicholas Hoult.

– Josh –

I can't help but smile when I look at my phone. Jennifer is calling me back. "Hey there, pretty lady," I answer. "Josh…," she barely says. She's hysterically crying. "Jen, oh my god. Are you okay? Do you want me to come over?" "Please…," "I'm on my way."

Three minutes later I knock on her hotel room door, and when she answers she is still crying. I quickly hug her, and we walk into her room and sit down on the bed, with my arms still around her. She tells me the whole story about what happened with Nick. I have never been so angry in my life, and I want to find Nick right now and kick his ass. "Jen, I am so sorry that I called you, I didn't know when he would be here. I feel so horrible. I was the reason he freaked out and screamed at you. He didn't hit you did he? Did he hurt you?" I'm getting angrier by the second. She swears he didn't lay his hands on her, and I instantly calm down. After about 10 minutes of talking and hugging, we lay down in her bed and we both fall right asleep.

– Jennifer –

I wake up with tear stained cheeks. I lay there with Josh's heavy arms around me, he's still sound asleep. I can't help but think of yesterday's events. I was extremely happy that I was single, but still worried that Nick is still here in Atlanta, and is plotting to hurt me, or Josh. I would die of embarrassment if he came to set and made a scene, screaming at us. I get my phone and text my friend, Zoë, and she tells me that Nick is back in L.A. and she talked to him. She says he calmed down a lot since he stormed out of my hotel room, and now I'm feeling happier. I roll over and stare at Josh, sleeping like a baby. He really is gorgeous, and now I am free to be his, and he can be mine. Josh wakes after a few minutes of me staring at him smiling, and we talk for a little, while we cuddle.

I can't take it anymore. I want Josh so badly. I grab his neck and pull him, and we kiss for the first time. Making out with Josh was the most amazing thing ever. I felt like the happiest girl in the world, not to mention the luckiest. After what seemed like an eternity we broke apart, staring into each other's eyes. "I love you Jennifer," he says, and he catches me off guard. I knew that I was in love with Josh, and he was in love with me; but hearing him say it, made my heart skip a beat. "I love you Josh," I say back, and his amazing smile appears, and I can't help but smile myself. So we lay there until we had to go to set, and I know neither one of us didn't want to get up. But we did, and once we got to set we were back to acting like Jen and Josh, best friends. We really have to decide what we're going to do about our relationship, and who is going to know about us.