Odds in Our Favor: A Joshifer Fanfic

Chapter 22

*A few months into Jen + Josh's relationship*

Josh's POV:

Jen and I have been going back and forth from her house to mine over the weeks we've been living together.

I wake up in Jen's house. I do one of those awkward stretches where you're still laying down, and then just lay there. In the background, I can hear the hum of the vent in the hall and the shower running in the on-suite. I smile when I realize that Jen's actually singing in the shower this time. She even told the interviewer for one of the Mockingjay Part One interviews that she didn't even sing in the shower, but here she was, singing.

"When your legs don't work like they used to before
And I can't sweep you off of your feet
Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love?
Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?"

I laugh to myself when I remember the cover I did for that song. It still blows my mind how the entire cast loved it. I was sure I was going to suck at singing. The fans will support it, though. I hope they'll love it.I find myself subconsciously starting to sing the song.

"And, darling, I will be loving you 'til we're 70
And, baby, my heart could still fall as hard at 23"

We find ourselves doing a mini duet without Jen even knowing... Unless she can hear me? Probably not though, because of the water.

Jen walks out with some baggy clothes, brushing her hair. "Nice singing." I tell her. She laughs. "That was a good one, Joshy! Really funny joke!" I give her a look. "Jen, I'm serious. Your voice is pretty." She smiles. "Thank you." She pecks me on the cheek.

I grab my phone. Jen picks up her phone and gestures at me with the hand holding her phone. "Did you get a text from Franco about when we're doing the epilogue scene?" She asks. I shake my head no. "I assume we'll be doing it soon though. It's almost March. We just have to get rid of this damn snow." I reply. She nods. "Hey, at least we didn't get it as bad as up north." I laugh a little. "They got it pretty bad this year."

Almost freakishly on cue, our phones buzz at the exact same time. Jen and I can't help it, we burst out laughing. It's probably because our phones still have the same generic "bing" that iPhones have, and it happened to ring at the same time, so it made this really loud bing. When we finally calm down, both of us check our phones. Francis texted us in the group chat.

Francis: Hey Jen and Josh, what do you guys think of filming the epilogue in a week or so? 2 weeks? We're gonna have to set up a mini set, so I'm just asking ahead

I look at Jen. "Blonde. Hair. AGAIN!" I hiss. Jen laughs. I start whining. "Joshy, your hair looks fine when it's blonde. Truth be heard, it looks sexy on you." She comments, licking her lips. I roll my eyes with a smile. "See, Jen, it's all about the shade. The hair that I had during Catching Fire... that was a good shade. The first movie's shade was dark, and Mockingjay's was too light." Jen laughs. "Josh, it was the same color! BLONDE!" I change my voice to a little kid's voice and whine, "Nuh uh!" She mimics me. "Yuh huh! It totally was!" I go back to my normal voice. "Catching Fire's was like an ashy blonde, like Peeta's supposed to have...." Jen cuts me off. "Josh, they'll fix it in post, stop whining about your hair." I stick my tongue out at her with a grin, unlocking my phone and responding to "Franco"

Josh: Well Franco

Francis: Don't call me Franco, Josh. We don't need another Liam.

Liam: Oi! What did I ever do to ya, Franco?

Jen cracks up again. I smile down at my phone.

Josh: I'm cool with whenever, just let me know a few days in advance so I can dye my hair another random shade of blonde.

Francis: Coolio. Will do.

Josh: You know, if I do another really weird random shade of blonde, we could do another movie after Mockingjay.

Liam: ??

Josh: 50 Shades of Blonde starring Peeta Mellark.

Jen totally looses it at this. "Oh my god Josh!!" I start laughing like crazy with her.

Liam: omg josh lol

Jena: HA!

Josh: finnick can be the guy with the helicopter

Sam: YES

Francis: I don't even want to know if you guys have seen that movie. ._.

Sam: lol

Francis: All im asking josh is that you don't become a ginger peeta.. it'll make the editors jobs so much harder

Josh: lol don't worry Franco I'm gonna try to get it as close as I can...

Francis: Good

Josh: ....to the Catching Fire shade.

Sam: CF Peeta hair is on point

Josh: Basically <3

Francis: Josh is Jen still sleeping or is she just choosing not to respond?

Jen glances over at me with a smirk.

Jen: Present. Was just laughing my ass off from this convo

Sam: OHAI

Jen: Same for me, Francis. I'm up for whatever

Jena: You need a bud light if you're up for whatever. oh and a lifesize pacman game

Josh: that super bowl commercial though

Sam: classic

Francis: Coolio. Thanks you two. How about we do 2 weeks from now? Then all the snow probably would have melted by now and Josh has time to choose between shade 2 or shade 3 or shade 25 or whatever of the 50 shades of blonde

Josh: haha cool

Jen: coolio franco

Sam: COOLIO! How many bloody times are you all gonna say COOLIO! BLOODY HELL

There's a pause.

Jen: Coolio

I burst out laughing. "You sneaky girl." I whisper to Jen. She grins. She puts her phone down and flops down on the bed. I flop down next to her. She whispers, "Well, Josh, I guess it's time we start finding you that perfect ASHY BLONDE you speak of." I chuckle, whispering back "Time to dust off that wig, Katniss Everdeen." She smiles and kisses me.

We're going to visit Panem one last time.