Odds in Our Favor: A Joshifer Fanfic

Chapter 26

[Song: I Will Never Let You Down - Rita Ora]

Jen's POV:

As we eat some weird looking pancakes and eggs, Josh scrolls through his Twitter. Eventually out of the corner of my eye, I see his mouth drop open. I glance over at him. I hear him whisper, "Francis tweeted it?" I put down my forkfull of pancake and ask, "What did he tweet?" Instead of responding, he turns his phone to show me.

Francis Lawrence @Hibbits

"Cute trio."

Attached to the tweet is a picture. But not just any picture. The EXACT PICTURE that Francis sent me this morning of Josh, Bear and I from yesterday on set. I didn't know whether to be mad that the picture was now exposed to millions of Hunger Games fangirls dying to see Josh and I together, or if I should just be cool with it because they would've found out eventually anyway. From the look on Josh's face, he must feel the same way.

"Umm..." is all I can say. Josh gives me an uncomfortable grin. I shrug my shoulders. "I dunno, Joshy. I mean I GUESS I'm not mad, necessarily, its just unexpected." He nods, saying "Not something I expected Francis to do." I nod in agreement. I sigh, and respond "Well, I guess it's a good way to tell the fans." I pause. "Besides, it's not like we're KISSING or anything in the picture, we're just holding hands... and it's all 3 of us." He nods, shrugging his shoulders now. Before going to put his dish in the sink, he says "Whatever."

As I'm sitting there in silence, I hear something shatter. I stand up and walk quickly into the kitchen to see what happened. Josh is staring down at a broken plate on the kitchen floor, his face frozen with a tiny bit of fear and embarassment. "Jen, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..." I interrupt him with a kiss. I feel him relax as we kiss. "Josh, it's okay." I whisper to him, and put a hand up to his cheek. My eyes lock into his gaze, and I notice something different. "Josh, what's wrong?" I ask. He quickly responds "Nothing." I give him a look. "Josh... We've been at least friends for years now. I can tell when something's wrong." He sighs. "It's not important, Jennifer. Nothing to be worried about." I chuckle a little. "Really? You NEVER call me Jennifer... Joshy. Just like I never call you Joshua." He laughs with a sigh. "I don't think ANYBODY calls me Joshua." He flashes a smile and leans against the kitchen counter as I grab a broom to clean up the shattered plate.

"This is just like the last picture of us that was sent out to the world." He says. "We don't have any privacy." I stop sweeping the plate to look at him. "Josh... We're actors. We display ourselves on ginormous movie screens and expect for people to not notice us? Is that what you're saying?" He shrugs. "I don't know what I'm saying anymore, Jen." I look at him with concerned eyes when he buries his face in his hands.

I set down the broom and pull him into a hug. Because he's shorter than me, he can rest his head on me, which to this day I still find hilarious. But I don't laugh this time. Instead I'm standing in his embrace, with a hand on his back. We stand in each other's embrace for a long time until he breaks away, a small smile creeping up on his face. He kisses me. "I love you." He whispers. "I love you more." I reply. He gives me a look "Not possible, Jen. That is physically not possible, I hate to inform you." I laugh. "I don't think so."

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Happy Valentine's Day! :D <3

-Jackie