Play My Game--Cosh Fanfic

Chapter 21

Chapter 21

Josh POV

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"Hey dude." Mikey says walking next to my locker.

I wave staring down at my phone.

"Woah. What happened to your eye?" Mikey asks.

"I got into a fight with nick." I say still looking down at my phone.

Mikey sighs, "You do know the bet's almost over. Then you don't have to be pulled down anymore."

I look up, "What do you mean?"

"Well you don't have to be with Chloe anymore. You told me you didn't know how long it will last with her."

I turn towards him, "I never said that."

"Well I've heard it somewhere." Mikey says.

I look over at the door and see Chloe walk in.

"Chloe!" I yell running over to her.

She starts walking over and wraps her arms around me.

"Hi." She says into my shoulder.

"Hey." I smile.

I release her from my grip and she looks at me and smiles.

"How are you?" She asks pulling up my bruised arm.

I nod, "Alright. I told my mom I was running last night and fell down a hill."

She laughs, "And she believed it?"

"Yeah." She looks at me, "It was a small hill." I add.

She grabd my hand and we start walking towards her locker.

"Have you seen Nick lately?" Chloe asks.

"No. But, I will keep an eye out."

I feel Chloe's eyes piercing into me like knives.

After a few seconds of staring Chloe asks, "Can we talk after school in the courtyard?"

I nod, "Of course. Is everything alright?"

"Yeah I just need to talk to you about something." She opens her mouth to say something else but then closes it and turns her head to the hallway in front of her.

Chloe POV

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My shoes crunch on the gravel in the courtyard.

I find a bench and slide my skirt under my legs to sit down, waiting for Josh.

He comes out of the side building holding a few textbooks. When he meets eyes with me he smiles.

Josh sits down next to me. "What's up?" He asks.

I hesitate, "I want to know something."

He looks at me confused, "Know what?"

"I want to know if you are just acting."

"Acting?" He questions.

I nod a few times, "I don't want this to be something that it isn't supposed to be. You have a not so good reputation here, and I'm not sure if that reputation is good in this relationship. What I mean is I don't want you being someone your not. If you don't want to be with me than don't. I am not forcing you and no one else is forcing you either. If you don't love me or even want to go out with me. I understand I just want the truth."

Josh looks down at his hands, "I do love you. I want to be with you and nobody is forcing me to go out with you. I needed a tutor and once you knocked some sense into me it made me feel something. Something about you was different than all the other girls. You are special Chloe and I love you and want to be with you."

I smile, "Promise?"

Josh smirks, "Promise."

My phone starts buzzing. I look down and see a familiar number. I hit reject right away.

"Who was that?" Josh asks.

I look over at him, "Nobody just my.....dad."

It then went silent for a few minutes. Josh finally looks over at me and asks, "Tell me about your dad."

I sigh and close my eyes, "When I was around 2 years old my dad started to drink... alot. He would always go out and sleep with girls while he was married to my mom. I never really understood what happened until one day he just left. Some days he would come back to my house and I would hear him and my mom yelling at eachother. I was around 5 then. And then after that he never came back. When I was 14 he called me. I answered not knowing it was him. He told me he would fight for me but I didn't want him to because I knew what would happen." A tear falls from my cheek and Josh wipes it away. "He always calls me and tries to come over to the house somedays. I just don't want anything to happen where I regret ever trying to talk to him." I add.

I look down and a few more tears fall from my cheek. Josh grabs my hand interlocking his fingers into mine.

"Josh you're the only one I have told this too. Besides Paige."

He grins and pulls me close placing his lips on mine softly. The bell rings and he pulls away and sighs.

We start walking inside. "Come to my hockey game tomorrow?" Josh asks.

"I wouldn't miss it." I say. Josh opens the door and leads me inside.////end of chapter 21