Doctor, Doctor (A Joult and Joshifer Story)

Chapter 21

*PRESENT*

{AN: Btw JEN is still watching the video of Josh singing... Josh has just finished singing the song and now he's talking...}

Joshy: I hope you like it Jenny. I'm a little rusty because I haven't played or sang in a while. I don't know why I said that of course you'll like it. Your probably ecstatic because I'm singing. To you, it doesn't matter if I sound like a dying horse...

He's right. It doesn't matter. It's just the point and intention that matter to me.

Anyways, I hope nothing major happened while I wasn't there. Actually, I have a surprise for you.

A surprise? What kind of surprise?

Turn to your right...

So I turn and there he is. Josh is standing in the doorway. He's wearing the same clothes he was wearing the day he left here. His hair is a mess, just like it was in the video, but he still looks handsome.

"Josh..." I whisper.

"Hey Jenny," Josh says in a soft voice. He walks into the room and closes the door behind him. As he walks closer to my bed, I can tell how tired he is. He must have not slept at all. "Can I sit?"

I nod and move my legs over (which causes a lot of pain... But I don't show it) so he has room. Josh sits, cross legged, so he's facing me.

"I'm sorry I left," Josh says not looking me in the eye.

"Where did you go?" I say feeling a little bit of that anger I felt when he left come back to me.

"I drove around for a day or two, then I got the idea to make the video, so I filmed it, then sent it to you and drive here."

"Oh."

"So..."

"So..."

"Er- I- I heard you talked with a counselor."

"Yeah..."

"I-I also head that you opened up to her... How come you can open up to a complete stranger but not to me, your best friend?" Josh says, his voice growing a tiny bit loud.

"I open up to you!" I say growing frustrated.

"That's a different opening up Jen!"

"How Josh? How is it different?"

"Because I can tell that there's more! That you aren't telling me the whole story!"

"I do to!"

"You don't Jen. You don't," Josh says, his voice growing quite again.

We stare at each other for a while then I break the silence, "How could you tell?"

"Because," he lifts his hand and runs his two fingers over the top of my ear, "This part of your ear will turn bright red."

I scrunch up my face and Josh laughs. Then, he slowly lowers his hand off of my face and onto his leg. I can still feel the ghost of his hand on my face. I don't want that feeling to go away.

As if he was reading my thoughts, Josh reaches for my hand and holds it tightly in his. I smile and Josh does the same.

We sit there like that for a while. It's silent but not an uncomfortable silent. Sitting there gives me time to think. I don't like thinking. It always causes problems and/or fights. "Are you going to leave again, Josh?"I whisper.

Josh sighs. "I-I don't know."

I nod and look down.

"I've been offered to do a lot of movies. I guess people really liked my acting skills."