Love Me, Hate Me, Either Way, You're Thinking Of Me... {Completed}

We Need Each Other

UNEDITED!

Sapphire’s P.O.V

Escaping the crowd that was once again clogging up the front door, I made my way to Joshua. He was in the driver's seat when I first saw him, but the moment we locked eyes he hopped out of his car. 

“Maybe next time you should park around the block,” I informed Joshua as he opened his mother’s passenger car door for me.

“Maybe we should give them something to stare at,” Joshua said as I stood there by the opened door.  Slowly, Joshua leaned down. My breath hitched slightly as his mouth zoomed in towards my lips. Right before his lips landed on mine, he turned his head and moved his mouth to my ear. “That is what you get for teasing me this morning in the car.” With that he moved away from my face and grinned at me with a victorious smile.  

Pouting, I got in the car; he chuckled and closed the door behind me.

Walking around Joshua got in and started the car. “Come on Sapphire, don’t pout.”

I ignored him as he started the car and started to drive. Looking out the window I sighed today was such a long day and it felt like a lifetime since I was in this car, even though I knew it was just this morning.

The sound of a little child talking gibberish made my head snap to the back seat. Looking back, I saw Noah’s car seat and little hands moving wildly.

I smirked, “since you brought Noah, you are forgiven.”

Joshua snickered and looked at me for a second before facing the road again. “So, what is it that you wanted to talk to me about?”

Straightening in my seat, I tried not to melt under the smell of the clean car and Joshua’s rosemary smell that was suddenly waffling the air around me. “Ummm, well, uhhh, a group of my friends were having a group date Friday evening ... and I was wondering if you wanted to go ... with me.”

Silence consumed the car as we slowed to a stop light. When the car came to a full halt, Joshua looked at me. “About that,” he began to say.

It was at that moment that my heart panged in sadness ... he didn’t want to date me ... Joshua doesn’t want to go out with me ... should have seen this coming ... I bet he thinks I am an immature brat. Yep, that is it ... he certain doesn’t like me....

“Why are you crying?” Joshua abruptly asked as the light turned green and he started down the street again. .

Realizing that I was in fact weeping, I wiped my tears off my cheeks and begged myself not to produce more. “I wasn’t crying ... there was something in my eyes,” I lied.

Pulling to the side of the road, Joshua put on his emergency lights. Turning to me he gave me a warm smile. “Sapphire, what is wrong?”

“Nothing,” I looked away from him and gazed out the window. My intention was not to look at him and allow Joshua to see the pain I was going through. I really didn’t want him to do this to me ... I knew we had not really talked about us, but still it felt like we were going somewhere. After all there was dynamite sparks between us.

My heart definitely could not take being crushed twice in one day...

Yes, admittedly talking to Blake broke my heart in two. I did really like him... but it clicked with me that he wasn’t feeling the same.

“Don’t lie to me, Sapphire,” Joshua pleaded as he interrupted my train of thought.

Keeping my face turned from him, I replied. “I’m not lying to you Josh.”