Anything But Ordinary ☯ Josh Hutcherson [unedited]

Chapter 10

Liz's POV

"Josh, are you waiting for the sun to set because you'll have to wait three more hours and I get bored quickly. Just tell me what you've been thinking about me all day already!" I exclaimed and he looked up at me.

"Liz.... I just... I like you" he said hesitantly.

"You said that already" I said in a bitchy tone, I got exasperated very fast when people kept going around the bush instead of straight to the point.

By this time I had ate my food and still he hadn't said anything besides the same things over again but in different orders and it was driving me crazy!

"You know what? Forget it, I'm just going back to my room and rest for a bit, have a lovely day" I spat out and walked away. When I got in the elevator and turned to punch the bottom, Josh was standing in front of me and he pressed it for me then the doors slid closed.

"I like you a lot Liz, but you are so different from all the girls I've liked so I'm on unknown territory.... and dating actresses is always risky; especially talented ones that could fool you like an experienced old magician. How do I know you're not going to play me?" he asked softly.

The elevator did a ding announcing we were on my floor but Josh hit the button to close the doors again so I couldn't get out.

"Answer" he said, his attention back on me.

It was hard for me to even move because he was standing right in front of me, our faces inches apart as he looked me straight into my eyes trying to find the truth in them.

"When I told you I had been acting to hurt you, up there at the waterfall you said that you didn't care.... why do you care now?" I asked slowly.

"Because I just saw what you're capable of doing when playing a role and my confidence went to hell" he confessed.

"Good, that was getting kind of annoying. I like it better when I'm the one on the driver's seat" I said with a wink and he let out a frustrated sigh.

"See what I mean? How am I supposed to know if that is really you or you're just messing around?" he asked exasperated.

"You don't. You just enjoy the ride" I said before wrapping my arms around his neck and pulling him down to kiss him. He kissed me back, but I could taste his frustration and his worry mixed with the want.....

He wanted me, badly. But he was scared I was going to hurt him, and break his heart just like I had intended to do in the beginning.

It was very a confidence boost to know you had to power to make a guy like Josh fear wanting you just because he didn't know if you were going to be real to him.

"You'll take what you get, nothing more, nothing less..... then you'll be mine" I whispered in his mouth.

"What about you.... how do I get you?" he breathed in my lips.

"I don't have the answer to that. No guy has ever owned my heart.... you'll have to figure it out" I said before kissing him again but when I tried to go for passion, Josh took it to tenderness.

He really was going to take the challenge, good luck to him....

Josh's POV

I kissed her softly, gently and even though all I had intended was to show her sweetness, I got caught up in it. I kissed her lips one more time before pulling away so my brain could start working again because I'm sure it shut down not long after we started kissing.

I took a deep breath and then noticed the shocked expression on Liz's face.

"What's wrong?" I asked worried. She ignored me and pushed the button for the doors to slid open, once they did she ran away from me without a glance back. What on earth was going on?

I went back to my room and sat on my bed. I don't know how long I sat there looking down at my hands but when I heard a knock on the door I looked at the window and the sun was setting.

Slowly I made my way to the door, unlocked it and opened it.

Liz was standing in front of me.

"What do you want?" I asked and surprised myself at how tired I sounded. She just stood there looking uncomfortable, not knowing what to say.

"Want to come inside?" I asked, trying not to sound impolite.

I had kissed her in a way I didn't know I could kiss anyone and all she did was run away without one word, my ego was hurt.

I opened the door wider and hesitantly she walked inside. She sat at the edge of my bed and looked anywhere but me. I stood there with my hands folded in front of my chest for like two minutes until I realized she wasn't talking.

"Did you come here to stare at my room?" I asked a little rashly but that got her attention.

"No" she whispered.

"I came to apologize for earlier" she stated, still not meeting my cold gaze.

"Why?" I asked blatantly.

"Because... well because it wasn't cool of me to leave like that, you didn't deserve that" she said and for all I knew she sounded sincere.

"Okay" I said simply, not really won over yet. She looked at me then and walked over and stood in front of me.

"Josh, I'm sorry okay? I'm not good apologizing because I never do it..... and I've never met a guy like you.... who wants me so much that it scares him. I like it. I like you. But I'm not good at the romance stuff, you can't expect me to know how the hell I'm supposed to react to that kiss you gave me, because I don't know how to react to it, because I've never been kissed like that okay! Since the incident (which she said slowly and referring herself to the rape she was a victim of three years ago by her fathers bastard best friend) all men have been evil in my eyes. Then you come along and.... you're different and now I don't know what to do" she said softly.

That was enough for me and I knew it.

"I accept your apology" I whispered as I sighed and she looked up at me.

"Really?" she asked in a small voice.

"Really" I said with a smile.

"That's good" she said letting out a relieved breath.

"Don't worry so much okay? If you promise not to start pretending or putting up an act for me and try to push me away from you then I promise I'll show you what is like to be loved.... and I'll do it in the sweetest way that I can" I whispered softly, putting my forehead against hers.

"Are you sure that's what you want?" she asked me, and suddenly she sounded fragile and exposed..... what I felt and hoped was the real her.

"That's what I want" I assured her. She bit her lip nervously and nodded.

"Okay. I promise to drop the act.... but only with you... don't expect me to be the real me with everyone else" she warned and I grinned widely.

"That's good enough for me" I told her and kissed her forehead before pulling her in for a hug.

I really hope this works because somehow I've had gotten really attached to Liz in a very short time and even worse, we were going to be filming here for a couple more months...