Anything But Ordinary ☯ Josh Hutcherson [unedited]

Chapter 11

Josh's POV

It took a couple of days for her to start being more herself around me, but what I was seeing was so worth it. It turns out she is the complete opposite of what she makes people think. She's shy and awkward, she laughs at absolutely everything, blushes all the time and I'm not going to lie, I was falling hard and fast.

"Josh! Stop eating my M&M's... Jesus Christ" she complained as I laughed and plopped three chocolate candies on my mouth.

"I hate you, get out of my bed" she practically whined and I shook my head.

"Not going to happen. You want me out, you push me off" I stated stubbornly before I plastered my body on top of hers.

"Fine, I'll do it myself.... I can't breathe" she groaned below me.

She started pushing me off her but I made myself heavier and she grunted.

"You are going off the bed" she said as she drew all her strength to push and she managed to get me off of her and then I felt as I lost my balance and my body falling off the bed so I grabbed her arm to steady myself but she wasn't expecting me to use her as an anchor so we both fell to the floor, her on top of me.

"Well that was very entertaining, let's do it again" I muttered while rubbing my arm which I hit pretty hard with the cold hard floor.

"It's your fault" Liz said as she tried to pull herself away from me and sat beside me on the floor.

"Yeah let's blame everything on Josh" I mocked and she rolled her eyes at me.

"Well I'm not going to blame myself, especially since you were stealing my sugary sweetness. Do you not know that chocolate is sacred and a weakness to me?" she questioned and I smiled.

"So... if I covered myself in chocolate, would I be your weakness?" I suggested and I saw her blush intensely, making her look dangerously cute.

"Josh" she whispered.

"What?" I asked, too distracted with her beauty to see her expression.

"Stop it!" she pleaded as she looked away.

"Stop what?" I asked confused.

"Stop looking me like that, you know I hate blushing and all you do is make me blush" she accused. I grinned up at her and sat up since I had been laying on the floor still.

"You look so adorable when you blush, it's not my fault" I told her, putting my hands up in defeat and before she could imagine what I was going to do, I leaned closer to her and planted a kiss on her lips. I was expecting to be pushed away but shyly she grabbed my white t-shirt and tugged me closer to kiss me deeper.

"You'll be the end of me, you know that right?" I whispered on her mouth, where I felt a smile spread widely.

"Good" she said with a mischievous glint in her eye while biting my lower lip.

"Holy God" I breathed but out of nowhere she just pushed me away with a giggle and stood up.

"Come here, look what I was working on yesterday" she exclaimed, excitement filling her voice. A little hazed and annoyed (because she always did the same thing when she kissed me) I stood up and walked towards the big canvas that she had just uncovered and stopped dead on my tracks.

"You painted... this.... me?" I asked shocked and she nodded nervously.

"I mean.... just 'cause I was bored" she added quickly and I smiled cheekily.

"It's amazing.... it looks like a picture of me... wow" I was in awe, it never stopped surprising me how extremely talented she was. I literally couldn't find a visible flaw that could tell me that it's not me.

"Can I have it?" I blurted out and then shut my mouth. Why on earth would she give me a painting of me, especially when she worked so hard on it?

"If you want it..." she said softly.

"No, never-mind. I just got a little excited but no, you spent a lot of time on that" I stated but she shrugged.

"Doesn't matter, I could paint another one."

"How... do you have a picture of me or something?" I asked and she shook her head.

"No. It's all in here" she said pointing at her head. "You memorized every detail in my face and my eyes?" I questioned trying to hide a smile.

"Well it's no a hard task when you are in my face all the time" she snapped at me playfully.

"Then I'll make sure you never forget it" I murmured as I grabbed her waist and circled my arms around her, pulling her body closer to mine. As soon as I brushed my lips with hers, we were interrupted by her phone which started ringing urgently. She pulled away and I groaned, she smiled at me and answered.

"Hello, this is Liz" then after a second her face went ghost pale as she said "Hey dad".