lover • josh allen

012

TOGETHER

"now you're in my life, i can't get you off my mind."

october 21, 2022
📍BUFFALO, NY

taylor's album came out last night, and let me just say, it's one of her best albums she's made. my favorite has to be you're on your own kid, bejeweled, karma, and paris.

anyway, josh is on his way to pick me up so we can head over to my mom's house for dinner. i'm just wearing an everyday outfit, jeans and a bills hoodie because it's almost november and summer is sadly going away.

i heard a knock at the door, so i know it's josh, i grab my purse and make my way to the door. i open the door to reveal him in jeans and a bills hoodie and black converse.

the same outfit i'm wearing.

"great minds think alike, i guess." i say closing the door behind me.

he walk to his car and he opens the door for me, i say a quick thank you and let mom know i'm on my way.

"you didn't have to come to my door, you could've texted me or knocked." i say buckling my seatbelt once he gets in the car.

"i feel like that's disrespectful." he says buckling his seatbelt as well and putting the car in drive. "i don't think i've ever been that type of person." he adds.

i look out the window, enjoying the short period of time when the leaves are falling off the trees but it's still nice outside.

i turn back to josh when i feel him interlock our fingers over the center console. i turn my lips upward at him for a slight second then turn back to looking out the window.

everyday i used to wish i could talk to him for hours. my day consisted of waiting for him to call me or come over. message me, facetime me, see me. it consisted of various thoughts. most of the them being: i can't wait to see him, hug him, just simply be in his presence. it's just so dumb falling for your best friend. it's one of the most foolish things you could ever do. but we are foolish together.

"have you listened to taylor swift's new album? it came out yesterday." i say.

"i stayed up last night to listen to it." he says. i'm shocked by that because he doesn't really listen to taylor, so i'm surprised he voluntarily did it.

"what's your favorite song?" i ask him.

"off of the regular version, lavender haze and sweet nothing, 3am edition would be the great war and paris." he says.

"you listened to the 3am edition?" i asked, he nodded.

"stefon, jordan, damar, dawson, and i all listened together." he said. "damar woke us up when the 3am version came out." he added.

"i didn't know you were having a listening party, you could've invited me." i said.

"guys only kind of thing." he says thinning his lips.

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once we arrived at my mom's house, everyone else was already there. i greeted everyone as normal and went into the kitchen to see what dad was making.

i saw a pot of homemade chicken noodle soup, it's my favorite meal he makes. i felt the kitchen and made my way to my mom's bedroom.

"hi mom." i said sitting down the edge of her bed.

"what happened to you?" she asked pausing her tv show.

"what do you mean?" i asked.

"your skin is glowing, something good happened to you." she clarifies.

"i was supposed to tell you and dad together but, josh and i are dating." i said as a smile crept onto my mother's face.

"oh honey, i'm so happy for you." she said.

"it was exactly like the movies, mom." i said. "all the old timey ones, like the notebook." i added.

"i'm glad, baby." she said.

"you and josh are dating?" my father says walking into the room. he must have overheard our conversation.

"i'm happy for you, el." he says before leaving the room.

i turn back to my mom. "he's not mad, but i think he's about to go give that fatherly talk to josh." she says.

"okay, mama, i'll let you know when dinner is ready." i give her a soft hug, careful not to do it too hard and leave the room.

when i walk back into the living room, dad, damar, dawson, jordan, and stefon were all standing in front of the couch, while josh was sitting down on the couch frantically looking at them all.

"i'll never hurt her, i swear." josh said looking up at the group. "and you guys are my teammates, why are you attacking me? mr. diggs makes sense, even stefon, but you guys too?" he says.

i have to hold back my laughter so i don't give away that i'm eavesdropping.

"listen here, buddy." stefon says. "if you hurt her, i'll have to hurt you and i don't want to be put in that situation, got it?" he says.

josh takes a big swallow "yep, mhm. got it." he says quickly.

"congratulations, josh." stefon says, the energy in the room shifted from tense to lighthearted.

"thanks." he said letting out a nervous laugh.

"are you guys done with interrogation yet?" i ask making my presence known by walking into the living room.

"just about, yeah." my father says while nodding his head.

"i thought i was about to get assassinated like president bush." he says to me as i sit down next to him.

"i'm really glad you chose to play nfl through college." i say.

"why?" he asks.

"josh, lincoln and kennedy were assassinated, not bush." i say thinning my lips. "bush died of disease." i add.

"tomato, tamato." he says. "one way or another we ended up with a sucky president." josh says.

"you're an idiot." i say rolling my eyes.

"your idiot." he says before pressing a kiss to my temple.

"i'm gonna throw up." damar says pretending to gag.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

i love damar fr

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