In Love with a Lunatic (joshler)

20. In Love*

(*Burning Love -Elvis Presley)
(*smut)

Saturday
April 5

Tyler leans against the wall with Jenna as Josh and Dallon walk out in their suits.

"Congratulations, Mr. Hockey," Tyler smiles flirtatiously, reaching up to the man's neck.

"Mmm...That's Gordie Howe," Josh chuckles, putting his hands on his boyfriend's hips. "I will definitely be taking that as a compliment though, thank you, kitten."

"Hey, guys," Jenna says when Josh kisses the brunette deeply. "We still have eyes."

"And ears," Dallon adds.

"Head, shoulders, knees and toes?" Tyler asks, pushing Josh away slightly.

"Those are important," Josh nods.

"Match made in fucking Heaven," Dallon says sarcastically with an eye roll. "Are we going to eat or not?"

"Are we going to the bar?" Tyler asks, slipping his hand into Josh's as the four walk toward the exit.

"No, we're going to that diner outside of town. Where we had our first date," Josh smiles softly, glancing down at the brunette.

"So it was a date," Tyler grins.

Josh shrugs, his smile growing as he looks straight ahead again.

"Why aren't we going to the bar?"

When he doesn't receive an answer, Tyler nods silently, "I think I'm just gonna head home."

"What? Why?" Josh asks, stopping in his tracks.

"You guys can't have fun with me," the brunette mutters with a light shrug.

"What do you mean? We always have fun with you, darlin'."

"You two like to drink. Jenna likes the karaoke. We can't do that at a diner."

"Baby, you're not going home," Josh states, a playful smirk on his lips. "You're gonna come eat with us, we're going to have a lot of fun, and then you can go home."

Tyler sighs, "Josh-"

"Also," Jenna smiles. "They have a jukebox at the diner. We can still dance. And milkshakes. I don't know about you, but I've never seen a milkshake at a bar."

"With the whip cream on the top, too," Dallon sings playfully spinning in a circle.

"Two straws, one check, boy, I got you," Josh continues.

"You guys are so embarrassing," Tyler states, fighting the smile that tries to make an appearance.

-

Sitting down in a booth, Tyler can't help but to think of his and Josh's first date that he didn't even know was a date. He drank in the bathroom. Josh doesn't need to know that though.

He sits quietly, staring out the window. Winter is slowly coming to an end, leaving piles of dirty snow and slush all over the ground. He hates this part of the season. Tracking wet dirt inside and then stepping in it with his socks after not realizing it had made its way to the carpet is never his idea of a good time. At the very least, he's now able to go out in just a hoodie rather than his bulky winter coat.

He's currently a week sober after his relapse. Josh had tried to be lenient after seeing how regretful Tyler had been about drinking it. He said it didn't count, but Tyler knows better than to think it works like that. He has to be honest with himself if he truly wants to get better.