You're Just A Lonely Star | FranSykes | (boyxboy)

Take Off Your Colours -27-

---JOSH POV---

Things had settled down slightly since Taylor moved in two days ago now, but although Oli tries to seem happy about it, I can tell he's still uncomfortable.

He knew I could read his body language and had done, but he didn't want it to be obvious because he didn't want to hurt Taylor.

Taylor and him had bonded slightly every now and then, and there is nothing in between them stopping them from getting along. It was the fact that Andy had ended things which made him slightly uneasy.

I looked into the kitchen where they were both just talking whilst eating lunch. I had already eaten because I needed to do some work, but I continued to watch then to see if anything arose.

I could tell that Oli was warming to Taylor, so I left it for a while. However, once he had finished he saw me standing in the hallway and left the kitchen.

'Hey, can I talk to you?' He asked me, sounding quite calm.

I nodded and we went into lounge, leaving Taylor to herself.

'I know she's a nice person, and I can see this just by simply giving her a smile, or talking to her. But I can't help but think she's just acting, you know? I feel like she's making herself seem nice so you two can get closer again.' He explained, quietly do she wouldn't hear us.

'Even if she is, I wouldn't let that happen again, okay?' I reassured him as he nodded.

'I feel like we need to make it clear that nothing - especially her, is going to tear us apart.' He carried on as I showed I agreed by nodding like he did before.

We both heard footsteps and quickly turned on the television to hide the reality of the situation.

She came and sat next to Oli on the sofa, and I purposely put my arm around him to start to make it clear that Taylor couldn't get inbetween us again.

He smiled at me and mouthed 'keep going' and smiled. I smiled and nodded, subtly.

I bent my head to the side so it was leaning on the top of Oli's, I was sitting further up the sofa to him so I was 'taller'.

We waited a while until we did anything else, but when Taylor looked round neither of us looked at her but I bent my head around in a slightly different way and kissed Oli's forehead.

A few minutes later he shuffled into me, making our skin touch as he curled up slightly and rested his head on my chest. His hand was slightly outstretched and every now and then he slid it up and down my chest.

Taylor kept on diverting her attention to us every now and again, but she thought we didn't notice her.

We continued to do this in front of her until her phone started to ring. She reached into her pocket and held it in her hands, nodding when she saw that it was Andy as if she had been waiting for something.

'Hello..?' She began.
'Yes...oh I'm at Josh and Oli's.' She told him, by which point we were both looking at each other in a state of confusion.

'Okay, one second I will speak to them.' She said as she turned her head towards us and opened her mouth to speak.

'It's my turn to have Blake for a couple of weeks, but I don't know if you would be okay with that. What do you say?' She asked us, understanding that we might not want him here.

Instantly, Oli's face lit up, but I needed to check with my parents and Elissa first. It was unlikely that my parents would come, I think they went to stay somewhere for a while with friends.