I Want You All To Myself

Five

5 

Josh's POV 

"I missed you too," I said gravely. Wow, that sounded so fake and lame and corny and pathetic. I needed to fix that. "Too much," I added. There. Now it sounded intense. 

Hayley looked on the verge of tears-oh yeah, I remembered now how emotional she was. Especially around me. I smiled awkwardly and she started laughing, her laugh quickly turning into some sort of weird sobbing though. Ahem. Well. 

I pretended nothing was weird with the situation and smiled at the people surrounding us who were now sending me lightning bolts through their eyes-sheesh, what was their problem?-until finally, Hayley sniffled and seemed to calm down a bit. 

"Sorry," she mumbled. 

"That's ok," I said immediately. "I'm used to it." 

She chuckled nervously. "So... You wanna meet my band?" she proposed. 

Oh, finally something to do! I nodded eagerly and she led me towards the line of tour buses hidden a couple hundred metres behind the stage. "Wow, they've all escaped quickly," I joked lightly, trying to release some of the awkward tension between us. 

"Yeah, they tend to do that. Guys, you know. They gotta go pee every thirty minutes." I laughed at the truth of that. I was glad the mood was finally lightening. 

Once we arrived at her bus, Hayley climbed on and motioned me to follow her. The inside was pretty spacious and cozy, which kind of surprised me because I'd always thought tour buses were horribly tiny. But what did I know? 

"Hey, Josh!" Hayley said happily, not looking at me. 

I stared at her in confusion. "Huh?" 

At the same time, another voice coming from the right said, "Yo, Hayley!" And that's when I noticed the thin guy lying on the small couch next to the window watching his phone intently. I hadn't even realised he was there until now. He hadn't even looked up at us. 

"Josh... I'd like you to meet a friend of mine," Hayley continued in a sweet but slightly annoyed tone. 

The other Josh finally took his eyes off his precious screen and sat up lazily. He shot me a disinterested glance and held out his hand. "Hey there. I'm Josh." He sounded like he would rather eat a pencil than talk to me. 

I decided to play it cool and pretend I didn't notice his asshole-ness. "Me too," I said with a smile, shaking his hand energetically. 

He frowned at that statement but shrugged it off, returning to whatever the hell he was doing on his phone. Probably playing Angry Birds or something. 

Hayley looked at me apologetically and led me towards the back of the bus, where I would most likely get to meet a couple more of the seven lovely dwarves. On the way, Hayles presented me with a description on every item she saw. The sink, the pantry, her coffee cup, her favourite pillow, her unfinished bowl of cereal, and even some stinky black socks that obviously weren't hers lying on the ground. And all that with a smile. It surprised me how she didn't seem too shy when it came to spending every hour of the day with a bunch of smelly dudes. 

"Hayley!" a deep voice shouted then. Well, this one was definitely having more fun. He came running at her like he hadn't seen her in years. I guess I had something in common with all of them. 

"Hey, Jeremy!" she greeted with a huge grin. Gosh, he was so tall next to her! Almost as tall as me. Whoa. Hayley stepped out of the way to reveal me standing there awkwardly. "Meet Josh." 

I smiled a tiny smile and waved a tiny wave. Jeremy returned my smile multiplied by twenty and gave me a friendly pat on the shoulder. Er, ok. "Hiya, Josh! Nice to meet you!"