Dominance

Chapter 7: Josh

Confusion. Absolute confusion.

That blonde girl. What was her name again? Oh crap! Did I even ask her name?! She probably thinks I'm a total... Well you know.

I sigh in agitation and run a hand down my face. I don't even know what happened! This random girl just started talking to me! She asked me tons of questions, kinda like she was... Studying me. Now that I think of it, she was kinda looking at me weird.

I shake my head and snap out of my thoughts, unlocking my apartment door. It was as I left it, thank The Lord. I have no idea why, but I have the constant fear that I'll be robbed. I know right? Stupid.

That's me though. Stupid. I wish I could really talk to the female species without stuttering. That'd just be great! Seriously! Why can't I be one of the smooth guys. The ones who get all the girls? Oh yeah, that's right. I'm not a player and I don't like hurting people. So I'm stuck like this.

I plop my self down on my couch and flip the TV on, turning on some baseball game. I don't really find entertainment in television. It just doesn't interest me.

I mean really, what is so great about staring at a box of moving pictures? Like it makes absolutely no sense! It's pretty much that same as going to a play! Except plays don't fry your brain.

I myself enjoy a good play and am constantly ribbed for it.

Concentrate, I tell myself. Try to be pulled into the game. Try to understand. Lets see, Cardinals vs Cubs. 10-5 Cardinals. Bottom of the 9th, Cubs up to bat. Molina, catching. Pitching is-

BANG!

I jump and my head whips to my door. What the heck was that?!?!?! "Dang it!", I hear muffled from the hall way. Then I hear clicking sounds, a rolling sound, and a grunt in frustration.

I jump up and race out to the hallway. A woman is on the floor on all fours, picking up pieces of broken glass. I kneel down next to her and help, gently setting the shards in my palm.

Her head tilts up and her eyes meet mine. A smirk then curls onto her lips and a shudder runs through me. It was the girl from the taxi, from my office!

"It seems fate wants us to keep seeing each other...", she says in amusement, her eyes sparkling a little.

I cough and clear my throat,"Y-you believe in fate?..."

She smiles cheekily,"Nope!"

I furrow my eyebrows in confusion,"Then why did you-"

"Haven't you heard of sarcasm?", she cuts me off

"Well yeah bu-"

"I'm Elizabeth.", she sticks her hand out to me.

I take it with the hand that doesn't have glass in it and give it a firm shake,"Josh."

"Hmm you do have soft hands...", I think I hear her mutter

I look up at her,"What?"

She shakes her head and giggles,"Nothing..." She nods her head,"Thank you for helping... I can be sucha... Klutz...", she says the word 'Klutz' like it's some kind of joke.

I let out an awkward kinda laugh,"Y-yeah no problem."

She cautiously scoops the glass from my hand and tosses it in a garbage. As her hand grazes my palm, a jolt of electricity shoots through me. She walks down the hall a little and plucks a glass orb off the floor. That must've been the rolling sound I heard. She carefully sets the orb into a cardboard box and then looks down at me.

"You gonna stand up or do you prefer being on the ground?", a small smile plays on her lips.

I pick myself up and clear my throat again,"S-Sorry..."

Her eyes glance over my shoulder and spark with interest. "This is your apartment.", she says matter of factly.

"Y-yeah. Where are you going?!", I ask and watch her walk past me and through my door.

I follow her in, swallowing nervously. She starts searching through my things, picking things up and then setting them back incorrectly. Her eyes lock with my radio and she runs over, picking up my CDs.

She holds one over her shoulder, showing me. "Hysteria, Def Leppard. Nice.", she says amused.

I cup a hand around the back of my neck,"Uh, yeah. Thanks..."

"You mind?", she raises an eyebrow and pops open the case.

I shake my head,"Uhm, no..."

I watch her delicate fingers pull it out and put it in my stereo. She skips through songs, searching for a certain one. She stops and draws her hand away. Excitable starts playing through the speakers and a wicked smile curves onto her lips.

"Is this one your favorite?", I ask her, smiling slightly

She looks at me with wide eyes and shakes her head,"Oh no! I can't choose. They're all to good."

I nod and chuckle,"Hysteria is a great album."

"Now you two decide to listen to Def Leppard with out me?!"

My head whips to the doorway as the blonde girl from earlier walks in. I furrow my eyebrows in confusion and watch her walk to Elizabeth.

They hug and Elizabeth smiles warmly,"Rhiannon..."

That's her name! Thank the lord I wouldn't have to ask again. That'd be awkward...

They start jabbing away, talking about the music and whatever girls like to do. I just kinda stand there staring at them.

I clear my throat and pull at the collar of my t shirt. Both of their blue eyes pierce into me and the room goes silent.

Rhiannon's mouth curves into a smile and she walks to me,"Hello again Josh!" She pulls me into a hug and I stiffen. I pat her back awkwardly and she pulls away, squeezing my arms with her hands slightly.

"Do you have any food?", comes from the blonde girls mouth.

"Well uhm yeah but-", I start

"Cool! Thanks!", she says happily

I watch, my mouth opened in astonishment, as she walks off to my kitchen. She starts digging through my refrigerator and pulling stuff out.

A giggle comes from behind me and I spin around, coming face to face with Elizabeth.

"Sorry about her.", she laughs. "She's constantly has to eat or she'll be cranky. I'll bring you some food as repayment."

I shake my head,"N-no it's fine..."

"I will anyways then! Like a new neighbor type of thing right?", she smiles

"Well I think it should be me giving you a gift." I blush as I realize how that sounds and quickly add,"Y-you know as a welcome p-present."

Rhiannon joins us again, a massive sandwich in her hands. Several bites have been taken out of it and she chews with a full mouth.

Elizabeth hooks arms with Rhiannon, almost knocking her sandwich out of her hand. "Whelp we otta be going! Thanks for having us over Josh! See you at work!"

She had pulled Rhiannon and the door slams shut, leaving me alone to Def Leppard.

"Bye...", murmur quietly.

"That... Was strange..."

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Hey guys!! I'm terribly sorry for not updating!!!! Like you don't even know! I had updated my phone and updated wattpad and then it went all crazy! Like the quotations around speech were changed into this weird code thing! I went in and fixed it all, saving it, ad when I opened it again the code was back. So then I got really frustrated and kinda pouted. Lol I'm a brat. Anyways I opened it today anxiously and found it was back to normal and continued with the chapter! I decided that a long chapter was in order for my long time or no updating so here ya go! Hope you liked it! Tell me in the comments PLEASE! I so want feedback but I never get any :( and dat makes meh sad! Anyways thanks for reading Dominance!

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