I woke up that morning and took a quick shower. Then I tied my hair up in a high ponytail, threw on some shorts and my Rolling Stones t-shirt and did my dark eyeliner, mascara and some clear lipgloss too. Then I went round to Josh's room and knocked on the door. There was no answer. He must already be awake. I strolled down stairs and was about to walk into the kitchen when I heard them talking.
"I haven't heard from him since. I think we're safe now." I heard Emily say.
"Good, I swear if I ever see him again, I'll kill him." Josh cursed.
"Oh, josh." Emily sighed.
What were they talking about? Who did josh want to kill? I tried to not make it obvious I was listening to their conversation and went halfway back upstairs, then came back down making my footsteps louder so they knew I was coming.
"Good morning.' I said cheerfully, as I entered the kitchen.
"Morning." They both said in sync.
"So what are we doing to do today?" I asked Josh.
"I was thinking going to the cinema? You do like horror films right?" He replied, handing me a cup of tea.
"Um, yeah. If course." I lied. I absolutely hated them, but I wanted to look brave in front off him.
"Great, so paranormal activity 4 it is then." He said winking at me and going over go put his shoes on.
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After the film, we had lunch in subway and then got the bus back to Josh'a house. It was so scary. I kept jumping all the way through it, Josh jumped a couple of times too, but he tried to play it cool.
"You so were scared." I teased him.
"Was not. I could tell you were though."
"Nope, not at all." I laughed.
He stuck his tongue out at me then answered the ringing phone in his pocket.
"Hello...oh hey....Oh... Um ok I guess.....I'll be about 15 minutes. Bye" he hung up.
"What's that?" I asked.
"My mums friend, Janice and her son Darius are over. Darius is the same age as us so I've been told to go 'play' with him." He rolled his eyes.
"Ah ok then."
He didn't look too pleased.
When we got in we were all introduced to each other. Darius had slick black hair and a face and body that would make any girl fall for him.
"Now why don't you kids go play in the garden." Janice ordered us.
Josh sighed and signalled for me to follow him, Darius followed close behind.
We went and sat on the bench, with Josh opposite me and Darius next to me, perhaps a little too close. There was an awkward silence.
"So Josh, how's your dad?" Darius snickered.
"You know." Josh hissed. What did he mean by that?
Darius just laughed then looked over to me. "How about you babe, looking good. How you been?"
"Fine." I simply replied looking down at my feet.
Darius slowly pulled off his shirt. "Damn it's hot." He then said, resting his hand in my knee. I felt incredibly uncomfortable. He slowly moved his hand up my thigh and I quickly stood up.
"Can we go inside?" I asked.
Josh glared at Darius, Not breaking eye contact with him.
"Yeah, come on." Josh said walking behind me.
We went up into his room and I sat down on the bed, Darius came beside me and josh went to turn on the tv. While his back was turned I could feel Darius's eyes on me. He came closer and whispered in my ear "I want you." It made me feel sick. I hardly knew him. I didn't want him. He quickly turned back and Josh walked back over to us.
"Hey josh, be a mate and go get me a drink." Darius ordered him.
Josh sighed as he did as he was told. My eyes widened at the thought of being alone with Darius. When Josh was out if sight, Darius pushed me back onto the bed and straddled me.
"I want you bad." He said again.
"Get off me!" I struggled to push him off.
"I like girls that play hard to get." He said, forcing his lips down onto mine.
"Stop! Josh!" I called.
"He can't hear you." Darius said whilst kissing my neck, slowly moving his lips down my body.
"JOSH!" I shouted even louder.
"Lauren!" Josh bursted into the room.
His eyes widened when he saw Darius onto top of me. He stormed over to him and threw him off me onto the floor. Then he started kicking him in the ribs. I couldn't believe what was happening. Then as Darius was getting up, josh grabbed him by the neck and held him up against the wall.
"I swear if you ever touch her again i'll fucking kill you." Josh snarled.
"Josh, it's ok." I said hoping he would calm down.
He dropped Darius who fell to the floor. Josh turned round to face me.
"I'm so sorry." He said, looking ashamed at what he had done.
Just then Darius got up from the floor, and as Josh turned round, Darius punched him straight into the face, before running off downstairs.
"Josh!" I gasped and ran over to him.
"Lauren are you ok?" He asked me.
"Me? I'm fine, but your lip, he punched. Your bleeding." I stuttered.
"Ah, it's nothing."
"Wait here." I told him as I went to get a damp cloth from the bathroom, I came back to him and gently held it to his lip. He winced at the pain.
"You shouldn't have put yourself through that just for me." I said, feeling guilty.
"What, and just watch him do that to you? I don't think so." He replied.
"Josh! Get down here now!" Emily called from downstairs. Had Darius told them what happened?
"Shit." Josh cursed.
