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Part 13

"Let's go swimming while we're here!"

Swimming?

You wrinkle your nose at the thought.

"I don't think we're going to have time," Chris yawns from his sit on the couch, looking tired. "We're only on the beach one more time."

"And it's all the more reason to take advantage of it!" Ryan says, huffing. "It would he so nice! Cool water to fight this fucking heat, a cook out! We could even park the bus by the water and listen to the waves -."

"You sound like a Tinder profile."

"Shut up, Balz."

You chuckle.

You were sitting at the table, absently eating on a Twizzler as they argued back and forth about what they wanted to do. Josh is sitting across from you, fiddling around on his laptop. Ricky was piled in his bunk, he'd fallen asleep earlier and no one had wanted to bother him.

He'd been kind of grouchy.

But you know why.

You were casually spending more time with Josh again.

You hadnt kissed since you'd talked, you'd made it a point to yourself to keep it strictly platonic.

You didn't want to mess up again.

Although you kind of wanted to....

"Look at this," you turn your phone around, showing Josh a meme you'd found of the band.

He wrinkles his nose as he looks at it.

"I'm not surprised Ricky is the girl."

You roll your eyes.

"You wanna watch some TV?" he suddenly asks, looking bored. "Just for a little while?"

You hesitate.

Watch it alone?

With him?

And no one else?

Could, no, should you really do that?

"Sure."

Josh smiles at you as he rises to his feet, holding his laptop to him. You go ahead of him, missing the grin that Devin shoots him behind his back. You creep through the bunk aisles to the lounge, leaving Ryan to argue his case to the rest of the band about staying by the beach.

You shouldn't be nervous to just watch TV.

But you are.

Only to be disappointed.

Josh doesn't make one move towards you the entire time you're watching, the two of you just making your nrom comments throughout. At one point Vinny comes in, tossing himself beside you and watching as well, asking questions constantly because he has no idea what's going on.

"So she's with the other guy now?"

"No they're not together."

"Oh. So the girl who kissed her -?'

"Not with her either."

"But you said she stabbed -."

"You just need to watch it from season one," you inform him, offering a twizzler. "It's the only way you'll have any idea what's happening."

Vinny frowns.

He's confused.

His eyes flick between the two of you, seeing you were tense and Balz was relaxed, lounging on the couches. You keep shifting nervously, your eyes flicking to him as if you want to say something but you're not sure what. Vinny had only come in to see if you two were making out or not.