Josh POV
"I don't know, man, I guess she wasn't interested," I said to Tyler as we sat outside of his house drinking Capri Sun. "You're positive she got the note?" It had been two days since Tyler says that Allison got my note with my phone number.
"100% fren" Tyler mumbled through sips of juice.
I got lost in thought. I liked Allison. A lot. She was so funny and shy, I liked that I could make her smile. She always looked a little worried and in a hurry. Her clothes were always a little bit baggy and hipster-ish. Her large framed glasses always a bit askew, her short brown hair always messy. When she smiled at me, she made me feel special. I still mentally kick myself for how cocky I was when I first met her. "That's why she hasn't tried to talk to you," I thought.
I came back to reality as Tyler was finishing what was probably something important with "...and that's why I thought we could call our band All My Son's. Like the play"
I murmured in agreement but Tyler knew full well I didn't know what he was talking about. I couldn't get my mind off Allison. "I really thought she liked me."
Allison's POV
I sat cross legged on my bed with my phone in one hand and the note in the other. I'd been sitting this way for the past 25 minutes trying to get over my anxiety long enough to just press send. My breathing was uneven and shallow, my vision became slightly blurred. "You already spent an hour typing and retyping a message. After ignoring this for two days. All you have to do is press send." My inner voice was screaming at me to not be a coward and I listened. I saw my thumb press send as instant regret filled me.
Allison: "Hey, I got the note from Tyler. It'd be an honor to hang out with the sickest guy around."
I waited for an answer. None came. I waited some more. "That was the stupidest possible ways to say all of that. I should have just said 'hey... But no..." My inner critic was cut off by the sound of my phone going off. I looked at the screen. "One message from Josh"
Josh: "Haha, sorry about Tyler's lame jokes. How about we get coffee after your last class on Monday? Since I quit my job I'm free all the time."
I read the message twice and smiled. Today was only Friday so I could work up the courage by then, I was sure.
Allison: "I'll meet you outside the Peakmen building at 3 :)"
I fell back on my bed and grinned. In my 22 years, of course, I have had boyfriends, people I thought I loved, more than once. But this felt different. He made me feel calm. His smile was my favorite thing in my life right now. Especially when I made him laugh and his smiles traveled up to his eyes and made him squint. There was no way I couldn't feel safe with a guy like him. For the first time in too long, I felt happy.
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Falling Too ~ Josh Dun
Fiksi Penggemar"You walk around like you are fine So confident in life, so right But then I found you were afraid And that means life is not okay" Allison has never been anyone's first choice. She has always been the girl you hang out with when everyone else is bu...
