ON HOLD Casino Lights • Joshler

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One month later, Josh and Tyler were the giggliest secret couple the world has never seen.

Josh knew Tyler's brothers' grumpiness didn't come from jealousy, but from fear of what their mother will say when she finds out. Okay, Josh didn't know. He just assumed.

The truth was, the brothers were jealous. How wouldn't they be? They never got anything in life accept of occasional one night stands. Never real relationships.

And now, Tyler just goes into a relationship. Just like that. It wasn't fair.

Brendon and Josh were currently sitting in a students' bar. Two girls sat with them. The girls were making anonymous interviews with local teens about their love lives. Josh and Brendon thought it was silly, but they did it anyway.

"So, you're both gay?" one of the girls asked, after the two answered that exact question three times already.

"Yup" they answered in sync which made them laugh.

"Why aren't you dating each other then?" the shorter girl questioned, frowning in confusion.

The two guys looked at each other before Brendon answered "No matter how much I love this guy, I'd never date him"

"Brendon is not dateable" Josh added, shaking his head.

"And, besides" Brendon ignored Josh's words; they were irrelevant to his case "I've had a boyfriend since I was twelve and we're still going strong"

The girls awed.

"What's his name?" the taller girl asked.

"Dallon Weekes" Brendon said proudly, even though the name really wasn't required in an allegedly anonymous interview.

"And yours?" the shorter one asked Josh.

"Tyler" Josh choked out.

"Just Tyler?" the girl rose an eyebrow; if Brendon said a last name, she was expecting the same to come from Josh.

"Y- Yeah" Josh gulped, pulling the hem of his T-shirt "We've been dating for only a month"

"You want ice-cream, sugar?" a voice was heard from a car that had pulled over behind Josh and Brendon.

Josh gasped in disgust as he turned around "Go away, perv- Oh!"

Tyler sat in a lime-green Lamborghini that was drawing way too much attention. He wore sunglasses and a white T-shirt (probably black skinny jeans too); he spoke, chuckling "Sure. I'll leave, darling"

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no!" Josh rose his hands in a way to stop Tyler and Tyler laughed at him "H- Hi, Tyler"

"Jump in" Tyler waved his hand to gesture toward the car, clearing his throat and looked straight in front of him.

"Bye!" Josh said to Brendon and the girls as he entered the car. The very second the door was closed, the loud engine made its roar-like purr and drove off in high velocity.

"Oh my God" the taller girl whispered to the shorter one "That's one of the brothers"

"You think?" the shorted girl gasped, covering her mouth with her palm.

"I know! Melissa took pictures of two of them in a park last week. She showed me the pictures, but they'll be in the student magazine only next week" the taller one insisted "And his name is Tyler!"

"Oh my God. We just saw one of them"

The girls started to screech euphorically and Brendon cringed as he walked away.