Gonna keep going
Lindsey up there.
Josh POV
It's been a week since I found out about my parents will. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited to know that they actually thought about me. It's just that the pain of them not being here still hurts you know? Plus I still can't help Lindsey either. I don't want her out there on her own, she has now where to go. "Josh. Josh!" she said snapping her fingers in front of my face. "Huh? What happened?" I asked looking at her confused. "I was asking if you wanted to go to this party Saturday. Clearly you wasn't paying me any mind." she said laughing. It amazes me how she can always forget about her problems and just focus on the here and now.
Me on the other hand, I'm not built like that. I guess that's what makes us such good friends. We're polar opposites. "Um yeah. I guess I'll go." I said shrugging my shoulders. "There's no guessing. You were going regardless." she said. "Then why'd you ask me?" I said with one eyebrow raised. "To determine if I needed to lie to you or not." she said shrugging her shoulders. Well at least she was honest. "Can i talk to you for a minute?" I asked her as she nodded her head and followed me outside. "What's up?" she asked me. "Uh we have less than two weeks until your birthday and you aren't in the least bit worried about that." I said to her.
Her whole demeanor and expression changed. "You think I'm not worried about that? Hell yeah I'm worried about it. Actually, I'm scared shit less to be honest Josh. That's why I'm trying my damnest not to worry about it. That's the day my life is gonna change. This is why i want to do all the fun things with you while I have the chance Josh." she said as the tears streamed down her face. I instantly felt like a dumb ass for even bringing the topic up. "I thought of something but I don't know if you'll go through with it." I said waiting for her response. "Josh I'm going to be homeless soon. If you plan involves me having a roof or anything over my head, then I want to know." she said as I took a deep breath. "OK so you know how would you feel about staying in the basement?" I asked before I continued. I know what y'all thinking, but it's the best possible solution I can come up with at the moment.
"I'm all for it. The question is how do we go about making that happen?" she asked. Good thing I planned this far ahead. "I'll let Nasir and everyone else know about the plan. When it's time for you to leave, I'm going to need you to play it off like you're actually going to leave. Wait ten minutes before returning and then knock on the back door. Someone will let you in if it's not me and then rush you downstairs. It'll be up to you to remain discreet while your down there. We can still continue our tradition of cooking when she isn't here, you just have to hurry and get back downstairs afterwards." I said to her. "I love you so much!" she said as she hugged me. I just need her to hold on for 4 months and then we're good. I'm not telling her about the money because I don't want people knowing all of that.
That type of attention is not something that I need at this moment. "OK so it's a plan. Now I just have to make sure I follow through on my end." she said wiping her tears. "I really don't know what I'd do without you Josh." she said as she held me tight. "Stop getting all emotional on me." I said making her laugh. "You right. Now that that's out of the way, can we go get ready for this party now?" she asked with a smile on her face. "But it's not until Saturday I said to her. "Josh it's Friday." she said with a straight face. "So why did you say it like the party was a few days away when it's tomorrow? Sheesh." I said to her. She just shrugged her shoulders. I swear this girl can be a weirdo at times. "Come on let's go. We gotta get our outfits ready." she said as she drug me upstairs.
The res of the day we spent laying around laughing and joking. I told Nasir and them about the plan and everyone agreed to it. The mostly were telling me how they never actually thought of something like that and allat good jazz. That's good an all but I hope they don't forget. After that, we all headed for bed since it was about 12 in the morning and Linds knew we would probably sleep the whole day away.
