Is it Enough to Love you (A Josh Hutcherson love story)

Chapter 27: Elysium

Chapter 27:

"Charlotte that was really irresponsible." Connor glared at me as I sat on the couch sheepishly.

"I told you I was sorry."

"What if I hadn't gone outside? What if I hadn't heard you calling for help? What then?"

"I guess I would've died in the woods." I shot at him angrily because of his judgment.

"Char, don't say that." He calmed down slightly.

"Can I go upstairs now?"

"Do what you want, but don't go out the window again."

"Fine." I stood and stomped away from Connor hurrying to my bedroom. I flopped down on my bed and was thrown into an almost immediate pit of sound sleep, but even in my sleep I couldn't escape my thoughts for they found a way to express themselves, and these thoughts were ones that I was unaware I even had.

"Charlotte. I know you are still in love with me."

"It was a mistake, we could hurt people." I cried out as I spun around in Josh's seemingly empty house. It was completely silent, not even the sounds of outside could reach us, it was as if we had discovered a place on we knew where no one else existed.

"I know you think that." His hand was suddenly on my shoulder and I spun to face him, he took my chin in his hand and grasped my waist "but the only people we're hurting are ourselves."

"No stop, this is wrong." I tried to shove him away to no avail.

"Is it?" He brushed his lips against mine teasingly. "Then why do you feel like you do?"

"I shouldn't." I continued to protest.

"But you do and that is something you're going to have to accept." Josh pressed his lips against mine again only firmly this time with force he dominated me and I was completely at his will and willing to do anything, because I realized I still loved him and I wanted him.

I sat up sweating in a panic, I was fully clothed but not under any covers, my dream still fresh in my memory and I was shaking, I was giddy. I glanced to the clock to see it was about nine o clock in the morning, the night had passed. Jumping up I ran down to the kitchen. My choice now clear to me even though I had had so many doubts and promised myself I wouldn't fall back into this but I broke that promise, and I had made up my mind, regardless of any possible outcome.

"Hi!"

"Charlotte!" Michelle gasped startled by my enthusiastic entrance. "I've never seen you so excited. What's the cause."

"I want to go see Josh."

"Oh wonderful, when?"

"Today."

"What's the rush?" She asked the slightest hint of suspicion lacing her voice.

"I miss my big bro, why else?" I played it off calmly.

"Connor will be upset if he comes home today and you're not here." She shrugged taking a plate of fruit out of the fridge and eating a grape staring at me, I couldn't figure out whether or not she was going to say yes and it was tearing me apart slowly inside.

"Why the sudden urge to spend time with Josh if I remember correctly you were fairly hostile with him last time you two were together." I swallowed, I was so bipolar, my thoughts kept tripping over themselves and one day I was accepting the idea of moving on from Josh and the next I was dreaming about him and preparing to fly to Los Angeles to see him, even though I wasn't even fully convinced he would even want to see me.