New Beginnings | Joshler

Chapter 5

Josh's P.O.V.
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The movies. I asked Tyler and I really hoped he would take it as a date, but he didn't seem to understand. I decided to make my move and I really hoped he would understand that this was a date.

When we walked into the theater I walked in front and gestured for us to go in the very last row. The reason was that I remember hearing that the last row was for couples. I really hoped Tyler would get the hint now. We both sat down in the middle of the row, surprisingly there weren't many people there at all.

Halfway through the movie, he seemed deep in thought and I wondered what was going on. I leaned closer And closer until I couldn't anymore.

I put my hand on his thigh and said "you okay?" He jumped a little at my touch. "Uh um yeah," he replied nervously. I could see that he blushed, and that made me smile.

When the movie finally ended, Tyler stood up and and rushed out. That made me nervous, maybe I crossed a line I wasn't supposed to cross. Dangit why am I so touchy? It's clear he doesn't like me. Upset, I also left the theatre.

Out by the exit I could see Tyler looking at me and awkwardly smiling. I slightly waved and ran over to him. In silence we both went to the car. We finally reached it and both sat down. "So, did you like the movie?" Tyler said breaking the silence. I was glad he spoke, because the quiet was getting to me. "Yeah, it was pretty good," I answered. "What about you?" I awkwardly asked. I wanted to talk to him more because for some reason it felt like we were drifting apart. And the hiatus just started. "I enjoyed it too," he said smiling and blushing.

I wasn't sure he was blushing at me however, maybe he was just hot, I mean he was definitely hot, but maybe the other hot? Or maybe I was just imagining things. I mean, why would he like me? We're just friends and that's probably all he sees in me. This thought definitely had me down, but it was reality, and I couldn't change it. Why is life so complicated, I asked myself. I wasn't sure what to do, at this point i couldn't think of Tyler as a friend any longer. I had to do something. "Tell him, tell him right now," I kept thinking to myself. And that was one option, but it would probably ruin us. There was another thing I could do, I can get a distraction, to get my mind off Tyler...