The Odd Ball -minizerk AU-

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I jumped off of the stage not even caring for what Mr. Brown had to say. The applause had stopped and I could tell everyone was shocked. I didn't care, the only thing on my mind was him.

I ran as fast as I could after him. I wanted to prove to him that I was here for the long run. I knew the song had a lot to it but I didn't imagine it to end the way that it had.

"Josh!" I screamed as I saw him look behind but kept on running.

I noticed he was going towards the wood and I ran faster than I possibly could. I knew that once we got into the wood I wouldn't be able to reach up to him. He knows that forest like the back of his hand. I knew i wouldn't be able to reach up to him and I knew that would be the end.

"Josh please. I'm sorry I didn't mean for this to happen. I just wanted you to understand." I yelled as he just stopped.

Right when he stopped I stopped. Afraid that if I went any closer to him he would run away and I would lose him for good.

"I'm sorry I don't understand what you're going through. I wrote that song to show you that I care and want to know what's going on. I want to know what happened. I want to protect you. Truth is, you make me crazy Joshua Bradley. I've never felt the way I feel when I'm around you. You make my knees grow weak and my heart pound one hundred times faster than it should. You make me crazy and in so many good ways. Since the day I got here you were the first person I saw. I right away grew an interest for you. To this day I have been fighting for you. I have been fight to be near you, to talk to you, to understand you. I've only written one song in my life but for some reason I was able to right that one in a single day because of you. You make my mind go wild and I'm tired of hiding that. I'm tired of being afraid of what other people think and at this moment I just want you to know that I love you." I yelled towards him.

The whole field went quiet. I could hear only the bugs and the wind of the night. I heard him panting in pain. I watched as he fist slowly open up. I saw his head slowly lift up and stop once it was lifted.

He slowly turned to look at me and I saw the tears rolling down his cheeks. I saw the red of his cheeks and nose, due to the coldness of the winter.

"I'm sorry Josh." I said, knowing he probably couldn't hear me.

We both just stood there, in the cold of winter. We both stayed there, looking each other in the eyes. His eyes were gorgeous. They were a soft hazel green. The brown and the green battle for dominance. When he was scared or worried, the green would take control over his eyes. Whereas when he was happy or comforted his eyes would be the softest brown possible. Either way they were gorgeous and drew you into him.

He took a slight step towards me as I had done the same. We both kept eye content, locked in with one another. I had no clue what I was doing or even what he could possibly be thinking. All I could think about was holding him and blocking him from the cold. I thought about what it would be like to hold his hands as I looked down towards them, or what it would be like to cuddle up in a warm blanket with him holding him until all of his worries had disappeared. Then I thought about kissing him. His lips always looked so soft and warm. I imagined what the feeling of kissing him would be like. I wondered if he would cup my face while we kissed, or if we both would just hold each other by the waist. I wondered what colour his eyes would be when we pulled away or even the expression over his face.

I never thought I could fall so hard for a boy I barely know. For a boy who barely could speak to me or hold a full conversation. How I fell in love with a boy so fast and didn't even know I was.

When we finally reached other, as we had slowly but steadily walked to one another I saw the full expression over his face. His eyes sunken in and his cheeks red and puffy. The tear stains pressed all over his face and the way his eyes were half shut from how puffy they were.

"Whe...when I was you...young I ha...had no one. My dad did...didn't want me and I ha....had no fri...friends or any...anyone," He said as he started to cry more, "tha...that was until I me...met Tobi. For the lo...longest time it fel...felt like phot...photography was all I ha...had. To...Tobi rea....realised that and li...like yo...you he had me ta...take phot...photos of him. We the...then met Vi...Vik and Har...Harry. Both to...Tobi and I fell ha...hard for the two of th...them. It was th...then that we met Lew...Lewis. He was rea...really messed up and de....depressed. Thin...things changed and as I bec...became closer with Harry, the less I spe....spent with Lewis. Th...that ruined a...a lot of things."

He broke down and I ran up to him and grabbed him. I held him from the sides of his arms. I looked him straight in the eyes and made sure he knew I was here.

"Harr....Harry and Vik were se...secretly toge....together and Tobi and I did...didn't realise that. I ca...cared so mu....much ab...about him th...that when Lew....Lewis told me ab...about Harry and Vik, I yell...yelled at him and told....told him I hat...hated him." He said as he looked away from me, I could tell how much it hurt but he was finally opening up to me, "Lew...Lewis kill...killed him...himself an...and no....no one cared. Tha...that's when I...I also foun...found about Vik and Harry. I al....also found out that To...Tobi told them to be...be frie...friends with me be....becaus...because of my fam...family life. No...no one care...cares Simon."

When he said that my heart dropped. I couldn't believe any of them would do anything like that. The only one who was truly Josh's friend was Lewis. He's been betrayed by multiple people. He's been lied to and mistreated for so long.

"I...I found ou...out that To..Tobi had si...signed me u...up for this sc...school. Wh...when I got acce...accepted I saw it as my cha...chance to re....restart. Lit...little did I kn...know they had all fo...followed me to this new sch...school. To...Tobi was or...original..originally my room...roommate I knew I ha...had to leav...leave. I guess th...that brin...brings us here." He said as I could tell he was breaking apart every single word.

"Thank you," I said as he looked up confused, "for opening up to and actually trusting someone again. It means a lot. I also hope you realise, no one told me to be friends with you. Everyone told me to stay away, they said that you had baggage and would just ruin my year if I hung out with you. But that's not true. You made this year so much better than it could ever be. You've shown me a whole new world. You've opened my eyes and you've truly inspired me." I said as he smiled.

This was a true and genuine smile, it wasn't one of those smiles where you just smile because you are happy or because you are trying to be nice. It's one of those smiles where you just randomly smile and you don't even know why. It was an uncontrollable smile and I was the reason behind it.

It was then that he ran up to hug me. I held him as close as I physically could. I never wanted to let him go, too scared that I would lose him. He meant so much to me and I was never going to let go of that.

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A/N: sorry guys, forgot to update yesterday. I had off so I completely forgot about everything. Anyway, here's the chapter only two more to go after this. Thanks for reading, bye!