million dollar high | joshler

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a couple months later, i winded up in the hospital with a hip subluxation because of josh.

yeah.

we were having sex, and i had my leg around his shoulder, and the next thing that was happening was i was in pain (obviously not in the way i like).

so i had to go to the hospital, and my doctor said it wasn't fully dislocated so recovery time wouldn't be too long, but i'd need to see a chiropractor or have physical therapy for a little while.

it was terrible.

my mom was visiting me, and it had been awhile since i had seen her in person.

"tyler robert joseph, what on earth happened?" she asked, sitting down on the chair next to the bed, holding my hand.

"my boyfriend." i said bluntly, sighing. it felt weird calling josh my boyfriend, even if it's been two months.

she sighed, lightly. "i'm going to disregard that because it's been awhile since i've seen you. at least you're okay. did the doctor say what recovery time was?"

"like 3 weeks or 3 months or sometime in between, depending on how fast my body heals." i groaned and tugged my hair.

"baby," she cooed and ran her fingers through my hair and caressed my cheek. "it'll be okay. you'll be fine and back on your feet in no time."

i gave her a small smile. "can you please go get me non-hospital food?"

"of course, honey. i'll be back." she stood up and kissed my forehead, heading out just as kyle and jenna came in.

"you look terrible." kyle said.

"thanks."

jenna hit his arm. "tyler, what happened? how? what?"

"i got fucked."

"the guy you started dating put you here? are you going to continue seeing him?"

"i don't know. yes? it's not like it was on purpose!"

kyle laughed. "i can't believe you actually ended up in the hospital."

i laughed a little too, but it hurt a little so i tried not to move afterwards. "where's zoey?"

"she saw josh downstairs."

"he probably came to make fun of me about this or how someone else is going to be on the cover of that fall special or something." i covered up, but he was the reason i was here.

he didn't come last night when i first got here, and it kind of made me sad.

why?

zoey and josh walked in, and josh looked like he was going to burst into a fit of laughter.

"hey, are you alright?" zoey asked.

jenna answered for me. "he's okay. the guy he's dating put him here."

"damn. are you going to break up with him?"

i looked at josh and then back to zoey. "i don't know. should i?"

"i would."

"well, looks like i'm going to be on the cover." josh said, crossing his arms.

"you douchebag, you really took that away from me? they couldn't give it to anyone but you?" i argued and if i wasn't in pain, i would lean over and kill him.

"i thought you'd like seeing my face on what was supposed to be your special, but you're here."

"fuck off."

"fuck you."

kyle cleared his throat. "none of us wants to hear this so let's go downstairs and get coffee while they tear each other's throats." he said, and the three of them walked out, leaving me and josh alone.

"i didn't actually take your cover thing. some girl got to it before me." he said sitting on the edge of the bed.

"it's whatever. it wasn't that big of a deal to me."

"i'm sorry by the way. i didn't mean for you to wind up here."

"i know you didn't, and i'm not going to break up with you because of it."

"good. kiss me."

"i can't. it hurts when i move."

he hummed. "that's why i told you to do it."

"you suck." he laughed and then pecked me on the lips. "can you stay with me tonight?"

"of course."