Joshua Bliss

Chapter 12: Sharing Secrets

"What're you drawing?" Josh asked me on Saturday afternoon, randomly walking into my room. I didn't even know he was here, otherwise I wouldn't be drawing. I didn't hide the drawing though, I just continued to shade in the anchor that I drew on Tuesday. I hadn't had time to finish it since then, because I forgot up until now, being that I was super bored. Taylor was probably over, because there's no way Josh would be here by his own free will. I didn't like the fact that he was here though, because when he came into the room he scared me, and it almost made me mess up on my drawing. I didn't feel like hiding it from him though, so that's why I continued to draw it - it wouldn't do any harm if he even knew I could draw anyway, would it?

"It's an anchor," I answered him, feeling the bed sink in a little in front of me. I stopped drawing and looked up at him, seeing him with his tousled red hair and nerdy glasses. "When did you get here?"

"I just got here, and your brother sent me up here." He explained with a shrug. "Taylor's being a little bitch lately, ever since she met your brother."

"Kendrick's been the same exact way," I sighed, finishing up my drawing. "But I just ignore him now, unless he just insists on a conversation with me, which isn't usual."

"Well I guess that's not a surprise," He states. "How are you and Jason?"

"You still think he's using me, don't you?" I wondered, automatically getting annoyed by this topic.

"I don't feel like fighting about this right now Kathryn, I just asked how you guys are." He defends, not seeming to be in a good mood.

"My bad," I apologized. "And we're fine, I guess, it's only been a few days."

He sent me a smile, which I could obviously see was fake, "That's nice,"

"I guess it is," I nodded, not really feeling like having a conversation about my boyfriend with Josh, especially considering the fact the he thinks Jason is using me. So I changed the topic by asking about my drawing, "You like?"

"That's awesome," He admits, taking the paper from my hand and admiring the drawing that was on the page. "I didn't know you were this good, why don't you show it?"

"No one knows about it, well you do now, and Kendrick already knew, but other than that, no one knows." I explain to him, happy that the change of subject worked and we weren't on the topic of Jason and me anymore. "And don't tell anyone either,"

"So Jason doesn't know?" He asked me with a raised eyebrow.

"Stop bringing him up!" I exclaimed, getting tired of him bringing this up every chance he gets. He subtly brings up Jason, and then he brings up the thing about him using me. It's happened this whole week, and it hasn't seemed to stop.

"He's using you Kathy, and you know that." He grumbled. He calls me Kathy now on a regular, and I would call him Joshua, just to annoy him, but not so much as he calls me Kathy. But now that he does, I can't tell if he's serious; he calls me by my full name when he's serious, like when he first accused Jason of using me. I think we've became somewhat friends, but he's seriously being really annoying right now. Do friends even fight over stupid stuff like this?

I rolled my eyes, "Whatever Josh,"

"I'm not lying to you," He sighed in irritation.

"Didn't you need tutoring?" I asked him, changing the subject again, because it was kind of annoying me like crazy talking about the Jason using me situation. And that feeling I get of punching Kendrick in the face is the same I getting with Josh right now, but I don't know him that much to know if he'd punch me back, so I don't want to get too tempted. I mean, I know he's going to keep bringing it up, but I'm hoping something always comes up for me to avoid this situation.