omegle • joshler

kill your mind.

"oh! hi, guys." josh exclaims, nervously. tyler notices.

"are you going to introduce us?" hayley asks, eyeing tyler.

"don't tell me you play for the other team now." pete jokes, making debby furrow her eyebrows together. tyler grows more anxious, even though he has no idea what that statement even means.

"what? no, this is my friend tyler." he shoots pete a glare, almost as a warning.

tyler looks at josh with sad eyes, now realizing that his name hasn't even come up in a conversation yet. he gets it. he wouldn't want his friends to know about someone like him anyway, that is if he even had any.

"ty, these are my friends, brendon, ashley, hayley, jenna, sarah, pete, and debby." josh says quietly.

tyler feels a slight pain in his chest when he hears the words "debby" and "friend" in the same sentence. josh never told him that they were hanging out again. he finds himself glancing up at debby, who shifts in her spot and looks away.

"hi, tyler!" jenna smiles, staring at him in awe.

he wants to speak, he really does. but he can't seem to form words. he's not used to talking to someone other than josh. his mouth opens to speak but quickly snaps shut.

"can it talk?" pete rolls his eyes, recieving a smack across the head from brendon.

tyler squeezes his eyes shut and feels his face burn red. he prays for josh to help him out.

"how did you guys know i was here?" josh asks, scratching the back of his head.

"we didn't, but we saw you here and just thought we'd join you." hayley shrugs.

"no, we were just leaving." josh shakes his head, putting the food back in the bag.

"but your food is untouched." she squints. brendon looks as if something popped into his mind, and he smirks, looking from tyler to josh.

"josh, didn't you have that project for history due tomorrow?" he asks, changing the subject. "you said this tyler guy would help you?"

josh looks at him with wide eyes, realizing he's making an excuse for him. brendon doesn't wipe the smile off his face, not to mention the twinkle in his eyes. he knows something josh doesn't.

he nods. "yeah, we were just procrastinating. let's go start it, okay ty?"

tyler doesn't understand what he's talking about but follows along anyway, just relieved to leave.

"wait, can i get your snapchat?" jenna asks as they stand up from the table.

"maybe some other time, we have to go." josh shoots her down, a sad look forming across her face.

"bye, you two." brendon smirks, looking josh up and down. josh stares at him as they walk out, not knowing whether to thank him or punch him.

"bye." he calls, pulling tyler out behind him. they climb into the truck and both breathe out in relief.

"that was... awful." josh sighs, staring up at the sky.

tyler remains quiet for a bit. "they don't know about me."

"what?" he asks, facing him.

"nevermind..." tyler shakes his head. "s-sorry for not t-talking."

"don't worry about it." josh replies. "i'm sorry you had to see that. i kinda panicked."

tyler wanted to ask why but he didn't know how. they start driving to josh's house.

"so... so that was d-debby?"