Chapter 8

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Sam’s POV

Oh no here comes the kissing thing again.  I shouldn’t be kissing him.  He’s a celebrity.  He’s only here one more night I don‘t want to get emotionally involved.  Once he goes home I’ll never see him again.  He’s Josh freaking Hutcherson.  You wanted to kiss him again REMEMBER.  What are you waiting for.  Ugh my head is so confused right now.  I know he’s kissing me but what the hell am I doing.  I’m having a ridiculous internal monologue.

Josh pulls away and gives me a really confused look.  ‘Is everything ok‘.  He says tentatively.  ‘I’m sorry I thought’.  he didn’t get to finish.

“uh yeah sorry for spacing out just then’ I said before he could finish.  ‘I didn’t mean to go all brick wall on you’. 

‘Can we start again’ I say smiling.

Josh breaks into a smile and I place my lips against his this time.  

I snake my arms up over his shoulders and he slides one arm around my waist and the other around my lower back and pulls me tighter against him.  We stand like that kissing for only a minute or two when we separate our mouths.  Josh rests his forehead against mine and says ‘much better’.

I laugh a little and say ‘I am so ugh retarded sometimes’.  ‘My emotions are all over the place today’.  ‘I get the chance to kiss you and I freeze up waiting for my brain to focus’.  I let out a big sigh.

‘Oh, I think I get it’.  ‘Should I kiss him, I won’t see him again, I’ll be heartbroken’.  He gives me a heart melting smile.  ‘Sam, we live like 4 hours away from each other’.  ‘I think that’s pretty close really.’  ‘At least close enough to visit each other and hang out’.  ‘That is if you want to hang out with me’.  

‘Yeah, a 4 hour drive and I get to see you again’.  ‘I like the sound of that’.  Here come the dimples again.

Josh pulls me into a big warm hug.  ‘I like the sound of that too’.

The sun is starting to dip down into the horizon a little.  It must be late afternoon by now.  We’ve been here for ages.

‘Anything else you’d like to do, or do you want to go back home and relax you’ll have a long drive tomorrow’.  I ask.

‘Can I take you to see a movie’. says Josh.

‘Only if I buy the popcorn’.  I reply.

‘Nah, sorry I asked you out so I pay’.  ‘That’s is what a good southern boy like me does’.  ‘If I ask you out on a date I pay all the way’.

I smile back at him.  A date.  ‘You are so sweet Josh’.

‘oh I nearly forgot’ says Josh while he forages around in his pockets.

‘Give me your hand’. he asks

I hold out my left hand as asked and Josh ties a friendship band around my wrist.

‘I thought we  could have matching bands in honour of our new friendship’.  ‘You want to tie mine on’.

I tie Josh’s band around his wrist and give him a hug.  ‘You are truly the nicest guy I’ve ever met’. 

We pull up at the movie theatre and Josh being the gentleman that he is runs around the car to open my door.  No one has ever opened my door for me before.  I feel like royalty all of a sudden as he extends his hand to help me out of the car.

We decide on a romantic comedy and Josh goes off to buy popcorn.  When he makes his way back to me he has a huge tub of popcorn, a bag of skittles, cokes and by the look of it a whole lot of other candy stuffed into his jacket pockets. 

Once we get seated I ask him about all the candy.  I didn’t know what I felt like so I figured I’d get a bunch of different things.  ‘Whatever we don’t eat I’ll keep to bribe my brother with.’ he laughs.

About half hour into the movie Josh put his arm around me and I lay my head on his shoulder.  We stayed like this for pretty much the rest of the movie until the last maybe 10 minutes when Josh interlaced his fingers with mine.  

When the movie finished and we stood up I yawned.

‘I think it’s time to head back to your place’.  ‘You look tired’. says Josh

‘Nah I’m ok, but I think relaxing in front of the fireplace would be nice’.   I say.

‘Come on then’  Josh takes my hand and we head back to the car and to my house.

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⏰ Last updated: Sep 12, 2012 ⏰

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