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25. Trust

Warning for slight panic attack.

I'm double updating since I'll be busy the next few days and wanted to roll another one out. I don't know if I like this chapter though :/

Josh let out a sigh, his head resting in the palm of his hand. It was the Monday a week after his job interview and he was exhausted. He had worked all weekend.

Luckily, it was the week of Thanksgiving so they only had two days to suffer through. Well, for Josh to suffer through. Tyler and Jenna seemed fine.

"What's wrong?" Tyler asked him worriedly.

"I'm so tired," Josh groaned, resting his head on Tyler's shoulder. He felt Tyler wrap his arm around Josh and pull him closer.

"I will admit," Jenna hummed out. "That's the one nice thing about being a vampire. We're never tired."

Josh whined. "Can I be dead for one day? Just to catch up on sleep."

Tyler let out a laugh and kissed his forehead. "Sadly you cannot."

"Hey," Josh yawned out, causing Tyler and Jenna to both cool. "What do you want for your birthday on Sunday?"

Tyler didn't respond at first so he looked up to see him sharing a look with Jenna. "Uh."

"What's wrong? I didn't get the day wrong, did I? I made sure to take the day off—"

"I'm not celebrating my birthday this year," he told Josh sadly.

"What? Why not?"

"Immortal, remember? I'll have lots of birthdays."

Josh frowned. "But you only turn 18 once!"

"Sorry, baby," Tyler finalized. "I've already decided not to. We can still hang out but if you get me anything—"

"What?" Josh challenged jokingly. "What are you going to do?"

Tyler and Jenna both shot him a look.

"Right. Blood suckers, forgot about that."

Tyler let out a chuckle. "I love—" he stopped, his eyes widening. He cleared his throat. "I love uh, math! Math. Today was fun. Mrs. Black's a great teacher."

Josh gave him a confused look. "We had a sub today. Jenna said she had an appointment."

Tyler waved him off. "Never mind it. Hey I uh wanted to talk to you about something. I already told Jenna because she was with me when I found out."

"What's up?"

"So I forgot I applied to a few colleges at the end of junior year last year. Before everything happened. I got my acceptance letter in the mail for University of Denver on Saturday. I, uh, think I'm gonna go. I know I said I wasn't too psyched about college—"

Josh broke out into a smile. "No! Go for it! I'm so proud of you!"

"Really?"

"Yeah? Why wouldn't I be?"

"Well I know you committed to Ohio State in the middle of October before we started dating and I just didn't want you to be mad."

"Mad is the last thing I'd be. I'm really happy for you, Ty," he turned to Jenna. "Do you still plan on going there too?"

"Yeah," she smiled.

"That's awesome, Ty," Josh pressed a quick kiss to his lips. "I'm really happy for you."