~ 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 ~ 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚓𝚘𝚜𝚑 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜

"more than friends?"

i slowly clench my fist as i'm watching the video. i look at the name of who posted it and of course...cynthia. that bitch. i see it has over 15k views already in not even 5 minutes. i start to stomp off to find cynthia inside, but josh grabs my arm before i reach the door.

josh: kate, wai-
me: i told her it wasn't any of her god damn business!

i accidentally snap at him. everyone gets quiet when they hear me.

me: ..s-sorry.

he lightly puts his hands on my arms, pulling me closer to him.

josh: it's okay, kate. just breath.

i look over and see charlie, addison, and avani watching the video. it was a small clip of josh and i making out in the laundry room. we were so caught up in the moment that we didn't even notice cynthia standing there videoing us. and after i snapped at her earlier, she really wanted to just upset me even more. she definitely accomplished that.

me: i won't say anything to her.
josh: i think that's best because obviously she's trying to get to you. so don't let her.
me: i won't. but what are we gonna do about the video?
josh: im going to tell her to take it down.

he lets go of me and walks inside the house. the girls come up to me and we all start talking about it.

avani: what are you and josh gonna do now?
me: i have no idea..but it's just weird knowing that thousands of people just saw that. i only was planning on sharing that we're dating, not a full make out session *i joke*

i manage to laugh a little.

addison: try not to worry about it. at least it was just a kiss and not something like embarrassing.
me: true. i mean maybe we should just go ahead and announce it. we've already dropped many hints by accident.
avani: whenever you're ready. not because you feel pressured to.

i didn't feel pressured to, but the only thing that was holding me back was i knew millions of people were going to see him and i together..but i knew josh and i would be in it together and he would respect that i want to keep some things private, since i wasn't planning on getting involved with someone that has over 11 million fans.

me: i'll talk to josh about it later.
charlie: i think that's best.

i turn when i hear someone walking out of the house. i see josh and he walks up to me.

josh: it's taken down.
me: wow. that easy?
josh: it took me a bit, but she finally gave in. i told her to never bother you again and that she needs to stay out of our relationship.
me: thank you, josh.

he kisses my forehead and turns around to look at everyone staring.

josh: everything's good now. let's get back to having a good time!

everyone cheers and starts jumping back in the pool and playing music. i look up at josh and he looks down at me.

josh: yes, beautiful?

i hesitate for a moment.

me: i was gonna wait to talk to you later about it but..
josh: oh no..what's wrong?
me: no, no nothings wrong. i was just going to maybe suggest that we could announce it tonight on live.
josh: w-wait...really? announce us??
me: yes, i think we should. don't you?
josh: if you want to take that step, then i'm all for it. we have only been together for four days...so i understand-
me: -yes. but we've already dropped many hints so it's basically out already.
josh: true. and i know you want to keep most of it private and i completely respect and understand that.
me: thank you, josh. so you agree that we should?