Let Me Be Your Beethoven (George Shelley/Union J Fanfic)

Chapter Seven

George's POV

"So you're basically saying you want to hook up with Clary, your best friend - besides me of course - for God knows how many years?" Josh summerised, and I shot him my you-are-so-not-helping-right-now. 

"No. Have you not been listening for the past ten minutes? I want to get her to break up with Justin and then maybe... if we're ready..." I corrected him, fixing the zipper on my monkey onesie.

I had called Josh round as soon as Clary and Justin got into his car and sped off. Seeming as he lived next door, Josh came bounding up my front steps in record time. Skylar had gone to the cinema with Liv and Cat, which is why I didn't ask JJ to come round. He's got his hands full with Princeton. And Jaymi? He and Olly are still sorting out wedding things, like food and tuxedo's and venue and... well, he's told me all about it, but I've forgotten.

"And then you'll hook up?"

"Seriously Josh! It's like you want me to have sex."

"What?! Hooking up is getting together. I think. But what I mean is is that today, you and Clary were adorable together! Even Skylar admits it, and she doesn't even find the Andrex advert cute!" Josh protested, his face lighting up like a red beacon.

Finding my mark, I distracted him "I though hooking up was... doing it." 

Josh merely shrugged and took out a bag of Munchies and held them out to me. "Want one?"

As if I'd ever turn down food.

Happily munching on Munchies, Josh found a piece of scrap paper and a pen which were lying on my coffee table.

"Okay, so here's what's going to happen." Josh began and started to scribble away on the piece of paper. He can have nice handwriting when he can be bothered, but what he slides in front of me looks like a child's scrawl. With chocolate and caramel stains.

WHAT GEORE IS GOING TO DO TO HOOK UP WITH CLARY:

1. Sabotage ALL of C&J's dates. Do NOT make your intentions clear.

2. Once more than three of C's dates have gone shockingly bad, take her out somewhere she loves. DO NOT KISS HER.

3. When you drop her off and you get 'the vibe', kiss her.

4. I don't want to know what comes after number three.

"Oh Josh, you are completely ridiculous," I gasped, laughing as I crumpled the paper and threw it at him. Poor reaction time; the paper bounced off his head behind the couch.

"What if it works though?"

"Look - what if she doesn't like me back? Then I have completely destroyed our friendship!" I moaned and stuffed myself with more Munchies.

"I was only offering you the one you greedy - anyway," he was cut off by my glare. "George, my friend, you have landed yourself into the most cliched love situation in the world. If I were you, I'd copy the films they make about it."

"I am not a cliche."

"I never said you were mate, just that your love triangle was." He sighed as his phone started ringing. "It's Skylar." As if I didn't know; he always smiled when she was calling him.

I couldn't hear what Skylar was saying, and Josh provided useless commentary. He kept on making useless phrases such as 'yeah' and 'uhu'.  

"What was that about?" I pounced as he hung up. Or she hung up. Because Josh hates ending a call, particularly to her.

"Just letting me know when I can pick her up. The film ends in an hour and a half. So in two" He yawned and pawed through my growing stack of DVD's. "Fancy watching The Hobbit?"

"Sure, but put the second one on. The first one stinks."

And after two minutes - Josh can never figure out how to operate my DVD player - we were settled on the couch watching Desolation of Smaug.

Bilbo and Co had just been attacked by those creepy Spiders (side note: Shelob and Gollum gave me my worst nightmare), the door banged open.

"Oh yeah! I haven't missed any Legolas action!" Clary's voice was truimphant and she dived onto the couch next to me. Believe me, I tried not to stare at her chest, but failed because I have never seen it before.

"How'd the date go?" Josh asked, an amused glint in his eyes.

"Oh yeah, it was okay." Clary replied, her excitement dying as soon as it came. She watched the Legolas action through half closed eyes.

"Oh jeesh, is that the time? I better go and pick up Sky. See you guys later."

And the cheeky bugger was out the door before me and Clary could say bye.

I pressed pause, "So what's really up? You're being awfully quiet."

"I just got through the door for crying out loud," Clary mumbled and I could see that she was beginning to defrost.

"Clary..."

"Okay okay. Justin was just being... a bit of a jerk, that's all. I'm just annoyed."

"If he hurt you-" I began to threaten, but she cut me off.

"Oh no, Justin would never hurt me. He couldn't."

Ouch. Her voice was so full of confidence it made me want to puke.

"Because you'd beat him up."  My words came out strained, but hopefully she'd think I was joking.

"Of course."