Biology||Josh Richards

3.3

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If you haven't seen IT then be ready for a tiny spoiler.

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"No," I tell him sternly.

"Sav, I may not know how hard this is on you..." he sighs, "...but you need to talk to somebody."

I stand up hastily, tiptoeing to the small yet very tall door and turning the handle gently.

As soon as it's creaked open, I have my eyes locked with his, opening the door wide enough for him to step in.

Without shutting it, I jump into his embrace. Holding him as tight as someone would if they are seeing there best friend after years.

Just the touch of his hands on my bike sends shivers through me.

I can feel the sourness of my tears soaking his shirt, but he didn't seem to care.

"Hey, look at me," I stand back a little bit to look up at him, sniffing away the snout and tears. "You are going to get through this- we are going to get through this," he goes back in for another hug and I gladly do the same while trying to wipe away my pathetic tears of pain.

After tidying up a bit, we make our way back into the kitchen with everyone else.

"Hey Sav! Do you want to order pizza with me?" Avani asks, waving her phone in the air for me. She gives me a 'come on let's talk' look before we shimmy out of the kitchen, up the stairs, and into her beautifully organized room.

"What's up?" She asks, plopping down on her in-made bed.

"I think my parents are getting divorced..." I look down ashamed. "They've been fighting a lot recently but today it got so bad that my dad left..."

"Oh my god, babe, I'm so sorry" she stands from her comfy position and joins me in a hug. "You are so strong and you're going to get through this okay? You have everyone in this household if you ever need someone to talk to."

I smile sincerely at her as we make our way back into the kitchen with hopes that no one notices we were gone in the first place.

"I'm so glad we are on break," I state as we commence with our group. "I really do not want to be studying for exams though."

We have small y'all before the dinner arrives and we munch on everything bought until we merge our way into her ginormous basement filled with artsy pictures and leather couches.

She leads us into a small room and as we walk in I'm in awe at the small movie screen in the front with red curtains on the sides. There are steps on the far right side to step into the three different sections of seating.

"You have a movie room?" I ask as everyone divides to go chose their seats.

"Yeah, isn't it sick?" She comments, making me nod and follow Josh to the top row where there were a loveseat and movie chairs next to it.

Josh sits and I sit in the leather loveseat, getting comfortable under our blanket, Charli sits to my right with Addison on the end.

"We should watch IT," Chase suggests, leaning his middle row chair back so that he's practically laying flat.

We all agree, well not all. Josh seemed a little scared to converse about it while Addison complained because it was too horrific causing me to explain to her that that's the point of a horror movie.

"Oh come on, I've seen it before, it's not that scary." I snort at her pettiness. "We can make remarks about it while we watch if that makes it better?"

She nods as Avani scrolls through the DVR Xbox thing trying to remember the password to Vudu.

Once she rents the movie and the lights are off, we all sit back with blankets piled throughout the couches and chairs as the intro begins.

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Halfway through the movie, I'm full-on laughing my a.ss off at my terrible jokes for certain scenes.

"When girls over exaggerate their period," I joke, whispering into Charli's ear making both of us chuckle as if on command while one of the main characters, Beverly's, sink drain explodes with blood as Addison peers over the armrests trying to not freak out and to listen to my stupid remark.

The movie drags along, the scenes getting boring and unreal by the end. I somehow find myself tangled in the muscular arms that belong to Josh, with his arms around my torso, pulling me closer than ever, with my thigh nearly sitting on top of his, my head resting in the crook of his neck.

"Let's watch something else?" Payton suggests as the movie nears its end. His eyebrows wiggle before he opens his mouth to speak again, "How about dirty dancing?"

"Payton wants to watch a chick flick?" Anthony jokes, snickering, and shoving Payton.

"I don't care," I tell them, yawning afterward from Josh's fingers running through my hair, massaging my scalp.

I hear the high pitched and low pitched voices bicker as I feel a light heat blowing on my ear.

"Are you tired?" He whispers, I nod. "Go to sleep, I know you're exhausted." I nod again, closing my eyes after his soft words.

I don't know which movie they had decided on but I woke up to the sounds of recliner chairs being in-reclined.

"Wake up, Sav." I hear a voice whisper in my ear, shaking me from my slumber.

"What time is it?" I ask, my voice breaking from the loss of talking for a few hours.

"Nearly midnight," Josh tells me and I nod.

"I need to get home," I state with a small plead.

"Okay, I'll take you." He says before I stand up and walk away to go hug everybody else.

"Bye guys, love you!" I cheer tiredly before me and Josh head upstairs, trying not to wake up Avani's parents and siblings.

"My parents are gonna be pissed," I comment as we get in the car, turning on the radio.

"You can stay at my house if you want, you could say you stayed at Avani's. I'll give you some clothes."