Just for a Moment

17 | Relaxation

I did base this a little off their Instagram live. Of course, in this, they aren't live

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Olivia
Surprisingly, we made it back to the apartments in one piece. We all ran to our rooms to put our stuff up before going to Josh's. Him being the most injured, we didn't want him to move around too much. Of course, being right next to him, I'm the first one there.

"Joshy? Where are you?" I call through the room.

"In here," he says. I walk around the apartment until I find him in the bathroom. He's struggling to take off the soaking wet bandage around his chest.

"Need some help?" I laugh. He's cute when he needs help and doesn't admit it. I did not just think that.

"Normally I'd say 'no', but I know you won't back down so easily."

"Yeah, you're right."

"Here, take this and slowly pull it off." He hands me a tab that's hanging off, and I start to pull it off. I can see he's trying not to show it hurts, but it doesn't work too well.

When his chest is completely bare all I can look at is his bruise. "Be honest, does it look any better?" he asks.

"Well... it's not as purple. Does it hurt as bad?"

"It was starting to feel a little better today. I don't think me trying to wrestle a rope off my ankle helped the healing process," he says.

"I'm sorry," I say.

"You don't need to be sorry. It's not your fault that person's crazy."

"That doesn't mean I won't feel bad for you. You didn't do anything to deserve this." He gets out another roll from a drawer then looks at me.

"I take it you want to help put a new one on?"

"Yeah," I say. He holds one end against his chest, and I start wrapping it around him. I stop when I get close to the bruise though.

"Hey, you ok?" he asks. I look up, and he has a confused look on his face.

"Yeah... it's just so much has happened already, and we haven't even been here for a full week," I tell him.

"Hey." He puts his hand under my chin to make me look him in the eyes. "We'll get through this. Me, you, and the whole cast. I'm sure that when filming starts this will be put behind us. Everything will turn out fine," he says without breaking eye contact.

"My brain doesn't exactly believe that yet." I let out a small laugh.

"Come here," he says. We stand there in a hug for a while until we hear a voice.

"Josh, we're here!" It's everybody else.

"Woah, am I interrupting something?" I turn around and Sofia is standing in the doorway.

"No, Liv was just helping me put on a new bandage," Josh tells her.

"Mhm..." And she leaves. I almost forgot I still had the roll in my hand.

"Let's finish this," I tell him. He nods his head, and I'm finished in a minute.

We start to head out, but he stops in front of me and turns around. "Are you ok?" he asks.

I look at him confused. "Yeah, why?"

"I feel bad that you and Sof were soaking wet and standing outside in the wind." I roll my eyes.

"You need to stop saying you're sorry, and that you feel bad. You almost died tonight. Us being a little cold doesn't need to be prioritized over your life," I tell him.