"Josh!?" I exclaim after pulling away, probably a little later than I should've. He smirks to himself and continues to drag me to the dance floor. I am still in bewilderment at what just happened when he spins to face me and begins to rock his hips, and with the help of his hands, I slowly begin to rock mine in sync with his. We laugh together and I put my face in my hands to cover my embarrassment, but Josh pulls them away.
"I need to see your beautiful face, Jennifer!" He smirks, to which I cringe and cover my face again. It's so different to hear these words come out of Josh's mouth, but I know I like the situation. I look around to find Sams eyes clamped on us as we dance. When he sees me he punches the air and mimes a 'woo!' action which I giggle to myself at.
Eventually the party comes to a finish in the early hours of the morning and people slowly start to leave the nightclub that lionsgate rented out for the night. Me, Josh, Sam, Jenna and Liam are sat in the sofa areas laughing about nothing and everything, the cups in our hands never being fully empty.
"Right," Liam starts shifting in his seat. "I think I better head off. Jenna, you coming?" He asks. She nods as she downs the rest of her drink and attempting to getting up, however she stumbles and falls back onto Sams lap. She giggles and kisses his cheek, then Josh's, then mine. Liam takes her hand and guides her roughly towards the door; he must be a little tipsy himself.
I scoot over so the space between Josh and I is virtually nonexistent. I swing my legs over his and rest my head on his shoulder; this feels so right. Sam is still chilling on the sofa opposite us drinking his millionth vodka coke. I stare at him for what seems like eternity until he finally meets my gaze, and he must understand my wishes as he stands up and shouts something about he must be leaving before running in zigzags to the door. Josh and I giggle quietly until he disappears from sight. Josh shifts slightly and looks down into my eyes. "Maybe we should get going, babe." My head spins, so I close my eyes and smile weakly at him. Before I know it he's getting up to his feet and pulling me with him. I groan and stumble after him, keeping a firm hold of his hands behind his back. I laugh at the spinning floors before slipping from Joshs grip and hitting the spinning dance floor with a thud.
Josh grabs my face in his hands as I laugh harder than before. "Are you okay?" He shouts in my face with worried eyes, but all I can do is laugh. He slips my shoes off and pulls me back to my feet and continues to pull me behind him towards the door. As we head out into the brisk, cool night we are immediately hit but flashes and shouts. Paparazzi, fuck off. I feel Josh let go of my hand and I feel very exposed all of a sudden, like I'm all alone with the cameras and my eyes begin to well with tears before I feel Josh's hand return around my waste as he pulls me closer to his side. He shields me from the cameras and we both stumble towards one of the designated black Bentleys. We climb in the back and Josh gives his address to the driver. I suddenly lose control of my body and my head crashes into Josh's lap and remains there for the entire journey back to his apartment.
Josh's POV
I wake up sleeping beauty by kissing her temple. She briefly lifts her head from my lap and groans again. I take her face in my hands and smile at her- I could look at her for years. I didn't mean to kiss her, I love Claudia. But there's something about my bestfriend that I can't control..
I gently slide out from beneath Jen and open the car door. We've been waiting outside my apartment for about ten minutes now, I think the driver is getting a little ticked off. I take her hands once more and pull her out of the car, shutting the door behind her. I gesture to the driver and begin to stumble up the stairs to the front door with Jen in one hand, and her shoes in the other. I unlock the door with difficulty; Jen has decided she wants to slow dance. I pull her in a quickly spin her so she falls on the sofa. I collapse next to her and laugh.
"Joshy,"
"Yes, Jennifer?"
"You wanted to talk about something?"
"Oh.. Don't worry about that now Jen."
"Okay, Joshy. But I'm tired."
I roll my eyes and get up smirking. This girl only uses me to help her when she's drunk, I swear. I lift her up and throw her over my shoulder, proceeding up the stairs as Jen plays the drums on my back. We reach my bedroom and I lay her on my king sized bed and go look for a tshirt she can wear. I find a plain black one and throw it to her. She starts to change right in front of me before wriggling under the covers.
"Goodnight, beautiful." I whisper as I head out of the room. The decent thing to do would sleep on the sofa, although I'm desperate to sleep next to her.
"Joshy! Can you stay? Pweaseeeee?" She begs me like a little girl. Her hand reaching out gesturing to me makes me smirk. I give her my hand and she pulls me over the bed so I fall and land next to her. I join her under the covers and start to unbutton my shirt, whilst Jen watches a little too intently. I laugh and cover her eyes with one of my hands. She tries to pull me away but I'm too strong for her and she gives up struggling. I pull off my black suit trousers so I'm only left in my underwear. I uncover Jens eyes and she looks at me with disappointment on her face whilst she says, "aw, I missed the striptease?" with genuine sorrow in her eyes. I smirk and kiss her forehead, "night, Jennifer." I whisper to her right before she hits me in the face with a pillow. "Don't be a sap, Josh. I'm not tired!" She laughs and jumps out of the bed; pillow in hand. I laugh and sigh at the same time. We're both still drunk and I don't think it's the best idea that were running around in the dark, but I give in and try to find her, grabbing a pillow and following the giggles. I enter the game room and start to look around; under the football table, under the beanbag chairs, behind the curtains. I'm about to leave this room and explore someone else before I feel a twang of pain in my thigh. The high pitched laughs coming from behind the door suggest that Jen has found my nerf guns. "Hey!" I yell and she runs out the door. I grab my best nerf gun and some bullets and creep my way out the door into the lounge. Almost immediately I spot a figure hiding behind the drapes and laugh. Only someone hella drunk woukd think that was a good hiding place. I shoot the figure 3 times before running up to her and tickling her through the fabric.
"Josh! Josh! JOSH STOP!" She exclaims through screams of laughter. She emerges from behind her curtain and storms away towards the door, but I grab her from behind and hug her waist until we reach the bedroom.
She jumps back on the bed and over dramatises a yawn. She falls back onto the pillows and pretends to be asleep, so I lie down next to her and close my eyes as well. But before I know what's happening, Jen takes my arms and gently moves them around her body so im hugging her waist again. I shift so there is no space between us and nuzzle my face into her neck. I can feel her smiling as she whispers, "I love you, Joshy. I really do." I return the smile and whisper back, "I love you too, Jennifer." and plant a small kiss on her collarbone. She sighs and mumbles to herself, "if only you knew."
I want to ask what she means, but before I can I hear the soft purr of her sleep. I nuzzle down further into her neck before falling quickly into a peaceful, dreamless sleep.
