Welcome to New York, It's Been Waiting. (Josh Hutcherson Fanfic)

Coffee.

I barely slept last night. My heart was racing and all I could think about was Josh. The way he looked at me, the way he smiled, and not to mention the way his hands kept brushing up against mine last night in the park. But my first instinct was to pull away. I can't help but put up a wall after what i've been through. UGH!! STOP THIS MADDIE! YOU CAN'T FALL FOR HIM! I finally did fall asleep for a couple of hours, but my alarm went off at 8. So I got up out of bed and jumped in the shower. The warm water felt good against my bare skin and helped wake me up. I started to zone out and thought about Ben...

*Flashback*

It was a normal Saturday. Me and Ben were going to go out tonight after he got back from his parent's house. I got ready for our date and 5 minutes later, Ben was there to pick me up. I ran downstairs and ran into his arms. He leaned down and kissed me. And I kissed back. He was around 6 foot 4 and I am only like 5 foot 3. He was extremely muscular. He played football in high school and got a scholarship to play at UT. We went out to dinner and Ben drank a little more than I had ever seen him drink before. But he was being pretty funny. After dinner, we went to a club. We were dancing and he was being even more flirtatious than usual. He drank even more and I could smell the alcohol on his breath as he leaned in to kiss me while we were on the dancefloor. It was a little more forced and I started to become uncomfortable. I pulled away from the kiss and said "Ben...babe... stop. I think we should get you home."  He moved his lips down to my neck and began to kiss me even more roughly. He tightened his grip on my waist and I couldn't get out of his grip. But I still tried "Ben. Stop it!" I said more firmly. He stopped and loosened his grip and looked down at me. "Ben, i want to go home.now." "well I want to stay . Besides, what are you going to do when you get home anyways? sit on the couch and eat ice cream and cookies while you watch TV?"  I was in complete and utter shock. I stepped back and just stared at him. Did he just call me fat? I walked back to a small table I found in the back and sat down as I texted one of my sisters to come and pick me up. Suddenly, I started to feel more self conscious about my short dress I was wearing. I mean I knew that I wasn't the skinniest, and once I had heard his friends giving him trouble because I was curvy. He didn't tell them anything, just walked away. Was he embarrassed of me? I  kept tugging down on my dress and then answered my ringing phone. It was Ashley. "Hey little. U OK?" "I don't know. I don't exactly know what club I am at. But Ben won't bring me home. I want to go home Ashley"  I went up and asked the bartender what the name of the club was and she told me. I told Ashley and she said she would come get me. "I don't know whats up with him. He's been acting different all night" I was watching him on the dance floor dancing with some girl who barely had any clothes on. She looked like a stick, so fragile. I turned my eyes away and continued to talk to Ashley. Out of nowhere, Ben walks up to me and takes my phone out of my hand and hangs up, and tightly takes a hold of my wrists "you are not leaving Maddie." END OF FLASHBACK

I was suddenly aware of the tears that were streaming down my face. I pushed any thoughts of Ben out of my mind and rinsed off. I grabbed a towel and wrapped it around myself. I ran into the main part of the room and grabbed my phone. I turned on some up beat music and looked at the time. 8:20. I needed to get ready. I decided on a floral shirt that had a semi deep v neck in the front and the back. It had with thick straps and was tight on my boobs, but barely showed any cleavage. There was a band that was blue just below my bust and then the shirt flowed away from my body. I decided on dark wash straight leg jeans, and beaded sandals to complete the outfit. I grabbed my makeup and decided on winged eyeliner again and nude eye shadows. I topped off my eyes with a little mascara and finished the rest of my makeup. I threw on my watch and looked at the time. 8:50. I ran to the bathroom and quickly blow dried my hair. I pulled out my straightener and just as I finished most of my hair, I heard a knock on the door. I looked at the time. 9:00. Dang! Josh must always be on time. "Just a second! I'll be right there!" I quickly finished straightening my bangs and ran to answer the door. I opened it and there he was. Only this time in his hat, with his sunglasses in hand. "Good morning Madeline" He greeted me with a hug that kinda took me by surprise. I just smiled at him and then said "just let me grab my purse" I ran back in as he held the door open while I grabbed my things. I went back outside and we walked down the hall to the elevator together. "so, how did you sleep last night?" His sudden voice took me by surprise. "I slept great" I lied. But what was I supposed to say. Uh I barely got any sleep cause all I could think of was your gorgeous face and how I can't fall for you? He just smiled and I returned the question "what about you? Did you sleep well?" "yeah for the most part" He ran his hand through his hair and we walked out of the elevator into the lobby. "If you don't mind, can we take a back way out of here? I just don't want to be bombarded by all the fans this early in the morning" "sure! I don't mind" "Great! follow me" he grabbed my hand and pulled me out a different way that led to outside where his car was waiting for him. He opened my door and I jumped inside and quickly realized that it was the same car that we were in last night. We drove not far to the nearest Starbucks and went inside quickly and surprisingly, there were not many people in there. We ordered coffee and I pulled out my debit card to pay. We grabbed a seat in the back away from any windows. I sat down and Josh went to go grab our drinks. As he handed me mine and sat down he said "thanks for coffee Madeline" "no problem. thanks for dinner last night" he just smiled and took a sip of his coffee and I did the same. "by the way, if you want, you can call me Maddie." He smiled and said "I don't know. I like Madeline. Its a beautiful name. Its very elegant" I blushed and quickly pulled a piece of hair behind my ear. We sat there chatting for a bit. "So you said that you were just in town for an audition. Where do you live?" "Well, my family lives in Kentucky, but I live in LA" "Do you miss Kentucky?" "yeah, sometimes when I'm in between movies I go back for a week or so and just hang out. Have you ever been there?" "nope! Never been to LA either" "well we might just have to do something about that" he said a little over dramatically. We both laughed and then he said "so when do you leave back to Texas?" "today actually! My flight leaves at 3:50" "well then, I guess I am just going to have to get your number now" he said pulling out his phone. I hesitated for a second and then typed my number into his phone. he smiled and I gave it back to him. "well since I showed you around New York, I think it's only fair for you to show me around Texas sometime" I gave him a weak smile, and sort of looked away. "Madeline, is something wrong?" I tried to speak but no words came out of my mouth. Finally, I took a deep breath and said "Look Josh, I -I just don't think.." he nodded with encouragement for me to go on. "I don't know if that would be such a good idea. we just met two days ago" he looked taken aback by my statement. "look Madeline, I know we just met, and I don't know about you, but I can't help but feel like i've known you my whole life" I smiled and looked down. he was right. I do feel like i've known him forever. He continued "I just feel so comfortable around you. I just thought that maybe..." he paused and reached for my hand on the table, but I stopped him. "Look Josh, I just got out of- I just got over- I don't want-" I took a deep breath trying to find the right words "I just need a friend right now" I looked at him with saddened eyes and he looked back at me with understanding eyes. "If it's a friend you need, then a friend I'll be" he said as he grabbed my hand. This time I allowed him. I looked up at him and said softly "thank you" he squeezed my hand for reassurance. He quickly changed the topic and instantly made me feel better. It was as if the past 5 minutes never happened. How did he do that? There is only one person who could do something like that with me. Ashley. We went back to the hotel and went up to my room. He sat on the bed as I packed and kept finding clothes that I had all over the room and would throw them at me while I was trying to pack my suitcase. "Packing" with him probably took a lot longer than it should have but it was fun. Now that we had our boundaries set, things were even easier with him which I didn't think was possible. He offered to drop me off at the airport and I gladly accepted. Paying for cabs really starts to add up.  I checked out of my room and he helped load my bag into his car. This time he drove as I rode in the passenger seat and we got something quick to eat and ended up at the airport around noon. Since we were so early, we just sat in the parking lot joking around and talking and eating. After I recovered from a fit of laughter that probably lasted for 5 minutes straight, I looked at him and said "you know, maybe i should show you around Texas sometime. My sisters would LOVE to meet you" He smiled and said "well you know where to reach me" We continued laughing and talking until about 1:30 and decided that I should probably go in since there would be a line for security. He took my bag out of the back and handed it to me. "thanks" I said as I looked up at him. "Well, I guess i'll see you later?" he looked down at me as he spoke "yeah, see you later" I hugged him and said "thanks for everything" I pulled away and said bye once more as I walked towards the doors. I turned around and saw him about to get in his car "HEY JOSH!" He stood up straight and looked at me "I'm glad you ran into me in that hallway" He laughed and yelled back "Are you kidding? You are the one who ran into me" I laughed and waved bye and turned around and walked through the doors. I went through security and sat down in a chair near my boarding gate. I pulled out my phone and called Ashley "Hey girl! Are you alone?" "yeah, i'm in my room doing homework. Why? Whats up?" "I need to talk to you as soon as I get back! It's super important but no one else can know!" "what is it?" "I-" I was cut off by the intercom "Flight 4356 to Austin Texas is now boarding. Flight 4356 to Austin Texas is now boarding" I turned back to my phone "Ashley we are boarding but I promise as soon as I get back, we will talk" "OK. have a safe flight!" "see you in a bit" "bye" I hung up and got on the flight. I pulled out my headphones and turned on some music as we began our flight back home.

JOSH's POV

She turned away and walked into the airport. How the hell am I supposed to be just friends with her? Something happened to her and she is putting up a wall to protect herself from whatever "it" is. I hope she was serious about me visiting her in Texas. I bet whatever happened I can help her get through it. We just need to spend more time together before she opens up to me. But how are we supposed to do that when she is over 1,000 miles away from me?