ᴡᴏʀᴅ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ: 11ᴋ (ʙᴜᴄᴋʟᴇ ᴜᴘ)
ᴛᴀɢs: ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ᴇᴍʙᴀʀᴀssᴇs ʜᴇʀsᴇʟғ, ᴊᴏsʜ ғᴀʟʟs ʜᴀʀᴅᴇʀ, ʜᴏᴛ ᴛᴜʙs, ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ɪs ɪɴᴛʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀɴɢ, ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ɪs ɪɴ ᴅᴇɴɪᴀʟ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴊᴏsʜ ʟɪᴋɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ, sʟᴏᴡ ʙᴜʀɴ ᴛʏᴘᴇ sᴛᴜғғ.
ɴᴏᴛᴇ: ɪ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪs ᴀ sᴇʀɪᴇs ᴀsʜsʜᴇᴊᴇᴊʜᴇ
»»————> 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔!<————««
It's been four days since josh invited you to a winter getaway, and ran his car into you accidentally. Now it's Friday, and he's planning to introduce you to all his friends. Although, to him, he wants to be more than friends with you, but you don't know if you feel the same.
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"Are you excited to meet everyone?" Josh asks, bouncing his basketball. "I mean yeah, but what if they don't like me?" You worry, "nonsense, they'll like you right away. Now come play with us." Beth says, trying to steal the ball from josh. "Nah, I'm okay. I'm not that sporty." Josh stops and holds the ball, "please, you haven't done anything all week because you've been nervous." You just scoff.
"Well, I'm closer to you guys now, but I don't know about everyone else." Josh gets ready to shoot the ball into the hoop, "well-" he shoots the ball and it goes right through, Beth rushes over to pick it up. "Just do this for me. Pleassee" he begs, "alright, alright, fine." You give in, standing up off the bench and you walk over to Beth, who passes you the basketball.
You bounce it a bit before shooting, it bounces on the rim for a few seconds before falling in. "Wow, good job." Josh says, surprised, but proud. "Don't forget we need to pack and get up there today." Hannah butts in, entering the basketball court, "yeah, don't forget that." You agree.
You've gotten the closest with Hannah since you met her on the Monday, you two just have a lot in common.
"Anyways, [name], can I talk to you?" She calls you over to the corner of the court, you just nod and pass the ball over to josh, he catches it with ease. You walk over to Hannah and she looks around, suspicious. "I need to talk to you about josh." She begins, "hm?" You wipe a piece of hair away from your face. "I think josh is starting to like, like, you. Did you pick up on that yet?" She whispers.
"Yeah, I think so. On Monday he came up to me and held my hand, and told me we should get to know each other." Hannah smirks, letting a small chuckle escape her lips. "Well maybe you should, y'know, see where things go." You lightly punch her shoulder, "if you're saying what I think you're saying, ew. And I don't even know if I feel the same, I mean I literally met him four days ago." You say.
"True, but still. You should think about it." She taps your shoulder, but before she could leave, you squint, staring at her, knowing something's up. "Did he tell you to talk to me?" You question, giggling a little. "How did you know, goodness, he's been nagging me for days, I'm about to punch him." She confesses, you both just break out into a laughing fit before she disappears back inside.
"You ready?" You sink down in the car seat, covering your face. "No, no I'm not." You admit. Josh just laughs before reaching over to push open the passenger door for you. "We will both, get out and we will both greet them, together." He says, you just grunt in reply and step out of the car, wiping non-existent dust off your jeans.
You and Josh walk over to his friends, a few of them turning their heads. A familiar blonde boy walks over to you and Josh, "guys they're here! You remember me right?" He asks, holding his hand out, you grab his hand and shake it, before tilting your head slightly. "It's, Chris, right?" You ask, letting go of his hand, he adjusts his glasses and puts his hands on his hips. "Woohoo! You remembered!" He laughs, you laugh along with him before the rest of the group make their way towards you and Josh.
"Hi! Chris told me about you, my name's Ashley!" A girl calls out from besides Chris, "hey! I'm [name]." You wave to her, before more people start greeting you. "Hey, I'm Mike." A guy calls out, the guy sort of looks like someone who'd bully you, so you just greet him in a monotone voice.
Everyone else welcomes you into the group and you learn their names, Sam, Ashley, Mike, Matt, Emily, and Jessica. They welcome you with open arms and you feel the greatness of friendship for the first time in forever.
"So, I've noticed that josh has taken a small, liking, to you." Ashley says, sitting down next to you. "Hannah told me that today, even though josh sent her to say it, but even then I don't see why he'd like me y'know?" You pause, turning your head to look at Ashley, her wide brown doe eyes making you smile. "Like, he can choose from all you pretty girls, like Sam, Emily, Jessica, and you even." You say, placing your hands on your knees.
"Okay, first of all. Sam and Josh are best friends, Emily wouldn't even step near josh, same with Jessica, and I already have my eye on someone" her sight swaps over to Chris.
"oooh, you like Chris? I think he might like you as well, I've seen how he's acted around you today." You say, "really?" She asks, her expression shifting slightly. You nod, encouraging her. "Anyways, let's change the topic, I don't think I can handle talking about anymore boys." Ashley says, giggling a little, "what do you think of the group?" She asks, awaiting a juicy answer. You sit back onto the wall, and shift your gaze from each person in the group.
"I really like Sam, she's so cool, Emily and Jessica are cool too, they're very pretty, you're amazing, Chris is funny I guess, I'm not sure about Mike, he just sorta looks like a bully, Matt is chill, a typical jock." You pause, letting your eyes drag over to josh, your gaze softening as you observe the way his hair falls as he laughs with his friends.
"Oh my gosh, do you like josh as well!?" Ashley squeals, "I mean, maybe? It's complicated, I don't know my feelings." You admit, a sigh in your tone.
Josh catches you staring at him and excuses himself from Chris, walking over to you. "Shit." You mumble under your breath, silently hoping he can't read your thoughts like they're a kindergarten book. "How are you doing [name]? Do you need anything before we have to go?" He asks, his voice softer than the one he uses to talk to his friends, "wait, before you answer that, did you pack your suitcase?" He questions, a hint of worry in his voice.
"Don't worry, I did, just let me go home to grab it before we head up to this lodge you've been talking about, all, week." You and Ashley share chuckles with one another, but your expression softens when you look back at josh.
"Great!" He claps, "we'll swing by your house before we get up there." Before he could disappear you stop him, "and no, I don't need anything before we leave." Josh just nods sweetly before resuming his conversation with Chris.
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Josh, Hannah, Beth, and yourself have all packed and picked up your luggage. You're all now on your way to the lodge.
"We're nearly there, don't worry guys." Josh says, tapping his fingers on the steering wheel. "Be sure to not crash into anybody." You tease, "oh come on! That was one time!" He defends himself, as usual.
"No time for bickering you two, we're here." Beth butts in, poking her head in between the two front seats. Hearing this you perk up to look out the window, the ethereal looking white snow coating the ground, and the snowflakes falling almost movie-like on the trees, and before you stands a huge front gate.
"Woah, this is, amazing you guys." You admire the pretty scene laid out Infront of you. "Just wait until we get to the lodge." Hannah says, her words making you even more excited to stay here for the weekend, although the lingering anxiousness about staying with josh and his friends for the first time remains. "You okay?" Hannah asks, rushing up to stand next to you as you all make your way up to the lodge. "I mean, I think? I'm just nervous about staying with all your friends for the first time." You pause, looking over at Hannah and letting a wide smile appear on your face, "nothing alcohol can't fix, am I right." You say sarcastically, you and Hannah both laugh as you catch up with Josh and Beth.
"Uh, [name], are you scared of heights?" Josh asks, turning his head to look at you over his shoulder, you clutch your bag tighter, "yes, very." You confess, josh just sighs a little before looking at Beth for approval, she nods and he turns back to you. "Well, we have to go on a cable car to the lodge, and that's really, high up." He says, you swallow down spit that feels like a rock, but you manage to cover up your huge fear of heights good enough.
"I'll be fine." You say, bracing yourself for what's coming.
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"Well, are you ready?" Josh says as all three of you linger Infront of the cable car door, "yes. I'm ready, I can do it. I'm fine!" You hype yourself up before stepping into the cable car, the sudden shake as you step in makes you scream a little. "No, nope. Not fine, definitely. not. Fine." You say to yourself, even though everyone can hear you.
"You'll be okay, just go sit down." Josh reassures as he gets on behind you, the shake as he gets on makes you stumble a little, but you manage to sit down successfully. You and Hannah sit next to each other, Beth and josh sitting adjacent to you, josh fighting to make sure he got to sit Infront of you.
After around 10 minutes the three of you finally make it to the main path to the lodge, you all step out and Hannah catches you as you nearly fly out of the cable car.
You all make your way up the path, the huge lodge slowly coming into view. "Wow, that thing is huge!" You shout in excitement, now you're jogging up to the lodge. "Calm down, the lodge isn't going anywhere." Hannah laughs, "what!, I'm so excited!" You blurt out. You all arrive at the doorstep of the lodge and Josh gets the door open. You all spill inside, the lodge reeking of the smell of pine, but in a good way, it reminds you of the days playing out in the woods with your cousin's when you were young.
You make your way up to your assigned bedroom and begin unpacking, putting your clothes in the top drawer and your socks and underwear in the one underneath. After you finish unpacking you start exploring the lodge, the upstairs, the downstairs, and finally the outside. You slide open the back door and step out, the cold air making you shiver. You scan the back porch until you find a hot tub sitting in the corner. "Holy shit, you guys have a hot tub!?" You shout, josh follows you outside and places a hand on your shoulder.
"Yup, we sure do. Now come inside, Beth just warmed up some dinner." Josh says, you turn and follow him inside and into the kitchen.
After dinner and a few movies, the three of you eventually peel off to your rooms, although for you, you can't seem to fall asleep so you just lay limply on the bed, staring at the ceiling.
"Y'know what, I'm going to get out of my shell for once. I'm gonna get in the hot tub." You talk to yourself, quietly hopping off the bed.
You walk over to the dresser and begin searching for something, anything , to use as a swimsuit. "Shit out of luck I am." You grunt to yourself, just deciding to wear a bra and panties that look enough like swimwear to pass as a bikini. You wrap a towel around your near-bare body and walk downstairs and quietly slip out onto the back porch. As you approach the hot tub you let the towel slip off your body, exposing your body only clothed in a bra and panties.
You dip your toes in the water to test the temperature, you're satisfied so you get in, making sure to be discreet. The water makes a small splash sound as you sit down, letting the warmth of the water relax your aching bones.
You could've sworn you dozed off when you hear a deep voice vibrate from behind you, "midnight swim huh? If you could even call being in a hot tub, swimming." You quickly turn your head, "sorry, I just really wanted to use the hot tub." You apologise, glancing at Josh's messy hair from sleeping. "Mind if I join you?" Josh asks, but before you could even answer his questions he's already slipped his shirt and pants off, leaving him in boxers.
"Yup- yeah, yeah just get in. That's, cool." You say, flustered as the water glistens Josh's toned abs as he sits down adjacent to you. "Like what you see, hm?" Josh teases, noticing your eyes lingering on his abdomen for too long. "Huh, oh. Uh-" you stumble over your words, "wait, are you just wearing a bra-" josh says, looking down slightly, "and panties? Gosh." You can feel your cheeks burning up so you quickly splash your face, the warm water definitely not helping. "Yeah, I didn't think to pack swimwear to a winter lodge, where there'd be snow." You say sarcastically, splashing josh.
"Don't worry, I still like what I see." Josh says, a seductive tone loiters in his voice.
You open your mouth to say something, but no words come out. "It's okay, you don't need to say anything." He says, the seductive tone remains in his voice. Your mouth stays agape, like if you close your mouth now, you'll never speak again.
"It- it's uhm, getting late. I'm gonna head to bed now, thanks josh." You say, getting out of the hot tub and wrapping the towel around you. "Wait!-" josh reaches his hand out, eager to bring you back. "Did I say something wrong?!" But you don't hear him, instead you rush straight upstairs to your room, drying and dressing yourself.
You just flop onto your bed and pull your pillow over your face.
What the hell! Why did I say that?! Am I actually so, super, majorly, stupid. And do I have a crush on josh?! What the fuck! God, god, god, god!
You think to yourself, practically yelling at yourself in your head.
You decide to finally try and sleep, tossing and turning, with high hopes to just fall asleep to forget about how much of an idiot you were back there.
You finally manage to fall asleep after millions of positions.
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