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Chapter 13: Overslept
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Josh stretched and swung his legs over the side of the bed. "What the hell was I thinking?" he asked himself. In an effort to save some cash, he'd booked a long trip that included leaving early and multiple layovers. All that resulted in a flight that landed in New York late the night before, and with the early morning he'd had, he was dragging ass.He had thought for a millisecond about hitting the gym, but could barely get his brain working enough to sit up. Running wasn't going to happen. A shower. That was all he was going to do before his brother arrived.Josh had just finished getting dressed when he heard a knock on his door. He opened it up and smiled at his brother standing there with his trademark smirk on his face."You look like shit," Jax said in lieu of a greeting."Good to see you too."Jackson moved in to hug Josh, and after a quick one, Josh let him in the room. He hadn't seen Jackson for a year, and it seemed like something was totally different every time. The first
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Josh had acted on an impulse when he landed back in Wichita and called Hailey to see when Payton was coming in. While he was in New York, he'd thought about their relationship, or lack thereof. He had even confided in his brother, which he hadn't done in a long time. He knew that he wouldn't be able to mend the relationship with Jackson overnight, but they had both taken steps to put the past behind them. For the first time in a long time, he felt like he had his old brother back.The conclusion he'd come to was that maybe having to work to be with someone wasn't such a bad thing, if they were worth it; he was pretty sure that Payton was worth any work he had to put into their relationship. Jackson had a good laugh at his expense when he found out how hard he was having to work after Josh put his mind at ease that she was nothing like Ella.Josh had been watching crowds of people leave the terminal for a couple hours, but this was it, this should be her flight. He had already second an
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"Earth to Josh!" Wes said as he threw a towel at Josh's head after they'd finished with soccer practice."What the fuck man?"Wes nudged Geoff, "See what I mean, Geoff? All spaced out." To Josh he said, "We just wanna know why all of a sudden you're off in la-la-land with rainbows and unicorns coming outta your ass.""Noneya. Go meddle in someone else's life.""Hey, you don't have to go all batshit crazy. I'll take puppy and kitty's Josh any day."Josh had been in an exceptionally good mood ever since he'd returned from New York. Soccer was going well, he was enjoying working with the basketball team, classes seemed to be easier, and even though his roommates were annoying at times, they were all having a blast. He and Payton had been spending more time together, and he felt like they were finally getting somewhere. She was opening up, and he was finally starting to understand where she was coming from. The night before during their walk, they'd really had a heart to heart talk. He tho
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Josh was confused as to why Payton didn't want her grandpa around. If he'd been injured, or was in the hospital, there was no doubt that his parents would be there with him."Shh, calm down. Everything's gonna be fine," he said, trying to soothe her.She tried to speak several times but couldn't seem to form the words. Eventually her breathing slowed, her eyes shut, and she was asleep again. Whatever had been going into her IV was knocking her out. He hated that she was so out of it, but glad that she looked better. He had really been worried about her the night before.He tried to help out as much as he could by giving them information about her past medical conditions, and the head injury she'd told him about, but he didn't know much. They weren't giving him much information either since he wasn't her next of kin. Since he got to stay with her, he didn't push it.A knock sounded and jerked Josh out of the nap he'd almost gotten to. The nurses had been coming by every couple of hours,
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Taking a seat on the side of the bed, Josh grabbed Payton's hand, and squeezed it gently. "You never really answered, how are you?"Payton laced her fingers through his and sighed, "Better I guess. I hurt, but it's a different kind of hurt now.""What can I do to help?"She shook her head, "Nothing. I feel bad you missed your classes.""It wasn't a big deal," he told her, and then bent to press a kiss to her lips. Seeing her there in the big bed, looking so fragile, made his heart ache. He knew he had feelings for her, but when he saw her in so much pain, he realized just how much he cared about her. There wasn't anything he wouldn't do to take that away from her and make it so she would feel better.Suddenly a loud grumble broke the silence in the room. Payton blushed, "Sorry. I wasn't hungry earlier when they brought dinner.""You want me to go get you something?"She shook her head and then looked away. He had only known her for a short time, but he could always tell when she wasn't
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"Okay, you can stop looking at my boobs anytime now," Payton scolded Josh playfully."But they're such nice boobs.""Okay, keep gawking. It'll give you an excuse when I beat you."Josh had recently discovered that Payton liked to swim. She didn't just swim for fun, but she swam laps for exercise. It just happened to come up in a conversation when he and his roommates were talking about sports. Wes had blurted out that no one did anything in the water, and Payton spoke up. After that, things got competitive."So sorry if I don't believe you, but I just don't see how you'd be able to beat me at anything sports related," Josh had said."Because I'm a girl?""Not just that. I work out a whole lot more than you do."Payton stuck a hand on her hip, "Oh, just get over yourself already. I know I can beat you down the pool and back. You think that just because you're majoring in 'sports' that it makes you better than me. Well, it doesn't."Josh loved the playful banter, "Well, it's not just th
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Everything came to Josh at once, and suddenly he was very awake. The sunlight hitting him right in the eyes, and the fact that he was hungry probably were to blame for the abrupt wake up, but realizing he was alone was what had him sitting up and looking around. It was crazy that there wasn't even a sign she'd been there the night before; all her stuff was gone. He wondered if he'd pushed her a little too far the night before, and now it looked like he needed to track her down.Sighing, he rolled out of bed and found a pair of athletic shorts in his dresser, and when he opened the door, he started the trek down the stairs. One way or another, he'd find her, and figure it all out. When he rounded the corner at the bottom of the stairs, he saw her at the stove, and it sounded like she was holding her own with the guys. She hadn't left after all."I can't believe you beat him!" Wes exclaimed loudly."Why is that so hard to believe? Boys and their macho egos.""Ego, huh? At least I've got
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Josh had played the morning over in his head a million times, and each time he cringed when he got to the point where he didn't stand up for Payton. He wished he had said something to the guys right then. Better yet, he wished the guys had kept their mouths shut. Sometimes the guys just didn't think, and sure, he was guilty of that too, but he hoped it had never caused the kind of problems it had this morning. The guys knew they'd messed up and tried to apologize to him, but he let them know that he wasn't the one that they needed to be apologizing to.After she left, he'd gone back to his place and called to see if he could talk to her. He hated that she felt she couldn't measure up to Ella. He hoped he'd never given her any reason to feel that way, and he'd work hard to prove to her that she never did again. Hailey had just about let him have it on the phone that morning."She's in the shower Josh," she told him.Letting out a sigh, he said, "Yeah, just like she's washing her hair t
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