"I just wanna be happy"

Josh POV

  I woke up this nothing with a big ass smile on my face. I had my first sleepover with my boyfriend. That is what they call it nowadays right? Eh I guess. My smile instantly disappeared when I turn over to see the bed empty. "Josh, you gotta stop having these vivid ass dreams." I laughed as I face palmed myself before burying my face back into the bed.

  "Good morning baby. I made some breakfast for us." Ryan said as I turned my head in his direction. Guess that wasn't a dream after all. I smiled as he put the tray down on the night stand to kiss me. "Your morning breath isn't terrible. How's that possible?" He said as I laughed.  "Brushed my teeth mad late to offset it." I smiled.  "Well I like it." He said leaning us back into the bed while kissing me

  "Um babe" "Hmm?" "The food." "Fuck it." "Man move. I'm hungry and you're not wasting my shit." I said as I pushed him off me. "Heavy ass." "Damn you calling me fat now?" He said as I laughed. "This is fat?" He said lifting up his shirt. Whew that body! I damn near dropped my food staring. "Uh..." "Got that ass stuck. Shut up". He said laughing as I rolled my eyes at him. "You mad at me?" He asked as I ignored him while continuing to eat.

  "He mad at me." He answered himself. I neither confirmed nor denied that answer. I just want to see what he do next.  "I'm sorry baby." He said as I still didn't say anything. He moved the tray towards the night stand. "I said I'm sorry baby." He repeated as he wrapped his arms around me while smothering me with kisses. I immediately started laughing. "There he is. There's my baby." He laughed as we kissed.

  I played in his hair while admiring him. "You're so handsome." I said as he smiled. "Thank you handsome. All of this is yours." He said earning a smile from me.  "Have you heard from Lindsay at all?" He asked as I shook my head no. "Honestly not a word since. I can't say I've been actively looking for two weeks due to this" I said signaling the house. "But I plan on doing it this weekend." "Want me to come with?" "No its fine and besides, I don't want you to get charged with kidnapping. Again." I said as he shook his head.

  "I'm ya man, it's my duty to protect you/ make sure you good." Y'all heard that too huh? I was cheesing mad hard. "What?" He asked with a confused look. "Nothing. Nothing at all." I said still smiling. "So silly.  Come on, get dressed." He said as I looked at him like he was crazy. "Uh, I gotta wash up?" "Good we can shower together to save water." He said as I mushed him. "Yeah no.  How about you shower and I finish my breakfast and then follow suit. Deal?" I said as he sucked his teeth.

  He then laughed when he saw my face. "Its all good. I can wait. Hope you enjoy the food." He said as I smiled and went back to eating my now cold food. "Playing around with him." I mumbled as I walked downstairs. "Happiness looks good on you" Nas said scaring the shit outta me. "You play too damn much." I said clutching my chest as he stared at me in confusion. "I literally just walked through the door. I was about to head to my room to sleep. The boy tired." He said as I nodded. 

  "I hope you're taking those clothes off, did you even wash up before you came here?" "What is this? A game of clue? Yes I washed up. Duh I'm not sleeping in these. Anything else?" He asked as I thought for a minute. "Hmmm, did you have fun?" I asked with my eyebrow raised as he cracked a smile. "Yes I did. Thank you for asking." "No problem. I won't hold you up any longer. Good night." "Night." He responded as he headed upstairs.

  That reminds me, lemme go see what he's doing. I quickly finished the dishes as I walked back to my room. He was wrapped in a towel on his phone. Talk about a motherfucking sight! I slowly climbed on him as his free hand instinctively wrapped itself around my waist. "Why aren't you dressed?" I laughed as he started to rub my side.  He simply shrugged. "Don't even know.   When I got out, saw that I had a few messages. Responded to em, then got stuck. Now I'm just scrolling through social media."

  I simply laughed. "Come on and get dressed." He put the phone down and gave me his undivided attention. "I guess we should get going huh?" He asked with his eyebrow raised. "Yup." I quickly answered. "I mean we could just stay here." He said now rubbing both sides of my body. "Yeah, no. You came up with the idea, I'm following suit." "What if I changed my mind though?" He smirked. "Don't because you know that'll irritate me." That earned a laugh from him.

  "Definitely don't need you mad at me. Let's go. Go ahead and take your shower." He smiled as he kissed me. He knew what he was doing. After a few more minutes, I laughed and got up off him. "So close." He said as I shook my head before walking into the bathroom. A few minutes later, I returned from the bathroom. By now, he was fully dressed watching TV. I cleared my throat, getting his attention. "Hm? Damn baby!" He said admiring my body. "You gonna get out or nah? I need to get dressed." I said as he sucked his teeth.

"Never want me to have fun." He said as he walked out the room. He sounds like a big baby but I don't care. I quickly got dressed since the door wasn't locked. Once I was done, I headed downstairs to look for him. "You ready to go?" I asked looking at him sitting on the couch. "Hm? Oh yeah let's go." "What has your attention today?" I questioned not getting a response in return. Shrugging, I continued my trek out the house. When I went to lock the door, he was standing directly behind me. He wrapped his arm around my waist.

  "I'm sorry baby for being an ass. You have all my attention. Every last ounce of it. It's just that when I see you, I'm still in shock. Like I'm really holding you right now. I just don't want this moment to end." he said as I turned around to face him. His face was really sincere. "I understand. I dreamt of moments like these so I know perfectly well how you feel. I'm just happy to be with you." I said smiling. "Show me how much." He smirked as I leaned up to kiss him. His arm locked me in place as he kissed me back.

  I had to break it because I knew what he was doing. "Come on let's go." I said pulling away from him as he smirked. He grabbed my hand as we walked down the steps. "You're being real bold I see." I said earning a chuckle from him. "Your mine. I'm gonna show you off and spoil you any chance I get." he stated proudly was we walked to the car. "Where are we going?" I asked. "You'll see." he simply said as he had his hand out for the keys. Now just drive my car like it's yours. "You gonna get in or stand there like the scarecrow?" he said as I tilted my head before looking at him. "Can you get in the car please handsome?" he said in the sweetest voice. 

  "You lucky you cute." I laughed before getting in the car. "Some one loves it so I can't complain." "Wonder who that is because I haven't said it." "Ouch. That one stung." he said as I grabbed his hand. "I'm sorry." "Uh huh." was all he said as he squeezed my hand. I lightly smiled at him. I turned my attention towards to the window to see we were pulling up towards a playground. I turned back to him and smiled. I watched as he concentrated on parking. "I figured we have a do over." he said nervously scratching his head. "Since you know." he continued. I nodded my head. "You're so thoughtful!" I said squeezing his hand and hugging him. We got out the car and continued our trek to the park. 

  I watched as the little kids all played with their friends. I quickly made my way towards the swing. "If you need me, I'll be over at the courts. Can I get some good luck?" he asked leaning over me. I happily obliged. "Good luck handsome." I said as he bit his lip before walking away. I returned to my swinging. I wonder if my parents are happy with what I'm doing so far. All of a sudden, I felt the warmth of the sun briefly flash over me. Looks like I had my answer. I looked over to see Ryan playing ball with the guys. Watching his muscles flex was a sight to see. I decided that I was done swinging and decided to sit on a bench to further daydream. 

  The sky was a beautiful cerulean blue with streaks of white clouds. The illumination of the sun only made the scene even more serene. "Hey. Took me a minute to find you. You OK?" Ryan said sounding winded. I turned around to see him glistening in sweat. Take me now. "I'm sorry to have worried you but yeah, I'm feeling amazing. " I said with my hand shielding my eyes to look at him. "Well I'm just about done. You ready?" he asked as I nodded my head. He slung his arm over me as I looked at him like he was crazy. "What? Do I stink or something?" he asked as I laughed. "A little and you're sweaty as hell." "At least now you'll smell like me." he said as I turned my nose up.

  "I prefer that to be a good smell. Not this." I said laughing as he we turned a nearby corner. He caged me up against the wall. "As long as you smell like me, I don't care." he said leaning down to kiss me but was stopped by his phone ringing. By the look on his face, I could tell he didn't want to answer that. "Hello? I'm good mom. I know that. I'm coming home right now. Can I at least take a shower at Jay's? I just got finished playing ball." he said but judging from his face, I'm guessing that was a no. "Ight I'll have him drop me off then." he said before hanging up. "Sorry." I said immediately apologizing. "What are you apologizing for? You didn't do anything wrong. If anything I should be apologizing to you. I wanted to spend more time with you." he said kissing me. 

  "That was slick but you're still sweaty." I laughed as he started to shower me with kisses. "So?" He said as he pulled away from me. I playfully rolled my eyes as he dragged me towards the car. "Get ya funky ass in the passenger side." I said as he stopped and looked at me. "For real?" I nodded my head. "Thanks. Roll the window down too." I said laughing. "I don't even smell that bad." He said as I continued to drive. "Do you mind dropping me off at Jay's?" He asked as I shook my head no. "He just sent me his address so I'll direct you." "Noted." I said as he grabbed my free hand and intertwined it with his.

  My big baby.

  "We're here." I said as I stopped in front of a house that I was assuming was Jay's. "I don't want to leave you. Not again." He said as he stared at me. "Hey, hey, hey. I'm not going anywhere. You have my number, any time you get to thinking about me, you know what to do." I smiled as I leaned over and kissed him. "I'm taking you on a date next weekend so don't plan anything." He said as I looked at him in shock. "Dress code?" "Anything looks good on you" he said as I blushed.

  "Boy go before you get in trouble." I laughed. "It'll be worth it though." "But you might not ever see me again after." "True. Let me go so I can see my baby again." He said opening the handle before turning back towards me. "Damn." He smirked before opening the door and leaving. He would take some steps before turning around to see if I was still there. 'Go boy.' I texted him as he laughed before heading up the steps. I quickly pulled off.

  "He's something else." I said to myself as I walked up to my place. "He finally shows up." Troy said scaring the hell out of me. "We've been waiting for the past 45 minutes." Lira said tapping her foot. "Why didn't y'all text me?" I retorted as I waived my phone in the air. "I mean we didn't think you'd actually go anywhere today. Where exactly were you?" She exactly with an eyebrow arched. "Hanging with a friend." I smiled. 

  "Uh huh." she nodded before moving out of the way so I could open the door.  "Looks like somebody had a good time." Troy said as he looked at my neck. "Mind ya business." I blushed. Damn it Ryan. "Judging from that smile, I take it you and Ryan enjoyed y'all little reunion." Lira teased. Leave it to them to embarrass me. "You would be correct. That we did." I said smiling. "Now this is the Josh that I'm used to seeing. Mopey Josh was cool but Happy Josh is where its at." he said earning a laugh from the three of us. 

  They were about to hug me when they stopped and scrunched up their noses. "Damn it Ryan. Gimme a minute." I said running upstairs to switch my shirts. "Tell us everything." Lira said as her and Troy sat on the couch. I noticed that they had their own set of snacks as well. Greedy asses. "Well when he found me, he cleared his schedule to be with me. He was supposed to go to a ball game." I said as they nodded. "Remind me never to take him places like that with me again because he was no help with picking anything out. He just would smile and say 'Anything you want baby' " I said as they laughed.  

   "After that, we came back here to catch up. He told me that his mom kept pressing him to go to church, which was weird but we'll get to that later." I said taking some of Troy's popcorn. "I explained to him what happened at court, which luckily he already figured the case and started putting some of his own pieces together about her behavior." They were smiling. "He asked me to be his boyfriend again, of course I said yes, again" I laughed. 

  "My baby." Lira said as I smiled. "He stayed the weekend here with me, where we continued catching up. Yes he met Nas but I'm quite sure bigmouth already told y'all." "You are correct." Troy laughed. "After that he revealed that a girl in church tried to push up on him." I said as they both sat up. "Said she was admiring his looks and handsome he grew to be. Pretty much wanted to fuck. Ironic huh?" I said shrugging. "It was only a big deal because he lied and said no on else touched him but me beforehand." 

  "He cleared it up and said nothing happened, which I have no reason to doubt. After that we just spent the whole weekend playing games and allat." "Aww my baby boy is finally happy again." Lir said laughing as she hugged me. "Stop, you're making me blush" I laughed as I ate some of her cookies. "Not to be a Debbie downer but what about his mother?" Troy asked.

  "You know, I asked the same thing. He said he will tell her. I don't want to think too much into that so imma just play it by the ear for now." I said as they nodded their head. "So......when can we meet him?" Lira asked as I laughed. "I knew it would be you. I'll run it past him and see what he says." "My boy." Troy said rubbing the top of my head. "I'm not a dog fool." I said slapping his hand away. "Whatever, put on a movie or something." he laughed as I did just that. 

  Looks like things are starting to look up. 

Hey, I actually had this in my drafts for months. Yikes.

Thoughts?

Troy?

Josh?

Lira?

Ryan?