We try to hold on.

Lira up there.

Josh POV

  I woke up the next morning still reliving the events from last night. That was the most fun I had in a while. No drama popped off either which made it even better. Will I be going to more parties in  the future? That's still up for debate. I don't want to press my luck with that. Speaking of last night, it looks like Ryan and Lindsey were hitting it off last night. Might be a little love there. I smiled at the thought. It makes me happy to see my friends happy. Weird? I know but it's just something about seeing your friends winning and being happy that does something to me. Let's move on since some of you might not understand that. 

  I looked at the number that magically appeared in my pocket last night. Should I text the number? Nah. The person could be a killer or a pervert or something. Then again there could be a positive side effect to this as well. What exactly is that, I have no Idea. I  guess I'll just text a simple who this message. After sending the message, I just put the phone down on the bed and laid there. I really didn't feel like getting up out of the bed right now but I know Janine gonna burst in here and find something for me to do. I just stared at the wall and wondered out the future. Hopefully it's nothing but positive vibes from here on out.  Just as I was daydreaming, you already know who barged in the room. 

    "Get your ass up and go wash the car!" she said as slammed the door and walked out the room. She had me fucked up if she thought I was gonna wash that shit. I took a deep breath and threw on a pair of shorts and an old shirt. I filled a bucket up with soap and water. Once it was full, I walked outside to the car and threw the water on it. There, it's washed. I went upstairs to shower before changing my clothes and headed to the playground. I just couldn't stay in that house at this moment. The vibe here was nice and joyous. You had children running after each other and smiling, while their parents looked after them while talking to other nearby parents. The boys were playing tag, football, basketball or just hanging around on the swings. The girls were jumping rope or even joining the boys and their activities. 

  Looks like everybody was enjoying this beautiful day. I went and found a near by hill under a tree and sat down. I just surveyed the area and watched everyone have their fun. When the group of people that were by the wings left, I got up and took my seat on one. I began to swing as high as my feet could take me, which wasn't far since I haven't moved. "What the-" "I thought that was you." a voice said as i jumped up off the swing and got in my fighting stance. "Calm down killa. It's just me." Ryan said with his hands up. I noticed that he didn't have a shirt on. His body is nice, go head Lindsey. "I was playing ball when I saw you come in. Thought I stop by and say wassup." he said as I smiled. "Nice to meet you now move yo ass. I was trying to swing." I said walking around back to the swing. "Ight then. See you around". he said patting me on the back as he walked back to the basketball courts.

  The nigga is always popping up somewhere unexpectedly. His ass should play in a horror movie. He'd be the perfect killer. I continued to swing on the swing for about a half an hour. "Yo Josh!" Ryan called as I peeped him jogging to me from the basketball court. "Yeah?" I said as I kept swinging. "I thought you would've left already. I'm about to go back to my house to play tekken, want to play me?" he asked. Of course I don't know this nigga so I have extreme doubts about going to his house but it's not like I have shit else to do. "Sure." I said jumping from the swing (A/N: I use to do that all the time thinking my little ass was a superhero). "Ight cool. Give me a minute to get my stuff I'll be right back." he said as he walked off. I sat on a nearby bench and waited. The sun was starting to go down a little but it was still beautiful out. 

  If I had a camera, I would take a picture of this beautiful scene. I looked to my right and saw Ryan walking up to me. "You ready to go?" he asked me. I nodded my head as I followed behind him. We made small talk about the day and last night before finally making it to his house. "So...... You and Lindsey. I see y'all." I said with a smirk as he looked at me with surprised expression. Guess he didn't think that I caught on to them and the way they were acting. "She seems like a cool girl. I wouldn't mind seeing where things went with us. I got to get to know her a little bit more though." he said as he unlocked the door. "You can have a seat right here and I'll be back." he said as he went upstairs. I heard water running so i guess that meant he was going to wash up. 

  I turned the TV on and just watched whatever I found interesting for the moment. I haven't had the slightest idea of what I was watching because I haven't watched TV in well over 2 and a half years. After about 15 minutres, he came back in a black tee and some basketball shorts. "You ready to get you ass beat?" he asked as he went over to the PS3. At least that's what I think it was. "Pssshh, you can't beat me. Plug up the controllers and cut the small talk. I said as he handed me one. To be honest, I'm just talking a lot of shit right now. I haven't touched a game in about 3 years now. I hope I don't embarrass myself. He chose Jin, while I chose Xiaoyu (A/N: That's my bitch right there). "Let's go." he said as the match started. I'm not gonna lie, he beat my ass the first round. I barely had hit him before I died. Embarrassing as hell.

  When round two started, I started to get the hang of the controls. "How you gonna throw me like that?" he said as I toss his character to the wall and didn't allow him to move. Then I made Xiaoyu go into crane style and really tore his ass up. We played for about 2 hours before he finally admitted defeat. "Damn. You're really good at this. You got it." he said as he turned the game off. I took the last bite from my slice of pizza (he ordered it earlier), while nodding my head. "It's nice to see I still got it." I said as I smiled to myself. "Well it's getting late and I have to go." I said as I began to put my shoes on. "Let me walk you. It's dark out." he said as he out his sneakers on. "No it's cool-" "Nah I-" "I stay in an orphanage!" I blurted out. There was an awkward silence  after I said that. I noticed that he was still putting his shoes on. 

  "What are you doing?" I asked him. "I'm walking you home like I said." he said as he tied his sneakers. "Did you hear what I just said?" I said. "Yup and I could care less. You thought I was gonna stop befriending you or judge you because of that? I'm still getting to know you and so far I think you're a cool person. While it's unfortunate, you still have a roof over your head and a place to sleep at night. Let's go." he said as he walked to door. Well, I guess we could be friends after all. I followed him outside as we began our journey. Along the way, we made a couple of jokes about the day and things that were around us before finally coming up to the orphanage. "This is where I stay." I said to him as we stopped. "It's not bad. It looks nice." he said. Looks can be deceiving my nigga. "I'll see you around?" I asked him. "You sure will. Have a good night kid." he said as he began walking back.

   As soon as I got in, I heard Lindsey yell duck as I did just that. A bucket was a few inches from hitting me upside the head. "You thought you was slick for that little stunt you pulled earlier huh?" Janine said walking up to me. For a minute, I forgot what the hell she was even talking about before it finally came to me. The car. "I'm not washing that. You want it washed, go to the car wash." I said to her. She came up to me and tried to slap me but I caught her hand mid swing. "Now I let you get away with the first one but you're not my mother so don't think you gonna keep putting your hands on me." I said as I tossed her hand back to her. I brushed pass her and went upstairs to my room. "I can't wait until your ass end up on the street! You gonna be begging me to let you stay her" she yelled. She fucking thought.

  I went and took a shower before coming back to my bed. i looked for my phone and saw that I had a message from the unknown number. I unlocked the phone and looked at the message.

Me: Who is this?

Unknown: Who is this?

Me: Nigga your number was in my pocket so who is this?

Unknown: It's Ryan so who is this?

Me: Josh. You must've been trying to give Lindsey your number.

Ryan: Naw I meant to give it to you.

Me: Oh. 

Ryan: Yeah I was tired of saying see you around when I never knew when that would be. So you have a phone eh?

Me: Sure do not. Just got free Wifi and a texting app. I'll tell Lindsey you want to talk to her though.

Ryan: Thanks, so you think I have a chance?

Me: I guess. You're definitely her type. 

Ryan: Well hook me up then. When we hanging out again? Today was fun.

Me: Idek. I don't really make plans. Just go where ever the wind takes me. 

  After about 20 more minutes of us texting back and forth, I ended the conversation by saying I was mad tired. He told me that he had fun and tell Lindsey to text him. I don't know how she gonna do that with no phone but I just said OK. Looks like today wasn't so bad after all.

Another one down. 

The double meanings lol.

Thoughts?

Josh?

Ryan?

8 will be good I think.