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G'day everyone! I've been overseas so that's why I haven't updated but yeah here ou go- chaper 7 XD oh and its just Josh and Hayley in this chapter.

Chapter 7- With the face of an angel girl you deserve to be treated more than right

Josh’s P.O.V

“Nah I think what you had the first time sounded better, it fits with the melody much better. Here listen…” I strummed along getting lost in the tune. I stopped and looked up at Hayley. She sat there staring at my guitar. “Hmmm” she mumbled.

“If you don’t like it, its okay we can totally…”
”WAIT!” she cut me off.

“Instead of this,” she said placing my fingers on the frets, “how bout this” she moved my fingers to the new position. I watched her so closely, the way she was subtle and delicate as if she would hurt me if she moved my hand to fast.

“Try it now” she urged so I obeyed and strummed along allowing the new sound to flow through my ears and fill my head. It was perfect. It sounded much better; I have to admit that much. A smile formed on my face as I played out our half written song in my head. I looked up at Hayley to find her eyes on me waiting for an answer. She fumbled with her hands, as if trying to find the right words.

“So…..umm…” she looked down at her hands which were now settled in her lap as she was sitting Indian style on the couch facing me. She wasn’t being herself; usually she wouldn’t be this hesitant with me.

“Hayley…” she looked up and stared me straight in the eye, “It’s perfect”. Her eyes immediately lit up and she tackled me in a hug from a kind of side on angle, making sure she didn’t hit my guitar. I leaned the guitar against the couch and returned the hug with twice as much effort, causing her to let out a squeal. She faced me, our eyes searching for something, until she let out a giggle. I couldn’t hold back my smile.

“Thanks Josh!” she said before giving me a quick peck on the cheek and sitting back in her previous spot on the couch. Sometimes she acted like a five year old, but that’s what I love about her. I propped myself back up into my previous position. The song was now almost finished. We had been working on this song for a couple of days now and all we needed now was to fit the lyrics into it and it would be complete. Lost in my own thought I hadn’t noticed Hayley leaning forward trying to see through the crack in the door, trying to look out into the front lounge.

“What are you looking at?”

“Shhhhhh!” she pushed her finger onto her lips ushering me to be quiet. She waved me over and pointed into the crack. I saw Kelly and Zac standing in the middle of the front lounge hugging. Zac seemed to be stoking her hair and Kelly shaking as if she were crying. I sat back as did Hayley.

“Do you think they’re alright?” I asked.

“I dunno, I hope so. Kelly was so confused. She didn’t even know where she was….she didn’t even know the year! What if she doesn’t remember us…?” Hayley trailed off looking at me with worried eyes. Her eyes pleading me for an answer. I leaned forward and pulled her into a hug.

“She’ll be fine. Zac will keep and eye on her as will everyone else. You know Zac would never let anything happen, I swear it will be okay,” I stroked her hair gently and reassuringly. I knew from the way she was acting that this wasn’t the only thing bothering her. With a world tour then warped tour directly after we haven’t been home in over 8 months. She is homesick and today, things were definitely hitting home.  She was missing her family and friends back home, her mum and sisters especially. You’d think after all this time touring we’d get used to it? I think it’s slowly getting easier as we get older but still close to a year away from home is never easy for anyone. At least on Warped we have heaps of our friends here and more then often we have family and friends from home come and visit.

  That reminds me….

“Hayley?” I asked looking down at her head which was now rested on my shoulder. She looked up at me.

“What was it that Pete was saying this morning about a cousin or friend of his or something?”

“Oh he was saying something about his cousin coming to visit today. It was a secret or something because he wanted to surprise Patrick….they used to be best friends or something but haven’t spoken in like five years or something”

“Oh fair enough. I wonder what happened.”

“I dunno Pete didn’t stay focused long enough to explain. Whatever happened I hope it never happens to us, I’d hate not talking to you for a day let alone five years!”

“Haha I’ll personally make sure that never happens to us, I promise.” I smiled down at her. Her expression changed from a grin to a serious look.

“What?”

“Do you pinkie promise?”

“Ha gosh…okay I pinkie promise. Just for you Hayley,” I smiled at her as she shoved her little finger in front of me and I tangled our pinkies together.

“THANKS JOSHIE!” She half yelled and jumped on me. Now this was the perfect time for the tickle monster.

“Hey Hayley I want you to meet someone,” She sat down staring at me.

“Oh really, who? Do I already know them? Is it Zac?”

“What? You already know Zac…and how would you be meeting them if you already know them…anyway, this is my new friend the TICKLE MONSTER!” I lunged forward and watched her expression change from anticipation/ excited little kid to scared little kid who just saw the bogey man.

“AHHH NO JOSH DON’T!” But it was already too late; there was no escaping the tickle monster now! “I…don’t…no….but…..tickle…..monster…..bad…..please….JOSH...I can’t…..breathe! Ahhh…. hahahaha! Please……” Escaped her moth in-between breaths and laughter.  After a minute or so and us both on the floor in a fit of laughter, Hayley sprawled on the floor and me slumped over her legs, the tickle monster had finally left the building…I mean bus. The laughter between us began to die down and we both sighed. These were the moments that things seemed to hit you. There was silence till Hayley’s small voice spoke up.

“Hey Josh, where do you think we will be this time next year?” I had to think about this. I hadn’t really given it much thought.

“Umm I’ve never really thought about it too much. I guess I’d hope we were here, on Warped this time next year. With all our friends and family around us, just hanging out and living our lives to the max. What about you?”

“Well, I’m not completely sure. I hope to be in a serious relationship. Not like ‘Hey lets get married’ but just one where I can count on the other person and trust them entirely. I hope we have another album out and tour the globe with it but tour to more places then before. Like touring to smaller cities in countries not a lot of bands bother to go to. Maybe I’ll sponsor a child and have the will power to do the 40 hour famine without caving in after only 15 hours and eating every piece of cereal in either mine or your house…or even both. Most of all though. I see myself here with you. Maybe not this exact bus in this exact place but I see our friendship being this strong. Stronger than ever. Best friends till the end.” She finished and took a breath. Some serious thought went into that. I sat up and moved off her legs to lean against the couch. She sat up and moved next to me.

“So, what do you think Josh? Think it will happen?”

“Yeah Hayley, I do. You deserve all that and more. The only thing I’m not so sure about is…”

“You don’t think we’ll be best friends?”

“Hah no that’s a given, I meant you finishing the forty hour famine. You’ve tried what like six years in a row and fail miserably each time!” She punched my arm and laughed.

“Shut up! I will so make it next year and then I’ll kick your arse and tell you ‘I told you so’” 

“Whatever”

“Yeah just you wait and see” hmm determined much? I still knew she was going to fail.  No matter how many times she tried she always failed.

“Well I can always dream right?”

“Never stop dreaming”

“Hey Josh you know yesterday when…” She was cut off by the sound of someone running onto the bus and loud music flowing through the open door.

“I JUST HERD WHAT…..” Someone yelled on the bus til they suddenly stopped.

“Who’s that?” Hayley whispered to me as she slowly stood.

“I think it’s….”

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thanks for reading XD