Under Seven Minutes // Private RP

Josh's heart sank lower into the bottomless pit of heartbreak. You really need to stop falling for girls this quickly….

His smile faltered ever so slightly as he shifted where he sat. "You deserve the sweetest."

Laura’s smile dropped as she looked over at him, biting down on her lip. Then her hand found itself on his, and she linked their fingers together.

“C’mon,” she tugged on his hand. “Let’s get out of here?”

Josh's heart skipped a beat—–and a loud voice interrupted them.

"Josh!" A girl this time… Tania? Tara? She gave a positively evil grin, elbowing her friend in the ribs before speaking. "Truth or dare?"
Josh heaved a sigh, shooting Laura an apologetic look. "Dare. Make it a quick one."

Tania grabbed her friend my the wrist and pushed her forwards. "Let Anna sit in your lap until the next dare is completed."

(AHHH NO LAURA JUST TELL HIM)

(JUST FREAKING KISS HIM LAURA FOR GODS SAKE)

(IT WOULD MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER)

(YES I AGREE)

Laura immediately scowled, her eyes flashing angrily. What? No. Absolutely not! Josh was he—no, no he wasn’t.

She kept her teeth gritted, trying to keep her jealousy at bay. Josh was not her boyfriend. She didn’t have a right to be jealous like that.

(Oml you guys! 🤣)

The whole circle burst out laughing, including Anna, who settled comfortably in Josh's lap and pulled his arms around her waist. Josh, meanwhile, forced all emotion to leave his expression, and stared blankly at the floor below.

The next few minutes were torture. Sitting next to his crush while being forced to hold another girl in his lap? Josh shuddered unconsciously, and let his eyes slide shut. Just pretend it's Laura in your lap instead….

Laura closed her eyes, taking a deep breath. She hated this. Trying to distract herself, she pulled out her phone and started scrolling through it angrily. She wanted to be the one sitting in his lap. She wanted to be the one he held on to like that. It wasn’t fair.

Finally, Anna slid from his lap. Josh breathed a sigh of relief, shifting onto his knees in order to stand up, but Anna caught him with a teasing peck on the mouth before he got very far. Once again, laughter filled the room.

That was the last straw. Laura bared her teeth, eyes flashing angrily.

“What’s so funny?” She snarled. “Forcing yourself on to someone else like that? He’s uncomfortable as it is. Have some decency. People like you have no shame, do you? C’mon, Josh.”

She pulled herself to her feet, grabbed Josh’s arm and tugged him to the door.

“Let’s go.”

Josh exhaled a sigh and let Laura pull him out, bewilderment flickering over his features. Why does she care so much?

"Where are we going?" he asked instead, wiping at his mouth with one hand.

(Finally Laura now tell him you're in love with him)

(We’ll see what she does. XD)

“Anywhere but here,” Laura responded sharply, her heels clicking loudly despite the music in the house. “I hate desperate girls like her. I hate them so much.”

She led him out, slamming the door shut behind them. “I want to go to the park. What about you?”

Josh flinched at the sound of the door slamming, but was thankful for the rush of cool air. “Why are you so upset about this?”

“Because I—“ she froze, catching herself before she spilled. She couldn’t tell him that. It would only crack the friendship they had recently built. It would be a terrible move. “Because you’re my friend—“ she tried hard not to cringe at that. “—and I couldn’t just sit and watch them make fun of you like that!”

Friend… Josh sighed. It was better than nothing, but….

“It’s fine..” he murmured, “I’ll get over it.”

“It’s not fine,” Laura insisted, whirling around to face him. “It’s not okay. They can’t make you uncomfortable like that! You’re the sweetest guy ever, more than any other guy I’ve met and I absolutely hated what that girl did. I hate it.”

Josh’s eyes widened a fraction, pink rushing across his cheeks. Sweetest guy? She didn’t really mean that, did she?

He swallowed thickly, pushing his hands into his pockets. “You were forced to make out with that guy. That’s worse.”

Cringing, Laura wiped at her mouth again. She could still feel his disgusting lips against hers, and Laura took a deep breath to calm herself down.

“It was a game,” she muttered, mostly to herself. “I had it coming. I should have just stuck to truth.”

“If you had it coming, then so did I,” he reasoned calmly, taking a step closer. “And you didn’t. You shouldn’t have been forced into kissing him if you didn’t want to.”

“Your dare only involved that… girl sitting in your lap. There wasn’t any kissing involved,” Laura swallowed as he took a step closer. “It wasn’t like they were going to change the dare, anyway. I don’t know that guy, but I know he had been eyeing me for a while. I want the feeling to go away.”

“That guy was disgusting,” Josh said firmly, “They both are. And I’m sorry you had to endure that.”

Kiss me.

“C’mon, let’s get out of here,” she said instead, bending down to slip off her heels. She held them in her hands, wiggling her toes. “Feels much better.”

Josh chuckled softly, pushing a hand through his hair. “I will never understand how girls can comfortably wear high heels, much less walk in them.”

“We go through deep lengths to feel pretty,” Laura responded, the ground cold against her feet despite the tights she wore. “Not for others. For ourselves.”

"You're pretty despite what you wear," Josh answered in as casual of a voice as he could muster, Adam's apple bobbing as he swallowed thickly. "But I guess that sort of makes sense."