A light knock woke him up from his much needed
slumber. It was Saturday and he cursed the idiot that was forcing him to wake
up. He knew it couldn’t be early because he’d heard the neighbors leaving
already and they never left before eleven, still it was early; for him. He
hadn’t really slept well since Dan’s words reached his ears and they’d echoed
in his head ever since. He didn’t know if Justin was still here, actually he
couldn’t think at all right now. He slowly pushed away the covers and stumbled
into the living room, opening the front door as he rubbed the sleep from his
eyes. He was met with stylish blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes; Louisa.
“Good
morning” she said, smiling brightly. It were moments like these Josh didn’t
know why he’d tried broke up with her; she was friendly, nice and beautiful.
“Aren’t
you going to say something?” That’s when he remembered. The almost demanding
and patronizing tone of her voice, the almost fire shooting eyes and the smile
that was now replaced by a scowl because he didn’t say what she wanted to hear.
“H…
hi” he stuttered, a little surprised with this visit and still not completely
awake.
“Aren’t
you going to invite me in?” she asked, a little angry already.
“Sure”
he said in monotone before stepping aside to let her in. Once he’d closed the
door he walked right into Louisa, meeting her lips easily. Surprised was an
understatement and he pulled back almost immediately.
“Baby”
she whined, making him sigh and lean in again with reluctance, kissing her briefly.
He was met with her very satisfied expression when they pulled back. She
wrapped her arms around his waist and pulled herself close to him. Josh barely
moved, closing his eyes.
“Josh
have you seen my… oh” Justin came into the living room, stopping in his tracks
when he saw they had company, frowning when he saw his brother with his eyes
closed and Louisa’s arms around him. Louisa turned to him as Josh’s eyes
opened, one arm wrapping around her.
“Hi”
Justin greeted awkwardly.
“Hey”
she grinned back. Josh swallowed.
“Justin
you remember Louisa. Louisa my brother Justin”
“Right”
Justin said. Louisa nodded, silence regained the room. Justin’s eyebrows rose.
“Okay…
‘scuse me” he said before he turned back and went back to his room, he was
packing; time to go back to his own apartment. He’d had his test and he didn’t
want to bother Josh any longer although he knew Josh didn’t see him as a
burden. Louisa hit Josh’s upper arm, Josh jumped a little looking confused.
“You
could act a little happier” she scolded. Josh sighed.
“Louisa,
why exactly are you here?” Josh asked warily but somewhat afraid.
“I
came to visit my boyfriend” she said with a smile, wrapping her arms around
Josh’s neck. Josh stepped back, straining his neck against the hold she had on
him.
“I
don’t think so” he said calmly grasping her hands and breaking the circle of
her arms around his neck before slightly pushing them away from his body. She
retracted her arms at once, her eyes narrowing.
“I
do think so”
“Can
you please leave” Josh asked quite politely. Louisa ignored him, stepping up to
him, wrapping one arm around his waist while the other slipped underneath his
shirt. Josh jumped a little but Louisa was stronger than you would imagine by
looking at her. She stretched up towards him a little and let her tongue swipe
over his lips.
“You
know what to do Josh” she said softly, sweetly as if she were whispering words
of love to him. She ran her tongue over his lips once more.
“Do
what you have to do” she whispered against his lips, sucking on his lower lip
now.
“Just…
don’t hurt me” she ended in a whisper as she swiped her tongue over his lips
again. Josh’s eyes widened.
She
knew!
Don’t
hurt me? Half of the threat Dan had used, she used it coincidently? It was too
big of a coincidence; she knew! She knew about the threat, she knew what Dan
expected of him and she probably knew what the other end of the deal was.
Josh had thought Dan did this behind her back but now it was even worse; they
were in this together!
“Hmm.
You taste good, even in the morning” she told him softly, before softly kissing
him. And for the first time with his brother in mind; he let her.
“Josh?”
Justin called, a while later, appearing with his bags in the living room.
“Yeah?”
he acknowledged, looking up from where they were settled on the couch; Louisa
had settled herself against Josh’s side and he had let her.
“I
got everything, I’m gonna go home” he informed him, not really comfortable with
Louisa there but he ignored her.
“Oh
yeah” Josh nodded, pushing Louisa away gently before getting up. He walked to
his brother, hugging him maybe a bit tighter than usual but he couldn’t help
it.
“Take
care” Josh said seriously; this also was a normal thing to say but it seemed
more serious now, it meant more as he said it.
Justin
nodded, “I will”
“Later
dude” Justin waved once before grabbing his bags and going out the door. Josh
closed the door after seeing him walk to the stairs and turned back to Louisa
who was smirking at him. He couldn’t help but shudder before he settled back in
his place; exactly where Louisa wanted him.
“Can
I ask you something?” Josh asked hesitantly some time later, the new
information he’d gotten still fresh on his mind; making him nervous.
Louisa
nodded. “What?”
“You
wouldn’t really hurt my brother would you?” he asked a bit fierce, the anger
coming through but it was still softly said.
Finally
Louisa shook her head, “No”
Josh
breathed a sigh of relief. “I knew you would come to your sen…”
“But
my brother would”
“No,”
Josh gasped. Louisa didn’t respond, still had her head on his chest.
“He
wouldn’t!” Josh challenged.
“Feel
free to try him… I wouldn’t recommend it though” She propped herself up,
crawling up so she was laying on top of him, her face only inches from his.
“I
really like you Josh, you’re sweet, kind… cute” she whispered, tracing a finger
over his lips before her lips took over, kissing him hungrily.
“And
mine”
***
“I
should go” she finally said, it seemed like ages but it was only two hours.
Josh
nodded. “Okay” he hoped he didn’t sound too happy to get rid of her. She
grabbed her coat, placing it over her arm before stretching up to give Josh a
goodbye kiss. He participated; he was almost getting rid of her.
“See
you soon baby, don’t do anything to hurt me babe…” she winked, the true meaning
of the sentence not lost on Josh.
“I’ll
call you”
***
And
she did call. Numerous of times. And all the calls were the same; she would
start sweetly, greeting him in a happy tone of voice, then the question came if
he wanted to come over, go out or if she could come over. It was usually her
coming over or they went out; she didn’t ask him to come to her house. Josh
didn’t know why, he only knew, after a few weeks of these phone calls, that it
really wasn’t a question, her tone always changed to a somewhat demanding tone
of voice when the question came up and he wondered why she even called to ask;
she knew the answer anyway. Nevertheless she did and they got together, doing
what she wanted to do.
Justin
was never in any real danger. Josh did what Louisa asked of him and Justin
remained unharmed. The things she asked from him weren’t all that bad, they
just went out on dates and although he didn’t particularly like it he thought why
risk it? so he easily gave in to Louisa’s wishes. She just wanted to spend
time with him and she never went further than kissing. Josh didn’t really mind
and it wasn’t worth the risk of refusing because Louisa wasn’t a bad kisser but
it wasn’t something he enjoyed either.
Although
he went along with it he still thought this was a mistake, a misunderstanding
because this really couldn’t be happening to him and they couldn’t really mean
this. Josh still thought they’d gone temporarily insane and that they would
eventually come to their senses. He hoped they would come to their senses,
better sooner than later. He counted on them, especially Louisa to see what
exactly she was doing and more importantly call it off. He counted on her to
end this ridiculous deal and once she would they would break up as friends, no
harm done.
But
Josh didn’t know that Louisa was fully aware of what she was doing and the
moment he was hoping for would never come.
