"Well I was thinking about returning home early..." I say.

Josh looks at me with a confused look.

"Homesick huh?" Cody asks.

"Yeah and I could use a break... It's been really fun."

Oddly Josh sits there silently, knowing I'm lying.

On our long drive back home, it's quiet. Josh gets on Twitter and sees more tweets about us and he also sees the tweets everyone is saying. All of a sudden it hits him. He looks up from his phone and decides to go talk to me.

"Hey do you mind, if I sit here?" He asks.

I shake my head and he sits.

"So since you're leaving early I was wondering if I could get your phone number, if sometime you wanted to contact me so we could explore together or just you know talk?"

"Sure." I give him my phone number and he smiles.

"Another thing."

"Yeah?" I ask.

"Are you okay?" He asks.

I don't answer.

"It's okay if you don't want to talk about it, I just want to make sure you're okay."

"Yeah, I'm fine." I say.

"Well I'll believe it when I see you smile." He says trying to cheer me up.

I blush and I smile.

"There it is." He says smiling.
 


The hours of driving feel like minutes to me because I'm so caught up in to talking with Josh.

"This is it." Jax says, as the bus stops.

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