Crushing On The Wrong Joshua (Crushing on You 3)

“Ah, the hell with it. Even if we don't hit it off, I can at least enjoy the music. I want to hear him play.”

Joshua Kirk stepped onto the bus wearing jeans and a black t-shirt. The shirt sported a band logo that Amber didn't recognize.

“Hey,” he said and slid into his own seat, “You ready to get back to me?”

“Umm… Yeah, so my dad, he's, well, epically old fashioned and doesn't think I should be hanging out with gu…people he doesn't know. So if it's okay, could we hang out at my house this weekend. Just so he can meet you and see that you're not a psycho or something. I understand if you don't want to, because that would mean lugging your guitar around and stuff, but...” Amber rambled on, her blush deepening with every word.

“Sounds great,” Joshua said.

“Really?” Amber asked, trying not to sound as surprised as she felt.

“Yeah, I don't want to get you in trouble or anything, so I'll meet him,” Joshua said, “So around noon on Saturday, okay?”

“Yeah, that's fine,” Amber smiled, “See you in math.”

Amber didn't have time to tell Tamara about her weekend plans with Joshua Kirk nor did she have much time to think about them at all. She had a history exam that took the length of the period and Mr. O'Bannon finally sprang his pop quiz, which turned out to be more of a test than a quiz. She even managed to make it through her monologue without missing a single word.

“I think I gave a pretty convincing show, didn't I?” she whispered to Tamara as she walked back to her seat.

“I think so,” Tamara laughed, “Though I always flunk out on monologues, so don't ask me.”

At lunch, Amber had just finished Tamara about her dad's insistence on having Joshua come to their house and was waiting for her response when Joshua claimed one of the empty chairs at their table.

“Hey,” he said.

“Hey, Josh,” Amber said.

“So you met Amber in math?” Tamara asked.

Amber slapped her on the arm.

“Ouch! You're going to have to watch out for her. She can be violent,” Tamara laughed.

“I'll show you violent,” Amber laughed and playfully hit her arm again.

“Quit abusing me, BFF,” Tamara laughed.

“Forever is looking shorter and shorter,” Amber grinned.

“Oh, speaking of forever the school newspaper is out today! There's an article about Joshua Nelson and he's such a liar! In the article he says his favorite color is blue!” Tamara said, sliding the paper across the table for Amber to read.

“What?” Amber asked.

“Why do you guys care what his favorite color is?” Joshua asked.

“I don't, not really,” Amber lied, well it was a half lie. Until recently she had cared very much about what his favorite color was. She had forced herself to give up the crush, but couldn't stop herself from reading the article.

“Reporter: So you have a lot of female fans here at school and some of them want to know more about you.

Joshua: Okay, like what?

Reporter: What's your favorite color?

Joshua: My favorite color has always been navy blue.”

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??He lied to you!” Amber said, tossing the paper back to Tamara “He's a lying dog!”