Crushing On The Wrong Joshua (Crushing on You 3)

“It's not that I don't want to, because I do. It's complicated,” Amber said.

“Girls always claim everything is complicated,” Joshua chuckled.

“No, this particular situation is very complicated and unbelievable, because it almost shouldn't be possible,” Amber said.

“What you have a secret boyfriend from Mars or something?” Joshua asked.

“That would be much simpler. We can go with that answer, if you like,” Amber said, attempting and failing at a smile.

“So you're already seeing someone?” he asked.

Amber's mind flashed back to the kiss they shared in the hallway.

“No!” she said quickly, “It's not like that. I'm not like that. I wouldn't have kiss... Just I'm not like that,” Amber said, “If I told you the truth you wouldn't believe me.”

“Try me,” Joshua said.

“I'd love to,” Amber thought to herself.

Joshua Nelson walked by the table with Sandra attached to his arm. Amber glanced at him, but didn't swoon.

“You're the one who caused this,” Amber thought to herself as she watched him walk by.

“You're not still caught up on him like you were in sixth grade, are you?” Joshua asked.

“No!” Amber said. Her words coming out more sharply than she intended, “Not anymore. Something cured me of that.”

“Yeah, I think she finally realized how dense and shallow he is,” Tamara said, as she took her normal seat at the table.

“Yeah, totally,” Amber said, springing to her feet, “The line's short now. We should go get lunch.”

“Yeah,” Joshua said following her.

Amber and Tamara exchanged a look of arched eyebrows, that said they totally had to have a talk soon.

“So what's really up, Amber?” Joshua asked.

“It's complicated,” Amber sighed.

“You're not going to tell me are you?” Joshua asked.

“No, because you wouldn't believe me anyway,” Amber said looking away.

“How do you know that?” he asked, “You're not even going to give me a chance?”

“Fine,” Amber sighed, looking around to make sure no one was listening to their conversation, “You only like me because of a love spell.”

Joshua studied Amber's face for a moment and then deciding it must be a joke, burst into laughter.

“I'm serious, Josh,” Amber said.

“You expect me to believe you're a witch and you cast a love spell on me? If you were a witch you would have cast a spell on Nelson to make him like you a long time ago,” Joshua said.

“Actually, I don't think I'm a witch. Not like a real one anyway. I've never done anything like this before, but I did cast a spell. You're right it wasn't on you. I was aiming for Joshua Nelson, but it hit you. He lied about his favorite color and the lie he told just happened to be your favorite color,” Amber said.

“You can't be serious,” Joshua said.

“I am,” Amber said with a shake of her head, “I told you that you wouldn't believe it. That's why I should have left it alone. I should have left it at 'It's complicated'.”