The school bell rang, and as Josh said a hasty goodbye to Rosa, he scooped up his backpack and started to leave the school. The sun beamed down on them, suddenly warming up the atmosphere from where it had been hiding behind the dense storm clouds. 

As he walked onto the street to get back to his house, he realized that someone walked not three meters ahead of him was Paradise. It was obvious; her features were something he'd come to memorize.  

{ Nooooo. You can't move on, Paradise! >;O -shakes violently- }

 Josh, even though it had been only a day, couldn't stand it anymore. Everywhere he looked, he was realizing the wrong things in people. Oh, that guy's eyes look like Paradise's! That girl's hair is the same color! etc. 

He frowned, looking straight at her (which made pain explode in his chest again), and started to walk up to her with a guilty ex
pression on his face. He was sorry for yelling at her, and saying mean things to her, and comparing her to trash like the 'popular group'.

"P-P-P-" He stopped trying to talk, for a moment, astounded. He'd never stuttered before; not once. "P-Paradise? Can we...t-talk?"  

(( AAWW THIS IS TOO CUTE! sorry...it just is...lOl))

She jumped at her name being called, and looked at him with a wierd ex
pression by his stuttering. Like she told herself, she looked at him differently. Atleast she tried too. "Um...Sure?" She said. But it was more of a question. She was going to say, 'If you plan to bash me again, don't even try it'. But she told herself she'd love him as a friend loves. So she kept her temper inside. She was good at it.

{ Paradise can't love him as a friend >:C Because Josh is just realizing he LOVES her 

Gosh, Paradise. xD gotta make things so difficult. }

Heart thudding in his chest wildly, Josh started to explain. "I-I'm sorry for treating you the way I did, Paradise." He sucked in a deep breath, trying not to look too miserable. "I shouldn't have yelled at you, or said all those things to you, or compared you to that...to that garbage at our school."

He felt his skin grow warm and prickly, like he was standing too close to a fire. "I miss you so much...All day I couldn't get you out of my head...and when I saw you..." he paused, lost for words. "My chest, it just..." He gave up. "I'm sorry." 

{ lol. "What's wrong with your chest?" D: Sounds like she's worried he might have cancer }

"W-When I saw you, earlier, walking home from school..." Josh said, pausing, unsure of how to explain it. He took her hand, gently, and set it on his chest so she could feel his heart beating through his shirt. "It hurt."  

She gently kept her hand on his chest. But she was very confused. One minute he was yelling at her, the second he was apoligizing. But she smiled at him and bit her lip. She got her hand off his chest, and wrapped her arms around his waist. And squeezed tightly. Then said, really quietly, "I'm sorry too"

(( OMG LOLOLOLOL!!!  I gotta go :P))

{ omg.  -waves goodbye- D': } 

Josh wrapped his arms around her waist, and set his forehead so it rested on the top of her head. "I missed you," he whispered, so no one else could hear. "I missed everything about you." 

(( lOl I didn't want to leave either...))

Paradise bit her lip, when she heard Josh's words. It felt good, to be missed, even when she couldn't understand why Josh would miss her. Paradise felt special, but she still thought he was crazy."There's not much to miss..."She said, as she let go of his waist, a little and looked up at him. Their faces were about an inch apart. It made her have goosebumps, at the thought of what could happen next. She let go of his waist all the way, and moved her head away from his. She wanted to say, 'She missed him too'. But she was too speechless to say anything else. Of course, right after she says she was going to get over it, he comes back. She smiled at him, with confidence and said, "So were friends again?" She crossed her arms, and wanting to see how much it hurt him when she said 'friends', because it hurt her when he would say it. You could call it revenge. But she was just testing his feelings.

Josh winced slightly, but regained his hearty smile. "Of course, we're..." he paused, letting his sentence drift off without another comment. He let go of her reluctantly, confused with himself about his rather suddenly intensified emotions towards her. Perhaps he had eaten something bad?

"Yeah," he said, clearing his throat after uncomfortably. "I'd ask if you wanted to hang out sometime, but I'm grounded for the rest of the month, so I can't..." He added on as an afterthought, "I'm glad we're, er-" Wince. "Friends again." 

She smiled at Josh. "I am glad too." Very glad. She sighed of relief. That pain she had a couple moments ago, was completely gone, and her emotions waved over her. She felt as if she had no more tears she could ever cry again.

She frowned at him, after she realized what he said. "YOur grounded? Why?"