i want to say before starting off this chapter that i didnt like the story and how the vacation was dragging along, so there be a large time skip to after. there are a lot of time skips in this chapter, but dont worry, there will be more tyler and jenna action in the future. but, as much as i want you guys to be happy, i want to be happy with my work too and im so much more pleased with where this chapter is leading the book.
I'm Yours
Jason Mraz
from the album We Wing, We Dance, We Steal Things
i was laying in bed one saturday morning, my head rested on josh's chest as i waited for him to wake up. it's been about a month since me and josh's surprise vacation to florida and i couldnt stop myself from thinking about everything that happened since then. how josh got me cute little things at Tin City after we left the hotel with tyler and jenna, and how we joked around at lunch and dinner with them.
my mind ran from thought to thought as i remembered how the day we got home, it was 6 in the morning and all we did was sleep and i may or may not have missed work. and i thought about how i was at work, josh was at his house talking with real estate agents. his house quickly sold and soon enough he was packing his stuff up and hauling his clothes to mine. he also sold a lot of his things that he didnt need anymore while i worked.
i remembered at the end of the first week we were back, he finally brought Spooky over for the first time and he waited till i got home from work to let him out to meet Jinx.
i remember how Spooky cowered in the corner as the 4 month old Jinx curiously walked up to him and sniffed him. spook was absolutely terrified of her for the first few days until one day he was sleeping on the couch while josh and i watched tv, and jinx jumped up and curled up next to him. ever since then, they were inseparable, and it warmed our hearts.
with cats on my mind, i had an idea. i glanced at the clock on the wall across from the bed and saw that it was 9:05 and gently shook josh. "josh!" i whisper yelled and put my hands on his chest, shaking him a bit. josh groaned and ran his fingers through his now dark and buzzed hair, (sorry guys :/ im trying to get the fic the way i want it to be) "mmm what is it?" he asked and sat up, gently pulling me into him and rocking me back and forth.
"josh josh josh pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease can we get more cats? my aunt has 5 and my other friend has 6," i looked up at him with bambi eyes and smiled. josh sighed and shook his head, a smile growing on his face. "sure, why not."
i immediately jumped out of bed and threw on whatever clothes i could find, running out of the room calling for josh, "babe hurry up, i'll be in the car!" i shouted as he i grabbed my keys and ran to the garage, unlocking my car and sitting in the drivers seat, waiting for josh.
~time skip cause im too lazy to write a car scene~
i pulled into the parking lot of the rescue center that was next to my vets office (as i was typing this, my cat, Smokey (whom i call Beansprout) jumped up next to me)
(Heres me an my boy, the camera NEVER focuses on him)
Update smokey had been ill for nearly a year he had diabetes. A month ago yesterday he was put down. (He died October 5) I got a kitten the same day, he's no smokey but I love him just a much. Rest in peace smokey, I love you forever and always, and random people who never even knew you on the internet love you too.
we got out of the car and approached the building, hand in hand. josh opened the door for me and i walked in, no matter how long i've been with him, which was now four months, i still havent gotten used to how nice the man was.
we linked fingers again as we waited at the counter. a lot of the people who worked at the vet clinic i worked here when they were off, and someone called out from behind an office door, "i'll be with ya in a second."
a lady with blonde hair walked out, looking down at some papers, "alright, how can i," she looked up, "oh, hi y/n! this must be joshua?" she asked and i looked over at josh who was blushing.
"yes, tanya this is josh, josh this is tanya," i said gesturing at the short blonde woman on the other side of the counter, the two shook hands. "actually, tanya, we was to look at some cats, we want another." i smiled and tanya raised her eyebrows at me, "well, y/n, you know where they are, when you find one you like just hollar and i'll be out." tanya smiled and hurried back into the office space, i assumed she was pretty busy, so i led josh around back to the adoptables.
there were so many adult cats there and only a few kittens, i felt bad, no one ever wants fully grown cats just because theyre fully grown. i sighed as pulled josh past the kittens, who he was constantly cooing at, and back to the rows of adult cat cages.
"no kittens, they'll find homes easier than the adults." i said and released my grip on josh's hand, "alright let's look."
i wandered down the aisle scanning over all the cats, wanting to take them all home, and once i got to the back i found one.
the name tag said Fluffy, and i cringed a bit at the name, but it also said that he was great with other cats, especially his friend Smokey, who was right next to him (im not lying, im on the rescue village website for cleveland and his best friend's name is smokey and im gonna cry). they were both very shy but once they adjusted to their surroundings, they were happy, together. i called josh over, and pointed at him, but he couldnt take his eyes off of smokey.
"josh" i whispered and poked his arm, "i think we need both of them."
and thats what we did, i called for tanya and she told us that they were both about 9 months old, and inseparable, she was glad to see them go together.
we drove home with two meowing cats in crates in the back seat and smiled at each other. "josh, i think we need to rename them, i mean, his name is Fluffy, i feel bad for him. smokey's is okay but, a bit boring." i shrugged as i pulled into the driveway, "yeah, let's bring them inside and lock jinx and spooky in our room with a litter box and food and stuff while we get these two boys adjusted," he said as he opened his door and we walked around to the back seat. josh grabbed smokey's crate and i grabbed fluffy's and we walked to the front door. we put the two crates down in the living room and put the other two cats in our room.
"i dont know about you, but i'm calling fluffy Crab Stick, (thats what i call Little, heres a picture of him, the first one I was squishing him and he was not happy)"
josh snorted as he watched the two boys timidly sniffing the couch and walk around the living room. "i'm gonna call smokey Beansprout." my jaw dropped and i looked at josh, "you cant make fun of my Crab Stick, if you're gonna call him Beansprout!" i said and play punched josh, who just wrapped me up in his arms and pushed me back on the floor that were were kneeling on moments before. he leaned down and kissed me, tenderly at first and i deepened it, our teeth clashing as we both smiled into it, neither of us could take it anymore and burst out laughing.
"Beansprout and Crab Stick it is," i said, looking up at josh, who just smiled down at me and kissed me again.