TREINTA Y TRES

                                    

                                          
"Joeyyyy," Joshua groaners for the millionth time. Josephine rolled her eyes and fell back on Josh's couch. 
                          
"You are impossibly irritating, Josh."
                          
He smirked, "thank you!" In return, Josephine groaned. "I'm so boreedd!"
                          
Josephine exclaimed, "yes, Josh, I know. Just wait till Jack and Auggie show up. We can probably go see a movie or something."
                          
Josh complained again, "ugh, I don't want to."
                          
Josephine was already irritated, but Joshua made it very difficult to stay calm. He's been pestering her since they woke up from their nap. "We can go to this arcade. They have bumper cars and stuff." 
                          
Joshua sat up, "do they have laser tag?" Josephine nodded, her irritation leaving her body as soon as Joshua slapped a smile on his face. She poked at his dimple, to which he poked hers.
                          
"What's up, bitch asses!" Jack barged through the door. "Ew, they're being cute!" Auggie appeared from behind him, "nasty." 
                          
Josephine shot up from the couch to hug Auggie and Jack, "thank God! Joshua is the most annoying person."
                          
"Hey!"
                          
Jack smirked and wrapping his arm around the petite girl's frame, "she said what she said!" Josh frowned in response.
                          
She continued without sparing a glance at Josh, "when he wants to be." Auggie withered out of Josephine's strong clutch on him. He moved to greet Josh and placed the bags of food down on the coffee table. Jack also removed Jo from her reach and sat down on the couch next to Josh. Auggie sat on the ottoman and Josephine trudged back to her spot next to Joshua on the couch. 
                          
"Did you bring my ice cream?" Joey directed to Jack. He nodded, took it out of the bag, and proceeded to toss it to Josephine. "Thanks," she mumbled. Josh stood up to bring two spoons from his kitchen. Jo grinned up at him, "aw, that's cute. You think we're gonna share. So sweet." She took both spoons from his hands and began to eat her ice cream. Josh sent her an offended face to which she rolled her eyes. Auggie laughed at Jo's greediness, the smile reaching his eyes. Josh pouted his bottom lip, "pwease?"  
                          
"Stop it," she whined, "you know I can't say no when you do that!" Josh nodded and continued giving her a puppy look. "You're a bitch, you know that?" She offered her ice cream to him, earning a large smile from Josh. 
                          
He took a spoonful of her ice cream and smiled, "thank you!" 
                          
Jack looked between the two as they continued interacting amongst themselves. He turned to August with a grin, "how long do you think they'll last as 'just friends'?" 
                          
Auggie challenged, "one month." 
                          
"I say two. 20 bucks?" August smiled mischievously, "you're on." They shook hands and pulled away at the sounds of Josephine and Josh's laughter. 
                          
Josephine had texted the cast group chat to see if they wanted to join them in going to the arcade. A few declined and opted on staying to watch Liv and Dara do some scenes with Kate. The others agreed to meet them there. Jack drove the three other people lounging around Josh's apartment to the arcade. Josephine and Josh sat in the back, Auggie had called shotgun before anyone else could take the place. Because of the bet he made with Jack, he's going to make sure that Josh and Jo are together within a month, but what he didn't know is that Jack had also thought about intervening and will also be doing everything in his power to win the bet. 
                          
The quartet met up with Sofia, Matt, Julia, and Frankie. Jo was a little disappointed to hear that Joe had wanted to stay and watch, but she couldn't blame him. If she had the choice, she would have stayed to support her friends too. They all paid for a card so they could play the games. Josh and Josephine decided to share a card to build up a lot of tickets. When they passed by the prizes, Josephine spotted a giant panda bear stuffed animal worth 1,200 tickets. She was determined to get it by the end of the day, and so was Josh.