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"I'm here for Madison? Is she-" The awkward pizza delivery boy stutters.

"Hi, that's me." I laugh and hand him $15. "Keep the change." I say as I take the pizza from his hands.

"Thanks! Have a great night." He walks away from the shop.

I walk back inside of the store and head to the back where Josh is seated on a blanket on the ground. He thought it'd be fun to sit on a blanket, which he laid over a black shag rug, and eat pizza.

"That smells amazing!" He says.

"Donny's is the best around." I smile and hand the box to him. "Be right back." I say and run into a small room in the back.

"Where did you go?" He asks as I enter back into the room with sodas in my hands.

"To the fridge." I state with a grin.

"Thanks so much!" He smiles and takes one from my hand.

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"That was some good pizza." Josh says as he places a crust in the now empty box. He ate five slices of it happily. "Yup." I say and start to clean up the area. As I sit back down from throwing away the trash Josh lets out a giant yawn.

"Tired?" I ask and grab a blanket from the couch behind us.

"Yea. We didn't even have a show tonight and I'm dead tired." He lets out another yawn and I toss the blanket at him along with a plush black velvet pillow.

"Thanks Madison." He smiles and wraps the blanket around his shoulders like a little kid.

"Wanna watch a movie?" I ask the sleepy Josh.

"Sure? But on what?" He asks, gazing at the tv-less walls covered in signed posters and tapestries.

"I've got that covered." I hop up and run to the back room again.
Grabbing my laptop and another blanket I head back into the store. I sit down and pull up Netflix.
"You find something, I'm going to lock the door so we don't get murdered." I skip to the front of the store and lock up the door, then go back to where we were.

"What'd you find?" I ask him.

"This ones great- what if?" He says with a smile.

"I've never seen it but let's watch it." I smile and sit down and wrap a blanket around myself too.
You can hear the faint roar of the Halsey fans next door.

"I think you'll like this one." He smiles and clicks play. We lay on our stomachs, shoulder to shoulder in front of the laptop.

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"That was beautiful." I say as I blink small tears out of my eyes.

"I know!" Josh smiles as he wipes tears from under his eyes. He laughs as I throw a box of tissues at him.

"It's only like 10:00. It feels later!" Josh giggles and rolls onto his back and stuffs a pillow over his face. His phone dings beside him and he groans as he sees the lock screen.

"Tyler said that he and Jenna won't be back till at least 12. I can leave if you want Madison." He sighs.

"I don't sleep till 1:00 usually so you're no burden, you're better than being alone each night." I smile and he smiles back at me.

"Thank you so much." He runs his fingers through his fluffy colored hair and falls back into his position on the floor.

"What do you want to do?" He says through the pillow on his face. It comes out muffled and funny sounding.

"Good question." I giggle.

"Do you play any instruments?" He asks as he lifts the pillow off his face.

"A few." I sigh and fall onto my back next to him.

"What do you play?" He asks.

"Uke, piano, and guitar." I say as his eyes widen.

"Would you play for me? I can make a beat and we can sing and make music!" He says enthusiastically.

"Josh." I sigh and stand up.

"Can you play your uke?" He asks and I grab it off the counter.

"Sure." I sigh playfully and sit on the couch.
Josh grabs a pair of drumsticks from his backpack which he placed next to the couch. He leans toward the low table in front of us and smiles.

"What do you wanna play?" I ask.

"Um, how about Johnny Boy?"

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