Year two, normal.

     "Debby, you just came back home. I don't think we as a family are comfortable with letting you go to Ohio to see your internet friend." Debbys mother tried to explain to her but Debby wasn't as eager to see Jenna as she was to see Josh.

"But Mom, I really need to see the one friend who still cares about me. Please? Before I start school?"

Her mom sighed. "The cheapest tickets will probably be after Christmas—"

"I'm good with that!" Debby said quickly. "I'll even pay back everything! In time of course, once I get a job."

Debbys mom pulled her into a hug. "I guess you can go. But I'm coming with you."

"Perfectly understandable." Debby said, squealing inside since she can finally see Josh. After a while of hugging, Debby ran to her room and immediately called Jenna.

"Hello—"

"She said yes! I'm going to Ohio!"

"Oh my god! That's awesome!"

"I know!" Debby thought for a minute. "Does Josh know that you know me?" She asked.

Jenna shook her head, then realizing that Debby can't see her. "No, I haven't had much time to talk to him since he's been stealing my boyfriend."

"Oh?" Debby laughed.

"Yeah, so what I've heard from Tyler, Josh really likes this mystery girl that he met while he was away."

"What a lucky girl." Debby laughed well aware that the girl was her. Maybe when she saw Josh again she can feel at peace.

***

"Why would you choose Meta Knight if I chose Kirby?" Josh asked as their game started loading.

"Kirby is overpowered it's not fair. I just chose the next best thing."

"Woah there, are you saying Pokémon trainer isn't the next best thing? Don't ever repeat that sentence." Josh said, playfully offended. "Also, you could've been Kirby as well, just changed the color."

"You can change the color?"

Josh looked at his friend like he was insane. "Are you serious? How do you not know—"

"I don't play Super Smash a lot! I'm sorry I have failed you!"

The two heard a knock on the doorframe. Tyler and Josh looked up to see Josh's mom smiling. "Jenna's downstairs with Josh's friend. Do you want to take a break from video games for a while?"

Both Josh and Tyler looked at one another confused. They set down their remotes. Tyler walked first downstairs but Josh's mom held her son back for a second. "Go out to town with your friends and use one of their phones to call me if anything happens okay?" She asked.

Josh looked at her confused, "Who's with Jenna?"

"Apparently your friend, I wish to meet her properly by the way."

Josh was confused, suddenly wondering if some random girl decided to tag along with Jenna for the day. He walked downstairs and stopped immediately. Right next to a confused Tyler and a smiling Jenna, he saw Debby. He ran up to her and hugged her as if he hasn't seen her in years.

"Josh— I can't breathe!" Debby said.

He looked down at her, smiling. He then looked back at the stairs to see his mom smiling at the teens. "I can't kiss you in front of my mom," he whispered.

Debby rolled her eyes, "Then let's get out of here."

He nodded to Jenna, which she understood as time to start leaving. She grabbed Tyler's hand, where he still stood confused. "Who is she?" Tyler asked as they made their way out into the winter air.

"Her name's Debby. She's my friend from Alabama and apparently is Josh's girlfriend."

Tyler stopped and looked back at Josh's house. "Her? That's his girlfriend?" He asked I'm disbelief. "I thought he was just joking about that."

"No, Debby told me that when they were gone, they stuck to each other everyday until they escaped."

"Escaped?"

"Yeah?" Jenna said. "Did Josh not tell you everything that happened?"

"No," Tyler shook his head. He looked out to his friend who had his arm wrapped around the new girl like they've known each other for years. But Tyler has never seen her before today and the thought of Josh having an actual girlfriend just blew his mind. "He hasn't talked about what happened a lot."

"Just give him time." Jenna comforted. "Today, just let him have fun with her and try not to get jealous." She laughed as he playfully glared at her.

Tyler and Jenna met up with the two and they started their wander around the town. First they got lunch and wandered around a park. It felt odd not to have Josh's full attention. Is this what it felt like for him when Tyler started dating Jenna?

Tyler assumes that he had zoned out a bit too much when he noticed Josh sitting beside him and the sky was somewhat darker. Josh was looking at him quietly and wondering what was going through his friends head.

"Ty?" Josh broke the silence first. Tyler looked at him and then looked around confused.

"Where's Jenna and Debby?" He asked.

Josh nodded to some direction, saying, "Debby has to go home and Jenna left something at her house. I think she gave her a ride back though."

Tyler understood. "I guess we should head back then?"

Josh shook his head. "No, I was thinking that maybe we should talk for a bit. I think I need my wingman best friend."

Tyler smiled. "I'm right here for you. Anything you need help with, you got me." He put his hand on his friend's shoulder.

"Okay," Josh said. "I need help to take Debby on an actual date. Both of our moms are going to be there despite that we want to be alone. How do I not make it awkward?" He asked.

Tyler laughed out loud as if it wasn't a surprise that the parents were worried about their kids. "Alright, go to a restaurant and just have your moms sit at a different table. Before and after it you should make some small talk with her mom, y'know charm and assure her that you're not some creep." He joked a bit. Josh nodded, mentally taking note of the small things that Tyler mentioned. "And Josh?" He looked up. "If Debby makes you really happy, I'm happy for you."

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