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"Tyler? Tyler open up!" I heard Brendon's voice come from outside my bedroom door.
"Huh? What's wro- GODDAMN IT BRENDON IT'S 3AM!" I yelled at my room-mate as I checked my phone. Suddenly I heard a loud ringing noise, it sounded like a...fire alarm?
"Tyler the fire alarm has been going off for the last 10 minutes we need to evacuate the apartment!" Brendon's voice had a tone of urgency in it as he knocked my door harder. Great. A fire. At 3am. Fantastic.
"Aghh" I groaned as I slowly got out of my bed and unlocked my bedroom door. Brendon swung it open and looked at me with wide eyes as I grabbed a spare hoodie and my phone.
"What? I need to gather a few things." I snapped at him spitefully.
"Oh no, take your time, it's not as if THERE IS A FUCKING FIRE AND WE ARE GOING TO DIE". Brendon shouted as he made random waving gestures with his arms.
"Calm down it's probably another false alarm, jeez." I sighed as I pulled on my hoodie and followed Brendon as he practically ran out of the apartment, so over-dramatic. Our room was at the very top of the apartment building, there were a lot of very scared looking people making their way for the elevator. One person I noticed in particular was Josh. His bright pink hair stood out amongst the sea of panicked people. Josh lived in the room right next to mine, we never really spoke, only when we passed each other in the buildings many hallways, even then it was just an awkward smile and a hello. I only knew his first name, he didn't tell me his last name, he didn't even tell me his first name, I only knew it because I heard it being moaned by some girl (or guy?) through the walls one night at 2am, I didn't get much sleep that night.
"Tyler?" Brendon waved his hand in front of my face, snapping me out of my day dream. Brendon followed my eyes to where I was staring and looked back at me in shock.
"Really? We could potentially be burned alive soon and you're fantasizing about Hello Kitty over there?!" Brendon practically yelled at me. I shrugged and made my way towards Josh, when I pushed through the crowd of people waiting for the elevator that's when I noticed he was only wearing a grey hoodie and a pair of black boxers.
The elevator arrived and everyone gathered in, Brendon was holding onto my hoodie tightly as to not get lost in the crowd of people. The elevator doors closed and I took a deep breath, it was cramped and uncomfortable, worried whimpers and people shouting in panic filled the elevator.
"Psst, do you know what's happening?" A voice came from behind me, I turned around as best as I could in the cramped space and was met with a pair of tired eyes and bright pink hair.
"U-uh, I think there's a fire, it's probably a false alarm." I stuttered, avoiding eye contact with Josh. Josh was about to open his mouth to say something, but just then the elevator hit the ground floor, and I was practically dragged along with the crowd of people.
When we got outside, there was a lot of people congregated around the pavement, a few were the people who lived in the building, the rest were just nosy bystanders. There were 2 firetrucks and a police car, but no fire.
"How long do we have to wait out here? I told you it was a false alarm!" I whined at Brendon as I found a spot of grass and sat down, pulling him with me.
"We don't know that for sure yet, Ty, it could be at the back of the building or something." Brendon sighed as he lay back on the soft grass and streched his legs out.
"Accept the fact that i'm right for once." I looked down at Brendon with a smirk.
"Never." He smiled back as he nudged me with his elbow. Brendon propped himself up on his elbows and stared at me.
"What?" I looked at him curiously.
"I seen you talking to Barbie in the elevator" Brendon had a stupid grin on his face as he wiggled his eyebrows at me. I felt a blush rising on my cheeks.
"Okay. Number one, his name is Josh, number two, he asked me a question, I was simply answering him, and number three, shut up." I couldn't hide the smile on my face as I playfully pushed Brendon.
"You have such a schoolgirl crush on him!" Brendon beamed and proceeded to make kissing noises.
"I do not!" I covered my face with my hands.
"Whatever, but did you see what he was wearing? Damn" Brendon wolf-whistled and I snapped my head around to look at him.
"Don't talk about him like that." I gave Brendon my best angry face.
"See? You like him." Brendon sighed happily as he lay back down on the grass. Damn it. I lay beside Brendon on the grass, the night sky was starry and the moon was beautiful.
The pretty view didn't last long as a figure blocked my sight. Okay, once I realised who it was the pretty view just got 10x prettier.
"Uh, hi" Josh smiled down at me.
"H-hi" I stuttered back, still lying on the grass.
"You're...Tyler right?"
"Um, yeah"
"I was talking to you in the elevator."
"Yeah?"
"Mind if I sit down with you?" Josh smiled and oh god, his smile was wonderful.
"N-no not at all." I tried my best to sound normal as I sat upright and rested my head on my knees. I glanced over at Brendon and tried to telepathically tell him to fuck off. He got the gist and slowly sat up.
"I'm gonna go find...Robert..?" Brendon tilted his head and I tried not to laugh at the fake name. He got up and walked away awkwardly towards the sea of people crowded at the front of the apartment complex.
"Y'know, if you wanted to be alone with me you could've just asked" Josh giggled as he scratched the back of his head. My face flushed red.
"Oh u-uh-n-no I d-didn't-" I stuttered.
"Relax, I actually came over to ask you if you maybe wanted to come over to my room sometime and hang out?" Josh looked over at me with a nervous expression, he was blushing and it was the cutest thing i'd ever seen.
"Oh. OH! Oh u-uh yeah, that'd be cool." I stuttered yet again, real smooth Tyler.
"Awesome! Here's my number, or y'know, you can just knock on my door considering you live like 3 feet away from me" Josh let out a chuckle as he handed me his phone to copy his number from.
"Yeah" I giggled and handed Josh his phone back once I copied his number into my phone.
"Cool, well i'll see you around yeah?" Josh smiled at me as he got up from the grass.
"Definately" I nodded and smiled back.
"Awesome, it's a date!" Josh giggled as he waved goodbye and headed back for the apartment. I waved back and totally did not stare at his ass in those boxers as he walked away.
Brendon was right, I have a schoolgirl crush on Josh.