Josh opened his bleary brown eyes and yawned loudly, rubbing at them lazily. For a brief moment, his mind wandered to the dream that had woken him up only half an hour ago. He wondered if it was going to be the reason that he woke up in tears and had to lie about what was wrong with him at school the next day. He didn't like lying to Chris, even if he didn't necessarily lie as often as people thought he did. Truthfully, Josh felt ashamed of the fact that he had been having so many nightmares lately, not only about his parents dying but also about a certain someone. He knew that it had been unfair of him to avoid Chris while he tried to cheer him up, and that he shouldn't have snapped at Chris when he apologized profusely afterwards. The blond remembered everything clearly: how sad Chris ha
