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Tyler had the phone pressed against his ear, completely ready to chat with Brendon about how Ryan is totally in love with him. "Hello?" He said, Patrick still giggling.
"Tyler?" The phone responded. Tyler's eyes widened. He put his hand over it.
"It's Josh!" He stage-whispered. Patrick's eyes got wider.
"Tyler?" Josh asked again. Tyler panicked.
"What-what do I do, do I hang up?" Tyler spit out at Patrick.
"No, don't hang up!" Patrick whisper-yelled back.
"What do I do!?"
"Talk to him!" Patrick encouraged, a bit above a whisper.
"No! You talk to him!!" Tyler responded, thrusting the phone at Patrick.
"No, how is this gonna help?"
"I don't know- just-"
"Tyler, what am I supposed to- hi!" Patrick said, putting the phone up to his ear.
"Who is this?" Josh asked. He had heard Tyler, he was pretty sure. He started making his way down the stairs to the kitchen. He knew how to work Brendon's coffee machine.
"It's, uh, it's Patrick," Patrick replied. He kept glaring at Tyler. Tyler started biting his nails.
"Oh, hey, Patrick," Josh said. He flinched as his feet touched the cold tile floor. "Is Tyler there?"
"Um, yes." Tyler looked at him. 'What are you doing??' "No! no, I mean, no, he, uh," Patrick struggled for words.
"Can you tell him I apologize?" Josh interrupted. Patrick stopped.
"You apologize?" Patrick asked. Tyler crumpled his eyebrows. "For what?"
"For, uh, for kissing him, or whatever. I didn't mean to make him uncomfortable." Josh searched around in the cupboards for the coffee.
"Oh. Wow." Patrick took the phone away from his ear. "He apologized for kissing you," He told Tyler. Tyler stopped biting his fingers.
"Really?" Patrick nodded.
"Hello?" Josh's voice asked.
"Hey, uh, one second," Patrick said. He held out the phone to Tyler without saying anything. Tyler shook his head. Patrick held it out farther.
Tyler took it and put it up to his ear. "Um, hi."
"Hey," Josh said. Tyler could hear his smile.
"I'm sorry I freaked out last night," Tyler said. He looked down at his frayed pajama bottoms and twisted them between his fingers.
"No, it's alright," Josh responded. "I'm sorry I made you cry."
"No, you didn't, don't worry about it," Tyler said. He was going to explain before Josh stopped him.
"Wanna talk about it over coffee sometime?" Josh asked. Tyler's heart skipped a beat.
Ryan had now woken up with an awful case of bed head and a yawn.
"Is that my phone?" Ryan mummbled. Patrick shushed him loudly.
"I would love to," Tyler replied, a tiny smile on his lips.
"Perfect. I'll see you on Monday, Tyler."
"I'll see you, Josh."
Josh hung up. He held the phone in his hands with a small smile on his lips. He had scored a date with Tyler.
Tyler held the phone for a second with a smile on his face. His friends bubbled with questions. He had been asked on a date with Josh.