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Word Count: 2044

You woke up to Tyler nudging you in the side. It took you a second to remember where you were. You hadn't even realized that you had fallen asleep, or that you were leaned on Josh's shoulder, or that his head was resting on yours...

Josh sat up straight and you quickly removed your head from his shoulder. Your hands were still intertwined too, so you quickly pulled yours away. You didn't want either of them getting the wrong idea, you had just been trying to calm Josh down a bit.

Josh had already grabbed your suitcase from overhead, so you quickly popped the handle and started to leave the plane. You could feel your face burning red from what had just happened. Tyler and Josh didn't seem to be paying much attention, instead they were discussing who might be at the wedding.

"So, finding your parents?" you asked once you were all off the plane.

Josh pulled out his phone, "They said they were waiting in the reception area."

"Let's head there, then," Tyler said.

"Ready, love?" Josh asked, slipping an arm around your waist.

"As ready as I'll ever be."

Tyler nodded and three of you followed the crowd of people out of the gate. You hadn't ever been to Ohio before, so you were continually looking around at various spots in the airport, allowing yourself to be guided by Josh's arm.

"There they are," Tyler said, gesturing to two middle aged people standing near the wall.

"Josh! Tyler!" Josh's mom smiled as you got closer. She pulled each of them into a hug before turning to you, "And you must be the lovely Y/N."

"That's me," you smiled.

She pulled you into a tight hug. You hesitated at first, but, not wanting to appear rude, hugged her just as tightly in return.

"Oh, how rude of me. My name is Laura," she said once she released you, holding out a hand.

"I've heard lots of wonderful things about you," you smiled, shaking her hand. This only caused her to smile wider.

"Y/N! Nice to meet you. Bill Dun," his dad said, holding out his hand.

"Nice to meet you too," you smiled, doing your best to give him a strong handshake.

Once you had officially met both of Josh's parents, Josh once again slid an arm around your waist. Even though you weren't dating, it helped to calm the nerves that you still had. Tyler fell into step with Josh's parents, allowing you and Josh to hang back a bit.

"Are you doing ok? I know this is probably overwhelming for you."

You laughed a bit, "No kidding. I'm fine right now, but I don't know how well I'll do at the wedding and reception with so many people. Just...stay near me, ok?"

"Whatever makes you feel comfortable."

"Speaking of which, do you mind just holding my hand for now? It's not that I don't like your arm around me, I'm just afraid I'm going to trip over my suitcase," you laughed.

Without a word, he removed his arm from around your waist and laced his fingers with yours. You squeezed his hand as a silent thank you. It felt weird to be acting this way around Josh, yet at the same time, it was almost natural.

The sun was shining brightly as you walked outside of the airport and towards the parking lot.

"How many people are at the house, Mom?" Josh asked.

"Your cousins and most of your aunts and uncles got in this morning. Your cousin, Jeremy, has been here for almost a week now with his fiancée."

Josh nodded.

"Derek was talking about cooking up some barbecue for everyone tonight, too," Bill added.

"That's one of my Dad's brothers," Josh leaned over to you.

You nodded.

"Well, here we are," Bill said, patting the hood of an old truck.

Josh helped you load your suitcase into the back before walking around the side of the car and opening the door for you.

"After you," he smiled.

You rolled your eyes, "You just don't want to be in the middle," you said as you stepped into the car.

"I'd be lying if I said that wasn't true," he said as he climbed into the back of the truck after you.

Tyler slid in next to you, leaving you barely any room to sit. It didn't help that Josh wrapped an arm around your shoulder either. To try and give yourself a bit more space, you leaned over and rested your head on his shoulder, which allowed for you to scoot closer to him.

Laura turned around in the front seat so that she could face you. You lifted your head off of Josh's shoulder, you didn't want to appear rude.

"So, Y/N, Josh has barely told us anything about you! How long have you two known each other?"

You thought it over for a moment, "I think it's been about four years now. I moved into my current apartment right after I finished college, and Josh just so happened to be my next door neighbor. We quickly became friends and then he finally got the guts to ask me out," you smiled, turning to Josh for added effect.

"So where are you currently working?"

"There's a little café just a little ways down from our apartment building that I work at. I'm also currently working on a novel," you said sheepishly.

"Oh! What is it about?"

"Mom," Josh chimed in, "That's plenty of questions. She's had a long day, you don't have to grill her."

"My bad, I suppose I just got carried away. You just never talk about her Josh!"

"You're fine, Mrs. Dun," you said, throwing a sideways glance at Josh.

"Please, call me Laura."

You nodded and smiled at her. She turned back to the front of the car and started to make conversation with Bill. You leaned back onto Josh's shoulder and closed your eyes. He reached over with his free hand and grabbed yours that were resting in your lap, giving them a light squeeze.

The sound of the truck driving over gravel woke you up from your quick nap. Josh turned to look at you and smiled upon noticing that you were awake. Traveling must have taken more out of you than you thought. Not too far ahead, you could see light in the windows of their house. Bill drove a little further before pulling off the road and into a makeshift parking spot in the grass with the other cars.

"We're here," Josh said, untangling his hands from your own.

"Where'd Tyler go?" you asked, quickly noticing your missing friend.

"We dropped him off at home so that he could spend some time with his family tonight. Don't worry, you'll see him again tomorrow," Josh quickly reassured you.

You quickly shook your head a bit to wake yourself up and slid out of the truck. Bill was working on grabbing all your suitcases from the back of the truck. Josh quickly swooped in and grabbed yours, so you reached out a hand to take it from him.

"I got it."

"Josh," you started.

"Trust me, I've got it," he smiled.

You shook your head, but didn't protest any further. Instead, you just took your laptop bag and followed everyone inside.

"Are you going to be ok with all these people?" Josh asked. "Because we can head straight up to my room if you want."

"I'll be ok. I mean, I have to face them at some point. Besides, I've met your siblings a few times so I can always rely on them."

"Just stay close to me, ok?"

"Trust me, I will."

You followed Josh up the steps and into the house. Before the door was even open, you could hear music intermixed with voices and the sound of glasses and cans clinking. Josh turned back to face you, and you managed to muster a smile.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the oldest Dun child!" someone called loudly as soon as the door opened. "And who's this young lady?"

"Uncle Derek, this is my girlfriend, Y/N."

"Nice to meet you," you smiled, holding a hand out.

He offered you his free hand, his other was holding tightly to a beer.

"Guess it wasn't such a bad thing that Josh waited this long, eh?" he laughed loudly, causing a general uproar throughout the house.

You felt uncomfortable with all this attention shifted to you, but you did your best to remain cool and collected. You wanted to make a good first impression on these people, even if you weren't who Josh said you were.

"Well, we'll be back down in a second. We have to take our stuff upstairs," Josh smiled, lifting up your bags slightly.

"Don't take too long," Derek winked at you.

You followed Josh up a staircase that led to the left, happy to be away from the crowd of people. He turned right at the top of the stairs and opened the first door. It opened up to a relatively spacious room.

A bed was pushed against the wall on the right, and straight across from the door was a window seat that would typically look out across their property, although it was dark outside now. A closet was straight across from the bed, next to which was a door, which you only assumed could be a bathroom. There was also a small bookshelf to the right of the bed and a desk on the far side of it.

"My mom rearranged it after I moved out to act as more of a guest bedroom because family is over so often, but it will always be my room to me."

"It's a beautiful room."

"If you think this is nice, wait until you see the barn all done up for the wedding."

"Barn? I never realized your parents had so much property."

"You'll get to see it all tomorrow, I'm sure."

"I look forward to it."

"Well, are you ready to head back downstairs?"

Your head flicked up to look at Josh, "Just one more minute?" you smiled widely.

He walked over and flopped down on the bed, "Whatever you want, love."

You walked over to the window seat and pulled your legs up in front of you. Your stomach started twisting with the thought of going back into the crowds of people again.

"If we stay up here too long, they're going to start getting suspicious," Josh laughed.

"If only they knew," you added, joining his laughter.

"Alright. Time's up, let's get back down there."

You groaned loudly, but got up from the window seat nonetheless. Josh grabbed your hand and slid his fingers between yours. You followed him out into the hallway and back down the stairs.

"Joshy!" someone called loudly once again, although it was a female voice this time.

"Ashley!" Josh smiled happily.

A familiar girl came weaving through the crowd up to you. It was one of Josh's sisters, and you were relieved to see someone you actually recognized.

"Y/N, you remember my sister Ashley. Ash, this is my girlfriend, Y/N."

She raised an eyebrow at Josh, but he shot her a look.

"I didn't even realize you two had started dating," she laughed, playing along. "Never thought you the type to settle down," she punched him lightly in the arm.

"Neither did I, then she came along," he smiled, pulling you closer to him. You smiled up at him.

"Well, it's nice to know that he has you," she smiled at you. "I can tell that you make him really happy."

"Trust me, she does," he smirked.

"Hey!" you laughed, reaching over and punching him with your free hand.

"TMI, Josh," Abigail made a disgusted face. Josh only shrugged.

"Ash! You gotta come see this!" someone called across the room.

"That's my cue," she said, "Nice seeing you!" she added before quickly darting off.

"You too," you replied, although she didn't seem to hear you. "Your sisters are the coolest," you turned to Josh.

"Yeah, my family is the coolest," he said. "Ready to move on?"

You took a deep breath, "Let's do this."