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Josh woke up after falling off his bed and smacking his arm on the bedside table. 12:00, great. Just great. He reached over for his phone to text Tyler, and after he sent it he realized it was midnight.
Jdun: Sup dude
Tyjo: Me. Why'd u text me?
Jdun: I forgot it was midnight. Cya at school.
All night after that, Josh tried to get back to sleep, but ultimately failed. His alarm went off with an annoying Ding! and Josh rolled out of bed groggily. He only narrowly missed hitting his other arm this time. He stumbled into the bathroom, brushed his teeth, showered, didn't dry off all the way, then got dressed. He practically skipped down the stairs, skipping his morning kiss from his mom. He grabbed a granola bar from the table and sprinted down to the bus stop. He got in his normal seat near the cool kids, but honestly only talked to Melanie. "Mel, I woke Tyler up at midnight last night. He was ticked. Haha!" Melanie giggled a little, but seemed far off. "You good, Mel?"
"Yeah, just tired.Ty texted me after u woke him up and we talked all night. He's really mad, like, you should stay away from him today." She was so animated when she talked, it was hilarious. He couldn't get the thought of Tyler out of his head though. He sat down and listened to his favorite band on his phone. When the bus pulled up to the school and he reached for his backpack, he realized how sore he actually was. Gosh, how hard did I hit this arm?! He rolled his shoulder and walked into the school, bumping into Tyler on the way to his class.
"Hey, Tyler. Sorry for last night, i didn't think." His apology was genuine and Josh hoped Tyler would accept it. Tyler just shrugged and walked over to Jenna at her locker. They seemed so happy together, and Josh wished he was good at feelings like Tyler. Mark walked over, high fived Josh, and started talking to Tyler. Why does everyone love him? I do, of course, but he seems really skeeved at me right now. Jenna had her head on Tyler's shoulder, Mark babbled endlessly to Tyler about some album called No Fun Intended, which Josh found stupid, and people just walking by stopped for a quick chat with Tyler. I wish I was that popular. I should ask about that album though. He dropped his books in his locker, quickly talked with Mel again, and sat in his biology seat. Tyler plopped down next to him and randomly gave him a hug. Awkward, dude. "Umm... Tyler?" Josh started.
"Sorry. I- uh- I just felt weird. It was weird that u were up before me today I guess I was mad at myself. I dunno why, but I just was." Josh checked around then hugged Tyler. It was quick, but sincere. "I'm guessing I'm not allowed to be mad at you." He laughed a little as the frogs were being passed to the partners. Josh went pale and Tyler looked over at him with a glint in his eyes. This should be fun. He closed his eyes as Tyle cut open the deceased frog and the smell almost made Josh vomit. When he uncovered his eyes, he actually did vomit. "Really Josh?" Tyler asked and asked to bring him to the nurse.
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At the nurse's office, Josh was the first to talk. "Tyler, I can't believe we're ever mad at eachother ever. I was really sad and I wish I knew how you felt. I'm sorry." He looked up at Tyler from the floor with a very sincere look in his eyes.
"Josh, you really don't have to be sorry. It was me and I'm so, so sorry." The boys went in for a hug as Melanie walked in. "Oh, uh, hi?" Tyler stumbled over his words as his cheeks flushed with embarrassment.
"Tyler. It's fine, you're friends getting over a fight. I get it. Btw Jenna's gonna ask you on a date later." Tyler's face brightened and he hopped to his feet.
"Wait, Mel why are you here?" Josh asked.
"It's frog day'" she said with a slight giggle.