Josh nodded, pulling a lighter out of his pocket and starting to play with it. His hair hung in his face as he looked down and waited for her to come back. He looked up only when he heard someone clear their throat beside him. 

His eyes flickered to the blonde that had been behind the counter. "Hi?" he said, looking back down at his lighter.

"You forgot your change," she said in an obnoxious voice, sitting down next to him. Her arm brushed again his as she set the change on the table. "My name is Victoria. Is that girl..." she paused, batting her eyelashes. "Is she your girlfriend?"

"Yes," Josh lied, standing up and clearing his throat. "And if you don't mind me, I'm just going to go find her now." He looked the girl in the eyes as she stood up too, not letting him past.

"I think you should stay and talk," she insisted stubbornly. He sighed, plunking into his seat with a tortured ex
pression on his face as she began to babble. 

When Paradise guessed that she was far enough away, she started to slow down to a walk. She also guessed that he probably didn't even care that she left, and was probably still talking to that pretty blonde girl. She rolled her eyes. She always had to fall for someone who everyone else liked. Why couldn't he be just a bit less attractive? Then she thought, maybe that little scene back there, was a wake up call. He was probably very egotistic. But he's also so sweet and warm and loving...  She could think of so many positive things, and the only flaw that she could see was ego. But it would be kind of hard not to love all his features. She was just thankful that she didn't cry again. She would really be embarressed then.She accidently locked herself out, and so she sat down, at the same bench, and took a couple more deep breaths. She told herself she wasn't going to cry AGAIN, today. And she didn't. But she could still feel a wound in her heart, that made her want to cry. But she held it all in, until she was sure she was alone, in her bed, where she usually did her routine, of crying herself to sleep.

{ Ahhaa.. nevermind :D Got off the hook }

Josh sighed, frowning, and wandered down the street aimlessly. He looked closely at people walking by, waiting for one of them to be Paradise. He mumbled to himself, "Where did that girl wander off to now?" He pas sed by the bench, head down and hair in his face, without even noticing she was there. 

After walking all the way back to his house, Josh rattled his doorknob, looking frustrated. He patted his pockets, a look of sheer agony crossing his face. He had left his keys on the table. He ground his teeth together, lifting up his aunt's flowerpots as he searched for the extra key. Then it dawned on him.

That was the extra key.

He growled a curse under his breath, sitting on the porch stairs with his head in his hands as he prepared to wait until his aunt, uncle and cousin got home. At midnight. 

Paradise thought, maybe to get over some things that kept wrapping around her mind. She'd go for a walk again. Hoping she wouldn't randomly have to cry again, at a bench. She rolled her eyes at herself, as she walked. Wind blew in her face, and it felt like ice against her. She shivered even harder, trying her best to keep herself warm. She kept walking though. And surprisingly it did get her mind off things.

She turned to another street, that she hasn't walked down yet, and saw someone else stuck out of their house too. She laughed to herself. Feeling good that she wasn't the only idiot in this neighborhood. As she got closer, she frowned. The features, the hair, the 'no shirt'. She stopped walking. Josh. O gosh... Maybe she was still invisible to him. She ran across the street, so she was farther away from him, and kept walking.