Introverted Hearts // Josh Dun

chapter twenty five :: poolside babes

"So what do you wanna do?" Josh asked CJ once they were mostly settled in. "All the paper work is finished, your boxes are all here."

"Maybe we could unpack them." CJ suggested.

"Babe, I'm tired," Josh whined. "We just carried all of them up."

"But I need clothes."

"Y'know, the pool just opened up." Josh suggested.

"There's a pool here?" CJ exclaimed.

"Yeah," Josh nodded. "It's in the back."

"I don't know," CJ shrugged. "I can't swim."

"What?" Josh asked. "You can't swim?"

"My family and I went on a lot of vacations, but I never really got the hang of it." CJ mentioned.

"Your family, huh?" Josh asked, wondering when she would ever open up about that.

"Yeah." CJ looked down, obviously uncomfortable.

"We could go down together," Josh suggested, not pushing on the topic of her family. "I'll put some Red Bull together for me and some sprite for you since Red Bull makes you shaky."

"It makes you shaky too," CJ pointed out. "That's why I don't like it when you drink them."

"But it's not bad shaking like yours," Josh replied. "It's a good happy shake."

"I don't even have a bathing suit." CJ looked for any excuse to get out of swimming.

"Yes you do," Josh opened one of the boxes and rummaged through it until he pulled out a tiny red bikini. "Right here."

"That's Jenna's," CJ told him. "She gave it to me as a bribe last year because she wanted me to go to a pool party with her and I said I like the color. She also said, and I quote, it'll make your tits look even better than they are."

"Well, I mean-" Josh shrugged nervously, his cheeks turning bright red. "Of course they're good-"

"Stop," CJ looked down at herself, reminded herself not to feel self conscious. "Don't talk about them."

"She gave it to you," Josh stated as he held it out to her, getting off of the uncomfortable - at least to CJ- topic. "So that means it's yours."

"No," CJ told him. "I really don't want to."

"Then at least wear my shirt with it?"

"It'll get all heavy and soaked."

"One or the other, babe."

"Fine." CJ took the bikini from his hands.

"I can turn around and close my eyes if you want." Josh offered.

"It's fine," CJ told him. "I'll go to the bathroom."

"Josh?" CJ called her boyfriend from his - now their - bedroom.

"You okay?" Josh walked into the bathroom.

CJ was standing in the mirror, only clad in the small bathing suit. She was holding the top up with her forearm as the strings dangled over het wrist. Her other arm was trying desperately to cover her stomach.

"Can you tie this?"

"Yeah." Josh stood behind her and pulled all of her hair to one side as he tried his best not to get distracted by her body.

CJ held the cups up as she watched Josh's face in the mirror. He was concentrating and CJ could feel his breath down her neck, causing her to get goosebumps. Josh blushed, smiling nervously when he realized that she was staring at him.