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breath.
    'Your girlfriend?' she breathed.
    Josh stared at her for a moment, then closed his eyes. 
    'Her name was Jessica,' he sighed, shaking his head. 
    That didn't help. 
    'Lucy...  You're my girlfriend now.' 
    She blinked and her eyes glazed over.
    'You know, I really wish he hadn't said anything,' said Josh.  'I could see you were upset in the pub.'
    'He told me you were still angry at me,' Lucy murmured.
    She frowned.  Was Froggy lying?  Was he making it up?
    'I was,' Josh smirked.  'I still am, a little bit... 
    'But other than that little incident, you did brilliantly today.  You deserved a few beers.  Let your hair down, celebrate...  Then you walk in, looking like... ... ...  Well... like this .'
    He glanced up at her and sighed, running his hand through his hair.
    'I don't deserve sympathy,' Josh told her flatly, dipping his head, green eyes fixing her hard.  'I could see it in the way you looked at me when you sat down.  I don't need you to mother me. 
    'I don't want you to be here out of pity, Lucy.  I want you to be here because you want to be.'
    His hand smoothed her back, the other catching her chin and tilting it upwards; making her look at him. 
    'I do!' she blinked, frowning hard. 
    'Good!' Josh frowned back playfully and smiled.
    She had to admit though, he did have a point.  Her first instinct was to make it all better .
    'Your face was a picture when I touched your bum,' Joshua grinned. 
    Lucy stared at him.
    That's because you've never done it before...
    Her eyes flickered.  She felt his hand on the back of her thigh.  His palm slid up, squeezing her hard. 
    Lucy gave a ragged sigh, her eyes drawing shut.  She heard his breath hitch, his hands gripping her backside.  Her legs slid around him, knees sinking into the sofa either side of his hips.  She felt him push against her.  Lucy's head fell back. 
    'Lucy, you can tell me to stop anytime you want to,' he whispered.
    When she opened her eyes, she found his dark.  He pushed again, green eyes watching her.  She caught the whimper in her throat, swallowing it back.  Thick black lashes fluttered shut over crystal blue.  She was breathless; her cheeks were flushed.  She felt his fingers on her chin, drawing her head back.  She felt his lips on her throat. 
    Her hands slid across his chest, gripping his taught upper arms, holding on for dear life.  She felt his fingers at the hem of her t-shirt: one at the front, one at the back.  Her breath hitched; her heart started to pound.  One hand slid up, warm and rough, pressed in the small of her back.  The fingers of his other hand stroked her stomach in a feather-light glance.  His lips worked their way along her jaw in a string of breathless kisses.  She grabbed at the shoulders of t-shirt, almost ripping it as his hips flexed again.  The whimper she'd been fighting back burst from her lips.
    'Lucy...'
    David Gray was singing Sail Away.  She blinked down.  Joshua's stare was scorching.  Suddenly, his hands were in her hair, pulling her mouth down on his.  Lucy's arms wove around his neck, their lips meeting.  Josh stroked the nape of her neck, fingers slipping through her short hair as he started to deepen the kiss.
    Lucy froze, her eyes shooting open, the smell of stale sweat rising up.  She broke away quickly, elbows clamping against her ribs, pulling out of his arms, flipping back onto the sofa beside him.
    Josh blinked at her.
    'Are you OK?'
    She scanned the room, saw the beer on the coffee table; leant forward and grabbed it, elbows still clamped to her sides.  She took a swig, attempting nonchalance. 
    'Me?  Yeah, course!' she croaked.  'I'm fine!'
    He watched her for a moment, before his gaze fell to his lap.  Josh started chewing his fingers.
    'Do you think...  Would it be all right if I took a shower?' Lucy ventured.
    He stared back at her, drawing his hand from his mouth.  He nodded back quickly.
    'Sure.  No problem.'
     

     
    Josh sat on the