Chapter Thirty-TwoRed≋"I never finished the-""Who is that?" I cut off Charlie who was in the middle of talking about some assignment he had. My eyes narrowed at a familiar face along with a new face I hadn't seen before all the way down the hallway.I was standing with Charlie, Jade, Luke, and Kai against the lockers, all of us talking and wasting time before we had to start getting to our first classes for the day."Who?" Luke asked in confusion, trying to figure out who I was referring to as he followed my line of sight. The hallways were crowded with students right now since there were still twenty minutes until classes started.Down the hall was Noah who was walking, talking, and laughing with some redhead who I had never seen before. She was stunning. Absolutely fair and perfect skin, perfectly straight but also voluminous hair that practically swayed as she walked, and the most bright blue eyes I had ever seen. She looked like she could easily be a model."Her," I exhaled, m

Chapter Thirty-FourBless Your Delusional Heart≋I groaned as my eyes fluttered open. I stretched out of my arms and neck, my whole body feeling sore as I had fallen asleep in my car.I was parked in front of the forest that led to the dock and lake. I must've closed my eyes for a few minutes and then dozed off.I grabbed my phone from the cup holder and opened it to see the time that read 10:23pm. I had a few missed calls and texts from Ezra and Charlie as well, along with one from Luke.I sighed as I turned the keys in the ignition but when I put the car on Reverse, it would not move. A beeping sound rang through my ears and thats when I looked to the gas meter to see that my car had absolutely no gas in it.I groaned and rested my head down on the steering wheel, not in the fucking mood for this to be happening right now.After a few minutes, I picked up my phone and dialled Ezra's number but he didn't pick up so I called Charlie."Tiffany, God. Where the hell are you? We texted y

Chapter Thirty-SixAgain?≋The following day, I was riveting with anxiety and anticipation.I knew Noah and I were going to have to talk about the... the kiss. It was more of a mini make-out session rather than just a kiss but you know what I mean.I hardly slept and was so anxious that I had been tapping my foot all morning.I wasn't someone who overthought things or paid so much attention to them like I am right now - constantly thinking about it and worrying about what might happen. I wasn't like that, it wasn't me which is why it's so weird for me right now because I couldn't think about anything but the kiss.Noah and I had three almost-kisses but they were left at the almost. They didn't actually happen. Those were enough to get my mind spinning in confusion but now, we had actually kissed and it was kind of perfect which was a bad thing.It made me want to kiss him again.It made me nervous to see him.It made my mind constantly drift to the thought of him.I was not naive or

Chapter Thirty-EightWant Pop?≋The following Monday, Noah greeted me with a kiss on my cheek in the morning.Luckily, I was late to class and the halls were empty so nobody saw. I didn't have a chance to yell at him because he had skipped off before I could even process what happened.At lunch, he was on the opposite end of the table and spent the whole time leaned back in his seat, looking at me with a smirk on his face. I spent the whole lunch avoiding his gaze which was difficult because I could practically feel holes being burnt into my skin like lasers.Most of the group was coming over to my place so instead, Ezra and I dipped and decided to waste time at the movies and mall and wherever else we felt like bumming around.Tuesday, about the same thing happened. I dodged his kiss by avoiding eye contact and keeping a few feet of distance between us. Ezra was sending the two of us odd looks, having picked up on the weird atmosphere around us. While Noah was busy smirking and amus

Chapter FortyQuite Fine≋Noah and I hadn't been talking at all and Luke caught on."Okay, seriously, what is going on with you two?" Luke stood in front of me with his arms crossed, blocking my path and not allowing me to take a step away from my locker."Luke-""No," he cut me off firmly. "Noah won't say anything and you've been avoiding me too. What happened with you guys?"I kept a blank face on as I pushed past Luke and started walking down the hall, "Nothing happened."Luke easily fell into step beside me and started walking with me. He scoffed, "That a lie and a half! I figure you'd at least try to be a little convincing, princess."Speaking through my gritted teeth with annoyance, "Go ask Noah. I don't know or care."After the argument Noah and I had, it was clear on both sides that neither of us were in any mood to talk it out or talk at all, really.Luke sighed in defeat, "He won't speak about it.""What makes you think I will?" I chuckle dryly as I continued walking to my