Chapter 28

I woke up in the morning with a huge smile on my face like I have been waking up for the whole summer now. I sighed and moved closer to Noah who’s arms immediately tightened around me. I wonder if he is awake, I should let him sleep in. I wore him out last night, he must be tired. I stole a glance at him; he was looking like an angel, so peaceful. I looked at the clock, it’s almost 11. I will make him breakfast in bed today since my parents would have already left.

I moved a little and placed a pillow in my place and got out of the bed. I stretched like a cat and put on my bathrobe. I went to the kitchen and decided on making French toast; I will have to make a lot. Noah will eat around five slices himself, he eats so much, and God knows where it all goes. I prepared the breakfast, set it in the tray and added two glasses of orange juice. I took it up to my room; he was sleeping at the same spot I left him few minutes ago.

I set the tray on my nightstand. “Noah, get up.” I said playing with his soft hair. “Get up.” I said again and poking a finger in his shoulder.

Thankfully he woke himself up after a few minutes. He smiled when he saw me sitting with a tray in my hand. “What did you make?” he asked looking at food as if he hadn’t eaten in ages.

I laughed. “French toast. I hope its ok?” I asked. I had actually never made this for him before so I don’t know if he likes it, I hope he does because I love it.

“I love those. They are perfect,  just like you.” He said. I smiled, he is so adorable. He always knows what to say and mostly it’s really sweet which makes my heart melt but at times its really a cocky comment.

“What do you want to do today?” he asked shoving the food down his throat hungrily. I smiled at him; I even like watching him eat. I know I am so screwed.

I shrugged. “Anything you want. Want to watch a movie or something?” I asked hopefully. There were a couple of movies I want to see but I am not sure if he wants to. They are love stories, not guy type movies so he won't like them.

He smiled. “Sure, whatever you want.” He said happily. Wow, he is so easy going. He never refuses me for anything unless he doesn’t feel right about it. If I say I want to go to some place he does'nt think it's safe, he refuses right away.

After an hour or so we both were ready and rearing to go. Every day with Noah seems to be better than the last one. He is so attentive, funny and sweet, opening the door for me, holding my hand, making me smiled and all. We settled on a romantic movie. We bought a big tub of popcorn and a drink to share. The movie was not very nice; I lost interest in it just after few minutes. Noah kept making jokes and saying something silly throughout the movie making me laugh.

We both were laughing so much that people around us were glaring at us irritated because we were disturbing them which made him crack more jokes and made me laugh even more. He is just too easy to get along; I could talk to him for hours or be perfectly happy even in the silence as long as he is with me. We walked out of the theatre. Noah took my hand and intertwined our fingers. Even touching or being so close to him felt so natural now.

“Why don’t you come over today? We could do something and you could stay over.” Noah said looking at me.

He opened the car door for me and I got in. He came and started the car pulling it out of the parking.      “Ok. I will have to ask my parents though. They have been all ‘you will leave for college so we won’t get to see you’ phase. After all only two weeks are left.” I said.

Noah chuckled. “You spend some time with them and come at my place in an hour or two.” He said hopefully.

That is actually a really good idea. My parents have been emotional so I try to balance between spending time with them and Noah. “Sounds good.” I said simply.

“Since, we are on this subject. What have you decided NYU or Oregon?” Noah asked looking at me intently.

I sighed. It’s high time I decide. I will talk to Noah in two three days and my college choice depends on his answer. I really hope he feels the same way now; it would be so much easy. “I will decide in a few days. By the end of the week.” I said softly.

I wanted to cry. Maybe by the end of this week will be last time I will see him. He has not even looked at some other girl throughout the summer but that doesn’t necessarily means he feels something for me right? When I tell him maybe his player side will get the better of him and he will run away from me screaming taking my heart along with him.

“Take your time ok? Even if it’s NYU. We will find a way to still be…” he trailed off. What label to give to our relationship has been bugging me for days.

It’s like we are in a relationship but not official or it can be friends with extras or something. I swear I have no idea. Noah stopped the car and opened my door for me. I smiled and got out. He pulled me closer to him and kissed me tenderly before pulling away. He rested his cheek on my head and I wrapped my arms around his waist, burying my face in the crook of his neck. I breathed him in and nothing else felt remotely important to me than this boy. I don’t know how or when I fell in love with him. I love him with everything I have in me, like completely.

I wanted to so badly to say those three words but I can’t, not now so I pulled him even more close. I was afraid to let go of him, I want to cherish whatever little time I have left with him. By the weekend everything will change for good or bad I have no idea but being away from him was going to be painful and heartbreaking. I hope he would still want to be friends because I need him in my life even if I can keep him as a friend. I pulled away from my safe place and smiled at him sadly trying to hide my disappointment.

I made my way up to my room. I slumped on the bed. I am going through mixed emotions right now, a part of me is excited but a part scared to tell him anything after what happened last time. On the day I was going to tell him I learnt that he has a girlfriend and it was heart wrenching and I definitely don’t want to go through it all over again. I sighed and switched on the alarm of an hour later so I could get ready peacefully and go to Noah’s place. I closed my eyes falling asleep within minutes.

Noah’s POV

I got dressed as quickly as possible Rebecca will be here any time now. She seemed sad when I dropped her home before. It was like she was trying hard not to ruin the moment by saying something or doing something. Whenever I ask her about college her reaction is somewhat similar to the one she had today so, I try avoiding that subject but it’s about time she decides. I hope she would still want to be at least friends with me, talk on the phone and hang out together during holidays.

What if she goes to NYU, what will I do? I don’t think I can stay away from her. I think I will get transferred wherever she is after the first semester or maybe in a month. I will go anywhere as long as she is with me and she is happy, nothing is more important to me then her, she is everything to me. I know she deserves someone so much better than me but I will stay with her as long as she will have me. She is so perfect, funny, smart and beautiful, any guy would be lucky to have her love him. I don’t when I fell for her head over heels I never planned on it and now I want her and only her, I love her like crazy. I won’t be able to even look at any other girl ever in my life again.

There was a knock on the door interrupting my thoughts. I got up excitedly, it’s been only an hour since I saw her but I am missing her already. I opened the door but it was Zoë not Rebecca but she was going to come tomorrow morning. “Hi.” She chirped.

“Hey, come in. You were going to come tomorrow.” I said opening the door for her to come in. She got in and made herself comfortable on the couch.

“I got in early so thought why not see you today itself. So did you find them?” she asked raising her eyebrows at me.

“Yup, they are in my room.” I said walking towards the stairs to go up to my room. She followed quietly behind me. She wanted to look at some pictures of our childhood. She was going to make a copies of the pictures she liked and put them up in her new place. Some of those picture are really nice.

Zoë is my childhood best friend. She moved away couple of years ago and now she is back. She is four years older to me but we got along very well. “Just the way it always was. Don’t you think you should change something’s around your room? Its plain old and boring. How do you keep your room so clean?” she said looking around my room disapprovingly.

I laughed. “I will change it if I come back here after college. So, how have you been?” I asked smiling at her sadly.

“Same old. I don’t want to talk about it.” She said shrugging and looking at the floor. I immediately felt bad that I asked her this.

I walked up to her and hugged her. “It will be fine just give it sometime.” I said trying to stop her from crying and it worked I think because she nodded.

She looked up and gave me a friendly kiss on my lips like she always did, before resting her head on my shoulder again. “I missed you so much.” She said.

“I missed you too.” I said honestly. She was the only one other than Rebecca who knew everything that happened in my life. Speaking of which where is she? She is never usually late. I want to see her, hold her and never let go.

“You didn’t even come see me.” She said stepping away putting some distance between us. She was still quiet close to me.

“I could say the same for you but really I didn’t get time this year maybe next year. I was busy, lots going on.” I said simply.

In reality, I didn’t want to go long without seeing Rebecca for even two three days. I would have missed her and worried about her like crazy, no point in going if not going to enjoy. Where is this girl? “Who’s she?” Zoë asked.

I tried to protest but she smiled at me knowingly. I sighed and told her everything right from the day I saw her first time, when I spoke to her literally everything not very much in detail but still. “You love her, don’t you?” she asked smiling at me broadly.

“Yeah I do, like crazy, it’s unreal.” I said smiling looking at the ground. She squealed next to me excitedly and hugged me.

“When do I get to meet this girl?” she asked looking at me excitedly. I just shook my head; she is always interested in this kind of thing.

I shrugged. “She is coming over now but you have to leave.” I said getting up and pulling her down along with me. She was about to say something but I cut her off. “I don’t want you to scare her away. She is really shy.” I explained.

“Next time then. Ok I am going you don’t need to manhandle me.” She said narrowing her eyes pretending to be mad at me.

It’s been 40 minutes since Zoë left but Rebecca is still not here. Is she okay? She seemed sad before but what happened? Maybe I should I call her. I removed my phone from the pocket and dialed her number but it was switched off. Why the hell is her phone switched off? I should go to her place but her parents will be home and it will be right but then what else can I do?

I think I will wait for another hour to see if she shows up, she might at Will’s place or something. I want to see her and ask her why she was upset. I don’t know how or why but I have a bad feeling about this, something is seriously wrong nothing is right. She is never late and she never switches off her phone like this. I slumped on the couch waiting for some time to pass, if she doesn’t come then I am going to her house, I don’t care.

Rebecca’s POV

I wiped my tears away and got out of the car. Why did he do this to me? Why does he hurt me so much? I can’t believe I let myself live in my little fantasy world for the whole summer just to be heartbroken again. That’s it I am going away far away from him where he wouldn’t even be able to find me. I need to forget Noah and move on or at least try.

I took a deep breath and opened the door. My parents will be home, God knows how they are going to handle this. I hope they don’t try to stop me because I can’t. I know it seems stupid leaving everything behind and going away like this because of a boy but it needs to be done. Tears were streaming down my face; I wiped them roughly and walked into the lounge.

My parents were sitting on the couch chatting happily. When I entered they both looked at me, smile fading off their faces. I admit I look like crap from all the crying. I sat down quietly on the chair. “What happened?” My dad asked sounding concerned.

I just nodded. Ok, you can do this; just say it nothing will happen. “I want to go to New York today itself. I booked a flight ticket for myself, it leaves in three hours.” I said willing myself not to cry in front of them.

“What? Tonight itself?” My dad asked, his eyes going wide which were usually calm. I nodded again and he looked at me confused.

“I will go pack. Just give me the keys to your place dad, will you?” I asked getting up from my place and walking away without waiting for any kind of response from either one of them.

I just turned my phone on and texted Will. He called immediately and I told him that I saw Noah with some girl in his room when I went there. How they both had their arms around each other and they kissed. I started crying and made him promise me that he won’t tell anyone anything about me, especially Noah. I don’t want him to know where I went or anything about my whereabouts.

I started packing my bags, my heart sinking with the every piece of clothing I was packing. The tears just didn’t seem to stop even though I was trying hard to control them so I let them fall. This will be the last time I will shed a tear for Noah, never again will I let myself fall into such a position. God, I was being so stupid thinking that he felt something for me.

Within an hour I was packed and ready to go. I refused to tell my parents anything, give them any kind off explanation about my sudden decision. They gave up asking after a while and we reached the airport in completely awkward silence with me trying to hide my tears. I turned around and hugged my parents tightly.

“I will miss you guys.” I said honestly. I didn’t do a fair thing leaving them like this in a hurry without any explanation about. I know one day they will know and try to understand the situation I am in; I don’t have a better option.

My mom was on the verge of crying. “We will miss you too.” My mom said choking on her tears. Please don’t cry then I won’t be able to go.

“Call us when you get there. Go on don’t want to miss your flight.” Dad said smiling at me sadly. I nodded and turned around to walk away but then stopped.

“Will you guys do me a favor?” I asked biting my lower lip. They nodded for me to proceed. “Don’t tell anyone where I am and by that I mean Noah. I don’t want him to know where I am.” I said. They nodded and I left.

After a long flight I finally reached my house for the next three years. I opened it; it was small, two bedrooms, kitchen, lounge and a small terrace. It was perfect place to make a new beginning if that’s possible at all. I claimed the bedroom which had attached bathroom and unpacked. I changed and got into the bed. My bed felt so lumpy and cold without Noah in here with me. My hand immediately went to my right wrist where I wore the bracelet he gave. I had not taken it off and had no plans to do so anytime soon.

I left all the things that reminded me of him but not this; it reminded me of the happy memories of us. My thoughts kept wondering back to Noah and what will he do when he won’t see me again anytime soon. I know he will miss me but in a few days he will be fine. On the other hand I will never be able to fill this place in my heart which is only meant for him. I will never be able to forget him completely. I will miss his touch, his calming smile, and those hypnotic blue eyes, the way he held me at night, his cocky comments and his comforting touch. Probably everything that means the world to me. I closed my eyes not expecting to fall asleep anytime soon.

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