Chapter 19

I am so bored of my life; it’s just keeps on getting even worse. My friends have literally forced me to attend that stupid party of Liam’s friend. I don’t even know that guy’s name and I am going to his party, I don’t like it at all. The girls came home and talked to my parents about something, I wish I would know what they said. Later that night my mom made me call them and say yes to this party.

I can’t believe they did this, it’s the height of stupidity and now as we are sitting for our lunch, they are laughing their asses off about it. “I can’t believe you guys did this.” I said annoyed. They are not even ready to tell me what they said to my parents.

“Come on, it’s funny.” Rachel said making the others laugh even harder. All of them are behaving like jerks even Will and Liam.

Will threw an arm over my shoulder still laughing. He leaned in “The look on your pretty face is priceless.” He whispered in my ear.

I slapped his arm playfully “Ouch.” He said faking hurt making me giggle at him. He always did something like this, he really was amazing.

I looked away from Will still giggling to see Noah frowning beside me. It must be about Cassie, he will tell me when he feels like sharing. “Whose idea was this anyway?” I asked looking at all of them expectantly. They stop laughing and looked at each other than at Noah.

“You planned it?” I asked him accusingly. I should have guessed it was Noah, who will do such things otherwise. He is just impossible at times.

He shrugged as if it was nothing and then chuckled when I glared at him. “Not only me. Will and Liam backed me up.” He said waving his hands towards them.

“My mom gave me a lecture for an hour about how I am anti-social and a loner. She even called me a nerd, all because of you. Liam?” I said trying to control my laughter remembering my mom little speech which went on for an hour.

“You can laugh you know, it no rule for you to be serious all the time.” Liam said making everyone giggle again. I laughed and they all joined in.

“Now that you have agreed, come to my place to get ready then we will go.” Amber said excitedly. The three of them Rachel, Amber and Rosie looked at me with a smirk.

They are again going to dress me up like a Barbie doll. I don’t understand why they are so interested in making me look good. I guess it’s because I have never had a boyfriend, never been kissed and I am still a virgin makes them think I am weird. I just never felt right to go out with boys I didn’t know well but no one really ever asked me.

The bell rang signaling the end of lunch. Today is Friday and I am glad to get this weekend off. I just want to catch up on my sleep this weekend. In this week, I had made things right with Noah which was actually helping me deal with myself for the first time in weeks. Distancing me from Noah was not such a good idea after all.

After the class I went to the locker to get some of my books. The hallway was almost empty, I saw Noah heading towards the main entrance which opens in the car park. Is he skipping? But I came with him in the morning he didn’t say anything to me. I ran behind him and caught up to him just in the car park.

“Hey, where are you going?” I asked grabbing his arm making him stop and look at me. He looked at me shocked but then changed his expression quickly.

“Nothing I just have something to do.” He mumbled looking at his car. He is not looking at me, why is he lying? Is something wrong? I hope it’s not anything too serious.

I took his hand in my hand. “Is everything ok? What is wrong?” I asked softly and he looked up at me trapping me in his beautiful deep blue eyes. When he looked at me like this it felt like he could see my soul. I know it’s stupid but still but that’s me.

“Yeah everything is fine. I just got to go somewhere; I have this important thing to do. Can you get Rachel to give you a ride home?” He said pointing to his car on the other side of the park.

He is hiding something from me. I decided to let it go, he will tell me when he feels like sharing. “Yes, ok.” I said my eyes not leaving his.

He looked away “I should go.” He said and stepped back away from me. He turned on his heel and walked away quickly before I could respond.

What is wrong with this boy? He never behaves this way, he is even skipping school. He tells me everything then why not today? I am quite sure he knows that I can see through his lies easily but he still lied to me. Something is not right about him since morning he was little out of sorts. I made my way to the next class.

The teacher started talking and my mind wandered to Noah again. Is this about Cassie? Oh my God, he is going to agree to her and cut me out of his life. The memories of the other night flashed in my mind and I knew he would not do something like. Maybe it’s his mom. He told me last week she had called him for first time in years but he hung up before she could say something.

“Tomorrow, you have to be present for the extra class. I will not hear any excuses, it is compulsory.” Mrs. Watson announced. All the students groaned and started muttering things in chorus but the teacher didn’t listen and she left.

I grabbed my bag and stuffed my books in it roughly. The rest of the day past awfully slow without Noah. We had all the same classes after lunch and some even before it. I just wish he is alright; I am getting really worried about him. God knows what is up with him. Rachel nudged me making me look at her.

“You alright there?” She asked concerned. I nodded and looked away. She doesn’t know anything about my feelings for Noah. She was not a kind of person who could keep a secret.

She shook her head, “You seem a little lost. There’s Noah” She said. My head snapped up at the mention of his name. Is he back?

“Where is he?” I asked looking around frantically. Rachel looked at me dumb folded and then smirked at me wickedly.

“Oh, I asked you the same thing.” She replied still smirking at me like a crazy person. I think she knew I was in love with Noah but never said or asked me anything about it which I was more than grateful for. I am bad at explaining about my feelings.

I just stared at her with my ‘what the hell’ face and she stopped smirking. My phone vibrated in my hand. It was a text from Noah, I opened it-

Hey, I thought you will be worried because I left without saying                                                      anything but I am fine so; don’t worry. Will see you at the party just                                                                     don’t leave your clothes at Amber’s. Stay the night with me.

I read the text twice with a smile on my face and sent a quick reply to him. I looked up to see Rachel eyeing me curiously. “It was from Noah. Will you give me a ride today?” I asked shoving my phone in the pocket.

“Sure.” She said and we left the school in her car. I must say Rachel is not a very good driver. I put on my seat belt the moment she started the car. I didn’t want to die young and driving with Rachel was kind of a death sentence.

After a few minutes we reached home and I stepped out of the car. “You come and wait inside till I pack my clothes and stuff.” I said to Rachel.

She followed me to my room and plopped on the bed. I went in my closet and pulled out a pair of shorts and pink halter top to go with it and a duffel bag. I went to my bathroom and took my toothbrush. I came back and started stuffing it in my bag one by one.

“Are you wearing this tonight?” Rachel asked frowning at the clothes I had picked out for tonight. I don’t think they are bad, they will do.

I nodded. “Yeah, why?” I asked curiously. She didn’t answer me and just walked into my closet looking through it carefully one by one.

I sat on my bed. She is going to pick an outfit for me to wear, that’s just great. She came back after a few minutes with a dress and laid it down next to me. “Where do you keep your shoes?” She asked with her hands on her hips.

I pointed to the dresser in the corner. I picked up the dress she had removed. It was a red deep v-neck short dress with spaghetti straps and was gorgeous. It was given to me by a cousin last year on my birthday along with a pair of beautiful red pumps to go with it. I didn’t wear this kind of dresses, they were too revealing for my liking.

“Rach, is this necessary?” I asked pointing to the dress. She nodded and came to me with the pair of red pumps to go with the dress. I don’t think I am very comfortable with this dress. I love it but I don’t think it will look good on me.

“You will look amazing. I, Rose and Amber will do your hair and make-up for you. You are going to be the centre of attention, it will look good.” She said squealing excitedly.

I sighed in defeat. There was no way she was going to let me get out of it. “Ok, take your other clothes too. If you think it is not looking good, you can change.” She said putting my dress and pumps in the bad carefully.

“Thanks.” I said gratefully and smiled. I knew she meant it. If I feel uncomfortable I will just change into my shorts and flip flops.

We went to Amber’s house and I entered her bathroom to get changed. The bathroom was fairly bigger than normal. I slipped into my dress and walked outside without looking into the mirror. I entered her room and all three of them gasped when they saw me.

I knew it, I look stupid. This dress doesn’t suit me at all. “I will change.” I said going to the bed to remove my shorts from the bag.

“You look beautiful, come on.” Amber said tugging me towards her dressing table. I sat on the chair while the three of them were discussing something.

Rosie was applying make-up on me; Rachel and Amber were doing my hair. I feel like a doll sitting in front of small girls while they dress her up. I hope I don’t get much attention because of the dress, I didn’t like it. After thirty to forty minutes later they were finally done.

“Now wear your shoes and look in the full length mirror over there.” Amber said pointing to the corner of her room.

I put on my shoes and stood in front of the mirror. I gasped; I can’t believe it’s me. Can I really look this beautiful?  Is it really me? I thought Noah was said that I look beautiful because he is my friend. I hope he likes the way I am looking tonight.

We left Amber’s house to go to this party. I sat in the back and my phone rang, it was Noah. “Hi.” I chirped happily.

“Hi. You sound cheerful. Where are you guys? We are waiting.” He said.

I laughed, we took our time. “We are on the way. Just a few minutes.” I replied.

He was quiet after that. “Are you ok?” I asked softly so the girls wouldn’t hear about it. No one knew what Cassie had asked Noah to do.

“Yeah, just come soon ok?” He asked sounding a little worried. My heart sunk, I could only hope for the best now.

“Almost there.” I said and hung up. He didn’t sound very good. Please don’t let it be what I think; I need him in my life I prayed silently.

We reached that guy’s house for the party. We walked towards the house and spotted Noah, Liam and Will immediately. They were leaning on Will’s car were talking about something when Will saw us and waved. I walked over to Will’s side and he pulled me into a hug, I wrapped my arms around his waist but pulled away immediately.

“Wow, you look wow.” Will said totally checking me out. I slapped his chest playfully and stepped away from him closer to Noah. He was shooting Will disapproving looks. Hmm weird.

Noah held my hand and intertwined our fingers, tugging me away with him from others. “Let’s keep your bag in my car.” He said tugging me with him.

He took the bag out of my hand and kept in the back seat of his car. He looked at from toe to tip. Is he checking me out? I think he likes the dress. His eyes were dragging slowly over my body making my insides twist in a knot.

“My eyes are up here Noah.” I said teasingly. He looked at me and smiled a little sheepishly. I was actually enjoying the attention from him.

“You are looking very beautiful.” He said kissing the back of my hand. I blushed and looked away from him but he didn’t. He was looking at me intently making me go crazy by the suspense.

I gave a little tug to our intertwined hands and he seemed to come out of his little world. He smiled at me happily but it soon faded away. He wanted to say something but he was trying to think of a way to tell me. Please don’t cut me out.

“I have something to tell you. It’s important.” He said looking at me intently. I wish we could stay in this moment forever. I wish the world will freeze and he won’t be able to say anything. Who am I kidding?

I nodded for him to proceed. “Ok.” I said softly. I was taking a one last look at his handsome face. I don’t think I will ever be this close to him again. I was trying to memorize every line and freckle on his face. He stepped behind and turned around so he was not facing me. I let his hand go reluctantly.

I know it's short I wanted it to be longer but the next will be long I promise.

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