8. Just Another Day (final)

Noah

Robin shook his head slowly at me.

"What?" I asked.

"I am so royally screwed," he said, a small smile tugging at his lips.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I've basically wanted this for a year. And I don't even think you know right now if this is what you want. How can that be fair?"

Robin was smiling as he said it, but I could see the glimpses of anxiety in his eyes.

He was worried that I didn't want him. Even after what just happened, he was still feeling insecure.

In a moment of uncharacteristic boldness, I stretched up and kissed him putting as much emotion in as I could.

It only lasted a couple of seconds before I pulled back and said, "Robin, I want you. I want this. I might not have known last year, or even last night, but I know for certain that right now, this is what I want. I just can't believe that you want me."

Robin placed a kiss on either cheek then one on my lips before grabbing hold of my head with both hands and looking deep into my eyes.

"I don't know how to get it through to you......hang on.....I know...... Noah, I choose you!"

I gasped in surprise.

"Did you just use a Pokemon reference?"

"You bet I did," he said with a cheeky smirk.

I stared at him for a second.

"Is it wrong that you just turned me on by saying that?" I asked devilishly.

I saw Robin's eyes flare up with my words.

"Really? If only I'd known that sooner."

Was it too soon to jump back on him and start round two? I blushed at the thought.

I think Robin misread the blush as embarrassment and pulled away.

"Do you think I could use your bathroom to clean up a bit?" Robin asked, pointing to the now drying mess in his boxers.

"Yeah, sure, do you want to borrow a pair of mine?" I asked, while going over to my drawers and pulling out a plain black pair of briefs.

Robin just watched me in amusement as I threw them at him.

"Seriously Noah," he said, looking down at the pants like they were the holy grail, "if I put these on, I'm gonna be back at square one and in need of another shower."

"Fine," I groaned, rooting in another drawer and pulling out a pair of shorts instead. "Is this any better?"

"Thanks," he said tossing the underwear back to me, almost begrudgingly.

"The bathroom's the first door on the left. But you can't use the shower, it'll wake my parents. There are washcloths in the cupboard under the sink."

"Ok," he said, and disappeared out of my room.

The moment he was gone it felt weird. Like I wasn't quite sure that had all happened.

What the fuck was I doing?

By the time he came back into my room, I had worked myself up into so much of a panic that I just quickly shot passed him muttering about having to use the bathroom myself.

I took my time getting clean, trying to calm myself down. I didn't want to ruin this. I didn't want Robin to think I was some sort of tease that got himself a good release then acted like he wasn't interested. But then again, what if Robin did that to me? What if he decided he didn't really want me afterall?

Oh god, I probably shouldn't have let it go so far. What if he thought I was a slut? Or worse, what if he got what he came for and that was the end of it?

I knew I'd probably been in the bathroom far too long, and so I braced myself to go back to my room.

I knew there would be this awkward moment where Robin would say he had to go home, and I'd have to act as though I was fine with that and he hadn't just come for a booty call.

I splashed some water on my face, took some deep breaths and went back to my room.

I walked in feeling like a stretched rubber band waiting to snap, but the view that greeted me in my bedroom made the tension dissipate immediately.

Robin was lying on my bed, wearing just the shorts I'd leant him, and he was sprawled out on his back fast asleep.

I knew he was asleep because of the deep breaths he was taking, and the fact that his mouth was hanging open just a little, in way that would look unappealing on anybody else but Robin.

I tiptoed across the room and turned on my bedside lamp before turning the main light off, then I gently lowered myself on the bed next to him.

I couldn't help but stare. The soft glow of the lamp made his skin appear more tanned than it actually was, and the shadows caught all the contours of his body making me want to reach out and stroke the beautiful sight that lay before me.

I stared at his face, mesmerized by things that I had never seen before, like the tiny freckles on one of his cheeks, and his eyelashes, that up this close were unbelievably long.

Robin's mouth closed as he swallowed, and he started to roll over so I quickly shut my eyes, pretending I hadn't been staring.

"Hmmm, your back," Robin murmured, scooting close to me and wrapping an arm over me protectively. "Is it ok if I stay the night? I'm too tired to go home."

"No, that's fine," I quickly replied, "I'll just have to set my alarm so I can sneak you out before my parents get up."

"Great," he said, then he kissed me on the side of the head before instantly falling back asleep.

I chuckled lightly at his ability to do that, then reached over and set my alarm before turning off the lamp.

There wasn't exactly much of the night left. But with Robin's arm wrapped around me, and his steady breathing like a lullaby in my ear, it wasn't long till I was fast asleep too.

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Robin

I woke up with a jolt, my hands planting themselves firmly on the bed to give myself some sort of anchor onto reality.

My heart was racing as I pulled myself out of my dream. Or should I say nightmare. I'd been dreaming that I was walking down a busy street and everyone was pointing at me and whispering with each other while looking at me, but I didn't know why. When I asked them, they just scuttled away leaving me more and more frustrated. And then I saw Noah, so I ran over to him. But as soon as I got to him, he was gone. And then I could see him being dragged away by the crowd. And I could see he was trying to get back to me, but he couldn't. And as much as I pushed and shoved my way through, he just seemed to be getting further and further out of reach.

A movement next to me made me jolt for the second time in the space of a minute.

My eyes snapped open, then quickly focussed on the cause of the movement.

Noah.

My rapid heartbeat started to even out and I felt the smile creep onto my face as I remembered where I was and what had happened.

It didn't take a genius to realise what my dream meant. I was scared that I was going to lose Noah. Noah who until last night, didn't even realise he had feelings for me. How was he going to react in the morning?

Would he be embarrassed? Shy? Or would he regret what he did and say he wanted to go back to being friends?

It would break my heart a little if he did, but I knew I had to be ready for that.

I stared at his face as he slept. It was a face I'd seen in my dreams many times. Both awake and asleep. The fact that he was lying here beside me now, made me want to pinch myself just to make sure it was real.

I was in Noah Blackby's bed!!

And just a couple of hours ago, we'd been doing unspeakable things in this very bed!

I had to fight back the urge to squeal in excitement.

Because I had been crushing on Noah for a year. A whole year!! And the fact that he was here with me now, and there was a possibility that we could be together, was something I never dared dream would be possible.

The girls would go mad if he came out as gay. Half of them would hate me for it, because I knew loads of girls who had crushes on Noah, but the other half would proper fangirl over the two of us.

I really wanted to ask him out properly. We were supposed to be going out somewhere tomorrow. I wondered whether we could call it a date now, after what happened. I'd have to see how he felt about it all in the morning.

I reached across and grabbed my phone. For some reason I really wanted to text Noah. Well, actually I knew the reason. Because I always texted him in the night if I woke up or I couldn't sleep. Why? Because he was always on my mind, and somehow just by texting him, I felt that I'd had some sort of connection with him and then I could get to sleep.

I opened up a text to him.

Robin: Last night was amazing..

Nope, I deleted that.

Robin: Noah, I think I might be falling in love with you.

Definitely not. But I stared at it a while, with a flutter in my belly, at the thought that one day I may have the courage to tell him that.

I eventually deleted it and tried again.

Robin: Will you go on a date with me?

My thumb jiggled above the send button.

A movement from next to me, stopped me before my thumb connected with the screen.

Noah moved over and burrowed himself into my side, his arm snaking its way over my torso.

I quickly moved to enable him to snuggle into me, and I kissed the side of his head gently, so as not to wake him up.

I switched my phone onto camera and quickly took a selfie of Noah cuddled into me. Then I opened it up in a text to Noah.

Robin: You'll never guess where I was last night?!

I smirked as I pressed send, imagining his face when he read that in the morning. Noah had the best smile.

I was about to turn my phone off when i realised I hadn't replied to Bradley's message from earlier. I opened it back up.

Bradley: Fancy meeting up tomorrow? There's a whole load of other stuff I could teach you about being gay ;-)

I smiled at his message. He was alright Bradley once you got to know him. But he really wasn't my type. I pressed repy.

Robin: Thanks but no thanks. I've got a date tomorrow!!! And I'm kinda hoping to learn about all that stuff with him. :)

I know that technically it wasn't a date, but still, the other part was true.

I put my phone down on the floor next to the bed, then put my arm around Noah and pulled him in closer.

I wished I could sleep in the same bed as him every night.

I closed my eyes and took a few deep breaths breathing in his scent. I could feel myself starting to drift off into sleep. I fought it for a while, because, god, I did not want this night to ever end.

But eventually I lost the fight and fell into a deep sleep.

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Noah

You'd have thought that there would be some sort of clue that today was going to be different. A sign that today was a day that I'd remember for the rest of my life.

But today started like any other....

An incessant beeping made me groan and reach out to hit the snooze button..... again.....I think......was that two or three times I'd hit it now?

I didn't care. I was warm and comfy and tired so I just shut my eyes once more and slept.

In what felt like just seconds it was beeping again. This time I didn't even bother to open my eyes, my hand just bashing randomly along my bedside table until I hit the button to shut the damn thing up.

When it went off again for the fourth...maybe fifth time, I heard a familiar sound. I could hear my mum coming pounding across the landing ready to give me a butt whipping saying I was going to be late for school.

The door to my room was flung open.

"Noah!" she screeched like a deranged, mad woman. "Why the effing hell is your alarm going off on a Saturday!"

A Saturday? That explained my mum's rage.

"Get your backside up now!" she said, whipping my covers off me like usual.

"AAAARRRGGHHH!" she screamed loudly, making me sit bolt upright.

Only, I struggled to sit upright, because there was an arm on me........

......an arm belonging to Robin.....

He stared back at me with apologetic wide eyes.

I slowly turned back to my mum, my whole body tensed up waiting for her reaction.

To my surprise my mum was slowly backing out of my room.

"Noah, I'm going back to bed right now and you'll have to hope that when I get back up I'm gonna think that this was all just a dream. Ok?"

I just nodded frantically.

"Oh and Robin, say hi to your mum for me, and tell her thanks for the recipe she gave me, it was amazing."

"Sure thing Mrs B," Robin said in his casual way, that always made my mum go all gooey on him.

And then she smiled before leaving and shutting the door behind her.

I slowly turned back to face Robin, who now had his hands covering his face as he laughed.

"That was not funny," I said, smacking him on his arm.

"It so was," he sputtered, "did you not see her face?"

"It's alright for you, but I can guarantee that this evening she's going to sit me down and give me 'the talk'," I said with a shudder.

It was something that my mum always took delight in teasing me with. The talk. She had no boundaries that woman sometimes.

And at that exact moment, unbeknown to me, my mum was writing a mental shopping list that included condoms and a cucumber to practice on.....

"You'll be fine," Robin said, surprising me by throwing his arms around me and pulling me back down so I was lying back against his bare chest.

I immediately relaxed into his embrace.

"Hmmm, you're so warm and snuggly," he whispered, burying his face in the side of my head and inhaling deeply.

"Did you just sniff me?" I asked in amusement.

"You smell sooo good," he drawled out, clinging onto me tighter.

I lay still, just enjoying the feeling of Robin lying pressed up next to me.

Within a few seconds his breathing evened out and he was once again fast asleep.

I chuckled to myself and decided I would give him another 10 minutes before I would have to wake him up again to make sure he made it to his football match on time.

And then I would have the whole morning to get ready for our date. Because yes, no matter what he said, I was definitely calling it a date now.

So I guess if I was looking for signs today they were all there.

My alarm going off on a Saturday.

My mum getting the shock of her life, which in turn gave me the shock of mine.

But the biggest sign of all was lying here cuddled up to me.

Because today I'd woken up with a boy in my bed. And not just any boy. The boy who made my head turn. The boy who made my knees go weak. The boy who could make me smile even on the worst of days. The boy who made me feel things that no one else had ever done. The boy who made me realise who I really was.

Because today wasn't just another day.

Today was the first day of the rest of my life.

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