The Musical Love Story of Noah and Lisa

Chapter 8: Noah

I was surprisingly gleeful when Lizard asked me to tutor her in Physics. I would have said no, just the way I ignored her in the hallway yesterday, but she looked so desperate... and cute. Now, I know what you might be thinking- Noah, you are crushing on this girl! That is not true. I mean, it isn't as though I am helping her without expecting anything in return, I am getting tutored in Maths too, right? And, one can call someone cute without having feelings for them. So, no, I do not have a crush on Lizard. I mean, I hated her until like today! And I am still not particularly fond of her.

As I was thinking and cleaning my room, I realised that Lizard and I hadn't decided how we would work it out and neither did I have her number. As I looked out of the window, I saw Lizard sitting on her desk, staring dreamily out of the sky. I took a pebble from one of the potted plants placed in the living room and threw it at Lizard's window. She startled and looked at me and shouted,"What?!" I pulled a drawing book out of my cupboard (Mum brought it for me in the hope that I will draw someday. That 'someday' hasn't come yet.) and wrote 'WE NEED TO TALK' on it. I held it up in such a way that Lizard could see it. Lizard read it and went to her cupboard and pulled something out- a sketchbook. Then she sat on her bed and wrote something. She held it up and the note said "GIMME YOUR NUMBER". I held up my index finger, to tell her to wait for a minute. I wrote my number on the page and held it up. She typed it into her phone and soon I heard a ping on my phone. I put the book on my desk, picked my phone and read her text. She didn't even type any greeting and had just texted,
"this gives me you belong with me vibes. are u sure u dont like taylor swift music?"
I smiled and texted back,"fine, u caught me, i like taylor swift music. Just dont tell any1, k?"
"yeah, i get it, your secret s safe wid me" she replied back.
When I looked out the window, I saw her smiling at me. I smiled back and typed,
"when shud we get 2gether to start studying?"
"2morrow at 5?"
"k, we meet at my place?"
"Okay, cool." She texted back and left her room.

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Later that night, I was lying on my bed looking at a cool fingerstyle guitar cover video on YouTube. I wasn't great at fingerstyle, but I really enjoyed playing the guitar. No one except Sean and Charles really knew. I tried telling Sofia too, but like always she didn't pay attention. And Dad of course- he was the one who brought me the guitar after Mum divorced him. He figured I needed a hobby to distract me. So, this guitar was like my first love. It soothed me when I was angry or sad and rejoiced with me in my happiness. I learnt all the chords to the songs I believe every guitarist should know- Stairway to Heaven, Hotel California, Sweet Child 'o Mine among countless others. Whenever I needed to vent out my frustration, this was the safe haven I visited.

Before I realised, it was 4 A.M. I had expected to see the lights out in Lizard's window, but surprisingly they were still on. I texted her, "u still up?" 
She replied nearly immediately, "yes." Almost as an afterthought, she texted, "u r too"
"that i am. was just goin 2 sleep. readin?" I replied, although I knew I was stating the obvious.
"duh. i didnt realise it was 4 am though. i will sleep soon, just one more chapter."
I was going to type when my phone fell on my face. Ugh, I hate when that happens! I picked it up again and wrote to Lizard-
"my phone fell on my face" and sent it with two crying face emojis.
I saw the three dots appear, followed by three laughing emojis.
"u r a sadist, Elizabeth." I typed and then added, "i m going 2 call u lizard cos ur name s too long"
"no u rnt, u can call me lisa, although i prefer Elizabeth as far as u r concerned." She texted back with two angry face emojis
"lizard it is" I sent this text with stuck out tongue emoji face.
Lizard then sent back the same emoji and then texted, "fine i m goin 2 sleep, u rnt going to let me read in peace. Good night"
"gud nite 2 u too lizard." I texted and put my phone on silent. I fell into a dreamless sleep immediately.

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