BetterTogether | Noah B & Dixie D

Part Twelve

Dixie woke up just as she remebered drifting off to sleep last night. Her worries, anxiety and thoughts felt like they were thousands of kilometers away and her paining heart had been healed. The man she felt next to her chest was the one that made those feelings go away, he was so precious, she tought. Hearing him breath calmed her down. She looked around her room and saw that it was clean, and the smell of burned candles flew across her nose. Noah must've done this, she whispered to herself, while slowly sitting up. As she scratched her eyes, trying to see better she felt movement behind her. Noah peaked his eyes at her while slowly bringing her back to him, by her waist. She layed down back on his chest, as she patted his cheecks. "Your hair is so fluffy'', she whispered to him while playing with it. He chuckled with his eyes closed "is that a good or bad thing ?"

 "i love it''

"do you still want to talk about last nig-" Dixie cut him by suddenly kissing him. His eyes widened. She pulled away and looked into his eyes "it is okay, i know that my words are save with you and that i dont have to worry about it anymore, thank you". He waited for her to drop the silence, before pulling her in for a kiss "i am so glad that you are better, dixie" he mumbled under his breath. 

They leaned their forheads togehter as the sun slowly shined through the blinds, making the room lighten up. "Lets do something fun today, are u free?" Noah eyed her weirdly as he saw that she was joking, "always for you, but yeah we deserve that" "i know we do, so while u think about something fun im going to take a shower " She got up and headed for the shower, as she looked back she saw him smiling and nervously looking at his hands, dixie stared at him while she bites her lip. As Noah noticed her smile, they both started laughing. This showed that they didn't even need words to make each other happy, their eye contact already did wonders. 

As Dixie came out of the shower she spotted Noah walking downstairs, and then it kicked in. What are they going to think? What will they say? She realized that it was obvious for her parents and Charli to think that there was more going on between them, wich was somenthing she couldn't lie about, it was true. She continued walking and found Noah talking with her dad, as they pointed at the Ipad laying on the countertop. She took a seat next to them as she saw that they were talking about soccer. As she poured her milk to her cereal Charli popped her head out of the doorway, looking confused as she rubbed her eyes. "Did u sleep here Noah?" He snapped his head at her, his cheecks turned red and he clearly became uncomfortable. I felt him staring at me while i stared at charli, figuring out what to say. "Charli pl-" My eyes catched to my mom sighing "Well yes he did, mind your own business char". Heidi said in a happy tone, making coffee "do you want coffee Noah?" He chuckled and said he was fine, trying to focuse at the dogs running around to make it less akward. Dixie stayed quiet.  

"Shall i move out?" To break the silence Dixie stood up and said that out loud. "Stop looking at me like that" Dixie giggled. They still didn't asnwer her but instead stared at her with a frown. "What? I mean i am 19 years old, and i really want to learn how to live by myself. If it wasn't a situation like this i would be in college anyways, so i really think i should try". She has been wanting this for a while now, and she has already eyes on a apartment. After hesitating to talk about it to her family she just decided to spit it out. Living by herself would learn her how to be independent and mature, it would be good for her. The apartment she had been looking at was only about 20 minutes away from the Hills in West Hollywood, where they currently lived. She loved being around her family and having her own room, but there were also always lots of people from her team, or management "working" there. It didn't really felt like an home anymore. And besides that, if she wanted to grow an healthy relationship with Noah she definently needed her own space. With Griffin it was hard too, she never really had a place to hang out in private, instead of her room it was the Sway house or Hype house, which honestly wasn't really it. 

Did i really just think about a future with Noah? She tought, while staring at her cereal. "Hey Dixie! Im talking to you!" Dixie snapped out of her stare and completely forgot that she just said that, she accidently drifted off, wich happened quit a lot. "Im sorry im just busy in my head right now, but yeah i actually want that" She snapped back to her dad. Charli rolled her eyes as she made her way to the front door "k whatever, just dont forget about me, im going for a run with Madi btw" She jokingly quoted. 

Noah didn't take place in the conversation at all, he knew that it wasn't his place. Even tough he had a great relationship with Dixie's family he was still sceptical, and tried to stay in his place at all times, making sure not to cross any lines. He definently did know that they liked him back, here in LA it sort of felt like his second family. 

As dixie repositioned in her chair she faced Noah, "have u already made a plan for the fun day today?" He felt his cheecks getting warmer while staring at her, and then at her parents. He stood up and proceeded to put his bowl into the dishwasher, smiling as Dixie looked at him with confusion in her eyes. "Are u staying here or what?" He saw her happines as she nodded eagerly. She didn't care about what her parents tought of it, and neither did he. 

They hopped in the car and Noah drove to the beach, their favorite spot. Listening to their favorite songs and being goofy togehter was their favorit thing in the whole world, it felt magical. He stopped her as she tried to get out of the parked car, laying his hand on her shoulder. "were you serious about moving out earlier?" She closed the door again, "yeah i am actually, what do u think" She grinned. "I think that it is your choise, but it would be cool tho to have your own space" "yeah it is, shall i ask for an viewing of the apartment? She asked. "Oh wow, so you already found one?" He asked with confusion. "Yes, it is an skycraper in beverly hills, and the view is so pretty. But i tought i would just figure it out by myself in order to do it right you know". As she continued to talk Noah fully fluttered from the inside, he loved seeing her smile and just seeing her talk in general. 

They walked up to the beach, to their bench from last time. "I love it her-" She could't finish her sentence as she squealed when he leaned in to hug her, she backed away and was even confused by herself. "did i-" "no its not you" She said while grabbing his face, hugging him now. "im just not really used to it i think, the touch and affection. Not after what happened. I think i just need some time to heal more". "thats okay.... no serouis i think we should take it slow, its better for the both of us" He said while smiling. They giggled to one another as he noticed that she suddenly squished his hand, she seemed shocked.

"dude wtf" he heared as he saw dixie's eyes widen. He looked back and then realised. 

"fuck"

authors note:

i dont rlly like this chapter but whatever