After The Kissing Booth

But He Kissed Me

"I thought you were going to the store?" Noah asks when I'm back home.
"Uh. I couldn't find what I wanted." I push it off.
"Okay, common, I wanna cuddle." Noah states.

I smile and get into bed with him. His warm arms wrapped around my cold body and he kisses the top of my head.

"What's this bump in your head from?" Noah asks.
"Oh, I don't actually know. Probably just accidentally hit it some where." I lie.
"You're gorgeous, remember that." He kisses me once again.

...

"You kissed Ethan." Noah awakes me with.
"Huh?" I wipe my sleepy eyes.
"You kissed Ethan last night. You went to school and kissed him?" Noah sits down on the bed beside me.
"How did you know."
"So you did." Noah sighs.
"He kissed me Noah. He threatened me." I cry.
"Why didn't you just tell me then Elle." Noah questions.
"Noah I promise you, he kissed me and I pulled away right away." I state.
Noah stares at me in the eyes and clears his throat.

"Elle. I love you, I really do. I just feel like we've been drifting apart lately." Noah gulps.
"What does this have to do with anything? Like I know Noah. But we're both in college. It's my first year, and I'm pregnant, and will be switching to online soon so I just need to do a lot of stuff. But we're still sleeping, cuddling, kissing every time we get to."
"I just think we might need a break Elle. Not breaking up. Just time to ourselves. For a week or so. You can still be here, just time to focus on ourselves before the baby arrives." Noah suggests.
"Noah what? I'm pregnant. I can't just take a break from you." I tear up.
"You know what, fine. I don't care. Let's just break up. We're done. You can see the baby sometimes, and I'll see her other times." I say getting out of bed not even thinking.
"No Elle that's not what I want." Noah stops me.
"Well it's what I feel you want. I'll come back later to get my stuff." I leave.

I hear the door open and close after I close it but I just ignore him and get in the elevator.

I rush over to my car and drive away leaving Noah staring at me with tears in his eyes.

I drive to Lisa's since she's really my only friend in Boston, and I'm not driving four hours to Lee's, I only do that on the weekends. I go into her apartment building and up to her apartment.

"Elle, what's up? It's so early." Lisa answers.
"Lisa. I-I-I broke u-up w-wi-with N-Noa-Noah." I cry.
"What? Oh my God Elle, come in." Lisa drags me in.

I sit down on Lisa's couch and ball my eyes out. After a little bit I've calmed down and I finally am able to talk with crying.

"He said we should take a break. And I don't know Lisa, I just said no, I said that we should break up. I don't know why I did this Lisa."
"Elle. He will forgive you." Lisa says.
"But Lisa. I don't know if I want to get myself into this. I'm only eighteen and I'm having kid, and engaged. I feel like this is all just going to quickly." I start to tear up.
"Then tell him that Elle. You guys are made for each other." Lisa tells me.
"I don't want to. I just want to take a break from him. But I still want to be with him. I don't know what to do Lisa." I cry.
"Elle, take a day or two, or longer. Stay here, then when you're ready go back to Noah."
"I can stay here?" I ask.
"Of course, I have a guest bedroom for a reason." Lisa smiles.

...

For the next week I'm depressed. School and Lisa's, I haven't been out other then school for two days, unless going to Noah's counts. I was able to go on my lunch break and get some clothes from his, so he doesn't see me. I've seen him a couple times on campus but every time we make eye contact our eyes dart away from each other.

I've been staying at Lisa's, she's been trying her best to make me happy and not think about Noah, sometimes it works but usually something that makes me think of Noah ruins it.

"Lisa." I say sitting down beside her on the couch.
"I don't know if me and Noah will be getting back together anytime soon, like I know it's been two days. But if we don't, I can leave if you want."
"Elle, I'll be honest with you, I don't care. You can stay here if you want, for as long as you need. I like having someone to watch tv with, and just hang out with every night with." Lisa smiles.
"Even once I have the baby? Because I can probably just get a cheap hotel somewhere, or apartment." I ask.
"Elle, stay here. I'd love to have a baby here, I love them." She grabs my hand.
"You sure."
"I am. Plus maybe you and Noah will make up by then." Lisa suggests.
"Maybe. But I don't really know, we haven't talked in a week." I say.
"That doesn't mean you're over for good. Elle I know Noah loves you, the way he looks at you." Lisa puts her hand on my thigh.

After silence Lisa asks "Movie?"

"Of course." I smile.

After watching a movie with Lisa I decide to scroll through Google looking at cribs because I want to get one soon, just in case I have her early, since it's really normal for young moms to have their baby early. I may only been six months, but at the same time I'm impatient. And Noah will have a whole nursery at his apartment. We were going to do it a couple weeks ago but then we realized we're going to have a baby shower in December when we're all down so we'll probably get stuff then. But if I'll be staying here at Lisa's, I just want a small simple one, maybe one that can attach to my bed, just in case.