Falling for you, all over again!

About Time!

A/N - Thank you for the love on the first chapter. Here is the second chapter, publishing it ahead of time as it was ready. 

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Noah POV 

"Of course I want to stay with you. I want to do everything with you." that moment when I asked Elle to stay with me once she got off the wait-list at Harvard and the way she showed me her acknowledgement, was a moment I hold close to my heart.

In that moment, we had envisioned our whole future together. If we'd have lived together, gone to college together, been together all these years, we also would've made it to the 'engaged' club sooner than later. I had always imagined these milestones turning into a reality for me once Elle and I got together. Because, I knew we were end-game. But, destiny, well always has its own plans. May be this was how it was supposed to be. 

My sophomore year was totally unexpected. From fretting over what major to choose all summer and whining about it to Elle, I took her word for "You're Noah Flynn, there's nothing much you can't do" and chose the path she always thought would be the best for me. Law. Noah Flynn, the rebel, a lawyer. People outside my circle would probably laugh at that, but my girl, always saw through Flynn, saw the real me and made me the person I am. 

Then there were Rachel and I. We never really got along when she started dating Lee, of course our stories began at the same place. But, what got us bonding was the fact that our hearts were left behind on the west coast, as we moved onto the east for college.

It was she who took the first step when Harvard was playing against Brown during the football season once we resumed. She was there with her friends to watch us play and well...lets just say, there wasn't any looking back. We started our own tradition of meeting once a month for a whole day in either of the cities with our circle of friends and those were certainly some of the best times.

We missed Elle and Lee and whenever that happened, we always made sure we were there for each other and it often helped by just listening. That was a big part of our relation. We were going through the same things, and so, we always empathized with each other.

It killed for me to hear that my breaking up with Elle caused Rachel to take the decision too, considering Lee had some growing up of his own to do and Rachel was able to see that with her, it wouldn't happen. People like Elle and Lee are rare, what they share with each other is rare, and I love my brother and god I loved Elle, but in order to let them grow, we had to set them free.

The night before I took the decision of breaking up with Elle can easily be the worst night of my life. I hardly slept, woke up with puffy eyes. At the start of the summer, we were both yearning to be together in Boston, followed by her telling me she chose Boston and Harvard, everything was just well-put together for us. But, sometimes these things blind us into not seeing the reality of things and the underlying issues that one doesn't usually address. 

And just like that, it had been 4 years since I last saw her. We were in touch, social media, family chat groups, the works. The Flevans family reunited at Mike and Linda's wedding, which seemed like I wouldn't be able to make it, but then I was able to turn things around at work. Landed just in time for the ceremony, the reception, the party the next day and I was out. It went by at lightning speed. 

I had hoped to talk to Elle, but she seemed pretty chummy with this guy who I didn't perhaps recollect. She now had a life outside of my influence, which I wasn't part of and as much as it hurt seeing her laugh like that while he whispered in her ears and had his arms around her waist, I was happy seeing her happy.  Her hair was longer, she had gotten way more gorgeous, pictures didn't do justice to the reality that was Elle Evans.