Kissing Booth: Another Take

Chapter 48

AN: Hi Everyone! Thanks so much for all the comments and love on the last chapter as well as agreeing with me on Jacob Elordi's attitude :)

As mentioned before, this story is quickly coming to a close. I'm not sure where I'm going after this closes up but thank you to everyone who has continuously supported be since I started this story a year ago. I've had some people DM and ask me if I'd be going for the Wattys and I honestly don't know what that means/ entails/ requires so if anyone has feedback please let me know!

I'd say there's probably this chapter + 2 more left , one of them being an Epilogue. Let's all enjoy these final moments together.

Elle

After Lee and I made up time flew so fast with getting things in order for our party. Too fast.

But that's why Noah's arrival back home could not have come sooner. Because, being with Noah always just slowed things down. When he was around I didn't feel like time was just getting away from me. With him, I could be in the moment and not worry about what came next.

As I looked at him right now, absentmindedly eating popcorn while completely enraptured by the episode of Outer Banks that Chloe and I had turned him and Jake onto, I was just so happy he was home.

He stopped with another kernel about to enter his mouth. "No fucking way," he murmured staring at the screen. I giggled and he looked over at me still in shock. "It was Ward?" he asked incredulously.

I just laughed as he shook his head. "I blame you and Chlo for this," he said pointedly at me as he put the popcorn bowl aside and pulled me into his lap, dropping a kiss to my shoulder.

I laughed, hugging around his neck. "Just consider it broadening your horizons for future film studies."

He snorted. "I doubt Outer Banks is going to make it onto a list of shows to study for cinematographic excellence."

I rolled my eyes as he tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. His phone alarmed and I looked down at it confused. Why would he have alarm for midnight?

He gasped with a giant smile on his face, picking me up to plop me on the couch as he practically skipped out of the room. "Where are you going?" I laughed at him acting so giddy.

My own phone lit up. A text from Lee.

Happy Birthday Twin 🎉🥳

I stared. I had been so unfocused with all of it between graduation, and party planning, and Noah being home that I had forgotten what day it was.

Love you so much twinnie. Happy Birthday 🥳🥳

Love you more. See you in the AM for our RAGER🍾🍾

"I can't wait anymore!" Noah came out holding a small box with bow, wrapped in pastel stripes. "I feel like I've been waiting for forever to give you this."

I looked down at the box feeling my heart throb from how excited he was looking at me.

"Happy Birthday Shelly," he smiled sweetly pulling me in for a kiss.

"It's just part one," he explained. "The other part is actually not an immediate type of gift. It'll make more sense but this one..." He trailed off looking a little more serious now, he cleared his throat, his voice dropping an octave. "This one's actually not just from me." Was he blushing?

"Not just from you?" I laughed a little. "Did Lee help you?" I asked playing coy.

"No... No not Lee," he stuttered a bit.