Backstage - Noah Jupe

Chapter 9

I headed towards the main building to grab some dinner.
On my way there I met Evan. He had just eaten.

"Hey Y/n, looking forward to tomorrow. Remember to practice your lines."  I looked him in eyes, having a slightly annoyed face.
Evan stopped for a minute.
"Oh and the others have arrived, if you're lucky they are still inside" I gasped out of relief. And my face lighted up. If the others had arrived, Joshua must be in there too.

I ran to the main building as fast as I could.
I opened the huge door and started looking around.

"Y/n!!" A deep voice screamed out of excitement.

"Joshua!" I said hugging him tightly. "I've literally missed u so much! And you had the audacity not to tell me when you arrived" I giggled at him. I was happy to see him.
He wasn't always to be seen these days. There's a lot going on in his life.

I feel a little bad for him.

"Can we catch up later, I'll have to get something to eat. I'm starving at the moment." Joshua asked.

"Yeah, I was actually just heading over here to go get dinner. Evan told me on my way here you had arrived."
He smiled with a huge smile.

"Well, I also need to go greet the others," I said leaving him.

I went over to the table seeing a paperbag with my name on it. I grabbed it and I was about to head out until I heard my name get called.

"Oh my dear"
I turned around and looked to find Helena standing with a pair of mum eyes greeting me.
I smiled back at her.
"Hi Helena, how's it going?"
I walked over to hug her.

"Oh you know, everything's well. Just happy to let my husband take care of the kids. It's a relief. You know I love those kids, but they can be a little bit of a handful."
I giggled with her. Helena's sarcasm is probably what I've missed the most.
I chitchatted for a little while but then decided it was time to go.
I hadn't even greeted everyone. But I was exhausted and hungry.
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The clock was about 19:00 o'clock when I decided to snap Noah.

"Hey" I Texted him.

"Hey, can I come over?" Noah answered a few minutes after.

"Yeah"

10 minutes go by and I hear a knock on my door.
I opened up to find Noah standing there as expected.

His eyes looked tired, his clothes were messy and his head seemed to hurt.

"are you alright?" I asked him letting him in.

He walked over to my bed and laid himself on it.

He didn't answer me. I could feel I got a little nervous. I went over to touch his forehead. It wasn't hot. It was at a normal temperature. But he seemed like someone who was really sick.

"Are you alright!" I asked Noah again. But to my surprise, he didn't answer again.

"Why are you here!" I got a little irritated.
"If you are here for no reason. I would just like to say that I'm going over Joshua's trailer.

He brightened up.
"No please don't," he said.

"Why wouldn't I! He at least wants to talk to me!"
I looked at him. He knew I was mad. I had raised my voice. And it was clearly letting out anger.

"I'm sorry for earlier. I wasn't thinking. I'm sorry."
I knew he was sorry. Because he wasn't lying. He didn't raise his eyebrows, which he normally would do when he lies.

"It's alright, do you wanna stay here. I just really need to head over to Joshua. I promised to catch up with him. You know all the drama he has been included in the last couple of months."
Noah understood. Joshua and Noah weren't the best friends despite they play siblings in the movie.
And the reason why is quite simple.

Noah is jealous. And he would never say that himself. But it's quite easy to see.
But he has learned that I and Joshua are really good friends. And I think he has realized there's nothing he can do about it anyway.

And again he is six years older than me. We would never date. And he isn't even my type.

"Well if you're going to Joshua's trailer I'll go visit the Toms' "
Noah seemed to find it funny when he said that.
Onset there are two actors whose name is Tom. Which is a little bit of a difficulty.
When the director needs both of them he'll call them the 'toms'.
It's not funny, however,  normally we would use their last as a form of communication.

"Yeah do that, say hi from me. I didn't have the time to greet them earlier" I said as I headed out the door.

What a boy he is.