𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘀

𝟎𝟕𝟎

"𝙸𝚗𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎"
ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ
𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬
𝕒 𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣
𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕠𝕠𝕟

"YOU DID IT!" Ronan cheers as he catches Noah at the top of the bowl. She had just learned how to skate down the bowl and pick up enough speed to get back to the top.

"Did you see that?!" Noah exclaims and holds onto Ronan's arms for balance.

"Dude, you literally got it," Ronan says as he kicks up his skateboard.

"Oh, God," Noah murmurs as she looks over. Ronan laughs as he follows her line of sight, seeing Tate struggling to hold Jess on the skateboard.

Noah and Ronan walk over to Jess and Tate, laughing their whole way there. Once Noah gets close enough to Jess, she grabs her waist. Jess squeals and falls off the board, Tate catching her before she completely topples over.

"Noah!" Jess exclaims and playfully shoves the girl.

"What?" Noah innocently says. The two boys shake their heads and walk back to the bowl to skate some more.

"So, you prefer this over chess in the bookstore?" Jess asks.

"What? Seeing you fall over because you have no balance? Yes." Noah answers and dodges as Jess tries to hit her.

"I asked off of work for this!" Jess groans, "You made me come here."

"I'm trying to teach you some new skills," Noah giggles, "I'm sure 'mediocre skateboarder' will be a great addition to your resume." She jokes as she bumps Jess' shoulder.

"Will you just show me," Jess says, her determination coming through.  When she starts learning something, she wants to keep going.

"Alright, just chill out and trust me," Noah says as she helps Jess onto the extra skateboard Ronan brought, "If you're shaky, you're gonna fall."

"Okay," Jess mumbles and holds onto Noah's shoulders for support, "Now go slow," She adds and sees Noah smirk, "If you make a dirty joke, I'm gonna kill you."

"I would never make a joke like that," Noah gasps as she begins walking slowly.  She slowly picks up her pace, eventually going too fast for Jess.

"Noah!" Jess squeals.

"Alright, alright," Noah giggles as she slows them down, making Jess' screams stop. Noah holds the blonde's hands, letting her step off the skateboard.

"You okay, princess?" Noah teases Jess, who playfully pushes her away.

"You're in trouble," Jess says and watches as Noah gasps with an exaggerated expression.

"Oh no!" Noah frowns, making Jess laugh.

"Next sleepover, you're sleeping on the couch—"

"Woah!" Noah exclaims, her playfulness disappearing, "It's not that serious."

"Go get my book," Jess says and watches Noah turn to run over to their bookbags they left near the fence. Noah gets Jess' book out of her bag and runs it back over to her, "Now, come sit with me." She pleads as she walks over to one of the big oak trees.

Noah sits against the tree and watches Jess lay down. The blonde sits her head on Noah's lap and opens her book. Noah smiles to herself and lightly plays with strands of Jess' hair.

"That's gross," Ronan jokes as he gestures towards Noah and Jess.

"Leave them be," Liv giggles.

"Yeah, you're just jealous," Tate says as he hits Ronan's shoulder.