Almost love

chapter 24 - are you ready?

note: this chapter contains both Noah's and Liv's pov so don't get confused midway, I will mark when each starts, enjoy :)

Pov: Noah 

I pace up and down my room in anticipation of Nate's text, that fucking dumbass, why didn't I try harder to talk him out of this?

I haven't heard from him in hours, did he even remember what I told him? You're in and then you're out. I bet that guy opened his mouth and probably beat up someone or got himself beat up or something. 

Knowing Nate I gave up on waiting for his text, I followed his instructions & grabbed what was left of the weaponry my dad had and got into my car to get to Roman's house. 

I was speeding across streets when I got a call from Hayden, "Hey babe, what's up?" I say as I put the phone on speaker. I love her.

"Something happened between Nate & Liv, I'm over at her house right now, do you mind coming over?" she says worriedly, Nate told me everything and now it was my responsibility to make Liv understand his damn messed up intentions. I got this, I found myself chanting.

Nate is an ass when it comes to romance, he cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot communicate emotional things for shit. 

The sexual shit, yeah he's a god, but I swear to fucking god. 

"Tell Liv to hang on, Roman & I will be there in a bit. I'm driving, love you." I quickly say, she tells me she loves me & to drive safe before hanging up. 

I reach Roman's house, I don't bother to ring the front doorbell because I know where he'd be on a Sunday afternoon, the art studio in his basement. 

As expected, I rush downstairs to see him lounging on his sofa, sipping tea... I need the calmness this guy has.

"Roman, bro I need your help. It's fucking urgent." I yell out, he lowers his glass and glares at me, slowly getting up to stretch his elongated ass limbs. I swear, somebody needs to fucking show me concrete evidence that dinosaurs are extinct because this idiot might be a variant of one of those Brachiosaurus (more so because he's vegetarian too). 

"No, what you need is to chill. But let me guess, Nate did something utterly stupid and now you need my help to bust his ass out of it?" he deadpans as I nod, rather excitedly too. 

"Nate got held up by some drug dealers and I'm pretty sure it's not looking good." I try to explain the situation and as usual, Roman has that vacant look on his face that reads 'You've got to be fucking kidding me' and anyways goes to his cupboard to grab his things. 

"Can't a guy drink tea in peace on a fucking Sunday, is that too much to ask for?" he sighs, rubbing his temple and I snort in response,  "Afraid so, buddy, you got everything?" I hurry as he grabs the things we need and rushes upstairs. 

Now here we are, me throwing a fit in the passenger seat of his car because Roman refused to let me drive. Apparently, he wants to 'live longer than 18 years'. Geez. 

Once we reached Liv's house, we rushed in to see Hayden and Liv seated in the kitchen. 

"Hey, you guys made it!" Hayden says as she walks toward me, while Roman walks toward Liv. 

"She's spiralling honey, please tell me you have a fucking plan or some good information," Hayden mumbles, leaning to kiss me on my cheek and I smile, pressing my lips on hers for a quick peck, a sort of calm amongst the chaos that's currently unfolding. 

I assure her that I do have a (vague) plan in my head, and it will work as long as it's executed properly. I look around for a moment and the sight of Liv, who seems to have been crying all night, makes my heart falter.