The Kissing Booth: New Love

Chapter 27

A/N - Just a reminder - We're back to the original version of the story where everyone knows Noah and Elle are dating now and there's no baby!  Enjoy!

Elle

"Okay Elle and Lee, I think that's enough of the two of you. Now, I want to take some pictures of the four of you all together." June's voice had gotten louder and you could just barely hear a hint of annoyance as she tried to get us back under control.

Lee and I tried to quiet our giggles, not wanting to frustrate her further.  "Sorry, didn't mean to get carried away," I said a little sheepishly, moving away from Lee and towards Noah. 

I noticed Noah's eye roll. Whether that was from the never ending poses June wanted us in for all the pictures or because Lee and I went a little overboard doing our own "couple" poses. I shot him a pointed look, trying to make sure he didn't complain anymore. June was in heaven today and had remarked more than once about how handsome her precious boys looked in their tuxedos. I wanted to make sure she got her fill of this, knowing she hadn't had a chance to do this with Noah before, he wasn't one for school dances or dressing up. I watched June once again try to tame Noah's hair and could tell he had had enough as he tried to wave her away for the umpteenth time, another reason Noah was ready to be done.  Noah had gone with the messy look for his hair, which I loved, but June kept trying to fix it for the pictures. I think Noah was starting to regret asking me to prom and agreeing to double with Lee and Rachel. Although he didn't seem to mind it when June told him to put his arms around me for the next picture.

Earlier, Noah had picked me up at my house, where we started this whole process with my Dad taking pictures before we made our way to the Flynn's where June had us posing in every possible combination.  We were all excited to get going to Prom but there was no way I was going to tell June Flynn that we were done, not until she formally dismissed us from picture time.

I was still upstairs getting ready in my room when I heard Noah's motorcycle pull into our driveway.  Soon after the doorbell rang and I heard my Dad let him in and Brad immediately began begging him to play. Luckily Dad interceded or Noah probably would have agreed, he's such a pushover for Brad.   When I finally finished the last touch up on my make-up and put on my shoes, I made my way downstairs.  I could feel the butterflies in my stomach from the anticipation of seeing Noah waiting for me.  Now Noah Flynn may always be stupid hot but Noah Flynn in a tux took my breath away. Noah must have liked what he saw also, he looked almost nervous there standing next to my Dad as he said, "Wow, Shell, you look incredible."

My eyes had been locked on Noah's but when I pulled my eyes away, I see my dad is looking at me with tears in his eyes. "Elle you look beautiful."  I watched my Dad for a second, worried he would say something about wishing my Mom was here or how much she would have liked to have seen me, knowing that would probably make me tear up too. And I had spent far too long on this make up to mess it up by crying. Luckily he just sighed and held in his thoughts of Mom. She was in both of our hearts even if we didn't talk about it. I walked over to my Dad first, giving him a hug before I made my way to Noah.  Things had been a little strained between me and Dad after he realized I had been lying to him for months while I was dating Noah.  We seemed to be pretty much back to normal now. I think seeing Noah and I spending time together - either at family lunches or hanging around our house and playing with Brad - helped him realize we were serious about our relationship. 

The past few weeks, I've learned that dating Noah in the open is so much better than it ever was sneaking around.  I've been so happy the last few weeks since we told everyone. I love that everyone at school finally knows – no more girls throwing themselves at Noah, or at least fewer of them are.  It was fun to go on an actual date where Noah could pick me up at my door.  We still do have to sneak around occasionally.  Now that our parents know about our relationship, we've found it's a little harder to get to spend alone time together, so we did have to work a little to figure that out.  All of a sudden June wasn't leaving for work until after school started, so no more hanging out at the Flynn's in the morning before school.  That's okay, we've found plenty other ways around our parents' watchful eyes, we had been sneaking around for months after all.