𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 (𝘣𝘹𝘣)

thirty five

a/n: so tired of the us dictating the choices of people w uteruses. i can believe roe v wade was overturned and it's not just gonna stop there. if anyone needs to talk you can dm me (: anyways ... here's a cute chapter to make up for the shit going in. i love you guys sm!!

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"So, how did you guys meet?"

Alexis pours Benjamin a glass of wine. "We had mutual friends in college. We went to a lot of parties together. Then, we started hanging out outside of school and stuff."

"Oh, that's cool."

She grabs another wine glass to pour some for Noah. "Oh, not too much."

Alexis stops pouring. "Oh! Sorry. I definitely should have asked first."

Noah shakes his head. "N-No...It's okay. I just have to like...Pace myself."

Alexis simply smiles and passes him the glass. "Here you go. So," She shrugs. "How did you guys meet?"

Benjamin smiles. "Uh, originally in high school. We had like...English class together, I think?"

Noah nods. "Yeah and he kinda showed me around town and stuff. We started dating like...Two weeks after we met, I think."

"So, you've been together this whole time?"

Benjamin shakes his head. "No, we actually broke up during college. We just recently got back together."

Alexis smiles widely. "Aw. That's so sweet. You guys are like...Soulmates."

Gabi walks over with two plates in her hands. "Yeah, they are. And trust me, high school was so crazy! Those two were like...Practically inseparable." She walks back to grab two more plates.

Noah chuckles and takes a sip from his wine. "Yeah. My parents always told me we spent too much time together."

Alexis nods her head. "Was college hard, then? You guys didn't go to the same school did you?"

"Distance was really hard. That's why we broke up." Benjamin says, smiling at Noah. "We're lucky we rekindled."

Alexis glances at Gabi and smiles. "Aw. That's so sweet."

Benjamin nods. "So, are you in business just like Gabs? Or are you doing something different?

"Yeah, I'm into business just not the selling side of things like Gabriella. I'm leaning towards Accounting."

Benjamin nods. "Oh wow. That's cool."

"Gab says you're a software engineer? What do you do like at work?"

"Well as of right now, I'm just coding things for website links and stuff. I also create and test software."

Alexis' eyes widen. "Oh wow! I have no idea what any of that means but-."

Noah chuckles. "Right? Sometimes he tells me what he did and I sit there poker-faced...Confused as hell."

"It's a lot easier to do than to talk about." Benjamin laughs along with them.

"So you guys had a big group in high school, right? Gabi talks about you guys all the time."

"Mhm. At first, it was just us, Gabi, and Lucas. Then we met Elly when she moved from New York. When she started dating Jazmyne, her and Tati kind of became apart of the group too."

Alexis smiles. "Oh wow. I had something like that back home. It was only three of us, though."

Gabi takes a sip of her wine. "I feel like small groups have less drama. Ours was always drama-filled."

Benjamin smirks. "Whose fault was that?"

Gabi smiles and rolls her eyes. "Goodbye."

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After they had all finished eating, Benjamin takes Noah into his room. They were all gonna sit around and watch movies for a few hours.

Noah looks around and smiles. "Cute thing you got going on here."

Benjamin looks around his room. He hadn't really decorated it or done anything to be quite honest. He looks up at Noah. "Thanks. Is it the candle?"

Noah chuckles and sits down on the bed. "You should...Hang up a picture or something."

Benjamin shakes his head. "Leave me alone." He walks into his closet to grab one of Noah's hoodies. "Here."

Noah grabs it and gasps. "Benjamin Alexzander Evans I've been looking for this for years. My Abuelita gave it to me I thought I lost it."

Benjamin laughs at him. "You pulled my government? Seriously."

"Yeah! I even asked you about this."

Benny shrugs. "Well, I'm a liar...I'm sorry."

Noah shakes his head as he puts the hoodie on. Benjamin smiles at him, leaning down to give him a kiss. "Am I forgiven?"

Noah sighs. "Yeah...You are."

"Okay. Are you comfy now? Time to go watch movies with Gab and her girlfriend."

Noah stands up. "Can you believe that? I'm so proud of her...She struggled with it so much in high school."

"Right! And they seem so happy together. I'm so happy she was able to find someone like Alexis. And she told me she had long talks with both Elly and Lucas to apologize, like formally."

"Damn, really? Gabi makes the rest of us look like shit."

Benjamin laughs at him. "Oh my god, shut up."

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