The point of view

CHAPTER 1

Noah's POV:

Two weeks, three days and five hours till school fucking ends. For the first time in a while now I woke up before the dreadful sound of my alarm. I turned on the hot water and cringed as freezing water cascaded down my back. Fuck my luck. I eventually got out and reached for the nearest shirt I could get ahold off, put on my ripped jeans and slipped on my fucked up converse. I really need new shoes. I looked at myself in my mirror and tried taming my dark unruly hair, I turned my head to the side and felt my stubble, I needed a clean shave. As I made my way downstairs to grab an apple, I peeked into Savannah's room and as per usual my sisters bed is still neatly done, which meant she didn't come home last night...shocker. I kissed my mums cheek and waved my dad goodbye as I swiftly grabbed my keys and made my way to my matte black Wrangler Jeep.

As I walked through the gates of literal hell, I spotted Alexis, one of my best friends. She was shoving books into her locker and that gave me the time to take in her long wavy brown hair and perfect physique.

''Hey babe, I got you something'' I said as I leaned onto my locker that was next to hers.
''Good morning to you too'' she giggled and shoved my shoulder playfully.
I put my hand into my back pocket and took out a white crumpled envelope and placed it on her hand.
''Lets get high tonight'' I suggested.
She carefully put the envelope in her bag and we made our way to AP History.

I pushed all the books off our ancient ass history teachers mahogany desk, as we made our way to the back of the class. Mrs. Brookfield rushed into the class room a few seconds later and I reflexively put my head down on the desk to get some more sleep. Alexis pulled out her notebook and actually tried focusing for once. We're halfway through class when I sat up to Alexis and leaned in to whisper, ''Where the fuck's Cara?''
''Speaking off the devil..'' Alexis shot back. Cara stumbled into the classroom and almost tripped over her own feet as she regained her posture and looked around, grasping everyone's attention.
''You're late, again. What's your excuse this time Mrs. Mason?'' Mrs. Brookfield said with so much disgust in her voice and I instantly felt the need to break the awkward tension in the class.
''Fashionably late, as per always'' I spoke loudly as I smirked at my best friend, Cara.
Cara instantly put her hand over her mouth to suppress her chuckle.
''Keep your snide comments to yourself, Mr Woods'' She spoke to me as I rolled my eyes.
Cara took a seat behind us and the class went by excruciatingly slow.

Cara, Alexis and I made our way to lunch and I was instantly reminded of how hungry I am when I heard my stomach growl.
''I'm starving man.'' Cara sighed.
We made our way to the lunch lady, as she slumped some mashed potato, beans and some undercooked chicken nuggets. Great.
We walked to our regular hangout area and took a seat while placing our lunch trays on the circular tables. We sat in silence and looked at our food that looked like the lunch lady literally chewed it and spit in on our plate.
''Alright, we are not going to eat this shit'' Alexis said and broke our silence.
''We'll grab some jimmy's after school and eat some actual good food'' I added.
''Did you guys see Sarah Miller's nudes?'' Cara completely changed the subject and looked at us both.
''I feel bad for her though, I saw people giving her shit about it, her boyfriend is such a jerk for sending her pictures to everyone in this damned high school.'' Alexis chimed in.
''They're pretty hot though.'' I smirked and looked at my friends.

I looked up and saw Amara looking at me from the other side of the lunch court, I played it off like I was looking at something else but I definitely caught her looking. Things were complicated between us, I could feel our friendship drifting apart and I hated every single second of it, I sighed and looked down.
''What was that about, Noah'' Cara questioned.
''Nothing'' I forced a smile, ''Just thinking'' I added.
The bell went off and I was relieved I didn't have to answer Cara, saved by the bell, literally.
''Fuck, I have biology with Wesley and I'm like ten minutes late.'' Cara whined.
''When are you not late?'' Alexis laughed.
And on that note, Cara basically sprinted to class.
''I saw the way Amara was looking at you and I know that you're not okay with this, heck I'm not okay with this either'' Alexis said with so much care in her eyes.
''How long are we going to keep this up, Noah?'' She added with a little anger in her voice.
''Let's not talk about this now babe, common lets go'' I told her and instinctively put my hand on her shoulder, it was a habit I picked up on I guess.

The rest of the day went by quickly and before I knew it, I was waiting for Alexis and Cara In front of my car with a freshly lit cigarette in my hand. Cara and Alexis were quick to join me, and they entered my jeep whilst I dropped my cigarette on the floor. Amara waved goodbye to me from her own car and I reciprocated with a faint smile. A smile wouldn't kill any body right? I was proven wrong when i looked to my right and received a look from Cara that I couldn't quite distinguish the meaning of.
''You know what? Lets go get high, we'll grab something for dinner'' Alexis broke the ice, she probably sensed the tension between me and Cara.