Clearer Skies

Two

HANNA

I let out a breath and decided to go to Mum's workplace and help her in the café. I got there 20 minutes later. I got in with the classic door bell sounding my entrance. I spotted Mum and our eyes locked with similar smiles on our faces. "Hanna! You're here!" She calls out in amusement as I made my way behind the counter. We had about 5 customers in. The colour palette of the cafe is a black and green theme. She was sitting behind the counter glass that's filled with sweet cakes, cupcakes cookies, Choc buns and croissants. She had an open notebook with her. 

"Afternoon Mum." I replied

"What happened? Did Noah leave you again!" She laughs lightly after letting the awful fact out loud.

I gasped. "Mum!" 

She chuckles. "I didn't give birth to you yesterday Hanna. You don't pick a random day to come and help your Mum in the cafe." She states the fact out loud. Yeah, she definately knows me. This is my comfort zone everytime Noah leaves me to go on dates. But the surprising thing Mum doesn't know is that, I like Noah more than a friend. She thinks I take him as a brother I never once had but I am glad she sees it that way. No one knows what chaos it would bring if she knows I have been crushing on him almost my whole life. Wait, does she know already and just isn't ready to accept it? I shuddered at that thought, definately not.

I pouted taking a sit next to her. 

"Hey Hanna!" I turned and smiled at Katie. she's just around my age with jet black bob. She goes to a different school.  She pouts, bringing out a bottom lip as she makes her way towards me with a clothe on her hand. "It feels like forever since you last came." The last time I came here was just this Friday and today is only Monday. I am honestly starting to feel like Allyson is purposely asking Noah on dates frequently to get away from me.

"Yeah, if forever is just two days ago." I shrugged. 

"It is." She says with that annoying pout and pulls me in for a hug. "You have no idea how lonely it can be here," She whispered in my ear before drawing back from me. I chuckle at her. I turned to Mum. 

"Mum, don't you think you need more help here?"

"Well, I have Katie and you who comes occasionally which is actually turning to frequently."

"No it's not! I am just here because......because." I slumber my shoulders. "...that's not the point, but besides Katie, you have no one else to help you here every single day and Katie might need help."

"If you have money to be paying my new employee, I don't mind sweetheart or you can as well become my employee, since you come here frequently now."  She replies so casually and calm. Here comes 'frequently' again. I groaned and so did Katie behind me. I turned to Katie and give her my simpathic look. "I tried."

A customer comes in and walks towards the counter giving that as a cue for this conversation to end. I walked to the customer behind the counter while Katie went back to the kitchen. 

"Good afternoon sir, welcome to Daylight Cafe, what would you like to have?" I asked with a smile on my face.

****

Riley shuts her locker harshly making me flinch. "Of course I knew she would ask him on a date on a freaking Monday!" I lean my side back to the locker next to hers with my arms folded. I sighed in response.

"I don't get why I'm not use to this by now." I let out a little of my pain in my voice. She put her hand on my shoulder and brought her face a bit closer to mine.

"I am wondering the same thing." She pats my shoulder before removing her hand and standing straight back up. The bell rings. We began to make our way to class. "I love you Hanna but your love for him it's becoming an...." She stares around before moving closer to me and she whispered. "...obsession." I gasped on the unexpected word and hit her on her arm. "Ow!"

"No it's not! I don't even stalk him!" I exclaimed. Yeah I felt offended by her choice of word, just a bit.

"That's probably because you spend lots of time with hi-"

"Hey ladies." Noah got inbetween Riley and I and wrapped his arms on our shoulders. "How are you guys doing today?" Look at him, looking gorgeous as always. I shook my head and quickly look the other side, letting out a breath. I am such a hopeless lover. I automatically turned back to him after his question ealier finally got it's way to my brain.

"You mean after ditching me again?" I asked with my arms folded as I turned to him. 

"Oh that, well little Elly, I would rather go on dates than do my homework with you." I snorted and looked away. He chuckles. "You are not seriously angry right?"

So the nickname Elly. As you might have noticed. its nothing related to my name neither my surname. It all started when we were 6 years old and my love for elephants was immense, undebatable and insane. That Mum knows when she has to buy me a toy, it had to be somehow related to elephants, of course some people found it weird. Well one faithfull day came where I found Dad watching news and I saw it's about elephants so I stood by the couch and immediately got intruged. It was elephants getting sick and dying to a point where the journalist said there is a 50% chance that they might be getting extinct. I ended up crying my eyes out for two days with the thought of how they might be feeling and not being able to see them on T.V or at the zoo again. I only stopped when Mum told me a cure had been found. Since then Noah said he'll be calling me Elly as elephant was a long name to call everytime. 

"Yeah, of course she's not." Riley jumps in for me and sending me a fake smile to propably join her. I looked away from her and faced forward. 

"I am getting late for class." I said before shrugging my shoulders off Noah's masculine arm. Just before getting far enough, I felt a hand immediately wrapped around my wrist and dragged me back. I turned around to be standing right infront of Noah. "Hey! Don't pull me like that." I said hitting on his chest but ofcourse he didn't feel affected by it, rather he had an expression of concern on his face. 

"Were you being serious?" He repeated his question of ealier on.  I sighed and folded my arms before looking away. I am really not good at expressing my feelings. After being with him for over 10 years, I only figured out I had feelings for him all this years only just two years back, I know, stupid. I would rather keep it to myself then say it out loud and end up crying in some cases. 

"What? Serious?" Riley jumps in, letting out an obvious fake laugh and hitting his arm, resulting to me rolling my eyes. "Of course she's not. Why would she be angry at you frequently going out with your girlfriend right? It's normal." She asked that question turning to give me a quick warning glare before turning back to Noah who's expression was just blankly staring at Riley. "It's unusual right? You can't just bail on your girlfriend." She lets out a fake chuckle. Once she noticed Noah and I's expression, she clears a throat. "I think someone's waiting for me in class." She then quickly walks past us.

Noah sighs and turns to me. "You have crazy friends." He chuckles.

I narrowed my eyes at him with a side smiled. "You are one of them."

He smirks and brought his face closer to mine, making my heart skip but I heed it as possible infront of him. "When you should be greatful I am the only normal friend you have, oh wait....I'm you best  friend."

"Wait are you serious bragging right now?" I snickered playful as I turned away. "We have class to go to."

He smirks and wrap his arm around my shoulders as we both face forward and begin to walk to class. His scent never stops being captivating, if only all my clothes could smell like him. I feel secured right here, right now. Why did we get to be just best friends? Why didn't we just met growing to the dating stage? Can't it be just the cliche best friend turns to boyfriend love story?

Look, I can't even stay angry at him.

"So homework, my place or yours?" I smiled.

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