The Grey- Noah Sebastian

seven

*Noah's POV*

My alarm woke me up at 7 am. I rolled out of bed and got in the shower, since I neglected to after the beach last night. I scanned over myself in the mirror, thinking about the blank spaces on my legs that need tattoos to fill them. I texted Sutton before getting in the shower. 

Me: Good morning :) what's your address?'

I set the phone on the counter and let my mind wander while I soaked in the hot water. I usually would play music, but I'm sure it's still quiet hours and I don't want to draw attention to my room or anything. 

I really hope that we're on the same page after last night. I have no reason to think that we're not, but you just never really know if someone is faking it or anything. Those are thoughts and concerns that I've had even before we were a touring band, but now it's even more so than before. She doesn't seem like the type to want something other than a relationship out of this, but I've heard so many horror stories from other people that it makes you wary. But my mind is clouded with just thinking about her constantly. 

I stepped out and dried off, putting the towel around my waist. I brushed out my hair and decided to just put it in a bun instead of drying it. It'll probably be wet all day, but we're also going to be outside all day, so I don't want to get hot. I heard my phone buzz.

Sutton: 900 Virginia Ave Apartment C4 :) what time should you be heading over? And what the hell do I wear? lol

I smiled at her message, thinking about her probably overthinking the entire thing. To be fair, I wanted to not give her too much information. I looked at her address and she lived 20 minutes away, but I wanted to give her extra time because you know... it's natural to run around in circles when you're nervous. 

Me: Just some shorts and a t shirt or something! And don't eat, I'm gonna take us to breakfast :) I'll be there in an hour. 

I decided to mess with her and send her a Snapchat with a mirror picture of me in the towel. We clearly have sexual chemistry, and I wanted to tease her. For me, I've had interactions where I've had casual sex when I first got into my 20s, but I just really didn't feel any fulfillment unless I had a romantic connection with the person. Shit, I had even messed around with a few men before and felt the same. That's why I want to wait to do anything too far with Sutton, just at least until we have something more established because I have tended to hurt myself emotionally with those interactions. But last night... I felt myself finally have a sex drive for the first time in forever, but I didn't want to do anything too soon. 

She sent me a Snapchat back of her in some high waisted baggier khaki shorts, a black Paramore tank top, and Vans with the caption 'looks like someone needs to put on some clothes,' clearly in response to my Snapchat, which made me laugh. I weirdly had also packed khaki shorts, so I chose to wear those with a Slipknot t shirt and Vans, sending her a Snapchat in the longer mirror and captioning it 'happy now?' I looked at the time and I still had 20 minutes until I told her I would leave, so I scrolled through Instagram to busy my mind. It didn't work, so I decided to just start driving, anyway. 

I had turned my brain off while I drove, and I accidentally made it there in 15 minutes. It was way too early. What do you do in this situation? Do you own up to it or play it off? I decided to play it off and pull out my notebook and tweak some lyrics that I had been working on for the next 15 minutes, because why not? 

It took me a second to find her door, but I found it and knocked. She answered and immediately pulled me into a hug. "Good morning," she mumbled. It was around 8:30 at this point, so it was an early day for me. I pulled back and kissed her on the cheek, noticing she put on some makeup, but not a lot, and I loved it.