"Where do you think you're going?" Conrad raised an eyebrow when he saw his sister trying to leave the house. Everyone else was at Laurel's book signing at the moment, besides Belly who happened to be on a date.
"I'm hanging out with Noah, just going on a drive." Rose nodded to the door.
Conrad shook his head and sniffed the air. "Did you smoke up before?" he asked his sister who laughed before nodding. "And you're going in pajamas?"
"Get rid of some of my nerves." Rose joked as Conrad sighed as he stood up, putting his hands on her shoulders. "And it's all about the casual look now." in reality she just wanted to be comfortable.
"Don't slip back into this shit, don't do this to yourself again." he got serious as Rose took a step back. "I'm dead serious, Mom can't handle more shit right now."
Rose swallowed as she nodded. "That's not gonna happen." she promised, although she knew she couldn't.
"No drinking either?" Conrad confirmed with her as Rose nodded.
"58 days sober from drinking, 79 from drugs other than weed." Rose thought before telling him and Conrad felt proud.
He stepped forward, kissing her head softly. "Have fun and tell me if he pulls anything so I can beat him up." Conrad mumbled as Rose basically ran out the front door.
"Hey." she greeted, doing up her seatbelt as Noah watched her. "Hey?" she noticed his pause at watching what she was doing.
"Sorry, uh sorry." Noah laughed quite a lot. "You're just really pretty Roselyn." he told her genuinely as Rose tried avoiding the affection.
She laughed. "You know you're the only person besides my mom who calls me that? Rose and Rosie from everyone else."
"I like Roselyn."!Noah admitted as he started to drive. "But I also have somewhere to show you. Does the lady have a curfew tonight?"
"My mom is out getting drunk at a bookstore so, I mean no curfew." Rose joked as Noah drove off quickly.
They pulled up onto a road that led up onto a cliff overlooking the ocean. "What do you think?" Noah asked as Rose stuck her head out of the window in shock.
"I love it." Rose was always amazed by the beauty of Cousins, it surprised her every time. Noah backed his truck up so his trunk was facing the cliff, throwing blankets and pillows into the back.
"You chilly?" Noah whispered after a few minutes of silence watching the stars.
Rose was perfectly fine with her current temperature. "A little bit." she admitted as Noah pulled her into him, arm around her.
"Warmer?" he asked as Rose mumbled into his chest saying yes, she was warmer.
"I don't think we'll ever fade out." Rose admitted. "Or my love for you never will."
Noah's heartbeat quickened when she looked up at him. "Are you in a good place right now? I don't want to be us again unless you're you again."
"I'm clean." Rose was happy she could say this and basically be telling the truth.
"You're good." Noah mumbled before leaning down to kiss her. She moved to straddle onto his lap, stopping to look him in the eyes for a second.
She smiled lightly before resuming kissing him again, the rewards of sobriety.
"I'm gonna ask you a question, but remember I'm your brother who doesn't want to hear certain details." Conrad greeted her as he immediately made her laugh. "So nothing specific please."
"We kissed, and are back on track to dating again." Rose smirked as she said it, and she could see Conrad hiding his smile.
He squeezed her hand momentarily. "You are really strong. Recovery is tough and you're kicking ass."
"I know." Rose shrugged before jogging up the stairs to sleep, leaving her brother smiling.
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