Noelle | ongoing

Chapter 21

[NOELLE]

Hero pats my back, "Maybe next time." he laughs.

"Next time? Next time?! We lost because that guy didn't even make a regular jack lantern...that's a fucking drawing of a witch."

The guy that won first place has got to be some sort of artist or something. To be fair we just did square eyes and a pointy mouth, but we made it two-faced. That was my idea; I saw no one else doing it.

"We got third place at least," he grins.

I glare at him.

"We should have secretly destroyed his pumpkin." Hero tries to act upset.

We laughed.

***
I put our 3rd place pumpkin on the kitchen counter. I turn around and Hero is directly behind me, I look up at him. He doesn't say anything and neither do I. I can feel my back touching the countertop.

Hero interlocks my fingers with his, "Am I too close?"

"No," I murmur.

He brings his other hand to my chin lifting it, We lock eyes and for a moment my guard is actually down.

As our face drew closer I could feel his warm breath on my cheek. Anticipation filled the air, I needed to feel his lips against mine...I wanted it. Our lips brushed together ever so softly, it sent a chill down my spine. I was so close to grabbing his shirt and pulling him into me, but I didn't...I waited.

He gently places his lips onto mine, my eyes shut and my mind goes blank. His hands found their way to my waist, pulling me closer, close enough to where I could feel his heart beating at what felt like 100 miles per hour. He lifts me and sits me on the counter, our kiss not breaking. He stands in between my legs and my hands make their way up to his hair.

My fingers glide through his hair with ease. Hero pulls away, his lips are slightly swollen and he's somewhat out of breath (as I am), "I didn't actually ask, but I need to use words so neither of us feels like this is some fling, ok?"

I nod my head at his words.

"This needs to be official, I want to be able to call you my girlfriend, Noelle...So will you be my girlfriend?"

As close as we are now, I feel like this isn't close enough I want to kiss him again. But before I do, I need to answer him, "Yes Hero, I would love to be your girlfriend." I say as a smile slowly creeps across my face.

He smiled too, and just as we were about to lean in for another kiss, we jumped at the sound of a loud dramatic gasp. Hero turns and I look over his shoulder at Avery covering her mouth. I can't help but let out a little giggle.

"I did not mean to disturb this little moment here...but in my defense, I did not hear you two come in," she paused. "But oh my god. It's official! You guys are official!"

Hero laughed at Avery's reaction. I get off the counter and Hero and I walk closer to where Avery is standing.

"We have to tell Parker an- omg this is perfect for the Halloween party Cameron is throwing."

"We haven't talked about Cam in a while...how is he?" I ask.

"He's good, but he's been planning a party for Halloween in exactly two days."

Two days?

Avery continues talking, "Well technically I wouldn't call it a party, just a get-together. Like less than sixty people...possibly."

Halloween is in 2 days...Avery and I have not been practicing for the auditions enough. We have less than 2 weeks.

"Do you have our duet down?" I ask.

She laughs, "Of course Elle we both do."

"No I know, It just has to be perfect. All we need is a few more days to make sure it is."

"Ok then, how about we practice tomorrow, then before the party and we have the rest of the week after and we save the weekend to rest?"

That sounds good I guess.

"Ok that works," I turn to Hero. "You think there's time to get costumes?"

"Actually," Avery interrupts. "Parker and I have that covered."

What have these 2 been doing without us?

***
~Halloween~
All In one car, Avery, Hero, and Parker are on our way to Cameron's. The boys are supposed to be dressed up as demons, If we wanna be real they're just wearing all black with very little bits of fake blood...sounds somewhat more like a vampire to me but it's cool. Avery and I on the other hand are wearing very short white dresses with the whole angel halo and wings. If you had to ask me, we definitely look better.

As we arrive and I get out of the car, I adjust my dress pulling it down as much as I can.

"You look good," Hero says.

"Thank you, so do you," I smile.

He wraps his arm around my waist and we continue into Cameron's house. There's a lot of people here already, so much for it "Technically not calling it a party" I laugh to myself.

Cameron has this place decorated from the outside and the inside, the lights are dim and there are LED lights set to blue, orange, and purple. There's even a fog machine. This time I don't think I'll bother to drink, especially because of how much of a lightweight I am.

Cameron walks over to greet us, "Bout' time you guys are here, so what do y'all think?" He shouts over the music.

"Everything looks great!" Avery says with a big grin on her face.

We all nod our heads in agreement.

Cameron looks over to Hero and me, "Y'all are together now, It's about time too we've all been anticipating it." He laughs.

"Yup, who would have thought," Parker says sarcastically.

Hero nudges him.

"Yeah you and Avery next, hm?" I wink.

"Honestly I already asked Avery...just waiting for an answer ya know?"

I look over at Avery sorta confused. She's not saying anything, just staring at the ground. This is definitely a talk for later.

"Anywho go hangout "