he'll never be the one (a.i)

"i'm not putting out for you"

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Ash
7:53 PM

Hey you

What are you up to?

Having a really sexy date with my
bed at the moment

Hmm. I'm feeling jealous

Wanna come over and have a
sexy date with my bed instead?

;)

As tempting as that is... I'm tired

Is that totally lame of me?

You're always totally lame

But that hasn't been a turn off yet

Thanks Ash 😑

What if you came over and had a
night in with me?

No funny business

We can just turn a movie on

You don't even have to talk to me

Ash, there's not even a chance
we'll have sex

I know it might come as a surprise,
but I don't eat, breathe, sleep sex

I just want to see you

Plus I have popcorn

And I can light some candles in a
solely cozy and not at all sexy way

Noa breathes out a laugh as she reads the texts from Ashton that are coming in at lightning speed. She's surprised by his adamancy, to be honest, but she also appreciates his determination to see her despite knowing she won't be putting out.

Okay, you've convinced me

I'll come get you :)

Noa pushes herself up and out of bed before leaving her room to walk out to the living room. She knows Hannah and Alice have been watching movies, so she decides to disrupt their marathon long enough to tell them her plans.

"Hey, I'm taking my night-in over to Ashton's, so he's going to come get me. I just wanted to let you guys now," she says as she peeks her head into the living room. Both girls look over their shoulders to see Noa; their eyebrows instantly furrow.

"You're too tired to join our movie night but feeling lively enough to go have sex all night long?" Alice asks, feigning hurt. They were watching the Twilight movies, which were not Noa's cup of tea. They had this movie marathon without her at least once every two months, so she knew Alice wasn't actually upset with her.

"Sex isn't even part of the plan," Noa says through a laugh. "He just wants to see me."

"You mean... you're just going over there to hang out with him?" Hannah asks in surprise. "Isn't that against your whole thing?" Noa wants to roll her eyes, but she knows that Hannah has a point. This is against Noa's usual rules when it comes to Ashton. "You're not finally catching feelings, are you?"