I'll take my time | Noah sebastian

Chapter 3

Noah

I've waited for that moment for two years.

Two years of waiting for her to let me feel her like that again. Two years of imagining what she would be like now. She has more confidence than she did back in highschool.

And Jolly just had to ruin it.

"Oh shit, did you just walk out of Everlee's room?"

I probably should have thought this through.

"Uh yeah, What's up?"

I'm trying my absolute best to make it look like I didn't just have her shoved into her door with my hand on her hip, five seconds away from shoving my tongue in her mouth.

"I'm going to ignore how you look right now. Is she here?"

"Uh no, she went out when I got home."

"You mean after you yelled at her and Folio? I don't blame her for leaving. You know you have to let this weird thing you have with her go right? You can't go date other girls and expect her to not be with anyone else. If you want her man you have to actually go after her. Not scare away any guy that gets close to her."

I sigh and rub my face, I know he's right but it's not that easy.

"Look i'll handle this how I need to handle it, okay? He should know better than anyone that she's off limits. Especially to him. He won't treat her right, Jolly."

"and what? You will? Let's be honest here, Noah. You treat her like shit. You know good and well she's in love with you and we all know you use that to your advantage. She cooks for you, cleans your SHARED apartment, does anything you ask and yet, never asks for anything in return."

"I do not. She's not in love with me, Jolly. She's my bestfriend and that's it. You know she's always been like that with me."

He huffs and rolls his eyes at me. We both know i'm lying straight through my teeth, she's definitely not just my "best friend". Best friends typically don't almost have heated make outs in the others bedroom.

"And by the way dude, jerking off in her room? Fucking nasty."

"I was not-"

"I can see it all over your face. You were definitely doing something in there ."

I stay quiet that time. It's better he thinks that than knows what was actually happening.

"Look i'm leaving okay, i'll let you go..do whatever you need to do. Folio came home pissed as fuck at you. Said you yelled at her and everything. I get being mad at him cause he knows you're like, obsessed with her, but she doesn't. All she knows is you keep getting girlfriend after girlfriend while she sits back and waits for you. I feel bad for her."

I have nothing to say to that either. It's not like I haven't noticed she hasn't dated anyone, I've just always assumed she was keeping them a secret.

I don't want to ruin our 15 plus years of friendship. I could never do that to her. So I try to distract myself with relationships that always end because I can't get over her. It never takes the girls long to realize I definitely do not view Everlee as my "sister".

He gives one last nod before disappearing out of the front door, leaving me alone to think about what i'm going to do next.

I finally had her, but i've got a girlfriend. After debating with myself I just say fuck it and walk back into her room...where she sits on her bed criss-cross-apple sauce. Her bottom lip between her teeth and her eyes rimmed red.