A liars truth

Part 14

Hayden's PoV

Noa slept the whole night. I lay awake holding her whilst staring at the roof. What the help happened to her before I got here? At some point I heard Marjorie come into the house and go straight to her room. It's odd how much I know this house now, Iv been here so much I can tell where everyone's moving by the noises. Noa didn't even manage to get changed and I felt weird about doing it for her...I know I'm her girlfriend but still. I did manage to get her trainers off though. I look over to noas nightstand and notice the times 6:30am. We need to get up for school soon. Today's going to be long considering I haven't slept a wink. I feel noa start to stir as her hands tighten around me. I'm lying flat on my back with noa tucked in under my right arm. "Morning pretty girl" I whisper against her forehead. She lifts her gaze to me, her sleepy eyes connecting with mine, Noas eyes are truly beautiful. "Morning" she looks up at me now through sad eyes. "Want to talk about it?" I look at her as her hand comes up to stroke my face. Noa pauses, I can tell she's having an internal battle about what she can tell me. I know they are all hiding something and everyone's entitled to their secrets but I want noa to open up to me about whatever is going on with her, it's clearly serious. "A guy. A creepy guy was in the hallway. He started walking towards me and then he started chasing me. So I ran. Then when I thought I had gotten away from him I went to run back to the apartment. That's when I seen you" noa looks me dead in the eye as she still strokes my cheek. I can tell part of it is true but she's also leaving out a great deal. "I'm sorry I took so long in coming over" the hand round her back rubbing soothing circles on her skin. "It's not your fault babe. I'm just scared he comes back" "are you going to go to the police? Tell your mum? I think you should tell someone noa...it's not" she cuts me off by pressing a kiss to my lips. "I told you. I can't tell anyone else they won't believe me. Will you stay with me? I need the muscle" she teases as she pulls me on top of her. She lays on her back, her arms wrapped round my neck as I prop myself up above her. "I'll stay with you pretty girl, even if I have to climb in the window" I smile down at her as she reciprocates my smile. "I don't think you need to climb in the window, my mom loves you even if she doesn't know we are together together" she runs her hands through my hair. "Really? Maybe I picked the wrong Olivar" I laugh as noa swipes my shoulder in offence. Her pouting is too adorable "I'm kidding" I laugh as her pout turns to a smile. "I definitely picked the right girl" I lean down ghosting her lips. "Hmmm" she leans up and kisses me "maybe you need to be shown you picked the right girl" she whispers full of seduction before she crashes her lips against mine in hunger. I'll never get over the feeling of noas lips moving against mine. "Off" she whispers as she tugs at my top. As I lean up on my knees to take my top off a banging sound rings on noas bedroom door. "Noa, we need to talk and you need to head to school" Marjorie shouts from the other side. Noa huffs, her hands pressing against her face "ok mom just coming" she shouts back. "I'll see you at school? Farans picking me up" Noa asks whilst we climb off the bed. "Ok as long as you're not alone. I need to go change anyway. See you soon pretty girl" I smile as noa walks to the bathroom. "Bye cutie" she smiles over her shoulder as I climb out her bedroom window and down the fire escape.

Noas PoV

I'm sitting at lunch with the girls minus Hayden who I haven't seen since this morning. In some ways I'm glad because I could fill the girls in on what happened last night. "I knew it. This all goes back to our mothers and Angela" Imogen looks over at tabby, Faran and mouse, sitting on the other side of the table. I saved the seat next to me in case Hayden arrived. "What did your mom do to her?" Imogen turns to me and places a hand on my shoulder. "I don't know. A said my mom threw Angela under the bus" I reply whilst looking round the girls. "What did A do to you?" Tabby looks at me worriedly. "He went full fucking Michael Myers! He chased me around my building and onto the roof! Thank fuck Hayden turned up when she did" I whisper nervously as I play with my hands. "Ok this is getting beyond dangerous now. At least you had hot Hayden coming to your rescue" faran started off serious then winked at me about the Hayden comment. I fake glare at Faran when mouse interjects "what do we do?". "Is it time to ... tell someone?" Mouse asks whilst looking round us all. "What did you tell Hayden?" Imogen looks at me. "I told her a creepy man was chasing me. I didn't tell her about the A stuff. But guys it's getting really hard to lie to her. I hate lying to her" I confess, running a hand through my hair. "We can't tell anyone. We are so close to understanding why this is all happening, why ...us. Noa we can't tell Hayden. The more she knows the more dangerous it is for her. Hayden has a short fuse and we all know that. Hayden can't get mixed up in this. But if you think I'm wrong and you think it's better to tell her then we can" Imogen looks at me as she grasps my hand. "You're right. No you're right. Hayden can't get mixed up in this" I nod and look up to tabby "plus, after what noa went through, not sure we should be disobeying A and telling anyone anything". "Angela isn't mentioned anywhere in my mom's diaries, but now we know for sure there's a connection" I quickly look to the canteen door hearing it open, but still no Hayden. "So the missing pages could be about Angela" I look back to tabby and continue picking at my nails. "Iv been going through all the stuff at my house, but now that I know what I'm looking for, I feel like I have to start over" Imogen has this determined look in her eye, she needs to remember she's pregnant and the stress of this isn't good for her or the baby. "We can help. Should we meet after school?" Faran looks round us all whilst mouse replies "I'll bring walkie-talkies from my mom's pawn shop.... Trust me they're rad". As mouse smiles feeling proud of herself the bell rings indicating lunch is over.