Down the road of memories

Close your eyes

Elle POV

It's been a difficult week. We have been in code black in the emergency room all week. I finished my shift on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. I was then in the emergency locker room when my phone went off with a text.
Noah : Good morning Shelly! My plane leaves at 12 :15 p.m. I should be in LA around 3 :17 p.m. I can not wait to see you ! 😘
Elle : It'll be pretty good night for me! I just finished my shift. I'm going straight to your parents' house to sleep! 😴
Noah : Am I going to need to kiss you to wake you up this afternoon?
Elle : In a way, I hope! The last thing I want is for me to be too excited to see you and end up not being able to sleep.
Noah : Just close your eyes then the time will pass faster! 😉
Elle : 😔

I arrived at the Flynn house and quickly went to bed in Noah's room. I had moved there since we got back together. I felt more at home there than in the guest room, which encouraged me to tell myself that my current situation was only temporary and that I would finally have a stable home. Noah and I were supposed to visit a house in Venice Beach tomorrow. I felt like it was too good to be true!

The house was quiet when I arrived, June and Matthew had left for an opening in San Diego. After I got into bed, I tossed and turned in the bed. Indeed, I was excited by Noah's arrival for the weekend. I absolutely had to sleep before he arrived. What did he say to me already this morning? Ah yes, to close my eyes!

I must have finally fallen asleep because I was disturbed a few hours later by a movement of the mattress under someone's weight, a smell of lemongrass surrounded me and suddenly I felt two arms embrace me .
- You arrived? " I said without opening my eyes.
- Good afternoon, Sleeping Beauty! Do you want to sleep a little longer?
- What time is it?
- 4 :30 pm! You could keep your eyes closed a little longer while I make dinner!
- No, I'm going to get up! I'll never sleep tonight if I don't get up now!

He took me on his lap to kiss me for the first time. I then went down to the kitchen with him. He never wanted me to help him cook! He poured me a glass of wine and asked me to stay seated in my chair. We discussed our week at work and Noah documented the progress of filling his boxes. I told him about some mishaps at work within the limits of professional secrecy, of course.
- You don't find it difficult to work in the emergency room, Elle?
- Sometimes yes ! There are days when I feel like I'm in a war zone. But if there is a moment when people are vulnerable it is when they decide to consult the emergency room. This is the time when they need the most help. I feel useful there!
- You must seem like an angel sometimes.
- I already had a patient who told me that. A homeless man in Baltimore who came in due to hypothermia. He had no family or friends. When he woke up, he asked me if he was in heaven and if I was an angel.

Noah looked at me with a little smirk and then said :
- I understand what he means. When I wake up in the morning and you are in bed with me, I also feel like you are an angel! " He said to me, caressing my cheek.
- Oh ! You're still so...cute! " I said to him before starting to laugh.
- Shelly, don't start with that term cute.
- I don't know what you're talking about!" I told him with my innocent look.
- If I wasn't so busy with dinner, I would have tickled you to death." he said to me with a naughty smile, brandishing his knife in my direction for dramatic effect.

We had dinner together on the terrace and it was nice to be together like that. The flank steaks he made for me on the barbecue were delicious. It was also great to see him so affectionate looking for every opportunity to take my hand or place a kiss on my temple.

After dinner, Noah didn't want my help with the dishes and told me to enjoy the nice, warm evening outside. I sat on the edge of the pool after taking off my shoes so I could dip my feet in the water. A few minutes later, Noah came out with 2 Bailey coffees and towels and sat down next to me after giving me my cup. The sun had set and the sky was full of stars.
- Thanks for this evening, Noah! It was really great !
- The pleasure is all mine ! And the weekend is just beginning!" He said to me before taking my hand and kissing the back of it.
- It reminds me of the summer we spent together at the beach house with your parents and Lee before you left for Harvard!
- It was a great summer! The only negative was the little time I could spend alone with you.
- We still made the best of some moments like when you made me this romantic dinner and then when Lee kicked me out of my room to spend time alone with Rachel.
- That's right, or when my parents were away for an opening and we had an interesting swim!" He said to me, winking at me.