Finding Noah

06. tobys verse

[ Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember ]

— Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye

/t o b y s   v e r s e/

If I wasn't sure before that Ivor was stalking me, I was definitely sure now. Ivor had approached me in the hallway before lunch, he was aware of the fact that Noah was my neighbor and he was angry that I had let him move in. I didn't even know why he was angry, how was anything Noah and I did with our lives his business. As if being a total nut sack about the whole situation wasn't enough, he came to the conclusion that Noah and I were having an affair. Affair, he said like this was some 90's teen show.

I wasn't even aware of the fact that he was stalking me in the first place but he had openly admitted that he was going to watch me everyday, every hour, every minute and every second. Even if all of this turns out to be a joke, he still sounded pretty scary. I admit to stalking him too but all I did was like his Facebook posts and Instagram pictures, my stalking wasn't this extreme, he knew where I lived! I didn't even know where he lived—okay I did, but I've never been there.

I ran to the library afterwards, I had a free period and I wanted to go to the one place I knew Ivor wouldn't be. I threw myself onto the dusty green sofa at our familiar spot in the library, face pressed against the chair as I inhaled the dust particles on it.

         "Need a little company?" A voice said. I immediately recognized it, groaning inwardly, I turned to him.

         "No thanks Elliot. I'm good" I told him.

He chuckled, "I figured you would say that" He said, sitting down beside me either ways. "So what's up?"

I didn't want to say anything, especially since he was friends with Ivor. For all I knew, he could tell Ivor everything I said and make everything worse. "Tough day?" He asked.

I nodded, "You have no idea"

         "Does it have something to do with Noah?" He asked, I could hear the sincerity in his voice like he really wanted to help me but right now, all I needed was a dose of Isobel and a glass of Muna but sadly, they had class.

I shook my head, "It's not about Noah or any of you" I added before he could ask.

         "Is it about Ivor?" He read my mind.

My eyes bulged, "I overheard you two talking in the hallway" He answered the question I had asked in my head. 

         "Well I don't want to talk about it" I told him.

He adjusted his frames again, something he had done over a hundred times in the span of three minutes. "You know, Ivor doesn't like Noah at all. So he's probably saying all of this to get you on his side"

This time I was the one staring. "Ivor doesn't like Noah?" He nodded, "But they were close"

He smirked. "Guys can be bitches too. Plus, Ivors holding a grudge against Noah" He explained further.

My face creased, "A grudge? What grudge?"

He shrugged. "He goes on and on about how Noah stole his captaincy"