The Neighbors

Chapter 17

"Hey Jane.." Noah says with a shy blush. Why was he shy again? He wasn't shy five seconds ago. Or maybe five minutes? Once again I had lost track of time in our kiss.

"Hey Noah.. What was going on?" She asks in a friendly way.

"I'm not.. I'm not even sure.." I say and look at the ground. I hear her step into the room and close the door behind her.

"Have you guys done this before?" She asks curiously.

"Y-yeah," Noah stutters quietly and I look up to see his bright red face.

"No way.. Did Shea give you that hickey you had on Monday?" She asks with a laugh, lightening the mood a bit for me.

"Jane!" I say and she widens her eyes.

"Oh my god! You did! Wait till I tell Louis!" She says.

"No! You will not tell him!" I say and she rolls her eyes.

"Ugh, you're no fun," Zayn is Louis' closest straight guy friend and I don't want to risk their friendship by having Louis hold that secret.

"I think I'm going to go find Harry.." Noah says quietly and tried to walk across the room.

"Stop right there, you're not going anywhere," Jane says and he sighs. I give him an apologetic look and he plops down on Louis' bed. I decide to sit next to him and Jane sits on his other side. I don't feel comfortable with her sitting so close to him, but this isn't my place to speak.

"So, Noah, I thought you said you liked a girl?" She asks and is speaking about Noah's first day of school.

"I did.." He says and stares at the floor. He's probably to shy to make eye contact with Jane. Jane is probably my best friend, so I feel comfortable making eye contact.

"Well.. What happened to her?" She asks and my stomach turns. I don't want to hear about any girls that he's interested in.

"I st-still like her," he stutters with a shy blush still painted on his cheeks and I bite my lip. It's making me sick to hear this.

"Oh my god!" Jane has a eureka that I don't understand.

"What?" I ask and twirl my hair nervously through my fingers.

"It's Shea, right?" She asks Noah. I blush bright red when I see Noah's shy nod.

"I feel like Cupid!" She says and Noah runs his fingers through his curly hair. He looks like he wants to crawl into a shell and hide.

"We're not together," Noah says and I frown. Why aren't we together. Oh. That's right. I have a boyfriend.

"Shea, you have to date him!" Se says as if it's obvious.

"What?" I say. I have no idea what I want to think.

"You guys are perfect for each other! You always order the same food, you both do art, you both have similar history, you both have a butterfly tattoo and you-" she starts but Noah cuts her off.

"You have a butterfly tattoo?" He asks and I nod.

"Yeah, behind my ear," I say and pull my hair back. He's never really gotten a chance to see it and I forgot about it until now.

"Oh," is all he says and Jane has a smirk playing on her lips.

"Shea, you have to break up with Zayn!" She says and I roll my eyes. Why do try think it is so simple? I've been with him almost three years now and I can't just end things because of a guy who I've known for two weeks.

"Jane, can you please just promise I keep quiet about this?" I beg and she sighs.

"Fine, but you better call me tomorrow!" She says and stands up.