Why We Fell in Love

Chapter Sixteen

"Um..." I say, stepping away from Noah. But all Noah does is grab my wrist and walks in front of me face to face with Dylan. God I am so stupid. I feel so bad.

"We were obviously kissing, got a problem with that?" Noah harshly asks.

"Yes, yes I do," Dylan answers. "You see, thats my girlfriend you're holding and I have a problem with someone touching something that's mine."

Noah scoffs," she's a person not an object. You can't just call her yours. You have to work hard to get Abs because she deserves the best person there is."

"You had your chance bud, let go of her," Dylan says, raising his voice.

"The only reason why it took so long for me was because I wanted to make everything perfect and not jump ahead of myself bud."

Clearly I have to stop this because I don't need a fight happening.

"Guys, shut up," I say, not meaning to sound rude. I push Noah's hand off my wrist and stand between the two of them. "Can you two give me some time?"

"Some time for what Abs? We're dating for crying out loud!" Dylan yells.

I turn to face him," Dylan, you've been there for me since the start. I obviously like you but I think you're more in love with this relationship than me. You're a great guy but I have some mixed feelings with the two of you."

"Aha, sucks for you," Noah smirks.

"Noah," I say, turning to face him. "You cause me so much pain but you really do make me happy. My feelings for you is like a roller coaster because I was never really sure what your deal was... I just need some time to think about this. Are you guys ok with this?"

Noah nods but Dylan rolls his eyes," I've waited my whole life for this but this one dick has to show up and steal my girl," Dylan yells.

Before I knew, Dylan throws a punch at Noah. Noah doesn't seem like he was hurt but he then throws a punch right at Dylan's face. Well now his wrist can feel better. They kept going like they were punching bags and me calling their names doesn't do anything.

"ENOUGH!" I yell out loud. Whoa. I think that's the loudest I've ever been. "You know what? I always dreamed of senior year being my best year ever because I won't have to worry about stuff like this. I am done with the two of you. I don't need a guy in my life to make me feel good. I'm going to continue living my life as I did before I met you guys."

~

I'm at home scrolling through my laptop about an hour or two later. My head is still pounding at the thought of either of him. Choosing between them is something I never thought of doing. I mean, Dylan was such a fuck boy and Noah was a dick. I can't even think straight.

"Abby! Gavin's downstairs!" dad yells. I close my laptop screen, get out of bed into my UGG slippers and somewhat fix my appearance. I was still wearing the same thing but my hair was down now and I'm still wearing my glasses... My makeup's off which makes me look ten times horrific. 

I cross my arms as I head downstairs because it got colder every step down. In the living room, I see Gavin standing face to face with Noah. I slowly approach the two of them and I noticed Noah had a bloody face.

"Hey Gav," I say, breaking the silence between the two of them. "So... What happened here?"

"You're boy here explained to me what happened and I beat him up because I'm a football player and that's what we do," Gavin answers. His eyes didn't leave Noah's. "I taught him a lesson."

"That's great, go get him some ice now," I say as Gavin stares at me.

"You think I'm gonna get ice for the guy that hurt my little sister?"

I roll my eyes," he didn't hurt me, I'm perfectly fine. I'm the one that called it off. Now go get him some ice please."

He keeps staring at me before going into the kitchen to get the ice. That leaves the two of us.

"Are you going to sit or just stand there?" I ask as he takes a seat on the couch. I take a seat across from it on my dad's comfy armchair. 

"You still have those?" he asks, looking at my college letters.

I scratch my head," uh, yeah. I never got around to them I guess."

"... Abs, I'm really sorry for punching him back. I know I should've been the bigger person and walked away but the thought of you two being together again made me so angry," he explains.

"Why? It's not like you and Brooke-"

"Brooke and I are not a thing!" he yells, causing Gavin to run into the living room. He didn't even have ice in his hands, he had a can of soda. Thanks Gav, way to help.

"Gavin, go upstairs. I can handle this," I say as he obeys, stomping up the stairs. "If you and Brooke aren't a thing, why do you two still... You know..."

He sighs," we don't do anything at all. That day, I don't know what was with her. You have to believe me Abs, I would never intentionally hurt you. If I didn't  like you so much, I would've fought Gavin by now and I wouldn't be here. I am trying, so hard for you. Do you know how hard withdrawals are? You're the only person I have in my life right now and the only person that keeps me going. I'm doing my best for you."

I slightly smile but hide it by letting a cough out," I appreciate everything you do for me Noah. But in a couple months, we'll be graduating and we're probably not going to see each other for a while-"

"That's in a couple of months. Can we see where this goes first?" he asks. He's like a little puppy clinging onto its owner. I sit here staring at Noah and his perfect complexion. His muscles are such a turn on... Like you can't not look at him and not look at his muscles.

"Well what do you want to do?" I ask.

"I want to do... This," he says, getting up and walking over to me. He helps me up before bringing my face to his. And right now, we stand face to face as I stare into his beautiful eyes. All of a sudden, we kiss. You would guess its just one kiss but no. This kiss isn't one of those cheesy staged movie kisses. This one was something special. I could tell Noah wanted us to work out.

When he pulls away, his eyes never leave mine. "Abby, will you be my girlfriend?"

"... No."