A Little Bit Of Everything (EARLIER CALLED YOUNG, WILD AND FREE)

7. // The Aftermath //

From "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot:

"For I have known them all already, known them all:
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons;
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."

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' Gab, you really screwed up this time. ' Tiana said, before walking towards Sarah's retreating figure.
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I woke up to hear my alarm the next morning, groaning.
My head hurt so bad! What did I even do last night?! I racked my brains to think of last night's happenings.

Suddenly, everything flooded into my mind. The party. Drinks. Tiana. Sarah. Fight.

I remembered every single word I had said to Sarah, and the disappointed look that Tiana had given me.
Surprisingly, I didn't think that I was wrong in any way. I mean, it's true that what I did was wrong, but that doesn't give Sarah the right to bite my head off.
I cursed at my head and got up to get ready for school.

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I walked into school with my head held high as usual, except that this time, neither Sarah, not Tiana were at my side.

As I walked through the halls, and passed thier lockers, which were side by side to each other, Tiana gave me a small smile, and Sarah deliberately looked away.

Whatever.

Tiana did not come home last night. I guess she stayed over at Sarah's.
I walked to class and sat next to Alex. He smiled at me. I put my forehead on his shoulder and groaned. 'What's wrong babe? ', Alex asked, his eyebrows knitted together with worry.

'Nothing, it's just that Sarah and I got into a huge fight, and I said some bad things to her, and I really don't know whether I regret it. '

'I think you need some time. There was too much excitement lately. You need to chill babe. '

'Thanks Alex. You're the best. ' I said and settled down in my seat.
Class was about to begin.
The teacher entered the class and began...
'So class, today we are going to start with Calculus and Analysis. '
And that was when I completely blocked him out.

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Finally, it was photography. I hadn't seen Noah all week, and I really needed someone to talk to, I wanted to talk about absolute rubbish.
I walked towards the photography classroom, and started searching for Noah, but I couldn't find him anywhere, so I picked up my camera and walked towards the terrace.

I stood there for a few minutes and just let the sunshine soak over my body. I took deep breaths of air and positioned my camera for yet another sun-dried glazed shot of the glass covered buildings.

I just pressed the button, and was looking at my usually amazing artwork (just kidding), when two hands covered my eyes and yelled in my ear.

'I turned around and smiled, thinking it was Noah.

'Alex...what are you doing here? '
'Expecting someone else babe? ' he asked in a joking manner.

'No, of course not, I was just expecting my photography partner.
Don't you have class?'
'I just came to tell you that I will be dropping you back today.. Is that OK? He asked me with a lovely smile.

'Sure, I'll just give my car keys to Sar....' I stopped talking, I was about to tell him that I would give my car keys to Sarah, but I realised that was not a possibility now.

'You know what, why don't you drop me back tomorrow? I won't get my car then. ' I said .

'OK, bye them call me later babe' , he blew me a kiss and went away.
How did he even find me here? No one is supposed to know this place except Alex and myself.

Before I could think about it much further, someone jabbed me hard on my back.

'Ow!' I said, rubbing my back and turning around to catch the culprit.
It was Noah. Expected.

'Hey you, why are you so late,' I said.
'Sorry, was caught up', he said.
The both of us clicked pictures of anything and everything that we saw, without talking.

The silence was comfortable and not at all awkward.

But I don't like silences, so I try to fill them in whenever I can.
'How have you been? ' I asked him, I know its a shitty way to start a conversation, but that's ma style.
'I've been good. I haven't been attending school for a couple of days because of problems at home.

'How bout you? What have you been up-to? '

'Well, just the usual, except that I went to a party, which I never do; got drunk; again something that I never do, and got into a fight with one of my bestest friends in the world, and both of us know that it's totally my fault, and I said some really rude and harsh things to her, and both if us know that we are too stuck up for our own good, so I don't think this fight's going anywhere for a long time now. I'm not ready to apologize, and she's not talking to me anymore. So... Yeah, I'm doing great. Thanks. ', I then let out a huge breath that I did not know I was holding and looked up to see him staring at me blankly, trying to frame the right words to say to me, but failing miserably.

Suddenly, I ran away from him saying, 'race you to the classroom,'.
The next moment, he was hot on my heels. I lost by just a few seconds.
I groaned.

'See you later, ' I said and walked away to my next class, sticking out my tongue at him as I went.

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I walked towards my car, only to find Noah sitting on the boot of my car.
'Get you butt off of my car Noah! ', I yelled at him.

'Why am I seeing you so often today? Are you stalking me? Because if you are, then I have a gun and a knife in my backpack. I'm armed, and not afraid to kill you. '

He chuckled and said,'First of all, if I were to stalk you, then it would be a bad idea, and secondly, I need a ride home, because my sister stole my car, so I guess.. you'll be dropping me home today.
He grabbed my car keys from my hand and jumped into the car.
I shrugged and followed suite.
'So.. You have a sister Huh? Tell me about her. '

'Cousin, she's in our school, you'll know her- Valerie Moss. ' he said casually.

I don't think I heard him right. I think he said that his sister's Valerie Moss.
Then I actually realised what he said and almost hit the car in front of us.
VALERIE AND NOAH WERE FREAKING COUSINS..

Seriously! God are you trying to kill me, because you're doing a good job of it, and I'm gonna be in a coma soon.
Help me lord!
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AN
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