Noah sighed entering the party.
It was a celebration how we won internationals.
Noah remembered the party after nationals.
He went with Richelle, them being best friends they went everywhere together.
But that isn't the case anymore. Richelle hasn't spoke to him for the past three months. Why? Who knows.
Noah has no idea, he can't recall doing anything wrong, everything was fine one day then horrible the next.
It's made him consider his feelings for her, considering how much he misses being around her.
"Hey man!" James calls out, patting his back.
"Hey" he said, snapping out of his thoughts as he looked around Emily's house.
He was the last one to arrive, he did arrive late... Like always.
"We were just playing 7 minutes in heaven if you wanna join?" James chuckled smirking, walking back to his seat next to Riley.
Noah shrugged. "Oh sure" he said, sitting down on one of the bean bags.
"Who's go?" Stephanie calls out, looking around the room.
"How about Noah? Spin the bottle and then go into that closet" he starts, pointing at a closet in the hallway. "With whoever the bottle lands on" James clarified.
Noah just shrugged again, reaching forward and spinning the bottle.
This couldn't end badly, it wouldn't be awkward with anyone in there except...
"Richelle!" Emily claps, also finishing Noah's sentence in his mind.
Richelles eyes went wide, biting her lip.
"I'm um not playing" she said, shaking her head.
Noah sighed, she hated him that much?
"You don't have a choice" Giselle laughed, pulling her up.
She sighed, walking to the closet ahead of Noah.
He followed, closing the door after him awkwardly.
The silence took over for a solid 2 minutes, not a comfortable silence, but an awkward one.
"Look... Richelle" Noah starts, sighing.
"No Noah, just don't" she interrupted, shaking her head.
"No I'm not leaving this any longer Richelle. 3 months, you've ignored me for 3 months. You need to tell me what I've done so I can apologise. I need my best friend back!" He explains, finally getting everything off his chest.
"That's the thing Noah" she mumbled, shaking her head.
"What? what's the thing?" He asked confusingly.
"That I'm your best friend!" She exclaimed, biting her lip. "I can't be your best friend" she said calmer, sighing.
His face softened, a sad expression now on his face.
"What? Why? What did I do?" He asks.
"You didn't do nothing.. I just can't be your best friend, because I want to be more" Richelle said, mumbling the last part.
"Huh?" He said not hearing her, moving forward.
She sighed. "I like you. A lot. I can't stand being your best friend cause I know we'll never be more. I ju-" she started, going to continue.
"Richelle" he cut her off before she started to rant.
She looked at him, biting her lip.
"Yes? I just humiliated my self didn't i... Should've kept my mouth shut" she sighed.
"No.. I realised in these there months I've missed you more than I could imagine, I need you" he starts, stepping closer. "I like you to. A lot" he finished, smiling slightly.
"Really?" She smiled, looking up at him.
He nodded. "Yes" he chuckled.
She grinned. "I'm sorry for ignoring you..." She said, looking down again.
He held her chin softly, pulling it up so she was looking at him again.
"Don't be" he smiled, before kissing her.
Only moments after the kiss got heated, the door was slammed opened, revealing a James.
"I knew it! Eldon you owe me 50 bucks!" James cheers, fist bumping the air.
Richelle pulled away blushing, how they were just caught as Noah chuckled, kissing her forehead.
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Am I doing to much Nochelle...?
