Teenage Dirtbag / 5SOS

Chapter 6

Please enjoy the chapter :) PS OMG DID ANYONE SEE 5SOS ON THE BILLBOARDS?! I'm so proud of the boys, they've come so far <3xo

Noelle’s POV

By the time Wednesday rolls around, I’m in full out stress mode. I’ve been avoiding Luke since that horrible Friday, and it’s been terrible. Michael has driven me to school every day this week, and I’ve only seen Luke fleetingly. I never realized how much I saw him, or how much I enjoyed being in his company until now, when I never see him. Being best friends with someone for so long and all of a sudden cutting them out of your life is not easy.

And today is Day 1 of setup for the carnival, which means I’ll have to see him. At lunch, I tell Michael to sit with his friends since he’s been with me all week. He doesn’t really argue, but I don’t blame him.

I find a table with Stacy, and fidget while I pick at my home made peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

“What’s wrong with you, Noelle?” asks Stacy, looking me up and down from her place across the table from me.

“Nothing,” I say, much too quickly. She gives me an expecting look, and I sigh. “It’s just that I’ll have to see Luke up close this afternoon and –“

“You’re being completely ridiculous, Noelle,” she says, interrupting me with a roll of her eyes. “You’ve been best friends with him since you were like, eight. And all of a sudden it’s terrifying to be in the same area as him?”

“You know it’s different now,” I snap.

“And who’s to blame for that?” she replies. “Besides, it’s not that much different than it used to be.”

My eyes widen. How can she even say that?! Everything is different. It’s completely different. Suddenly I have all these… feelings… for Luke. Feelings that I’m not supposed to have.

“You still like him, you’re just more… aware.”

My mouth drops open. Me liking Luke? I don’t think so.

“That’s not, it, thank you,” I say, crossing my arms. “It’s just…”

I trail off and Stacy smirks at me. It’s just what? Why am I so dead set on avoiding Luke? Why the hell did I kiss him? I have a boyfriend! I have Michael!

“Noelle, I hate him, but it’s okay for you to –“

“Stacy I don’t like Luke!” I say, my words running together from the speed of my statement. “Just leave it alone!”

Stacy sighs, shakes her head, and goes back to her food. I try and fail miserably to shove all thoughts of Luke out of my head. His blonde hair that is ALWAYS messed up, and his piercing blue eyes just won’t get themselves out of my mind.

I can’t focus on any of my classes for the rest of the day, and then it’s after school and I’m on the field next to the school where there are several workers constructing the Ferris wheel, at least fifteen tents stacked on the ground, and an extremely flustered Mrs. Collingwood reading over her clipboard.

My eyes find two people that I definitely did not expect to see.

“Cal? Ashton?” I ask, stepping closer to them and smiling as I hear Stacy groan.

“Hey Noelle,” says Ashton, smiling and nodding his head.

“Hi Stacy!” chirps Calum. I smile as she gives a fake smile and waves her hand unenthusiastically.

“I didn’t know that you guys were helping with this thing,” I say. I didn’t think that any of Luke’s friends were the type to want to willingly help out with a school function.