Wildly in love

(three)

"Hey mum." I say as I go inside the car. As I softly close the door, I see Noah Rogers winking at me and smiling. Mum immediatly sees it and opens my window, and screams at Noah. "Would you like a ride home?" She asks him.

Great.

Just great, 'mum'.

He comes closer and smiles. "I'd love to." Mum looks at me and tells me to go in the back of the car.

"So.. You know eachother?"

"Yeah." We both say in sync. Mum giggles and speeds up.

"So, what's your name, young boy?"

"I'm Noah Rogers, nice to meet you, Mrs. Holls."

"Oh, just call me Amanda."

What is wrong with the three of us. We all said it today.

Déjà vú?

Me and Noah start laughing, loudly. At some point, my mum does the cliché move.

"So, Noah, would you like to stay at lunch?"

NO. MUM. WHY?! WHAT DID I DO TO YOU?! I'M NOT DAD!

Fortunately, I didn't said such stuff out loud.

"I'd love to, Amanda." Noah smiles and looks at me, I simply roll my eyes and ignore the fact that he is still staring at me.

Stop already, wow.

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"That was absolutely delicious!" Noah says and smiles to my mum. I simply eat and eat and eat*1 until my mum sends me and Noah outside. It is a beautiful evening and since we live near a lake, I decide to show Noah the lake.

"It's beautiful." He says as he sits on the grass, staring at the moon.

"Indeed it is." I say, sitting next to him.

"Hey, Kat..." He says and makes me turn to face him.

"Huh?"

"Show me." He says, making me confused. Carrie Ann was like this too. Oh, Carrie Ann...

"Your scars." He says after a while. My heart starts beating faster than ever and my breath is getting heavier.

But, I don't pull back... I pull my sleeves and show him. He looks at me shyly and then at my scars and again at me, making me whisper "Those are just the ones on the surface." And it was true.

"I know," He whispers softly, "And I'm here to fix the ones on the inside too."

My heart skips a beat as his words settle down into my heart and mind. He then dreamly looks at me and pulls his sleeve too, his action followed by a soft husky voice "I draw too."

"Why?"

"Pain, depression, life." Three words that were so meaningful but so short. I just wanted to hug him and I did. Tightly, and he hugged back. As tight as I could, somehow, putting all the broken pieces together. I rememer these warm hugs, Carrie Ann used to hug me like this too, she was so mysterious as Noah Rogers is so pretends to be. But, I'm planning on solving it, planning on getting inside Noah's skin, learning all his flaws and all his fears, everything.

I'm planning on getting to know Noah Rogers. Damn it, this is going to be an adventure!

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*1 and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat and eat, you got what I mean.