Induratized

Chapter 3

"Woah 75% off! That's so cool!" I stop on our way to the food court. "Noah, wait." He turns around. "Em.No." I show my puppy eyes, he groans. "Em. Please you promised I need to talk to you." I could sense the change in his tone. "Alright." I shrug as I followed him to a cafè nearby.

"What's it Bee?"He eyes met mine. "Why do you call me Bee? It has no relation with my name." I was wonderstruck, what? Why would he ask me that? I have been calling him that ever since I met him. He loves it when I call him that.
I couldn't read the expression on his face. Is he expecting an answer?
"Umm... because I saw you in bumble bee pjs the first day I met you....and..started calling you bumble bee. But later felt Bee was better." I casually shrugged, despite all the questions in my head. He usually laughs when we talk about how he got his nickname, but today he didn't.

"Yeah, I know that." He sighed. "Em, the problem between me and Steffy now is that name."
"What?" I was pretty shocked.
"She just wants to know, why only you are allowed to call me that."
I didn't know how to respond to what he just said. That question never came into my mind, until now.
"Why am I the only one permitted to call you Bee?" Wow. That came out unexpected. I could see that on his face.
"Because you are my Best friend, dammit!". Thought too much, I give my brain a mental smack and laugh along with him.

"See due to some reason I feel that name is too feminine, but I don't feel that way when you call me Bee maybe because I'm used it."
"Hmm.." Many questions pop up in my head but I never bothered to ask him anything.
"I can't just explain this to Steffy and she takes it the wrong way everytime I try telling her something. "
"Uh-huh" I was listening to him but my mind was somewhere else thinking about Noah and what he just told me, wanting to ask him more but just keeping my mouth shut.

"Emma Jane Geller!" I turn to look at him. "Come on let's go make use of that 75% off." He gets up and pulls me up. I wanted to let him know that I was listening and thinking about him and not some stupid sale. But I didn't. I couldn't.