Bordered Chemistry - Under Construction

five

NOAH'S POV

I looked back one more time but I could only make out the head of the guy I had bumped into. God Noah you're so dumb!

After minutes of walking around and looking for a quiet place to speak on the phone to Natalie. I heard my phone ring and I quickly dove into the first alleyway I could find. Looking at the caller ID I realised that it was my younger sister, Natalie.

Answering the phone, I cleared my throat nervously, "Hey Nat."

VALERIE'S POV

Quickly, I rushed to the bathroom to take a shower, because i smelled as if I'd been left out in a garbage can for days.

Twenty minutes later, I walked out of the bathroom, a towel around my body and another one wrapped around my hair, keeping it in place. Sighing, I reviewed yesterday's events and couldn't believe it. I had had sex with a boy I had just met and I WAS ENGAGED. Thinking about that first part had made me feel dirty and I suddenly wanted to take a shower again but it had felt so right.

Patting my forehead, I walked into my closet and flicked through the racks of clothes. Eventually I ended up picking a plain white t-shirt and some Nike sweatpants. Noah. I quickly slapped my forehead twice, Stop thinking about him Val, you know it was just a one time thing. Unfortunately I realised that it was JUST a one time thing; I would never see him again. But I had blurted out all my problems to him and even though we had met for just one or two hours, it had felt like I had known him for an eternity. There's something between you two and you know it. Mentally, I slapped myself for thinking things like that.

"VALERIE!" I heard my name being shouted from the landing and from the voice I could make out that it was my Padre. "COMING PADRE!" I shout back before running out of my room and running down the stairs taking two steps at a time. I walked towards the living room but I stopped in my tracks when I heard two hushed voices. "But you know our Valerie, she wouldn't take that very well,"
"We have to bring the matter up again, in order for this company merge to work and bring our two families closed together we have to carry out this marriage!" That was my Dad's voice. I frowned at the topic they were talking about. I knew they were going to talk about it again at some point but I didn't know it was going to be this soon.

Deciding I didn't want to hear anymore of it, I opened the door slightly more ajar and walked in pretending I hadn't heard anything. Smiling, I looked at my parents, who were now looking at me, faces as white as sheet (probably from the fact that I just walked in on them speaking about "the" topic.

"Si madre, padre what did you call me for?" I asked them, pretending to act oblivious. "O-oh yes Valerie, darling, I c-called you down because I wanted to remind you that we are going to have dinner at Alejandro's house so please dress immaculately." Nodding my head I made my way out of the room and up the stairs slowly but not before stopping outside of the doorway for a split second.

Entering my bedroom, I headed straight for my bed and jumped onto it, pulled the covers over me. I laid there for about twenty
minutes before i went to my closet and looked at my "formal" wear. I picked out a beautiful, yet simple, midnight-blue, off-the-shoulder dress. It was laced at the top until about the waist which until after that it was a velvety fabric.

Fifteen minutes later I had done my makeup and i slipped the dress on when I heard shouting from outside my bedroom door, "VALERIE HURRY UP YOUNG LADY OR WE WILL BE LATE!" I jumped at my mother's voice and once I successfully had the dress on, I grabbed a Chanel purse from off my table and hurried down stairs.