sweet (noah schnapp)

3 - "sunshine pirates"

chapter iii - "alright sunshine pirates, let's go get 'em" 

10 hours later - 11:27 am

Today Chloe had decided to invite ten of her friends and Noah invited about fifteen of his. I knew Chloe's friends since they were also technically my friends but out of Noah's group I only recognized Finn Wolfhard who was the only one of the Stranger Things cast close enough to drop by. Since there are about thirty people we decided the only logical way for all of us to interact was to have a huge nerf war.
Chloe and Noah were team captains and they flipped a coin to see who would pick first. Noah won. He looked out at all of us before his eyes landed on me. I heard Chloe say, "Noah don't you dare." But it was too late.
"My first pick is going to be Kammie," he said with a triumphant smile.
"Are you serious?" Chloe asked shoving him but he just laughed as I walked to stand next to him.
After all the picks were made Chloe and her team stayed downstairs while Noah and I and the rest of our team went upstairs. We set up base in Noah's room and Chloe started a countdown timer on the speakers connected to the walls all over the house. We had about a minute to find a base and make a team name and then five minutes to collect supplies and hide around the house and when five minutes was up we had five minutes to use the whole house and the yard to fight then after the time was up we could only use the house. 
"Alright anybody got name suggestions?" Noah shouted standing on his bed. 
"Pirates!" someone shouted.
"Sunflowers," I said.
"How about the sunshine pirates?" someone suggested.
The timer started counting back from ten so we had a few seconds before we could collect supplies. "Alright sunshine pirates, let's go get 'em!" Noah shouted at the timer buzzed. I went straight down the hall into Chloe's room and found a gun and 16 extra bullets. I loaded the gun and went to the stairs where there was a tiny storage compartment halfway up. If anyone needed to go upstairs they would have to pass me.
I climbed into the storage space which was surprisingly large. I sat alone for a few minutes waiting for the match to start. I heard the timer announce one minute left until the match. A few seconds later the door to my hiding space was opened and I saw Noah standing there. Thirty seconds until the match. There was no way he'd find anywhere else to go so I helped him to the storage area which felt a lot smaller than it did. I closed the door and looked at him.
"You really couldn't find anywhere else to go?" I ask.
"No time. Besides, I like spending time with you."
"Really?"
"Yeah. You're nice and funny and cool. Of course I like being with you."
"I like spending time with you too," I tell him with a smile.
Suddenly without truly realizing what was happening, we were leaning together and I felt his lips touch mine and I was about to lean in further when the timer buzzed signaling the start of the deathmatch. We jump apart and I realize he's blushing. My cheeks feel hot as well.
"Sorry, I just-" he starts, but I interrupt him.
"No, it's okay. I kinda liked it," I say with a smile. 
"Yeah, I did too."