endless goodbyes. (discontinued)

Chapter 4

It was 3:23 am. I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing. My eyes would just barely open and my throat felt dry.

  Without moving my body, I grabbed my phone and answered it, "Hello?"

  I was shocked at how raspy my voice was. It was embarrassing.

  A familiar voice responded, "Hey Shelly."

  It was Noah. My eyes widened. I yanked the covers from my body as I sat up.

  "Noah, oh my god," I ran a hand through my hair, "How are you?"

   I heard him chuckle over the phone, "Forget about me, I miss you Shelly."

   I frowned, "I miss you too."

It was silent for a moment. It wasn't awkward, though. It was the good kind of silence.

   My eyes lit up, "You're coming on Sunday, right?"

   He took a while to respond. It made me anxious. I wondered if he was even going to make it to visit.

   "Yes, Elle. I'm coming on Sunday," I sighed with relief, "And I'm not excited."

I tilted my head and almost started to tear up. He wasn't excited to see his girlfriend? Maybe he was sick of me. I mean, I'm sick of me.

Despite having a huge lump in my throat, I stammered out a sentence, "U-um...w-why aren't you excited?"

He chuckled, "I know you're overthinking right now. It's not about you. It's just, everyone back home is obsessed with me, and believe it or not, I hate the attention."

"Okay, you're just being arrogant," I told him. I heard a slight chuckle.

"Oh, really? I'm just being arrogant?" He paused, "Do you even remember the kissing booth? The only reason anyone came was because you spread that I was going to work the thing."

I couldn't deny it, "That's true."

"Mm-hm."

I shook my head, "Well, you don't live here anymore. You haven't exactly been the talk of the town for a while."

"That's what I'm worried about, Shelly," he paused, "Once I step foot at the airport I'm basically going to be swarmed with girls and invitations to parties. And I don't want to deal with that because all I really want is to spend time with you..and Lee of course."

I looked down, knowing that all he was saying was true. I thought all I had to worry about was finding a way to split his time here with his family. I never took into account that I may have to split more time with all of his old friends.

I came up with a solution I knew would suffice for now at least, "Well, it's fine if girls are all over you. I'm used to that. But if you get invited places, me and Lee can tag along. I haven't been to a party since you left."

"And thank god for that. I was worried that you would try to strip in front of my sick friends again," he told me. He was joking but I could tell there was a slight truth to it.

I shook my head, "No, I will never drink like that again. That was absolutely miserable."

"Good," he said. I smiled, feeling calm and content for once.

We stayed on the phone for hours. Talking about what we missed in each other's lives, how Lee is and how he's handling things. Just numerous things that we probably won't remember bringing up later.

   When we ended up hanging up, I felt things looking up. I felt that I was worrying for no reason. He obviously still had love for me, and I for him. He didn't want to spend time with anyone but me. I had thought it was the complete opposite before the phone call.

  It was now five a.m. I crashed my head to the pillow. Although my anxiety had calmed, I still was nervous to actually see him. We were never really the type of couple for PDA, but I was worried I wouldn't be able to stop myself in the airport. The love I felt for Noah wasn't able to be expressed in any other way than in a affection. I definitely did not want Lee to have to go through that.

   We probably should have came up with a game plan on the phone. Yeah, it might've been weird but I didn't know. This was my first relationship ever. I wasn't exactly sure how all of the details work out. Maybe that's why the call had been the first time I'd talked with Noah for a while.

   At the end of the day, I really wasn't sure what was going to happen when he got here. Of course, I was still scared he wouldn't like me anymore when he got here, but I'd realized that was probably ridiculous.

  I guess I was just confusing nerves with excitement. I was really happy to be seeing Noah. I couldn't wait to feel him in my arms. To see him in front of me. To hear his voice in person. To see that trademark douche smirk of his.

  By the time my thoughts stopped racing, there were butterflies in my stomach and my eyes were heavy. I could barely keep them open anymore. Eventually, they closed by themselves, and I fell into a deep sleep.

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