My Handsome Adventure

chapter 34 (part 2)

Flashback

"Chocolate or strawberry?" Daniel asks Noah as they enter parlour.

Noah doesn't reply. But instead gives a knowing look.

"Chocolate it is." Daniel smiles.

"One chocolate chip cookies ice cream please."

"Dad!" Noah hisses pulling Daniel's suit.
"Ya pal." Daniel looks down at Noah.

"Look over there!" Noah points at an ice cream truck parked next to the main road.

" I want that ice cream."

"I bet this ice cream is as tasty as that." Daniel replies.

Noah's smile turns into a frown as he nods sadly.

"Or maybe that might taste better." Daniel says on seeing Noah sad.

Noah flashes a toothy grin as they stride out the parlour.

Daniel eyes the road searching for a gap to run to the other side through the dangerously moving vehicles.

"Noah stay here. I'll go get the ice cream. Don't move from here. Got it?"

"Yes sir."

Daniel steps onto the road and begins to run to the next side.

"Daddy!" Noah shouts to warn him about the unsteady car pacing to his direction.

But it was too late.

END OF FLASHBACK
    
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Joan's POV

"I saw him die right in front of my eyes whisper. And I couldn't do anything. I just stood there crying while my dad lay on the road covered in blood. I can clearly recall the panic on my dad's face. I can still see it happening every time I close my eyes."

Noah gets up and walk towards the rail. I follow him.

"But meeting you changed everything whisper. My dark midnights turned into bright adventures. I thought about you a lot. And that helped me to forget my past. But when you mentioned my dad......it all came back. The screams and the blood.. they filled my mind again." he shakes his head as if trying to get it out of his mind.

He thinks about me! I feel a small firework begin above my head.

"But what happened to your dad wasn't your fault Noah."

"I know whisper. But what happened after that, is my fault."

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"I didn't move to a new school and place for no reason. I always messed things up. Getting into fights and unnecessary troubles. It all went too far, whisper." He says, regret filling up his voice.

"How far?"

" I- I almost killed myself, overdosing drugs." He chokes out.

I gasp in shock.

"But I swear I changed. I did.  You made me change. And I was scared that you would leave me if you hear all about my past."

I know at this moment words cannot make him feel him better.

So I pull him towards me by the collar of his shirt. "I will not let anything haunt you anymore and I will never leave you." I whisper placing my lips on his cold ones.

He doesn't hesitate to kiss me back. I swear I'll even trade my life for this moment to last forever.

He wraps his hands around my body and pulls me closer to him.

"Air.." I breathe into his lips as my lungs give up on me.

He pulls away and places his forehead on mine as we both pant trying to  catch our breath.

"Damn it whisper. I wanted to be
the one to make the first move." Noah whines playfully.

"Next time tough guy."