𝐔𝐍𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐈𝐓 ( 𝘯𝘰𝘢𝘩 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘰 )

11. naps & nothings

REAL LIFE
right — brielle
left — noah

when brielle woke up about seven
hours after noah dropped her off at her apartment at two in the morning she felt completely dead. she desperately wanted to go back to sleep, but she had to finish the editing she put off doing yesterday, and it was something that would always take her a while to do.

around ten o'clock, brielle ordered her uber so that she could go to noah's house to pick up what she left in his car. she knew that she could probably do it at anytime during the day, but she wanted to do it sooner rather than later so that she could spend some of the day reading in addition to the editing.

as she rang the doorbell and waited for noah to let her in she nervously played with the strings of the sweatshirt she was wearing since it was kind of a cold day in los angeles. brielle had no idea why, but she felt a little anxious about being at noah's house right then. the feeling persisted on until noah opened the door and gave her an easy smile immediately letting her in and offering her some breakfast, which she accepted, happy that things weren't slightly awkward like she thought they may be.

"i think you just made a mistake
by giving me food because now i
may not ever leave. so yeah, sorry
in advance."

"(chuckles) guess i better
stock up on pancake batter
then."

"(smiles) good idea."

"i'll buy some more later
today just for you. . . oh yeah,
and here are your books."

noah got up from where the two of them sat at his kitchen island and went to the living room where brielle's bag with her books sat on the coffee table.

"ah, thanks i almost forgot
that's what i came here for."

"hey, you wanna stay and
chill for a little bit? we can
go read up on the roof or something."

brielle knew what her answer to his question should have been, a polite no, because she actually had some things she needed to do for the day. however, instead of declining noah's offer she found herself nodding her head at him; editing would just have to wait until later or another day.

"(smiles) sure. reading sounds fun.
i was planning to do that anyway
and at least this way i have pretty
cool scenery in front of me as i do."

"very true."

the pair made their way up to the rooftop, noah grabbing a blanket from his bedroom when brielle mentioned that it was pretty cold outside.

their books were placed on the small table in front of the couch, and brielle sat on one end of the couch with her back pressing against the armrest, her legs criss-crossed, while noah did the same but on the opposite side, and the blanket was stretched out between them.

over the course of the next fifteen minutes noah and brielle began fighting for dominance over the blanket since the temperature was still dropping and they both wanted to pull more onto them.

"(laughs) okay, this isn't working."

"nope, it's not. here we
both need to move closer,
so that we don't have to
fight over it."