Fanfiction: Noah Centineo & Lana Condor "To all the boys I've loved before"

Chapter 5 LANA

„What are you doing here?", I asked, totally surprised to meet him . His mouth was full with – I guessed – Sushi, so he had to quickly chew and swallow before he could speak. Doing that he made a funny face, as if to excuse his behavior. „Maya invited me", Noah answered, picking up another, this time, smaller piece of Sushi. „Your girlfriend?", I asked casually. „No, no. Ew. She's my roommate and my best friend", he answered with a bewildered look on his face. "What are you doing here?", Noah asked, licking some wasabi off his index finger. It made me uncomfortable in a weird way, so I asked him to stop it, which he did, whilst giving me an odd look. „Sorry,that was confusing me. I am friends with Red, who's throwing the party. You know, I should go and find him. See you later!", I said in a sudden rush, turned around and left him to his food.

I found Red, and he encouraged me to drink two shots of Tequila with him. That's the only kind of shot I like, so I was in luck. We talked for a bit, as I both remembered Noah being all alone with the food, and that I maybe should've had some before drinking Tequila on an empty stomach. I grabbed a bottle of Tequila and went back to the buffet, trying to find Noah. He wasn't there. I walked around some more. He was sitting by himself on a swingset next to the pool, checking his phone. There were some thirsty girls staring his way. I sat down on the swing next to him. „Sorry, I left you like that. I brought a peace-offering though", I said, showing him the Tequilabottle. He grinned at me: „No cups?" „Naaah, it'll be sexier this way. It's like we're making out with each other without really making out with each other", I said and laugh, „ok I didn't mean it this way." Noah slowed down his swinging: „What? What way did you mean it then?"

I blushed, but it was dark (phew!) and I said: „Don't pay too much attention to what I'm saying all the time. I have no filter at all." I put the bottle to my lips and took a couple of sips. Noah took the bottle away from me and took a couple of sips, too. He coughed. "I'm glad you're here",he said, smiling softly at me and then looking at the ground. "I'm glad, too, so I can keep those thirsty thots off of you", I said jokingly.