Seeking Noah

Chapter Eight

"Noah.." she uttered.

Noah stood up and hastily pulled her, holding her on the neck as his lips collides with her. Namine's eyes was widespread. The world seemed to stop as she felt Noah's lips on hers. It all felt like dream. Something impossible.

Noah held her tighter, making her stand on tiptoes, her eyes are still open from the shock but slowly she closed her eyes and responded to his kiss by relaxing her lips, following the movement of his tongue.

Noah pulled out from the kiss then he looked at her sternly, his blue eyes dilated. Her lips became slightly swollen, he must've kissed her hard. After a few seconds, he became as shocked as her. Hastily pulling away and rushing out the door.

Namine was left hanging with her thoughts just floating around her head. Noah kissed me. She thought. Why would he do that? She sat on the chair as she looked at the table like the answer seems to be written down on the grey covering.

The next morning, she was ready to go to class when she came across Noah and Anastasia on the hallway. They were walking together and Namine was too embarrassed to look at him after last night. As she gets closer and closer, the more her heart threatens to fall off her chest. Her eyes were focused on the wall to her right, intentionally avoiding getting in eye contact with Noah even for just a split second.

She passed by them, pretending they were invisible but after she was a little farther away she looked back, Noah's perfume was everywhere and the tears the flowed down her face was the proof that she can walk as far as she can but she'll always be looking back.

"Hey, Minsy!" Daisy greeted, putting her books on the table. Namine smiled politely and scooted over to the next side to give Daisy a space to seat then she sat beside her.

"How's your day?" She asked.

"Normal" Namine replied and Daisy looked at her notebook, watching Namine take notes.

"Impressive" she declared, "Left-handed people do have nice handwriting" she said and Namine chuckled. They both did.

"Saw you in the hallway today" Daisy opened up, running her pen around her fingers. "I saw that face" she said, "You need to stop Minsy"

"Stop what?" Namine asked.

"Being dumb" Daisy replied, "Look around you" she said and Namine starts to look around. She noticed the girls sitting on the bench, laughing with friends. The boys holding their girlfriend's hand, those that are simply just sitting while playing the guitar, and those that are listening to music with their headphones on, isolating themselves from the world.

Suddenly, Namine just felt her eyes water. She knew most of these people goes to Night Viper and they probably know who Noah Heinsteele is. "How well do you know him?" She asked but Daisy didn't hear it the first time. "How well do you know Noah?" She said louder, looking fiercely into Daisy's eyes as if she'd swallow her.

"Whoa, chill" Daisy announced, "Why are you asking me that question, you don't even know him yourself!" She said.

"Then answer me!" Namine insisted. Why do people judge Noah? I hate it. She thought.

"He is an asshole and you are falling in love with an asshole! The person who dumped you, the person who put all that scars in your skin, all the pain in your life! I know your story based on how you said it but I'm telling you, you're not the only one he destroyed and still worshipped him" Daisy said, her eyes were bloodshot and everyone on the bench next to them stared.

Namine fixed her things and threw them inside her bag then she pulled Daisy to an empty hallway. "What are you talking about?" Namine asked, eager to hear about the one Daisy mentioned.

Daisy sat on the floor with back leaning against the wall, "Freshman year" Daisy uttered, "Do you remember any incident that happened at Yorke during your freshman year?" She asked and Namine tried to think.

"No" she clarified and Daisy scoffed. They concealed the incident. She thought and with 'they', she meant the school director.

"Why, what happened?" Asked Namine, sitting in front of Daisy, almost like she was kneeling.

Daisy pulled out her phone then she typed in the name "Savannah Preston" on the Google search bar and a 15 years old, ash-blonde girl with very green eyes appeared.

Namine looked at the photo first. The girl was beautiful. Angelic. Like what any boys with a dream girl can envision. Then she read the article underneath the photo, it says "suicide" by hanging.

Her eyes widen, "What's Noah's connection to this?!" She asked.

"He destroyed her" Daisy answered, tears fell off her eyes.

Namine returned the phone to her. Confused of what's going on. "She died because of Noah?" she asked.

"No. It was just a cover up" she said, smirking playfully. "Savannah's alive and she's living in another person's name and image" she added, "She's here"

It momentarily stopped the world around Namine, like she's in some kind of slowmotion. She held tight on Daisy's arm as if she'd fall and tears just started to pour down her face. She looked at Daisy with a puzzled face, "Do you know who is she?" she asked hesitantly but Daisy shook her head. Lies.

"Daisy..." Namine uttered, unconvinced.

"I don't know, Minsy but I think Noah knows where Savannah is. They purposely did it to be together after all. Crazy rich right?" Daisy said.

Namine loosens her grip. To be together. Purposely did it. Does that mean that in the past she became a cover up for Noah and Savannah. Did he date her to protect Savannah? Namine walked out of the hallway to cry in the restrooms. She can hardly believe what she was hearing, it's like she's in some kind of movie. All the things she heard are hardly too impossible but what if Maureen was right? The answer is in Night Viper.

"You okay? It seems odd you called me with a new number" Jared said. Namine looks at him and then she bit her lips out of nervousness.

"Jared will you be honest with me?" She asked and Jared's face turned puzzled looking sternly back at her.

"Will you be honest?!" She asked again. Loudly.

"What do you want to say?" Jared asked. Nervous is eating him out but he tries to cover it up with a serious face.

"How well do you know your brother, Noah..." she asked and Jared falls silent. "I'd say a hundred" he answered.

Namine swallowed as she showed him a picture of Savannah on her phone, tears starts to roll down her face. "Then who is she?" She asked. She needs to know.

"Who is she?" she cried.