The Kissing Booth - The First Year

Excuses - Elle

I hung up very angry ... why would not he talk to me on Friday? Seriously???

It was the night we used to talk all night and sleep only in the morning ... I could not believe that things were beginning to change. I knew that one day it could happen, he is there, on the other side of the country, meeting a lot of new people, in fact I had friends that he already told me a lot about, that I had already seen photos and stories in instagram, of course he I did not have any training, he just did not know how to tell me that there was something more interesting to do than chat with his girlfriend over Skype all night ... seriously, who I wanted to fool into thinking it would be cool for a guy like Noah ? It is already becoming very difficult to be in a long distance relationship.

Since it was only eight-thirty in the evening, I called Lee.

"Hi Elle, I just got home, come and have dinner here with us, my mother has a little surprise for you."

"Okay, but I'm going to sleep there too, okay? I want to sleep in Noah's bed today ... "I did not feel very good about asking these things to Lee, but it was just in my head, he seemed pretty good at everything.

"Of course, child, you know it's family."

"Oh yes, and since when am I the child?" I said laughing

"Since you stopped growing up and became a dwarf by my side ... by the way, I think you might consider going like a dwarf at the Saturday party." He was really getting it out of my face.

"Okay, asshole, I'm going to dwarf you and you can go like Snow White!" I laughed a lot imagining the scene, it would be even better than the Black Swan fantasy. "I'll pack up and get there in a half an hour ... okay?"

"Of course, my mother is in the shower and my father is cleaning the table, it will be enough time ... you know how Mrs. June Flynn is in the shower ... Noah has someone to pull. Come with caution "Lee hung up

Mentioning how much Noah lingered in the shower only made me more upset at the idea that he had dismissed me on Friday night to go to some party with several girls ... * Stop him with that stupid jealousy! So far he has not given any reason for you to suspect him ... until now, or rather, until tomorrow *

I decided to go on a motorcycle, it was cold, but I could wear Noah's jacket, and besides, Lee's house was not too far away and I could leave the bike there for the weekend, since we would be together all day.

I packed a small backpack with my clothes and uniform, took my purse and helmet, put on my jacket (of course it was a little bigger than my usual clothes, but I was not worried about that) and I went downstairs. Dad was reading and Brad was sleeping on the couch with the tablet on his face. I could not stop thinking about how he was breathing.

"Dad, I'm going to spend the night at Lee, he needs help with a chemistry class, and we'll try to find a costume for me to wear at the Saturday party." It was not entirely a lie, but I could not tell him that I just wanted to sleep in Noah's bed.

"Okay, remember that tomorrow I need you to help prepare the house for the kids. Brad's friends from school will sleep here and I want to leave the house ready to entertain them. "He bought a lot of scary things, and of course I would help.

"Okay, Lee and Rachel will help too." I gave him a kiss and when I opened the door, I remembered how much my mother loved Halloween. I hope she can see us from wherever she is.

When I arrived at Lee, they were already waiting for me to eat. June and Matthew were acting a little too enthusiastic and I really did not understand why. Rachel was not with us that night, so it was like when we were little, me and the Flynn, but missing one of the main characters ... Noah.

For dessert June made the pineapple cake I loved and that's when I understood what Lee said about the surprise June had for me, and obviously I could not stop eating until I had to open my jeans.

"Wow, hey, you Tasha devil, leave some for our breakfast tomorrow ... or you can not even get into your uniform and rip other pants" he was sarcastic.

I laughed ... we left the table and went outside, by the pool. It was cold, but we could lie on the sun loungers, with our blankets and talk, before we went to sleep.

"Noah told me today that he has an extra football practice tomorrow night and will not be able to talk to me ... You know, since he went to Harvard, there was only one night we did not talk, that's when I fell asleep before even looking at my phone ... and it's still Friday, the day we talked the most, I always shy away from going out with you and I stay home talking to him on Skype until morning, and out of nowhere he tells me he has extra training, Thursday night? I think he's lying to me ... "a tear fell from my eyes.

"I was always afraid that someday he would do it ... why could Noah not be trustworthy?" He paused for a moment and continued in a completely different way "Elle, do not be like this ... I can imagine how sad you are , but we do not know if he's lying, and so if you start plumbing with these things, you're going to go crazy. You two always knew that dating at a distance was not easy, but the first rule of this kind of relationship is trust. to freak out, we first need to know if the training is really going to happen.I'll find a way to probe this with my mother, she always knows everything he does.Ý He was willing to help me.

We stayed outside until midnight and went upstairs to sleep. I went into Noah's room and, of course, his perfume was all over the place ... even in the bed he had not worn for nearly three months. I took a shower in his bathroom, in his bathtub, I spent almost an hour in the bath, remembering our moments, his kisses, his hands, his chest ... I almost slept and the water got cold. I got out of the tub and wiped myself on the towel June had left for me.

On the bed, she left his T-shirt and a note. "I'm sure Noah wanted you to sleep with him. Kisses J "she was very affectionate to me, always thinking about my happiness just as she thought about the happiness of the boys. I put on my T-shirt, no underwear, I stood under his favorite blanket, and laid my head on his pillow. I did not even have to strain, I slept automatically.

Someone was knocking on the door, "Come on, Sleeping Beauty, time to go to school." Lee's voice was so annoying when he wanted to tease me.

I woke up remembering my dream, took my cell phone and had a message "Have a wonderful morning, my little Shelly. I'll call you at lunchtime. I love you "I looked at the time and it was 7 in the morning so he would call me in two or three hours. I calmed down ...

We arrived at school and the only subject was the Halloween party on Saturday, which reminded me that I had not decided on my costume. Lee and Rachel went to the diner and I stayed in the living room waiting for Noah to call me. The bell rang and the class started and no sign of it.

Since I was a mathematician, I could not afford to ramble my mind, I needed to focus, so I stopped pissing at Noah and paid attention to Mr. Fleming and his logarithms.

Leaving school, we went straight to my house to help my father with the final preparations for Halloween. It was a wonderful afternoon, we laughed a lot. The house had become really beautiful ... I took a picture and sent it to Noah, but strangely he did not see it, or rather, the picture did not even reach him. My heart squeezed, I thought how bad it was to stay a whole day without talking to him, and even worse, the message did not even arrive on his cell phone, was it off? I was afraid to call ... I did not want to show all the jealousy and the five hundred fleas behind my ear, but something strange was happening and I did not dry a tear rolling on my face. I did not let Daddy and Lee see, but I was very sad.

When everything was ready, Lee and Rachel left. I was really exhausted, I went to my room, I could not even take a shower ... it was 4 o'clock in the afternoon, but I fell asleep, still crying over the lack of news from Noah.