The Kissing Booth - The First Year

OMG Lee! - Elle

After the week we had, I had a very lazy Saturday. Noah called me when he arrived in Boston and we talked for almost an hour ... I was always amazed on how much subjects we had to talk, all our calls were extremely long ... I did not do anything special during the day, I tried to study, and realized that one day only was not going to be enough for catch up. I prepared dinner for Dad and Brad and after cleaning the kitchen, I went upstairs and called Noah.

"Hey handsome, how was your day?" I smiled and he yawned.

"I went shopping to stock the fridge, went back and studied a little ... then I showered and slept a lot. I just opened my eyes, just in time to see you calling me on Skype. How about you?"

"Almost the same around here, I made dinner and cleaned up the mess I made in the kitchen, I studied ... just did not understand how could I have so much homework to do" I teased him "Oh... maybe because my boyfriend did not leave me much free time last week"

He laughed "Your boyfriend is a terrible company for a nerd genius like you, I think" we laughed a lot, everything was very easy to talk with him

"SATs are coming, I need to be prepared if I want to get into a good college, you know, a good resume and good grades count a lot ... maybe UCLA will accept me right away, being the brilliant student of all times" I laughed

"Hey ... your first choice have to be Harvard, lady ... I think I can get you an appointment for Thanksgiving too, what do you think?"

I stopped, was this real? ... College was closer then I ever imagined... "And how could you do that?"

"You know, as a football player I know some of the guiding teachers of each college course, and since you are applying for physical education is even easier, since the guiding teacher of this course is on  football's technical staff" he blinked.

"Really? And do you think he would talk to me?" My heart was beating so fast.

"I don't know, but it's worth trying ... if you want, of course"

"Noah ... I think it's wonderful! If you can, I'm totally on it ... I will rehearse very well what to say to him ... oh my God..." I was very excited

"Calm down, baby, I'll try and hope it works ... it'll be perfect for your application."

We talked a little longer and I realized how sleepy he was, we said goodbye and as soon as we hung up I went to the shower, already dreaming of my interview.

I lay down on the bed, still smiling and I slept ... it seemed that I had slept only half an hour when I opened my eyes and it was already Sunday morning. I almost fell off the bed when I saw someone sitting in my chair on the dresser and I realized it was Lee. He was looking at me.

"What's going on, why are you here so early?" I blinked several times trying to keep my eyes opened "Is it Monday? Am I late again?" It seemed like my eyes were full of sand and he laughed at my crumpled face and my despair about being Monday. I remembered my conversation with Noah and smiled, checked my phone, he had already sent a message "Hi Sleeping Beauty, I suppose you are very tired, I bet you are still sleeping. Talk to you later. ILY" I put the phone down and looked at Lee ...

He started to say "I'm sorry I scared you, I needed to talk, I mean, you were the only one I could talk to ..." he was a little nervous now "You know that Rachel and I already ... are ... we ..." He was stammering to tell me that he was having sex with Rachel, as if this was something he needed to be ashamed of or afraid to tell me, I wanted to laugh, but I restrained myself because at that moment I felt that what he had to tell me was important , he continued, "Well ... we're sleeping together *I thought it was cute* and we were a bit careless last month..." He stammered again and I froze.

"What are you trying to say to me? Is she pregnant?" My voice came out shrill and Lee's hands were on his head now

"We don't know, she did a pharmacy test, or rather she did four tests, two were inconclusive, one negative and one positive ... she will do the blood test tomorrow to confirm, but she is two weeks late! I wanted to tell ou before, but with so many people here and you with Noah all the time, I did not find the right time to talk to you. I left her at home this morning and came straight here." meaning he was there for almost five hours watching me sleep ... I'm almost a rock when I'm tired, nothing wakes me up (probably just Noah with the right moves or my father when I'm late for school). I got a little worried, we always talked about being safe in our relationships, especially after we both started sleeping with our partners. OK, Lee was not virgin for almost two years now, but he always took care of himself to avoid headaches, and now he was with this huge problem, or at least he was very worried thinking he could be a dad ... I needed to help him, or at least I would do my best to try to.

"Hey, stay calm, we will not anticipate all this suffering ... you always asked if Noah and I were being safe, I have taken contraceptives since I was 14 and you know it, and besides we use a condom ... how could you and forget about it at least? What about Rachel?" His face was red and his eyes were full of tears, I realized I was getting too heavy and then I tried to be softer. "I'm not saying that you did it on purpose, I wanted to understand ... but that's okay... now I do not have to do this. Where is she now?"

"I told you, I left her home this morning, and I said I was going to talk to you after breakfast, but as soon as she got out of the car I could not stop thinking about talking to you, so I called my mother and said I was coming to your house. Your father let me in ... I said I'd wait until you woke up ... and the rest you already know." Now he was crying, and I was crying too ... my best friend going through such a delicate moment, really worried about his future, and I just wanted it all to be a nightmare.

"I'm going to take a quick shower and we're going downstairs to get something to eat." he was drying his face and looked me with that empty face "Do not look at me with that face, you have to eat. With our stomachs full, we'll find a way to not think about tomorrow. Are you going to pick Rachel later?"

"No, she's going to have lunch with her parents and stay home afterwards, she can not eat anything before the exam. We thought it would be better if she rested all afternoon. I told her I would come and talk to you, and you would probably go to my house ... but I do not want to be stuck at home all afternoon or I'll go crazy thinking about this exam tomorrow. "

"We can go to the Pier and enjoy dancing, what do you think? It's being ages since we went there for the last time, and this can be the best medicine, you know... Oh, and ice cream too" I was trying to cheer him up

"Okay, anything to make me forget about this whole madness nightmare" he replied and his voice was a little better

I was really worried and sad about all of this, but there was nothing we could do before she took the exam ... and we both hoped she was not pregnant.

I answered Noah's message, saing that I would spend the day with Lee and would call him at night.

We went down, Dad made pancakes and we ate lots of chocolate and strawberry ones. I helped clean the table and do the dishes while Lee played video games with Brad ... *He is cute with kids* said my insane inner voice ... laughs and worries at the same time *Stop thinking about it Elle, it should be false alarm, just a fright for them to be careful from now on...* I screamed at my inner voice.

We got in the car and went to Santa Monica Pier.

At least it was a very nice Sunday ... we spent the whole day together, dancing, having ice cream, laughing ... it seemed that we had returned to childhood and we had nothing else to think ... it was almost 9pm when he left me home, smiling. He hugged me so tight that I almost cried, but with joy.

"I'll see you tomorrow, do not stay up late talking to my foolish bother. I love you Elle, thank you for all your support ... I hope you do not become a godmother so fast" he said this laughing a lot

"Oh ... no ... let's not think about it. I'm just glad to be your sister and sister-in-law ... and I love you too."

I was glad he was feeling better ... I would be by his side if he needed me, in case I was a godmother ... *Stop it* I shutted up my inner voice.