The Kissing Booth - The First Year

Back to reality - Noah

I overslept and did not show up in the library in the afternoon. I checked my phone and saw Elle's message, it was now 8 o'clock, so she would not call me before midnight, I guessed. There was another message from Mike cursing because I forgot the group work. I decided to call instead on answering.

"Hey man, did you forget that we have to present this on Tuesday?", He already answered by cursing me

"Not really, but I forgot to set an alarm to wake me up in time to meet you at the libraqry and I slept for almost 5 hours, sorry man ... I'll stay in the report all night and send you by email, you can take a look and in the afternoon , if we need to make any adjustments, we'll have plenty of time." It was the only thing I could do ... and I was feeling bad because I slept too much, I always took my studies very seriously, mainly and also because of my position on the college football team. If I had bad grades, that would make me lose my position on the team, and football was my second passion ...

"Okay Flynn, you can do that, I'll wait for you to send me by email and we'll finish tomorrow afternoon, and the good thing is we can also study logic, since the test will be on Wednesday," he replied with relief.

"It's settled, I'll see you tomorrow in class"

"No, wait, I have to talk to you about something else ... you know, Sharon was in the library this afternoon with the other girls from her cheerleading group. I heard them talking about you, but I could not hear what exactly they were saying. I do not know, I might be wrong, but I think you have to be smart with this girl. Good night bro!" I was a little worried, but I did not have time to think about it now.

"Thank you for telling me, I'll stay as far away from her as possible ... good night!"

I took a shower and went out to eat something, it would be a very long night.

When I returned, with some grocery bags to stock my small refrigerator, Sharon was in the common room. Thankfully she did not see me, but something bothered me: what was she doing in my building? She did not live in the same building as I did ... it was really weird ...

It was nearly two o'clock in the morning when Elle called, the best thing is that every time my Skype rings and I see her name, my heart beats faster ...

"Hey Shelly, it's so good to see you ..."

"Hi love, I'm sorry for calling you so late, it's almost two in the morning there ... were you asleep already?"

"No, I'm studying ... I overslept in the afternoon and did not go to the library. Now I'm doing my part to send Mike ... I also knew that you were going to call, so it's okay, I did not even feel the time go by"

"I do not want to bother you, if you have to finish your work, please concentrate, I will fully understand" she worried

"Hey Shelly, do not worry, if we talk a little, I'm sure I'll be able to study better! So ... what have you and Lee done all day?"

She was silent for a moment, and then she said, "Oh yeah, he came home early, I was still sleeping ... he waited patiently for me to get up five hours later" she was a little anxious

"He stayed at your house expecting you to wake up for five hours? What's going on with Lee?"

Another embarrassing silence and then she said, "Nothing special, he wants to surprise Rachel and needed my help with this ... but you know, I can not tell you what he's going to do, or he's going to kill me ..." It was normal for them to have secrets that I never knew, but because of her stuttering a few times, I still thought something was not right. Anyway I decided I would not bother her by asking what was really going on, I knew it would make her mad on me. She continued, "We had breakfast with my father and we went to the Pier ... it was a very good Sunday, it had been a long time since we had a whole day just for the both of us."

"So you're telling me that you'd rather have stayed with my brother in the last few days? I'm heart breaking Shelly," I said, playing with her

"You fool, you're my boyfriend, but Lee is my best friend and lately he's always with Rachel, even when you're away, and we do not have time to do the things we used to ... I think this is the price that we have to pay for growing up ... everything was much simpler when we were children. Today we made a deal: we will always have our own time, to do our things... even if it's only for a few hours... and I'm sure Rachel and you will understand, right? "

"Of course, baby, I was teasing you ... I've always admired your friendship and I'm really thankful your best friend is my brother" For a moment it sounded as if I was controlling her again, but I guess she did not notice "Hey, Alice's parents are very excited to have you all here for Thanksgiving, I'm counting the days ... this month has to fly!"

"I'm also very excited, and I think this month will fly, with so much I have to do, I doubt I realize the time is passing ..." she looked at the clock "Almost midnight here, and I am really tired, first because I had a busy Sunday and then because I'm still recovering from the last week ..." she said in a sexy way and I understood she was referring to our few hours to sleep and rest

"Okay, my love, I'm going to focus here, or at least try to focus after you reminded me of our last week ... have a good night Shelly, sweet dreams. I love you"

"I love you, too, Noah, good night"

I hung up and looked at my computer, the work was almost ready, I would have at least two hours for a nap.

I woke up and before I realized, the morning classes were over. I went to the library with Mike and reviewed our work ... this was not going to end so soon, college life was back and full force.