The Kissing Booth - The First Year

Blind spot - Noah

I slept a lot on Sunday, I just woke up because I really needed to go to the bathroom, it was 10 in the morning, I took the time to send a message to Elle ... I knew she would be sleeping, but I know she should be happy to see a message from me as soon as she woke up.

I went back to bed. It was almost one o'clock when I got up and ordered something for lunch... I did not feel like going out. I had no answer from Elle, so I decided to call, but it was straight into the mailbox and realized that the message she didn't saw the message I sent earlier yet *I'm sure she forgot to charge the phone*

In the middle of the afternoon I had no news of anyone in LA, I began to feel uncomfortable. I called my mother.

"Hi Mom, how are you? Are you home?"

Her voice was a little strange: "Yes, Noah, I just got back from Malibu. I went to your grand's house, your brother and friends will spend the week of Spring Break there and I went to leave everything neat for them. "

I had to ask "Which friends mom?"

"Ah, the usual Tuppen, Warren, Stacey, Rachel, Debbie, Elle and Joe. They'll take the time off from school and the fact that your grandparents are not there to rest for the week." My heart was beating fast, and I couldn't do anything, I could not even go home.

"Um ... I get it ... well, do you know where Elle is today? I'm trying to talk to her, but her cell phone is off, no one picks up at her house, and Lee's cell phone is also in the mailbox. "

"Lee went to Rachel's house to help her pack." She stopped for a moment. "Look, Noah, I really don't know what happened yesterday, I just know that Elle spent the night here with Lee, I heard they were arguing about something, but I could not hear what it was. I know Elle was crying a lot... did anything happen between you two? "

"No mom, nothing happened... I talked to her after the game and she was very happy with our victory. We even talked about she coming to see one of the semifinals, when we hang up she was with her friends at the booth. We still exchanged two more messages during the afternoon and early evening and that was it, everything was perfectly normal. Now I'm really worried, wondering if anyone did anything to upset her..." I was already very nervous figuring that someone might have done something to upset her.

"I don't know, honey, as I say, I just heard her crying and arguing with Lee. Today, they woke up and did not even stop for breakfast. She said she had to go home, Lee took her and when he came back he did not mention anything to us. I also didn't find a way to ask what had happened or he would think I was trying to hear behind the door."

"I'm going to try to call her again, now I really need to know what's going on. How I wish I could go home next week but things here are completely insane and as we are now qualified for the semifinals, I'm going to have three extra practices during the Spring Break recess. By the way, I'd like you and Daddy to come to the next game, do you think it's ok? "

"Yes, dear, we will. I'll talk to your dad and buy the tickets, just make sure the right date, okay?"

"Okay Mom, let me call Elle again. Thanks for the information on her night ... I hope nothing bad has happened or I will literally fly to Los Angeles to punch someone's face "

"Noah ... don't say that ... I hope you find out what's going on. They are going to Malibu tonight, just so you know. Take care, baby, have a great Sunday. I love you"

"Okay, Mom, bye, I love you too."

So, Elle cried... what was happening, I really had no idea.

I got my notebook and got on Skype, tried to call her and had no answer, her Skype was offline since our last conversation on Friday, I tried to call again and her cell phone finally rang, but she did not answer. I called Lee and he picked it up.

"Hi Lee, finally ..." I said but his answer was very short

"Hi Noah, sorry, I was too busy."

"I've been trying to call Elle all day and I can not talk to her. First her phone was off, her skype is offline and now the phone rang and she did not answer. Do you know what is going on?"

"Look ... I can not talk to you right now, I'm with Rachel helping to pack for Malibu, can we talk later?" He was really evasive and I started getting really scared

"Lee, what's going on? You're being evasive, Elle does not answer my calls, or answer my messages, or my smoke signals if I'm sending them, please! Mom said she slept at home and heard her crying and arguing with you. Can you please stop trying to fool me here and tell me where my girlfriend is?" at that point I was very pissed

"Noah, I can't talk to you now, and neither I am going to tell you what's going on, okay? You'll have to talk to Elle. Now I have to go... I'll talk to you later, bye "

He hung up and I felt my face catch fire. *What the hell is going on! I can not believe this...* I was screaming to myself ... I called Elle again, and again she did not answer. I texted her, "Shelly, we need to talk, please pick up the phone or call me, I'm really worried because no one wants to tell me what's going on. I love you"

Ten minutes later she replied, but there was nothing written in the message, just two photos of me and Cindy: in one we were looking at each other and laughing, as if we were very happy with each other, and the second we were hugging each other. My eyes did not believe what I was seeing. Whoever took these pictures and worse, sent them to Elle! I was absolutely sure that everyone there was not even imagining that we were being photographed, now I was freaking, that hug was when we said hello, and in the other photo everyone was laughing and I did not even realize I had starred at her... but looking at the pictures, from a different perspective or from the point of view of my girlfriend who was away and already smeled a rat about the girl, everything seemed very different.

I called her two, three, four times and had no answer. Another text message appeared. "Please stop calling, I don't want to talk to you..." I was crying now, what was going on? I grabbed my notebook again and searched for tickets to Los Angeles, I was crazy, I wanted to go home and talk to her... who the hell did that and why?

I called my mother again and told her what was going on "Oh my God Noah, I can't believe it... but please tell me you did not do anything to that girl anymore"

"Mom, I swear, nothing happened! I have no need to lie to you or to Elle. I am desperate! I need to know who did this and why. I'm trying to find tickets to LA, but all the flights are overbooked"

"Hey, stop! You will not ruin your training and your place on the football team because of it! Please be reasonable."

"I need to know what's going on and who did thi mom! Elle doesn't want to talk to me, I have to see her in person and make things clear!"

"Noah listen to me now, I'll speak only once: you will not ruin your life at Harvard because of no one. I know you love Elle and you're hurt, but please, cool this head off. I'm going to talk to her and Lee to find out exactly who was the unfortunate person who sent the photos, meanwhile calm down, okay? If you really have not done anything wrong, you don't have to be desperate."

"Ok mom, okay... I sent you the pictures... please talk to her and give me some news." I hung up and kept looking at those stupid pictures... I really wanted to know who had done it... I was pissed and upset, but above all this, I was sad.