Wishing Upon The Stars ; noah centineo

five

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Wishing Upon The Stars
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five: Lost In The Ozone
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The roads were still as we drove along the LA highway, the sound of the tires against the tar road beneath us and the flashing of each street light as we drove past seeming to echo in the quiet space of the car.

Noah and I hadn't said anything since we'd gotten into the car, besides him asking if I wanted the heater on when he'd noticed my slight shivering. After that we'd fallen into silence and although it was comfortable, I could feel the tension of neither of us knowing what quite to say or how to initiate a conversation hanging in the space around us.

My right leg couldn't help but bounce up and down in angst, the feeling eating me up inside for some reason. I was never this anxious around Noah, but lately the air around us, between us, had been different and I couldn't help but be.

This was the first time in almost a month that we were properly alone together, simply because I'd been busy with school and assignments and we just hadn't gotten a chance to do anything together. And then there was the fact that I'd also been avoiding him, in hopes of retrieving any form of sanity I'd lost and to help me wash away the feelings floating around inside of me like toxic waste. And it hadn't been helping that he'd been acting different with me lately because it would simply leave my brain to go into a turmoil of confusion and my chest to grow tight with anxiety because I just didn't know what to think.

This weird tension between us was annoying me so much and I just wanted it to disappear, to crumple it up into a ball and throw it away.

"Sophie, stop." Noah stated as he placed his hand on my thigh and my leg immediately stopping bouncing up and down.

I felt my face heat up as I mumbled out an apology.

Noah's hand returned to the steering wheel and I released a breath I didn't know I'd been holding in. He stole a quick glance at me. "You okay, princess?"

I nodded my head before clearing my throat and saying, "Yeah, yeah. I'm good. Just a bit cold."

"Oh. Why didn't you say so?" Noah's one arm reached back to the seats behind us and dug around a bit before pulling back a grey hoodie. He handed it to me. "Here."

"Oh, thank you." I gave him a small but grateful smile before slipping on the hoodie that was much too big for me but nevertheless warmed up my skin that was beginning to match that of a chickens. It, however, did nothing to sedate the anxiousness swimming around in my chest.

We drove for another few minutes and I found myself zoning out as I leaned back against the passenger seat and snuggled up into Noah's hoodie, the intoxicating scent that belonged to him floating around me like a long lasting perfume.

A big, yellow letter 'M' came into view and I sat up in excitement when Noah pulled into the parking lot of McDonald's.

"You're such a child," Noah chuckled when he hadn't even parked the car properly yet and I was already unbuckling my seatbelt.

"Can't help it. I haven't seen Ronald for nearly two months. Do you know how unhealthy a relationship like that is?"

"Can't say that I do, to be honest. Girls can't go a week without seeing me." He replied with a smirk before getting out the car and coming around to open my door.

"Oh, please," I sought as I got out and adjusted my skirt. "I can go weeks without seeing you."

"Ah, but you see, there's a difference between you and other girls, Soph." Noah taunted and I simply crossed my arms as I raised my eyebrow at him.