I was the first to go, Noah asked, "Truth or Dare," of course I picked truth. First question Noah asked was if I was in love. "Ouch I told him, you really went for it didn't you?" and then I answered "Yes." I don't think he really wanted to hear yes but that is what he got. Ok my turn, "truth or dare," Noah picks dare. OK Noah, go outside and take your clothes off and run down to the edge of the water and run back. He gives me an eye roll but heads outside, I see him pull off his shorts and boxers and runs down to the water and comes back. He puts his pants back on and I try not to blush as he does.
My turn, Noah asks again, "Truth or Dare," again I pick truth. "How many people have you been with?" I turn red but answer 2. Noah replied, "I'll take truth this time." I just figured I'd pick truth all night and he would pick dare all night. I needed to make this a good one, so I shot back, "How many people have you been in love with?" He seemed pleased with this question and smiled and answered back quickly, "One." Hmm, he is really good, this is getting interesting. Noah's turn and he asks me, "truth or dare" hmm I pick dare this time. Noah says, "Run to the fridge grab two beers and then give me one and chug the other one." Well he let me off pretty easy with that one but it took me a bit to chug and then I burped after. I really was getting drunk at this point.
"Your turn Noah, what will it be I said with a silly voice". He replied, "Truth, I want to do truth this time." I asked, are you excited to go back to Harvard this fall? "What do you mean," he said. Well Noah it's a pretty self explanatory question, "are you looking forward to Harvard this year, big sophomore year and all." I understand the question Shelly but I'm not going back to Harvard, didn't Lee tell you? "Tell me what?" I said. Noah said, "Shelly I am not going back to Harvard, I transferred to UCLA, I start in the fall. To be honest I was so homesick the first semester I was there and then the second semester I was depressed most of the time so when I came home at spring break I told my parents I couldn't go back there. They were really understanding and encouraged me to go look at colleges closer to home. I went to UCLA's campus and I just felt at home there. " Wait, you mean to tell me Lee knew you were transferring to the same school I am going to and he didn't say anything?" Why wouldn't he tell me Noah? I yelled. Noah just looked perplexed and said "I don't know I just finalized my plans right after your graduation and I guess he thought you didn't want to hear about me since you have a boyfriend and all."
At this point I grab another beer and sit there kind of dumbfounded at what he has just told me. I told Noah I was getting tired and wanted to quit playing the game. He looked at me and asked if he had said something wrong and I said no I just wanted to go to bed. I went to stand and then I stumbled back on the couch and laughed as I fell onto Noah's lap. He laughed and held me in his lap and then he whispered in my ear, "Shelly, I miss you so much. I had such a fun time today and I am so sorry I fucked up our relationship. I know you are dating someone and I hate it. I hate that you told me you have slept together and I hated seeing you two together when I was home. I know he is a good guy and treats you right and I know you are happy with him but that doesn't mean I can't wish we were still together." Oh Noah, I don't know what to say. Noah replied, "Don't say anything," he smiled and picked me up threw me over his shoulder carried me upstairs he took me to his room and laid me on the bed and he said he would sleep in Lee's room.
I fell asleep pretty quick, but woke up. I was a little disoriented to where I was when I first woke up and then I remembered I was at the beach house - with Noah. I was so thirsty and my back was on fire again so I went down to the kitchen and began chugging water and found some advil in my purse and then walked over to the couch to find the aloe again. I took it up to the bathroom and put it on the back of my legs and rubbed it on the parts of my back that I could reach. When I went back to bed I only had my underwear on and I made sure I laid on my stomach, I didn't want my back rubbing on the sheets, I think that's what woke me up in the first place!!
I hear a knock at the door and it was sooo early and I wasn't thinking and yelled come in. Noah was at the door just staring at me, He asked, "You OK?" and I whined, "Do I look OK to you? I am tired, it's too early and I'm hungover and my back is hurting. He walks in a little closer and sees that I am laying on my stomach in my underwear and I told him my back was hurting from being burnt and that I had tried to put more aloe on it but couldn't reach to put the gel on. Noah went in the bathroom and grabbed the gel and came over to the side of the bed and began to rub the gel on me and I let out a little sob. "Shelly does it really hurt that bad?" Do you need to go to the doctor or something? No Noah, I will be fine I just need some more sleep, what time is it? Umm 7:30, shit it's way too early for me. Do me a favor, come back at 10 and wake me up.
I finally woke up at 930 and I felt much better. My back was still tender but I didn't feel all weepy. I got up and put a tshirt on and headed downstairs to find Noah in the kitchen with a big pot of coffee and he had made bacon and pancakes. "Hey, sorry about this morning, didn't mean to be so grumpy," I said. "No worries I know you are not a morning person," Noah replied. I asked Noah if he had heard from Lee or his parents, they were supposed to be here this afternoon. He had not heard anything and so Noah asked what I wanted to do today. Well, I hate that I got burnt yesterday because I was hoping to work on my tan while I was here.
