New Love

Chapter 4

I WALKED ONTO THE BUS after my first, and pretty exciting day of school. I sat down and Noah followed, both of us eager for what might happen on the bus ride home. I got butterflies just thinking about us kissing again, but right now wasn't really the time for it. But a girl can dream, can't she? I dream about lots of things, but being here with him, it gives me feelings that only one other person has given me. I don't want to feel this way, but at the same time I can't stop wanting to. Wanting him.

"So... how'd you like your first day?" Noah says as I soak in his voice.

"It was good I guess." Trying to hide the fact that I wanted every day to be like today.

"Mm that's good." He says with a dissapointment to his voice, did he want me to say something else? Did he enjoy today as much as I did? What am I saying of course he didn't. A girl like me could never be with a guy like him. Really be with him, not like this cherade we have going.

We continued our talk as we drove. Sometimes he would say something sweet making me laugh. Our knees would bump, sending chills up my leg. HIs soothing voice tempting me with every word he said.

Oh man do I have it bad.

I thought about him as I got off the bus and walked home.

As I ate dinner.

As I went to bed.

In my dreams.

I thought of him when I woke up. I couldn't wait to see him again.

A WEEK HAD PASSED with the same old crap me and Noah were fooling everyone with. He would walk me to my locker and to all my classes. We kissed, we hugged and held hands. We laughed at nothing and everything. We whispered and bit our lips. We would get caught sometimes, but that would only make us laugh more. We sat with each other on the bus to and from school. We talked about everything and had so much fun. He would sometimes walk me home and we talked more. I would think about him all the time.

I had grown used to this routine and wondered when it would take an interesting turn. Not that it wasn't already perfect the way it was. So perfect. But I was wondering when people would catch on to what we were doing.

***

"Hey you." Noah said and winked.

"Hey back." I said trying to seem funny, it didn't really work.

"You wanna ditch today?" Noah asked me. At first I thought he was joking, but from the fun and yet surprisingly serious expression on his face, I knew he was serious.

"Um, I've never really ditched before." I said knocking down that bad girl image for a second but then building it up a bit by saying I wanted to give it a try.

"What should we do? Hey I haven't gone bowling in a while, you like bowling?" He asked.

"Duh! I bowled almost everyday before I moved. We had an alley a few blocks away so I would go almost every weekend. I'm pretty damn good." I said trying to flirt.

"I bet I could beat you." Noah said with yet another adorable wink.

"I accept that challenge." I said returning a wink.

We smiled at each other for a bit and I laughed at the game we were playing. Noah asked me for a pen and started writing up a fake doctors note for both of us.

To the secretary/ies at Cripston Secondary School,

Please excuse Ms. Sage Whitecross from her classes as we have a scheduled appointment at 8:30am to investigate her flu like symptoms further. Thank you.

Sincerely Dr. F. Hampton

He wrote one similar for himself, only he simply had a 'check-up'.

When we handed them in, I couldn't help but feel nervous. Thankfully Noah covered by repeating what he had written on the note saying that I had the flu and that's why the doctor wanted to see me. Thankfully it worked and we were excused from school.

When we got outside, Noah called a cab and then we sat on the front steps and waited.

"So, your first time skipping right?" Noah was comfirming.

"Yeah, you could probably tell." I said, sounding very uncool.

"Eh it's alright, its my first time too." He winked again. He always knows how to make me smile.

WE GOT TO THE BOWLING ALLEY just as it opened. No one else was there so we had the whole place to ourselves which was pretty awesome. We got our shoes and Noah, like the on-again-off-again gentleman he is, put mine on for me. We played for hours it seemed talking and bonding. We would share a look of longingness every once in a while. It gave me more butterflies. He would sometimes grab me from behind and pick me up and swing me around. Which woudl make me laugh hysterically and we would get a dirty look from the owner. But it was worth it to be in Noah's arms for just a few measly seconds.

Once Noah was finished kicking my ass at bowling (guess he was better than me, damn), we had a slice of pizza and talked. We talked about ourselves. I think we really connected. Like I had never connected with anyone before, not even Cole.

I learned things about his family and what he wants to do with his life. Like, he wants to be a writer.

He learned things about me too. I told him about my home town and about how I wanted to start new again here.

"Well maybe you are getting a second chance at happiness." He said to me.

For the first time since we moved here, I had never realized that this is a second chance, not just to re-invent myself, but to be happy.

"You never really know your happy until one day, it'll just hit you."

He has never seemed so amazing until right now. He seemed to have all the answers and that no matter what, he would be there for me. Maybe I was sent here for a reason. Maybe meeting Noah was fate. Maybe this is my new beigining. Maybe Noah is my happiness.