Shortie (Nathan Young x OC) ON HOLD

Chapter 4

(Noah's POV)

My alarm went off. My head was pounding as loud as ever. I fucking hate havin' these migraines. I slammed the snooze button on my alarm next to me and slowly got out of bed. I walked over to my dresser and grabbed one of my best outfits. I want to look good for the amount of time I can today. I got dressed and then walked downstairs grabbing an apple and then walking out the door.

"Bye Mum!" I called over my shoulder before shutting the door. I walked down the street with my earbuds in connected to my iPod. I took a few bites of the apple before throwing it on the ground. I was listening to Green Day when I felt someone tap my shoulder. I took one of my earbuds out and turn around to see Alisha standing there with a smile on her face.

"Hey, Noah." She said. I smiled and bowed slightly. "Hey." She giggled and started walking with me. "So watcha listening to?" She asked looking down at her feet. "Uh, Green Day." She looked up at me with a questioning look, "who's that?" I playfully gasped and handed her one of my earbuds. "Listen and find out." She took it from my hand and put it in her ear. I bopped my head to the beat of the drums while lip-syncing the lyrics and she just looked at me with an amused look. I smiled when it got to the chorus and we were right outside the community center by now.

"Welcome to a new kind of tension, all across the alien nation!" I sang along to the song while dancing like an idiot. "Where everything isn't meant to be okay, television dreams of tomorrow." She started laughing really hard while watching my 'performance'. "We're not the ones who're meant to follow, for that's enough to argue." I sang the last part of the song and heard others laughing and clapping. I stopped what I was doing and look around to see everyone else there watching me. The person who caught my eye last was Nathan. He stood leaning against the pole just smiling at me.

"Nice performance loser." He finally said while walking over to me and ruffling my hair. I smacked his arm and he pouted at me. I glared at him and then walked into the building heading toward the locker room. "Dickbag! I was trying to be nice." He called running after me. I stuck up the middle finger behind me. I heard him gasp and I smirked.

I stopped and turned around to face him, crossing my arms. "Maybe don't call me a dickbag and use my actual name." He rubbed the back of his neck and had a thoughtful look on his face. "Really? You don't remember my name?" I released my arms and sighed walking into the changing room.

"Noah! That's it, right?" He said following me into the changing room. I turned around and nodded. He fist bumped the air then went over to his locker slipping out of his shirt and pants. I couldn't help but stare at him. The door to the locker room opened and I immediately turned around and opened my locker. I took off my shirt and trousers and slipped on the orange jumpsuit.

"I'll wait for you guys outside," I told everyone and they nodded. I walked out and sat on the ground leaning against the wall. I put my knees up to my chest and held them. I laid my head on my arms and tried to not focus on the pain in my head. You know with the ability to not feel pain you would think you wouldn't be able to feel these fucking migraines. I guess not. I should've brought some aspirin with me.

"You okay?" I heard a small voice ask. I squinted my eyes and looked up to see Simon. I shook my head no and the leaned on the wall. He sat down next to me and asked, "whats wrong?" I held my head and looked at him.

"I have migraines." He nodded his head and pat my knee. "Do you know if the probation worker has any aspirin?" He looked flustered and then cleared his throat. "I can uh, go ask her if you want." He replied. I nodded and he got up to go find her. I went back into my original position. It took about 3 minutes until Simon and the probation worker came back with the bottle of aspirin and water. I stood up and took it from her.

"Thanks a lot." She smiled and then went into the changing room. I'm guessing to gather everyone still in the changing room.

"So are we still gonna work with the old folk?" I asked her when she came back out. She smiled and nodded her head. "Yes, we will." I smiled wide and let the group walk in front of me again. Simon and I were farthest behind them.

"So what do you like to do?" I asked him. He shrugged his shoulders looking at his shoes while we walked. "I don't know, how about you?" I smiled up at the ceiling, "I like drawing and listening to music...as you saw earlier." I rubbed the back of my neck getting slightly embarrassed. He chuckled quietly. "Ya, you sounded great by the way, even if it was just fooling around."

We finally made it to the nursing area and I immediately went to the snack area, just like yesterday. This time I grabbed a small package of Oreos and tea of course. I walked over to the couch. I watched everyone socializing with one another. I took notice to Nathan and this blonde woman. He was leaning on the pole smiling at her while talking. I glared at them noticeably. Am I seriously jealous over that? I hate that dickbag.

"Got a little crush huh?" I heard Kelly ask. I jumped slightly from surprise. Shit, I forgot she can read minds. Wait that means she can still hear me. I'm such a fucking dumbass. "Its fine," she chuckled, "took a while for the others to remember too." She sat down next to me. "So Nathan?" She asked with a teasing voice and elbowed my side playfully. I blushed and smiled down at my lap.

"I don't know honestly. We literally just met yesterday AND I punched him in the face. When we talked earlier its like he forgot all about that and acted like we were best friends." She sighed and nodded. "Yeah, he forgets a lot of things so I wouldn't be surprised if he forgot that." I laughed under my breath.

"Ya, I guess so."