5 hours later
Kayla was asleep in her bed, Michael crashed on the couch and Noah was sitting in the floor by my bed wide awake. We had been watching movies since we got home from Chick-Fil-A. I was laying in my bed watching the movie that was on with Noah, unsure of what the title even was.
I saw my phone light up and saw a text from Zion. I looked at it and immediately giggled.
Zion: I just fucking fell down the stairs
Me: good job headass
Zion: not even gonna ask if I'm alright, ok fine two can play that game
Me: well clearly I don't need to, you are texting me
Zion: I could be in a hospital bed for all you know
Me: true true, are you alright z?
Zion: nah , I miss you ma 😘
Me: I miss you too but seriously stop using that emoji
Zion: which one ? this one? 😘😘😘😘😘😘
Me: yes , you idiot
Zion: sorry ma , my phone be glitching out
Zion: 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Me: yeah, blame that on your phone
Zion: it just keeps doing it
Me: mhm ok sure, whatever you say
Zion: I gotta go, talk to you later?
Me: definitely
Zion: bye v
Me: bye z
I looked down to see Noah still awake. I climbed off my bed.
"What are you doing?" He whispered trying to not wake the others.
"We need to talk." I whispered back.
He got up and followed me out the door into the hallway. I walked down the hallway a bit until I found another hallway with only the elevators. I sat down and he sat next to me. With no rooms around us we could talk normally without whispering.
"So what are we talking about?" He asked nervous for the conversation.
"Us." I said looking at him.
"W- What about us?" He asked.
"Look you know what I said about being friends. I forgave you for a reason, Noah. I want to go back to the way it was. When we could cuddle, hug, walk with our arms around each other, go to lunch and most importantly dance without even having thoughts to be a couple. I don't want to give you the wrong idea. I just want to go back to the way it was. I want the old Noah back." I said as tears welled up in my eyes.
"Veronica, I want the same. But I guess over these years I developed feelings for you that I never knew I could. I miss the times when we were friends, but imagine the ones we could have if we were more. I want to be more Veronica. I...I just want more." He said looking down at the ground.
"Noah, I...I don't know what to say."
"Then don't say anything. I just want to ask you one question."
"Ok."
"Would you ever consider dating me?" Noah asked and I instantly looked into his brown eyes.
"Noah .... I'm... I'm sorry." I could see his face drop.
"It's ok Veronica. It's ok."
I felt horrible, but those were my true feelings. I cupped his face and kissed him softly. He kissed back. I pulled away, leaning my forehead against his.
"Maybe in another lifetime." I whispered as the tears now came pouring out of my eyes.
"Maybe." He whispered back and got up leaving me there alone.
I watched him walk away, knowing that after this competition we would never dance together again. I sat there reminiscing of all the memories we had together. The tears continued to pour out of my eyes. I wasn't so sure if I did the right things, but then suddenly my mind jumped to the conversation I had with Zion minutes earlier.
Why didn't I want him to send that emoji? Cause it made my heart jump. I realized I had feelings for him. I suddenly realized I had stop crying. I smiled thinking about how just the thought of Zion made my day better.
This chapter was honestly pretty sad. Sorry about that, but I have two ideas for a new book. The title are | the flight | and | times up |. Comment which sounds more interesting.
