Promises

Chapter Ten: Protection and reassurance

I woke up with an email from my director,
"Rehearsal today will begin at 4pm instead of 2pm, you are all called in today."

I was excited, I wasn't nervous or hiding away in my feelings, I was actually excited. I missed Charlotte and Ari, and part of me even missed Noah. I realized that I was overreacting with this whole situation, you can't choose who you love, so making Noah feel bad about who he loves was a jerk move I shouldn't have said anything. I just wanted to explain myself, apologize, and tell them that if they like each other then to go for it. It hurts, a lot, but I know that you cannot choose who you love and I love them both so if they're happy then I will have to learn to be happy. I made a group chat with Charlotte, Noah, and Ari.

"Toni: hey guys! We really all need to talk... meet me at Swift at 11.

Charlotte:  Yeah I agree we REALLY need to talk I'll be there.

Noah: See you there....

Ari:  Okay, I'm down.."

I walk over to our coffee shop and go to the back room where we sit for every serious conversation..... I sit down and watch the window like a creep so I know when they walk in. Noah arrived first.

   "Toni!" He says pulling me in for a hug.
    "Noah listen I was really gonna wait for everyone else but I was a jerk I shou-" I say being cut off by Noah
   "No, I was the jerk, I screwed up big time we need to talk privately after this please if your not still mad at me can we go for a walk down Main Street?" Noah says grabbing both of my hands
     "No, I'm not mad, I never was.. and yeah after this talk we can walk down Main, but maybe after rehearsal?" I say
      "Yeah thats perfect!" He says giving me another hug.
I'm so happy that he's not mad at me, I was mostly worried about him being mad at me and wanting to never speak to me again. We sat down on the couch just in time for Ari and Charlotte to show up.

"Hey! Toni are you okay?" Charlotte says
"I'm fine char, seriously this time. I overreacted, I'm sorry guys.." I say

All three of my friends start talking at the same time saying things like "no don't be sorry" or "I would've reacted the same way" they reassured me and made me feel better... I was so happy to get this reaction from them, I really thought that they would be extremely mad at me.

After we got done talking about the serious stuff we just laughed and told funny stories, we all started to want some coffee so I volunteered to go buy us all mocha lattes, Noah tagged along so he could help carry stuff... I noticed two boys from my school that are always making fun of me, they've never come here before why now? They noticed me and instantly came over and started ruining my mood.

"What is up DIP? Fancy seeing you here well not really seeing as it's a coffee and SWEETS shop." Says scumbag number 1 while he's laughing and fist bumping his partner in crime, they always called me DIP (Diabetes in a person) they always made me feel so uncomfortable..  I just stay quiet.
"Hey! He asked you a question gorilla."  Sumbag number 2 says as he pushes me.

I fall on the floor and they just start laughing that's when Noah notices what had happened.
"Hey, I think you need to back off right now." Noah says as helps me up.
"Or what? Are you gonna feed us to your girlfriend over here" number 1 says while laughing.
"I said BACK OFF!" Noah says as he pushes them away.
"Okay man chill out, we're just having a little fun right DIP?" Number 2 says while looking at me..
"No you don't get to talk to her right now she's clearly upset and you two are not allowed to talk to her unless you learn her name." Noah says as he grabs our drinks and my hand and walks away...
I was in shock... I've never seen him mad before, he was so mad he was shaking... I don't know why but he protected me, he stood up for me when I couldn't speak for myself, I have never been more attracted to him, I can't think like that anymore... he likes Charlotte and that's that but I can't help how I feel, that was awesome... when we sit back down he turns back into his normal sweet self.