Running Into Noah

RIN/Chapter 24

Daniela's P.O.V

"You seem...happier today." Tom said as I finished setting up the table.

"I'm making dinner for all of us tonight and I invited Mikey and Noah to come too." I said as I took one last look at the perfectly made table.

Tom sighed loudly and I looked over to him with a glare, knowing he would say something smart. "Does Noah have to come?" He asked and I looked over to him with a tired expression.

"Yes, and if you have a problem you could go out somewhere and eat." I said as I went to the kitchen to finish up the rice. I was making a plain dinner, white rice with fried chicken and a side of greens.

"I just might." Tom argued as he walked in behind me. "Lately I've been feeling left out and not wanted by you."

"We spent a lot of time since you've came here, Tom-"

"Really? I feel like you had more time with Noah then you would with me during my time here." He shout and I bit my tongue so I wouldn't lash out and say something stupid.

"I'm sorry." I apologized. "It's just... different being here." I said, completely honest it was different and I'm not yet sure if its a good different or bad.

Tom put his arms around my waist and I leaned my head back on his chest, trying to relax myself.

"We just need to get back to New York." He said and my heart began to race.

Noah's Christmas present has been on my mind since he asked. I've thought of it more then I wanted to... "You know I'm staying for New Years." I said and Tom groaned.

"Great, now that means I have to as well." He said and I looked back to him and frowned.

"No you don't." I said. "I told my mom I would be spending it with her and Bob and if you don't want to you don't need to."

"But if I ever want to become part of the family I will have to celebrate some holidays with them, huh?" Tom said and my heart stopped.

"What?" I asked as I lightly pushed him away from me. "What did you say?"

"Daniela..." Tom said as he grabbed my hands and smiled brightly at me. "I wasn't going to ask until we came back but since you want to stay longer..." He said and my heart was pounding so hard that everything went silent and all I heard was thump, thump, thump. "Will you marry me?"

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Noah's P.O.V

When Mike and I came to Danielas for dinner she seems kind of out of it, we would all have a quick conversation and her mind would wonder. She'd keep her eyes fixed on me and when I looked up and smile she would have the same lost look in her eyes and didn't even notice that I would watch her right back. It actually made me worried when Tom grabbed her hand and she flinched back, fake coughing to cover it up. It's as if she was scared of him for some strange reason and then that's when I let my eyes look down at her hand which hand a new engagment ring on it.

I excused myself and went outside to try and control my breathing.

Did he propose and make her say yes? She looked fucking terrified and confused like she was silently calling out for help.

I spun around when I heard the door opened and out came Danielas mom, hugging the fluffy jacket that she threw on and forced a smile up to me, "You saw it, didn't you?" She said and I slowly nodded my head.

"She looks..."

"Yeah, she didn't give him an answer yet. He told her to wear it while she thought about it." She explained and I nodded my head, still confused.

"Why wouldn't she just say no?" I ask and she shrugs her shoulders.

"You never know what she might say Noah, it hasn't took her an hour to ever say yes from something she really wanted." Danielas mom said and I nodded my head but then that just made me even more nervous. She never decided if she would stay here and not go back to New York so the answer might not be what I was silently hoping it to be.

"Why are you so in love with her, Noah?" Danielas mom asks and my head snaps up to her and I give her a confused look. "You could of gave up long time ago- why are you still fighting for her?" She asks and I look down at the snow and frown.

"Because I love her." I said, quicker then I wanted to. "And honestly, when I'm with her, I completely forget what I am."

She gives me a sympathetic smile, "And what are you, Noah?"

I force a laugh, "A jerk." I say, using the little insult Dani said to me just yesterday. "And a heartbroken guy who never seemed to get the girl he was destined to have." I added and she pulled me into a short, loving hug.

"All I will say is give her a little more time- it takes her long to actually decide what she wants and thinking of an answer right away worries her and she usually ends up saying the wrong thing." Her mom said and I nodded my head. "Let me tell you a little secret," She said quietly, "A week after she ran away I got a call- it was Dani- and she was in tears wishing she never left home, that she never left you."

My heart warmed up at that, "Really?"

She nodded and smiled. "Yeah, so give her time. She needs it."

I nodded my head and gave her another quick hug and walked inside with a small smile playing on my lips.

Give her time, she needs it...

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Daniela's P.O.V

The ring felt heavy on my finger and it felt like it was ready to fall off any minute. I couldn't breath right and Tom trying to be close and loving made me sick in a way. I needed some space, some time to think. "Excuse me." I quickly chocked out and rushed out the dinning room and into the living room where I bumped into someone, Noah.

I had tears in my eyes and I wasn't surprised that he looked down at me worriedly. "Dani, are you okay?" He asks as he pulls me into a hug and I quietly cried on his shoulder.

"I'm scared..." I admitted and he whispered little sweet words in my ear as he brought me upstairs away from Tom and Mike so they wouldn't see me like this, luckily they were in a deep conversation about cars to notice.

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