BRYLES / NOCHELLE • O N E S H O T S •

Body - N O C H E L L E

Noah POV:

Here we go again. Lately I've noticed Richelle is a little distant once in a while, I figured it must be just bad days so I started asking her what was going on and she just have been telling me it's nothing, it not nothing, I know Richelle very well, ever since we were on J troupe, even tho she was having a bad day she'll just dance it out, but now, she refused to dance in front of everybody and ran out of studio A. I've been looking for her ever since, I almost catch her in the hallway but I saw her enter the locker room, now it's just me and her and a locked room, yes I just locked the locker room door.

Richelle: What are you doing?
Noah: I want you to tell me the truth
Richelle: About what? -she says getting a little angry-
Noah: Come on Rich, you know you've been distant, everyone has noticed it, but most importantly I'm your best friend, I'm concerned
Richelle: Don't try to get me emotional Noah- she says with angry tears in her eyes-
Noah: Am not, I just want you to tell what it's going on
Richelle:Do you really want to know? -she says whilst a tear falls down her cheek- I HATE MYSELF NOAH! I hate every single part of me, I hate my voice, my dancing, my personality, my face, my body, I hate me -she says letting herself fall into the floor crying hysterically and breaking my heart in the process-
Noah: Wha- What do you mean? -my voice cracking for the sadness mixed with anger I'm feeling right now-
Richelle: I'm horrible inside and out Noah
Noah: You know that's not true -I say now crying-
Richelle: Yes it is- she raised her voice at me- you're saying it's not because you're trying to be a good friend, but you know it's true- her trying to avoid eye contact it's killing me right now- I'm so ugly, my body is disgusting and nobody likes me, no one wants to be my friend, but I can't blame them, I wouldn't want to see me either
Noah: Richelle, listen to me, look at me- I say turning her face to mine- You are SO wrong, you are beautiful, you have a gorgeous body and you are one of the most loving people I know
Richelle: I just want to love myself and honestly I can't find a way to do that, it's so hard to love myself comparing myself to others, everything that has happened this past years has always turned me down, am I not good enough to be a featured dancer? To be dance captain? To be front and center? To have a boyfriend? To make you stay?
Noah: Richelle, you are too good for all of those things
Richelle: Then why does everything I ever wanted has to not happen to me?
Noah: Because destiny knows you're a fighter
Richelle: I'm tired of fighting Noah -she sighs- I have given myself into dancing and to this studio and I've never seen any results, nothing is holding me here now
Noah: You know the team needs you
Richelle: Do they? Where are them Noah?
Noah: In Kingston's house -I say almost whispering and looking down at the floor-
Richelle: They don't need me, they don't want me here, why would I stay? To keep being a failure? To be second best?
Noah: Richelle don't keep yourself down, you are the most confident person I know
Richelle: Then you don't know me at all, you realized I was feeling down just now, Noah, I've been feeling like this since before Regionals, but it's not like you cared
Noah: I do care, there was a lot of things going on in my life as well
Richelle: You know what? You're right, you don't have to be here, I don't need this, you don't need this, "oh poor Richelle, she's feeling insecure, must be hard" yeah well, it's not like someone has noticed
Noah: I did, because I care
Richelle: Then tell me how to love myself. Tell me something that would make me change my opinion about me- she says looking me in my eyes-
Noah: I love you- I say with tears in my eyes and and a hard attempt to not let them fall-
Richelle: You don't mean that -she says angry and almost hurt-
Noah: I do, I love you more than you would ever think, you are the one constant thing in my life, -I say stroking her cheek bringing her closer to me- the only person who has been there since the begging and I would never NEVER change that, because you are my person, Richelle, YOU ARE my soul and heart-I say now crying so close to her lips- I love you Richelle -I say closing my eyes like her-

We stay there for a couple of seconds before she finally speaks up

Richelle: I love you too Noah -she whispers still centimetres away for my lips, eyes closed and tears still running down her face-
Noah: You are perfect in the eyes of most of the people who knows you, don't put yourself down Rich, you're amazing, talented, gorgeous and you have a beautiful soul, I've told you before and I'll repeat it as many times as you need... If you fall apart, I'll be there to catch you.