Kiss thy Queen (Nochelle)

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Uploading chapter one of my 'Bryles Text' story within the next half hour, and I'm excited!

Noah's POV

I waited at the airport, a bouquet of roses which I knew, Richelle, would like, but I was still hesitant.

Emily, Michelle, Lilly, & Kingston waited with me. They were all deep in conversation about Nationals coming up, when I heard the lady at the counter call out that the plane had landed.

I instantly tensed. Why was I so nervous? It was just, Richelle.

"Hey, you alright? You look pale." Lilly commented, & I immediately face-palmed. If they could tell I was nervous, then Richelle would definitely be able too as well. I'm such a fool.

"Yeah. It's just been a long six weeks. But I'm fine." I lied. I heard Lilly let out a long, exasperated sigh. We had never gotten along well with each other, & I'm pretty sure she only thought of me as a Dance-Captain, not a friend. I knew this, so I never made an effort to try to talk to her, or kindle a friendship. Lilly was very confident, fierce, & outspoken therefore she intimidated me. I was shocked that Kingston was brave enough to ask her out honestly.

"Look Noah, I know you & I have never really seen eye-to-eye, but I really don't get why you're so stressed out. It's, Richelle. You've known her years. You really have no reason to be freaking out. Just relax!" She explained. I smiled gratefully, feeling somewhat reasurred." Thanks." I replied, as she gave me a slight nod.

As if on queue, Kingston came over, wrapping his arm around Lilly's shoulders, giving her a tight squeeze as he placed a kiss on her forehead. Lilly's face lit up at his action, & I almost said, "awww" but I had to resist the urge. I wanted to have something like that with Richelle one day. I hoped that was possible.

I think I was partly worried about what had happened with Abi the other day. It didn't mean anything to me, but Richelle had a tendency to over-think things, & I didn't want to ruin what I had going for me with, Richelle.

I didn't want to tell her, but I knew that I'd need to confess what happened eventually. I just wasn't ready to have someone so important to me, hating my guts for cheating while she was away, even though we weren't technically a 'thing' yet.

"Hey dude, what's with the flowers?" Kingston asked curiously, eyeing them. I had forgotten that nobody at the studio knew about our 'sort of' relationship, & I wanted to mentally kick my own ass. What was I thinking bringing flowers?!

I mean, I was pretty sure that Lilly, Piper, Emily & Michelle knew about the date I took Richelle on, & Emily keeps giving me 'useful advice about women' after late-night rehearsals, so I automatically assumed they knew, or at least had an idea. But the guys, as far as I was aware, had no idea about us, & I was unsure of how they'd take it.

Kingston knew Ozzy liked Richelle, & he knew that Ozzy & Richelle had a huge argument over a guy, but Ozzy wouldn't say who that guy was. Kingston kept asking me if I knew who the guy was, since I was best friends with Richelle, but I kept saying that I didn't know anything.

I knew Kingston was just worried about Ozzy, so he was trying to find out who the guy was that caused the argument. I was not at all keen for them to know about us just yet though. Finn & Henry, were friends with the both of them. Would they all ditch me if Kingston found out & told them. No, it's better to be safe than sorry.

"Oh.. Uh- it's just a welcome home gift." I replied, & technically I wasn't lying. Kingston just nodded his head & replied with, "Smart thinking. She'll love them." thehm continued talking with the others.