After The Kissing Booth

College

"Okay enough about me, how was your day?" Noah asks me with his signature smirk.
"Okay, I mean, not amazing, since your not here." I smirk.
"Stop it Shelly, I just want to kiss you even more now." Noah says and I giggle.

After talking on the phone about senior year, college, friends and more, Noah finally asks.

"Shelly, um, where are you going to, um, college?' Noah asks. I can pretty much feel him pinching himself.
"Berkeley." I respond. I mean, don't stop me, I would love to go to Harvard, but with my grade, I'll never get there.
"Oh-" Noah frowns.
"Noah look, I would love to be at Harvard with you, but with my grades, that'll never happen.
"But can you not just try? Please." Noah practically begs.
"I'll apply, but don't get your hopes up." I say smiling.
"Okay! I just want you to try Shelly, thank you." Noah smiles. Ugh! I love that smile.

Not to long after me and Noah hang up since we both have school in the morning.

•••

"Morning." I say when getting into Lee's car.
"What's wrong with you today?" Lee says knowing something is up.
"Nothing." I say looking away.
"Elle? I've been your best friend for seventeen years. I know what something's up." He says looking at me. Ugh! Why does he have to know me so well.
"Fine. I don't know what college I want to go to." I admit.

All of this stress isn't making me in a good mood. I want to go to Berkeley with Lee, but want to go to Harvard with Noah.

"What? I thought you want to go to Berkeley with me?" Lee says in concern.
"Lee I don't know! I want to go to Berkeley with you, I really do. But I also want to be with Noah." I admit again. Wow, I'm on an admitting streak.
"I'll apply for Harvard too." Lee says smiling.
"Wait really." I say surprised.
"Elle, if you're going to Harvard, I am too." Lee says.

I give him a huge hug.

"But- but what about Rachel?" I say remembering Rachel is applying to Stanford, Brown and Mills.
"I'll talk to her. Who knows, maybe we won't get into Harvard and we'll go to Berkeley, but I'll apply for Harvard and Berkeley." Lee looks over to me but then gets his eyes back onto the road.

When we arrive at school Rachel is waiting for us. Lee gets out a gives her a kiss and gets back to walking with me. Rachel quickly hurry's up to us.

Me and Rachel definitely don't have a huge bond. It's always been me and Lee, but now, it's me, Lee and Rachel. Everything is made for the two of us, so we've had to change a lot for Rachel. Including going to the arcade every day. Because our favourite game, is just for two people, not three. But me and Lee still go, we just go when Rachel is busy with something else.

At lunch I'm sitting at our usual table. With Lee, Rachel, Warren, Tupan, Lisa (Tupan's girlfriend) Ollie, Cam and two of Rachel's friends.

"So how's the long distance going?" Lisa asks.
"I mean, fine, it's just hard." I sigh. It is hard, knowing that Noah could easily be making out with another girl right now.
"Elle just think about how you'll see Noah in not even two months." Lisa reassures me.
"Yeah, I guess." Noah's coming home for Thanksgiving, but that still so far away.