After The Kissing Booth

Babysitting

"I thought you were with Rachel?" I say answering Lee's phone call.
"I'm just about to head over, but I know i was supposed to baby sit with you tonight, but do you want another babysitting buddy?" Lee says as I hear him unlock his car door.
"Who?" I ask as I fix my messing bun.
"Just yes or no." Lee says starting his car.
"Uh, yeah, I mean, uh, yeah, sure." I say.
"So yes?" Lee laughs.
"Yes." I sigh.
"Yes to saying yes or yes to my question?" Lee jokes.
"Yes to everything already!" I laugh.
"K, love ya." Lee says.
"Love ya." I hang up.

I decide to go put something a little more decent on since someone other then Lee is coming over. I change out of my flannel pyjama pants into black nike shorts and fix my messy bun for the third time in ten seconds. I look at myself and sigh, I mean, it's probably either Cam, Ollie or Warren, maybe Tuppen, and they have all seen me like this so screw looking perfect.

I go downstairs to the couch to watch some more Gossip Girl which I'm watching for the third time this year.

A couple minutes later I hear the doorbell ring.

"Hey-" I stop mid sentence when I realize who it is.
"Hey Elle, so uh, Lee asked me if I could be your babysitting buddy." Ethan smiles.
"Oh yeah, uh." I say embarrassed when I realize I look like crap, in front of Ethan, who's only seen me looking my best.
"Is everything okay?" Ethan says as he walks in and makes himself comfy on the couch.
"Yeah, do you want something to drink? Or eat?" I ask him before bitting my lip.
"I'll just take some water." Ethan looks back at me and smiles.

I grab Ethan a bottle of water and go to sit down on the couch. More like on the opposite side of the couch.

"So aren't we supposed to be babysitting?" Ethan asks.
"Oh yeah, Brad!" I yell for Brad.
"If Le-" Brad stops when he realizes it's not Lee.
"Who's that?" Brad asks.
"Ethan." I say embarrassed.
"I thought Lee was coming, who's this, he probably won't play video games with me like Lee does." Brad whines.
"What video game?" Ethan chimes in.
"Fortnite." Brad says under his breath.
"Oh well I'm a pro and that, come on, let's play it." Ethan says getting up to grab the controllers and headsets as if he lives here.
"Yas!" Brad says happily and sits down in between us.

After two hours of none stop video games I finally hear my dads car pull into the driveway.

"Brad I think it's time for you to go get ready for bed." I say when I hear my dads car lock.
"Noooo." Brad pouts.
"Brad." I say with a mom face.
"Fine." Brad says getting up.
"Thanks for playing video games with me Ethan." Brad says smiling.
"No problem. If you sister wasn't such a party pooper maybe we could have played more." Ethan looks over to me with a small smirk.

I look at him as he and Brad laugh. I bit my lip. It's not Noah. But it's Ethan. But not-not Noah.

"Brad sleeping yet?" My dad says as he takes his shoes off.
"Just getting ready for bed." I look back.
"Oh hey Le-"
"Oh who's this." My dad says as he noticed it's not Lee.
"Ethan." I smile.
"Oh yes, Cam was talking about him if I'm right?" My dad questions.
"Yep, Lee couldn't make it tonight so he called Ethan to be my babysitting buddy." I say.
"Well thank you Ethan, it's pretty late though, your family is probably waiting on you." My dad says.
"Yeah, I should probably head home." Ethan says grabbing his hoodie and getting up.
"I'll walk him out." I smile getting up.

I open the door for Ethan and head out with him.

"Well thank you." I say hugging myself as the cold September night breeze rushes onto my arms.
"No problem, it was fun, much easier then my sister." Ethan laughs.
"I bet she's not that bad." I look at him.
"Yeah she's bad, paints my nails and does my makeup." Ethan laughs. So do I.
"Well I better head in, it's pretty cold out here." I say touching my hand on the door handle.
"Oh here." Ethan gives me his hoodie.

I stand there in shock.

"No, no, it's fine." I say handing the hoodie back to him.
"Oh, well see you." Ethan says awkwardly.
"See you." I say opening the door.

I head inside and go upstairs. I'm half way up the stairs when my dad calls.

"Ethans a pretty nice guy."
"Yeah." I say looking back.
"How old is he?" My dad asks.
"Seventeen, same age as me." I say trying to get out of conversation.
"Well-" My dad trails off.
"Dad, can we talk in the morning, I just want to get to bed." I say coming off in a rude way.
"Oh, yeah, love you." My dad blows me a kiss.
"Love you." I blow him back a kiss.

I change into a pair of Nike shorts and one of Noah's hoodies he left behind and climb into bed. I wish Noah was here. To wrap his arms around me. I miss him. Too much.

I check my phone to see two messages from him. 'Can't sleep' 'Call me please.' I look to see that the messages were from only 2 minutes and I quickly grab my laptop and press FaceTime Noah. One ring later there Noah is. Shirtless in bed. Looking better then usual.

"Hey." I frown. Fuck I miss him.
"What's wrong Shelly?" Noah asks as he sits up straight.
"I miss you." I frown again.
"Oh Shelly, I fucking miss you so much." Noah's says.
"I just want you to be here." I close my eyes.

After talking to Noah for an hour and everyone is asleep I start to get tired so I lie down but keep Noah on FaceTime. Minutes later I'm about to fall asleep and I hear Noah's soft voice tell me he loves me but he doesn't hang up he lies down and keeps me on FaceTime.