After The Kissing Booth

Surprise Gone Bad

"Elle?" I wake up to Brads voice.
"Hmm?" I say wiping my sleeping eye and sitting up.
"There's someone here for you." Brad smiles. He's hiding something and I know that.
"Okay, I'll be down in a couple minutes." I say getting out of bed.
"No now." Brad stops me from getting a little more presentable.
"Brad no, tell them to come inside and wait." I say annoyed.
"Brad, is your sister being annoying like usual?" I hear a familiar voice say. Not Lee's, not my dad's, not Ethan's, NOAH'S!

He peeks his head around the door and I jump into his arms. I kiss him. Not caring Brads probably staring at us. His lips. Fuck I missed this. I lay my head on his shoulder practically in tears.

Me and Noah are lying in my bed watching tv when I remember I'm supposed to go to the mall with Lee today. I grab my phone from my bedside table and notice that there's already a text message from him. 'Mall next Saturday, 1pm, I'll let you and Noah get to 'it' 😉' I just smile and put my phone back down.

Noah places a kiss on my cheek.

"Shelly, you really missed me didn't you." Noah kisses me again.
"Yes." I say in between kisses.

I'm lying in Noah's arms in my bed when he kisses my head.

"Wanna go to my house? I'm sure your dad won't mind." Noah says.
"And why is that?" I giggle.
"Let's just say, something your brother doesn't know about yet." Noah smirks.
"Pack my bag, I'll ask my dad." I say giggling and running downstairs.

"Dad? Can I go to Noah's?" I ask him.
"Will his parents be home? Or at least Lee?" My dad says pauses the show he was watching.
"Lee will." I say. I don't know if he will, but I just want to go.
"Okay, be back by supper time tomorrow." My dad says.
"K." I say rushing back upstairs.
"And Elle." My dad stops me.
"Yes dad, I already know." I say trying not to bring it up.
"Okay, love you."
"Love you." I say running up the stairs.

I race Noah up the stairs to his room. I fall into his bed and Noah falls on top of me. He puts his elbows beside me to hold himself up as he kisses me. I missed this. A lot.

I wake up to Noah on the phone.

"Yes, no I don't want to tell her. She can't know. No. Annie I'm not telling her, maybe tomorrow, or before I leave." I hear Noah say quietly.

Wait, who is that? Annie? Who? I sit up wiping my eyes and stare at Noah.

Noah turns around. "Jesus Shelly."
"Who's Annie." I gulp.
"Oh you hear that." Noah says pinching himself.
"Yes I heard that Noah, who is Annie." I repeat.
"She's just a friend." Noah sighs.
"Then what are you not telling me? I'm not deaf Noah I can hear." I say in frustration.
"Nothing." Noah says under his breath.
"Noah Flynn what are you keeping from me." I say getting out of his bed.
"Elle I said nothing." He repeats.
"Noah. There is obviously something you are keeping from me. 'She can't know.' " I tell Noah. Telling him what I heard.

Noah sits there bouncing his knee up and down.

"Noah. Are you cheating on me." I say. Regretting it as soon as it comes out of my mouth.
"No. No. No." Noah quickly says.
"Then what is it?" I say taking a deep breath.
"Nothing." Noah frowns.
"Noah." I say walking towards the door.
"If you can't tell me what's going on, I don't think it's working out." I gulp.
"No please Elle, just give me some time." Noah begs.
"Noah. If you can't tell me right now, then I'm sorry, but-but we're done."
"Elle please."
"N-no."

Noah just sits there quietly.

I grab my phone and car keys. "Bye Noah."

I get into my car and back out but as soon as I'm out of the drive I burst out into tears. I can't let Noah come outside to see me crying in front of his house. I wipe my eyes with my sleeve and drive off until a couple streets before everything is processing through my brain and I stop and cry. I don't know what to do. Should I call Lee? No, he's with Rachel. Ethan? But I don't want to bug him. Noah? No. Just no.

Before I know it I'm dialling Lee's number. He doesn't pick up. I don't want to be rude and call again. I'll just call Ethan. But- but I don't need Ethan right now. I need Lee.

4 rings later Lee finally picks up.

"What is it Elle? I'm kind of busy." Lee says in an annoyed tone but he try's so hard not to sound rude.

I take a breath and sniffle before I tell him. But as I'm about to Lee speaks.

"Elle? Are you okay? Shelly talk to me."
"m-me-a-and-n-no-Noah-bro." I struggle to say as I burst out in tears.
"You what?" Lee asks.
"Wait, you broke up?" Lee gets the hint after putting all the words I've said together.
"Ye-yes." I gulp.
"Where are you?" Lee says quickly.
"I- I don't know."
"Do you see anything familiar?"
"Lee?" I hear Rachel say in the background.
"Not right now Rachel." Lee like never calls Rachel, Rachel, he always calls her Rach.
"That park that we always used to go to when we were kids." I notice.
"K, fuck Shelly I'll be there in 5." Lee hangs up. Before I can say no.

I'm sitting in my car in tears when someone knocks on the window. I jump but then realize it's Lee. I get out of the car and fall into his arms crying.

"Shelly-Shelly what happened." Lee asks as I cry into his shoulder.
"I-I-"
"I'll drive you home, we can talk at your house." Lee says squeezing me tighter.

I get into the passengers seat of my car and Lee drives to my house.

Up in my room Lee finally asks again. "So what happened?
"He-he-I-I think he's cheating on me." I finally get the courage to say.
"Wait Noah? He's not." Lee says right away.
"But-but-he was-he was keeping something from-from me?" I say confused.
"Elle! That doesn't mean he's cheating on you, explain to me what happened with all the details." Lee says.
"Okay, so I went over and we fell asleep then I woke up to Noah in the phone with some girl named Annie and then he was saying that he doesn't want to tell me yet, then when I asked him he wouldn't tell me and now we're here." I say all in one breath.
"Okay, so he wouldn't tell you? But that's not like Noah-"
"But fuck I still love him." I blurt our interrupting Lee.
"Then why'd you break up with him!" Lee says staring at me.
"I don't know Lee." I say falling into his arms.
"I can't just go back and beg for his forgiveness." I say in tears.
"Give it a day, he's only leaving on Monday, go over tomorrow and talk it out." Lee suggests.
"Okay, thanks Lee, you can go back to Rachel now." I say lying down in my bed.
"Are you sure." Lee asks.
"Yeah, it's fine." I say not looking at him.
"Okay, Elle, if you need me call me I swear I'll be over in like 5 minutes at the most." Lee says hugging me.

10 minutes later my pillow is full on mascara from crying.

I just want to be in Noah's arms. Not Lee's, not my dad's, not even my mom's. I want to be in Noah's.

Incase you think you've already seen this chapter before, yes you probably have but I decided to rewrite this one chapter because I wasn't happy with it :)