Fame or Fate // Noah Beck

10

"It was Noah wasn't it! What did he talk about? Did he mention me? Why'd you look at me and then mention something about not knowing he knew my name? Wait he knows my name?"

"Piper!" I groan.

"What?" She asks innocently.

"Stop hounding me with questions please. It's late and I'm tired. I can tell you everything in the morning ok?" I ask her.

"Oh right. Ok. Goodnight Alex." She turns off the light and I close my eyes eventually falling asleep.

-

The next morning I wake up to my phone buzzing.

I roll over and sleepily grab it from the nightstand.

I look at the screen squinting from the bright light and I read two messages.

Mom: come home around 12. It's 9am right now and she sent this an hour ago. I roll my eyes and click to the other message.

Beck: do you want to hang?

I debate on what to say to him. On one hand he has a girlfriend who's literally my least favorite person (aside from my step father of course. But she's a close second). On the other hand though we're just friends and we're just hanging out.

Then I come up with an idea.

"Piper." I shake he lightly to wake her up and she groans.

"Five more minutes." She says softly.

"No wake up piper." I say shaking her again.

"What?" She asks sleepily rubbing her eyes.

"Do you want to invite Henry to go to the mall?" I ask her.

"Sure why?" She asks now sitting up.

"Because Noah was asking to hang out and I felt like it would be better if it wasn't just me and him hanging out, you know? Just friend stuff." I explain.

"Do not friendzone Becky Beck." She scowls.

"He's just a friend though piper." I say rolling my eyes playfully.

Before she can say anything my ohone rings and Noah's name flashes across the screen.

"Hello?" I say picking it up.

"Good morning. You left me on read."

"Oh uh.. sorry I was talking with piper. How about we go to the mall? Me, you, Piper, and Henry." I suggest.

"That sounds good. What time?" He asks.

"12 and Henry will pick us all up!" Piper shouts obviously listening into the conversation.

"Ok see you guys then." He says and we say goodbye and hang up.

"Oh no." I say once the phone is hung up.

"What's 'oh no'?" Piper asks.

"My mom wanted me home at 12." I sigh.

"Just tell her you're going out to live your life." Piper shrugs.

"Yeah I guess." I says lowly before texting my mom.
'I have some stuff to do today I'll be home later probably tonight.'

After that piper insists on make me 'dress cute' and I repeatedly tell her I'm not trying to impress anyone. Especially not Noah Beck.

I decide on a simple black cropped tank and a black and white plaid skirt.

Her outfit: