Fame or Fate // Noah Beck

12

We go in and out a bunch of stores buying things here and there.

Noah jokes and we have a few conversations about nothing in particular but I feel good. I feel relaxed and mostly I feel like a teenager.

My phone rings and I pick it up.

"Hey piper." I answer.

"Hey Lex. Me and Henry are heading to the food court Wanna meet up for lunch?" She asks.

"Sure we'll meet you there." I say and we say goodbye and hang up.

We get to the food court and we all look around at the different places to eat.

"What are you thinking about?" Noah asks me.

You.

"Like to eat." He adds.

I quickly snap out of it. "Oh um.. I always like the Chinese places in malls." I tell him.

"Yeah they always give you a good amount of food." He agrees.

We all agree on getting that and then we sit at a table together.

"After we eat we can go into VS." Piper tells me.

"Ok." I mumble.

"What's VS?" Henry asks.

Noah looks at him before whispering something into his ear. Henry's eyes widen and he silently takes another bite of his food.

I give Noah a questioning look as he chuckles to himself.

After lunch me and Piper go off to Victoria Secret as we said. She links her arm with mine and skips towards the store.

"So how's it going with Becky Beck?" She asks as we get to the store.

"Good." I say shyly.

"Oh come on tell me moreee." She pushes.

"I don't know piper. I like hanging out with him but I just can't help but feel like I'm doing something wrong. I mean he has a girlfriend who happens to hate my guts and I just... I don't know." I sigh at the end of my rant.

"You're just hanging out as friends. You're not doing anything wrong." She tells me.

"He offered to pay for my stuff in hollister." I tell her as we look through the bras.

"Oh? Did you let him?" She asks.

"No." I shrug.

"Why not?" She turns towards me.

"Why should I? I'm not his girlfriend he doesn't have to pay for my stuff." I say.

"I would've let him." She shrugs.

I roll my eyes and we continue looking.

I try on a few bras and underwear's and I even try two different sets. I end up picking out 3 pairs of underwear a bra and one set.

We check out and Piper texts Henry to see where they are.

We meet up again and we all decide we should probably get going.

-

We drop Noah off first and then they drop me off. I quickly say bye and grab my bags and go inside. I go up to my room and put the bags in my closet and close the door.

There's a knock on my door and I walk over to it.

"Alexis." My mother states.

"Mom." I state back.

"I wanted you home earlier." She whispers.

"I'm sorry we went out and just lost track of time" I mean it's not technically a lie.

"Whatever." She mumbles before closing my door and walking away.

Whatever. I think to myself.

I collapse on my bed and replay today over in my head. It was a good day.

My phone rings and I roll over and pick it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey Montgomery." Noah speaks.

"Hey Beck." I notice that I smile but I ignore it.

"I had a good day today. You?" He asks.

"I had a good day too." I tell him.

"That's good." I can't see him but I imagine he's smiling.
I hear him move probably switching positions in his bed. Oh the other thoughts that entered my mind...
"Look, Alexis..." he says bringing me from the thoughts.

"Yes?" I ask quietly.

"I know how you feel.. like I know you think it's wrong that we're hanging out when I have a girlfriend and all that but.. I like.. I like hanging out with you and honestly we haven't done anything wrong." He rants.

"I know Noah." I tell him.

"Can we do it again?" He asks surprising me.

"Do.. what again?" I ask.

"Hang out." He states.

"Oh.." I take a moment to think. I know I should say no but I can't help myself. I like having out with him too. That's why I say, "yeah sure."

"Cool. Well then I'll see you at school tomorrow." He says softly.

"Ok Goodnight Beck."

"Goodnight Montgomery."
-
I scroll through Instagram and find myself searching heathers name. Her account comes up and I know I'm going to regret this but I do it anyway. I click her account and scroll through her pictures. I see numerous pictures of her and Noah.

I can't help but look at each one. In some of them he's smiling but it's not the bright happy smile he gives me. Wow did I really just assume that he's happier when he's with me? What is wrong with me that's his girlfriend.

I continue snooping and in a lot of the pictures he's not even smiling. He just has a straight blank face.

I go to my explore page and a video pops I lip and I click it. The first time I watch it I don't really know what I'm looking at. I watch it a few more times before realizing that it's a video of someone in a club dancing with some guy.

I watch it again and zoom in on the girl and realize it is heather. And I know for a fact that that dude is not Noah.
I look at the date this was posted and it says 2 days ago. I watch it again and confirm that it's definitely heather dancing with... no, on some dude who isn't her boyfriend.

Oh god. What do I do? Should I tell him? What if I just look like the jealous girl who seems desperate?

I turn off my phone and run my hands through my hair.

Why me. Why do I have to be put in this situation.