song : friends by chase atlantic
third person's pov :
nova swivels around her coffee mug, making her coffee splash against the ceramic walls of the mug.
her head filled with scary thoughts as memories of last night's talk fills up her brain.
loud footsteps are heard from the stairs and she whips her head around to meet ethan's soft smile, he sits down next to nova and his smile disappears slowly as he opens his mouth to ask a risky question.
"why didn't you wake me up?" he asks, eyebrows furrowed with a small, forced smile
"i forgot, i got distracted." she softly whispers, smiling as she stares into his hazel eyes but quickly breaking eye contact as she feels a rush of butterflies flow into her stomach
"are you free today?" she hesitantly asks, handing her coffee mug to ethan
"mhm, why?" he asks, taking small sips from the mug
"well, i want to hang out with you before you leave since i have the chance to this time."
he frowns as he hears her words but quickly smiles once again as he thinks about spending time with her.
finally. just the two of them this time.
"i already have the whole day planned out. you just have to get dressed." she grins, playing around with her bracelet
he nods in return and sets the coffee mug on the wood table in front of them, his feet softly patting against the floor as he slowly turns around and sets his hand on nova's thigh.
"are you alright? you seem off today." he asks
nova quickly lets out a rushed nod and jumps up from the couch, rubbing the back of her neck and laughing nervously.
"i-i just. i'm going to go take a shower, ok? i'll meet you down here and then we can leave."
ethan hesitantly nods back and watches her quickly run up the stairs, her letting out a breath of relief as she reaches the top of the steps.
—
"so it's just the two of us then, hm?" ethan teases, bumping shoulders with nova as she backs out of the driveway
"what's wrong with wanting alone time with my best friend?" she asks, smiling as her eyes focus on the road in front of her
"n-nothing. there's nothing wrong with that." ethan chuckles nervously, looking out of the window and taking a deep breath he didn't know he was holding in
"never thought she would say something like that." he thinks to himself
—
ethan and nova both let out a loud laugh as nova continues to drive along the steep hills and she squints her eyes as she tries to focus on the tiny light that is reflecting from her headlights.
"you sure you know where you're going, n?" ethan asks
"mhm. don't worry, e. this is our last stop of the day and then we're going back home."
the corner of ethan's lips quickly widen into a bright smile as he hears nova call his home, her's and he shakes his head to himself, forcing himself to look out the window before letting his feelings flow out then and there.
they come to a stop at an overlook and ethan's eyes widen in awe as he stares out at the view in front of him.
"wow." he whispers, slowly opening up the car door and running up to the roof of the car to sit on it
