Not Very Stereotypical.

Chapter Forty

"Of course he thought it was you. You were wearing identical outfits and it was pitch black. The poor boy was so 'off his head' as you would say, he couldn't tell his lefts and rights, never mind anything else." Milly said to me as Kate strutted away, her fun now spoilt. I felt humiliated, I should never have reacted so quickly.

"I'm not saying that you shouldn't be mad at him but I'm definitely saying that he loves you and after talking to him about why you could be ignoring him, he explained the story. Well, what he could remember if it. And he pushed her away as soon as he realised." She said, holding my hand in hers. "That's why Leighton thought you two were up to something because he left to look for you soon after too. Well, he blacked out on the front lawn, but the thought was there truly."

I stuttered, and my mind felt fumbled. I knew that I couldn't let Noah off too easily, he still did cheat on me but it was because of how much he drank. But if I give that excuse then I'm a hypocrite because I drank that much too. My head was frazzled and I had too many questions in my head to make sense of it right now.

"He'd never do that on purpose. He's the most loyal boy I know really. And that's no dig at Mitchell either, it's the truth." Gracie perked up, beginning to walk me back towards lesson. Milly agreed with her and took my arm in hers as I silenced myself.

"I just don't know what to do. I'm so confused. I spent all weekend crying about something I overthought when drunk. But I didn't and it did happen and I don't know how to feel." I sighed, irritation roaming my body.

We turned into our classroom and I had no chance of concentrating. I'd never felt so conflicted about something. And it's not although I could simply forgive him because he was guilty. In an effort to clear my head, I made effort with the work set for me during the lesson and didn't think of him at all. Of course that was my plan for the day anyway but with the news I was just given, my plan was tricky.

To make the matters worse, throughout all of the confusion today, I had completely forgotten that I'd promised Timmy we'd go to the fair. So when I was rushing around the car parking looking for Noah and found Nia and an impatient Timmy in the car instead, I had to leave.

Overhearing the conversations the girls had today, it seems that a lot of the town was going to be at this fair anyway, so I prayed that Nob would be somewhere amongst the crowd. I didn't want to have to talk this through over text, it wouldn't be right. As soon as we got dropped off at home, myself and Timmy both ran up the big set of stairs, bouncing off of each other in transit. I went and got changed, deciding on a big fluffy coat and dangerously white jeans, I smacked my lips together to apply some lip gloss and shot back down the stairs to pick up a mini bag, filled with all my essentials to take. Timmy had simply changed his coat and simply found his dinosaur wallet to take with him.

Taking no more time than necessary, we all hopped back in Nia's car and she bang to drive us to the fair ground. "How was school today kids?" She said, attempting to make small talk. Timmy nodded like an excited dog and explained that he got to do jigsaws early because he completed his work first.
However when the question was repeated and aimed at me all I could do was shrug and say, "eventful."

The sparkle of kindness hinted in her eyes, she was the one who made sure that I got something to eat the day before. Dad was in surgery all day, which I think he liked really because it meant that he didn't have to be in heart break central for another day.

Yo say the least, the carnival here was much bigger than the ones we'd have in car parks back home. With the autumnal sun still in the sky, we had plenty of the day left to have fun, ride on the rides and find Noah. The carousel, waltzers and the teacups were an immediate must for Timmy, followed by the bumper cars and very quickly flashing lights of a drop slide.