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Chapter FifteenHappy, Like All The Time≋I knew what was happening.I'm not an idiot and I read enough books.Noah and I were clearly getting closer and I was starting to let my guard down around him. Sure, I let him in but I wasn't going to tell him anything about what he really wanted to know - the raven, the bad luck, why I was afraid to get attached.Those memories were locked somewhere deep and far, very, very far at the scary corners at the back of my mind that were filled with cobwebs.I was letting my guard down, letting him know me better but those things, those memories that I left in Saratoga, those things were for me to know and that was it.I didn't even talk about them with Charlie and Ezra so there was no way that Noah would find out about them. That was something I needed to make clear.Anyways, after laying awake all night on Sunday after Noah left my house because Ezra had interrupted what was about to happen, I did some thinking.For the very first time in a long,
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Chapter SixteenSketchy Note≋Wednesday at lunch, Luke caught up to me."Hey, princess!" I turned away from my locker where I was putting my things away to see Luke smiling brightly. He hugged me. "Where have you been? I feel like I haven't talked to you in forever."I grinned, "I see you everyday, Luke.""Hey so," he watched me put my things away and close my locker. I looked at him with my eyebrows raised. "What do you say we go to that ice cream parlour from the other day? Just the two of us.""Not the rest of the group?" I was surprised. He usually was good at getting everyone to join in on plans.Luke shrugged as the two of us started walking down the hall, "Well we haven't been talking much so I thought we could catch up, you know? We can tell the others to come if you want, though."I shook my head and smiled at him, "No, I'm fine with us two."Another lunch with Noah was avoided. Honestly, Luke and I had a really good time.He bought me ice cream and we talked crap about math
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Chapter SeventeenI Wouldn't Say No To You≋We walked through a door, Noah continuing to hold my hand and guide me until I was standing... in a shower. I looked around until I realized I was in the boys locker room but nobody was around because school ended and there was no practice for any sport going on today.I couldn't tell what Noah was thinking as I looked at him. His face was hard but eyes were soft.My eyes followed him as he stood me under one of the shower heads and then let go of my hand as he reached over to turn the water on."I'll uh... I'll go grab a towel."I didn't say anything as he looked at me for a minute and then walked away from the showers. The hot water rained on me, finally getting my muscles to relax. I didn't realize how tense or how cold I had gotten but once I stood there under the water with my eyes shut for a minute, I already felt a lot better as I tried to stop replaying what just happened in my head.I turned around so I was facing the shower handle
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Chapter EighteenNo Beef≋The next day at school was kind of hell. I was beyond, beyond thankful that it was a Friday but it didn't help the day go by any faster.All day at school people were staring and murmuring quietly as I walked by. Nobody had the guts to laugh even if they wanted to because although Madison pulled that stunt, they had all seen me tell her off and almost beat her face to pulp three times so nobody was going to laugh in my face.Madison was nowhere to be seen which was good because it meant she was scared but it was also disappointing because I wanted to watch her go into armadillo mode when I glare at her because everyone knew she was still scared of me... and of Noah.I walked through the halls like a living Mona Lisa, knowing very well all the stares and hushed conversations were directed at me. However, thanks to Ezra who I had by my side, he would give people a cold and harsh look that would instantly make them scatter away. He was intimidating like that."
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Chapter NineteenAfraid Of The Possibility≋I leaned against my locker, continuously tapping my door anxiously as I waited for Noah who said he'd meet me here after class. I stared at the ground to avoid looking up and see people who were still staring at me from the incident yesterday."Hey," I looked up to see Noah. "Ready to hit the books?"I nodded quietly as the two of us made our way to the school library.We got into the math basically right away. There were only a few other kids in the library but by 7 pm it had completely cleared out, the librarian not even in sight.The janitor ended up kicking us out shortly after that because the school library was closed so we ended up sitting in the dimly sit hallway, our backs leaned against lockers with our books and papers scattered in front of us on the floor.It had been over four hours at this point.We had done nothing but work on math as Noah continued explaining more things that I couldn't understand. By the time he finished he
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Chapter TwentyVery Immature≋"Tiffany?" I turned around to see Cade walking up to me with a smile. I was sitting at the bleachers with my functions textbook opened in front of me as I went over my notes to ensure I would be ready for the test later today. I really needed to get good marks on it so my grade goes up."Oh, hey Cade." I gave him a soft smile as he walked over and took a seat beside me."Functions," he cringed as he looked down at the work. "I hate math.""Ironic, your brother is the one tutoring me." I chuckled lightly, looking down at the notes."Really?" Cade sounded surprised. "Noah isn't really... well, the tutoring type."My eyebrows pulled together in slight confusion as I looked at Cade, "Really? Hm, he makes a good one and doesn't seem to mind." I shrugged before looking back down to my notes, not dwelling on what Cade said.Cade nodded his head slowly, "So... anyways, are you going to the party tonight?""There's a party?" I mumbled distantly, my eyes not leavi
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Chapter Twenty-OneWhat Happened Last Night?≋I woke up when I was being shaken. My eyes slowly fluttered open, confused for a moment when I saw Noah standing in front of me.Noah was shirtless and in his black jeans from the previous night. His eyes squinted, a look of confusion and discomfort on his face as he probably had a brutal headache. "Tiffany? What are you doing here? And on the couch? What happened last night?"I sat up, the blanket falling in my lap. Noah sat down on the recliner in his room across from the one I was sitting on. After he had passed out I got out of his bed and took the recliner because I knew I wouldn't be sleeping much since I didn't have my pills."You came back wasted out of your mind." I told him although he already knew that part. "You didn't let me leave... asked me to stay the night?" My statement came out as a question, looking at him in inquiry as I wondered whether he remember a thing or not.Noah shook his head, answering my question. He ran a
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Chapter Twenty-TwoWe're A Boy Band Now≋"Princess!""What the hell?" I was very lost when I was standing in my kitchen eating yogurt when a pair of arms wrapped around me, hugging me tightly as Luke's cheery voice rang through my ears."Luke," I exhaled, turning around to look at him smiling brightly. "Should I even ask what you're doing here?""Hey now, don't look more excited to see me," he mumbled sarcastically, grinning. "And no, you should be used to me being around. You weren't at school today...neither was Noah but he was hungover so where were you?"Leo, Charlie, Kai and Ezra walked into the kitchen."Hey, Tiff," Leo smiled. "Where were you today?""I woke up late and didn't feel like coming for half the day," I shrugged lightly. Ezra came over to me, looking at me with suspicious, narrowed eyes."What?"He shrugged, "Nothing. You look tired.""That's because I didn't sleep," I grumbled, picking my yogurt from the counter as I continued eating it."Is everything okay?" Ezra
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