Chapter 15: Chapter 15
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I am much more me when I'm with you.
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//Chapter Sixteen\\
Noel's POV
"What do you want?"
She smirked walking towards me, I didn't falter in my stance or betray any look of intimidation. As usual she looked beautiful in really short black leather skirt and a pink top, her hair curled richly, topped off with killer heels, she had two girls beside her all giving me the stink eye. I recognized the ebony haired girl as the one who made out with Aaron by his locker. "I just want to know your deal with Aaron?"
"Why? Why does Aaron concern you?" I asked.
"We're the ones asking the question here newbie," the strawberry blond hair girl spat out glaring at me.
"Well I didn't come here for an interview," I retorted back, looking at the blond bitch.
"AL and I...we have some kind of close relationship. Your turn," Quinn replied. I decided to just answer them so they'll let me be, our little confrontation was becoming annoying.
I sighed, "Aaron and I have no relationship, we just talk and sometimes hang out."
"See, that's the problem right there." Quinn said walking around me, "I don't want you hanging out with him, I don't want you near him."
"Well I don't want to come to school everyday for a week but I still do right?" I asked turning to look at her behind.
"I don't think you're getting what she's trying to say," The blond bitch said making me snap my head to her, before you know it I'm cornered by the sink surrounded by Quinn and her bitches. "Stay away from Aaron. Trust me it's for your own good." Quinn smirked before they paraded out of the restroom swaying their plastic ass from right to left.
I huffed, "I can't believe this," I say to myself going to the mirror to stare at my reflection. "Bitches everywhere they don't seem to want to leave me be." I splashed water on my face, unintentionally cleaning off the blush makeup. "Parties, Drama. I just knew it."
"Noel," Peyton rushed into the restroom, I turned to see her panicked face, "Noel are you alright? What did those bubble guppies want with you?"
"Uh uh, bubble guppies are adorable I loved the show, those three, anything but adorable." I said as we laughed. "I'm ok, they just wanted to...spat out empty threats and all."
"No no, Quinn does not leave empty threats. What did you do to her, you're new." Peyton said relaxing on the sink and letting her mind wander.
"She wants me to stay away from Aaron," I say deciding to wash off all the makeup entirely, less than 10 minutes into a party and all the makeup that took at least 30 minutes to put on was gone. What a waste. At least I still have my hairdo.
"God she's obsessed with him. Shooing all girls away as if he is her property," Peyton said crossing her arms with a frown, "not that we have a chance anyway, Aaron is too good for all even her."
I laughed as we held hands and left the bathroom. "Do you think you'll ever stop liking him?"
"I don't know maybe one day, I mean highschool crush isn't forever right?"
"No it isn't."
"Even if it is, I'm already naming my nine cats, " she said causing us to laugh, "I could call out the names I have for you, Tom...that is compulsory."
We start squeezing through the sweaty bodies as Peyton continues naming her future cats, Nadine calls her and she excuses herself. I start looking for a familiar face. Anything to make this party worthwhile and then I see Aaron he's talking to Quinn, she's alone and her finger is running around in his body. She's full on flirting with him and his laughing at something she's saying. Ok are they a thing? Aaron turns and our eyes meet. He winks at me and I glare at him before I turn away and decide to find myself a drink.
I squeeze through people, ask around until I find the kitchen. As soon as I enter the kitchen, I see two people kissing, the girl is sitting on the counter her shirt rode up, I can see her Lacy white bra and her short skirt is also rode up with the guys hand on her bare thighs. My mouth drop as I feel my breakfast coming up, are they actually going to do it here?. Teenagers, what is this world turning into?.
I recognize the mass of black hair and the outfit. "Jesse?" No reply its definitely him, I can see it now. "Jesse? Jesse look at me!" He still doesn't reply, they are so into it, I'm thinking I'm a ghost. "Jess can you hear me?"
He pulls away from her with a groan, then he turns to me and starts walking towards me with a murderous look, "No, no, no. You can call me Jesse, Jay or even Jessey but you will not call me Jess."
I raise my hand up in surrender, "ok ok I get it."
He sighed turning to his girl, "buzz kill this one," he points his thumb referring to me. Then he pats her thigh and kisses her one last times, "get out." She jumps off the counter, puts her clothes in order, glares at me then walks out.
"You know people actually eat on that counter right?" I ask staring at the spot with disgust.
He shrugged, "not my house, not my problem."
I scoff walking to the fridge, "poor people."
"Is there a particular reason why you just ruined my night?" He ask me, taking a seat.
"I need a drink," I looked in the fridge and found nothing. Then Jesse pointed me to a bottle of whiskey, took it and drowned one shot, it burned. "Must you sleep around?"
"Somehow I ended up as designated driver for the night. I need to use my time for something right?" He says wiggling his brow at me. I show him my gagging face before taking a seat.
"Ah there you are," Aaron said coming into the kitchen, "I've been looking for you."
"You have? Because you looked pretty busy to me." I drowned another shot, hating the taste but wanting more.
"Ok, I'm out of here. Bye Christmas." Jesse said walking out, "Cynthia... Cynthia my love where are you?" He sang as he left the kitchen leaving just me and Aaron alone. I looked at him from the corner of my eyes as he took a seat and sat close to me. He took my drink and drank out of it.
"Any particular reason why you're in a mood?" He asked passing the drink back to me. I eyes the bottle thinking about all the germs he could have passed to it through his mouth. My eyes flicker to his lips, well they look pink, beautiful and germ free. "What looks pink, beautiful and germ free?" Aaron asked me his eyes on me.
I look away quickly, "nothing," I drink from the bottle daring all his mouth germ .
He nudged me playfully, "we just kissed."
I Chuckled, "you wish."
"Let's leave this lame ass party, huh?" He nudged me again smiling.
I smiled and got up, he helped me stand to my feet. "Yep but I'm going with this bottle."
Aaron starting showing us out of the party guiding me out, his hand at the small of my back. I tried to ignore the tingling feeling I was getting from his touch. As we were moving past the dancing drunk hormonal teenagers, I felt someone tap my butt. I gasp and turned back only to see one blond boy wink at me.
"Nice ass," he said then licked the bottom of his lip. I'm about to give him a sweat...no scratch that, a sour piece of my mind when I see his weight lift off the ground.
Ok no but the way he was pulled made him to start standing on the tip of his toes as he looked at at a scary looking Aaron.
"What's your problem dude?" Aaron growled at him.
"No- No- Nothing... I - I just ta--tapped her," he shuttered as sweat drops started coming on his face.
"Tapped her? Tapped her where?" Aaron growled again tightening his hold on the boys collar.
"Her--her--ass. Dude I'm sorry." He shuttered again clasping his hand in an apology.
"What gave you the right? Is it alright to tap random girls ass? Would you like it if I tapped yours?" Aaron asked he didn't answer, he was shaking too much. "I said would you like it?'
" N---" he started saying then he saw Aaron's face and changed his mind. "Ye---yes. I guess."
"You would like it?" Aaron asked calmly the foolish boy nodded. By now everyone was looking at us and I was just wondering why Aaron was defending me like this and I was curious too. "Yo Jesse!" Aaron shouted and I saw Jesse detach his face from some poor girl who looked like she was about to have an orgasm from just kissing. (Eye roll). "This guy said he wouldn't mind if we tapped his ass."
Jesse wore a confused look as he looked at me, then Aaron then the guy. He smirked as he started walking towards us, "finally something to do."
Before I could say 'peter pipper, Aaron and Jesse had managed to tie the now crying boy up on the ceiling fan. "Step right up. Step right up a Pin-ass-ta waiting to be tapped," Jesse sang as numerous people lined up to hit the guys ass and walk away.
"Aaron let him down," I said, now feeling pity on the boy.
He looked at the boy, then back at me,"let everybody get a chance first, then Jesse would bring him down. Come on let's go."
I reluctantly followed him out, "thank you...for standing up for me." He looked at me, his beautiful eyes holding mind for about a minute. The silence was electrifying. He looked away scratching the back of his neck.
"I didn't do it for just you. Girls aren't to be treated that way, its stupid of any guy." He said.
I smiled feeling my heart flutter as the cool fresh air hit my face and my whole body. "You know you're really sweet."
"I know, I've been told by numerous people especially the ones who've kissed me," he winked at me.
"God, don't tell me you sprinkle sugar on your lips or rub sweetened lip gloss just so you can give 'sweet' kisses," I said then drank out of my whisky bottle, it helped with the cold the fresh air was bringing.
He gasped placing a hand on his chest, "you know my secret."
I laughed then turned serious, "really?"
He chuckled, collecting my whisky bottle and drinking off it. "you're unbelievable, who would do that?"
"Many people, you'll be surprised at the stuff that goes on in here," I said collecting it back and drinking off it too.
Aaron and I continued drinking off the bottle and walking until we found ourselves in a park. By now, I was a bit lightheaded and free...like I had no worries left. "Its the park," I yelled excited running into it. I remembered the park in California, I would go there every Saturday with my camera to watch children play, people walk their dogs, and others go on a date. A park is usually a nice place to sit around and think or forget your problems.
"Noel I think you're drunk," Aaron said collecting the bottle from me.
"No I'm not," I pouted trying to collect it back but he just kept it away.
"You've had enough."
"Meanie," I said sticking out my tongue to him then running to the swings. I sat on one and started swinging myself before I burst out laughing.
"What's so funny?" Aaron asked sitting on the swing next to mine.
"I recalled a memory," I said laughing more, "one time when I was really small, I got on one really long swing, I started swinging myself so high and I ended up being tangled up at the top."
We burst out laughing, "oh that must have been a sight." Aaron said.
"Yup," I answered back popping the p, "two elders had to carefully unwrap me, it was uncomfortable and a bit painful." I started swinging really high attempting to reach the sky, anytime I think I'm almost there, I'll find myself down again. "I'm going to pluck a star down and give it to you."
"Really why?"
"Cos it would match your eyes," I said then turned to see him smiling, I smiled back and resumed my swinging, now with a new goal- get a star for Aaron.
"You're almost there," Aaron encouraged, "you're almost there, you're almost there, oof you missed."
I pouted looking at the unreachable stars, Aaron held onto my hand consoling me. "You almost got it ok?" I smiled again looking at his hand on mine, it was so warm and felt so good.
"You know, I bet I can hide here and even if its a park you've been to for several years, you won't find me." I said proudly standing up.
"Oh yeah try me but you should know. People call me the seeker." He said proudly too before closing his eyes with his hand.
"No peeking," I warned, he nodded and I giggled running the other way.
"One-"
"Two-"
"Three-"
"Ten- ready or not here I come." I heard his voice say as my heart skipped a beat and started beating widely in my chest.
"Shssh you'll make him find us," I warned my heart. I was currently sitting on the soft grass behind the slide. I heard Aaron walking around and then stopped near the slide, my heart literally stopped.
"Oh my...Noel can truly hide, where in this great big park would I find her?" He said loudly.
I put my hand over my mouth silencing my giggle, then I heard my stomach rumble, maybe that swinging wasn't good for me afterall.
"Gotcha!" Aaron yelled his head poking under the swing, I screamed and started giggling like a little girl. Aaron laughed and sat under the swing too, beside me, our legs touching. "You're so adorable, like a little girl."
I laughed, "my dad and I used to play this game all the time and he would call me his little girl, even though I wasn't little anymore."
"Aww, where's your dad? On a trip?" Aaron asked and I answered just like a little girl would.
I pointed up, "in heaven. He's in heaven." We fell silent and I turned to Aaron, his blue eyes were twinkling in the darkness, just like little blue stars. "You're eyes are so beautiful."
I gulped, my eyes flickering down to his lips as I forget how to breath. "They make me... they make me want to kiss you." Aaron didn't say anything but his eyes remained on me, I started leaning up, prepared to kiss him
Then I felt my stomach rumble again, and something started coming up.... Vomit?.
"Ow my favourite shirt!"
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