Break the Distance

Chapter 39

Wednesday 28th of September, 2016

Wellington, New Zealand

Richelle Smith

I look at the time. 4:03 pm. That means the meet and great just started. I sigh, can't believe I'm actually missing it. My dad left to the hospital a little earlier, but I wasn't allowed to come. I'm still glad I stayed in Wellington though, can't imagine me being in Auckland while my aunt is still in the hospital.

I really hope Mia didn't forget to give Noah the letter, it's the only way if communication we can have right now. Oh crap. I face palm my face, I should've written the phone number of the house telephone on it. Right now I can punch myself in the face. Not only would I've know if Noah wants to keep contact if I did write the number down, I also would've known if he got the letter. If he would call of course what I highly doubt.

I sit on the couch not doing much more than thinking and staring at the wall, but something catches my attention when I see something move in front of the window. When I look at it I see Katie waving and pointing towards the front door.

I'm still mad at Katie, but I can really use a friend right now so I stand up and walk to the door. "Hi," I say when I open the door. "Hi," Katie says, "you were pretty far away." She laughs slightly, but I just look confused at here.

"I knocked multiple times on the window," she says and I nod as sign that I understand. "Sorry," I say without an emotion.

"So when are you leaving to Auckland?" she asks jumping on another subject. I didn't expect this question at all, looks like Katie changed her opinion.

Or she does a good job hiding her opinion.

"Oh I'm not going," I say. Katie looks shocked at me. "What?!" she says, "why? Meeting Noah has been a dream of yours for like forever."

A slight smile appears on my face. Katie isn't that good of a liar, her opinion really changed. Then my face changes to serious again in 0.2 seconds

"My aunt got in a car accident and is in the hospital," I say, "I couldn't risk going." "I'm sorry," Katie says pulling me into a hug.

I instantly burst into tears, I really needed this hug right now. Katie rubs comforting over my back and after a while I pull away. "Sorry," I apologize and dry my eyes. "No," Katie says, "don't apologize, I've to apologize. I shouldn't have said what I said Sunday, it is your dream to meet Noah and I should respect that."

I smile. "Thank you," I say. "Your welcome," Katie says and smiles too.

"So," she says then, "can we have that movie night now you're still home." I can hear in her voice that she's kind of afraid to ask, but there's no need. I rather be not alone right now.

After agreeing on the plan we walk into the living room. We start with the movie night right away ignoring the fact that it has just been 4 pm, but we soon stop the movie because we keep talking.

I haven't spoken to her since Sunday, but it feels like a lot has happened since.

"How's your crush on Noah going?" Katie asks after we just finished a small talk about the shopping Katie did yesterday.

"It became bigger," I say honestly, "like a hundred times." "How that?" she asks. "It's Noah," I say obvious, "have you ever looked at him?"

"Yes you made me watch one of his dances once!" Katie says, "he's hot, but nothing more."

Hearing her say Noah is hot sounds kind of weird. I feel a jealousy coming up. I'm not the person to get jealous, so it feels weird.

"A little offended?" Katie laughs. She must have seen it on my face, great. "Sorry," I say, "just feels a little weird."

Katie sighs although I don't exactly know at what. " Richelle," she says, "I just don't want you to get hurt. What if he suddenly has a girlfriend? I'm scared you'll be crushed and I don't want you to be."

"Reason accepted," I say and smile, "but my crush won't disappear like snow in the summer." I know I'll be crushed for sure and I really appreciate what she says, but I keep having faith that Noah likes me more than just a friend.

We've been texting for such a long time, he sent me 'x's behind messages and said I'm beautiful and amazing. Well actually he said he meant to said the picture, but I don't believe him.

Nobody's spelling correction makes you're from it's. Not that I've a clue what his behavior then means. I don't want to get my hopes on something, so I'm just telling myself that he was joking.

Let's just hope he wasn't.

Back to the reality. Katie started the movie again and looks at me when she realizes I'm back on earth again. "Look who's back," she jokes and I jokily roll my eyes.

"You know what," I say, "I'll talk to you later when you've a crush." Katie laughs. "We'll see," she says. "Indeed," I say, "we'll see."

Around diner we order a pizza and start our third movie. It's great. It's doing a great job getting my mind of everything I don't want think about. By now the show has started and if Mia kept her word, Noah has the letter. What will he think of it? Is he disappointed I didn't come?

Wait, of course he's disappoint or, at least I hope he is, but does he understand why I made the decision I made?

I just hope he won't give up on our friendship. I know being friends with me isn't exactly the easiest thing since my bad luck and how complicated my life is. Despite my bad luck, he probably does give up.

If only he know how much I like him.