The Kissing Booth A New Chapter

WEDDING PREP

EPOV 

I watched from the sidelines as Lee and Ro became closer every day.  I couldn't help but smile that the two of them looked like they were falling in love.  I was sitting in the living room after finishing my homework and thinking about how much Lee has changed in the weeks since him, and Ro started to talk.  Unlike girlfriends before he seemed to want to make sure she had everything that made her happy.  When she spent the first night here since she still held her V card like her sister, he insisted that she sleep in the guest room.  We all woke up to the smell of pancakes, bacon, sausage, and eggs.  I walked up to him, wrapping one arm around his waist and lifting one to his forehead "hey you ok twin, or did someone snatch your body."  "Not funny Shelly I have made your pancakes before."   "yeah, pancakes but never bacon, sausage, and eggs."  Ro started laughing as Lee took off to chase me around the apartment, "you are so dead, twin."  I just cackled at him and looked at Ro "hey, you want waffles?"  "no, pancakes are fine, especially chocolate chip."  "That is good Lee makes the best Chocolate chip pancakes, while Noah makes a killer peanut butter pancake."  Lee grinned "Elle, here has us all beat with her Waffles.  William tried to make waffles once they were good, but he agreed Elle's were to die for."  Ro looked around, "What is William good at making?"  I looked at her "oh, he makes a killer Sopa Toscana that could rival The Olive Garden.  As for breakfast, he makes the best French toast."  Lee grinned "yep, I make a killer spaghetti and meat sauce, Noah makes enchiladas that are to die for and don't get us started on Shelly's lasagna."   Ro grinned at us "well sometime I should make you all some crepes, have Patrice make you guys some eggs benedict, while have Oscar make you all a killer breakfast casserole.  As for lunch or dinner, I make some awesome Tacos, Patrice can kill it with her Pizza, and Oscar does a mouth-watering Chicken cordon blue." 

Ro looked around us "I can't believe us sitting here eating breakfast and talking about food."  "Oh, you should try Elle's hotoki" Lee exclaimed.  Ro looked confused, "hotoki?"  I laughed, "hotoki is a Korean dessert.  The Korean family that runs our favorite Korean restaurant taught me how to make their version of hotoki."  "Cool, I make a mean cheesecake."  "Oh, hell yeah we should start up a schedule and make dates to cook for each other."  "You are so, on I would love to share meals with you all. Let me talk to Patrice and Oscar I don't think they will say no since they have been asking for all of us to get together for a while now."  "Hey, there is a boutique I want to take you to for a fitting."  "Why?"  "Well, since you mentioned your family just moved to LA and well I would like for you and your sister to be in the wedding.  I am also hoping that the dress that is being made for Beth will fit you or can be made to fit you since she is out of the wedding.  Boy was she pissed when I told her that she was no longer a bridesmaid.  I mean seriously did she think I was going to allow her to stay in the wedding after claiming Lee and I were having an affair."  

"Is that girl psycho or what Elle?"  "I know, right.  Look I know this may be too soon, but how exactly do you feel about Lee?"  "I find him cute and well Elle I am scared because I am starting to fall for him and I can not be with yet another guy that doesn't understand my relationship with Oscar."  I started laughing, and she looked at me with pain in her eyes before jumping up and heading for the door.  I was so grateful for soccer when I was able to run faster than her and block the door so she couldn't leave.  "Elle I never thought you were so cold and heartless."  Shaking my head, "Ro think about it hard before you jump to conclusions."  "What am I thinking about?"  "Your relationship with Oscar does it mirror someone else's relationship."  She looked at me and thought than smacked her face with own hand "duh, your relationship with Lee."  "Exactly, if I know my twin, he is going through the same thing as you are right now.  Every girl he dates acts like they understand our relationship hell he even dated a fraternal twin who claimed to understand but didn't and tried to claim we tricked them."  "How did you trick them?"  "I still don't know to this day, but I can suspect something." "What do you suspect?"  "I think they imagined all of us dating each other."  "Oh, that is strange. Exactly when do you want to go to the boutique."  "We can go now my Flynn boys are not due back for a while."  She jumped up, "To the Boutique we go."   

Arriving at the Boutique, I was happy to find out that they hadn't cut Beth's dress because June told them to hold off since she didn't trust her so changing Beth's measurements with Ro's was easy.  They had finished measuring Ro when Patrice walked in, and when she was done, the three of us took off to grab a bite to eat.  I noticed Patrice on her phone and shook my head when I heard Ro groan, "oh, come on sis, let's just have a girls day."  "That is what I am telling the guys Oscar is with Elle's Noah and your Lee."  I choked, "oh, really Ro your, Lee."  She blushed about five shades of red as Patrice, and I teased her about the fact she was falling for Lee.  We walked into our local Korean restaurant and bumped into Lara Jeanne.  As I I introduced her, Peter walked up, and he looked around the table and shook his head "ah hell no am I sitting here with you four by myself."  I laughed "Peter call Noah and Lee and see where they are that way you can have a guys night while we have a girls night." He chuckled sounds like a plan.  As he took off, we all started laughing, "Lara Jean, I have never seen Peter so scared before in my life."  She laughed, "the first time he hung out with us Swan girls all by himself, he freaked.  When it was just Kitty and me, he was fine but when Margot came back from Scotland the first time he was like a deer caught in the headlights."   

The four of us had a blast sitting around and getting to know each other.  All night we had to fend off several different guys, and I had finished telling the girls when Ro went to the bathroom that I was pretty sure Lee was in-love with Ro.  Even Lara Jean agreed to say she had never seen Lee this happy, not even when he was with Beth.  I explained I hadn't seen him this happy since before Rachel, and when he was with her I believed she was the one, but now I can see all those past relationships were building up to this girl.  I also explained how Noah never really liked any of Lee's ex-girlfriends only put up with them since Lee was his little brother, but he honestly like Ro.  We were all getting ready to leave to move to a new location to continue our girls night.  Slipping on my coat, I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist, and a pair of lips caress my shoulder.  Without even thinking about what I was doing, I flipped around and punched the face of my attacker to find out it was Noah.  "You f*****g piece of shit.  You scared me here I thought I was being assaulted by some asshat nope it is my stupid fiancée trying to play a prank on me."  I leaned in closer to him, then leaned over to Peter and sniffed.  Glaring at Noah then at Peter "so, why in the world did you all go back to Peter's and Lara Jeans so you could take a shower."  All the girls at the table started laughing, and Peter shook his head "dude why you would want to trick Elle is beyond me anyone of us guys could tell you that she is completely devoted to you." 

I walked ahead of the crowd away from Noah as he ran up beside me "come on Shelly baby you can't completely blame me you challenged me when you told me I would have not to use my products I normally use to see what you would do if a strange man touched you."  I glare at him as I lead the way to a bar down the street where we could all enjoy a few drinks in a serene atmosphere.   

Once we arrived and sat down, Noah was getting annoyed since even though I was sitting right next to him, I was completely ignoring him no matter what he did.  At one point in the night he cuddled up next to me, and all I did was push him off "get the f**k off me, Noah, you stink.  No offense Peter it smells good on you but on him not so much plus every time he gets close to me I feel like I am stabbing Lara Jean in the back."  Noah glared at me and left without even telling me goodbye, which just pissed me off even more.  It wasn't until about thirty minutes after Noah left I smelled his familiar cologne sit down next to me.  Once I looked up into his eyes, I smiled leaned in whispering, "you're still sleeping on the couch."  Glaring at me when I didn't immediately snuggle up to him.  Lifting me, Noah carried me out the door before putting me on my feet.  "Ok enough of this behaving like a child bullshit."  I glared at him "really so you would be fine if I took a shower at Lara Jeans and changed my perfume and ended up smelling like Lara Jean and started cuddling with you."  "Hell no, I like you just the way you are baby."  I raised my eyebrow at him and walked back inside, sitting down with our group once again. 

I hadn't realized it was Karaoke night until I hear from the stage "hey all I am Noah Flynn, and I screwed up tonight trying to trick my fiancée.  I guess some people might think what I did was because I don't trust her hell maybe she even thinks that but I do.  I love her with all my heart and have been in love with her since the day her dad laid her in my little arms right after I gave my dad back my little bro.  Shelly baby this one is for you."  With that he started singing Please Don't Go Girl by New Kids On The Block.  My heart instantly melted, listening to him sing for me.  I couldn't help but walk up to him while he was singing and sliding my arm around his waist.  After looking down at me, he grinned and pulled me closer to him as he sang.  I couldn't help it and rested my head on his rock hard chest setting my hand on his abs.  After the song ended, he lifted my chin, and with the mic in hand, he looked down at me "Elle baby I am so sorry for pranking you."  I shook my head "baby it wasn't that you pranked me that was the problem.  It was the fact I was in a bar, and I reacted like I would have it wasn't you that touched me.  Then to have you get upset with me for punching you when I didn't know it was you holding my waist and kissing my neck since you were behind me."  "Ok, babe you are right next time I prank you I will make sure it is not in a bar where you can end up getting hurt."  "Good, I love you with all my heart."  "Love you too."