The Kissing Booth A New Chapter

PARTY/BACK TO SCHOOL

I turned and looked at Noah, raising my eyebrow at him and started laughing as I pulled out of his arms and continued up the stairs. He followed me up and into my room before closing the door. "Look, Shelly, I know you don't trust me right now, but I love you, and I am going to win you back. Do I like you showing this much skin? Do I like wearing clothes like that? HELL, f*****g NO TO BOTH QUESTIONS. Even now I don't want any man eye-f*****g you from across the room; I don't want any other man's hands on you or lips or any other f*****g part of them. But if this is part of a new you, I am willing to get to know you and try to accept the fact you are willing to be a little more adventurous with your wardrobe." I started laughing "Noah, yes your mom bought me this dress, but it was for a costume Lee, and I were toying with back when I was 16 that is why it is so tight. I only put this on because Lewis was pissing me off and I had to put him in his place. I wasn't expecting him to manhandle me the way he did." "Oh, sorry, Shelly." "Why do you think I put it on so early when hardly anyone was here?" "OK, are you willing to give me a chance?" I look at him "Noah like you said I don't trust you in that way anymore if you want a chance I am willing to give you one but know this I will be dating I am not ready to be exclusive I just broke up with Lewis like five minutes ago." "Fine but I will get you back Shelly and have you in my arms again." He smirked at me and closed the distance between us before whispering, "I wouldn't object to you keeping this dress for when we are together, and you wear it just for me." With that, he turned around and walked out the door. I found myself having trouble breathing with the thoughts running through my head.

After putting on the real party dress I had, which was a black dress that skimmed my torso and flared out at the waist hitting me just below the knee. The neckline was zigzagged and moved up to a cold shoulder sleeve. As I came back to the party, I hear Duncan yell, "Damn Evans, why did you change that other dress was hot or did Flynn destroy it." I shook my head "First off, Noah, and I only talked duh, and second I only wore that dress to see what Lewis would do." "Man, why didn't you let us kick his ass for hurting you? Although who knew you were such a badass Evans, I guess dating Flynn had its perks."  I laughed at him gave him a big hug "Damn, I missed ya Duncan, so how the hell have you been?" "Good, school is a great man you really should have stayed here at UCLA the parties are off the hook." I laughed, "dude, I hardly have any time for parties between dating Lewis, classes, and soccer I barely have time to sleep." With that said my phone rings and I notice it is an e-mail from my lit prof. "What's that?" "Oh, an e-mail my from my lit prof he now wants Noah and me to the write an essay about the love between the couple in the book we are reading and where we think it will go. Which will be hard for me since I already know the answer since I have read the whole series." "Taking the easy way out?" "Nope, I had intended to read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte since we never read it in high school, but the proof had assigned us partners, and I was paired with Noah since he had already started reading this particular book and I hadn't started on my selection I went with his." "What was his choice?" "Nope won't rat out my Flynn boys." I walked away, laughing at the dumbfounded look on Duncan's face.

I guess Lewis wasn't ready to give up because while I was talking to a guy named Johnathan from UCLA a good friend of Tuppen's when he walked up to us and punched Johnathan yelling "Stay the away from my girl." Then he turned and glared at me "I see you decided to change after all. Not only that I hear you let Flynn in your room but not me." "Well, yeah I knew he wasn't going to try anything since right now we are just friends." "Yeah, right, you know he wants you back." "Yes, I know, and if I take him back, it is my decision." He grabbed me again and pulled me up against him, "You are mine, and there is nothing you can do about it." With that, he slammed his lips against mine while I was trying to push him off next thing, I know Johnathan has pulled him off and thrown him into the waiting crowd of Buckner High former football players. "You, Ok, Elle." "Yeah, why did you get involved?" "Well first off no man has a right to treat women that way no matter what and when my girl Sharon told me that you had dumped him that was when I noticed you were trying to fight him off." "Thanks."

 I walked around the rest of the night, talking to old classmates and meeting their friends or dates from the local colleges. This one guy named Richard and I started talking turns out that he was currently attending Harvard. He informed me that the only reason he was in town was for a wedding he was participating in and then it was back to school for him. As the night wore on, Richard and I hit it off and talked about our different classes. As the party was winding down, he looked at me smiled and said: "Ok, I need to come clean." "Ok what about?" "Well, first off, I am related to Warren." "Oh, well so far you’re not an asshat like he is." He chuckled, "Yeah, my cuz lets his hormones get the best of him." "Is that it?"

"Nope, the other thing is I knew who you were before I came over here to talk to you." "OK, how?" "You know John?" "My soccer coaches?" "Yep, well he is my brother, and well I have watched your practices and seen you play. I have always thought you were hot, but you were with that asshat." "Oh, wow, well, that is ok." "So, when we get back to school, how about a date?" "Uhm well..." "Look I know about that guy that would pick you up that wasn't your boyfriend. I think I heard you call him twin." "Yeah, his name though is Lee." "Ok, I know you two are besties, and I would never come between that my bestie happens to be a girl on your team as well Susan Rodriguez." "You know she hates me." "No, she doesn't that day she kicked the ball at you she was mad because you beat her out for the captain and when she found out you were a frosh, she lost her temper. Since then, she realized you're a great asset to the team." "Yeah, right?" "Wait to look here; she comes now." I turn and sure enough, here comes Lee with Rodriguez." She looks at me and smiles "Look, Evans, sorry for trying to beat you with the ball I was mad that you beat me. I thought you and John..." "Oh, hell no." "Yeah, I realized that after I saw how you have brought the team up and didn't hold a grudge." "No, problem. What up, twin?" "Nothing hey look, Noah, reminded me that our flight leaves at seven and since we have to be up before six if we don't want you to try to kill us, we should wrap this up." "Oh, yeah we should all hit the hay. So, Noah is on our flight." "Yep, and get this Max was not in DC for just a conference remember Great Aunt Meg." "Yeah, my mom's aunt." "Well, she left everything to you and Brad with a huge amount to Max and well he bumped us all up to first-class as a reward for doing good on our midterms," We all said goodnight and headed to bed.

After arriving back at Harvard Noah and I started on our essay. He kept complaining about how Anne was so mean to Gilbert and why in the hell would Gilbert even hang out with Josie Pye. I laughed, "Noah, remember Anne hadn't realized her feelings for Gilbert, and she would not accept the romantic advances from anyone that wasn't her dark-haired ideal. As for Josie Pye, Gilbert wanted to make Anne jealous plus Josie would sink her nails into his arm and drag him around." "Why did she hate Anne so much." "Duh, because before Anne, all the guys were after her." "Ahh kind of like how the OMG girls hated you when I started showing how I love you." "Yes, Noah and behave." Suddenly there was a knock on my door, and Noah jumped up and answered it. I glared at him as he opened the door, "Uh, Noah, this isn't your room." "Yeah, you have a problem with that." I hear a chuckle, "Am I interrupting something you two?"

I look up "Oh, hey Richard, I didn't know you knew where I lived." He grinned, "I have my ways, Elle." I facepalmed myself, "Duh Rodriguez told you since all the girls on the team know where I stay. Either that or my twin since he has taken a liking to your bestie." He laughed, "Yeah, anyway, I was wondering how about we grab a coffee if you two are finished here." Noah glared at him "How do you know we are not on a date?" "Oh, that Lee guy told me." Noah looked at me, glaring. I jumped up and jabbed my finger into his chest "Don't go glaring at me, Noah Flynn that doesn't work on me." "I am going to kill your twin." I laughed "Remember that is your brother and I doubt June and Mathew will like it plus if you want to get on my dad's good side going after the one Flynn boy, he likes right now might not be a good idea." I heard Richard Laughing at the doorway, "You two fight like brother and sister." With that, Noah picked up all his stuff and stomped across the hall to his room, slamming the door behind him. I started laughing and yelled, "You tell Lee and me to grow up and look who needs to take a long look in the mirror." I glance at Richard, "let's go get that coffee."

As we walk to the cafe, he asks me, "Is there something between you and Flynn?" "Well, he was my first boyfriend...wait a minute you called him Flynn. I only ever called him Noah in front of you." "Oh, that see I am on his team." I stopped, "What is it, Elle?" "You know talking to me could make it difficult for you on the team." "Oh, that ok, I guess I should completely stop lying." "What do you mean?" "See I already knew you were Flynn's Ex. I was one of the guys that told him if I had a chance with you, I would take it because I thought you were beautiful and still think you are beautiful. The only difference from then and now is that I think it is both inside and out." "Oh, but what about the fact Noah can give you a hard time." "Look we already talked about it, and he said he doesn't like it, but he can't stop me, especially if he wants to win you back." "So, you're taking me out to make him happy." "Oh, no he told me if he had his way he wouldn't let me near you but since you know that the reason you never dated in High School was because of him that you might not forgive him if he did the same thing here." I laughed, "Ok, but you can't lie to me again, or this will be our last date." "Whatever you say, Elle."