I entered my homeroom and plopped down on my seat with a groan. 

I was with Noah for so long that I hadn't noticed the time. It was 8:00 PM when he left. There were a few quizzes that I wanted to complete extra credit for, but since I never got to it, I stayed up most of the night rushing through it.

"Wow, you look completely out of it." Olivia said, sitting down gently in her seat. She smoothed out her flowered jean shorts. "Now," she said with a sparkle in her eye "what time should we pick you up?" I raised an eyebrow at her. "What are you talking about?" I asked. She clicked her tongue and rolled her eyes. "You were nominated in the beauty pageant remember? We still need to go shopping." 

I widened my eyes in realization and gripped the edge of my chair. Oh frick I forgot about that. I really did. In the past 24 hours, the pageant didn't even cross my mind. 

"But...but, what do mean by we?" I stuttered. Olivia flipped her hair behind her as she gave me a slightly annoyed look. "You actually forgot?" That sounded like more of a statement than a question. I gave a small smile and nodded. "Well, I actually called Johan to tell him about the flowers and all, and I found out he's a decent guy. I found out that he got his license already, so I asked and he agreed to drive us to the mall." 

I just stared at her. "I can't go." Olivia looked at me like I just grew a second head. "Amy, its a Friday, there are no student council meeting, or any other club meetings except for the culinary cooking club which I know for a fact that your banned from it"I roll my eyes thinking of the time that I almost burnt down half the kitchen, "and," she continues "you live alone most of the time so yes, you can go."

"But-" I start.

"No buts, We're going right after school."

I open my mouth to say something, but the bell interrupts me and Olivia walks away giving me a smirk before she disappears around the door.

What the heck just happened. I quickly gather my things and head to my next class, math.

"Hi Amy!" I almost drop my things as Noah startles me with a cheerful greeting. "Hi Noah." I say turning around to face the blonde's smile. "Wow you look happy today." I say. "I'm always happy, or at least that what I've been told." Yeah, no kidding. I think remembering the first time we met. 

The teacher isn't here yet, and that's because there is a faculty meeting. The substitute still hasn't arrived.

We sit down in our seats and take out our books. "So, when's the next tutoring session?" Noah asks. His head is on his desk, and turned towards me. His blonde bangs cover half his eyes and he has a slight red tint on his cheeks, probably from the cold, it was the middle of October. "Amy?" I catch myself staring at his lips and turn away. "Not today, I'm going to the mall with Olivia." I say hurriedly, wishing that Noah didn't notice me staring at him.

"I want to go!" He exclaimed. "Sure. but I have to tell you, we're going dress shopping."

"That's okay." I turn to him and his smile widens. I fight the urge to smile back. 

After math class, I get up to head to art. I find my canvas and continue to work on it, using delicate brushstrokes, to perfectly capture what I'm drawing. We're working on painting plants and I chose a cactus. It was just right because its so complicated, and I love challenging myself. i wok on it tiny prickles and the small shadows they make.

I've been working on my project for a couple of days now, so I only needed to finish the small details. 

After about ten minutes I'm completely done. I smirk proudly at my new masterpiece. I'm in love with it. I sign my name in bold loopy cursive at the bottom right corner and hand it to my art teacher knowing that he's also proud by the astonished look at his face. "Your the first one to hand in your project Amy." He says "Would you mind helping the others?" I nod and strut away, feeling jealous stares on me from the other students. 

I walk around glancing at all the other plant paintings until I meet a particular painting. Noah's. It's the sloppiest mess I've ever seen, I don't even think it could be classified as a plant. 

It was a greenish yellowish blob smack dab in the middle of the canvas with a red square (a pot?) on the bottom. "Um, is that a...a..broccoli?"

Noah chuckles at my comment and smiles. "it' a sunflower actually, but I don't think I did it right." I duck my head in embarrassment "Heh, heh sorry." I say fiddling with my hands. That was a stupid thing to say. 

I help out Noah with his painting and teach him how to make petals, not blobs. He works on it and soon, I see some progress. The blob turn into a circle with petals and the pot looks more defined and smoother. I'm actually impressed. "Good job Noah." I say admiring his work. "Well, I couldn't have done it without you." He says giving me a lopsided smile. "Thanks.

The rest of the day goes by quick, and me, being the doofus I am, forgets about the beauty pageant again. 

After class, when everyone is settled into their homeroom seats, Olivia reminds me and I mentally smack my head.

"This is the second time Amy!" she quipped. "I know, I know. Its just-wait I forgot to tell you, Noah wants to come too." I say. 

"I don't mind, the more the merrier right?"she laughs.

After school, Olivia and I meet up with Noah and Johan. Johan immediately apologizes to me about a million times before Olivia smacks his arm "Are we going or not?" Sometimes Olivia gets really scary when she's desperate. "Hey, don't be so mean!" Johan whines. Than he quickly whispers to me in my ear "Hey, who's this hottie?" 

I get a little confused and Johan noticed. He jerked his head towards Noah who's laughing with Olivia. "Oh." I say "That's Noah, he's new." Johan nods, still looking at Noah, then he gets into his car. 

I like Johan's car, it look shiny and new. It's small and white, with platinum door handles. I open the back seat door. Johan's car may look neat from the outside, but it's a complete mess on the inside. It smelled like cheese and mold. Gross. I try getting into the front seat, but Olivia's there already with Johan at the driver's seat. Before I can get into the back again, Noah's already there, and he pushed all the books, papers, and other debris to the side, leaving room for only one seat, the one that he's sitting on. I groan knowing that I won't be able to fit.

"Sorry Pres, I um, still need to clean up." Johan said rubbing the back of his head "Maybe you could sit on Noah's lap. I blush at the thought. Me? On Noah's lap? "No thanks, I'll just get into the trunk." I start towards it when someone grips my wrist, it was Olivia. "Come on Amy, it can't be that bad." she says rolling her eyes for the millionth time today.

I sigh in defeat and Olivia lets go of my wrist. I open the back door again. "I'm sorry Noah." I apologize. I fight the strong urge to run away and plop on his lap.

Noah's lap is kind of comfortable, and cozy? What the heck am I thinking. I feel my face blaze up with heat. When I think things can't get any more embarrassing, a pair of arms wrap around my waist and pull me closer to Noah's chest. "Wait-wait what are you doing?" I say burying my tomato red face. Noah gives me a confused look. "I'm acting as a seat belt. For some reason, this one's broken" He jerks his head towards the seat belt without a buckle. 

I try wriggling out of his grasp but he keeps his grip firm around my stomach. "Don't escape! I don't want you to get hurt if we get into a car crash!"

 "I'm pretty sure we're not going to crash."

"You don't know that."

I can hear giggling in the front and look to see Johan and Olivia whispering things to each other. "Hey! What are you two saying?" I whine. 

"Off we go!" Johan says revving up the car and dodging my question. I squirm a little more, but Noah just tightens his embrace. I tense up because now i know for sure that Noah's not letting go. 

"How far away is the mall?" I ask. "About an hour away." Olivia chirps. I groan, this is going to be a long trip.

About ten minutes into the car ride, I start to relax and my arms go limp. My muscles are so strained from being so tense. Sleepiness gnaws at my body and I let it take over. It's so warm against Noah and my eyelids start to droop. My body goes limp against Noah as I start to snooze off. 

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A/n: Wow that was short. I hope you enjoyed the story! I promise that the next chapter will be more action packed.