On Tuesday I was sitting in my Home Ec. class, scrolling my phone, as I waited for Miss Mad to start the class. I glimpsed at the empty seat beside me. Noah hasn't arrived yet, and I haven't seen him since homecoming night.

The entire weekend, he kept running through my mind. I like him, that's for sure now, but I didn't know how it started exactly.

Let's see...

We didn't talk in years, then he came to my seat asking if I was dating Jax and accidentally that day we became partners. In the beginning, we fought a lot because I used to do all the work and he just sat in his seat listening to his songs. Then somehow he got on my nerves and made me do stupid things. Because of him, we got detention.

In detention, at first, I took revenge that made me feel bad and from then we worked together and suddenly we became friends again. Then we went to the movie and now I had feelings for him.

Uh? Weird.

Do I even have feelings for him, or is it just because I saw him with Ivy?

F**k! Now I'm getting jealous of that bit*h.

When did things turn like this?

I was supposed to make her jealous.

Speaking of Ivy, her reaction was... I don't know how to describe it. During homecoming night she was burning with anger and yesterday she kept giving me side glances but never came to me or said anything. In our calculus class, I caught her staring at me so many times, but she would just smirk.

It was confusing for me.

I shook my head to stop thinking about stupid stuff before I get depressed and continued scrolling my phone. There were lots of pictures from homecoming night posted and of me and Jax when he asked me to be his girlfriend.

After the Homecoming night, everyone kept gossiping about Jax and me, posting our pictures and videos on our school website. I read a few comments and according to them what Jax did was a romantic gesture and every boy should do that for their girlfriends.

I rolled my eyes. Only if they knew he did that to make another girl jealous. I bet no girl would want a fake proposal like that, even if it was undeniably romantic.

I felt movement beside me, but I kept my head still and continued scrolling through my phone.

I was mad at Noah, even though it wasn't his fault... Okay, so maybe I was mad at myself for feeling like this.

Why do I have feelings for him again?

From the corner of my eye, I saw him taking his ears phone out. I blew out in irritation.

Guess nobody's talking today.

Miss Maddox stood from her seat, staring at her phone. "Class... I have to go to the office, so behave yourself, and no one is allowed to leave. I will be back in a few minutes, then you can do whatever you want." She finished rushing out of the class and I wondered what happened to her.

Everyone in the class started chatting and babbling while I quietly sat in my seat, still scrolling my phone, but my attention was on the blond boy sitting next to me. I halted my thumb when out of the blue Noah said.

"You and Jax, huh?" I slowly turned my head towards him. He sat there looking at his phone, not even glancing at me.

"You and Ivy, huh?" I retorted.

He frowned, then finally looked at me. "What?"

I scoffed, switching my phone off, and put it on my desk. "Oh come on Noah, you could have told me that Ivy was the girl you were talking about. I mean, I know I hate her, but I wouldn't have judged you for liking her or say anything about it."

"Lexi-"

"Alright, maybe I would have warned you to stay away from her, but for your good, obviously." I continued babbling, spilling my guts out.

"What are y-?"

"And I know I wasn't around after our fight years ago and obviously you are a boy and she's a girl- and even though I hate to admit it- but she is pretty, so it's natural for a guy to fall for her-"

"Lexi!" Noah grabbed my hand with his big warm ones making me stop ranting. I pressed my lips together and gazed at him. "I don't like Ivy."

It took me a minute to register his words in my mind.

"What?" I asked, to make sure my brain was functioning properly.

"I. Don't. Like. Ivy." He said again slowly, emphasizing each word, looking straight into my eyes.

My thin lips automatically curved into a smile. "You don't?"

"No." He firmly said, letting go of my hand. My hand itched for his again, but I placed my other hand on it so that I wouldn't embarrass myself by doing something stupid. "Why would you even think that?" Noah asked, tilting his head.

"Because you brought her to homecoming," I replied in a duh tone. His brows knitted in confusion, so I continued. "You said the girl you wanted to go with was going with someone else and you came to the homecoming with Ivy, so it was a kind of obvious that she was the one you were talking about," I concluded, folding my arms around my chest.

He shook his head, sighing. "Yeah, but I went with Ivy because she didn't have a date." I arched my brow at him. "For some reason, she said no to every guy who asked her out and ended up with no date." I chuckled.

Poor Ivy with no date that would have been fun and....wait a minute.

"So she asked you and you said yes?" I questioned, getting serious again.

"Yeah." I scoffed in disbelief.

She got Noah into her charm, too!

F**king great.

"But when I asked you that if a girl asks you out, you said and I'll quote 'I'll say no'," I said in a heavy voice, "so why did you agree to go with Ivy?"

"First, I don't talk like that." He squinted his eyes at me. "And second, she wanted to go to the homecoming and obviously didn't want to go alone. I said no, a few times, but she said she was desperate and then I said yes." I rolled my eyes at that.

Jax and Ivy both are always desperate. Maybe they do belong with each other.

Now I wish I would have played the desperate role to get Noah as my date.

"So... Who's the girl?" I questioned, peeking at him.

"No one." He gulped, turning his head away from me, getting flushed. "Why would you even think there is?"

"Of course there is." I pinched his cheek, teasing him. "It's written all over your face."

"Even if there is, there is no point in telling you now." He huffed.

"I can help you get her." I placed my arm on my desk and my head in my palm.

Honestly, I wasn't interested in getting him close to any girl, but if it makes him happy, then I'll do whatever it takes to get him this girl. I was just glad that it wasn't Ivy.

"She's already with someone." He murmured, looking agonized.

"So what?" He turned his head, facing me again. His eyes were filled with sadness that made my heart ache. "Maybe that guy isn't for her and you are better than him. We can get her to know you and I'm sure she'll like you because you are Noah, everyone's like you an-"

"Lexi." He cut me off. "Not everyone is lucky enough to get what they want." He said in a serious tone, boring his eyes into mine.

"What does that supposed to mean?" I frowned.

"You got Jax like you always wanted right." My eyes grew enormous in surprise. He chuckled lightly, shaking his head. "I knew you like him since we were kids. It's always written on your face." He repeated my words.

He knew I liked Jax?!

"Y-yeah, I mean I used to like him and now I uh..." I stuttered, leaning back in my seat. I searched my brain to say something that'll make sense, but nothing came.

This is all Jax's fault!

Why did he ask me to be his girlfriend?!

And why the hell did I say yes?!

"It's okay, Lexi." I side glanced at Noah and he gave me his charming smile, leaning back in his seat as Miss Maddox entered the class. "You got who you wanted." I internally groaned.

Only if you knew who I want, Noah.

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The heart wants what it wants...🤧

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