Lei's POV

I slowly sit up in my messy bed and stretch my arms out. The warm sunbeams hit me and make me want to lay back down in bed. But instead, I yawn, I kick off my blankets and walk to the bathroom. I always brush my teeth first thing and then I wash my face before finding something to satisfy my growling stomach. 

I walk barefoot on the cold kitchen floor and look for something to eat. Unfortunately, we just ran out of cereal so I'm going to have to find something else, maybe even cook. I look through the cabinets again just to check we don't have cereal. When my second check still doesn't come up with any cereal I grab the waffle mix and get to work.

It's been about 2 weeks since Noah moved out and those weeks have been boring if I'm being honest. But since he's moved out Alexa has moved in and she's a blessing to have around. We share clothes, gossip all the time and do the cute roommate kind of stuff I've always wanted to do but for some reason I still miss Noah. 

My semester is done, I finished last week so now I have a lot of free time, other than when I'm working which is barely. With my free time a lot of thinking happens and I waste a lot of time. But not today, today I'm going to clean the apartment and get ready. I'll probably text Drew and see if he wants to go do something. I hope this summer will be the one I dream about.

Speaking of dreams, something peculiar has been happening nearly every night since Noah moved out. I've been having dreams, but they're less dreams and more like nightmares. In the dream I'm in Noah's room, it's dark, I'm alone and the book "A Cold Trail" falls out of the bookshelf every time and every time there's a lone gold watch shining on the wooden floor, glinting in the moonlight. 

I wake up sweating and shivering, wondering what my dream is trying to tell me.

"Good morning," Alexa yawns and plops down on the stool in the kitchen, "What are you making? Got any for me?" 

I lean against the counter and wave my spatula at Alexa, "Of course I don't have any for you, I only cook waffles for myself," I say jokingly and roll my eyes.

"You said it not me," she says in response and picks up her phone which is buzzing annoyingly. She taps a button and lifts it up to her ear.

"Hey, Iz," She says and stands up from the stool to pour herself some coffee that I started, "Yeah, Lei is right here and Adrian is probably still asleep, why?" 

I quirk my eyebrows at her and she holds up a finger, listening to Izzy talk on the phone. All I hear is fuzzy sounds and that sound the teacher in Peanuts makes. Alexa stops at the fridge to pour some creamer in her coffee before returning to her seat. I motion for her to hurry up and tell me what's going on.

"Yeah, of course you can come over," Alexa says, taking a drink of her coffee, "See you soon."

With that she takes the phone away from her ear and taps a button, hanging up the phone. I turn towards her impatiently, "So, what's going on?" 

"Are you seriously that deaf? Obviously Izzy, Mitchell, Drew, Riley, Harrison and Spencer are coming over in a couple hours since it's been ages since we've all hung out and Iz says she has some news for everyone. Honestly, I thought you had better hearing than that, Lei," She stuffs a piece of waffle in her mouth and I roll my eyes.

"You better help me clean," I tell her as I lift my waffle from the waffle-maker and she nods. "Of course, I will. We can rock out to some music and then get ready."

"Great idea," I lift my plate and walk over to sit next to Alexa when Adrian walks through the kitchen, shirtless as always. 

"Hey babe," He leans over the island and gives Alexa a kiss before stealing a piece of her waffle and she swats his with her fork but it doesn't stop him from eating it. 

"Hi baby," She smiles sweetly as he walks over on the side we're on and he plants a kiss on her cheek. In mere seconds, they're making out over an almost eaten waffle and with me right next to them.

"What am I? Chopped liver?" I hit the back of Adrian's head before picking up my plate and taking it to the sink to rinse off and put in the dishwasher.

"Yes," Adrian gives me a cheeky grin, "you are definitely chopped liver, you even smell like it."

I gasp and snap the towel in my hand at him, hitting him in the hip and he flinches before grabbing his own towel off of the island and twirling it up before whipping it at me. 

"You're evil," I tell him as we exchange towel hits. He just laughs and Alexa hops off the stool behind him and walks to the sink.

"If anyone smells like chopped liver it's you," She says under her breath but loud enough for us to hear it. "Ohhh" I point at Adrian and stick my tongue out. He frowns and turns to Alexa. In seconds he's backed her into a corner and then- making out again- oh lord.

"Okay... well I'm going to start cleaning. I hope you guys join me soon and please don't make a bigger mess. If you do I'll kill both of you, got it?" I get no response back, just as expected but I walk out of the kitchen and head to the bathroom first, the living room next and then we'll see when I'm done with that. 

...

I had cleaned the whole apartment in no time and Alexa and Adrian weren't much help but I didn't mind because I listened to music the whole time. The cleaning and music gave me time to think about life and I found a new favorite song as well. 

The group is supposed to show up in 20 minutes so I'm glad that I already took a shower today and I'm having a good hair day. I go into my room and close the door behind me. I walk over to my closet and slide it open. 

After a few minutes I've decided on jean shorts, a white lace bralette and a green corduroy jacket over the top. I leave my hair down and put on a little bit of makeup. 

As I'm putting on my last layer of mascara the doorbell rings and I jump, nearly stabbing my eye out. I dash to my door, grabbing the corduroy jacket and I walk towards the front, "I'm coming!" I exclaim as the doorbell rings again. 

I'm honestly surprised anyone came exactly on time, normally they're always 10 to 25 minutes late for everything, except Izzy's wedding. I'm surprised no one was late to that.

I look through the door peep hole and I groan, "Adrian! Why is Noah here?" I yell towards the hall and Noah lowers his shades and looks back at me through the peephole. 

Adrian comes into the front room wearing jeans and a white t-shirt and he looks at me, "I don't know, why is Noah here?" He walks to my side and pushes me out of the way before peering through the peephole. 

"He's here because he was invited," Alexa announces as she enters, she pushes past Adrian and I and opens the door, "Couldn't you guys let him in? You guys are terrible hosts."

I huff in annoyance and cross my arms, "Well sorry for not letting just any random person into the apartment." Alexa rolls her eyes and beckons Noah inside. 

"Is that what you really think of me, Angel?" Noah slips inside and stands in front of me. 

"Yes, it really is, Stalker," I tell him and give him a fake smile. 

"LEI!" A muscular body tumbles into me and lifts me up before I can even tell them to let go of me. The air is taken out of me as Spencer hugs me with superhuman strength and I gasp like a fish out of water. That's when I see the girl behind Spencer and I can't breathe at all. 

An average sized girl with light brown hair and brown eyes stands behind him. Her hair is in a pixie cut and she stands confidently with a beautiful smile on her face. I can't think of any words until Spencer sets me down. 

"Emma- Emma Watson!?" I exclaim stupidly and blink profusely, trying to understand what is happening right now and why is Emma Watson in my apartment. 

She laughs lightly and holds out her hand, "Yes, that is my name, what's yours?" She asks and I immediately place mine in her and shake her hand. 

"My name is Lei, Lei Ballard," I squeal and she laughs again, her eyes sparkling. 

I make eye contact with Spencer who's grinning his ass off and he takes my hands in his and we jump around in a little circling, laughing and squealing.

"My gosh, it's so nice to meet you," I tell Emma after Spencer has gone to talk to Noah, "I absolutely love Harry Potter and of course Hermoine." 

Emma begins to talk about filming Harry Potter but I am caught off-guard by something else. I stare across the room at Noah and Spencer who seem to be arguing about something. Spencer has a frown on his face and Noah is motioning with his hand agitatedly. He runs his hand down his face and then motions towards his wrist, as if he was asking for the time. 

He stops his gestures and I wait for him to continue but he turns his head quickly and makes eye contact with me. I snap my head back towards Emma, listening to her talk about the sets and digital programming done in the movies. 

Emma is dragged away by Spencer so he can introduce her to everyone and claim her as his. Everyone gets along well with her and once everyone arrives we sit on the couch and the chairs that I dragged in earlier to make a place for everyone to sit. We go around talking about what we've been doing, we get the whole story of how Spencer and Emma Watson met.

Drew sits next to me and holds my hand in his, occasionally squeezing it, which may seem random but I noticed he squeezed my hand everytime Noah looked over at us. Which was pretty often. 

When it was Noah's turn to tell everyone how he'd been doing he told us that, "I have an apartment all to myself which is pretty nice and it's close to my job. I plan on saving some money and then leaving, I'll probably go to New York."

"Why New York?" 

I didn't realize I even let the words come out of my mouth and everyone looked at me and back at Noah, there's no doubt that they all heard about the date gone bad, just not specifically why it went so wrong. 

"That's where my grandpa is and I'd like to visit him," Noah explains and I nod, Drew squeezes my hand three times in a row and I repeat it back. Noah looks down at our hands and back up at me. 

"I hope you get to visit him soon."

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ik ik it's not very long or good but here you go. this is mostly a filler chapter, some parts are important but not all. thank you for reading  and you guys should check out Summer Lovin' on what1fwe  it's being written by lovesxckk and i, i hope you guys check it out and like it.

'til next time, haylizzle.