Trienta y Nueve

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This is also a short chapter and I apologize for that as well and I apologize for last chapter but yeah, here.

  No more words were exchanged that night and Tyler ended up sleeping on the couch while I curled up on the guest bed, crying. I was having a hard time sleeping and I was really tired and it frustrated me.

  So I called Noah.

  He picked up after the third ring. "Hello?" He asked tiredly.

  "Hi," I hiccuped in response as I wiped at my sore eyes. "Did you get there safely?"

  "Yeah, I got here a few minutes ago," he answered. I could hear him yawn. "What did you need?"

  I didn't know how to answer him. All I knew was that I really kind of missed him and I wasn't mad at him for kind-of encouraging Tyler to break up with me.

  "I can't sleep," I admitted. I knew if I told him about Tyler dumping me that I would start crying again, so I opted for part of the truth instead of it all.

  "Do you think there's a reason you can't sleep?"

  There was. There definitely was. But I couldn't tell him that there was because he'd want to know what it was and I wasn't ready to tell him that.

  "I don't know," I lied.

  "How about you go into the kitchen and make yourself some warm milk?" He suggested.

  It was a good idea and I knew it would probably help but seeing as Tyler was in the living room-which I'd have to walk through to get to the kitchen- It didn't seem so good anymore.

  I stayed silent, hoping Noah would have another suggestion on how I could fall asleep and hoping he didn't question why I was so silent over his first suggestion.

  "Seph? You still there?"

  "Yeah, sorry. I just don't think the milk will help me a whole lot right now," I answered him, turning in bed to face the closet and switching the phone to my other ear.

  "I don't know how else to help you," he said sadly.

  "That's okay. Thanks anyway, Noah," I mumbled, letting out a shaky breath as my body threatened to start crying again.

  "Seph?" Noah asked.

  "Yeah?" I replied, trying to cover up my cries.

  "Why did you call me instead of asking Tyler?" He questioned. "-and why do you sound like you're crying?" He added as I sniffed.

  I gave up trying to hide the fact that I was crying and shoved my face into a pillow to muffle my cries.

  After a few seconds, my body settled down and I wiped away my tears.

  "Sorry," I breathed out to Noah.

  "It's okay. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to," he assured me.

  "I'll tell you tomorrow," I promised, pulling my blanket tighter around me. "Will you stay on the call until I fall asleep?" I asked.

  "Yeah," he answered and I heard him shifting around.

  Silence fell between us an I was left to my thoughts, the very things that were keeping me awake.

  But this time, the thoughts were no longer about how Tyler had broken up with me, but instead, they were thoughts of how Noah did really seem to care about me more than Tyler had.

  An odd noise echoed out of the phone, startling me, and I realized that Noah had fallen asleep and was now snoring very loudly.

  I imagined his sleeping and relaxed face and tried to mimic that until I eventually fell asleep.

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