AN: BOO! haha, did I scare ya? yeah, probably not.. but I really need to get my mind off some stuff that I really won't waste time saying in here. But yeah.. that's actually where I'm, uh, somewhat getting this inspiration, but only part of it.. so yeah, on with the story! BTW! set AFTER TDA AND the TDA Speacil Reunion.

Disclaimer: I own absolutley nothing


Un Nouveau Ami

"O-Owen," Izzy said, and took a deep breath. "I'm sorry. I can't do this anymore. It's just stressing me out. You care more about food than you do about being my boyfriend, and I can't take it. I'm sorry, I am." She said, on the verge of tears, feeling bad, but knowing that it was the right thing to do. She walked away, tears falling down her face. It hurt, it really did. She still really liked Owen. She didn't know if that would ever go away. Even if she did pretend like she wasn't all that interested, she was. But Owen, Owen wasn't pretending. She walked to her room, faceplanted on her bed, and cried into her pillow.

And for the first time in forever, Izzy cried herself to sleep.


By the time that Izzy had gotten up, gotten dressed and walked into the caf, everyone had heard about her breakup with Owen. Courtney and Eva ran up to her, the two people no one would have ever thought Izzy to be friends with, were the people she was the closest too. Along with Bridgette, and when her and Sadie were fighting, which was a lot ever since Gwen had dumped Trent, Katie was pretty close too. The five of them were always doing things together, comfroting each other with break-ups and fights and telling each other everything. But for the first time, none of that could comfort Izzy. She wished she was like Eva, strong and uncaring. Or like Bridgette, always able to see the brighter sides of everything. Maybe like Katie, who cried it out than bounced right up. But right now, she wished she was like Courtney the most, able to hide her feelings behind a carefully built wall, that was guarding a mask. Sure, it made people think she was horrible, but Court didn't care. Or maybe she did, and she was hiding it. Izzy blew a piece of hair from her face. All her friends were talking and trying to comfort her, but nothing was working.

She did, however, hear Eva yell at her.

"YOU KNOW WHAT! WE'RE TRYING TO HELP YOU, AND YOU DON'T CARE! SO FIGURE IT OUT FOR YOURSELF!" And with that, Eva stalked off, pulling Katie and Bridgette with her. Izzy looked over at Court, tears prickling her eyes. Courtney was about to say something. When Izzy shouted to.

"I DON'T CARE! JUST DON'T TALK TO ME TODAY!" She screamed at Courtney, before running off crying. Duncan and Noah both got up, one going to comfort Courtney who was letting her mask fall off cause she was just going to ask Izzy to pass the salt, the other running after Izzy cause he knew it was un-common for the redhead to yell at Courtney, or any of the others.

When Noah got to Izzy's door, he could hear sobbing. He lightly knocked on her door.

"GO AWAY! I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYBODY!" The book warm heard the redhead shout. He was about to leave, but he decided to be brave for once in his life. He grabbed the door knob and turned it, thanking God it wasn't locked. He ducked just in time before a sharp object hit him in the face. He didn't duck fast enough, however, for an encyclopedia to be thrown at his head. Before blacking out completley, he saw Izzy bounce over, a look of concern and fury mixed with tears in her eyes.


"IZZY!" Noah heard Courtney say. "I can't believe you broke Noah!"

"Yeah!" He than heard Bridgette say worridley. "What if he dosn't make it out okay?"

"I can hear you." Noah aid irritated. He looked around to see five red faces, one with red, puffy eyes as well.

"Uggh. Help me get to my room, please." He than said. Everyone turned to look at Izzy. She sighed, but nodded. Than she picked Noah up, and leaned him on her shoulder, and walked him slowly to his room. He couldn't help but think of how un-Izzy like this was. He was about to ask, but Izzy stopped. He looked up to see they were at his room. He looked up at Izzy. She looked at him, on the verge of tears again.

He knew he shouldn't, but he gave her a small peck on the lips. He pulled away slowly, and looked her straight in the eyes. Than he whispered.

"If you ever need to talk, I'm here. My door, is always open." I left and walked into my room. He walked, or hopped, to his bed, and grabbed a book. Just as he was getting comfortable, he heard a small knock. He looked up to see Izzy come in. She closed the door, and walked over to Noah. She sat down beside him, and spilled. There was many tears, and a little laughter. Noah reached over and wiped her tears, but that's all he did. He never interupted her, and he never tried to help. After she was done, she smiled down at Noah, and brought him into a tight hug.

"Thank you Noah. Thank you so much." She whispered into his ear. She gave him a small peck on the cheek, and bounced out the door, her hyper, upbeat, Izzy self again.

And that was the day that Izzy and Noah became best friends, and the day that Noah fell in love.