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AN: Here comes the one many of you have been awaiting! Noah and Izzy
Noah x Izzy
Finally locating a quiet corner in Lindsay's house to read and far from the party to which Noah had only gone to avoid spending Christmas Eve subject to his sibling's pestering, Noah cracked open his book and sat down. However, he had scarcely read a page when Izzy popping down from the ceiling and waving excitedly while calling, "Hey! Over here! Hi! Hey Noah!" stopped him from making any progress in his book.
"What do you want, Izzy?" Noah questioned as he looked up in annoyance, slamming his book shut.
"Well, Merry Christmas to you too," Izzy quipped as she pouted at Noah before regaining her maniacal smile and boasting, "Oh, right, Izzy came up here to show you something! Want to go outside?"
"No," Noah responded flatly as he attempted to resume reading.
"Aww, but why not! The snow is coming down really fast outside, and it's so fun!" Izzy protested as she bounced up and down excitedly.
"What a great idea! Let's go outside and freeze, and maybe get pelted with snowballs," Noah replied sarcastically.
Izzy, however, chose to ignore the sarcasm, and excitedly exclaimed, "Great let's go then!" and began running outside expecting Noah to swiftly follow.
Noah rolled his eyes as Izzy left and resumed reading; however, he was once again interrupted as Izzy returned and poked her head up underneath the book, blocking Noah's view of the page. "Yes?" Noah sighed as he looked down at Izzy.
"Well, Izzy figured, if you won't go outside with her for some strange reason, then she should come and entertain you. I got these candles from downstairs, so watch as all I have to do is light them and then they're ready to juggle!" Izzy tossed the first lit candle into the air and Noah frantically jumped to his feet and backed away in case Izzy dropped it when she tried to add more.
Flabbergasted, Noah quipped, "Are you trying to burn the house down?"
"Of course not silly," Izzy replied with a dismissive laugh. "I mean, yeah that is sort of what happened the last two times Izzy tried this, but what are the odds that silly mistake would happen again anyways?"
Frightened, Noah relented, "Okay! We can just go outside, but stop juggling!"
"Awww, but Izzy didn't even get to add in the logs from the fireplace yet," Izzy responded dejectedly as she placed the candle back down. "Whoo! And no burns or charred audience this time, even better!" Noah merely gave Izzy a blank stare and reluctantly followed her outside as she bounded out of the house.
Soon after the two had gone outside, Izzy noticed Eva and quickly ran closer to her. Noah, not sure why Izzy was running since he hadn't noticed Eva, trudged slowly after and had just peeked over the top of the hill as Izzy pelted Eva with a snowball, causing Eva's retaliation which knocked Noah down the hill and Izzy soon after much to Noah's chagrin.
After Noah complained to Izzy, she dragged him away from the area and into a clearing. "Oooh! We should totally build a snowman! This one time, I built this snowman and it was so big, it blocked out the sun in the area, and like all the trees started shriveling and dying, but then the sun came back and melted it, and the trees were all like "Yay!" and my snowman was just a puddle, or maybe that one was a dream. Izzy's never completely sure, but she's fairly sure on this one." Izzy rambled as Noah watched her in disbelief.
"Yeah, like that would ever happen," Noah replied sarcastically as he decided to head back inside. "Anyways, as you pointed out by describing how your snowman melted, building one is an exercise in futility, and I want no part in it."
"Aww, come on grumpy Noahkins, it will be so much fun if you do!" Izzy insisted as she began rolling the first snowball.
"Will you stop calling me that if I agree?" Noah questioned as he cringed at the nickname. Seeing Izzy's nod of agreement, Noah sighed and began rolling a second snowball. "Well, I guess I have no choice then, now do I?" Izzy shook her head and mouthed no as she began to enthusiastically roll her current snowball even faster to make the base, making the snowball so large it was slightly above her waist.
Noah, glancing over at Izzy's creation complained, "And what kind of scale are you using for this snowman, gargantuan or immense?"
"Why do I have to choose?" Izzy protested as she anchored the snowball to the ground and began creating the body for the snowman as well.
Noah just rolled his eyes and continued rolling his snowball lethargically through the snow. Izzy, however, not ceasing her work, quickly completed the middle snowball of the snowman as well and placed it on the snowman, making it nearly her own height without the head. "Okay Noah Boa, I'm going to go get some accessories and appendages to complete the snowman's decorations while you finish the head. Okay, bye!" Izzy called as she ran off, leaving Noah merely pushing the top part of the snowman on his own.
Now in silence, Noah decided to take a break from rolling and said aloud to himself, "Thank goodness Nutty is gone! I mean could she be even more insane? How am I supposed to possibly get this stupid head onto the snowman when it needs to go above my own head?" Glancing at the snowman, Noah shook his head in frustration before rolling his snowball over to it. He struggled to hoist the head to the top, and managed to get it loosely placed on top before deciding that was good enough and relaxing while hoping a breeze wouldn't knock the head back off. Noticing a hat blowing around, Noah stopped it and tossed it onto the snowman, quipping sarcastically, "Gee, I bet it's going to come to life now since it was 'made with love' and has a 'magic' hat on top."
Suddenly, the snowman began shaking and Noah recoiled it fright. When two arms poked through the sides and a head popped out the top, Noah screamed in horror and began running away.
The snowman, however, began laughing and said, "That was so cool! I mean I never thought it would scare you so much if I waited in the snowman and then popped out at you, but you gave me the perfect opportunity to do it with that hat. I mean, you were all like "Aaaahhh! I'm gonna die cause the snowman is alive' but everyone knows snowmen aren't alive Noah," Izzy giggled in a rush while her head protruded from the snowman's head and her arms stuck out the sides.
Taken aback, Noah approached the snowman and cried angrily, "Izzy, why did you do that? It had no point and was really freaky. Oh, well I suppose that would be your reason why." Noah then paused as he considered what had happened and continued, "And possibly more importantly, how did you do that? There is no physical way you could have gotten inside it, especially without me seeing it, nor could you have known when I put the hat on it."
With a dismissive shrug, Izzy explained, "Don't worry about it, I mean hello, I'm a master of escape and disguise, so I've done way harder tricks than that before. And really, the law is so beneath me that even the laws of physics can't contain me, duh." Izzy then shook herself free of the snowman, causing it to collapse.
"Gee, I'm so glad we spent all that time making it," Noah replied as he glanced at the debris. "It was worth every bit of the cold we endured, especially in this lovely continual layer of falling snow."
"Spoilsport," Izzy protested as she continued laughing. "It was worth it to me, but then, I guess you didn't get to see the look on your face, so maybe it wasn't as worth it to you. Oooh! Let's go throw more snowballs at Eva!" Izzy cried excitedly as she began packing more snowballs until Noah grabbed her hood to restrain her.
"We already did that, so pass," Noah retorted, determined to not be pulverized by Eva and actually survive the party.
"Oh! Okay! Then we can totally build the biggest snow fort ever and use it to smite anyone who comes close to us!" Izzy suggested excitedly as she once again pulled Noah away to look for a suitable building place. Finally locating one, Izzy began packing up the walls rapidly while Noah began working halfheartedly. "Come on Noah!" Izzy complained as she watched him work. "You need to work faster or else we'll totally get destroyed in this war."
"Izzy," Noah insisted dryly, "There is no war, so there's no rush other than getting out of the cold, which I somehow doubt will happen any time soon. I'm sure you'll find some other riveting task for us to do if we finish this," concluding with a roll of his eyes.
"Okay, but don't say Izzy didn't warn you," Izzy replied with a slight snicker as she finished the first wall and turned the corner to begin work on a second one.
"I'll keep that in mind, I guess," Noah responded with another roll of his eyes. "Remind me again why you couldn't do this with one of your other friends Izzy?"
"They're not as easy to force to do things, duh," Izzy quipped as she examined the two walls she had built for weak points before moving onto working on a third.
"Wait, what?" Noah responded in shock as he stopped working to gaze at Izzy. "You're saying I'm easier to manipulate than every other contestant, yeah right."
"It's true," Izzy insisted nodding vigorously as she began manically working on the final wall. "I mean, all I need to do is drag you along and tell you to do something, maybe put us both in danger a bit, but it works every time. Either you're really easy to coerce into doing things, or you like me, like a lot."
In shock, Noah glanced at Izzy before stammering out, "That's not true. Or better said, neither of them is true. I would never like my best friend's ex-girlfriend, especially since he'd still like to be dating her, and I'm not easy to manipulate. If anything, I'm an expert manipulator." Noah then turned defiantly away and resumed working as Izzy cackled before disappearing. Noah, too absorbed in his work to notice, merely continued the wall until it connected to where Izzy had left off.
"There, we're finally done with this waste of time," Noah commented before he noticed Izzy wasn't there anymore. "Okay Queen of Crazy, where did you go now?"
"Banzai!" Izzy shouted as she used a catapult she had constructed to launch a huge mound of snow at Noah, pinning him to the ground as it buried him. "What did Izzy say about taking too long to build the walls, hmm?" she teased as she walked over to Noah and laughed.
Although muffled under the snow, Noah complained, "Gee, you know the best ways to help me warm up, Iz don't you?"
"Oooh, Izzy is an expert snow mumbler; it's one of the many languages she speaks, so she knows exactly what you just said, and for that she just might leave you buried a little longer." Izzy pretended to turn her nose up and walk away until Noah mumbled out an apology and she dug him up. "There, now isn't that better."
"Only marginally as I still am freezing cold," Noah protested as he brushed more of the snow off and shot an indignant glare at Izzy.
"Hmm, well it is just the two of us, so what if we make out to warm you up?" Izzy suggested with a mischievous cackle.
"Ummm, well," Noah began as he tugged nervously at his collar before Izzy cut him off.
"No immediate sarcasm? That totally means you want to do it! Oh ho! Izzy so knew it all along, but she had to make sure, and she figured you'd be easier to trick you outside, just like those yetis when Izzy was in the mountains! They were fairly resilient indoors, but got cocky outside and that's when Izzy got them." Izzy continued to elaborate, but by this point, Noah had tuned her out and was trying to determine what his true feelings for Izzy were. Despite his protestations, he did consider Izzy to be a good, albeit crazy friend, and hadn't really been completely abhorring the whole time outside; in fact, Izzy was the only reason it was bearable. Still, he wasn't sure if he was really ready to view Izzy romantically, especially since she was Owen's ex-girlfriend. Izzy, although she hoped Noah would say yes, had moved onto other thoughts like how the snow falling was just like the time she poured sugar everywhere while the RCMP were pursuing her and wondering how much snow she could catch on her tongue.
"This seems rather sudden, impulsive, and irresponsible," Noah finally proclaimed as he turned back to face Izzy with a triumphant smirk on his face, deciding not to reveal his views to Izzy.
"Oooh! Izzy knows just how to fix that problem and help us get what we want. Izzy can just ask you out," Izzy called excitedly as she flipped over to Noah who blanched at Izzy's suggestion, worried he would have to confess his true feelings. "See, this way it will be less irresponsible and what not, and more importantly, you'll feel more comfortable. Still, I don't think it's fair that Cody didn't have to go through all this to get a kiss out of you," Izzy teased as she turned away in a fake pout.
Noah, unsure which part of Izzy's speech to address first, eventually burst out in anger, "That was an accident! Will you people never let me live it down?"
"Nope," Izzy cackled as she began walking away. Suddenly, she turned back around and dove toward Noah, "Oooh, Izzy just realized that it's no fun if she asks you out. I mean, it's way more romantic and proper when the man does it. Uh huh, Izzy learned that during her super successful acting career, so let's hear it Noah. Ask me out if you really like me, or don't but then Izzy will be super sad and it will be all your fault."
Noah, in shock at Izzy's request, managed to choke out, "Look, Iz, I like you it's just…"
"Just Owen I bet. Yeah, I already read your mind and knew you would say that actually. But, think about it logically. If Big-O and I aren't meant to be and he truly supports me, he should want what's best for me, and he should know you'll treat me right, especially since if you don't, I'll find you and get you." Izzy laughed sinisterly after finishing as Noah reflected upon her words.
"Hmm, well I suppose in that case, there's only one logical option," Noah began before he walked over to Izzy and took her hand in his. "Izzy, will you go out with me?"
Izzy, pretending to play hard to get, strode away, and taunted, "Gee, I dunno, I'll have to think about it a little." Her resolve cracking almost immediately, however, she quickly ran back to Noah and gave him a peck on the cheek before saying, "Sure!"
"Great!" Noah exclaimed as he flushed slightly at Izzy's kiss. Noticing the snowstorm really intensifying, Noah observed while regaining his aloof attitude, "I think it would be advisable if we moved inside and start warming up before we freeze to death under the ton of snow that's falling right now."
"Okay. Oooh! Izzy has a wicked cocoa recipe she has to make for you. Come on!" Izzy called as she ran way ahead of now who trudged toward the house after her. Pausing slightly, she called back, "Oh, unless you're feeling ready to make out now to stay warm outside."
Noah merely shook his head in response and replied, "I'd rather live, thanks, but maybe inside." Izzy shrugged and mouthed "your loss" before bounding inside and beginning to prepare the cocoa.
When she finished making the cocoa, Izzy topped it with a mound of whipped cream and sprinkled a little cocoa powder on the top before bringing the two mugs back to Noah who had located a fireplace separate from the one Heather was guarding. As he gratefully accepted the mug from Izzy although he examined it suspiciously at first since it was from Izzy and her "special" recipe, the two of them sat down on the couch to warm up in front of the crackling fire. Taking a sip, Noah quickly recoiled as the cocoa burned his tongue. With a slight chuckle after being sure Noah was okay, Izzy began eating some of the whipped cream off her own cocoa.
Noah, glancing over at Izzy with a playful smirk, observed, "You seem to have a trace of whipped cream above your mouth." As Izzy reached to wipe it off, Noah stopped her hand and looked into her eyes before suggesting, "Maybe I could remove it for you," before leaning in and giving Izzy a kiss on the lips. Izzy nearly fainted with shock, but quickly returned the kiss.
As they pulled apart, Izzy joked, "Gee, I thought I was going to have to use the mistletoe I hung all over the house. Oh, but I had it all planned out too! Oh well, I guess this is the one time anyone's ever going to surprise Izzy! Oh, but Izzy is full of surprises too!" Izzy quickly snatched the whipped cream canister off the tray and sprayed a whipped cream mustache on Noah. "Now it's Izzy's turn to return the favor!" she exclaimed as she leaned in to kiss Noah and remove the whipped cream.
The two exchanged another long kiss after which Noah confessed with surprising sincerity and without sarcasm, "I love you Iz."
"Aww, and I love you too," Izzy gushed excitedly, "But now isn't the time for words!" Izzy then pulled Noah into a tight embrace and the two shared another kiss as the fire sizzled behind them, warming them up from their earlier time in the cold as their passions for each other warmed as well.
Up next: Sitting by the fire has done nothing to warm her heart, but can the kind words of another camper make a difference?