I should probably bring up now that despite the fact Noah has two love interests, this is NOT a cheating story. Honestly some of those types of stories just sicken me, especially when it's remorseless.
Noah always thought love was complicated. Especially when it came to love triangles. Gwen, Duncan, and Courtney are living proof of that.
Noah scoffed at the mere thought of himself falling in love with another person, much less two.
Though life is always full of surprises.
The first time he knew he felt that way was with Emma, it first started out as just some simple attraction he gained from watching her perform a flip. He figured it was natural, after all, when you find someone attractive, you're bound to feel that way.
Though when he interacted more with Emma, he felt more than just attraction, they just clicked, her personality endeared him, and they could easily relate to one another. That time where Emma nearly fell off a building was probably one of the most scary moments of his life and Noah hardly felt that way about anything on Total Drama.
But as life would have it, Emma wasn't the only person Noah fell for.
He's spent a lot of time with Owen since World Tour. Noah found him a good friend so he kept the big guy around. Though as more time passed, he started to feel more for his best friend than just that.
It started in the Rock and Roll challenge for the Botch Or Watch. Owen had practically opened his heart to him, and Noah, for all his attempts to brush it off actually felt more than just encouraged by his words.
He figured if he just kept focusing on his relationship with Emma and ignored Owen's existence, the feeling would go away and it worked… until they were eliminated.
As they were getting ready to head to the airport back home, Owen had spoken up, "Noah?" He asked softly.
Noah couldn't ignore Owen when he was like this, so he decided to turn to him, "Yes Owen?"
"I-I just want to know…" Owen said meekly before silently tearing up, "Are you mad at me?"
That surprised Noah, he's hardly ever seen Owen act this way.
"No buddy, I'm not mad at you." Noah said in the best comforting voice he could muster.
"But… you've been ignoring me and closing yourself off from me. I just wanna know why." Owen said sadly.
Noah hated seeing Owen sad, he absolutely hated it. He knew he needed to fix this, Owen didn't deserve to deal with that.
"Look Owen, I'm not upset with you. I was just really focused on my growing relationship with Emma. It was nothing personal, I…" Noah began speaking earnestly when he stopped, he didn't know what words to use here.
"Really care about you." Noah breathed out.
"You mean it?" Owen asked with a smile.
"Yes." Noah gave him a genuine smile back, "You were one of my first genuine friends, of course I care about you."
Owen smiled tearfully and hugged Noah, though not painfully like the other ones. Noah sighed, he knew he loved both Owen and Emma, he just didn't know how he was going to deal with this.
When the Ridonculous Race finale had finished, all the contestants participated in a season wrap party. During that party, Kitty had asked to speak with Noah.
"Something wrong Kitty?" Noah asked nervously, hoping this wasn't what he thought it was.
"Look Noah, I'm not accusing you of anything, but… I know you have a thing for Owen." Kitty told Noah solemnly.
Noah's eyes widened at this before remembering Kitty had this 'super sensitive love detector', he figured there was no use denying it.
"I'm sorry Kitty. I love Emma, I really do but I just can't help how I feel about Owen too." Noah sighed miserably, "Trust me, I do not intend to cheat. That's the last thing I want to do. I know how that can hurt somebody."
Noah turned over to Geoff and Brody who were having an eating contest, though his eyes were mostly on Geoff.
"I know Noah. I'm aware how genuine your feelings are. I just hope you can figure things out." Kitty spoke resssuringly.
Noah sighed as he looked to see Emma and Owen having a friendly chat, "So do I."
Author's Note: Open Ending suckers. Bahahahahahahaha. Man, I think I've outdone myself. I much prefer for this issue to be resolved in a happy and peaceful way, but of course, this is a one shot, the way this ends is completely up to you.