Chapter Four - If I Was Your Boyfriend

Noel didn't forget, Aria thought as she turned around to go back inside the house. Hopefully I remember where his room is, she had been there once last year when they studied for an English test. As she waded through the people she saw Hanna dancing with Mike, weird she thought to herself. Hanna never showed any interest in Mike even though he would flirt with her all the time when she came over. Is that why Mike was here. to see Hanna? I know Hanna is on the rebound since Caleb left to live with his mom and he said that Hanna was better off with someone who would be around to see her, but Mike? That was odd. It was weird to watch her brother dancing all dirty with one of her friends so Aria continued to push through people to get away from the image. Someone was doing a keg stand near the stairs as she walked up them, she just laughed. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed Eric Kahn, Noel's older brother, he was with the keg stand guy. Eric was watching her as she walked up the stairs. Aria noticed him smile and wink at her a second before she turned away to continue up the stairs. Did Noel tell him about her? Did Eric just assume she was going to hook up with Noel cause she was going up to his room? Is that all Noel really wanted from her? He was so nice since he first started talking to her again, was it just a game? Did he just wanna hook up with her? What was she thinking? She was letting a smile from Noel's brother freak her out, it was Eric, he was more known for having a new girlfriend every week then anything else.

Aria had made it to the hallway now, she stopped trying to remember if Noel's door was the third or fourth door on the right. All she remembered was passing a few doors and then finally going to one on the right. I'll just guess she decided, ummmm three! Aria walked to the third door and knocked before she peeked in. Noel was sitting on a bed, which she assumed was his, he was holding a guitar and looking right at her as she walked through the door.

"Took you long enough" he smirked at her.

"I got distracted" she said, remembering Hanna and Mike and the smirk from Eric.

"I just learned another song" Noel told her "sit down" he said as he patted the bed and moved over to make room for her.

"Okay, what song?" she asked as she sat down next to him on the bed. As she looked around she tried to remember the room, everything seemed to be completely different. There were familiar posters on the wall though, some band posters and a few lacrosse posters, at least there wasn't girls in bikinis like when she walked into her brothers room. All the furniture was in a different place, but she remembered the bathroom door and closet being just were they were, so it was the same room. The bed spread was all black and the pillows were grey, it looked like a simple Rosewood boy's room. Noel's computer was sitting on his desk along with books and lacrosse trophies. That's when Aria saw it, on his bulletin board there was a picture of her and him from last year, he never forgot her...

"Just listen" Noel spoke interrupting her thoughts.

Noel tuned the guitar for a minute and began to play. Aria couldn't believe the tune that was coming from the guitar as Noel moved his fingers across the strings and his yellow rubber lacrosse bracelet rubbed against the neck of the guitar . He was playing "Boyfriend" by Justin Bieber. Noel was trying to get her, she had been right to toss out her thoughts of him only wanting to seduce her. Noel was trying to seduce her heart, not just her body. His words started at the chorus.

"I'd like to be everything you want, Hey girl, let me talk to you" then he paused "If I was your boyfriend, never let you go. Keep you on my arm girl, you'd never be alone. I can be a gentleman, anything you want. If I was your boyfriend, I'd never let you go, I'd never let you go"

Aria couldn't help but to smile and giggle, it was cute and sexy at the same time. Then she realized Noel didn't care that he was singing a song written by a boy who looked 12, a boy that people hated on for his hair and lyrics. All he cared about was it described how he felt about Aria and he wanted to tell her in a unique way that she would remember.

"What do you think?" he asked her.

"I think it's sweet"

"I know your still with Ezra and blah blah, you love him" he said looking down at the bed and away from her.

"I don't know" she said to him.

"What do you mean?" he asked turning to look at her.

"I told him I wanted a break, he's just letting stuff get to him that he shouldn't if he really loved me. I guess him mom disapproves of us and that made him consider our relationship and it pissed me off because he doesn't ever talk to his mom, they don't get along! I just think I deserve to be showed off, not hidden from friends and family. I should be able to walk around the mall and people not whisper about me and him being together. I just want a normal teenage relationship that isn't going to cause people problem legally or with there job." she said fastly.

"You deserve all of that Aria, you deserve someone who isn't gonna wonder if the relationship is right, someone who would love you to meet their parents and show you off to their friends" Noel grabbed Aria's hand "Tell him you deserve better Aria, tell him it's over for good and give me a chance to show you I can be that guy for you"

Aria wasn't sure what to say, she still had feelings for Ezra but now Noel was filling her with all kinds of wonderful feelings she hadn't felt in a while. The butterflies in her stomach were going crazy, she hadn't felt this way about Ezra since the day they first met in the bar and stared dating. Noel was so sweet and even when he had found her kissing Ezra last year, he didn't call her names or anything that she would deserve for what she did to him, he just accepted defeat and walked away. The past was something he was willing to forget to start over with her, to make her happy in any way he could and here he was singing to her and saying all the right things. Is this real, she asked herself? I'm not drinking so all my feeling are real she thought. Then she looked up at Noel who was just watching her and waiting for her to do something or say something. I promised myself not to kiss him first she remembered, do it anyway her body screamed, she agreed with herself. Aria didn't want wait any longer, she didn't want to wait on Noel to make the first move, she wanted to kiss him right then. I don't care anymore was the last thing she remembered thinking.

Aria placed her hand on the side of his face and pulled him closer to her, he leaned into her and she kissed him like it was the last time she would ever kiss anyone.

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