Disclaimer: As you all know, these characters aren't mine. They belong to Dick Wolf and NBC.
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Day 28: Noah's first girlfriend
Universe: Same as Days 21 and 27
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Noah, 15 and all gangly-limbs and pimples, sits across the table from his mothers, his dark eyes trained on Alex's face, hoping to read what she is thinking. His girlfriend, a small girl named Cameron with dark hair and darker eyes, sits next to him. She stares down at the empty place-setting in front of her, nerves getting the best of her.
Alex tilts her head slightly – the same way she does when Noah is about to be lectured for not making his bed or not taking out the trash – and Noah braces himself for some kind of lecture but he sees Olivia's bicep flex slightly and then Alex lets out a small sigh and a gentle smile and says, "So, Cameron, Noah here tells us that you're thinking of going to law school in a few years."
Noah sighs, the tension easing its way out of his shoulders, because, really, there are worse things to talk about.
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They drop Cameron off at home after dinner and wait while Noah walks her to her door and very politely kisses her cheek.
When he gets back into the car, Alex literally turns around in her seat to analyze him.
Olivia laughs lightly, shaking her head. "Stop."
"I'm not doing anything."
"You're scaring him."
Alex rolls her eyes. "He has nothing to be afraid of. We both think Cameron is a very nice girl and it seems as though you like each other very much."
Noah nods, staring down at his hands. "We do."
"I just want to make sure you're being safe. Your mom and I were both teenagers once, Noah; we know how caught up in the moment kids can get. We just want to make sure that if you're going to have sex, you're safe about it."
The resulting blush creeps up Noah's neck, his redness rivals that of a fire truck. He shakes his head quickly. "It's not like that, Ma."
"I just want you to be careful, Noah. We're not ready to be grandmothers yet."
"No, Ma, it's not…Look, Cam's asexual. So we're not" – he shakes his head – "doing that. I just like her is all."
Alex smiles, letting out a breath like a sigh of relief, and turns back around in her seat. "In that case, when is she coming over again?"
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