Noah's POV

I held her hair behind her head tightly gagging every so often when the stench of her vomit floated near me. I wanted to yell at her, in fact I wanted to stuff her head inside the toilet and force her to endure the violent smell of her mistake. Mom and Emily didn't know, the both of them still at Emma's house partying it up with her family and Jamie celebrating Emma's graduation, something I should have been doing instead of spotting my sister as she puked her guts out.

"Holy shit" I whipped my head around breathing a sigh of relief as I noticed the cavalry arriving "That's disgusting" Miranda observed pinching her nose in hopes of blocking the smell from entering her nostrils

"Way to state the obvious" Emma giggled peeking her head over Miranda's shoulder desperately trying to see in the small bathroom curious on what was going on "Is she sick?"

"Tori" I said giving the brunette a silent look the younger girl instantly understanding what the silence meant "Emma, Miranda come with me" I guided the girls to my bedroom while Tori stayed with Jess taking over as the official puke guard while I tackled the task of explaining what had happened "Jess was served" I explained lowering myself into my desk chair

"Served what?" Miranda asked not understanding what I was trying to say

"Served by who?" Emma questioned plopping herself on top of my bed quickly making herself comfortable her eyes locked on mine as she waited for further explanation

"Emmerson" I answered rapidly rubbing my throbbing head the thought of Jess going through anymore drama practically causing my brain to explode "He wants full custody of Jamie"

"Hell no" Miranda exclaimed joining Emma in the bed crossing her arms over her chest "Has he ever even held Jamie? What gives him the right to fight for custody?"

"DNA, that's what" Tori interrupted leaning her body in the frame of the door looking at the three of us intently "Biologically he is Jamie's father which automatically gives him paternal rights, and with Jess' current behavior he has a shot at getting Jamie"

"Don't talk like that" I begged her once again returning to my feet angrily pushing past Tori shuffling towards the bathroom only to find Jess passed out on the floor "Jessie why are you doing this?" I whispered more to myself than to her as I wrapped my arms around her body lifting her from the ground

"Do you think Jess will win?" I heard Miranda ask as I laid Jess down in her bed before making my way back to my bedroom

"I have no idea" Emma confessed "If they base it off of her behavior now…"

"Shut the hell up!" I demanded bursting back into the bedroom "Don't you think it's bad enough that Liam just died, and she has to deal with the possibility of losing her daughter Jess needs us on her side, not deciding when she's going to loss Jamie" All I wanted was for her to be happy, I just wanted to see Jess smile, that smile that could light up a room, that smile that over the last two years I had grown to love. Two years, that's all I really had with her, two years of truly learning who my sister was, and trust me when I say two years isn't nearly enough. "Jess needs us" I said running my fingers through my hair causally messing it up

"He's right" Tori agreed walking over to me wrapping her arm around my waist before dropping her head onto my chest a position the two of us had become accustom to over the few years of our friendship "We need to make sure Jess knows that she's not alone"

"Fucking hell"

"Speaking of Jess" Miranda laughed rolling off of the bed "Looks like she's awake" I wanted to be the one in there to help Jess, but I knew she wouldn't want me there, as much as she hated to admit it she loved me and having me see her in that state was humiliating for her. "Come on Montgomery we are officially the hangover police" Miranda joked grabbing Tori's hand dragging her to Jess in hopes of helping her overcome the effects of the alcohol

"Noah" Emma said after a moment of awkward silence "Can we talk?"

"Of course" I replied moving further into Jess' room slowly decending onto the bed carefully leaving a few inches between Emma and I "What do we need to talk about?"

"I don't want to lose you, but" She began her eyes drifting to the floor the green eyed beauty unable to meet my eyes

"You want to break up" I blurted out unable to form any other thoughts than that instantly regretting it as I watched her face contort into a look of absolute pain "I'm sorry, I…"

"You know I don't want to break up, but I think we have to" She groaned getting to her feet making her way over towards me lifting her hands the sudden action causing me to flinch "I'm not going to hit you, I'm giving you your necklace back" She explained unhooking the necklace from around her neck carefully placing it in Noah's hand "I love you Noah, I think a part of me will always love you, but we both knew how this was gonna end. We're going to different schools, schools that are thousands of miles apart, some part of us both knew that we wouldn't be together during college"

"Emma, I'm sorry" I breathed heavily clutching the key necklace tightly between my fingers doing my best to hold in my tears the pain of losing Emma finally becoming real "I love you Em"

"I know you do, I love you to" She gave me one last longing glance before placing her soft lips on top of mine granting me with one final reminder of our love "I should go, my parents will be wondering where I went" I watched her leave the room, my heart leaping in my chest dozens of thoughts swirling around my head, my mind suddenly unable to remember why I thought breaking up was a good idea. I did my best to keep my face free of tears, never being comfortable crying when I knew I wasn't alone

"Noah?"

"Yeah" I said quickly ridding my face of tears. It was easy breaking up with Emma, it was easier than it should have been. It shouldn't have been that easy, it should never be easy to let go of someone you love and I loved Emma, I loved her more than I could say, but I couldn't hold her down when she went away to college. I needed to let Emma go, I needed to.

"Are you okay?" Tori asked playing nervously with her glasses desperately attempting to wipe a sticky substance that appeared to be vomit off of the lens

"Emma and I…we..were.." I stuttered doing my best to find the right words, my tears making it virtually impossible to state a full sentence

"Noah" She sighed hugging my tightly "I'm so sorry"

"So am I" I cried allowing my head to drop onto her shoulder casually wiping my snot on her shirt a small laugh escaping my mouth as I watched her reaction

"Nasty" She whined punching me in the arm wiggling herself out of my grip her childish giggle bringing a bright smile to my face

"Who's nasty? Me" I chuckled forcing her back into my arms knocking her onto the bed quickly climbing on top of her tickling her stomach violently "Say it" I demanded

"Never" She gasped trying her hardest to catch her breath

"Say it!" I repeated tickling her more rapidly using on hand to pin down her legs in hopes that she wouldn't kick me the other hand swiftly moving over her stomach

"Uncle" She finally spoke a look of relief washing over her face as I finally released her from my tickling spree

"Now was that so hard?" I asked pushing her hair out of her eyes for once finally seeing the gorgeous color suddenly feeling lost. I don't know what I was thinking, maybe I wasn't thinking at all, all I knew was that I was inching closer to her lips just praying that she wouldn't pull away. Her lips were soft, warm, the touch of them instantly comforting me, the feeling of her lips on mine sending a small shock throughout my body. Kissing Tori was different from kissing Emma, when I kissed Emma I never, ever wanted it to end, I never wanted to release her lips, but kissing Tori made me feel better, kissing Tori made me feel like I wasn't alone, kissing Tori was something I could get used to.

"Hate to break this up, but Jess wants to talk to you" Miranda coughed awkwardly not moving an inch as she watched me scrambled to dismount Tori guilty looks plastered on both of our faces

"Miranda….I" I tried to explain what had happened the blonde not wanting to hear any of it simply spinning on her heel traveling quickly down the hall disappearing out the front door "Tori" I tried to talk to her next not sure about how she felt about the kiss "Tor"

"I have to talk to Miranda" She said rushing after the girl who no doubtabley was already on her way home

"Damn it!"

Question (answer in reviews): How do you feel about Noah and Emma's breakup? Did Noah just ruin Tori's chances of getting back together with Miranda?