And we are back to our normally scheduled Nemma content. This chapter takes place a week after the previous chapter. Hope you all enjoy!

(Emma's POV)

I finally submitted yet another paper, but at least it was the last one I needed to write for the semester.

Sure I know I still have a long way to go, but at least it's one less thing in my way for finals in 3 weeks. And if all goes well on this paper, I'll have finished out with straight A's again.

My brain felt like I had nothing left in it and practically felt on the verge of being fried.

I sat back in my desk chair, leaning my head back and closing my eyes as I took in the small sense of relief.

My apartment was dead silent until my phone lit up and sounded a notification. Slowly I looked at my phone and picked it up, thinking it was Kitty until I saw the name on the banner.

Noah.

My eyes went wide as I opened up the text as fast as possible and read: Hey, are you home?

It was almost like I was on autopilot as I immediately looked out my window and saw Noah standing outside my building.

He's here… Wait, Noah's here. NOAH'S HERE!

I didn't even bother responding as I just sprinted out of my apartment and ran down the stairs, not even looking back to lock it after I slammed it behind me.

But, I just seriously do not even care right now.

I haven't seen or even just talked in general to Noah in almost 2 months and I seriously really did miss him.

I ran out of my building, almost running into someone on my way out as I just ran over to Noah and called out almost on a reflex, "Noah!" He saw me and immediately smiled and started, "Em… ah!"

My self-control was completely lost as I almost tackled him and cut him off with a hug, practically knocking the wind out of him and also making him lose his balance for a second until he got his footing and hugged me back.

We stayed like that for a few moments until I heard him say, "So… guess I'll take that as you're happy to see me?"

I backed away and gave him a slight look with a smirk as I started, knowing how elated yet sarcastic I sounded, "What do you think?"

He smirked and gave me his usual eyebrow waggle before shrugging at me, "Hey, for all I know, you wouldn't want me around because you had exams?"

I couldn't stop myself from smiling so much that my face felt like it was straining.

It was like I couldn't help myself as I leaned in on impulse to kiss him until he caught me off guard when he held me off as he started, rubbing the 5 O'clock shadow on his face, "Hey, not that I don't want to, but are you sure you want a kiss with the scruff? My razor crapped out on me and I just got right on a plane and didn't have time to get a new one so…"

"I don't care." I cut in as I just kissed him anyway.

Again, right now… yeah, I seriously do not care.

Even though I had no idea what he's even doing right now, I wasn't going to question it right this second. It's been months now since I've seen him and I am going to take advantage of why ever he's here as much as I can.

It wasn't until we settled into the kiss and I felt his hands rest on my sides until my eyes went wide, getting my paranoia back.

I pulled away and quickly looked over my shoulder, making sure no one was watching us.

Ever since that last time in the library when I was very sure someone took a picture of me, I literally feel like I'm being watched now more than ever to the point that it's ridiculous.

Every time I come home from classes, I literally check every room in my apartment and look under my couch and bed to make sure I'm alone.

And I know Noah caught how weird I was acting as I heard him ask, "Uh, what's going on?"

I bit my lip as I thought about what to do before I said, grabbing him by his wrist and pulling him inside my building, "Just follow me."

As much as I really want to tell Noah about how I feel like I'm literally being stalked… I don't know?

I also don't want to ruin the moment right now and just enjoy being with him right now. I think Noah just gave in since I was hardly pulling him along with me and seemed like he was following me more than anything.

Eventually we got back to my apartment and pulled him quickly before locking the door behind us.

It didn't even take a second as I put both of my hands on the back of his head and pulled him in to kiss me again. Seriously, despite how paranoid and freaked out I still am about the 'stalking scenario', I also can't help myself from just taking advantage of Noah being here for whatever reason.

And I knew I wasn't alone in this feeling since Noah seemed like he was far from complaining since he immediately pulled me closer and just kissed me back without hesitation, probably just assuming I wanted us to do this in my apartment rather than on the street.

Which technically isn't completely wrong, but… it's just not for the reasoning he's probably thinking of.

Either way, I was just trying to block it out and not get in the way of me being with Noah right now. And I think we were both there at this point as we started to take off his coat.

Even though in the back of my mind it made me realize that I ran out of my apartment without a coat on in below freezing weather… I'll care about that later.

I wrapped my arms around his neck as we kept getting wrapped up in the situation.

Sure I was trying… and I mean really trying to keep some level of self-control and hold true to 'taking things slow', but making out with him doesn't break that clause as far as I'm concerned.

That and considering the 'mutual feedback' from Noah right now… yeah, neither of us are anywhere near complaining about this right now.

At this point I pretty much lost track of time or even where we were until somehow we got to the couch in my living room until eventually we just ended up cuddling on the couch.

It was silent for several moments until he remark, definitely sounding like he was messing with me, "Well… maybe I should go away more often?"

I looked up at him quirked up an eyebrow before replying, playfully calling him out, "That's a lie." He smirked and said, "You got me."

We both laughed a little as we sat up, trying to settle back into a more 'normal situation' as I asked, "But, seriously? What are you even doing here? I thought you wouldn't be back until at least when my fall semester was over?"

We both eventually sat up as he said, rubbing the back of his neck, "Well, you probably haven't seen it yet and you probably figured it out based on 'the obvious', but basically … I got booted."

Sure, the fact that he was here made that obvious like he said, but that still didn't mean I was curious as I asked, "Why, what happened? Did Alejandro or Heather somehow vote you off?"

He scoffed and said, "Kind of… but, whatever, I don't really want to talk about it. After what happened I should have stayed technically until the finale, but I decided to cut out early. I didn't even want to stay for the final in the 'peanut gallery'... again. Sorry I couldn't get the money. I know how much it could've helped you out with paying for Law school."

Money?

Honestly, as weird as it sounded coming from me, I totally forgot about the fact that he said he would have split the million with me if I won for a second.

And yeah, it would have been nice, really nice, to have the money and graduate debt free.

But… I just seriously wanted him back and around even more now that I really thought about it.

If it would have been me during the race, my answer would've been completely different. But, that was before I realized how much I missed him until he wasn't even able to be around or talk to me.

Especially with… recent events.

I just immediately hugged him and said on impulse, "Noah... I'm just glad you're here. Between stress, school, and being paranoid all the time about someone watching me. I was really freaking out."

My eyes went wide when I realized the extent of me losing my filter. And I definitely knew I was caught when I heard him say, sounding weirded out and confused, "Wait? Watching you?"

Crap… Ugh, why do I have to have no inner monologue sometimes?!

Well, at least the silver lining was that it wasn't anything borderline creepy about how I feel about him this time.

Although this is a completely different thing.

Sure, I wanted to tell Noah since the moment I saw that article in that gossip magazine, but now that I'm talking about it?... I'm completely choking.

I didn't even realize how lost in my own thoughts as I heard Noah ask, sounding both weirded out and concerned, "Emma? What's going on?"

All I felt like I could do for a second was bite my lip until I finally let out a sigh, trying to even figure out where to even start.

Eventually was finally able to look at him again as I started, wringing my hands nervously in my lap for some reason, "Um… remember when you came over and we went out on that date?"

He quirked up an eyebrow and looked at me completely confused, probably wondering like any sane person what the hell I was even talking to him about.

Eventually I was able to get up and show him the article from that celebrity gossip magazine about us with someone following us around without either of us even knowing… and how someone has even been following me even after that.

Especially how freaked out I was after the time when someone took a picture of me around a corner in the university library.

After I told him everything that happened since he left, Noah was just looking in front of himself wide eyed with a hand gripped into his hair.

At first I thought he went into a state of shock like he did after I broke up with him during the race.

I was getting more and more concerned as I put a hand on his shoulder and prodded slightly, "Um… Noah?"

He whipped his head over to look at me as he asked, looking weirdly determined, "Can I see that article again?"

Huh?

I hardly questioned it as I gave him my laptop back that I had that gossip article about us pulled up on. He took it from me and started almost 'analyzing it'.

I quirked up an eyebrow at him zooming in and looking at all the pictures until it looked like he caught something as he highlighted this phrase of fine print below one the pictures that I never caught before. I leaned over to try and read it.

Photos provided by "Total Drama Total Insider ".

I had no idea what that had to do with anything as Noah said, sounding all together annoyed, knowing and almost… angry, "This isn't just 'anyone'."

I was caught off guard when he put a hand on my shoulder and gave me an almost serious and completely livid look as he said, "Don't worry, I got this."

He pulled out his phone from his pocket and almost aggressively started scrolling until he found who he seemed like he was looking for.

The dial tone started going and I was surprised to see him put it on speaker.

I was trying to sort out what was even happening or what he was even doing? I got even more confused when I saw the name on the caller ID banner.

Cody Anderson.

I had no other time to think as the call picked up and we heard Cody say, "Noah? Hey! What's up? I haven't seen you in forever, man! What's happening?"

Noah just gave the phone a look as he got his usual snarky, sarcasm to him (but still seeming pretty put out and angry), "Yeah, dude, listen... Do you think you can please get your crazy, psycho fangirl under control?"

Immediately I heard Cody let out a long sigh as he replied, almost completely knowing and sounding annoyed yet stressed simultaneously, "... What did Sierra do this time?"

Wait… Sierra? As in 'season 3 Sierra' from "Total Drama"?

Well, I'm assuming you all can see where this is going. Sorry for the shorter chapter, but I just wanted to use this as a bridge chapter to lead up to the culmination of events to lead up to the answer of who has been stalking and taking pictures of Noah and Emma (well, mostly Emma) for months. And that is the resident fan club president and super fan of "Total Drama", Sierra. At first, I wanted to incorporate Cody more into this fanfic since it is Noah and Emma centric and I really wanted to bring more of their friends into the story. Especially since Cody and Noah are actually good friends in canon. I feel like we hardly got enough of Cody and Noah's friendship on the show so I'm using my fanfic to give my take on what they would be like as friends. As well as use it to incorporate Sierra and her crazily unpredictable shenanigans. And in this situation, Noah is showing a rare livid and kind of angry side at the fact that he (and more importantly Emma in Noah's mind) have been the victims of Sierra's fangirl obsessed stalking. But, why exactly has he contacted Cody if it's really Sierra who has been following them as a lot of you have already guessed? What will happen next? What will Cody say? Find out next time all! As always thank you so much for reading and constructive feedback is always appreciated.

Stay classy all!

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