If I'm There - Noah Sebastian

Chapter 13 - The penultimate show.

I wake up, and Noah isn't around, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit relieved after the conversation last night. I barely slept from thinking about moving to the USA with him. I barely know him after all, but I also feel like I've known him my whole life?

I need to speak to May and Jesse.

Lou: Hey M, can you come pick me up?
May: Yeah, sure? Is everything okay?
Lou: Yeah, I just need you guys, I'll tell you when you get here.
May: 10 mins ❤️ mwah x

I get dressed and head straight to the bathroom to brush my teeth and sort myself out. My phone buzzes on the side, and it's May telling me she's here.

"I'm going, I'll see you guys later in the green room." I gave Noah a kiss and left.

I barely even stepped in the car before my friends asked what's wrong.

"Well, Noah asked me to move back with him,"
"Fuck off, to America?!" Jesse howls.

"Yeah" I lowered my head, fiddling with the rag nails on my fingers.

"Right, let's go to Primark, get some new clothes for tonight and tomorrow's gig and we'll talk" May says putting the car in gear and driving off as I watch the tour bus get smaller in the wing mirror.

"Retail therapy is my language." Jesse sasses sat in the back.

We get to Primark and it's nice to spend time with them, laughing and joking and getting my mind of the whole moving situation. I picked up a black satin midi skirt and a plain black crop top. I know May has a really nice chain belt that will go well with this that I'll steal off her.
We check out and head towards a quirky cafe on the corner of the High Street.

"Right so, what's going on? Are you going to move? How did this conversation start?" Jesse starts.

"Well I don't know, we got talking about how obviously we are just falling for each other which sounds so fucking stupid considering we've known each other like a week but when you know, you know?"

I see them sympathetically nod in understanding.

"And obviously the distance is going to be hard, it's not like I can get in the car and drive for a few hours to see him on the weekend and he just straight out asked me to move with him. He offered to pay for my travel for the visits to go and see him. He said I could even do freelance makeup in LA because they're moving there after this tour."

I finally looked up from the table, making the eye contact I've been avoiding since we sat down. I see them both staring back with an unknown sadness in their eyes.

"Okay, I'll go first" Jesse says. "I personally think that sounds really cool. Yeah, you haven't known each other long, like at all, but I see the way you are with each other and out of all the people you've been with, I've never seen you this happy. I can tell he cares so much for you, so I'm not even worried about that. You've always said how much you'd love to freelance in LA because of how big the makeup scene is over there and you can still do all your social media influency thing you do over there too, and plus you have BVB makeup assistance under your belt. Obviously we'll miss you but why not? Be the leading boss female character in your own story for once, for fucks sake."

I chuckle with tears in my eyes, I knew Jesse would be supportive as anything. I turn to May and I can feel the tension.

"So?" I ask.

"Well, I do agree with everything Jesse says for once but its really far, what if you hate it? What if something goes wrong? It's not like you can pack up and leave and come back straight away. Selfishly, I'll miss you too much as well. Also what are you going to do to make money when you get over there, it takes time to build freelance up"