WRONG NUMBER || Noah Centineo AU (1st Book)

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a/n: i was going to wait untill i got 1k but that's just a number, i know i only have like 6 loyal readers so lots of love to you <3

besides, my chapters are a little short, so i think you deserve constant uploads 

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Valerie:

So here i was. sitting in the library in every single minute i had off from classes. I was sitting on my laptop doing some research projects, with a beanie and my earplugs.

I was sitting pretty close from the shelve where i hid my drawing for Noah. I had hid it in the economics section in a huge book that according to the librarian was basic for every economy student. So it was supposed to be right in front of his face but he wouldn't really think i hid it there.

The librarian is such a sweet lady so she agreed to help me with my 'quest' she was going to hand him a paper with my handwriting telling him another clue, and that would be leading him to a book and inside of it he'd find more and more books, until he'd reach the one where i hid the drawing.

And here i was, waiting patiently until he'd come and find the drawing i made. or at least that's what i really hope he'd do, Every time a guy was near the shelf i kept an eye to see what book they'd pick.

But you never know, maybe he was annoyed that i made him go through such a hassle instead of just meeting up with him and give him the drawing myself.

I was a very self conscious girl. and i was afraid he didn't like that way i looked. first impressions matter.

If we talked and talked , i could make him like me for who i am , so when he'd meet me he wouldn't care much about the way i looked and wouldn't ditch me for being an ugly weird girl.

I just stayed there for a very long time. My phone vibrated in my pocket and I picked up walking to the place where you can speak a little louder.

"Hola ma" I answered the phone to my mother. She lived near Los angeles, so she was a couple hours away from me. "¿Como estas?" (how are you?) I asked

"Valeria hernandez! llevas una semana sin llamarnos, solo nos llamas cuando necesitas plata!" (Valeria, It's been a week since you last called, you only call us when you need money!) She yelled and i sighed, first, she called me valeria, my full name and pronounced in spanish , i hated it.

"Maaaamiii... eso no es verdad, he tenido muchas tareas estos días, perdón..." (Mooomy, that's not true, is just that i've been loaded with homework these days, I'm sorry) I apologized trying to make her calm down a little, she was always yelling

"Bueno mija, en fin, esa no es la razón por la que llamé.... Su tío David se murió... el funeral es mañana y vamos a tener una cena con toda la familia, entonces necesito que te vengas hoy mismo para acá" (Okay honey, anyways, that's not the reason why i called... Your uncle David is dead... the funeral is tomorrow and we're having a dinner with the whole family. I need you to come to LA today). She said a little sad, but kinda in a rush, maybe she was busy organizing the funeral, i gasped by the news, but i wasn't really thaaat surprised. Uncle david was my grandmother's brother. He was a sweet man, but we weren't super close, It was a sad death, but he was kind of old too, we were all prepared for it.

I sighed nodding, My mom was probably really sad about it, he was her real uncle, so she was closer to him than me. "Bueno mami, ahorita mismo voy a buscar un tiquete de bus" (Okay mom, i'll look for a bus ticket right now) The trip was going to be around 5 to 6 hours, but was a lot cheaper than a plane ticket, so we gotta do what we gotta do. I hung up the phone after telling my mom how sorry i was and that i'll be home soon.

I came back to the desk and started putting my laptop on my bag. Looking at the bookshelf close by where i hid the drawing. I sighed because he didn't come all day, but maybe he was just really busy or couldn't solve the clue.

I went to my dorm, and packed some things in a bag, It was thursday, so i'd probably stay there the whole weekend. I texted Chris telling him a summary of the whole thing so he wouldn't worry too much about me.

I took the bus and headed to the city's bus station where i bought a ticket to Los angeles. It was leaving soon so i just boarded the bus and waited until it started moving.

A couple of hours later my phone vibrated in my pocket and i took it out. It was a message from Noah. "It's amazing, I love it!" and next to it there was the picture of the drawing attached. I smiled a little but cursed under my breath for not being able to see him finding it. I had probably the worst luck in the world.