In The Spectrum [ N.C. ] ON HOLD

Chapter 11 - Girlfriend

Btw, we're back to Noah's POV. In case you didn't notice , there is only one chapter in Liv's POV every 5 chapters. The rest are Noah's

"Noah?" her sweet voice called my name and I opened one eye slowly to look up at her, her hand was softly placed on my shoulder to wake me up. I was trying to get some sleep because I had stayed up all night for a test.

I didn't want to sleep and waste my time with her but I couldn't really help it. She was the one offering to let me sleep on her lap, she noticed how tired I looked. I must've probably slept for an hour or something before she woke me up.

"Liv...? " I replied waiting for her response. She frowned biting her lip, like she wasn't sure about telling me. I kept my eyes in her distracted face until she cleared her throat.

She was looking down at me because I was laying on her lap and had inevitably fallen asleep, her blue eyes blinked twice while she was looking at my eyes.

"I am a girl, right?" she asked and I let out a chuckle raising an eyebrow. She was unpredictable and I loved her expontaneous comments, she was precious to me.

"I don't know, we'd have to get in the bathroom for me to confirm that" I joked and she blushed shaking her head quickly, I shook my head laughing "it's a joke, Liv... Yes, you are a girl" I explain and she nods slowly, I kept trying to throw jokes at her and she was even starting to get some of them. She doesn't say anything for awhile.

"and, am I your friend?" she asked tilting her head to her side and frowning. I sat up from the grass and turned around to look at her, I frowned trying to understand why would she ask that. Was she insecure about our friendship?

"yes, Liv, we are friends, what's wrong?" I ask concerned, why would she think we weren't friends, As I'm sitting in front of her, I reach for her hand and she lets me hold it, I smile to the floor happy that she's allowing me to do that and then look up at her. She looks incredibly pretty today.

"Am I your girlfriend?" she asks softly, I place my finger on my bottom lip as I try to think about a proper reply, was she my girlfriend? Definitely no, We had only kissed twice to begin with. And one of them was to take revenge on Darcy. I wish she was my girlfriend but I couldn't say that out loud. She doesn't even like me that way.

"No Liv... we are just friends, a girlfriend is something else, why are you asking me this?" I say softly and she nods understandingly.

"this girl from my class asked me if I was your girlfriend, she says she sees us here together all the time, and also my sister asked me..." she shrugs and I lick my lips thinking about that, to other people we might look like boyfriend and girlfriend. "I told them I didn't know what a girlfriend really was..."

"a girlfriend is...a special girl, someone you really really like..."

"am i not special? Do you not like me? what's the difference? I am a girl and I am your friend..." she tells me frowning still a bit. I try to understand where is this coming from. I sigh and think about how to continue, this is really hard for me to explain. She thinks I'm trying to offend her. But how do I explain the friend zone to the person that has put me in it?

"if you were my girlfriend we'd hold hands, hug, kiss, and be together most of the time" I tell her averting my eyes from hers and thinking about what I just said, I hope I wasn't confusing, but for her face I think I just confused her even more.

"but we've done all that" she says tilting her head to the side again. I sighed nodding, but then looked up at her again, she had a point but I really didn't know how to explain to her why she wasn't my girlfriend, we just hadn't even talked about it before.

"yeah... But I mean... regularly... Everyday" I explain myself and she nodded understandingly.

"Can I be your girlfriend, Noah?" I look at her surprised and also feeling giddy, her question making me warm inside. She was so endearing and sweet. Her question took me by surprise.

"do you like me like that?" I ask softly and she bites her lip shrugging, she looked so cute in this very moment. I wanted to kiss her and see her every day, but I needed to make sure she was on the same page, maybe she was just asking without even knowing what it really meant.

"I don't like you the way I like other friends... so I think I like you as something else..." I feel very excited about this, the feeling of joy building up in my chest. I chuckled and nodded moving a little closer to her, she moved away slightly, something she'd always do. She needed to understand what it really meant that she becomes my girl.

"but you aren't a fan of physical contact, Liv... And if we were together, if you were my girlfriend, we'd have to have that a lot" I tell her just to confirm, I really don't want her to do something that she doesn't want to.

"I like physical contact... If it's with you..." she says softly and I smile at her reply, she looks still nervous and confused. But I'm glad she even started this conversation.

"yes" I say simply she thought for awhile and looked at me confused. Her wrinkled nose full of freckles making me chuckle.

"yes, what?" she hadn't ask anything in that very moment and she didn't understand I was replying to her old question.

"yes, I want to be your boyfriend" I tell her softly and she nods, trying to avoid eye contact with me like she does sometimes, she stayed looking down at our hands together, my thumb was drawing circles in the back of her hand. And she was just observing our little interaction. 2 months ago this would've never even crossed my mind. She wouldn't even let me touch her hand back then, she'd jump and then get quiet. But not anymore, not with me.

"Liv?" I called her so she could look up at me after a couple of seconds in silence, she looked up and her eyes met mine. I smiled at her and she smiled softly back.

"yes, Noah?" she replied, surprisingly she was still looking right into my eyes, she was holding her gaze and maybe trying to decipher my eyes as I tried deciphering hers, I guess getting lost in that deep aquamarine eyes of hers. Even intimidating me a little. She was so refreshing. So different from any other girl I've met before.

"can I kiss you now?" I ask softly as she only blushes biting her bottom lip and nodding slowly. I smile and start leaning down slowly. My heartbeat stops when we're close enough but still not touching, she lets out a nervous breath and I chuckle leaning forward.

When our lips touch, I start moving them gently against hers, different from our other kiss, this time she kisses back. She shyly and delicately starts moving her lips against mine.

The kiss is so gentle that we don't even rush into stopping it, a couple of minutes later, I pull away softly and I look at her with a smile. She blushes and rests her head on my shoulder hiding her face there. I wrap my arms around her and stroke her lower back. Hugging her softly

She likes me back. I couldn't really be happier.

"I am really happy you'll let me be your girlfriend" she says lifting her head and positioning her face in front of mine again. I smile chuckling and shaking my head.

"oh yeah? Why?" I ask directly, she was challenging me to. I was hoping for another piece of her mind, she usually don't let me know her feelings.

"because I really really like kissing you..." she whispers and this time she holds my face in her arms leans in to kiss me again. I smile and close my eyes, and the swirling feeling in my stomach reappears again. Can't believe someone can make me feel like that again. 

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Please read this A/N:

Hey there again, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, i think it is really really sweet and innocent and cute. I notice i have some regular readers but they never comment anything, don't be a stranger, eh? i love reading your reactions! see you soon with another chapter (if this one gets 20 votes)