the zoom call

thirtyfour

i wake up to noah shaking me which you'd think at this point i'd be used too.
"noodlee wake upppp" noah whines
"i'm up noah" i say sitting up
"family photo time" he says really excited
"let me guess i need to take the photo" i say walking down to see everyone ready
"no you're going to be in it" mr schnapp says
"really?"
"yes you're apart of our holidays this year so you're included in the photo" mrs schnapp says
"ok" i say and run after noah and stand in between  him and chloe he wraps his arm around my shoulder and so does chloe and i put my arms around them. the dogs are sitting at our feet and mr and mrs schnapp are behind us. we wait for the timer to go off and the photo is taken. somehow the first try was the perfect shot
"it's ok if i post this right" noah asks his parents
"yes of course" his mom says chloe and i also ask and they say the same thing

30 minutes later
we're sitting up in noahs room on our phones
"guys look at the comments on noahs post" chloe says
i go onto noahs instagram and so does he
"omg they're together for christmas what if they really are dating" i read a loud
"why would he have her and not his other friends theres definitely something going on" noah reads a different comment
"wasnt noelle hanging with the cast, so why isn't the whole cast with them now" chloe reads
we keep reading all these theories
"wow they really wanna know stuff" i say
chloe and noah nod
"one time people even though me and chloe were dating!" noah says and i laugh. we then go back to doing whatever on our phones

a week later (a/n:sorry about all the time skips)
new year's eve was tonight 2020 would finally be gone (a/n: i wish ahah) i jump onto the bed and noahs scrolling through tik tok
"noah"
"noelle"
"we should tell them" i say
"what"
"they fans we should tell them about us"
"ok"
"really"
"yeah as long as you're ok with it i'm good" he says smiling
"i have an idea"
i don't tell him my idea
"well are you gonna tell me"
"nope"
he shrugs and i laugh and head downstairs to chloe
"chloe i need your help"
"yes?"
"ok so for new years you know how people kiss when like it hits midnight"
she nods
"well i'm gonna kiss noah and i want you to take a photo so we can tell the fans. but don't tell him it has to be completely real"
"aww that's so cute. i'll definitely do it"
i head upstairs and fight noah for his hoodie he eventually gives in and takes my scrunchie and puts it on his wrist we hang out until it's time to watch the times square live broadcast. there were a bunch of performances. then they clock hits 11:59 we got noahs parents in on the photo so they could record for my youtube channel i wanted to have ever possible clip of noah and i that i could.
as it hits the 10 second countdown we scream the numbers
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!" 
we yell at each other and i grab his face and kiss him i hear chloe take a photo and his parents aw as they kiss each other chloe kisses spaghetti and riley and we all laugh
"idea" noah says smiling
"yeah?"
"we post that photo chloe took and tell the fans we're dating"
"well no duh that was my plan all along" i laugh and he laughs too
chloe sends us the photos and we post them the caption on mine says "happy new year guys! we do be kinda cute though don't ya think ;)"
noahs says "happy new year! as a late christmas gift i present to you noah and noelle as ✨dating✨"
i definitely liked noahs caption better those posts blew up in the noah fandom. we got tagged in so many nono edits and a bunch of nono tik toks the comments had so much positivity and all my old friends where freaking out. some people hated but we blocked that out. soon after everything it was around 1am the whole family said good night and we all went to bed.