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"Noel, am I your girlfriend?"
God, that familiar tone sickens me as I sit on call.
"Of course you are summer, don't be silly."
No she's not. Stop saying that Noel. Or at least that's what I want to say - but I bite my tongue. I know I shouldn't say it though, at least not while Noel is listening. He doesn't know about the feelings I harbour for him, and he never will... at least not yet. It's wrong, and I know it is. Im only 15- and he's 24. Jealousy boils in me and I excuse myself for a while, I need to get rid of Summer somehow, she's stealing Noel from me. I hate Summer... I always have - but, that's not important right now, the only Important thing to me is Noel.
"Layla, you're my bestfriend!"
His sweet tone snaps me out of my rage-fueled haze, and i turn back to my camera, smiling as I see his nerdy dimples and his cute little bald spot. Summer is next to him on the call, and I can feel her gaze through my phone. She knows I like him. It's almost like we have this unspoken rivalry between each other, which in a way, I suppose we do. I flick off the call and open my chat with one of my bestfriends and - to be frank - my advisor with Noel, Emily. Emily has always been there for me when it comes to Noel, and I really need her advice right now.
'Emily, I really don't know what to do, Summer knows i like Noel and she's stealing him from me!'
I wait for a bit, but no response comes through, so I sigh and go back to the call, waiting for an opening to talk to Noel. My Noel.
"Ruby, are you joining us or not?"
Of course, I completely forget, I was supposed to join them on NPC or Die, I decide it will get my mind off things, so I boot up Roblox and join.