Don't You Trust Me? || Noah [[FINISHED]]

Noah had woken up in a haze. His sleep had been disturbed by nightmares and therefore he didn’t wake up feeling as refreshed as he should have. He groaned and dragged himself out of bed, quite literally, as he collapsed onto the floor next to his bed. He laid there on the cold floor and nearly fell asleep again with his feet still in his bed. It took him a few moments before he realized he was supposed to get up. He went into his trunk and pulled on a t-shirt, a pair of jeans, and a zip up sweater. He pulled a pack of smokes out as well and placed them in his pocket. Noah slipped out the doors without bothering to get breakfast. He put a smoke to his mouth and lit it with his wand. He guffawed at the trick like he usually did. For some reason, it just amused him that he could light his smokes with his wand.

He inhaled and let the smoke enter his lungs and warm him. It wasn’t particularly cold outside, and everything had the ambiance of melting. Good. Girls in skirts would soon appear. After he finished he lazily flicked the butt into the snow and heard it sizzle out. He went back into the school to grab a couple of muffins to eat on his way to the Hospital Wing. He knew a certain blonde would be there like she always was on weekends. He knew nothing of her previous escapades to Hogsmeade, and had assumed that she was always there. Noah himself had recently had a break up, but Eileen seemed to be the fix he needed. Whatever, the last girl was a bitch anyway. 

Somehow he managed to sneak in without Eileen noticing. He flopped onto the last bed and rested his hands behind his head and closed his eyes as if he had been there a while. He opened one blue eye when she approached him before chuckling and opened both.

“No, I’m like seriously hurt,” Noah said with an unconvincing but amusing tone. He held his hand to her face. “Look, I have a pretty serious burn there. Look!” it was the only thing he could think of as he had burned his hand with his smoke the other day. “I definitely think it needs treatment. I might even have to stay overnight. And be monitored. If anything I’d say you knew I was here and came just to tend to me. Don’t lie, I’ll forgive you this time.” 

He looked at the other people in the room who were actually injured. Whatever, there was Madam Pomfrey for that. Eileen was just volunteering. She could skive off actual tasks for a while. 

One of the things that drew Noah to Eileen the most was his ability to make her laugh. She was always laughing around him, and she had an attractive laugh. She wasn’t the type he usually went for, but she had this sort of hot-geek thing going on which he could totally dig. Well, as long as she didn’t make him do homework with her or something. He didn’t even remember the last time he looked at his homework. He always did class work (when he went), but he believed that if he was out of class that he shouldn’t be expected to do more. When the hell was he supposed to have free time? 

Noah allowed Eileen to caress his hand. “Nah, I think I need someone a little easier on the eyes,” he said, simply. “Otherwise, how am I to be sure Pomfrey won’t slip me a love potion? A lady like that looks like she’s a little lonely. Don’t you want me to be safe?” 

Eileen seemed so … light. His most recent ex had been a brunette with brown eyes and tanned skin. Eileen was the direct opposite. Perhaps she was the sunshine that he needed in his life. Sure, when he first met her she had looked like she was on the brink of tears, but never after that. He had helped her, perhaps saved her for all he knew. Maybe it had been destiny pushing them together. Whatever it was, he was glad that he had met her.

Noah couldn’t help but snort. “Well, if you think she’s attractive, then you most certainly have to be some kind of goddess,” he flirted. “How did I ever deserve to be in your presence, I wonder, then?” He looked up at her with curious eyes, as if he wasn’t sure why she was giving him this much attention. Most girls like Eileen seemed to ignore him and passed him by as if he were invisible. The majority of them acted like they had sticks up their asses or something. Not Eileen. She was different.

“Man is she ever bossy,” Noah complained as he crinkled his nose in dislike. He was never a big fan of Pomfrey, mainly because she gave him shit about smoking nearly every time he came in. Blah blah, the same old speech about how it was going to kill him or whatever. Did she not understand that it relaxed him? He was sure he’d die of high stress if he didn’t smoke. Everything seemed to stress the boy out, and it was one of the main reasons why he avoided responsibilities and the like. “I guess I’m magically healed if you want me to spend the entire night with that wench.” 

Noah sat up properly in bed. “Why don’t you say we get out of here? It’s so dull in here. There has to be somewhere better to be.” He had been careful on how he sat up so that his hand was never taken away from beneath Eileen’s. “You’re a smart girl, you must know of some place better than this. We have the whole day ahead of us."  

Noah definitely noticed Eileen’s blush, and all he could think about was how much he had a hold over this girl. Girls did not blush like that unless they were interested, otherwise they’d just roll their eyes and walk away or something. He grinned mischievously at her slip up.

“You know I would,” he said shamelessly. Noah wanted to make eye contact with her and keep it. He would have no problem spending the night with Eileen. He even would have kissed her by now if he the opportunity. They were usually in public or it wasn’t the right time. He was hoping that the right time would pop up soon. He had been broken up with that last broad for like three weeks now and Noah had his desires. He believed that once a person got laid they could no longer go back to the place of Not Getting Laid. 

Noah cringed. Asking him to volunteer was like asking him to homework. “Now why would I do that?” he asked her. “I don’t even understand why you do it. Come on, live a little. You go to class all week and give up your weekends for this place. You need some time to relax, you know?” He tried to think of a good place to relax. He thought about outside, but it wasn’t nearly that warm yet. They had different common rooms, unfortunately, and he wasn’t about to spend his weekend in the library. If she wasn’t going to choose a place, he’d have to do it for her he guessed. He had merely been curious to where she would have taken him. 

For some reason, Eileen’s silence almost seemed like an affirmation to him that she wanted him. She was embarrassed, clearly, and she didn’t deny a thing. She didn’t just jokingly tell him off or anything of the like. She just went silent. Well, and red. She was probably one of the most attractive girls in school in Noah’s opinion. His mind went back to Allison for some reason and he angrily tried to rid himself of that blonde’s memory. This blonde was better. She was kinder. She would definitely treat Noah right, he could feel it. Allison was bat shit crazy, and Eileen didn’t seem that way at all. Both girls brought up strong emotions in Noah, but Allison just pissed him off lately. Sure she was hot, and sure their sex was great, but she just got under his skin so bad. No, he wasn’t going to let himself think of her. Not right now. 

“Um, maybe like making out in an empty classroom?” he suggested. Noah shrugged his shoulders. “I’m not sure how listening to people whine all day is fine but I guess to each their own.” He was beginning to get bored of the Hospital Wing and began to get restless. He sat up fully, but looked around as if there was something interesting going on behind him. “It’s not like you’re getting paid to be here.” That was the only reason why Noah would ever give up his free time, and that was to get his hands on some cash. He didn’t know how much patience he had left for trying to persuade her to leave. 

Noah was intent on not letting Eileen get away that easily. He merely laughed at her rejection as if he had just been fooling around. Realistically, he would have taken her to go make out in an empty classroom if she was up for it. He wasn’t that surprised that she said she wasn’t that type of girl. After all, she didn’t look like that kind of girl. Noah was rather single minded, and he liked Eileen. It was like she had reached through and grabbed his heart when they first met. He made her feel comfortable, and that was unfamiliar to him. He usually always felt on edge, but not around Eileen.

“That’s fine. Just come hang out with me then,” Noah persisted without missing a beat. “I’ll go take you on a date if you leave this place right now with me.” 

Noah didn’t really know what he was going to do with the rest of his day if she kept saying no. No wonder why girls like Eileen were still virgins. They were a lot of work. He wasn’t sure if she was or wasn’t a virgin, but he was willing to bet that she was. He wasn’t aiming to get her V-card or anything, sex was sex no matter the status. And he wasn’t just trying to get laid either. He genuinely liked Eileen. Sex was just something that occurred when two young people liked each other.

“Come on, let’s go before it gets dark and the nice weather disappears,” he said as he stood up and nudged her lightly with his shoulder playfully. He reached forward and tucked her hair behind her ear. “You deserve a break.” 

Noah never remembered a time where he actually pursued Allison. She had been around for such a long time that it just came natural to him to be seduced by her. He never actually struggled to get in a girl’s pants before. For Noah, falling in love and fucking were two sides of the same coin. Perhaps he was wrong in that assumption, but all the girls he had been with before were essentially the same way. So it took Eileen a little longer than most, that was fine. She seemed fine to hang out with anyway. It was a strange sensation that Noah actually enjoyed Eileen’s company as he usually got bored with others fairly quickly. It probably explained his straying ways in previous relationships, or just getting pissed off at past girlfriends for no good reason. It wasn’t just with girlfriends, though. Even with friends he seemed to get bored of them pretty quickly. They always wanted to hang out all the time, and in a way Noah would lead his friends to believe that he wanted to hang out that much, simply because he would rather be around someone who irritated him than be alone.

He grinned childishly as Eileen gave in. Okay, a date. If he actually prepared he might have come with flowers or something. He caught her looking at his lips and he just about leaned in. He knew she wanted him to kiss her, he could sense it about her. But if she was already aching for him, he was going to make her suffer… for just a little bit, at least. 

Noah took her hand in his and led her quickly out of the room as if they had to sneak out. Once they were in the corridor, he slowed his pace and fell in step with Eileen. “I was thinking Hogsmeade. It’s so nice out like, you won’t even need a jacket or nothing.” He felt proud to be hand-in-hand with such an attractive girl. “And it depends. If you like that girly crap I can take you one place and if you don’t I can take you someplace else.”

He tried to think of where to bring her in Hogsmeade. He knew that place like the back of his hand. He felt like he spent more time in that village than he actually did at the castle. He didn’t usually take girls on dates, though. Usually he just hung out with girls and then he’d make a move. It was much easier when they were in the same house because then they could sit on the couch until late into the night when everyone else had gone to bed. It was only midday, though, so even if he got Eileen into the common room, they would have to wait ages to be alone.