Page 29 of The Kissing Booth
‘Yeah. Weird.’
I rolled my eyes at him. Yup, there was definitely nothing between us, even if Ihadstill had that crush on him. He was totally indifferent to me – apart from being all over-protective. All the time I’d wasted crushing on him...
Though he was really good looking – especially with his hair falling into his eyes and the dashboard glow shadowing his face like that.
You’re going on a date with another guy! Hello! Earth to Elle!
I shook myself mentally. ‘Thanks for the ride. You can just stop here.’
‘Fine. Are you going to need a ride home?’
‘Cody said he’ll take me home. If not, I’ll call my dad or Lee.’
‘Okay.’
I rolled my eyes and got out of the car, walking up to the doors of the cinema.
I looked around. No Cody. Had he stood me up? I checked inside, but he wasn’t there either... Where was he? My palms started to sweat a little; my stomach was made of butterflies.
After a couple of minutes I texted him to say,I’m here. Are you inside?
There. Perfect. It didn’t sound too clingy or anything. I sent it and waited for the reply. I waited a full three and a half minutes for one.
Almost there.
Oh, great. Now I was the one waiting around. I leaned against a lamppost, looking at my phone like I was actually doing something. Really, I was clicking on random apps and then going off them again. I hoped I didn’t look as worried and nervous as I felt.
‘Stood up?’
I jumped out of my skin, and smacked Noah across his incredibly rock-hard chest. ‘Don’t scare me like that! And no, actually, he’s on his way.’
He smirked. ‘I thought you said you wanted to keep him waiting.’
‘Yeah, well...’
‘Told you so.’
‘Noah, go home. What are you, stalking me?’
‘Just enjoying the show,’ he smirked. ‘You look like you’ve been stood up, you know.’
‘Well, not so much now you’re here, really,’ I retorted. ‘Ha. Don’t look so stupid now, do I? Besides, Cody’s probably just caught in traffic or something. It’s no big deal.’
He nodded dubiously. We stood in silence another endless minute. I kept wondering if I should start conversation, but then I’d remind myself I was mad at him and close my mouth. I must’ve looked like a fish, opening and closing my mouth like that.
It didn’t help that Noah was incredibly distracting: he leaned on the post opposite me, watching me wring my hands nervously.
‘Hey!’
I turned and smiled, seeing Cody walk up to me. ‘Hi.’
His eyes flitted past me to Noah, who was giving him the coldest look I’d ever seen. Scary. Threatening.
I tried not to grind my teeth. ‘Isn’t it time you left, Noah?’
He glared a second longer at Cody before shrugging and getting back into his car, leaving without another word. A sigh of relief escaped my lips and I relaxed.
‘Sorry, I had to stop for gas. Queues were unbelievable. Sorry. Let’s go on in,’ Cody said, jerking his head at the doors. I smiled and followed him. ‘Do you want to grab some snacks? I’ll get the tickets.’
