No Strings

Pilot

"You pushed me!" They knew what they had done but to them it was so normal, they were just best friends.

After a while they were just floating together. "Noah...."

"Hm?" Their voices sounded muffled because of the water that was in their ears but they were fairly close since they were holding hands. "Are we cheating on our partners?" Noah grew quiet as he stared at the now orange sky. "I don't think we are..." He says in a gentle voice. "If your girlfriend did this with another guy you'd be okay with it?" Noah grew quiet another while longer. "The only person I would mind if she did this with another guy before me... Is you Eli." He says honestly, he didn't know why but it was just an unspoken thing between the both of them, first with each other then with others.

Present Day

One week before graduation

Both Eli and Noah were in their pajamas in Eli's house, they had their caps on the coffee table, they were white, along with a lot of random arts and craft things.

Noah was on the couch laying back he was wearing long superman pajama pants that were actually Eli's as he scrolled through his phone for some inspiration on what to make.

Eli was in the kitchen serving hot chocolate for the both of them, she was wearing the matching superman shirt to the pants and some short yoga pants. She started walking back to the living room putting the cups on the coffee table. "Anything Nono?"

"Don't call me that and for your information yes." He turned his phone to show her something but all that popped up was a notification from Noah's girlfriend, they were fighting over text. "I can't believe you are at her house again, don't you get tired of spending time with her, God Noah she's holding you back..." She made a c sound by clicking the back of her tongue. "Dot, dot, dot because I can't read anything else." Noah chuckled and looked at the message. "Can't you see that because of her our relationship is going to shit... Interrogation mark exclamation point." Noah finished reading for her, Eli just rolled her eyes and sat back. "Why do you even go out with her?"

"Well Eli past all the bitching she's nice. Except when she messes with you... That just all out pisses me off..."

"It would be much easier if you to her I was a lesbian."

"You aren't."

"It's a white lie." Noah rolled his eyes and looked at Eli. "I'm not going to lie for something stupid, she has to deal with it."

"Do you love her?"

"Not as much as I love you!" Noah leaned forward grabbing the mug with hot chocolate and sipping it, but knowing Eli likes it cold he didn't bother to hand it to her. "Okay so here's my idea." He showed her the quote. "Next up: Everywhere" She looked at him. "I thought you were looking at caps not doctor who quotes." She laughed slightly when Noah rolled his eyes. "This is inspiration, I have something planned, you bought maps from Michaels right?" She nodded gently as she leaned her head on his shoulder. "So we cut them to shape out our caps but enough over hang so we can wrap it and it doesn't look like we cut it." She kept listening to what he had plan he was the one with the creative ideas and she was more crafty with things. "Then on your hat we put Next Stop: and then on mine we put Everywhere." Eli nodded with a smile. "That sounds great!" She sits up pokes her finger in her hot chocolate mug to check the temperature but still thought it was hot and she licked her finger. "Okay!"

Their long night began, they played a lot putting stuff on their faces, but they got things done, watched the sun rise and started on breakfast for the family.

Eli had two younger brothers and both her parents lived at home they came down to see coffee brewing and Eli and Noah making pancakes. It was something kind of typical in their homes it was usually a playful environment when Noah was around.

Graduation Day

Eli was in the car with Noah as he drove and they had music blasting. Eli was wearing her gown, and a tight white long sleeved dress that shaped her body, along with white leather converse and both hers and Noah's cap on her lap adding a couple of scrap book sticker airplanes to them along with gears to make it look steam punk-ish. Noah drove his fathers white Altima. Noah was dressed in all white similar to hers he had a long sleeved white tight shirt that showed his muscles, white jeans that were a bit over his ankles and lastly he had white low top leather converse as soon as they told them that their graduation cap and gown were white they wanted to be all white.

As soon as Noah parked and turned off his car the first person he saw was his girlfriend waiting for him, it was the same one since he was 11. He saw her she was walking towards the car until she saw the way he and Eli matched her face soon turned dark and angry. "Do you always have to fucking make him look like he is your boyfriend?!" She crossed her arms over her chest she was wearing a black dress and silver heels. Eli having gotten tired of her since she had become extremely jealous lately, before they were okay as friends Eli didn't bother her she didn't bother Eli but now it has become a habit that she bothered Eli. Eli walked closer to her to the point where they stood inches away from each other, since Jessica stood on her heels she was taller. "Why do you keep being such a bitch to a guy that tries to be the best to you?" Eli kept walking past her and then Jessica grabbed her forearm. "If he would give me everything he would leave you." Eli tried to get her arm away from her and Jessica being bigger than she was and Eli was much more scrawny couldn't wiggle her arm away and Jessica shook her. "It's all your fault.." Jessica was about to hit her, Eli shut her eyes waiting for the pain but then all she heard was Noah. He had grabbed Jessica's arm. "I swear if you ever touch Eli... And I cannot stress this anymore Jessica... I will not hesitate on leaving you... If you and me ever get married, you know whose going to be behind me as my best man... That girl because no matter how many years you know me... No one will ever now me more than she does...." He sighed and let her go. Jessica looked so shocked as she watched him, he sighed heavily and smiled as if nothing happened he seems to be an expert at that. "Let's go get that diploma." His eyes landed on Eli and winked, they both began to walk to the center where they were graduating. "Noah! This is me or her..." Noah looked at her with a serious face almost threatening but still looking like this quiet kind of scary. "Are you giving me an ultimatum?" He looked at Eli. "I think your putting yourself in a bad spot Jessica."

"You make me live in her shadow every day!" He looked at Jessica. "No I don't... I give you your part and you always make me meet all of your stupid demands, yet you never meet any of mine... I'm tired of having to run the whole race on my own and not have you meet me half way... While with her were just friends there are no demands, there is no jealousy, there's just pure friendship." Jessica stayed back watching them as she looked down. "Your willing to drop 6 years of a relation for her?!"

"If I dump her I'll be dumping a 13 year year relationship and that's something that I am not willing to leave."

"Then you know what Noah... This is over..." She had her arms crossed the words might have escaped her lips but her eyes begged him to stop her, his eyes looked at her but they ended up back on Eli. "I already chose Jessica." He says gently as he and Eli began to walk into the graduation. They put on their caps and Jessica saw the words on them how they taunted her then practically yelled at the top of her lungs. "I hate you both!!!" They simply walked.