the beach | noel miller

xviii

a/n: hey guys!! i don't wanna promise anything but hopefully i'm back. its been a long few months but I randomly got a burst of creativity and decided to pour it into this story. thanks for sticking around.

"Is this funny enough for the intro?"

"Yes."

"Rose you didn't even laugh?"

"If I said it's funny.. it's funny."

Marcus's laughter is heard over the siblings bickering.

They're out for breakfast at some boujee LA restaurant that Cody somehow found. The time goes pretty quickly with Cody shoving a camera in everyone's faces for content and Rose cussing him out every 10 minutes.

"What are we doing today?" Marcus asks his roommates.

Rose honestly can't be bothered doing anything, not even dancing.

"I don't fucking know" she tells him half heartedly.

She would focus on the fact she doesn't feel the need to go into the studio but it'll just lead her down a rabbit hole that, as before she can't be bothered doing. Rose will never admit it aloud but she's enjoying the summer. Doing nothing.

"Let's go to the beach" she says out of nowhere.

The group immediately agrees at her idea before Cody looks at her looking like he's about to get in trouble.

"Can I invite some people?" he says quickly.

She shrugs her shoulders, "yeah I don't care."

Marcus throws his arms around her, "what's gotten into you?"

She offers a tight smile, "want me to change my mind?"

"No ma'am."

It's afternoon by the time they finally get down to the beach because of waiting for Devon to get home. Cody invited most of the people in their group chat to come down, promising that there would be a bonfire and barbecue.. if he wasn't wasted.

Rose is sitting on a towel on her phone occasionally watching her roommates fuck around in the water. She tasked herself with waiting for everyone to come, not wanting to get her hair dirty after just washing it.

She thinks back to see who actually said yes and frowns at the fact if Noel said yes or no. Why would she care?

She doesn't tell herself, until she finds herself opening contacts and clicking on his name.

His name has always found a permanent place on the top of her phone.

Noel Miller

"Hey, I wasn't expecting this"

".. didn't feel like texting"

"Hi Rose."

"Hi Noel."

"How are y-"

"We're not doing this.
Gross. Have you seen the groupchat?"

"You really know how to make a guy swoon."

"Answer the question!"

"Yes I have"

"Okay... and?"

"I'm not saying shit until you ask"

"I'm not asking shit."

"...."