AN: its a double update, make sure you read Chapter 5 first! Enjoy♥︎
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"Stay out of it, Hale, this is between me and Scarlett here."
Thank god Noah showed up, how did he even know I was out here?
"Not anymore, leave" Noah said coldly.
"Dude stay out of it. She wants me, she just needs some persuasion right?" He said turning to me and grabbing my other arm with his other hand.
Noah stormed over and picked Tyler up by his collar, his 6'4" frame towering over Tyler who was only around 6 feet.
"Don't fucking touch her"
"Ohhh well would you look at that. Hale's got a soft spot for the freshman. Don't worry dude, we can share" he said with a smirk.
Noah's eyes widened before he punched him square in the face. I jumped up from the step where I was watching the whole thing and tried to call Noah off. Tyler recovered quickly from the punch and lunged at Noah, tackling him into the yard.
Knowing I stood zero chance against two grown men, I ran inside to try and find backup. I found Cameron and Andrew in a small group first and ran up to them.
"Cameron, Noah... outside...tyler....big fight" I said in between breaths. Mental note: start working out. Damn.
"woah Scarlett, calm down and breath. What happened?"
"I was outside and then Tyler Sparks tried to kiss me and then Noah came out and then Tyler said some things and Noah punched him and there was jumping and now they're fighting out back" I answered after finally catching my breath.
Cameron and Andrew's eyes widened and they ran out of the kitchen towards the back yard with the rest of us behind them. As I pushed through the crowd that got out there first, Andrew and Cameron were pulling Tyler and Noah off of each other, barely. Luckily the other Wolverine players came and controlled Tyler and Noah shrugged the guys off.
Still fuming, Noah shouted, "Get the fuck out and don't ever show your face at a party she's at. You stay the fuck away from her, you hear me"
Tyler wiped his bloody nose and shrugged his players off of him, "Whatever Hale, you have her. she's just some freshman slut anyway, not worth it"
Noah went to lunge at Tyler for the remark and Cameron quickly grabbed his arms. Tyler put his arms up in surrender and laughed dryly as him and his teammates left through the side gate.
The rest of the partiers that weren't directly involved went back inside mumbling and gossiping to themselves, throwing me looks as they went inside. The only people left was our group of 8.
Throwing the anger from the previous party out the window, I walked over to Noah and caught his gaze before throwing my arms around him. I felt his arms snake around my waste as he hugged me back and he sighed into my neck.
I pulled him back and inspected his face, "let's go back and get you cleaned up, yeah?" I asked.
He nodded and I think everyone knew that it was time to go back to the house and call it a night. The first trip was Noah, me, Seth, Chloe, and Bella. Cameron, Andrew, and Nat all stayed back to wait for Noah to come get them.
He pulled into the house driveway, and I went to unbuckle when his hand stopped mine.
Chloe, getting the hint, motioned the other two out of the car. "We'll give you guys a minute"
"what's up?" I asked.
"Go with me to go get the other 3, please?" he looked at me with longing eyes I couldn't quite decipher.
I nodded and he reversed out of the driveway.
We pulled up to Sigma Nu and the other three got into the back seat, earning a suspicious glance from Nat as she climbed in. I broke the stare and turned back to the front. We made the 10 minute drive back to the house and all got out of the car.
I don't know when the decision for the four of us to stay at their house was made but it was universally understood as we all made our way into the house. Chloe and Bella were already upstairs in Seth's room, probably setting up an air mattress on Seth's floor for Bella like last time.
"I'm just gonna sleep on the futon in Andrew's room like I did last weekend, you good?" Nat asked as we took our shoes off.
"yeah I'm good, goodnight guys" which was returned with drunk, tired groans from the three of them.
I think the situation with Tyler and the fight afterwards has sobered me up pretty good because I didn't feel the alcohol much right now. Noah was waiting at the bottom of the stairs for me as we walked up to his room.
I led him into the bathroom and instructed him to sit on the toilet so I could clean his face.
I took a towel and got it wet and stood between his spread legs. I started to dab at his cut eyebrow which earned a few winces.
Giving him a sympathetic smile, "sorry, but I have to clean it"
"I can clean my own cuts you know" he joked, but didn't make any moves to stop me.
"hmm okay then I'll stop" I said and started to back away before his hands grabbed my waist, pulling me back in.
"that's what I thought" I said, smirking to try and hide my blush.
I continued to dab all of the blood away and put small bandages on his cuts.
Before I stepped away, I looked at him with a thankful smile, "thank you, for standing up for me tonight.. both times. I guess I should stop putting myself in positions that you need to save me from at parties huh" I laughed, thinking back to that first night we met.
He grabbed my hands at my sides, "I don't mind saving you" he said in a serious tone that kind of caught me off guard.
I blushed as I tucked a hair behind my ear and stepped backwards. It was getting hard to breath in this bathroom of tension. I went to the sink and washed my hands, feeling his eyes on me the whole time.
I walked into his room and talked to him from over my shoulder, "hey I wasn't really planning on staying. Can I borrow clothes again?" I asked with a sweet smile, trying my best to con some clothes out of him for the second time since meeting him.
He just laughed and wondered into his closet. He emerged with a big t-shirt and handed it to me. I smiled as a thank you and made my way into the bathroom to change.
It reminded me a lot of the first night we met, and I tried to hide the fact that my dad was his coach. It had only been a little over 2 weeks since then, but the relationship between me and Noah was already so different. There was no denying that something was happening, we just had to decide whether we were going to do anything about it or not.
I made my way out of his bathroom in just his t-shirt that went to my mid-thigh. It was a little awkward as we just stared at each other. He had changed when I was in the bathroom and was just in gray sweatpants. It's like he was trying to get me to faint I swear.
He made his way over to the futon to set it up, and I went over to his bed.
I climbed into bed and watched him move around his room to grab stuff, "Noah you really don't have to sleep on the couch."
"I'm not having this talk again Scarlett" he said amused.
"No, I just mean, you don't have to sleep over there. If you don't want to. You can sleep over here with me, no not with me just like next to me.. in the bed, there's plenty of room. I-I mean you don't have to if you don't want to but like I don't care if you do and-"I cut myself off when I realized I was rambling.
"Are you sure?" He asked cautiously, I nodded.
He came over to the bed and I moved over to the side closest to the wall as he climbed in. We both lied on our sides and just stared at each other for a second. I reached my hand up and traced the bruises and cuts he got today at the game and in the fight with Tyler.
"My dad is gonna ask what happened" I muttered mindlessly, still lightly touching his face.
He grabbed my hand gently, and moved slightly closer as he whispered, "I don't really want to talk about your dad at the moment"
I let a laugh escape and put my hand on my face, "right sorry" I laughed again.
He let out a few laughs and pulled me closer to where my head is on his chest and his arm is around me. I tensed at first but eventually relaxed into the position and listened to the rhythm of his heartbeat.
"goodnight, Scar" he whispered.
"goodnight Noah" I said as I drifted off to sleep.
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