Baby I'm A Sinner novel Chapter 57

"I got you a new cat. Thought you might like a new one."

"This is...wow."

"And I know it might not be like Charlie-" he starts but I interrupt him with a quick peck on the mouth, surprising him.

"No, it's great." I check to see if it's a female or male. "He's great. Thank you so much. What am I going to name him?"

"Whatever you'd like."

"I'm going to name him...Nacho."

Noah snorts as I take Nacho into my arms.

"Why Nacho?"

"Because I could really use some nachos right now to sober me up."

"There's a non-stop right around the corner. I'll walk you there." He offers and I can't deny his offer to actually buy me some nachos.

So he grips into my hips and lifts me off his lap, and then we start walking towards the store with Nacho in my lap.

He's so cute and tiny, and he's already asleep by the time we reach the store. It's empty, of course, and the man at the checkout counter is fast asleep.

I pick out three different bags of nachos and a sauce before we head to the checkout. He offers to pay for me (I knew he would) and I accept, without feeling guilty at all. If I had any money on me, I would've paid for them, but I don't so...

Noah then walks me all the way to Emma's door, where he orders a taxi to take him back to the hotel.

"My parents probably think I'm trying to finish my pack." he says and smiles as I comb through Nacho's fur with the actual nacho-filled bag hanging from my arm.

"Thank you for this. I appreciate it. You're really nice."

He shrugs and scratches the back of his neck, probably not knowing what his next move should be, so I say:

"You can kiss me, you know?"

And then he smiles as he leans down to press our lips into a kiss that quickly evolves into a heated makeout session.

"See you on Monday?" Noah asks when the taxi he ordered pulls up next to us.

"Yeah." I breathe and watch him leave before I look up to see Jake and Emma with their noses taped to her window. I shake my head, smiling, and then walk inside.

Jake opens the door for me and no one says anything until I place Nacho and the nachos on her bed.

"Okay so let's recap. He leaves an exquisite gala in the middle of the night to bring you a really cute kitten from God-knows-where; he buys you food and then walks you home. Why don't you fucking want him as a boyfriend?" Jake asks once his mouth is filled with cheesy nachos.

"Because...I don't know. I'm definitely not going to ask him out or anything."

"Why not?!"

"Becauseeee...if he turned me down I'd be too embarrassed. And it would be weird. No thank you."

"Are we talking about weirdness about the same guy who ate you out?" Emma sarcastically asks as she strokes Nacho.

"Yeah we are."

They both sigh and then the conversation shifts towards Emma and Liam's official three-month anniversary, thank God.

Later that morning when I go to sleep, I text Noah one last thank you as I fall asleep with a smile on my face.

***

"I don't want to throw a big party either. I'm tired of those."

"How can you say you're tired of partying?" Jake exclaims.

"Well we've had at least one party every week during the holidays and to be honest I'm tired."

Jake shakes his head in disbelief and Noah doesn't say anything because the bell rings, announcing that classes are starting.

I walk over to my locker where I leave my backpack and get out my English stuff. Emma smirked at me when I sat down at the desk next to her.

Mr. White wasn't here yet, so we spent the couple of minutes left talking about Harry's upcoming birthday and about the upcoming student exchange program that was actually going to be during the week right after my birthday.

The door opens and Mr. White finally enters the room, greeting us with a smile on his face and a cup of coffee in hand.

"I don't believe any of you have made any progress or even an attempt to read something over the break, so open your books where we left off last time. Hudson start reading."

Noah sighs and opens the book before he starts reading as the rest of us take notes.

When the bell finally rings, Mr. White asks Emma to stay behind because he has something to talk to her about, so I take Noah's invitation to accompany Zack and him to the back of the school for a smoke.

"I almost didn't wake up this morning, I fell asleep in algebra today." Zack tells us as he takes a drag out of his cigarette.

"Same here. I don't even know why I'm at school today." Noah agrees and lights up my cigarette.

We're in the middle of an important talk about spring break when Jake comes rushing to us, out of breath.

"What happened?"

"Liam's beating up Mr. White for assaulting Emma!"