Chapter 12- Hot chocolate

I toss and turn in bed, the weather outside had woken me up. The wind was howling, branches of the trees kept knocking at my window and the rain was pattering down. It had of course died down in the past half an hour but I was still unable to sleep. Groaning I glance over at the time displayed on my phone 5:30 and rub my sleepy eyes whilst getting out of bed. Normally, at home when I couldn't sleep I would get up and make myself a cup of warm milk. It always helps me fall asleep.

I step out into the hallway and tiptoe down the stairs trying to remember the way to the kitchen and I'm there in no time. I swing the door open and crouch down, trying to locate where the cups were in the lower cupboards. I had decided not to turn the lights on because there were bedrooms on the bottom floor and I didn't want to disturb anyone just because I couldn't sleep. Unable to find a cup in the lower cupboards, I decide to check the ones at the top. When I jump up and swiftly turn, I bump into someone with a small scream escaping my mouth. Whoever I bumped into, instantly wrapped their arms around me to stop me from falling and a firm hand across my mouth to muffle my scream. We had just watched a horror movie, I was jumpy okay?

"Shh, it's just me." Shawn whispers, of course out of all people it had to be him who I bumped into. His hand was still clamped on my mouth so I cleared my throat as a gentle reminder. He instantly let go of me an reached to what I'm assuming was the light switch as a few dim lights came on. Just enough for us to see around us but not disturb anyone else.

"Eva? Ugh why are you here." He says finally getting a look at me.

"Well no, it's a ghost and trust me you're the last person I wanted to see. " I reply sarcastically

"Damn, I better call ghost busters." He chuckles at his own joke.

"What are you doing up anyways Shawn?"

"I could ask you the same thing, do you want some hot chocolate?"

"I couldn't sleep, and um-"

"I'm not going to poison your drink,"

"Could have fooled me," I snort, saying it more to myself but I obviously wasn't quiet enough.

"Do you want some or not?"

"Sure, why not."

He offers me a small smile, grabs a second cup and sets off on making our hot beverages.

"Soooo Shawn," I say not wanting it to be awkward but at the same time I couldn't think of anything to say.

"Soooo Eva,"

"What are we gonna do today?"

"I think Andrew wants to have a meeting with both of us, I don't really know."

"Sounds like fun I guess,"

He turns around and pushes a steaming mug towards me and takes a seat.

"So, hows life?" I nervously ask, normally I loved meeting new people and talking to them but it was difficult for me right now. I think it's because I knew Shawn didn't like me.

"It's okay, what about you?" he shakily laughs, this was as alien to him as it was to me.

"Great thanks," I asses the room, looking everywhere but at Shawn and take a sip of my drink. It was one of the best things I had ever tasted and I groan in appreciation.

"I'm guessing you like it?"

"Nope," I say popping the 'p' "I love it!! Where did you learn to make hot chocolate so well?"

"A magician never gives away his secrets. However, it may be the poison I added to yours that makes it taste so amazing."

"Ah I knew that you were plotting something all along," I say laughing along to him

"Although, between you and me, you just have to watch the right youtube videos. Don't give away my secret," he says whispering, trying to hold back his laughter.

"I'll make sure to get rid of my spy pen recording immediately," I reply smiling.

"I don't think anyone will be up for a while, do you wanna watch a movie or something?" Shawn says after glancing at the clock.

"Sure, what do you wanna watch?"

"Lets just see what's on tv."

We walk into the main room and switch the tv on scrolling through the various channels, eventually deciding to watch the vampire diaries which had just started some episode from the first season.

"Ugh, I wish Delana was a thing already." I groan

"And I wish you would just shut up and let me watch this,"

"Says the guy who was just complaining that you were stuck with me on tour and you'd rather have Bonnie. Thanks for that by the way."

"Trust me if that offended you then if you could hear half the stuff I thought about you, I wouldn't have an opening act right now."

"Remember that time when you apologised and ordered breakfast? I believe your exacts words were; 'I was brought up with manners'," I say gesturing my fingers, air quoting him.

"Your point being?"

"My point is that you're being so rude!"

"Cry me a river,"

"What did I ever do to you?" I ask leaving the room, going to my own and FaceTiming Noah.

"Eva, it's half six."

"Wow, thanks for that. I obviously couldn't read the time," I didn't care if Noah could hear that I was upset. I just felt that something was off, he never said that to me. I once FaceTimed him at 3am and he was more than happy to wake up "Sorry that I've disturbed you. I'll call back later."

"No, Eva wait. I'm sorry, whats wrong"

"Nothing, I just wanted to talk to you."

"Oh okay," he says sitting up properly and switching the lights on, squinting and flinching when they did turn on.

"Noah, are you okay?" I say looking closely at the screen.

"Yeah, no I'm fine. I was just up late last night, Liz just had her annual party last night, you know the one at the her family's cabin near the river? So yeah I had to help her home. " I feel a pang of jealousy, but try my best to cover it up.

"So she couldn't get herself home? Or ask someone else to take her?"

"No, she was so drunk and I was the first person she asked. I couldn't say no."

"You couldn't say no or you didn't want to?" I question, feeling myself get upset. Deep down, however, I knew Noah would not cheat on me. Or I hope he wouldn't.

"Eva, why are you making a big deal out of this?"

"I'm not, I'm just saying if I was there you wouldn't have had to think twice about saying no."

"Yeah, but you weren't there Eva."

"I know that, but you don't think that I don't miss you guys? My friends and my family?"

"It was your choice to leave, you didn't have to." he says quietly

"And you had a choice to not take her home, you know how I feel about her." Everyone in the school used to know Liz had all the guys wrapped around her finger.

"Eva, just drop it please. I already had to as well because I went to the party with her. Just leave it, or do you want me to start picking on you because you're on tour with some famous guy, for all I know you're already thinking of ways to break up with me,"

"See, if I was there I would go to the party with you what's going on with you? Just because I'm in New York doesn't change anything and Noah you know I would never do that, I don't know if you can say the same for me but I love you. Go ahead pick on me. And just for your information this whole tour thing is turning out to be a nightmare, and I want nothing more than to be at home right now. But you probably think I'm cheating on you right now when right now it's more likely to be you but you know what have fun with your theory."
I slam my MacBook shut before he even gets a chance to reply and sit on the small window sill, watching rain drops slide down the window just as tears slid down my face. I had never argued with Noah like this before and I didn't want to. He never acted like this to me before either. I try to calm myself down, reminding myself that these were just people, I couldn't let them upset me. I had to much to be grateful for after all, but it was so difficult.

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