A/N: Spoiler alert! This chapter describes scenes from 'The Maze Runner'.

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Drake's face hardens when he sees Noah and I holding hands. I'm not sure why, though. I mean, he's on a date with my best friend too.

"Hey man," Noah fist-bumps him, and Drake seems to get his cool back.

"So, you guys are watching 'The Maze Runner' too, right?" Drake asks us.

"Yeah. What seats did you get?" I respond. If I have to double-date with this dolt, I figure I can at least act nice, for Noah and Dahlia's sake.

After matching tickets, Dahlia exclaims, "Our seats are right next to each other!"

I'm not so sure how I feel about that. Now that my ex-boyfriend is here, things are bound to get awkward.

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At exactly 7:30, we head in to the auditorium where our movie is playing, and we all sit down together, Dahlia and I in the middle.

I settle in my seat comfortably, and take out the container of caramel popcorn. Just then, the movie begins, and the lights dim.

As the movie begins, Noah takes my hand and smiles at me affectionately, and I feel my heart melting.

When the maze scene comes on, where the Grievers are chasing Thomas, I mutter, "I can't watch!" and bury my head in Noah's shoulder. Noah rubs my shoulder, and after a few seconds, he says, "You can watch now."

I look up cautiously only to see the Griever still chasing Thomas. "Ugh!!" I exclaim, and I hear Noah chuckle. "You jerk!" I say playfully, punching him in the arm.

Somewhere in the middle of the movie, Noah asks me, "Rhea?"

"Yeah?"

"Wanna kiss?"

"What??!!" I blurt out incredulously.

He raises his eyebrows, surprised, and holds up a Hershey's Kiss. "I said, want a Kiss?"

"Oh," I mutter, my cheeks flaming red. God, that was embarrassing!

Towards the end of the movie, when Gally shoots Chuck, I tear up and I feel Noah squeeze my hand comfortingly. I smile at him gratefully.

After the movie, we exit the auditorium, and Dahlia and I pay a visit to the washroom.

"Don't you think Thomas and Teresa are the cutest couple ever?" Dahlia squeals.

"OMG, yes!! Dylan O'Brien is so cute!" I squeal back.

When we get back to the main theater, I look around for the boys, and I feel Noah behind me, putting his hands over my eyes.

As I reach up with my hands to try and pry his hands off my eyes, I hear him say, "You're wearing the bracelet?"

I nod. "Thought you'd like it," I smirk.

"That I do." Then I hear him mutter, "Aw man, it's already nine thirty!"

"It's time for your next surprise!" he tells me, and guides me through the mall.

"Are you taking to me a restaurant?" I ask him.

"Right again," Noah remarks. "Rhea Isrania, you make it incredibly difficult for me to surprise you."

"Oh I know," I smirk. "I'm clairvoyant!"

Noah laughs heartily. "Sure you are!"

After a minute, he takes his hands off my eyes. "Here we are!"

I gasp loudly. "Olive Garden?? I love this place!!"

He smiled knowingly. "Guess what my magic power is... I can read your mind!"

I laugh. What a dork! :)

We enter the restaurant, only to see a long line of people waiting for their tables. Much to my surprise, Noah pushes in front of everyone, pulling me along and ignoring everyone else's protests. When we reach the desk, Noah says authoritatively, "Noah Jameson's table for four."

"Right this way sir!" the man behind the desk smiles and shows us to a table.

"Hey, we've been waiting for an hour now!" someone shouts from the middle of the line.

"Call me when your dad is Mr. Jameson," the man retorts.

Impressed, I turn to Noah. "Wow, your parents must be really rich!"

"Eh, they do okay," he responds modestly.

I smile at his modesty, and we make our way towards the table. There, we see Dahlia and Drake already sitting down, chatting with each other, although Drake seems to have an impatient expression on his face.

"Hey guys!" I grin, sliding into the couch seat opposite theirs.

"Hey! What took so long?" Dahlia asks.

"We were just walking slowly, I guess," Noah responds, sliding in next to me.

I notice that Drake has been unusually silent the whole time, but I don't comment on the matter, and a minute later, a waiter arrives at our table. He hands out menus and then leaves.

"So, what do you want?" Noah asks me.

"Oh, I don't mind anything. I basically just come here for the buns they serve. They're delicious!" I say, cracking Noah up.

"Can we order some ravioli?" Dahlia asks us.

"Sure!" we all respond in chorus.

"And how about a Create-Your-Own pizza?" Noah asks. "For the toppings, we can have pepperoni, onion, tomatoes, and olives?"

"No, actually..." I start to say, but am interrupted by Drake.

"Rhea's a vegetarian."

Noah looks from Drake to me, astonished. "Really?"

"Yup. I forgot to tell you," I reply, glaring at Drake. I can speak for myself, thank you very much!

"Well, no issues, we can have mushroom instead of pepperoni. Alright?" Noah flashes me an inquisitive smile.

"Perfect!" I exclaim.

We order and chat and eat and chat and have a great time. I try to mostly ignore Drake and just talk to Noah and Dahlia.

After we're done eating, Dahlia says, "I have to go to the washroom. I'll be back in a second."

She stands up to leave. "Wait! I'll walk you," Drake offers, and goes with her, and Noah and I are left alone at the table.

"Thank you so much for tonight. I had an amazing time!" I tell Noah.

"I had an amazing time with you too, Rhea," Noah says softly. "How'd you like the movie? Now you know Dylan O'Brien is nothing compared to me," he continues, raising one eyebrow.

I laugh. "Oh, whatever. But the movie was fabulous!"

His tone softening again, Noah responds, "You're fabulous."

I feel a blush creeping onto my face. "Thanks?" I say hesitantly.

"I don't want to risk anything by going too fast, so I don't know if this is too much for our first date. But I have one more surprise for you. Close your eyes," Noah says softly.

I close my eyes slowly, and I hear Noah take something out of his pocket.

"You can open them now."

I open my eyes and see a small blue, leather box sitting on the table in front of me. I open it and let out a huge gasp. Noah is just full of surprises today!

Inside, there is a beautiful heart-shaped pendant that matches the bracelet he gave me during his party.

"Noah, I love it!" I exclaim.

"Look at the back," he says softly.

I turn the pendant over and see the numbers 8:32 engraved on the back.

"8:32?" I ask inquisitively.

"The first time we met, it was at 8:32."

"Aww, thank you so much! It's beautiful!" I feel my heart melting.

"You're beautiful!" Noah breathes, making me blush profusely. "Rhea, I've never dated anyone as amazing as you. Will you be my girlfriend?"

"Are you serious? You want me to be your girlfriend?" I ask him incredulously.

"Yeah, who else?" he smirks.

"Well then, I'll have to think about it," I say teasingly.

"Hey!" he exclaims playfully.

"Hmmm... let me see... I'd love to!"

Before I can say 'Yay', I feel Noah's lips on mine, and it feels wonderful. I kiss him back passionately, and this goes on for a minute.

Then, I feel someone yank me back away from Noah. "Rhea, what are you doing?" It's Drake! What in the world does he want?

"What the hell is your problem?" Noah asks, standing up.

"My problem is that you're making out with my girlfriend!" Drake responds angrily. Wait, what??!!

"Drake, I am so not your girlfriend!" I yell at him.

"Yeah, she's my girlfriend now, alright?" Noah agrees, putting his arm over my shoulder.

Drake takes my hand and looks right into my eyes desperately.

"Rhea, maybe this is the right time, maybe this isn't... the fact is... I'm still in love with you!"

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Left you on a major cliffhanger there!

What did you guys think of Rhea and Noah's date? Wasn't it adorable?

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~Ananya