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Thursday December 26, 2024
Noah was getting ready to depart for the band trip. He knew he wasn’t going to support the band (not fully anyway), there was a deeper reason. A reason that not even Noah himself had come to terms with. A reason so sinister that if spoken could shatter the earth below him…
See, Noah is homosexual. And he’s helplessly in love with his coworker, Wesley Littleton.
Wesley is tall, young and an attractive man (at least to him anyway…). Noah had begun to realize that he was feeling things towards Wesley. Things that he had always ignored, Seeing as they are coworkers and such…yikes.
He shook his head solemnly as he pulled up to the school, he saw Wesley and his breath caught in his chest. “He’s stunning,” Noah whispered, almost silently, under his breath.
He quickly goes to park his car in the nearest spot making no effort to stay between the two lines, yellow and already faded due to the schools low budget and complete disregard for renovations. He looks back at his car, sighs and quickly turns back and regains his focus to the “matter at hand”.
“Good morning, Mr. Golaboff,” said Brandon Brady, another band director stopping him dead in his tracks. Brandon and his wife, Hannah began to walk towards Noah to greet him, but the only person Noah could focus on was Wesley.
“Uh, good morning Brandon,” he says frantically looking between the two hoping to cut the conversation short. “Hannah…uh excuse me…please…” was the only thing he could muster before walking straight for Wesley.
He practically ran up to Wesley, hands in pockets and all. “Hey what’s up Noah” Westley says as his lips curl slightly in a small smirk. *Sigh that damn smirk…* he thinks in his head. “Nothing much just mentally preparing for the day ahead…the usual” he replied, dragging out the L.
Westley nods and turns toward the sunrise staring for just a moment before raising his arms up in a big stretch. Noah is trying so hard to look anywhere else but the tiny sliver of midriff poking out from beneath his shirt. Opting to focus on the rising sky in front of them.
”Well…I outta get ready for the kids to get here” Westley speaks outta nowhere returning back to his normal stance. “…yeah…no yeah I should get that um..yeah I should be getting ready too…” Noah stammers coming back from his spiraling mind. By the time he turns back to Westley he is long gone. Noah holds his head in his hands “ugh…could I have been any dumber…” He really should be going though.
He stands outside for a moment longer really mentally preparing for the day ahead…
He finally walks inside seeing the Brady’s in their office and deciding to join them. “Hey Noah” Hannah says still looking at her computer. Probably on Facebook marketplace she is always on the damn thing…irrelevant. “Heyy” He calls back walking straight in and sitting on his designated chair behind her desk.
“You need anything?” She finally looks up at him. He looks around the room it really hasn’t changed. “Just the itinerary for the trip” He sighed for seemingly the 50th time that morning. There really isn’t anything to smile about anymore since…since well always…life isn’t easy for someone like him…until?…no he probably doesn’t feel the same who could love anyone like him?
*SNAP SNAP*
“HELLO? Earth to Noah!?” Hannah snaps at him. He practically jumps out of his chair at the fright “AAAAA IM LISTENING IM LISTENING…” he’s basically whisper-yelling in distress. They laugh together at dumbness of the situation…suddenly he notices a quiet giggle coming from the back of the room.
He turns and see Westley sitting on the ground looking through a file cabinet. Noah stops moving completely, he watches as Westley grabs the file he needs and gets up still giggling. “Do you always scare so easy?” He says with a laugh in his voice. “Heh…I try not to…haha” Noah says trying to keep a steady voice. “Hm…noted” Westley finally says as he finally makes his way out of the room without looking back.
Noah just watches him go with a dumbfounded expression. “Y’all heard that…right??” He thinks still looking at the door. He is once again jump-scared by Hannah shoving the paper in his face “HERE the itinerary you needed” She smugly says why giving him a dirty but sorta knowing look. He stares back trying to keep the straightest(haha) face possible “thanks…”
He quickly looks it over seeing all the different times and locations for the trip. After making sure everything is in order he quickly books it out the room away from any “knowing” glances.