Friends Like These by Carina Taylor

Author:Carina Taylor [Taylor, Carina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Taylor
Published: 2020-01-12T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

NOAH

Three days after I’d asked Page on a date, we were finally going out. It might as well have been three months. I planned on taking her to dinner on Magazine Street, then over to the Palace Market Frenchman. I’d have the bonus of an hour-long car ride with her each way.

Walking up to the same house address where I’d eaten popcorn and watched movies with Page and Cameron, I knocked on the blue door.

The door opened, and Cameron stood there. His face lit up with a smile when he saw me. “Hi, Noah!”

“Hey Cameron, how are you?”

“Good! What are you doing holding flowers?”

“Flowers?” someone called over his shoulder.

Two identical faces peered over his shoulder at me. The girls looked like they were somewhere in the high school age range: the twins I’d heard so much about.

“Who are you?” One of them asked.

“I’m Noah. I’m here to pick up Page for our date. Is she home?”

“Yeah, she’s home—”

Another voice calling interrupted us. “Who’s at the door?”

A man in his early fifties appeared behind the trio. “Dad, this is Noah,” Cameron explained.

The man nodded as if that explained everything. “I’m Andrew.”

I leaned past Cameron and the girls to shake Andrew’s hand. “Noah. Nice to meet you.”

It didn’t make sense that I was nervous about meeting him. I was far past being a nervous young boy meeting his girlfriend’s dad. Yet I still felt a little nauseous...

“Page is out back.” He gestured over his shoulder, then walked away.

And I guess that was the end of introductions. “Out back?”

“Come on; I’ll show you.” Cameron shoved past his sisters, grabbed my arm, and dragged me around the side of the house. It must be a family trait to grab people and drag them off.

I followed him around the side yard and across a brick walkway that led to a small cottage in the back of the yard. “Page lives here. Mom and Dad wanted her out of the house, so they made a deal with her to live here instead of the main house.”

It was such a loaded statement I wasn’t sure how to respond. I’d have to ask Page about it. “Thanks for showing me.”

“Are you coming back for movie night this week?”

I smiled at the eagerness in his tone. “If it’s all right with Page, I’ll be there.”

“Great!” He gave a quick wave then walked back to the main house. I switched the roses to my left hand so I could knock on the pale pink door.

The small, white cottage had a porch with a table and chair on it. The railing went around the little deck, and there were only two steps up. It felt like I was stepping into a dollhouse.

“Be right there!”

I heard a few thumps and crashes before the door swung open to reveal Page wearing an off the shoulder black lace dress. She had on a pair of high heels that brought her closer to my height. I wouldn’t have to bend as far down to kiss her.

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