Baby I'm A Sinner novel Chapter 86

To stop myself from crying, I wrap my arms around his waist and hug him tightly. Because he can't place his chin on the top of my head like he usually does, he rests his cheek against my temple.

"Why?" Is all I can ask.

"Because you deserve it. You deserve so much more, and you can't even see it."

I clench my eyes shut, trying so hard not to cry from the overwhelming happiness I'm feeling right now, and he holds me even tighter.

"I wish it were easy." He says into my hair.

"What?"

"Just...being with people."

I pull back. "As in...being in a relationship?"

He nods, biting his lip. I know him too well to be able to tell that he's a bit nervous and maybe even on the brink of being scared.

"So like...what?" I'm still not really sure about what he's talking about, or where he's going with this, but I'm also scared. But in a good way.

"So like..." he mocks me, nervously smiling. "I've never done this before. But like...would you like to maybe, go out sometime? Just like, the two of us?"

"Weren't we doing that already?"

He rolls his eyes exasperatedly. "I mean, as in-"

I cross my arms, wanting him to say it. He sighs, realizing what I want him to do.

"Do you want to be my girlfriend? As in, for us to be in a relationship? There."

I smile, pretending to think about it just to mess with him.

"Hm...sure."

He smiles and pulls me into him again, kissing me deeply and harder than usual, but I love it.

When we get back to the dance, we're holding hands like those cheesy couples do at the end of romantic movies, and everyone in our group shouts and cheers when they see us.

"Did what I think just happened just happen?" Jake asks, coming over to me.

I nod as I release Noah's hand for him to go and talk to Lucas and Zack, before Jake just tackles me, nearly knocking me off my feet.

"I'm so happy for you bitch!" he exclaims and Emma joins the group hug.

When they finally release me, I realize that there's only one hour left until everything's over, so we try to make the most of it. I dance with Noah, Lucas, Harry, Jake, Emma, Zack, Eleanor, and then again with Noah for 'the last dance'.

When it's finally time to go, we all talk about the after party that's going to take place at Noah's house, since his parents already told him they're going to take the kids and go to London for the weekend.

Noah drives Emma and I back to my house where we're going to change out of our clothes and then head over to his.

I already have my clothes for the after party ready; a pair of black short, a black sleeveless button up, a black varsity jacket with an R on it, and black converse to match my 'all black everything' theme. Emma's a bit more colorful with a pair of blue jeans, black flats, and a white blouse.

We take a taxi there, and it seems like the party has already started when we get to the 'mansion' (as everyone likes to call it); there are cars everywhere, people outside, and lights and music coming from inside.

Almost everyone I saw at prom is here, so it takes me about ten minutes to get to the kitchen where I know Noah will be, because I say hello to everyone I recognize.

I find Noah and Lucas in the kitchen, talking about something in a hushed tone, so I surprise him by wrapping my arms around his waist and kissing his shoulder.

He turns around with a smile, and Lucas makes gagging noises as we kiss in front of him.

"It's been five months, let it go." I say and roll my eyes.

"Let go of the fact that you're a slut? Sure." He snarls and I turn around, wanting nothing to do with this.

But before I can do anything else, I hear Angelina call my name and then suddenly I'm being pushed forward and falling down the stairs.

I lit my head, stomach, and legs on the hardwood stairs, and then fall to my side when I'm finally at the bottom.

I feel tears stinging the corners of my eyes because of the pain, and there's already a small group of people forming next to me.

"What the fuck is going on?" Noah yells as he pushes two guys aside while a girl helps me up. He realizes what happened, so he looks at the top of the stairs to see the Angelina and Luke staring back at me.

"Are you fucking insane?" he continues as he starts walking up towards them.

"Noah, stop, she's bleeding!" Kylie yells at him and I realize that I've got this horrible pain in my stomach, so I look down.

There's blood running down my leg, so I automatically place my hands on my stomach.

Noah turns around and comes up in front of me.

"Shit, I've got to take you to the hospital."

Eleanor calls a taxi while Noah leads me outside, gripping into my arm harder than he realizes. He's even more alarmed and angry than I am, and although I want to tell him that it doesn't hurt that much at all, and that it's going to be okay, I don't, because I know he'll flip out.

The taxi arrives in five minutes, and I climb in the back with Noah right behind me.

"To the Royal Infirmary please." He tells the driver. I know he's extremely nervous and agitated, so I place my hand over his to try and calm him down.