Chapter 15. Noelle

2015

Noelle made it to the elevator before she started shaking and a tear escaped. She wiped it away angrily. She was angrier at herself than at him anyway. What did she really think he wanted? To talk about that time four years ago when she saw him naked, and how it had remained in his brain this whole time as one of those life-changing moments? Oh wait, no that was her and her idiot brain. Not him.

She shook her fist and looked at the red and swollen knuckles. They hurt like crazy, but it had been worth it. She giggled a little. She had never hit anyone in her life, and it was quite a rush. She thought about his shocked expression when her fist had connected. Her giggle turned into a full-blown laugh and she couldn’t stop. Maybe this is hysteria, she thought. If this had been back in the day, they probably would have locked her up in a mental institution. She tried to rein in the crazy and was semi-successful. 

The elevator doors opened and a man in a busine