Noah Sebastian 14

You leaned back against the couch, laughing so hard your sides ached. i had just done a terrible impression of your ex & the way I flailed my arms around made you almost spill the margarita in your hand. “Stop, stop,” You gasp, swatting at my shoulder, still giggling. “You’re going to make me choke.” You say. I grin, my eyes soft in the dim glow of the living room lamp. “What can I say? I like making you smile.” I say, smiling. You curl up into my side, the hum of the TV filling the quiet while my arm wrapped snugly around your shoulders. For once, it felt like we were just… happy…… But Then my phone lit up on the coffee table. The shrill ringtone broke through the calm, making you glance down at the screen. A name flashed across it. A girl’s name you didn’t recognize. Your laughter died in your throat. My body stiffened instantly. i reached for my phone too fast, like i was snatching it from the air itself.. “It’s—uh, it’s nothing,” i said, fumbling to silence it. The phone started ringing again, the name glowing bright, undeniable & just like that, The good night we’d been having hung in the air like glass about to shatter—one wrong word and it would all come crashing down.