Chapter 4

                                    

                                          
Noah sat at the cafe table, scribbling away at a piece of paper. He paused and checked his phone.

                          
7:55

                          
He continued to etch large mountains and sandy coasts onto the paper.
                          
"Hey, what'chu working on?" Noah looked up to see Millie sitting down across from him in a stunning floral dress. 
                          
"I- Oh, hey. Uh, I'm just working on a map for a new campaign I'm creating."
                          
"Aww," Millie ruffled his hair, "nerd."
                          
Noah laughed, "Sure." He put his map away as the waitress came to take their order.
                          
After the waitress went away to get their breakfast, Millie leaned on her hands and looked at Noah.
                          
"You know... Maybe I'll try Dungeons and Dragons. It looks fun."
                          
"Yeah, it is! You could join our campaign if you want- didn't you say it was too nerdy?"
                          
Millie huffed, "I was like, thirteen Noah, I was stupid. I thought it was interesting but I was stubborn."
                          
"No change there then," Noah grinned, thanking the waitress as their food came. Noah ordered a full English and Millie ordered pancakes.
                          
Millie gasped sarcastically, "Noah Schnapp! How dare you!" She nudged his angle with her foot from under the table.
                          
Noah just laughed, changing the subject, "You can join the campaign. I think Finn is DMing after mine ends. I'm going to be a paladin."
                          
"Well, I can be your warlock then!" Millie giggled, taking a bite of a pancake.
                          
Noah nearly spat his orange juice everywhere, "Wait, what?"
                          
Millie rolled her eyes, "Just because I haven't played, doesn't mean I'm an idiot. I know about Paladin/Warlock Multiclass strengths."
                          
"O- Okay," Noah laughed, "Wow, you'll fit right in then." He smiled.
                          
They continued to eat, light conversation flowing between them.
                          
"Anyways, I have something to tell you!" 
Noah looked up from his fried eggs, "Hmm?"
                          
Noah had decided that after breakfast, he was finally going to tell Millie how he felt. He'd been hiding it for too long. She had to know-
                          
"I'm dating someone!" Millie squealed.
                          
What? Oh no... I'm too late.
                          
"Really? O- Oh, that's great." Noah forced a smile, however knowing Millie, she'll figure out that something's wrong.
                          
"Yeah, isn't it? His names Mark, I met him last week, he's a great guy."
                          
"That's awesome, I hope you two are happy." Noah choked.
                          
As they continued the conversation, Noah slipped his phone out quickly and texted Finn.



                          
Meet me at Piedmont Park, we're going cycling.



                          
"Listen, Mills," He got angry even saying her name, but remembered what Sadie had said.
                          
Don't get mad at her. Don't get mad at her.

                          
This must've been what she was going to say to me...

                          
Noah took a deep breath in, "Listen Mills, I forgot that I was seeing Finn today to talk about, uh, DND. I'll see you later, okay?"
                          
"I thought we were going to- Can I come? Since I'm gonna play with you guys anyways, maybe-"

                          
"It's stuff that I need to talk to the DM about." Noah said, his breath getting shaky, "I'll talk to you later."