Lucky (Noah)

[Belle Harrington]

It had been awhile since Belle last came out to the pond. Hell, it had been awhile since Belle actually went outside! But she figured it was a beautiful day out and it had been so long since she felt the calmness of the pond. Plus she wanted to catch a glimpse at some of the birds before they migrated for the winter!

Throwing on a cute floral print dress, as well as some leggings, boots and a denim jacket to keep warm, Belle started to make her way out to the pond.

With her binoculars bouncing around her neck, and her book bag slung over her shoulder Belle practically skipped through the grass over to the blue pond. It was so beautiful outside! How could she not be excited to do some bird watching today? And it was about damn time Belle was excited about something. She had spent the day in almost silence as she re-read her previous chat with Lucah. It had obviously brought her down, but she refused show it, at least not right now.

Nestling into the grass and against a tree, Belle brought her binoculars to her eyes and focused onto the sky. Any minute now she knew that her silence and stillness would bring some birds out. At least she hoped they would come.

Eyes focused onto the sky, Belle almost didn't notice the soft music playing around her. Where was the coming from? Belle thought to herself as she let her binocular drop around her neck. Glancing around, Belle couldn't find the source of the music so with a shrug she turned her attention back to her binoculars and back to bird watching.

[Noah Washington]

Noah was in his own little world. The blonde had left his room with his acoustic guitar in hand in the hopes of finding something inspiring to sing or at least write about. There was only so much time he could spend tuning his guitar in his living room with carelessly hilarious insults from Josh being thrown his way. So he did what the guy said. He got out.

Ravyn had been gone for a few days but it felt like it had been weeks. He never realised how much he missed his best friend until she was gone.

Under the shade of a tree, Noah sat with the guitar on his lap and the stsp fastened on his shoulder. He was down for the moment and practically out of view as he caught site of someone. A blonde girl. And woah, she was beautiful. It pulled a familiar tune from his head almost instantly, and the soft music she would have heard was his strumming to find the right progression of notes.

A sigh to himself and he stood back up, strumming the makeshift introduction to the song and humming a section to himself. He made sure to keep her in his line of sight when he finally opened his mouth to sing, "Do you here me, talkin' to you? Across the water, across the deep blue- ocean," A tilt of his blonde head towards the pond and a tentatively full smile in her direction. "Under the open sky." And he shrugged.

"Oh my, baby I'm trying."

[Belle Harrington]

Belle continued starring through her binoculars when she heard one of her favorite songs being played. Was that in her head? She thought to herself as she gazed across the sky. The song continued when a male voice began to sing. It had to be in her head! She didn't see anyone when she looked around before! She thought humming along to the song she was almost positive she could only hear.

"Boy I hear you..." Belle sweetly sang along, "In my dreams. I feel your whisper across the sea. I keep you with me in my heart. You make it easier when life gets hard..."

She continued to sing along joyously when she realized that the voice was getting closer and louder, that's when it clicked. She wasn't hearing the song in her head. Someone was actually playing it!

"Lucky I'm in love with my best friend..." Belle's singing slowly faded out as she dropped her binoculars and looked over at the blonde boy serenading her with his acoustic guitar. Belle couldn't help but blush when she realized what he was doing. He was extremely handsome and had such an amazing voice, she couldn't help but swoon over the blonde boy.

Belle gave the boy a shy smile when he smiled at her, her face turning a bright red. She couldn't take her green eyes off of the blonde boy as he continued to sing. As he approached her, Belle continued to quietly sing along wondering if the boy could hear her singing with him.

"They don't know how long it takes waiting for a love like this. Every time we say goodbye I wish we had one more kiss. I'll wait for you, I promise you I will..."

[Noah Washington]

Noah lingered on the right chord for a second or two just to see what was going to happen. Maybe she wasn't interested in an impromptu serenade? It wasn't for everyone, but he was a total muso at heart. If he heard a song in his head he was going to go along with it. Then y'know, she started singing. It was as sweet as her face. She could have knocked him off his feet if it wasn't important for him to keep walking. But she didn't notice him straight away. She had perfect timing.

"Lucky I'm in love with my best friend; lucky to have been where I have been. Lucky to be coming home again." She was flying across the melody and he happily took a lower harmony just to see how their voices blended. Finally she looked at him, and blushing like crazy. It was almost infectious; he felt colour starting to rise on his cheeks. He continued to sing along with her as he took tentative steps in her direction. She just looked so... Beautiful.

"And so I'm starting, through the sea. To an island where we'll meet-" Noah dropped his head to look at the ground, trying to fight off the growing smile on his face; "Here the music fill the air; I put a flower in your hair." And his blue eyes looked back up at her again, now that he was standing so close by. Damn guitar, if only he didn't need to be carrying it. He wanted to reach out to her.

[Belle Harrington]

Belle sat still and watched the singing boy approach her, was this all just a dream? It had to be. Unless... Maybe she was just lucky at this very moment. She was lucky enough to come outside on this day, to come to this tree and hear him singing to himself and now she was being serenaded, and honestly she didn't mind.

Oddly enough Belle felt comfortable around this guy, maybe it was the fact that he was so outrageous to just sing to a random person that Belle figured he wouldn't be the type to care about the trivial and small things. Maybe. But again she had no idea who the hell he was, all she knew was that he had a beautiful singing voice, he was very good looking and he was crazy, in a good way it seemed so far.

Belle watched the boy, who was now standing almost in front of her and she smiled when he looked from the ground back up to her causing her heart to skip a beat. Next thing she knew she was standing up, and leaning against the tree. With a shy smile she sang back, "Though the breezes through the trees move so pretty, you're all I see. As the world keeps spinning 'round, you hold me right here right now."

The petite blonde's green eyes glanced down to the floor as the two sang the chorus together their voice harmonizing to almost perfection. Belle couldn't believe what she was doing, the usual timid little bird was now singing along with a random stranger who she still didn't know who he was. But she loved it!

(OoC: P.s. I saw this and fell in LOVE)

[Noah Washington]

Noah still wasn't really sure what was going on, but when she looked at him with that shy smile he couldn't help but keep singing. He could listen to her sing forever. Their voices were blending amazingly while they were singing through the chorus, and he had lost all control over the smile that was plastered all over his face. This had been so fun!

But now that he was over, he felt like he had to say something good. Noah allowed the final chord to ring out and fade away before he swung the guitar around to his back, holding the neck of the instrument with a hand. He extended his free one towards her. "It's nice to meet you," You amazingly talented girl, you... "My name's Noah."

[OOC: Whistles~]

[Belle Harrington]

Belle hadn't really thought of what would come once the two strangers finished their song. She kind of figured everything would just fizzle out, they would laugh a little and go on their own way. But the reality of the moment kicked in, he obviously wasn't going to just laugh and walk away, and honestly she didn't think she could either. She needed to know who he was.

Finally the last chord rung out, and Belle stood in silence watching the blonde boy. She watched him swing his guitar onto his back, and a shoot out a hand in greeting, and timidly she placed her dainty hand within his larger hand, shaking it ever so gently in a returned greeting.

Now was the moment of truth, the boy had introduced himself as Noah, and Belle just stood there in silence for a moment longer thinking of what to do. Should she talk? He had heard her singing voice and he seemed to enjoy it but did she want to ruin that by speaking...?

With an inner sigh Belle returned Noah's smile, "M-my n-name is B-B-Belle..." It had always been a struggle for her to speak but more so with strangers, she hoped it wouldn't change Noah's first impression on her. With lightly pinked cheeks Belle's gaze turned to the ground, "It's n-n-nice to m-meet y-you t-too."

[Noah Washington]

It was small, but Noah was sure there was definitely a lingering moment in their hands. She gave him the tiniest of shakes and he let her control it, fastening his fingers around her hand gently as he realised she might have been shy. The shaking stopped, and she had to have been the one to pull her hand away. It was a few seconds later when he let his hand fall to his side.

There was that smile again. Though this time it seemed a little smaller, not that it made it any less beautiful. The shake in her voice confirmed that she was probably nervous. Noah rocked back on his foot, just in case she wanted a little more distance or something. But he kept his smile as always; light and bright. "That's quite a voice you've got, Belle." He offered, striking up the conversation again, "I'd love to be able to hear you sing again sometime."

[Belle Harrington]

Belle had been the one to pull her hand away. It felt like if she hadn't the two would have stayed standing there and shaking hands forever. Part of her didn't want to let go, she found Noah to be an amazing person so far, but she didn't want to just keep holding onto a new acquaintance's hand. I'm going creep him out! She had thought to herself, so she pulled her hand away.

She watched Noah rock back and forth and wondered what he was thinking about, when he complimented her voice Belle couldn't help but blush and look away, "R-r-really...?" She asked timidly after a moment or two of silence, her large green eyes gazing up at Noah's blue, "E-e-even a-after he-hearing my st-st-stutter, y-you st-still like m-my voice?"

Belle's smile grew when he said he'd like to hear her sing again, and she nodded in excitement, "I-I-I'd love t-to s-sing with y-you again s-sometime. W-w-wanna sit w-with me?" She asked pointing to the ground.

[Noah Washington]

Noah nodded in her direction when she asked if he really did like her voice. He stared down at her bright green eyes, finding it difficult not to get a little lost in them. In that moment he probably did, and he kind of hoped she wouldn't notice. It was a weird thing to happen when meeting a new person, right? Poor Noah couldn't help his growing infatuation already. "It's beautiful." He reassured her, his voice dropping low and gentle to try and make himself sound a little more serious. Because he really did mean it.

"Sure, I'll sit with you." Noah said with a smile, moving to the side of the tree and sitting down in the grass. He made sure to swing his guitar back onto his lap, and in the idle moments he started fiddling around with playing other chords. He spent a little time watching his hands as they moved, before he glanced over to catch another glimpse of her.

[Belle Harrington]

Belle smiled as Noah starred down at her, he towered over her tiny 5'2 frame but Belle liked it. She couldn't help but let out a soft giggle as Noah starred into her eyes, it was flattering but at the same time she was embarrassed. Was it even possible to be so strongly drawn towards another human being that you've just met? She wondered to herself as she starred back up at Noah.

I know this feeling, Belle thought to herself, it reminded her of the day she first met Lucah. Oh my goodness! I have a crush on him?!? Belle thought frantically, was it possible that she was slowly getting over Lucah? Because in these few moments with Noah so far she hadn't even thought of Lucah once, and she hadn't even noticed until now.

Sitting down next to Noah, Belle starred out across the pond and listened to him play a few chords, finally she turned her attention back to him and watched him fiddle, "Wh-what brings y-you out h-h-here today?"

[Noah Washington]

Infatuation was a ridiculously complex and yet simple concept. It was complex when someone tried to make sense of it but Noah was the kind of person who simply allowed it to overtake him. There was no point in fighting it, and that was what made it simple. Because really, how many people could say they met this way? It was like something out of a story book.

Noah sat on the ground beside her comfortably enough. It was a wonderful day and he didn't really want to spend it in his dorm studying. When she asked him a question, he looked back over towards her again, allowing music from the guitar to play a simple melody underneath his words.

"Talk about a good day. Spending it inside didn't seem like much fun." He explained. And in truth, he didn't have a solid reason for why he picked the place they were in. "But I like to go to different places and find inspiration for music. Today I was lucky enough to find you." He smiled in her direction before averting his eyes again. Somehow she made him nervous at the same time.