Let's Just Get This Over With (Noah)

[Lucah Ivaskov]

So respectively, Lucah had waited a while before he came to hunt down Noah. It had been just over a month since he found out about the little drunken get together Noah had with Ravyn. A month was a long time to wait, but it was for the best. Had Luc gone straight to find Noah after he found out, well that would have been an instant fight. That being said, he wasn't exactly sure what would happen at this little meeting they were about to have. Noah was oblivious of what was coming, but that was probably a good thing. Wouldn't want him to have a heads-up in case he decided to puss out or have someone try and back him up.

Did Lucah plan on hitting him? No, not exactly. He was actually hoping for a peaceful little talk. All he wanted from this was to let Noah know how glad he should be for Callie and the fact that Luc wouldn't want to hurt Ravyn by hurting her pretty little one-night stand's face. Luc had tried justifying his reasoning for not going after Noah before, and he couldn't come up with anything. The longer he waited, the more his anger dwindled and the likeliness of him fighting Noah dwindled along with it. He liked to say that it was Noah's luck that kept him from doing something, but really it was the fact that he hadn't been hurt by Noah. He'd been hurt by Ravyn and going after Noah wouldn't make him feel any better.

With that in mind, he strode across the campus, using the excuse of seeing Callie for why he was on campus at all. Lucky for him he knew exactly where Noah's dorm was. Funny how they'd been roommates just a short year ago. Who knew it would come in handy now? The walk didn't take long, and once he made his way to the floor where the boy's dorms were located, he sought out the door marked 504.

Lucah ran his fingers through his hair, attempting to relieve himself of the stress that was beginning to tighten his muscles. One wrong move on Noah's part, and he very well could get punched. Luc tapped on the door lightly, begging that it wouldn't be his least favorite roommate to answer. Noah hadn't passed Romeo quite yet. It would take a hell of a lot more than just him cheating with Ravyn. How sad was that?

[Noah Washington]

For Noah the moment had passed. A month was a long time for him to feel bad about something taken out of context, and he hadn't been thinking about it at all. Why would he? His life was full of things that required his attention more so than the thoughts of something that might have happened. He had moved on, as he had the space to do so. Whatever the situation had turned out to be, it was done and dusted. Right?

No. Of course not, because it was never that easy.

The sudden knock on the door caught the boy's attention, as he was the only one home at the time. He walked out of his room with his phone in his hand, snapping off a quick message still when his hand touched the door knob. Turning it, he pulled it open and appeared in the doorway just has he hit the send button and looked up.

Not exactly what he expected.

"Hey, what's up?" Noah asked, confused as to why he was there and yes, completely oblivious to the situation. He doubted it was because of Romeo, that was for sure. With a small shift of his head, he indicated to the common area. "Do you wanna come in, or something? It's just me here." So if he was looking for Ravyn, he was in the wrong dorm.

[Lucah Ivaskov]

Some people didn't have the luxury of forgetting so easily. Luc being one of those people, he tended to hold grudges a bit too long. Still, he had a right to hold a tiny grudge after what had happened. And yes, he was acting like a five year old by even doing this because he wanted Noah to know that he was wrong before. Luc honestly wanted to rub it in Noah's face and say 'suck it.' As stated before, five year old.

The door opened, and for a moment Luc tensed for the obnoxious reaction of his former Irish roommate, but was actually thankful for the sound of Noah's voice and the familiar blond head instead. That didn't relieve allll of the previous tension, but it was a start. Again, Noah's luck must have been on his side because Luc could manage to stay in a decent formal mood without Romeo around. This could actually turn out good for both of them.

"Good, I was hoping that the other one wouldn't be here for this. God knows he'd be no help," Luc shrugged off his black hoody and folded it over his arm as he walked into the common area. "Alright, I'm just going to say it because I'm not one for beating around the bush. It's been a month, I'm not angry anymore, but I feel that we should discuss what happened with you and Ravyn." He looked around the dorm room trying to sound as nonchalant as possible in this situation.

"I only got her side of the story, and honestly, I'm still confused about what happened. I feel like if I don't figure it out that her and I won't be able to accept her as a friend again..." Luc trailed off and sighed quietly. "And I'd like to be friends again at some point. Hell I thought at one point you and I could even be acquaintances, but as I said I don't really know how you feel about the whole thing or what happened." He finally looked up at Noah and scratched the back of his head, "So uhm, yeah."

Well that wasn't painfully awkward or anything. At least for Luc.

[Noah Washington]

Noah stared down at the darkened screen of his phone for a few seconds as he let the guy pass before closing the door. He assumed this was not the time to leave it open. "We can if you want." Noah replied, looking up and pocketing the device. At least for now. He moved to lean against the back of the couch, pressing the palm of his hand against it to keep him stable as he listened.

The blonde boy sighed.

"We went to a party. She had a friend who told her about it, or something and she really wanted to go so I went with her." He began. Nothing malicious there. No secret plans to get her drunk and make out with her all over a college party. "So we went and we had a few drinks. Got drunk pretty fast, and made up a story that we were a couple so people wouldn't ask us questions and separate us." He shrugged, looking away for the moment.

It was still hazy, so he had to practically search for answers. "I think that was the first time we kissed. A lot after that is a blur. There were shots though, of whiskey or something stupid like that. She's Russian so she put it away well, but yeah." He could remember that much at least. Noah turned his gaze back to Lucah again, unscathed by the recollection. It was just information being given, after all.

"I don't know what she told you, so." He trailed off. He wasn't sure what else to say anyway.

[Lucah Ivaskov]

Luc tried to remain expressionless throughout Noah’s recollection of what happened. It was only fair that he not get decked in the face until the story was over. Again, Lucah didn’t plan on hitting him, but the whole ‘first time we kissed’ thing wasn’t really helping him out. It implied that they’d kissed more than once and though Luc already knew that, it didn’t make him any less angry with the other boy. But he wasn’t as angry as he had been before, which could turn out to be a good thing.

Drinking, kissing, blurry. Three things that could turn into a lot more than just a little thing. Seriously, it could have turned into the two of them taking it pretty far. Lucah just took a deep breath so that he could keep himself from freaking out. He didn’t want to scream or yell at Noah. He didn’t really deserve it. Not yet. Now if he remembered something further, then Luc might have to hit him, but that was only if it was worse.

Clearing his throat, Luc closed his eyes, “Alright. Fair enough. She said something relatively similar. I suppose the whole drinking thing muddles brain function.” He sighed quietly and rubbed at his arms, “I just wish she would have called me, if she needed something I mean for Christ’s sake I’m living at the college.” His thoughts turned self-loathing and he frowned deeper, “Looks like you were wrong about how she felt for me.”

[Noah Washington]

"I don't think either of us knew what was going on. Calling someone would be smart thinking, and we weren't really thinking smartly." Noah explained. Really, he couldn't think on the situation like it was two people of a sound mind making these choices. They were drunk, simple as that.

Noah shrugged, "Maybe she was wrong. I don't know, what I knew about her feelings for you were exactly what I told you." He added, pushing off the back of the couch with his hands so he could stand upright again. He knew there was tensioin in the air and he didn't know what to do about it, but best to stay alert. "You should really just be talking to her about it. If you still have issues with what happened, it's more between you guys."

Because Noah had things to focus on. Like important text messages from an important girl.

[Lucah Ivaskov]

"Yeah, well I wish smart thinking went hand in hand with drinking, but I suppose it never does and never will," Lucah sighed and leaned up against the wall, his head tilted up towards the ceiling. He was sick of trying to blame anyone but himself. It wasn't necessarily Noah or Ravyn's fault. If anything it was partially his because he hadn't been enough. The whole alcohol thing probably didn't help a whole lot either. So why try and put the blame on someone?

Luc sighed, he didn't want to hear that she was wrong or that she changed her mind. He would really just like to believe that it was all just one big misunderstanding. "I guess I believe that. You seemed to be telling the truth, so even if you weren't it was my fault for believing you in the first place." His eyes fell back to Noah and he frowned at the boy's suggestion, "You think I haven't tried that? Every time I run into her, I snap. It's a force of habit."

Lucah could tell that Noah was preoccupied with something else on his mind. He narrowed his eyes, "Or instead of you feeling as if it is between just her and I, you really just want me to leave so you can invite whoever this new girl is over." Luc couldn't help but smirk, it wasn't a jerk thing to say, at least he hoped not. He was really just trying to be okay with this guy. After all, if he wanted to have any friendship with Ravyn, he'd just need to accept Noah.

[Noah Washington]

Noah turned his head slightly, confused and a little irritated by the statement. It was glaringly obvious that Lucah had picked who he wanted to blame in this, especially given by what he just said. Noah's lips cracked into a smirk. Because no, he wouldn't be railroaded by a guy who clearly didn't understand that sometimes, girls were the point of the problem.

It was a jerk thing to say, and he took it as such.

"No, dude. What do you want from me?" Noah asked, shrugging his shoulders and standing at the ready. "I mean, have you stopped for a second to talk to Ravyn about it? Did you bother to ask her why it happened?" He shook his head slightly. "Don't just point the finger at me because you're confused. Go figure it out."

He wasn't throwing Ravyn under the bus, he was setting Lucah straight so he would stop throwing the blonde boy at the brunt end of all this ridiculous blame. "So you came to me to get more of the story, and I gave it to you. But I can't give you hers because that's hers to tell you." Noah knew after the confession that Ravyn's views on her relationship with Lucah were a little harsh, but they weren't his to give.

[Lucah Ivaskov]

Of course Lucah wanted to blame Noah. After the bull shit that he'd been spewing at the mall, it was a given that he wasn't a huge fan of the other boy. Now he knew that Ravyn really was the one that had probably initiated it since the whole dorm incident, but he wanted to blame Noah. What reason did he have to think Noah wasn't the reason? Luc saw how the two of them acted in the mall before they even spotted him. He saw it with his own eyes and it wasn't just Ravyn flirting around.

That being said, it was Ravyn that had screwed things up with him by not telling him what happened in the first place. He was still mad at her and the reason he was being such a dick to Noah was because he didn't have an outlet. Talking wasn't something that helped him when he was mad, but that was all there was left to do. Talking to Noah and trying once more to talk to Ravyn. Luc just wanted to fix things and go back to being friends with her and back to not hating him. Easier said than done.

"What do I want from you? Nothing. I want absolutely nothing more from you because I have no idea what the hell I'm doing! What do you think I've done every time that I tried talking to her? Try to communicate telepathically with her? No. I fucking tried talking to her and asking her what happened and I didn't get shit from her!" Lucah ran his fingers through his hair once more, a habit he had when he wanted to hit something. "And I'm not confused. I'm pissed off and trying to figure out how to salvage the friendship with her and stop being so pissed off! All I want is to know why it had to happen and why it had to be with you," he shook his head. That came out wrong. "I'm not trying to say that you're the problem here, but she told me you were just a friend and here I find that she was completely lying to me. Yes, I should be saying this to her but I don't know how to get through the conversation without just leaving."

Lucah slid down the wall and his head dropped in his hands. He just wanted this whole thing to be fixed and done with already because it was physically draining. How was he supposed to change it though? Clearly every time he tried he came up empty handed. "All I want is not to care about her that way anymore and not to be so pissed off at you for some reason that I can't even come up with. It's not fair to you, but it's easier to blame the person I don't know so well and that I don't care about as much."