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"Hey, Queen E," Noah greeted as I walked into the Chemistry building.

He was casually leaning against the wall with a wisp of a smile.

"Hey Noe," I smiled.

He pushed off the wall and came over to where I was.

"Since when did you stop wearing glasses?" I asked as he poured some chemicals into a beaker.

"Got tired of them. I switched to contacts a few weeks ago."

"Aw, I liked them."

"You did?"

I nodded and he smiled as he rummaged around in his bag until he found what he was looking for.

He placed a glasses case on the table and opened it to reveal a pair of brown glasses. I recognized them from a few of his pictures. He put them on and I gasped.

"Oh my gosh, who are you?"

"I'd tell you, but then you'd have to be sworn to secrecy for the rest of your life."

I giggled, took them off him and tried them on. "Do I look smarter?"

"You're so bright, it's blinding," he laughed, covering his eyes.

I giggled and then took them off as we got back to work. I loved doing experiments and Noah kept the mood nice as we joked lightly.

"Hey, me and my friends are planning a party," I remembered. "Melissa and Callie, I told you about them."

"Yeah, you did. You don't seem like the party type."

"I am a girl of many mysteries," I grinned. "Do you maybe want to come? It's going to be fun. Well, it should be... I hope it will be."

"Sounds promising," he chuckled. "If you're there, then I'll go. When is it?"

"A week from now."

He frowned, mulling it over. "I'll be out of the city. Yasmine will be here by that time and we have to go visit some relatives."

"Oh," I tried to hide my disappointment.

"Hey, I'll definitely be there for the next one. Believe me."

"You'd better."

Noah smiled at me and we went back to work.

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