Books are better

“Careful, Noah, talk like that and I’ll think you’re trying to flatter me.” It was a bit of playful teasing. She and Noah were enough alike that she knew exactly what he was doing. She did it herself. Lowering her voice to barely a purr of a whisper, she continued. “I already want you, you don’t have to flatter me.” When he broke the kiss, she leaned in to catch his lips again, but the were already on her neck, and she felt his teeth. She barely managed to bite back a groan as she tightened her grip on his shoulder. “Ass.” She muttered, but she didn’t have too long to be mad about it before he had her off the ground and against a bookshelf, eliciting a giggle from her. Fucking Noah, making her giggle. 

Ash just shook her head, eyes rolling a little at him. Cocky and arrogant, usually the type of boy Ash liked ripping to shreds, and she wouldn’t say that she didn’t like that with Noah, either. But damn, if this boy didn’t have some kind of tick that made Ash forget that he was a cocky Alpha male asshole. At least he could deliver, not something that a lot of Alpha male jerks around here could say. “Why Noah, if I didn’t know any better, I’d think you were trying to get me alone.” She batted her eyelashes, trying to look as innocent as possible before laughing softly and following after him. 

Noah smirked at her batting her eyelashes, not denying it. “Well, quite personally I find myself enjoying a bit of one on one time with a beautiful girl like yourself” He responded easily. He shrugged at her question, glancing around. “Happened to stumble upon that trick when I was trying to get a book actually. Found this and cleaned it up. I seem to be the only one to use it” He added, before she wrapped her arms around her neck. He slid his hands over her sides and down to her hips, bending down to kiss her. “A very good place to start” He agreed after a moment, pulling away with a slight smirk. “But I was thinking of studying you as well” He reminded her, bending his head to scrape his teeth against her neck lightly, biting down ever so slightly. He smirked, knowing exactly what that would do to Ash. 

“The devil is a deity, Noah, a deity of sin, something we’re both quite familiar with. Though, I believe the technical term is slu—huhts. Shit, Noah.” Ash would more than remember that little stunt. She hadn’t planned on caving so easily, but of course Noah fucking Greene would remember that spot, and take advantage of it. She let out a soft growl in the back of her throat, nails scratching lightly at his skin. “Devil. My point stands.” 

Noah couldn’t really argue with her logic there, though he did laugh. “Well, never let it be said you don’t find the most unique names for your study partners then.” He responded, smirking as she scratched at his skin. Noah could be a bit of a jackass after all, no matter the time or activities. He snorted at her question shrugging easily. “You’re welcome to invite her if you would like, but I think this little study session would be much more enjoyable if it was a private one, don’t you agree?” He responded, before leading her down the twisting maze of bookshelves. 

Ash hummed out a soft noise at Noah’s hand on her bare skin. The closer he was, the warmer she seemed to get, and she pulled off her sweater to make up for the sudden heat surge. “You could say the same about me, Noah, and you probably should, as well. After all, I’ve grown up quite a bit since last year.” Her wink was cheeky even as her voice was low and sultry. Reaching up to run her fingers through his hair, she smirked as she gave it a little tug before pulling away again. 

Noah smirked as Ash pulled off her sweater, laughing slightly at her words as he let her run her fingers through his hair. “Oh trust me, that wasn’t ever in doubt here” He responded, voice dipping into something close to a purr, smirking at her as he tilted his head back at her tug. He could have broken her hold easily of course, but where was the fun in that? Head tilting, he arched an eyebrow at her comment, not calling her out on it however. They both knew that while they had standards, neither Ash nor Noah were known for being the pickiest about who they fucked. 

“Noah Greene, as I live and breathe.” Ash had no idea how she hadn’t recognized that face before now, but her smirk was more wicked once she’d realized who, exactly, she was talking to. She hopped up on the table beside him, as close as she could possibly be without straddling his chair, and crossed her legs, leaning forward with a small tilt of her head once her skirt was adjusted. “And don’t you just look more ravishable than I remember– oops, ravishing, of course I meant ravishing.” 

Noah smirked as Ash move closer, shifting ever so slightly to make more room for her on his side of the table. Arching an eyebrow at her words, he leaned into her space, slowly trailing his hand up one leg to rest it on her knee. “Oh, I’m sure you did” He responded, voice half purring at her as he looked her over, grinning. “I could say the same about you you know” He returned, lips twitching. Letting her trail a finger along his jaw, he lifted his chin, mismatched eyes narrowing slightly. 

The library was surprisingly crowded after Ash had finished her last class of the day. The Gryffindor strolled confidently through the bookshelves, noting with a quirk of her brow that there seemed to be quite a few couples, specifically, flirting and being generally gross. It made her roll her eyes. Couples were pathetic, honestly. All batting eyelashes and dopey declarations of love. They weren’t even good at flirting, which was enough to make Ash want to show them a thing or two. Once she’d found the book that she was looking for, she glanced around, finding a table with a lone occupant and deciding to put the little plan she’d dreamed up into action. 

Noah had been bored off his ass in the library, balancing on the back legs of his chair as he waited in vain for Flynn or Ben to show up, though neither of them did. Jesus, what was the point of having study sessions if neither of them showed up? Of course, no one actually studied when they did show up, but at least they got to hang out. But then, Ben has been acting weird towards Noah since he and Erian broke up, and Flynn had been basically non existent since the same night. Noah admitting to fucking Ben had probably fucked up his chances with the younger Debussy as well. That was Noah, destroying friendships with meaningless sex. He should get that on a shirt. 

Nodding frantically, he looked at the other. “I’m beyond sure” he said and turned around, looking at the books once again trying to act like a normal human being. His eyes once again scanning the book titles. But none fit what he was looking for. Hearing the other boys voice, he frowned. “Ehm.. hah okay I guess” he said.

Noah watched the other boy examining the shelves, arching an eyebrow. Noah had to admit, he wasn’t used to shy people. He could certainly be introverted at times, but he could also turn on the charm and be the center of attention nearly on command. Shy people confused the ravenclaw. But Noah grinned when the other boy accepted the offer of a book recommendation, standing and approaching the shelves. “What type of things are you looking for? I’m assuming history if you’re in this section, but fiction, non fiction, time period?”

Anneliese arched her eyebrows. Of course he knew her name, she knew his for the exact same reason. Noah was as terrible a she predicted, visibly. “Just stuck to my name.” she said coldly. She hid her astonishment at Noah’s words. She surely didn’t want to know anything about this boy, but it surprised her that he would read books. He was a bookworm just like her. Well, she thought, unfortunately that didn’t stop him from being stupidly rude. She slowly picked the books and bit her lips. “Nice choice”, she said quickly.

Noah smirked slightly at her arched eyebrow, wonder if she was expecting him to have no clue who she was. Of course he would know her. Purebloods tended to keep track of each other, if only distantly. “If you’d like then, Deauclaire” He responded, before watching her pick up a book. He watched her carefully intending to intervene if she treated the book poorly. If there was one thing he really hated above all else, it was people who mistreated their books. He relaxed a bit when she complimented the choices, and it was obvious she wasn’t going to harm the books. “Thank you. I’ve been reading a lot by that author recently” He replied. 

Books have always been something the young boy loved. Fantasy books and history books the most. As he entered the library, he instantly went to the history part and let his eyes fly over the different book titles. Clearing his throat a little due to him being a little sick, he heard someone. Turning around, he frowned. “I-I ehm n-no” he stuttered.

Noah looked the other boy up and down, not recognizing him, though that didn’t mean much. Noah didn’t recognize a lot of people after all. “You sure about that?” He asked, faintly amused. He recognized the look that had been on the other boys face, he had it every time he got a new pile of books and couldn’t choose one. “I’ve been told I give very good book recommendations, if you want one”

Anneliese couldn’t help but feel irritated. Anytime she would want to sit in a calm corner of the library to read peacefully, she found a couple or some student that thought this place was their dormitory. She felt even more irritated when she realized that the student on the couch was nothing less than Noah Greene. “Noah.”, she said coldly. Unfortunately, their two powerful and wealthy pureblood families knew each other, so she knew his existence. She didn’t really know this guy, and she hoped he didn’t know about her at all. “This library is not your dormitory, and I just need two of the books you have there. You’re not reading right now.”

Noah smirked at Anneliese, never one to turn up the chance to toe the line with other pureblooded children. “Deauclaire. You’ll have to forgive me, I’m not entirely sure of your first name” he lied, knowing full well who she was. His parents made sure he knew every appropriate pureblood in a hundred miles who was within his age range. “Annie, right?” He asked, before shrugging and motioning at the stack. “I’m in your house dearie, I know where our dorms are. Surprisingly enough, I’m using this as a library, as you seem so intent on doing. I just prefer to lie down when I read. Take whatever you’d like, I’ve read most of them anyways.”

“Yeah I want that book you have on your pile. I’m going to take it.” Emma said without any thought. She had spent a good amount of time looking for this book, and there it was. It wouldn’t matter if he still wanted the book, she needed it. Since she was in no mood to put up with anyone at all today, she bend over and picked the book up. 

Noah arched an eyebrow, sitting up easily and reaching out to pluck the aforementioned book from her grasp. “Now I’m not sure how your parents raised you, but mine taught me to have something called manners” He replied, half smirk on his face, concealing how annoyed he was. You didn’t just go up to someone and take their books after all. Unless of course, you were a terrible person who didn’t actually care about books. “Normally, if you were going to try and take something that someone else has, you could at least use the words please and thank you, if nothing else”