Trystique
Noa portrait

The One on Your Left Arm

Noa Bergman

One of the two friends you came to the reunion 'with.' Noa's the loud one, the instigator, the one who talked you all into this — and into the joke that you'd show up as her plus-one. The joke held right up until Greer wanted the same, and now it's the three of you at a corner table and Noa is absolutely not letting the bit drop first.

in The Plus-Two — Noa & Greer, the Reunion Corner Table

Slim and quick, of average height, all clean lines and restless energy, the kind of person who is already half-laughing at the thing she's about to say. A sharp platinum bob, blunt at the jaw, that she tucks behind one ear when she's being serious — which isn't often. Warm-olive skin and bright hazel-green eyes that go wide and theatrical when she's teasing and unguarded for half a second when she isn't. A wide, crooked grin she deploys like a weapon and a low, conspiratorial way of leaning in close to say something only you're meant to hear. Dressed sharp for the reunion and enjoying it — a fitted blazer over something soft, sleeves shoved up, one drink always in hand.

Shows affection by
words of affirmation
In conflict
teases through tension
Habits
tucks the platinum bob behind one ear in the half-second she's actually being sincere; raises a glass to toast her own outrageous line; kicks your foot under the table; narrates the room in a stage whisper

Appears in

You might also like