A/N Welcome one and all to Noah's Blog! Now many of you are probably going 'What the heck…?' But I appreciate you clicking on this anyway! Now, this is not a plot of my own design, oh no! This is what is going on in Noah's head throughout the episodes! Many times we wonder what the hell the characters were thinking, and here it is! The dates correspond to the day the episode aired. Episodes spanning over more than one day depends. There is a sister fic written by my girl Amber that is Luke's Blog. So, without further ado, here's Noah's Blog! D

Disclaimer: I own nothing except what I make up with artistic creativity during gaps and with a few things in Noah's mind. But I don't own the characters, As the World Turns, or even the plot! If I did, do you think Nuke would be on so little and not have decent screen time or sex? Didn't think so.

June 1st, 2007
First day interning at WOAK in Oakdale

First impressions are a very important thing. At least, that's what I was raised to believe. The only thing I want right now though, is the blessing that the first impressions about me won't be held against me. I know they weren't good at all. My first day of work in this new town and I screwed it up right from the beginning.

First off, I was late. Late! If my father ever found out...Especially with what I had to say to leave... Let's not even discuss the fact that I was not just hours late, but days. Days! Anyway, after I finally managed to get out of the hell that was Missouri--which was pretty hard to do. It was as if the state didn't want me to finally get away--it took me a while to actually find the WOAK station in the little town. Not that this town is little in my mind at all. After all the places I've been? I'd be crazy.

Wait, completely off track, back on now. So I went looking for some guy named Luke Snyder. I was told to find him since I'd be interning with him and everything. But instead, I found this girl. I asked where Luke Snyder was and when she turned around, I couldn't believe me eyes.

It was that girl from the clip I'd received on my phone a while back. I started joking around about it, but she didn't seem to catch on, even claiming not to know me. Well, I showed her and it turned out to all be a misunderstanding due to modern technology. I admit, I was having a bit more fun than necessary, but the whole thing was pretty amusing.

Anyway, we introduced ourselves, me apologizing about the complicity of getting out of Missouri, and then I had to go and make some stupid movie reference once again. Luckily, it turned out to be a good thing. Maddie seemed to understand old movies! And she actually liked them! She even knows about Sullavan! I could hardly believe it was happening. Looking back on today, I'm fully aware that I was flirting just a bit. Oddly...it was almost...hard to flirt instead of just being friendly. But whatever, it was my first day and I'd already made a fool of myself, which could explain my lack of subtlety very well.

We continued to movie talk, acting like old friends, which was strange for me yet nice. She asked about my parents...which isn't the greatest subject for me. I just stuck with telling her that I was an Army brat. Luckily, the subject moved on quickly, focusing more on Oakdale and my aspires to become a director. A voice approached, obviously talking to Maddie since I was the new one. First impressions once again...the blonde walked in, holding a huge stack of papers, and wondering 'what idiot turns off his cell phone on the first day of work'. I immediately tried to appear like I wasn't completely lax, because I'm not, and tried to shake his hand while introducing himself. 'Tried' because he then proceeded to shove the papers to me, without an intro himself, then went on reminding me just how late I was in an annoyed tone. Can't say I blamed him though. Especially since I WAS late and had no clue what to do. I asked, but that didn't make it better. Luckily Maddie came to my defense and I discovered that this was the Luke Snyder I'd been sent to find. Thank God I'd found Maddie first.

So I just looked down at the papers while Luke and Maddie had a little argument. I honestly hoped that wasn't the work environment that I got into. But something bothered me a bit when Maddie talked about showing me around the studio. I don't know what, and maybe that isn't what bothered me. I mean, I'd just been chewed out by Luke after all. But I'm used to orders and such. Anyway, I just thought about how in the movies, showing someone around meant more than just taking a tour. Then again, that shouldn't bother me at all, so I guess it was just the feeling that Luke was not going to like me much already just because I was late.

Apparently, Luke isn't a jerk, according to Maddie. That caused me to chuckle a bit to myself. I couldn't help it! Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Luke had his arms crossed and seemed completely, I don't know, shocked or something that Maddie liked me enough to defend me. I noticed a small smile on his face at the mention of being a jerk, and he honestly seemed to not like the idea, but I didn't dwell on that too much, seeing as I had a tour--that was just a tour--to go on.

After the tour of the basics, I asked Maddie who was supposed to get the clip and why he couldn't be there with her at the time. It doesn't make any sense why she had to send a clip so I wanted to know. Maddie didn't seem very comfortable with the subject, but I don't know anything because Luke chose that moment to barge in and stand right behind me, holding even more papers! I swear that guy is a paper magnet. He did seem a little more at ease though. He wasn't all on my case, though he still seems to like shoving papers at me. Lighter tone and everything, almost like he was joking around with friends about them being lazy. Interesting flip side. I left to go to the filing room, Luke coming after me to show me 'the joys of filing'. What a joke!

All in all, I have learned several things today:

First impressions aren't always the best or the most accurate
Someone actually likes old movies besides me
Maddie has a secret about her boyfriend that she is obviously uncomfortable about
And Luke...well I just hope Luke is more like he was later on and not how I first met him

Nothing else interesting happened that day. I left work, came to where I'm staying, and just started writing. It's a lot, but I want to remember every second of my first day working toward my career. My first day of freedom!

A/N So what'd ya think? Well, you know what to do! Rate and Review everyone! Keep the little person in my brain running!