This is set after "It's Tricky." So, I thought it was hilarious that Manny's song was called "Thong Girl Wrong Girl!!" Hahaha. But... this is some Ellie/Manny bonding. :)
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"Thong Girl Wrong Girl??"
Ellie Nash cracked up as Manny Santos stared at a CD case in horror. The two girls sat on Ellie's couch, looking over Craig Manning's debut CD, a CD player sitting on a table in front of them.
"Stop laughing! It's not funny!"
"I'm sorry." Ellie took a deep breath. "At least you're not 'Redheaded for Trouble.' Not cute at all." She rolled her eyes.
"I'd rather him mention my hair color than my UNDERWEAR!" Manny groaned.
Ellie began cracking up again.
"ELLIE! Shut up! God, I wish I hadn't come over here! Then I could be happy not knowing that there was a song about my blue rhinestone thong and me on his freaking CD!"
Ellie fell on the floor laughing.
"STOP LAUGHING!" Manny chucked a piece of paper at Ellie.
"That was effective," Ellie said in between giggles.
Manny sighed. "People are going to listen to this..." she moaned, putting her face in her hands.
"Hey," Ellie said, sitting back down next to Manny. "It's not a big deal. Craig has most likely made out with at least 15 other skanks who are probably think the song is about them, they're proud of it, and they're bragging to their skanky friends that their thong is in a song on Craig Manning's album."
Another sigh. "Probably."
"I'm just glad he remembered me enough to write a song about me." Ellie said quietly. "I was so scared he'd forget... during rehab, when he became famous."
Manny nodded slowly. "I kind of felt the same thing. I thought I was over him, and I thought he was over me. It feels kind of good to know I impacted his life that much." She paused for a minute. "Or rather, my thong did."
"It was a cute thong," Ellie agreed, smiling. Manny folded her arms and rolled her eyes, but she laughed too.
"Do you want to listen to it?" Manny asked.
Ellie took a deep breath. "Okay. But we're listening to my song first!"
Manny glared. "I want to get the Thong Song over with!"
Ellie smirked. "My house, my CD, my CD player, my rules." She popped the CD into the player.
"Wait!" Manny said. "I don't want to anymore. I can't deal with this. There's so much stuff that I'm feeling again..."
"Come on," Ellie said. "It's okay. I'm feeling the same thing, and I thought I was over it." She took a deep breath. "We've got to do it at some point."
Manny nodded. "I know you're right... it's just hard." Manny bit her lip, then swallowed. "Okay," she whispered.
Together, they pressed play.
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What did you think? Ending was kinda lame, but it was sort of symbolizing moving forward?? I don't know. I kind of made that up. Haha. I didn't know how else to end it. :) Review, please!