Chapter 1
Ella Bolton ran towards to the gray car with her Nike sports bag. She enters the car with a cheerful greeting by her father, Troy. "Hey dad." Patricia replied back to her father's greeting.
"So how was your basketball practice?" He asked while her daughter was putting her bag at the back of the car.
"It was fine dad, except the fact that the game is two days from tomorrow." She answered with nervousness in her voice, then pulling out her iPhone 6 plus from the pocket of the bag. He chuckled at his daughter's response.
Ella grew up in a loving family except that she doesn't have a mother. Troy never wanted her daughter to know that her mother left her in the Bolton's household and become a successful laboratory scientist. And Ella never wanted to hurt her dad's heart but dying to know who her mother is and the reason why she left them.
As her dad turn off the engine of the car, Ella took her bag and quickly left the car excited what her grandma cooked for her. 'Grammy! "Patricia shouted from the living room putting her shoes as side and putting her bag at the sofa. Her grandmother saw her and greeted with a smile but eventually frown when she saw the bag at the sofa.
"Ella, how many times I told you, does not put the bag at the sofa!" she sternly said.
"Sorry Grammy!" Ella apologized putting her bag at the floor.
She walks to the kitchen with her phone texting her friend, Vanessa.
"Ooo cookies!" Ella exclaimed getting two cookies stuffing it in her mouth.
"So Ella how's your basketball practice?" Grammy asked biting her cookie.
"Tiring obviously Grammy. Oh and dad our coach said that we're going to take the bus to the game place." Ella said informing her dad.
"Oh okay. I'm gonna fetch Grammy at 1 after my work then we'll go to the game place ok? The game is at 2:30 right?" Dad asked and I nod.
"And done!" Ella exclaimed as she close her black binder containing all of her homework. And put her pencil at her denim polka dot daisy pencil case she put the binder back at her Adidas dark floral back pack. She check once again all of her things if she made all of it until she saw a flyer lying at the under most of her bag. She took it and tries to straighten up the flyer since it's crumpled, and read the flyer. "To all lab fans, here's your chance to ask to your favorite lab scientist everything you want to know! Everyone can come! At the lab 1 third floor, 12:30 PM" she roll her eyes and crumple it once again and throw at the trash can beside the door. She took her phone at the table and went to her bed to check all her social media accounts.
After hours of looking at her phone, she heard her name being called. She went out of her room so that she could ask why she was called.
"Dad did you called me?" She asked.
"Ella! You haven't changed your clothes from your practice?!" Her dad said obviously annoyed.
Ella looks below and looks at her outfit. Basketball uniform. "Shoot" she thought.
Troy sighed and said. "Go change Ella. We're gonna eat at a restaurant."
Ella gasp in excitement when she heard the name "Chad" "They're visiting us?!"
Troy nod at his daughter and watch her scream in happiness.
Chad helped Troy in a lot of ways. Like taking care of Ella while he's busy at an auto shop. And of course entertaining her. So Troy owes Chad a lot.
Ella went back to her room and deciding what shall she wear. "Shall I wear this?" Ella said to herself holding a floral cami dress from Forever 21. "Nahh too girly." She said and put back the dress. She decided to wear a denim cutoff s from Forever 21 and a graphic tee from Aeropostale. She took her phone lying at her daybed and left the room. She took the polka dot keds and wore it, then wore her blue hooded utility jacket from forever 21 since it's raining outside. And the Bolton Family went out the house seeing an old friend.