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I do not own any characters from Outnumbered. I only own those of my own creation
It had been a couple of weeks since Jake had stood up to Jonah for Ellie and since then Jake hadn't really left her side. She noted that he was good company to have around, his chatter was easy to tune in to and helped her block out the annoying buzz in her head when she was crashing hard, he was in nearly all of her classes and he walked her to all of them, even to the ones they didn't have together. He didn't seem to expect her to respond or add much to the conversation and was always pleasantly surprised when she did throw her opinion into the mix. The relationship worked, Jake didn't pry into Ellie's personal life and she didn't want him to shut up about his. Occasionally she let him in for a second and he'd piece together her life like a jigsaw, with the snippets she gave him. Like, Jake knew that she lived with her Nan, but he didn't know a lot about her parents and she never brought them up in conversation, so he just left it. And he knew that she could barely concentrate on school work because she had a lot of trouble sleeping, so he just took down extra notes and slipped them into her bag. Not that she noticed or anything. But he sort of expected this from her, a troubled background that she wasn't really that willing to speak of. He didn't even consider her to have a drug habit until they were sat in form together (again, another small but noticeable development in their friendship) filling out a personality quiz for PSHE (A/N: PSHE in Britain is sort of like life lessons) and he looked over at her quiz, expecting her to be finished like he was but was shocked to see that she was stuck in the second question. So far all she had written was "Ellie Henrichson" and when the first question asked how she was doing, she simply wrote "Shit Thanks for asking." but that she had been completely stumped when she was asked to list her hobbies.
"You okay?" He asked her softly, so that he didn't disturb the rest of form. She looked at him with her sleepy blue eyes and just blinked at him before whispering back,
"I just don't have any hobbies." She looked down at her quiz, rolling her pen between her fingers lazily.
"You don't do anything for fun?" Jake asked her, causing her to stop and think for a second.
"Does weed count?" She asked with a small smile, piercing through his blue eyes with hers. He just looked at her with his mouth hanging open slightly, moderately gobsmacked.
"You smoke?"
"On occasion. I prefer pills though, or needles." she shrugged casually, looking back down at her quiz. She didn't show it, but she was scared that she had put him off. She liked having him around, and didn't particularly want to go back to being the loner.
"I'm not entirley sure if those are the types of hobbies that they want to hear about." Jake said with a chuckle, shaking off the surprise he had felt before. Ellie giggled back, causing the tall boys smile to grow.
"What have you put down then?" She asked, sliding his sheet towards her and glancing down at it. She snorted as she read through his supposed hobbies.
"What?" Jake asked, feigning innocence. Ellie just looked up at him and smiled.
"I'm just trying to imagine you in cycling shorts and a fluorescent helmet." She said before tryig to hide her smile with her sleeve. Jke was abou to argue back when the teacher called out saying they only had five minutes left. Ellie went back to her quiz, scribbling answers in furiously and hiding them away from Jake. Once she had finshed, she dropped her pen on the desk and leant back in her chair. The dark haired boy looked over at the finished quiz and laughed at her answers.
Hobbies: Imagining Jake Brockman in cycling gear.
How often do you actively do this hobby: I never stop. The thought of his thighs in lycra pants drives me mental.
Would you recommend this hobby to anyone else: No way. My spandex covered fantasies are all for me thank you very much.
"You are not handing this in." Jake stated with a grin. Ellie snatched the paper away before he could even think of taking it and dazzled him with a wolf like grin. Before the dark haired boy could even tell her otherwise, the petite girl was up and making her way to the front desk, placing her quiz on a pile of others. Jake was up straight after her and didn't even acknowledge the look of shock from the teacher as he covered her quiz with his own. Ellie sat back down and grinned at Jake. He sat down with a sigh and stared ahead of him.
"I cannot believe you handed that in." He said to her, causing her grin to grow wider. The bell rang, causing everyone to rise out of their seats. Jake pulled his bag onto his shoulder and followed his dark haired companion out of the room.
"I seriously can't believe that you handed that in." He said incredulously as they walked through the door.
