Ello peeps, it's been a while, I know. But, as I've said before, my schedule has been all screwed up these past couple of weeks. Okay, enough of all the blibber blabber. I now present to you, chapter 3.

o_Ellie_o

Ellie made her way back home. Though it was still quite early, a lot of the town's people were out and busy with work.

The community had grown a lot in the last two years. There were a little over 300 residents living in the settlement. Although there was a large quantity of people, Joel and Ellie preferred to keep their social life very tight. The only people they ever talked to were Tommy. Maria and themselves. And they planned to keep it that way. Ellie tried intermingling with the other teens but they were all so dramatic and immature, especially the boys. And the girls were very snooty.

Joel on the other hand, didn't really care about the whole 'I need friends' thing. He had Ellie,and that's all he needed.

Ellie walked into the house, only to find Joel sitting on the couch, reading. "Mornin' Joel." she said happily.

"Hey, where were you?" Joel asked. Ellie was a little put off by his rigid tone.

"Um, I was at Maria's."

"Well, you could have at least told me."

Ellie sighed. "Okay Joel, I'll remember to tell you next time. Anyway, I'm starving."

"There's some fruit in the kitchen." Before Joel was even finished speaking, Ellie was off to the kitchen. She hadn't realized that she hadn't eaten, given the fact that she was so focused on the dream.

As she ate, thoughts plagued her mind. Now that she had submitted to the fact that it was only a dream, she started to think more on the subject. What would it be like if Joel and I were actually doing "it" ? But he is still way too old for you, Ellie. And does he even have sex anymore? All these thoughts burned a hole in her head, but she couldn't stop contemplating on this subject.

When she was done eating, Ellie decided to join Joel in the living room. Without even realizing it, she started to stare at Joel. She began to notice little things that she had never noticed before, like all the scars he had,and how husky he was. And the more she looked at him, the more she adored him and his physical being. She was getting all hot and bothered just looking at him. Shit.

"...Ellie!" She was quickly brought her out of her deep thinking. Once he got her attention Joel asked. "Are you okay, you've been actin' funny today."

"Yea, I'm fine Joel. No problem here."

"Alright, well if anything's troublin' ya, you can always tell me." Joel flashed her a smile that made her breath hitch.

"Um, okay Joel." Oh if he only knew. "I'm going to go take a shower."

The Next Day

o_Joel_o

All throughout the previous day and into last night, Joel had noticed how weird Ellie had been acting. She was frequently deep in thought, she had barely spoken to him, and during the night he realized that she and moved farther away from him than usual.

They had to share a bed because space was limited within the house, but they never had a problem with it. In fact, they had become accustomed to sleeping together for the last 2 years since they'd arrived back to the settlement. It was like second nature to them.

Joel had no idea what Ellie's deal was. What has gotten in to her?

So what did you think? I decided to leave the end kind of hanging in the air :). I actually have some exciting news for you guys, my robotics competition is this weekend and I am so damn excited! And I have also changed my posting schedule, so instead of it being every Tuesday and Wednesday, it'll be every Friday. Anyway, see ya guys in chapter 4. Love ya! :)