Eli checked his watch, It was 12:15, He sighed. Imogen was supposed to be there 25 minutes ago.
I should've told her to meet me at eleven, Eli thought leaning on the stop sign on the corner of Julia's street. He folded his arms across his chest patiently waiting.
"Eli!"
He turned around to Imogen Running towards him in her usual attire of a printed dress and Dr. Martens.
"Sorry … I'm … Late" She panted leaning onto him sucking in air.
"Imo, did you just run here?" Eli asked holding her, Scared she might pass out.
"Mhmm" She nodded.
"If you didn't have a ride you should've just called me"
"No, it's fine" She shook her head. "I needed a little exercise anyway"
Eli smiled. "Okay"
Imogen's hands flew up to her head "Does my hair look ok?" She asked worried that her run over had done something to her hair.
"It looks fine, Let's go!"He said rolling his eyes as he took Imogen's wrist and began dragging her towards Julia's house. They walked up the front steps and inside the house once Julia's nana let them in. Once upstairs, Eli knocked on the green door in front of them. "Come in!" They heard Julia's voice yell and Imogen squeezed Eli's arm in excitement. She was so excited to meet her after hearing so much about her, I mean she broke up Eli and Clare! Even Imogen couldn't do that. Not that she loved Eli in that way anymore, They were just friends. He turned the door knob, quietly opening the door and slowly revealing a tall thin girl wearing a white dress with brown hair cascading down her back. Julia. She stood in the middle of the room, surrounded by clothing splattered on the floor, Tugging on her dress.
"Julia, what exactly are you doing?" Eli asked amused at the sight in front of him.
"This is the only thing that fits me" She pouted.
Eli chuckled at her cuteness. "Wow" Imogen whispered. Julia looked up and her eye's widened.
"Oh my gosh! Is this who I think it is?" Julia said hopping over her clothes and running over to Imogen.
"Julia meet Imogen, Imogen meet Julia" Eli smiled.
"So you're the famous Imogen Eli's told me about" Julia said squeezing her into a hug "It's so nice to meet you"
"You too, You're just as pretty as I'd imagine. Maybe even more!" Imogen replied returning the hug.
"Shut up! You're prettier!" She said pulling away and smiling.
"So what was that about your clothes not fitting?" Eli asked walking over and plopping onto Julia's bed.
"Oh, well this dress is the only thing that fits me. I guess I was skinnier and much shorter then. My jeans no longer fit and my t- shirts are basically crop tops" She giggled "That and now I have boobs!" Julia said poking at her chest making both Imogen and Eli laugh.
"I'm sure Imogen can help with that, right?" Eli offered.
"Really?" Julia asked.
"Of course! I have lot's of clothes, Maybe we could go shopping together! I know A lot of good thrift shops" Imogen smiled.
"That sounds amazing, I really need to buy clothes" She responded squeezing Imogen into another hug.
"Cool, Are you free tomorrow?" Imogen asked.
"Yes, omg Thank you so much! you're awesome, brb I'm gonna let nana know" Julia said running out of the room. And Imogen smiled as Eli walked over to her.
"Thanks for doing this, It means a lot" He smiled squeezing her shoulder.
"No problem, She seems like a cool girl Goldsworthy. And oh my god is she beautiful!"
"You think so?" He asked.
"Um yeah! She makes me feel like a sack of potatoes!" She said and Eli chuckled.
"So you're going shopping tomorrow?"
Imogen turned to face him. "Wanna come?"
He shook his head. "Are you kidding? That's girl stuff" she scoffed.
"Please, That's what all guys say"
"Because it's true" Imogen rolled her eye's.
"Guys always say that it's girl stuff and that it's boring When we all know they LOVE sitting down and watching us try stuff on. Don't deny it because you know it's true!"
Eli sighed in defeat. "I'll be there at 12"
"Ha!" She smirked.
"Be where?" Julia asked walking into the room.
"Guess who decided to join us tomorrow" Imogen said turning to face Julia.
"No, for reals?" She asked and Eli nodded.
"You're welcome" Imogen smiled and Julia laughed.
"This is going to be fun" She said wrapping her arms around Eli as he kissed her temple. "Nana asked if you could stay for lunch?" Julia smiled.
"Sure!" Imogen replied, and with that they headed downstairs.
"You guy's staying for lunch?" Nana asked.
"We'd love to" Eli answered.
"Wonderful, Lia can you finish making the fruit salad while finish these sandwiches" Julia nodded.
"I'll finish the sandwiches ma'am" Imogen offered.
"Alright sweetheart, but call me nana"
"Okay, Nana" She smiled.
"Come Imogen let's go into the kitchen" Julia said grabbing Imogen's wrist and pulling her into the other room. As soon as they left, Nana pulled Eli towards the couch where she motioned for him to sit. "Elijah, it's so good to see you're still around, How've you been?" She asked taking a seat next to him.
"Great, now that Julia's back. I'm going to be around a lot more, I promise" Nana smiled.
"I can't thank you enough for being there for my Lia, If she hadn't met you I probably wouldn't have her with me today" Eli shook his head.
"I should be thanking you for taking her in and for allowing me to be a part of her life again"
"You're a big part of her life Eli and I just want you to know that I don't agree with the decisions my daughter has made and how she handled the situation. Julia lost a lot of things, And I'm just glad that after all these years she hasn't lost you" She said finally letting a tear escape.
"She'll always have me" Eli smiled.
"Good, Now if you excuse me I need to go wash my face" She laughed "I'm too old for tears"
Eli nodded and walked into the kitchen where Imogen and Julia were. "Is the food ready? I'm starving!" He said hopping onto the counter.
"Almost" Imogen said.
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After they had eaten lunch and helped clean up, it was finally time to go.
"Thank you so much for joining us, It was nice to meet you Imogen" Nana said Squeezing Imogen against her chest and hugging her.
"Thank you for inviting me" She hugged back.
"So I'll see you tomorrow?" Julia asked Eli he pressed her body against his and hugged her tightly.
"Yup, Imogen and I will be here tomorrow at 12" He said pecking her lightly on the lips.
"Okay, I'll be here wearing this!" She giggled.
Imogen hugged Julia and Eli kissed her once more before closing the door and heading out. They made they're way to Eli's car and got in.
"Can I ask you something?" Imogen said as Eli started up the car.
"Sure"
"Why doesn't Julia live with her parents?"
"She can't" Imogen frowned.
"Why not?"
"They don't want her, They just sort of gave up on her" Eli said Stopping at a red light.
"Really? That's horrible"
"Yeah, After Julia's mom married she started a whole new life and just completely wanted nothing to do with her. She didn't like Julia, It was as if she wasn't there. Like she didn't exist in her world"
"Why didn't her mom like her?"
"I don't know, she never told me and I never asked. Nana always took care of her" Eli said waiting for her to say something but getting nothing. He turned to look at Imogen who was wiping away tears.
"Are you crying Imo?" Eli asked.
"No" She said looking away towards the window.
"She's okay now, Don't worry" He smiled stopping the car and putting it on park.
"Why'd you stop?"
"We're here" He chuckled.
"Oh, Well I guess I'll see you tomorrow right?" Imogen unbuckled her seatbelt and pushed open the door.
"11:50, I'll text you when I'm outside"
"Okay" She nodded "Bye"
"Bye, Thanks for everything really" He smiled as Imogen shut the door and waved. He waited until she was inside the house to leave. Tomorrow was going to be something he thought. Shopping with two girls. and with that he drove home where he showered and spent the rest of the day talking to Julia on the phone.
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Hope it didn't suck to bad and wasn't to short.
Sorry I took so long haha it feels like I'm always apologizing but whatever!
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