Pt.1
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It was 7.30 am and I woke up on the sofa, wearing the clothes from the night before, and Michael was sprawled out in the armchair. Mom hadn't got up yet luckily. I got up and stumbled out into the kitchen, poured myself some orange juice and sat at the table trying to piece together what went on last night.
Flashbacks played in my mind of talking to friends and laughing, images of dancing and glaring lights became known to me, and Ellen, beautiful Ellen.
I held my head as I tried to remember everything, but it didn't make much sense. Hopefully someone will give me an idea of what went on when we next met, I thought.
Just then I heard a familiar voice from over my shoulder.
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"Ohhh Portiaaaa, my head! What time is it?" Whispered Michael, as he whined in pain whilst he held his arm across his tummy, "I feel crap"
"It's early yet Mike, go back to sleep, moms not up so don't worry"
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Mom hated us coming in drunk, and hated us even more when we were hungover in the mornings. She wasn't angry but she had little sympathy when drink was involved. I poured him a glass of water and took it to him as he went back into the living room and laid on the sofa.
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As I turned to go back into the kitchen i looked down at the arm of the sofa and I noticed the small note inside my jacket pocket. I picked it up and read what it said, trying to recall how it got there. Then it hit me. Ellen gave Jay her phone number and it was for me. For me to call her!
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I started remembering what lead up to the moment I received the note. I remembered Ellen clearly looking at me and, what appeared to be her checking me out. I certainly was checking her out, I mean she's gorgeous. I started getting all giddy and light headed and decided that I had better go upstairs to bed before Mom got ready for work.
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Pt.2
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I woke up again to the sound of my phone ringing. Dina was calling to see how me and Michael were doing, and see if we were as hungover as she was. I said we were ok and that I'd found the note and asked if she remembered what went on last night.
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"Don't you remember, god Portia, it was hilarious"
"What was?" I replied
"You standing there all puppy dog eyes, staring at Ellen and Alex. You were literally dumbstruck."
"We'll I was drunk, but Ellen was looking back at me, wasn't she? I mean she gave me her number, or was that some kind of joke that Jay pulled again" I shrieked, horrified that I had made a mistake.
"Calm down! Yes she gave you her number, haven't got a clue why as she is clearly in a relationship with Alex". Dina said with a concerned tone to her voice. "Maybe you should just send her a text or something instead of calling her, I mean you wouldn't want there to be any tension now would you?"
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I agreed with Dina. I finished the conversation after we talked about when we should meet up again.
I put my phone down and rolled over to the other side of the bed, the cool pillow pressing on my cheek. I couldn't stop picturing Ellen's blue eyes and her sexy smile. I sighed and thought id better see how Mikey is now.
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I went downstairs and he was nowhere in sight, neither was Mom, she must have gone to work. I looked out the living room window and Michael's bike had gone. He must have recovered quickly. I thought I'd better send him a message saying I was ok and went to get my phone.
I started walking up the stairs and thought, I'm gonna text mike and ask him if he had Jays number, as I was curious what the note said. I wanted to see what Ellen and him talked about at the bar.
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I started typing the text when my phone started ringing.
Unknown Number Calling. I wonder who that could be.
I pressed the green button and preceded to answer
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"Hello, who is this?"
"Oh hi, is this Portia..." The voice said, it was a bad line, I could barely hear it.
"Is this Portia? ... It's errrr, Ellen!"
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Oh My God! Ellen is calling me, what do I do? How did she get my number? My brain started thinking all these random things, my heart beating rapidly, my hands starting shaking and sweating, oh my god! I took the phone away from my ear and started clenching my fists and stared down at the phone, doing a little dance, with my mouth wide open! I circled round my room in shock.
She's calling me! She's calling me. Ellen. Is. Calling ME!
Snap out of it!
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Shit... I'd better get back to talking to her else my she will think I'm an idiot!
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"Um Hello? Hello? are you there, Portia!" The voice spoke
"Yes yes Ellen I'm here, I ahhhh I... , it's a bad line" I said trying to catch my breath
"Sorry have I called at a bad time, are you busy or something I can call later on if you want" she said, probably wondering why I sounded so breathless.
"No no, it's fine, I'm fine, how how how are you?" I started stuttering
"I'm good, great actually, look I was wondering if you wanted to meet up and go for a coffee sometime and talk, or maybe not talk, but that would be stupid not to talk, or forget the coffee and just talk, or whatever I'm rambling. But yeah... Coffee?"
"Haha, Uh yes that would be great, the coffee and talking part sounds great."
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I started smiling as I could sense the nervousness in her tone.
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"Great! I'm liking the fact we are saying great a lot, great is good! Um.. When are you free?" Said Ellen
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Without hesitation I said "I'm free today!" Not actually knowing if I was or not.
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"Ok I was hoping you would say that. I'm free right now, but if that's inappropriate I can ah..."
I jumped in saying "I'm free now, I mean, yes we can meet as soon as you like"
"Ok, well let me just make another call and we can meet. Where shall i pick you up from?"
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I didn't really want Ellen picking me up from my Mothers house so I decided on Ellen picking me up down the street at the local park. I told her where it was and we arranged a time. She said she had to go, so said goodbye and ended the call.
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My heart started pounding again. What the Fuck just happened?
I looked at the time, 2 hrs time I would be meeting her and I was still in the clothes she saw me in last night, I had to get ready.
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I threw my phone on the bed and stripped off my clothes, dropping them to the floor and hurriedly made it towards the bathroom to get in the shower
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"OH MY GOOOOOD IM MEEETING ELLEN !" I shouted
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