Natalie POV:
Eli finished his phone call with a deep frown on his face.
"What's wrong?" I asked, not really knowing the answer.
"It's Julia; she is….alive, though I don't even know how that's possible." He said.
"Wow, you must be happy." I said looking down at my lap, my voice thick with sarcasm.
"Don't start this now Natalie; I'm not in the mood." He snapped. "I'm just going to go home; I need to think about some things."
With that, he left and so did I.
Eli POV:
So many things were running through my head. Sure I loved Julie, I always will, but knowing that she's actually alive doesn't make me feel any better. And even though Natalie and I have had some rough patches, I wouldn't change our relationship for the world. That's why it's so hard keeping things from her, especially something as big as what I'm going through; but I wanted to save her the grief and pain and not tell her.
Suddenly, my phone started ringing, demanding to be answered.
"Hello?" I answered.
"God, you sound so….different….." The voice on the other end said.
"Who is this?" I asked.
"You don't recognize my voice Eli? I know it's been a year, but come on." The voice said annoyingly.
"Julia?" I hesitated.
"No it's Jack fucking Frost, yes it's me moron." She said.
She was exactly the same, the same weird sense of humor; her remarks may sound mean but they're not meant to be.
"How are you even alive right now?" I said as I started to raise my voice.
"Look, I know I've got a lot of explaining to do….."
"That's for sure," I said cutting her off.
"Just meet me at the Dot tomorrow around noon, and bring your cute little girlfriend and the other two. I want to meet who you've been hanging out with for the past year."
"Have you been checking up on me?" I asked suspiciously.
"Maybe….Look, I have to go, I'll see you tomorrow." She said, hanging up.
Wow, I can't wait to hear the excuse behind her not being dead. I knew it was a risk if I invited Natalie, Clare and Adam; but I decided to anyway. I logged into my IM to see if anyone was on.
AdamsTheMan44: Hey, what was up with you today, you all right?
ClarE39: It has something to do with Julia doesn't it?
EGoldsworthy66: Yea I'm fine, and yes it does. She actually wants to meet you guys.
AdamsTheMan44: That would be cool.
ClarE39: Yeah, when?
EGoldsworthy66: Tomorrow around noon. Hey have you guys talked to Natalie since she left from Clare's?
AdamsTheMan44: Yea, she's actually at my house, I invited her over for dinner, to you know escape her parent drama.
EGoldsworthy66: Well can you tell her to come, beg her if you have to.
AdamsTheMan44: Sure thing.
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Natalie's POV:
It was so nice of Adam to invite me over for dinner, I really needed that. After dinner, Adam and I were sitting on the couch, sitting in silence. But it was one of those moments where nothing needed to be said.
"Hey, um Natalie, how would you feel about meeting Julia?" Adam said shyly.
"I guess it would be interesting and terrifying at the same time, why?"
"Because Eli said she wants to meet you,"
"No, no, no, no, hell no." I said getting up from the couch.
"C'mon why not?" Adam said following me.
"Just because Adam!" I said making my way out the front door.
We stood on the front porch, glaring at each other, daring one another to speak.
"Fine! I'll go." I shrieked.
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(Next Day)
Today was the day that I would get to meet Julia. Yay fucking me. She's been practically lying to Eli for over a year, why did she have to come back now? I mean, hasn't she caused enough pain?
It was 12:45 and I was walking to the Dot with Clare and Adam. My hands were practically shaking. I felt someone grasp my hand. I slowly looked up to see who the delicate hand belonged to. Adam. I saw Clare give our intertwined fingers a quick glare.
"Calm down, Clare, I'm just trying to calm her down." Adam said not once looking away from the sidewalk that stretched in front of us.
We finally reached the Dot. Clare and Adam walked in while I remained frozen just outside of the door. Clare waved her hand at me, encouraging me to come on.
I slowly walked to the table where Eli, Clare, Adam and Julia were sitting.
Julia was actually very pretty. She had long wavy black hair, much like mine. She had light brown eyes that followed me as I sat down.
We were all sitting in silence for the longest time, until someone spoke up.
"I'm Julia, and you must be Adam, Clare and Natalie. Eli wouldn't stop talking about you ever since I got here." She laughed softly.
"Nice to meet you," I said quietly with a weak smile.
"So I'm just going to come right out with it. I know all of you thought that I was dead, but it wasn't me who got hit by that car, I guess it was a mistake in identity; anyway, after Eli and I had the fight I rode my bike home and got there safely. I felt guilty about lying to him, see the whole reason we fought was because I was being super distant. But I was only doing that because my family was moving to the U.S. and I didn't want to tell him. We left the next morning and we didn't hear about how I supposedly got hit by a car until, maybe a month after we moved. I never really worked up the courage to come back, until now." Julia finally finished. "And now I feel super horrible for leaving you when you needed me to be there the most." She added.
"Wait, why?" I asked.
"What, he didn't tell you?" She asked.
"I'm not following." Adam said.
"Julia, don't." Eli pleaded.
"They need to know Elijah." Julia said glaring at him.
A/N: What's Eli hiding, and how will affect everyone around him? Tune in next week to see what happens. Lol.
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