Cherry: AHA! Finally I have gotten around to making the *counts on fingers* SIXTH chapter! Yaaaaaay!!! Ok, disclaimer time. I OWN NOTHING!!! (so that's why my suitcase is always really light when I go on trips…) yes so to recap, I own nothing, not Twister, not anything, well, except Ellie, she's me. No literally she's modeled after me. So seeing as I own me, I own her. Great. Italics mean thought. Italics with these and these "~" thingies mean flashback. mean flashback. Got it? Good. Ok on with the fic!
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Ellie sat on her bed smiling. She was remembering the things she had done previously in the summer. Now it was late August, and soon she, and the GW boys, not including Quatre, would be going home. Ellie frowned at this. She didn't want to see everybody leave. She loved them all so much. Especially her cousin Quatre. Ellie giggled to herself as she remembered the look on Quatre's face when he asked her about that night in the library with Duo.
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"Ellie?" Ellie looked up to see Quatre standing at the door to her bedroom.
"What?" Ellie asked as Quatre came in and sat down.
"I need to ask you something." Quatre was already starting to look uncomfortable.
"What?"
"You know that night we had the black out, I heard you and Duo…in the library." Quatre was blushing furiously now.
"You did?" Ellie asked trying to hold back her laughter.
"Um, I just want you to know that I think it's ok that you and Duo…um…*cough* you know…" Quatre looked down at his shoes.
"Duo and I did what?" Ellie asked feigning innocence.
"what you…um…did in the library, I heard you, you know what I'm talking about!" Quatre said turning a deep crimson.
"Oh Quatre!" Ellie hugged him laughing. Quatre was confused.
"Uh…Ellie?"
"You thought we had sex?" Ellie laughed.
"Didn't you?" Quatre asked looking into her eyes.
"NO! no, we were playing Twister!" Ellie laughed.
"Ellie, don't joke like that." Quatre said in a serious tone.
"No really! I had found the game earlier on and had kept it in the library for a rainy day! It just so happens that it was raining! So I pulled it out and we played Twister all night. Nothing happened." Ellie explained to her serious cousin.
"Really? So all those noises…were just you and Duo playing Twister?"
"Yup!"
A look of relief crossed Quatre's features.
"Oh, well then, that's ok." He said standing up.
"Geeze Quatre! I'm only 15! I'm surprised at you!" Ellie joked. Quatre smiled and left the room.
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Ellie lay back. "Poor Quatre, he's so funny." Ellie thought to herself. Then she frowned as Duo's face appeared in her thoughts again. He was leaving to go back to the orphanage tomorrow. She was going to miss him so much, why did the summer have to go so fast? Ellie sighed and stood up.
"I think I'll go look for Duo." She said aloud to no one in particular. She left her room and walked down the long hallways to where Duo's room was. Standing in front of the huge oak doors she took a deep breath and knocked.
"Yeah?" Duo's voice came from inside.
"It's me." Ellie replied.
"Come on in!" Duo opened the door and Ellie stepped inside. There was a half-filled suitcase opened on the bed. "I was just in the middle of packing. So what can I do for you?" Duo asked as Ellie sat down on the bed.
"Nothing I guess." Ellie mumbled looking down at her shoes.
"What's wrong?" A look of concern washed over Duo's features.
"It's just, I'm going to miss you so much! You really have to leave so soon?" Ellie tried to hold back her tears.
"Yeah, the nuns need me back. I don't want to go, but it IS my old orphanage. "
"I understand." Ellie returned her eyes to the floor.
"yo-you could come with me if you'd like?" Duo's hand was suddenly on hers.
"Really?" Ellie looked up into his eyes.
"Sure why not? I'd love to have you come live with me there." He said with a wink. Ellie's heart leapt in her chest. But then she realized the truth.
"no, I can't. I'll, I'll just be in the way. " It hurt Ellie to refuse his offer, but she knew that she couldn't go with him right then. She didn't know what her parents would do, or what Quatre would think. Even though she loved Duo so much, she couldn't turn her back on her responsibilities.
"You won't be in the way." Duo replied.
"What about my parents? Or Quatre? What about my friends? What will they think?" Ellie looked up at Duo.
"Oh…"Duo let go of her hand and looked at the ground. "You don't belong there, that's what you're saying. You're part of a rich family and they wouldn't approve if you went and lived at a run down orphanage. Is that it?" Duo's voice was getting an angry tint to it.
"No!…and yes. My parents wouldn't approve, but I don't care what they think! I want to go! I do! But…" Ellie exclaimed taking his hand in hers.
"But…but you can't, or you won't." Duo stood up.
"Duo…"
" No, no, it's ok, I'm perfectly fine. You can go back to your rich manor and please your parents and I'll go back to my poor little orphanage and lets just forget about everything that happened here!" Duo's voice was angry now. "I think you should go."
"But…"
"Just go."
Ellie got up and ran back to her room. The minute she closed her doors she burst out crying. She didn't want it to be like that….but it had to. She couldn't prevent it. She couldn't change anything. The next morning Ellie woke up and watched Duo climb into a cab, through her window. "He didn't even say goodbye…" Silent tears flowed down Ellie's cheeks as the cab sped away.
Immediately, she ran to Quatre's room. He was sitting at his desk drinking tea. Looking up he noticed that Ellie was upset.
"What's wrong Ellie?" He asked standing up.
"Oh Quatre! Duo's gone! He asked me to go with him, and I wanted to go, but I said no because of my parents! Now he thinks that I think he's just poor trash! He didn't even say goodbye!" Quatre hugged Ellie.
"You didn't think your parents would approve?"
"yes! I know they won't! I'll never be happy without Duo! Why did this have to happen?!" Ellie broke down crying in Quatre's arms.
"Ellie, I already approved a long time ago." He said stroking her hair.
"Really?" Ellie looked up at him.
"Yes. Duo's one of my closest friends. Like I said, I trust him with my life, or my little cousin. Look, I know your parents value my opinion, so, I'll talk to them. Maybe I can convince them that Duo is a perfect match for you."
"you would do that for me?" Ellie asked shocked.
"Of course! You're my favorite cousin."
"Oh Quatre! I'm your only cousin!" Ellie hugged him. "So what do we do now?"
"Go pack." Quatre said returning to his desk.
"What?"
"Go pack. You want to be with Duo right?" Ellie nodded. "Well then go pack, and I'll write to your parents." Quatre picked up his pen and began to write a letter to His Aunt and Uncle. Ellie ran back to her room and began to pack.
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