"Come on Jon!" James yelled. "We have to meet them there in five minutes." Jon came out of the bathroom and grabbed his shirt to put on. "Yea James, but it's not even a block away. Calm down. I swear, sometimes you can be so…annoying." "That's why I'm here." James ended the conversation by running out the door, and stepping onto the elevator. Jon finished pulling his shirt on and followed him.

Lucas and Ella were meeting Jon and James at the café. Lucas was sitting on Ella's bed, waiting for her to finish getting ready. "Come on Ells! We're supposed to meet them…" Ella walked out of her bathroom, wearing a knee length yellow strapless dress and a pair of worn out flip flops. Lucas stood up and crossed his arms. "You look like crap." "Well leave it to my friend, to tell me that I look horrible!" Ella grabbed her jean jacket and her purse. "Let's go! Remember, we're going to be late!"

"Hey guys." Lucas pulled out a chair for Ella, and sat down next to James. "Sorry we're late. I had to wait for ever…and this is what she looks like. I must say that I am ashamed. I thought we got you out of that stage in your life." Ella rolled her eyes, and took a sip of her coffee. "Shut up Luke." Jon placed his elbow on Ella's bare shoulder. "She looks great. Ella you look fine." "Well thank you Jon. At least someone knows comfort when they see it."

James kicked Jon from underneath the table. "What?" Jon yelled. James looked at Ella, pointing with his eyes. "Ok." Jon mouthed. "Hey Ella?" Jon hesitated. "Hey Jon?" Ella mimicked his tone. "Do you want to go out tonight?" He asked. Ella put down her coffee and sat back. "I'd love to."

Ella came home and got on the computer to check her emails. Holly was signed on.

EllaBella: Hey

ILikePaint: Hey! (Everyone's here!)

EllaBella: Good, then I can talk to all of you at one time

ILikePaint: Go on…

EllaBella: I have finally realized that the pants will never define me…or any of us for that matter.

ILikePaint: I'm trying to follow you Ella…but could you pls explain to us what you mean?

EllaBella: Yeah…I was praying, the whole summer, that something would happen to me…in the romance dept. And as we all know…aka Lucas…it didn't.

IlikePaint: Hey it's Esi now…we understand what you mean. And pls go into further detail about why you have come to this conclusion…what's his name?

EllaBella: Umm…Jon. But I'll talk to you guys later.

ILikePaint: The name sounds kind of boring…how'd you meet him?

EllaBella: At a club…at the bar. I WILL TELL YOU GUYS LATER! Bye!

Ella shut her computer off. Falling down on her bed, she got underneath the covers and went to sleep. The next thing she knew, Bridget was shaking her awake. "Hey Ella, wake up! There's someone here to see you…his name's Jon. He says that you and he are going out tonight…what's he talking about?" Ella jumped up and ran into her bathroom. "Crap!Crap! Damn!" She scrambled through her make up drawer and started putting on her foundation. "Tell him I'll be out in like five minutes. I fell asleep…I completely forgot!" Bridget watched her daughter frantically moving about the crowded space. "Mom!" Ella yelled. Bridget came back into reality and nodded at her daughter's demand. "Yeah, sorry. I forgot about it."

Jon was sitting across from Eric on the two couches. Eric reached out his hand. "Eric Richman." "Jonathan Foley. Wait! You are Eric Richman? You got that knee injury a few years back…my dad loved yourskills. What have you been up to lately?" Eric laughed. "Yeah…I've had to have many surgeries over the past 'seventeen years'. And right now, I'm the men's coach at Columbia." Eric made sure to stress that he had gotten injured more than a few years back. Jon was in awe. "This is awesome."

Bridget walked into the living room and sat down beside Eric. "Ella said she'd be out in a minute. You'll have to forgive her. She fell asleep when she came home." "No problem." Jon sat back and took in his surroundings. Soon Ella came out and motioned for him to get up. "Bye Mom, Eric." She kissed her mom and patted Eric on his shoulder. "See ya later Eric."

After Ella and Jon had left, Eric turned to Bridget. "Do you think that it's ok to let Ella go out with boys who are older than she is?" Bridget couldn't help but laugh. "Eric…I'm glad that you feel the need to be protective, but I am the wrong person to be talking to." She kissed him on the cheek and got up.

"Here put this on." Jon handed Ella a scarf. She took it and started to put it around her neck. "No!" Jon took it from her hands and started tying it around her eyes, so that she couldn't see. "What are you doing?" Ella had no clue what was going on. Jon led her to his car and held the door open for her. "It's a surprise."

I will most definitely update later….maybe even later tonight. Who knows? I don't. It just depends on how I feel. Love ya'll! Rachel