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Chapter Three

On January 1st, Ellie and her mom said goodbye to Mr. Nash. It was pain staking, really. Ellie absentmindedly clutched onto her rose for dear life as her dad departed.
As soon as she got home she called Sean. Tracker already left and it was just Sean once again.
"Hey. Sean?"
"Yeah Ell?"
"Um...do you think I could come over for a bit? I...don't really feel like being here."
"Sure you can. You're always welcome here."
"Thanks. I'll be there in 15 minutes."
"K. Bye."
"Bye."

Sean brought Ellie in as soon as she arrived.
"Don't get too broken up over it. He'll be home eventually."
"I know. Eventually...but until then my mom's a drunk wreck and it's almost lke I'm living alone with the added responsibilty of getting buckets and filling vodka bottles with water. So long as she's already drunk she won't notice and it'll help sober her up. For a while."
"Yeah but you're a strong girl. You can pull through. And I'll help you whenever you need help."
Ellie smiled at Sean.
"Thanks. I honestly don't know what I'd do without you. Marco's always trying to keep his relationship with Dylan top-notch, despite the fact that he's at University. And Ashley's been pre-occupied with Craig lately. Sometimes I feel like I have no one in the world to talk to. But then I get on the phone with you and I forget all about that."
Sean smirked and kissed Ellie sweetly.
"You know it."
Sean made Ellie comfortable at the table and made 2 milkshakes. He set one down in front of Ellie and pulled a chair right up next to her.
"Want me to come over and help clean up after last night?"
"You don't have to. It shouldn't take very long."
Sean scuffed at that. "Yeah right. Have you seen it yet today?"
The night before, Sean and Ellie had stayed out all night sparking firecrackers, tossing flower bloomers and shooting fountain rockets. Ellie's driveway was a mess and it'd take at least an hour to clean up.
"I have seen it Sean. I spent more time kicking fountains and flowers out of the way than I did walking from my front porch to the foot of the driveway."
Sean snickered. He rubbed at his jeans with his foot; he still felt ashes from the night before. He had tried to impress Ellie by jumping over the fountains while they were shooting--mind you, that's 5 feet in the air--and trashed his jeans to no end.
"Yeah, well, I helped in the process of making the mess. I'm responsible. Plus if I help we'll have more time today to go mess around in the woods. Two feet of snow on the ground, I heard."
Ellie nodded and chewed on her lip. She pushed herself out of the chair and took Sean with her.

Later in the afternoon, Sean was chasing Ellie through the woods, his shoes sinking into the snow with every leap he took. Ellie kept taking glances behind her, but all they did was slow her down. Sean soon caught up and pounced on Ellie, plummeting both her and himself into the snow, rotating a few times before they lay side by side. Ellie was giggling that cute laugh Sean adored, her eyes still gazing into Sean's. Sean extended an arm and pushed a strand of red hair behind Ellie's ear. He dragged her closer to him and kissed her.
Sean pulled Ellie up off the ground and assorted himself sitting in front of her, this action followed by a continuation of his kiss. No one else was in the frozen park to witness, just the way Sean liked it. He continued his kisses for a while before laying back down in the snow, one arm draped around his girlfriend's shoulder.
"You...are so beautiful," he whispered, causing Ellie to blush. Sean smiled and coasted his hand to Ellie's cheek.
"It's getting late." Ellie pointed out, her voice soft like Sean's.
"I know. We have to get home and dry off. I don't want you getting sick."
"I love how you always keep an eye on me, making sure I'm OK."
Sean paused for a moment. "I love everything about you."
Ellie's eye caught a mischevious glint. "Specify."
Sean stared off, thinking deeply. His eyes soon returned to Ellie's, and he followed her command. "I love you, Ell."
Caught of guard, Ellie showed now emotion. Instead, she helped Sean off the ground and stood for a moment, draping her arms around his shoulders.
"I love you too, Sean."

Sean pulled off Ellie's coat and tossed it on the floor, not breaking his kiss. He led Ellie into his bedroom, and layed her on the bed. He layed as close to her as possible, facing downward, his eyes glistening.
"You sure about this?"
Ellie nodded and continued to kiss Sean. Keeping his eyes shut not breaking the kiss, his hand guided itself to Ellie's waist, finger motions included.

Ellie, now tucked away in her own bed, fell asleep with a smile on her face, drifting off into a whole other world of pleasent dreams about Sean.

Searching the area his metal detector beeped over, he sifted ice cold snow through his fingers, and admired the silver-black rose pendant that hung from the chain dangling off his mittened hand.

Just felt like adding a little something to the fanfic. Nothin much.

Ok you want the real truth? This is the cliffhanger of all cliff hangers. This is the beginning of the whole point of the fanfic. BEWARE o.o

Sorry for the short length too. And, totally not for the sole purpose of being an ass, you guys'll have to wait a bit longer for Chapter 4...it isn't quite done yet and I've way too much other crap to deal with lately, added to the fact that I'm having writers block for all my stories...