A/N- Yay 2 reviews! Well just to clear things up… in this story, Ash never left for London. Basically, it ends when season 4 ends, Ash dumps Craig. but she didn't leave. So yeah, its confusing. But I hope you get it..and I think you'll like this chapter- Sorry that it's so short. But the next chapter is really long and a lot of things happen.. so keep reviewing!

Ellie's POV

Everything's really starting to go back the way it was before Sean left. And actually, I'm happier. We've been getting really close lately. We hang out like we used to, and we talk like we used to.

One night I went to his house to help him study for math. It was going great, until we fell asleep.

I felt someone gently shaking me.

"Ellie…Ellie wake up."

"What time is it?" I asked.

"A quarter to 2."

"What!"

"Yeah, get up." he said. I quickly gathered my books and he went to get a hat.

"Ready?" he asked.

"Yeah."

Sean's POV

The weather was really nice outside. I hate winter, but it felt really warm. I hope it snows more, I thought, maybe we'll get a day off from school. It was already snowing, but it wasn't hard enough to cancel school.

I was walking when I felt a snowball hit my back. I looked behind me to see Ellie laughing. I turned around and tickled her playfully.

"Hey! I don't think you want to mess with me." I said.

Yeah, it was 2 am and we were having a snowball fight in the middle of the street. What other girlfriend would do that with you?

Ellie's POV

I tried to be really quiet coming in. It was almost 3am- 5 hours past my curfew. Maybe we had a little too much fun. But when I came in, I didn't wake my mom, because she already was awake.

"Eleanor…"

"Mom, I'm so sor-are you drunk?"

"No..no, I just had a couple…of drinks..I don't know..maybe."

"I'm not staying with you. I trusted you. You went to rehab. Why would you do this again? You told me you quit… I'm leaving."

I went to my room and called someone I knew would understand me no matter what.

"Uh..hello?"

"Ash..I need a favor." I said

"El, it 3 in the morning. What kind of favor could you possibly need?"

"I need to stay with you for a couple of days."

"What's wrong?"

"My mom's drinking again…I'm not staying here."

"Ellie…I'm sorry."

"It's ok."

"Ok, well, uh, I'll pick you up. Be ready, I'll be there in 5 minutes."

"Thanks Ash."

"See ya."

I packed up some of my clothes and other stuff I needed. I walked out of my room to see my drunk mom passed out on the couch. She would wake up soon, then realize what a horrible mistake she's done, drink again because she's so upset. That's why I'm not staying here. The same thing happened when I was 11. She didn't want my dad to leave, so she got drunk. And when she realized that she wasn't a good mother, she got drunk again. I slipped out the door and sat on the front steps of my house. I hate being alone at night, I thought. But a couple of minutes later, Ashley showed up.

"Hey." She said.

"Hi. Ash, thanks so much. Are you sure it's okay with your mom?"

"El, your always welcome at my house. It'll be fun."

We got back to her house and quietly snuck in, hoping not to wake anyone. I unrolled my sleeping bag. There's no way I'm gonna be able to sleep tonight, I thought.

"Well, good night Ellie." She said.

"Good night."