Hi everyone I'm really sorry I haven't updated this story and it's even summer but I go out of town a lot and can't write from where I'm at so unfortunately that's why the lack of updates. Thank you for the reviews I got more then the first chapter, and after putting up chapter two chapter one got more reviews so I hope I keep getting more, I really enjoy reading them and it's why I write: for you. So please review. Ok hope you like this one a little of everyone read and enjoy…
Previously
"What's wrong mom?" She asked her starting to get worried.
"It's about your father Ellie."
"What happened?" Ellie asked her mom feeling her stomach start to tighten.
"It's not good."
"Mom…" Ellie said barely audible as she took a seat next to her mother.
"He's been hurt, very badly; they're transporting him to a hospital here so that we can be with him…"
"Mom, what if it's dangerous to his health to move him like that?" Ellie asked her.
Ellie's mom looked at her daughter, than took in a deep breath "Ellie, they think that we should see him."
"Why would they think that?" Ellie asked her mom and then it dawned on her that they thought he was dying.
"Ellie..."
"Never mind, when does he get here?" Ellie asked her mom.
"They'll call in should be within the hour." Her mom said "I'm sorry."
"I need to go outside for a second, um just… I'll be back in a minute." Ellie said her breathing very hard; it was hitting her more and more by the second that her father could die.
She walked outside to see Sean sitting on the steps. "Ready finally?" he asked her
jokingly as he stood up.
"Sean, I can't go." Ellie said softly.
"Is everything ok?" He asked taking a step towards her.
"My dad was hurt really badly, and they're flying him here right now to a hospital so that we can be with him because they think he's not… um he's not going to make it." She said feeling the tears building up but she didn't want to cry in front of Sean.
"Ellie… I'm sorry, what can I do?" He asked her.
"Sean he can't die. That will ruin everything, the progress my mom's made and that I've made. I can't just live without knowing he's out there somewhere for me." Ellie said.
"Ell…" Sean acted on impulse and stepped closer to her and wrapped his arms around her. Ellie couldn't hold it in anymore; she let the tears start to pour out of her eyes. Sean slowly stroked her hair.
"Ellie, he's not going to die, everything's going to be fine." Sean said softly into her ear.
Ellie clung to Sean. She felt as safe as she could feel, for the current situation, in his arms.
"I don't know what I'm going to do without him." Ellie said.
"I know uh…" Sean didn't really know what to say "it's ok."
Ellie stayed in his arms for a few more moments and then pulled herself away.
"I should go back inside and wait until they call to say my dad's here." Ellie said.
"Ok, um do you want me to come?" Sean asked her shifting his weight nervously.
"I just don't think that would be a good idea with my mom in there." Ellie said.
"Yeah I know your right, I'll go. But Ellie um can I come visit you at the hospital?" he asked her.
"Yeah sure." She said wiping the tears away from her face.
"Ok if there's anything you need just call." Sean said and with that he turned to walk away.
The next day at school Jimmy, Craig and Paige were sitting at a table together for lunch.
"Hey where's Ellie today, I haven't seen her?" Craig asked the table.
"You didn't hear?" Paige asked him.
"No…" Craig said confused.
"Wait me neither what happened." Jimmy said jumping off the top of the table where he had been sitting to sit in the bench part.
"Her dad's in the hospital and she's been there like all night, I stopped by this morning before school." Paige said.
"What happened is he going to be ok?" Jimmy asked her.
"All I know is that the injury or injuries were really bad and the only reason they flew him all the way to a hospital here was so that Ellie and her mom would get to see him before he… well you know." Paige said focusing on the unwrapping her sandwich.
"Oh my god, well does she want visitors?" Craig asked Paige.
"I'm sure she welcomes them, I don't think she likes to be alone with her mom for that long." Paige said.
Craig and Jimmy were both silent for a second thinking about how they should go visit her after school.
"We should all go see her after school." Craig offered.
"You two can, I have to work on a project with Spinner. Um this sandwich is really gross and I've totally lost my appetite. I'm gonna go find Hazel, bye guys." Paige said getting up and throwing her sandwich away.
"Bye." Craig and Jimmy said together. There was a sort of awkward silence. Without Paige being there as a sort of middle man things got a little tense.
"Well, do you still want to go?" Craig asked Jimmy.
"I sort of promised my dad I'd be home after school but I might stop by later." Jimmy said.
"Oh alright, whatever." Craig said shrugging "I have to get to class early, didn't do homework last night." Craig said taking the excuse to leave as quickly as possible.
Ellie sat in the hospital staring at the wall in front of her. She had her knees pulled up to her chest and decided to rest her head on them. It had been a long day of mostly sitting and waiting to hear more bad news from the doctors. She had only gotten to see her father once and the sight was not very good. Her mom was in and out of different places in the hospital; mostly she didn't want to face her daughter.
"Hey Ellie." She heard a voice whisper at her from around the corner. She lifted up her head to see Sean.
"Sean, hi." She said looking at him quizzically "what are you doing, hiding?" She asked him
"Just making sure your mom wasn't around; I don't want to cause any drama." Sean said.
"Yeah it's fine." Ellie said, not really caring either way. She would take any friend she could get.
Sean stepped out from the wall he was hiding behind and sat down next to Ellie.
"So how are you?" he asked her placing a hand on her shoulder.
"As good as I can be I guess." Ellie said trying to put on a bit of a smile.
"Any news on your dad?" Sean asked her.
"Mostly just that he's the same which isn't good because if he was going to start getting better he should've started by now they say." Ellie said.
She looked down at her hands which were gripping the arm rests of the chair. Whenever she talked or thought about the condition her father was in it caused her to get tense.
"You sure your doing ok Ellie?" he asked her moving his hand off of her shoulder and placing it on her hand softly.
Ellie looked over at him sharply but then her face softened.
"I'm just glad to have someone here for me." She said.
"No problem." Sean said rubbing her hand a little. For some reason Sean really had a calming effect on Ellie. She didn't know what it was but she liked it.
Sean also liked the fact that he could be there for ellie, and that she wasn't too mad at him to let him do it. He'd missed this girl like crazy and she was really the only reason he came back, other then the fact that he hated being with his parents 24/7.
Ellie's mom came walking down the hallway looking at some papers.
"Ellie I was about to go grab something to eat…" She stopped in the middle of her sentence as she looked up "Sean Cameron." She said coldly.
"Mrs. Nash I'm really sorry." Sean said getting up but Ellie took his arm and pulled him back.
"It's not your fault Sean; I said he could come mom." Ellie said.
"I don't care what you said, I say he can't stay. Now please leave Sean." She said.
Sean leaned down to Ellie "I'll call you later." He whispered before leaving quickly.
"Sean wait…" She said but he had already bolted away.
Ellie looked over at her mom who was staring towards the opposite direction with her arms folded over.
"Mom…" and with that Mrs. Nash turned on her daughter.
"Ellie what were you thinking letting Sean come here?" Her mom yelled at her walking over to her quickly.
"Mom he came back in town and he wants to be friends again." Ellie said trying to make this as least dramatic as possible.
"Ellie that boy broke your heart once and I don't intend on letting him do it again." She said.
"Like you really care about my heart being broken mother." Ellie said. She hadn't really meant for that to slip out as… bitchy… as it did.
Her mother looked flabbergasted for a moment "ellie of course I care." She said sitting down next to her daughter.
"Never mind mom the point is that I care about Sean and I'm going to stay friends with him whether you like it or not." Ellie said.
"Alright fine." Her mom said standing up "but don't say I didn't warn you." She started to walk away but then stopped and turned back around "and ellie, for the sake of your father don't bring him here again. I thought that with your father dying you wouldn't be so selfish but I guess I was wrong." She said and finally left her daughter alone in the hallway.
Ellie's breathing quickened again as she tried to fight back tears.
"Ellie?" Craig said stepping into the hallway.
"Craig, I'm so glad you're here." Ellie said standing up and walking over to him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned into his body.
"Oh um, I'm glad to be here." He said a little taken aback that Ellie had practically just jumped him.
"I've had such a bad day." She said still trying to fight back her tears although at this point they were starting to fall down her face. She pulled away from resting her head on Craig's shoulder but he still held her waist.
"Are you crying?" He asked her. He felt dumb after he asked her though because it was obvious that she was.
"Yeah it's embarrassing." She said slipping away from him and walking over to the opposite wall.
"Ellie it's anything but that, you have every…right… to be crying right now." Craig said walking over to her.
She let out a big sigh "well thanks but I don't want to dump my problems on you." She said.
"I dump mine on you all the time, and besides I don't care either way. I'm here for you whenever you need me." Craig said placing a hand on her shoulder.
Ellie looked over at him "thanks." She said with a faint smile.
"Come here you." Craig said wrapping his arms around Ellie as he pulled her into another hug which she welcomed.
One of the nurses walked by Craig and Ellie. "My goodness Miss Nash that's the second boy I've seen you with today, quite the popular one I see." She said smiling at the two of them before walking into the room where Ellie's father was in.
"What is she talking about?" Craig asked Ellie pulling away from her with a bit of a sly smile.
"Oh well if you really want to know Sean was just here awhile ago." Ellie said walking over to the chair that she had claimed 'her's' for the day.
"Oh, um that's cool." Craig said sitting next to her. He wasn't quite sure how to describe what he thought of Sean coming.
"Not really, my mom saw him and had a mini heart attack." Ellie said.
"Wow she really doesn't like him does she?" Craig asked Ellie.
"No she hates him. And then she went off on me for ever letting him come here and told me that I was selfish and basically that I didn't care that my dad is dy… well that he is in the situation that he's in." Ellie said not being able to come to say that he was dying.
"Ellie you really have had a bad day." Craig said, never having thought that there was other drama going on besides that of her father's.
"Yeah." She said looking down.
"Look if there's anything I can do to help please just tell me." Craig said just as the nurse walked back out.
"Any change?" Ellie asked her looking up with wide and hopeful eyes.
"I'm sorry." She said smiling sweetly before leaving.
"I don't need anything, unless you can make my father better." Ellie said to Craig.
Craig didn't know what to say to that. "Sorry Ellie." Was all that he could come up with.
"Did I just miss the nurse?" Ellie's mother asked barging into the hallway.
"Yeah, no change mom." Ellie said.
Ellie's mom sighed "damn it." She said before storming off again, not even taking notice of Craig.
Craig was starting to feel a little awkward.
"Guess my family's not picture perfect." Ellie said mainly to herself.
"Join the club." Craig said.
"Sorry for being so dramatic." Ellie said.
"Don't worry about it." Craig said putting his arm around her shoulders.
Jimmy walked in carrying a bouquet of flowers.
"Uh sorry for interrupting." He said quietly.
"Oh no Jimmy that's ok." Ellie said standing up "you brought flowers?" She asked him leaving a sad Craig behind.
"For the family." Jimmy said.
"Oh my god that is so sweet, thank you." She said leaning up and hugging him.
"Your welcome." He said setting the flowers down on a nearby table and hugging her back.
"Hey um I have to get home to help with dinner" Craig said. As much as he didn't want to leave Ellie he knew it would be really awkward if he stayed with her and Jimmy.
"Are you sure, we could all grab something to eat and bring it back here." Ellie said.
"I told Joey I'd be there for dinner tonight, sorry. See you guys later." Craig said leaving as quickly as he could.
"Ok then." Ellie said watching him go. "Do you have to be anywhere for dinner?" She asked him.
"Nope, I can hang for as long as you want. Well I mean within reason." He said.
"Yeah I gotcha Jimmy." Ellie said "um well I'm really hungry so let me find my mom and grab some money." Ellie said.
"Ellie that's alright I can pay for you." Jimmy said.
"Jimmy you already bought flowers, I can't let you buy me dinner too." She said starting to walk away.
"Ellie please I insist." Jimmy said grabbing her arm so that she wouldn't leave.
Ellie tried to stare him down but it didn't work. "Alright fine, but I have to tell my mom we're going anyway."
"Going where?" her mother asked her appearing behind her and Jimmy.
"God mom you scared me." Ellie said turning around "um we were just going to get something to eat and bring it back here."
"I hardly think that seems like a good idea, I don't even know this boy." Her mom said.
"Jimmy Brooks" he said holding out his hand and Ellie's mom took it somewhat slowly.
"Ashley's Jimmy?" She asked him.
"Yes mom this would be him." Ellie said.
"I've heard a lot about you." She said.
"My god mom, please I'm sure Jimmy doesn't care." Ellie said actually blushing.
"I hope good things." Jimmy said smiling at Ellie.
"Ellie usually doesn't talk about people she doesn't like, well you two have fun. I'm going to go down to the cafeteria." She said leaving the two of them alone.
"Sorry about her." Ellie said.
"Honestly Ellie, don't worry about it." Jimmy said "you ready?" He asked her holding out his hand.
She smiled at him "such a gentleman." She said placing her hand in his "let's go"
"Spinner this is the ugliest color poster I've ever seen." Paige said holding up a sort of puke colored poster that was supposed to be for their project. The two of them were at her house working on their history project.
"It's about war Paige I wasn't going to get us a pink one." Spinner said.
"What about plain old white?" Paige asked him.
"Remind me who the person was asking me to get an interestingly colored poster for our project? I'm sorry I don't remember, who was that again?" he asked her.
"Shut up Spinner." She said hitting him playfully "ok so fine I asked you for that but by interesting I didn't mean the color that a five year old throws up after his birthday dinner."
"Well I like it." He said.
"Don't make me hit you again." Paige said.
"Just try." He said challenging her.
"Fine." She said reaching her arm out to hit him but he grabbed it and pulled her closer to him.
"That's an illegal move." She said smiling.
"Sorry I must have not learned the rules of hitting." He said sarcastically as he started to tickle her. Paige was laughing uncontrollably.
"Oh my god… spin stop I'm serious."
"Or what you'll try and hit me again?" He asked her tickling her harder slowly moving her down so that he was on top of her on the couch.
"Spin your ruining the poster, I'm on top of it." She said trying to push his hands away.
Spinner had his arms on both sides of her and their faces were just inches apart. He stopped tickling her "it was ugly anyways." He said.
Paige nodded up at him. Spinner slowly moved his head towards her and their lips were just about to meet when the doorbell rang.
"I should get it." Paige said softly.
"Yeah." Spinner said sitting up as Paige went to the door.
Paige smoothed her hair out and opened the door "Craig, uh hi." Paige said a little confused as to why he was there.
"Sorry I didn't call I was just wondering if you could give me a little advice." He said.
"Sure come in." Paige said closing the door after Craig came in.
"Oh hey spinner." Craig said "sorry I can come back another time it's not that important."
"I don't mind." Spinner said, even though he was a little pissed that the almost kiss with Paige was doomed by the bell that Craig rang.
"So what's up?" Paige asked him.
"You know I like Ellie right?" Craig asked her glancing at Spinner's reaction although he didn't really care if Spinner knew.
"Yeah." Paige said.
"Well I was visiting her today and Jimmy walked in on another one of our, I guess moments and ruined it." Craig said.
"Where does the advice come into all of this?" Paige asked him.
"Should I just give up on Ellie? I mean she can either have this guy who she has history with or Jimmy who brings flowers when I just show up unexpected." Craig said.
"Hey man, jimmy has lots of money. That's no reason for Ellie to pick him over you." Spinner said joining in on the conversation.
"Yeah and I don't think Ellie cares about gifts, you know?" Paige asked him.
"I guess but I feel like every time I get close something ruins it." Craig said.
"Have you told her how you feel yet?" Paige asked him.
"I was planning on it but then the whole thing with her dad happened and now it's just not the right time." Craig said.
"That's still my only valuable advice to you. It might help her make a decision." Paige said "anyways I hate to be a bitch but spinner and I really need to work on our project it's due next Monday and we haven't started yet." Paige said.
"Oh no problem I need to get going anyway, thanks for your help guys, and both of you I'd appreciate it if it didn't get out that I liked Ellie." Craig said.
"My lips are sealed." Paige said.
"Same here." Spinner said.
"Ok have fun." Craig said a little sarcastically as he left Paige's house.
"Where were we?" Spinner asked her scooting next to her flirtatiously as he placed his hand on her leg.
"Spinner we should probably just work on the project." Paige said moving away from him.
"Oh um ok." He said looking around for their poster. "Paige you're sitting on the poster." He said.
"Oh." She said getting up and picking up the bent poster.
"Guess we'll have to get a new one." She said smiling.
"Uh huh sure." Spinner said shaking his head at her but still smiling.
I put spinner/Paige in because I like them but if you don't tell me and I'll try to focus more on other's. But please review anyways I don't know what couple I want yet I like all of them and sellie/crellie especially but jimmy's sweet too so help me out. It will probably stay undecided for a couple more chapters and nothing's permanent… ok bye