The sun shined brightly through the white silk curtains hanging above Ellie's bed waking Sean up from his light sleep. He rubbed his eyes and focused on the ceiling while he adjusted to the light. He rolled over and looked at the clock.
"8:00…errr" Sean grunted as he rolled back over noticing Ellie wasn't in bed next to him. He let out a short yawn and sat up, threw the covers off of him and walked out into the living room. Jay was still sleeping, of course, with the remote in one hand and one of his legs hanging off the side of couch.
"Good Morning!" A somewhat perky voice came from the kitchen.
"Hey…" Sean mumbled out and stammered to the kitchen.
"I'm making pancakes and bacon. Nothing too special but it's the best I can do on such short notice." Ellie said dropping some batter into the pan.
"Sounds great. I just figured we'd grab a bowl of cereal."
"Why don't you go wake Jay. I'll be done in just a second." Ellie said getting out a couple plates from the cupboard along with a couple forks and knifes and laying them down beside the finished bacon.
Sean did what he was told and a few minutes later Jay followed behind Sean into the kitchen. "There's some orange juice and milk in the fridge. You guys help yourself to it. Plates and everything you need is right here I'm going to jump in the shower real fast." Ellie announced throwing the last pancake onto the stack she had laying on the counter beside the bacon.
"You're not eating with us?" Sean asked pouring a glass of orange juice.
"I'm not hungry. Must be because of the killer hang over I have."
"Well we need to talk about last night!" Sean yelled to her as she was already halfway down the hall. He got no response.
"Well it looks like she's feeling better." Jay said taking his plate and pilling five pancakes on to it followed by four pieces of bacon.
"Yeah tons…" Sean said making his own plate and sitting at the table. "This is typical Ellie though. You don't know her like I do. She acts like she's fine but when she's alone her mind puts her through hell."
"You want my advice?" Jay offered with his mouth stuffed.
"Can't hurt." Sean replied shrugging his shoulders.
"I know this sounds weird coming from me but I think you should talk to Paige."
Sean furrowed his eyebrows at Jay. "Paige?... You serious?" he said in almost a laugh.
"Yeah…I know. Strange. But hear me out. Paige went through the same thing that Ellie is going through she might have some advice on how to handle all this."
"Not a bad idea. But it being a Saturday how do I find her?"
"Do I have to do everything?" Jay joked then took a gulp of his orange juice and wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. "We can get her number. Just give her a call."
"How can we get her number?" Sean asked taking the last bite of his pancakes.
"Information." Jay answered sarcastically.
"Hey guys. How was breakfast?" Ellie said walking into the kitchen with a white bathrobe wrapped around her and rubbing her wet hair with a towel trying to dry it a little.
Sean couldn't help but to stare in her eyes. He knew that she'd been crying. He could always tell because her eyelids were always puffy and lined with a light pink. He knew if he said anything she would grow uncomfortable and probably shut him out so he left it alone. "Everything was great."
"Yeah. You can cook El." Jay said still stuffing his face till his cheeks looked like a chipmunk's.
Ellie let out a little chuckle at Jay. "I'll be in my room if you guys need me." She said. Sean and Jay gave a little nod as she retreated to her room and closed the door.
"I'm going to go talk to her then give Paige a call. You think you can handle the kitchen for me?" Sean asked rinsing his plate off and putting in the sink. Jay reluctantly nodded and Sean headed for Ellie's room. He knocked softly on the door and entered the room not waiting for a response.
"Sean!" Ellie yelled and she turned slightly covering up her chest. She stood in the middle of her room in her black pleated skirt, fishnet tights, and black lacey bra.
"Sorry!" He turned away but he was still able to see her out of the corner of his eye and he couldn't help but stare at her. She was beyond beautiful to him. Even without the makeup she normally wore. She quickly pulled a tank top over her head and some arm warmers over her cuts.
"Okay I'm done." She announced letting Sean know it was okay for him to turn around. She went over to her dresser and grabbed the eyeliner and lined her eyes thicker than usual. Sean sat on her bed watching her get ready. "What?... You're starring."
Sean's cheeks turned a little red and he turned his head away. "Yeah…I was just thinking you don't need that much makeup. You're gorgeous without it too." He admitted sheepishly. Ellie pursed her lips and continued without a word. "Ellie…we need to talk. About last night."
"There's nothing to talk about. So I was thinking how about we go out to a movie the three of us. It could be fun."
"Ellie" Sean said in a serous tone and throwing Ellie a stern look as she slipped on some boots.
"What! I don't want to talk about it. Get a clue."
"Fine! Look I have something I have to do today and after that we can go to a movie or something." Sean replied giving up in frustration and leaving the room to go make that phone call.
He grabbed the phone and dialed information. "Any luck in there?" Jay asked taking a seat on the other end of the couch. He heard the music coming from Ellie's room and saw the looked on Sean's face giving him his answer as Sean gave Paige's information to the operator.
"Hey this is Sean. I'm calling for Paige."…"Thanks."… … "Hey Paige, this is Sean."… " Yeah I know. I was actually calling to as a favor. Do you think we could meet somewhere. I need some advice and you're the first person I thought of that could possibly help me."… "That's great. I'll see you there."…"Bye"
"So what did she say?" Jay asked flipping through the channels stopping on an infomercial for a dietary supplement.
"We're meeting at twelve at some coffee shop in the mall. She actually was nice to me in her Paigeish sorta way."
"Well I'll probably take Ellie out somewhere when your gone…get her out of the apartment."
"Sounds good." Sean stated getting up to get ready for the day.
A/N: Just wanted to say thank you to all that has reviewed so far…much appreciated! It keeps me motivated to keep writing. So hope you enjoy! I have the rest of the story planned out in my head I just have to get it down on to my computer! But since I already have it planned out it doesn't mean that I don't enjoy hearing opinions and maybe suggestions on how you'd like to see the story go. Okay well that's all I had to say. Thanks again!