She was sitting right across from him. She was wearing that green shirt that made her look even more perfect than she already did. She was smiling, and all he wanted to do was embrace her. He had missed her so much, maybe too much. Was it normal that he called her every day and only called his girlfriend a few times a week? Was it wrong for him to wish that Manny wasn't sitting right next to him, and wishing that Ellie were? Like Craig always did though, he pushed the problem away, it was too much to think about.
"So Craig, did you write a lot of good songs on the road?" Spinner asked him curiously.
"Yeah, being on the road does that to you. Especially when you miss people." He said this and looked over at Ellie. He was staring into her eyes and he couldn't turn away. Everyone noticed this, especially Manny.
"Craig." He was unresponsive, "Craig!" HE snapped out of his trance, and Ellie turned away her face turning red. "Can I please talk to you?" He nodded slowly and followed her out side, quickly glancing back at Ellie before stepping out the door.
Marco turned to Ellie, "What is going on with you guys?"
"Nothing!"
"Really, because that's not what is looked like."
"Marco, he just got back home from being gone for 2 months! Plus, there's the little fact that he has a girlfriend! Remember? You know I'm not the type of girl that would do that."
"I know that El, but I'm not saying you guys are like hooking up, but you guys obviously have some unresolved feelings towards one another. I thought you were over him."
Ellie didn't know what to say. Instead, she just looked down at the table, trying to think of something else, but she couldn't stop remembering the way he was looking at her, and how much she felt in just one look with him.
Outside
"What's wrong Manny?"
"What's Wrong! What's wrong is that you call me your girlfriend, but you're not in love with me." Manny's eyes started tearing up and Craig put his hand on her shoulder, but she moved away from it. "No Craig, I want to tell you something." He nodded as they went and sat down on the curb across from The Dot.
" The night of the wedding, when we were getting ready to perform, you kept staring at Ellie..."
"I was staring at you too"
"No, not like you were staring at her. You had this look in your eyes like she was the most beautiful thing you've ever seen. I noticed it that night, but ignored it because you chose me. You wanted to be with me, not her. But the look didn't go away, I would catch you staring at her when I wasn't looking, or you both would be looking at each other that way. And inside you just looked at her the same way."
"Manny, Me and Ellie are just friends. I chose you, OK?"
She looked away, "Yea, but… I'm starting to think that maybe I shouldn't have chosen you." She stood up, and started to walk away.
"Manny! What does this mean?" He stood up and looked at her. HE wanted to be able to look at her the same way he looked at Ellie, he wanted to feel the same way he felt about Ellie when he looked at her or thought about her, because it would be so much easier to feel that way for Manny, but he couldn't.
" It means that we are no longer together, we're over." And with that she was gone.
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