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A/N: Hi, I wish good health to everyone. Here another chapter of lolita hopes you like it. Again thank all the people that left a comment in the story and I'm sorry for any grammar mistakes in there. Also, don't forget to leave a comment on this one too.

Chapter 13: Snow day

( Next Day )

Ellie was at the kitchen table playing with her food, while her mind was in another place. She has been reviewing Joel's kiss again and again in her mind... and every time she thinks about how good it makes her feel, her heart starts to beat faster. It was her first kiss, her real first kiss since she never kissed a boy before and the first one she gives to Joel, he doesn't even return it. But this time was different, it was him the one that Kisses her and she loves it. She doesn't even remember how long it was, but it makes her feel good. She was glad that no one was there, because Joel takes a good risk by kissing her there.

After the kiss, they go back to the camp base and return the horses. They don't talk much on the way back, but Ellie's heart was like it wanted to explode. Joel brings her back to her house and says goodbye to her. It was almost dark by then and her aunt hadn't returned home yet, so she went to the bathroom and took a hot shower, then went to her room.

Her aunt checks on her as soon she gets to the house and asks her if she has a good day. Ellie just smiles at her and tells her that she has the best one. She told her about how Joel teaching her to ride a horse, but of course, she doesn't tell her about the kiss. After that, she falls asleep, and that time she won't have any bad dreams.

"Ellie!... did you hear what I said?" Asked Marlene, while looking at her.

"Hmmm?" Ellie blinked her eyes and looked at her aunt. "Sorry… my mind was elsewhere."

"Yeah, I can see that. You've been playing with your food for the last 20 minutes." She said with a worried tone.

Ellie lowers her head and looks at the food. "Sorry… I guess I'm not that hungry," she said while putting the fork on the plate.

Marlene starts to get some concern. "Are you feeling alright? Did you take your pills?"

Ellie gives her a frustrated look. She was tired of taking those pills. It makes her feel bad sometimes. "Yes… I did," she said with a harsh tone. "I don't want to take them anymore, I feel fine since Joel is back."

"Well, I glad that you feel fine… now. But the doctor said that you still need to take them. So for now you need to continue."

Ellie looks at her plate, half of the food still there. "Can you take me to Joel's house before you go to work?"

Marlene stands up and picks up her plate. "I'm already late and you need to finish your breakfast." She walks to the kitchen and put the plate on the sink. She looked at Ellie and saw her sad face. She noticed that Ellie was starting to talk to her again and that her being with Joel made her feel better. "I tell you what… if you finish your food and clean up a little, I will call Joel and ask him if he can pick you up later… is that okay?"

Ellie up her head and smiles. "Sure… thanks," Ellie stood up and walked toward her aunt and hugged her. "Thank you… I know that this is hard for you. I mean, let me be with Joel and all that, but it means a lot to me. Thanks for letting me spend some time with him… He really makes me feel better…"

Marlene hugs her back and kisses the top of her head. "I know… that he does, but that does not mean that he is the only one that cares for you. I know that I'd not been the mother you need in the past, but I will do my best to change that… okay?"

Ellie hugs her tight. "I know that I've been a pain in the ass sometimes… and I'm so sorry for yelling at before and all those things I said… I just was-" Ellie starting to cry.

Marlen starts to pass her hand on her back. "Shhh... It's okay Ellie, I'm glad that we start talking again and if you need anything, just let me know okay?" Marlen lowers her head and kisses the top of her head. "Now, go and finish your food and I call Joel to pick you up in a few hours… okay?"

Ellie let go of her and looked at her face. "Okay… thanks," Ellie turns around and goes back to the table, and finishes her food. Marlene looks at her and smiles. She can't believe that Ellie was talking to her more. She knows that Joel has something to do with that. She was happy that Ellie was starting to feel better. She just hopes that she has enough time to set things right with her. Joel insists that she needs to tell Ellie about her condition. But since Ellie was starting to feel better, she doesn't want her to start to feel bad again. So she decides not to tell her yet and tells Joel to not tell her either, at least not until her time gets close. She wants to see Ellie as happy as she can before her sickness gets the better of her.

(A few hours later )

Ellie was staring at Joel since they got out of her house. She wanted to kiss him again as soon he showed up on her door to pick her up. But it seemed that Joel didn't want to talk about that and that was making her a little sad. "So what are we going to do today?" Ellie asks Joel from the passenger seat.

"I don't know… I have a job to finish today, but the weather said that it is going to snow today. So I don't think that I can do that today."

Ellie looks at the front, trying not to be so obvious. "Well, you can take the day off and we can do something else… I don't know… what you think?" Ellie doesn't even care what they do, she is just happy to spend the time with him.

"Is not much we can do if it is going to snow," said Joel soon as they were getting closer to his house.

"We can stay in the house and watch a few movies or play games like before…" Yeah, we also can sit on the couch and kiss all day, yeah I really would like that one. Ellie let her imagination feel her mind. They don't talk yet about what happened yesterday, so maybe this was a good time to talk about it. She doesn't like to push things, but she really wants to kiss him again.

After Joel parks the truck on the back of the house, they go in and take their coats and gloves off and walk into the living room. The house was warm since Joel put the fire on before he went to Ellie's house to pick her up.

"So you want to see a movie now?" Joel asked, not knowing what to say or do.

Ellie moves close to the fireplace and starts to look at the pictures that Joel still has there. "Can we just talk… I mean we're no talked much since yesterday," she said with a lower voice.

Joel looks at her while walking toward the couch. "Sure… what you wanted to talk about?"

'I wanted to ask you so many things… but right now… I just want to talk about yesterday." she said without looking at him. She does not want him to see how red her face is right now.

Joel sees this coming a mile away. Of course, she wants to talk about the kiss he just gave her yesterday. He was hoping to not be able to talk about that so soon, but he knows that it was inevitable. So he sat on the couch and put his hand together.

He doesn't know why he feels so nervous about this, but it was obvious that it was because he kisses a 16-year-old girl. "Okay… Do you want to talk about the job offer? Because I already told that man, no." he tried to see if she wanted to talk about that first.

"No!... I want to talk about the kiss you gave me yesterday at the lake." She turned around and looked at him. "We didn't talk much after that and I just…" her face started to turn red again. "I wanted to tell you that that was… my first kiss and I… really like it." she put her hand on her face, then turned around feeling a little embarrassed.

Joel looks at her and confirms his suspicions about that. Now he doesn't know what to say to her. He has been the one that gives Ellie, her first real kiss. "I see…" Joe stands up and walks close to her. "I was hoping that you have that experience with someone your own age." he slowly put one hand on her shoulder. "I know that the first kiss is a very important thing for a girl… and be the one that gives you that experience… it makes me feel…"

Ellie turns around and looks at him. "Please don't tell me that you make a mistake or that you feel bad about it… because that kiss was the best thing that happens to me in years. No, no, it was the best thing that happened to me in all my life. " she lowers her head and looks at the floor. "I know that the first one I give you, fuck thing up between us, and that makes me feel bad to myself. I have never kissed a boy before so I didn't know what to expect about that. But when you don't return the kiss it makes me feel rejected, just like everyone did to me before."

"Ellie!... I-"

Ellie raises her head and looks at his face. "Yeah… I know that you want to do the right thing back then. Because I'm just 16 and you think that all that is wrong. I don't know how to explain my feelings, but I fall in love with you. It is not a crush, it is not a phase, it is just real," Ellie starts to get nervous. She never expressed those kinds of feelings before. "And you want to know how I know that? Because when you kissed me yesterday, I felt it on my entire soul. My heart was beating so fast that I thought it was going to jump out of my chest. At first, I thought it was a dream, but when you took me back home I knew it was real."

Joel moves one hand and passes it on her face, and wipes the tears that were coming down. "I don't know what to say, or what is going to happen in the future. Maybe I will end up in jail or in hell if I really exit one. But what I feel for you is real and I can tell you that all this is real." Joel leaned down and kissed her for a second time. Ellie closes her eyes and kisses him back. After a minute, they move apart and look at each other in the eyes. Both sounds from outside make the look at the window.

"Is it snowing!" say both at the same time.

Ellie moves quickly toward the door. She grabs her coat, gloves, and hat and opens the door. "C'mon… is snowing." Joel smiled at her and shook his head. Ellie smiles back at him and walks out of the house. Joel walks toward the door and grabs his things and walks out too.

Soon Joel gets to the porch, he sees Ellie moving in circles with her arm extending to the side. "I just kiss you… and you want to play in the snow?

Ellie stops and looks at him. "Yes, you kiss me… again, and I love it." She started to move again in circles. "I'm so happy right now, that I don't want to stop dancing in the snow."

Joel looks at her and smiles. He doesn't know how sometimes she acts like an adult woman and other times just like her age. But if that makes her happy, he feels happy for her. So he just put his hat on and walked toward her. "Is going to get very cold soon."

"Ohhh… is going to get colder sooner that you think." Ellie bent down and grabbed some snow in her hand.

Joel stops walking and looks at her. "What are you doing?"

"Enjoy the snow." Ellie forms a few snowballs and stands up. "You want to know how good I'm on this?"

"Ellie!... don't… don't start anything you can't finish…" says Joel while moving back a little.

"Ohhh… don't worry about it… I always fish what I started." Ellie let out the comment to let Joel know what she means. She not only was talking about the incoming snowball fight but also about them. "I never going to give up… no matter what.'' Then she threw the snowball at Joel and hit him in the chest.

"Okay… I just hope you do not regret all this later." he goes down and starts to form a few snowballs himself. Ellie throws at him the other two she has and goes down to make more.

"I'm never going to give up… on this." She evades the first one Joel throws at her, but Joel hits her with the other one. Ellie throws another one at him and moves away.

Joel throws another one while moving behind a tree now. "I just want you to know that I always beat my brother in this when our dad takes us to winter park."

Ellie moves behind a tree too. "That sounds good… but I'm not your brother." she throws another ball at him.

Joel waits until she is out of balls and makes his move. Joel ran toward her when she bent down to prepare more balls. But Ellie saw him as soon he got close to her and quickly got up to run away. But it was too late, Joel was too close to escape him, so before she could get away he grabbed her by the arm. "I think you lose," he said while pulling her close to him.

"No, I don't," Ellie uses her legs to trip Joel's and both of them go down on the snow. Ellie was now sitting on top of him. "Never underestimate the power of a girl." The snow was getting heavy now. So before they have to get back into the house, Ellie leans her head down and kisses him. They stay there kissing each other for a few minutes.

Then Ellie stands up and helps him to get up. Joel put his arm around her waist and pulled her close. "I think it is time to get inside," he says while starting to walk toward the house. "Do you want to see a movie now?"

"It is a romantic one… yes," she replied with a smile on her face.

"I don't think I have any, but maybe I can find something we can see," soon they get to the front door, Joel opens it and both of them go inside."

"Ahhh, don't worry I came prepared for this." Say Ellie while taking her coat off and walking to the backpack she brings with her.

( Two hours later )

Joel and Ellie were sitting on the couch. Ellie was leaning at him with her head on his shoulder and one hand on his chest. The movie just ended and Joel can't believe where she finds that movie. Because it was closer to what is happening between them.

"Did you like it?" Ellie says with a soft voice. I think it was perfect for us… well, the girl didn't end up with him at the end, but you can see the little hope for both of them when they say their goodbyes. That part always makes me cry."

Joel looked down at her. "How is the movie called again?" asked Joel while passing his hand on her back.

"It's called. 'Beautiful Girl' I really like Natalie Portman in that role." I have another one that is close like this one, but it is more action than romance. It is called 'The Professional'. Portman is in that one too. I think it was her first acting role."

Joel turns off the tv when the movie credit stops. "Do you watch movies like this all the time?"

"Yeah, I like romance movies, but these two are close to being what we are, so I like them more." Ellie moves her head up and looks at his face. "Speaking of that you never answer my question?"

"About what?"

"About what we're… I mean you and me as… a couple?"

Joel pulls her closer. "Well, I think we need to wait for that, don't you think? We can't be like that until you turn 18... you know that."

Ellie lowers her head back to his chest. "Yeah, I know… that sucks. I just want to be with you all the time and… and I have been having this dream about you and me-"

"Wow, wow… hold that thought right there missy… let not move there yet… okay?"

Ellie moved away from his embrace and looked at him. "What? Don't tell me that you do not dream about us… Ummm… doing it…?" her face was all red now. Joel was going to say something to stop this conversation before it gets more uncomfortable, but he was saved by the bell. Because at that moment Ellie's phone starts to ring.

"I think that is your phone… you better answer it," said Joel, trying to change the subject.

"Shit… this is not over mister…" Ellie gets off the couch and walks toward the table where her backpack is and picks up her phone. Soon she saw the name on the scream, she answered the call. "Yes, aunt Marlene…?"

"Hey… are you still in Joel's house?"

"Yes… we're watching a movie. Are you coming early to pick me up?"

"No, that is why I am calling you. They sent me out of town this morning and as the snow is getting worse they're closing the road until tomorrow. So I am not going to be able to go back to town tonight. How is the weather there?"

Ellie walks toward the window and moves the curtain and speaks again. "It's snowing here too, but not that bad I guess."

"Okay…" Marlene paused for a moment. "Can you tell Joel to take you home and tell him that I will stay in a motel until tomorrow?"

Ellie looks at Joel that was now taking the DVD movie out of the player. "Can I stay here? I do not want to be alone in the house, with this weather."

Another pause. "Ellie is not right for you to stay at his house. I know that you did it before but-"

"We're not going to do anything… I promise. Just watch movies and I will sleep on the couch. We never did anything before, I told you that."

"I don't know Ellie… it was bad that you do that behind my back…"

"Please!... We can also do some study too."

"What is going on?" Joel asked soon he got close to her.

Ellie lowers the phone and looks at Joel. "Is my aunt. She was sent out of town and the snow blocks the road and she can't make it back tonight."

"Oh… okay. I can take you back and-"

"No, I want to stay here," Ellie said in a lower voice.

"Give me the phone," Joel extended his hand at her.

Ellie passes the phone to him. "Hey, Marlene is everything okay? Ellie just told me that you can't come back to pick her up."

"Yeah, the snow is getting worse here and they're closing the road." She pauses for a moment. "Ellie told me that she does not want to be alone at the house and wants to stay there… but I don't think it is appropriate for her to stay at your house all night."

Joel lowers the phone and looks at Ellie. "Ellie, can you go to the kitchen and prepare more hot chocolate?"

Ellie rolled her eyes. "Joel, if you don't want me to hear what you two are going to say, just say it." Say Ellie while walking away toward the kitchen.

Joel moves close to the fireplace and continues. "Yeah… I get that. But it is not good to let her alone in the house either. She can stay here or I will take her back home and stay there with her until you come back… what do you think?"

"Well, she has nothing to wear there I guess, so it is better if you take her home and stay there, and keep an eye on her."

"Okay… I do that. And don't worry we're not going to do anything, I promise you that remember?"

"Okay… just make sure no one sees you there. I don't want people to start talking and complicate this more than it already is… okay?"

"Sure… no problem."

"Okay… see you tomorrow. And remember, I trust you so don't make me regret all this. Now pass the phone back to Ellie."

Joel walks to the kitchen and passes the phone to Ellie. "So, can I stay?" she asked as soon she grabbed the phone back.

"Sorry baby… but you don't have any clothes there to change, so it is not right for you to stay all night there."

"But…" Ellie was going to say that she won't have any problem with that before, but that is not going to help her much either.

"But, I told Joel that he can take you home and stay there with you until I get back in the morning."

Ellie covers the phone with her hand for a moment. Yesss… she made a gesture with her hand as if she just won. Then she put the phone back to her ear. "Thank you… aunt, that can work too."

"Okay, but I want you to promise that nothing is going to happen between you two… did you hear me?" she said with a firm tone.

"Yeah… we're not going to do anything… I promise," said Ellie while rolling her eyes

"Okay… see you tomorrow… love you."

Ellie feels strange after hearing her aunt say those words. She doesn't hear her saying that in a long time, but somehow it feels good to hear them again. "I love you too…" With that Ellie hangs the call and looks at Joel. "So we're going to stay at my house… I guess."

"Yeah, I hope your couch is better than mine," said Joel in a sarcastic way.

"Who says you're going to sleep on the couch?"