I really, really hope everyone is enjoying the story so far! This chapter may just seem like filler, but I assure you it's important, and relevant to the outcome of the story. I'm probably going to post chapter 5 shortly after this one, because I've been on a fan fiction rampage, it being summer and all. :)

Anyways, if you've been following along from when I first started writing this fic, here's a little recap of last chapter…

"So" Marco said, directed at Ellie, causing her to snap out of her trance. "You turned in kind of early last night. Did you—meet someone?"

"Not exactly—"Ellie said, uncomfortably. "That's actually what I need to talk to you guys about. Okay so I was in my room, when—" She was cut of by the loud footstep thumping down the steps. Paige and Marco were in shock as Sean walked across the room heading for the front door.

"Talk to you later Ellie." Sean said, shutting the door behind him.

Paige and Marco looked at Ellie in awe as an awkward half-smile crackled through her lips. "Er—surprise?"

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"I would most certainly say so" Paige said, still in minor shock. She continued to stare at Ellie long and hard, waiting for some sort of explanation.

"Stop looking at me like that!" Ellie huffed. She quickly turned away, but it was no use. She only felt the sensation of Paige burning a hole in her back.

"What were you thinking?" Marco asked. "I mean, Sean?"

"Sheesh, what's with the 3rd degree around here?" Ellie asked, now becoming irritated with their behavior. "It was a mistake, okay? Alright, so it was a pretty big mistake—"

"Hooking up with your Ex?" Paige interrupted. "Who by the way, you have shown zero interest in, and haven't even spoken about since he left to live with his parents—and then after he came back, he just went Emma chasing."

"Okay, you want me to feel bad? I do." Ellie snapped. "And in the meantime you guys can just lay-off."

"Look El, we didn't mean to make you mad." Marco's voice was so calming, but in an annoying sort of way. It can make anybody extremely irritated when there trying to be mad at him. "We just care about you. You know we do."

"Yeah I know." Ellie replied sadly. Marco and Paige continued to look at her as if they were expecting her to say more, although she didn't really know what they expected from her.

"And?" Paige asked, trying to lead Ellie into conversation.

Ellie now knew she was right in them wanting more from her. "And—er, I'm sorry?"

"That's nice, Hun but you're not in high school anymore and I'm not your mother. What are you apologizing to me for? Anyways, I was wondering about the—details... How did this even happen? What are you going to do?"

"I have no idea." Ellie replied, stressfully. "I kind of feel bad though. Sean wanted to talk, but I totally bailed on the whole conversation thing. I'm so not ready to talk to him right now."

Marco looked at Ellie with a surprised expression, and then a little, "huh..." escaped his lips, which also sounded surprised… and even a little impressed.

"What?" She asked.

"Well it's just… usually a drunken one night stand ends with the girl trying to get the guy to talk. I'm surprised he's being so cool about this. That's pretty rare you know."

"I suppose."

"Oh man, things are going to get really weird." Paige sighed.

"Wait, why?" Ellie asked. "Things do not have to be weird. We can just act like this whole thing was no big deal, and—"

"But it is a big deal." Marco interrupted. "I mean, how serious are you about this?"

Ellie sighed, and then decided to relieve herself by being honest. "Ten." She said softly. "Serious to the amount of ten." Ellie shook her head faced her friends again. "I don't know what I'm going to do."

"Well have you considered—you know, getting back together with him?" Paige asked.

"Yeah, I have thought all about it in the giant heaps of time I've had. I've been regrettably lacking you know. I'm still in kind of a shock."

Marco smiled and put a hand on Ellie's shoulder. "Yeah sure, because waking up next to your Ex can be—"

"Kind of shocking." Paige finished.

"Definitely." Ellie replied.

"Okay well—you know your going to have to talk to him soon." Marco said.

"Of course. I just have to figure out what I'm going to say, because right now—I'm kind of at a loss."

Ellie spent nearly the entire next two days pondering her situation, which triggered a dysphoria-like state of restlessness that was driving her insane. Here is what she knew. She liked Sean. She just wasn't sure it was enough this time, in risk of getting hurt by him again. She wasn't sure if she wanted to take the chance…

'Well maybe' Ellie thought to herself. 'Maybe we could just—hang out. As friends—at least just for now?' She didn't know who she was kidding, thinking this could work out—but this seemed small enough to take her chances on.

Ellie didn't want to keep Sean waiting around for her anymore so she knew it was time to give him some answers. Real ones, anyway. She picked up her cell-phone and dialed his number. She hadn't even realized she had it memorized.

"Hello?" Sean's voice was calm—soothing even.

"Sean—it's Ellie."

"So you're talking to me, huh?" He didn't sound mad—or even upset. His tone of voice had a mixture or surprise from her call, and it also sounded a bit amused.

"Yeah—I'm sorry about that by the way—you know, rushing you out of my place? I just needed to think about—stuff."

"It's cool." He was so nonchalant.

"I've been thinking—"

"Congratz" He interrupted sarcastically.

Ellie giggled, and then covered it up with a sarcastic laugh, hoping he wouldn't notice. "Anyways, I've been thinking you should meet me at the dot tomorrow. I guess after what happened I realized the weirdest thing about it was that we hadn't talked in years."

"Well you are kind of hard to even get on the phone."

"I said I was sorry." Ellie laughed. "Anyways—you couldn't exactly call us friends Sean. I kind of miss that. I really want to catch up, you know?"

"Not that you didn't sound completely lame calling me up to tell me this, but you do have a point." Sean replied. "I mean—I miss it to."

"No need to get all sappy on me, tough guy." She teased.

"Whatever Nash." He chuckled back.

"Well okay, then meet me at tomorrow at four, deal?"

"Yeah, okay."

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