Chapter 4: New Friends, More Fun
By the time Ell and Sirius were able to see each other again, it was well into January. Ell had given Sirius directions to both her house, and her school. The day that Sirius was coming to get Ell, he was in a bit of a rush, and printed out the directions to her school, instead of her house. Sirius gives Ell a call, when he is a bit confused as to whether or not he was in the right place, while the other people who were in the car with him, were confused as well. Ell meets Sirius down at her school, and over hears one of Sirius' friends ask, "She lives in a Science place?" Poppa Oranik drops Ell off with Sirius and tells him to be sure that they get the right place when they drop Ell off. At this time, Ell meets Sly Surfer, Drat Skater, Sister Skater, Drakey, Lisa, and Arial. They decide to all go out dancing, and Ell gets the shotgun seat right next to Sirius. Everyone who is in the car with Sirius wants him to turn the radio up, but he refuses, so Ell does it for him. He obliges, with a bit of a protest. Sly drove a few other people, and they went to the Comb. At the Comb, Ell met another one of Sirius' friends, Tommy. Tommy was a bit quiet, and did not really dance. Ell was crazy, she danced up on the boxes, and tried to pole dance, but Sirius would have none of it.
They danced into the wee hours of the night, and they parted ways. Lisa, Arial, Drakey and Sly drove in one vehicle, while Sirius, Ell, Sister, and Drat were in another. Sirius drove Ell to drop her off first. Secretly on the way home, Ell was waiting for another lovely and amazing kiss from the guy she was falling in love with. Sirius dropped Ell off, said goodnight, and was going to be on his way, when his friends made him go back to Ells door, and give her a kiss goodnight. It was another amazing kiss just like she had imagined, and she could feel the heartfelt meaning behind the kiss. The way he tensed up right before the kiss, the way he placed his hands before going into the kiss, and the way her hands could just melt away all the tension in his body. The kiss was perfect, and even though his friends were in the car, and could see everything, in that moment, Ell and Sirius were off in a world of their own.
Ell and Sirius slowly were able to see each other more often, as their school schedules were winding down, and their high school careers were coming to a close. The next time they were able to see each other, Sirius was having a dance at his school, and he invited Ell along. The arrangements were made for Ell to stay the night over Drat and Sisters' house. Ell met Monica, Carla, and Peg Sinter at Drats' house. Sister, Monica, Carla, and Peg all took Sirius and Ell shopping. Sirius bought Ells clothes for the dance, and they headed back to Sisters' house. Carla put some hair color in Ells' hair and she was going to look nice for this dance, or so she thought. Since Sirius lived right next door, he went and changed, coming back over in a suit and tie, for a semi-formal dance. Drat went with Sirius back to his house so he could put semi-formal clothes on, while the girls helped get Ell ready. Ell looked at herself in the mirror, liked the hair color, liked the skirt, but thought the shirt was a bit revealing; luckily she had a shawl to cover up with.
When Ell arrived at the dance, she could have sworn she was back at a club dancing. There were people everywhere, alumni from the school to freshmen, the school was crowded, and that was just in the gymnasium. Ell met one of Sirius' best friends, his brother, and a few other people. Also Sirius "officially" asked Ell out, in front of all his friends, but they could have sworn he was proposing to her. Some other notable events from the dance include Sirius swinging his shirt above his head like a stripper, Ell chasing Sly and Drat around the gym, and Sirius really loosening up around Ell.
They all headed back to Sisters' house, after stopping out at a Lenny's to get some grub. They were all sitting there just having a good time, chilling and talking. When they got back to Sisters' everyone stayed the night, except for those who had work in the morning. Ell and Sirius shared the couch, and no one would let them get any sleep. They kept bugging them, thinking they were doing stuff, when it was not true. Sirius eventually got mad at this, and said he was going to sleep in his truck. Ell sat up, looked him in the eye, and was like, "It's freezing outside, please promise me you will not sleep out in your truck." Sirius promised Ell, tucked her in, kissed her on the forehead and sat with her until she fell asleep. Then quietly, secretly he went out to his truck, grabbed the blankets from the back, and slept there. Ell woke up a few hours later, frantically looking for Sirius, but he was not where to be found. Sisters' mom was up, so Ell told her about what happened between her and Sirius, about the conversation they had, so they go out and look in his truck and sure enough, there he is. They wake him up, and he is shaking cold. Sisters' mom goes back in and goes back to the crossword puzzle she was working on, and Sirius and Ell curl up together on the couch. Ell uses her body heat to help warm up Sirius, and they fall back asleep. About 11 am, everyone in the house wakes up, and the harassment begins all over again. Sirius yells, "NOTHING HAPPENED!!" about fifty times before everyone just drops the whole subject. Ell is sitting, thinking to herself, "These people don't even really know me that well, and they know Sirius pretty well, and they're already making insinuations that him and I have done stuff together, and even IF we have, why is it any of their business anyhow?" Someone asks a question, and Ell snaps out of her daydream and asks them to repeat their question, and she refused to answer because it was her personal business.
Ell was going to stay the night again, but in order to not have a repeat of the previous night; Sirius insists that he drives Ell home. She obliges, and they drive for a little while. Sirius pulls into a cul-de-sack and explains to Ell what is going on. "Ell, I didn't really feel comfortable with you staying there another night, I would have had to gone home, and snuck out, and I don't really like how those guys act immature and ask about our business. What happens between us should stay between us, unless we feel like we want to disclose the information." "I agree completely. I don't understand why people have to know someone else's' business so desperately." They sat and chatted away for a while about how immature people could be, and the night slowly faded away. The next morning they woke up early, realizing that they had drifted off to sleep in the car. Since Sirius did not want to get in trouble, he told Ell he was going to check in with his parents, then drive her home.
After checking in with his parents, he got in the car, and they were on their way back to Ells' house. Ell arrived about 9am, and her parents were just waking up. Sirius gave Ell her 20th kiss in 3 days…and it was still just as amazing as the first. Ell walked into her house a smile on her face, a song in her head, and joy within her heart. Momma Oranik asked if she had a good time, and Ell said it was the most amazing thing to have happened. She explained about the dance, and how everyone was up until the wee hours of the morning just being stupid.