And here's Chapter 19! There's probably going to be one, maybe two chapter left after this one. Don't worry though, there's definately going to be a sequel, I'm already writing stuff down for it and making note. Anyways, read on my lovely readers!
Disclaimer: Big Time Rush is not owned by me. I just own Elle
Chapter 19:
One Week Later
"Ellie! You still haven't gotten me a date for the dance and it's tomorrow!" Carlos whined as we walked out of the school. I sighed and shook my head.
"I'm sorry Carlos, the school day may be over, but there's still plenty of girls around here that I can ask for you." I told him as I looked around. "Like Jenny Tinkler." I said pointing to the accident prone crazy blonde girl sitting on one of the benches outside of the school.
"Noo, Ellie, she'll kill me without even trying." He said. I sighed and looked around. "What about Angela Deveny." I asked, pointing to a girl over by the fountain with bright red hair. Carlos' jaw dropped and he nodded.
"She's gorgeous! Ellie, if you can get her to go to the dance with me, I will love you forever. I've had a crush on her since pre-K." He said. I shrugged.
"I'll see what I can do." I told him before walking over to Angela. "Hey Angela, can I talk to you?" I asked. She turned around.
"Yeah sure, you're Elle right? Kendall's girlfriend." She said sweetly. I felt a stab in my chest and shook my head.
"No, were not dating, he's just my best friend, along with Logan, James, and Carlos." I explained. "I actually wanted to talk to you about one of the guys, well more specifically, Carlos. I know it's girl's choice, and Carlos is definitely not the most coordinated person ever, nor does he have very good manners, but he wanted me to ask you if you'd go to the dance with him tomorrow." I watched as a smile crept across her face.
"Sure." She said with a smile. "He's in my chemistry class and we've been lab partners a couple times. He's such a sweetheart. He's really cute too."
"Awesome." I said happily. She pulled out a piece of paper and a pen and wrote her phone number down then handed it to me.
"Have him call me or shoot me a text so I know where we're meeting." She said. I nodded and slipped the paper into my pocket before walking back over to Carlos who had his fingers crossed and his eyes squeezed shut whispering something to himself.
"Hey Carlos." I said, snapping him out of his little trance thing. I pulled out the piece of paper Angela had given me held it between two of my fingers. "Guess who got you a date to the dance with Angela Deveny." I said proudly. Carlos squealed with joy as he hugged me and picked me up.
"Ellie, you're the bestest best friend anyone could ever ask for!" He said before kissing me on the forehead. I shrugged as we walked toward my car.
"I've heard that before." I said casually. "You owe me though and you're going to repay me right now." I told him. He raised an eyebrow at me.
"How?" He asked as he got in the car.
"You're going to help me pick out a dress for tomorrow." I told him as I got in and started the car, pulling out of the school parking lot almost immediately.
"Awwh, do I have to Ellie? That's such a girly thing." He whined.
"Come on Carlos, I don't have any friends that are girls here and you always help me with shopping, either that or James does and he's not aloud to go shopping for dresses with me." I told him. He sighed and agreed to go with me. I smiled in satisfaction as I drove to the local dress/tuxedo shop. Carlos and I got out and walked into the store and immediately started looking around. We both pulled out a few dresses and we walked over to the dressing rooms. I tried on all but one of the dresses before sat down on the floor and sighed.
"I give up Carlos!" I sighed. "These dresses suck."
"Come on Ellie, you got one more dress to try on." Carlos sighed throwing the dress in my face. I sighed and went back into the dressing room. I pulled off my shirts and my pants and pulled the dress on over my head. I looked in the mirror and smiled. It was a nice dress, it was white with silver sequins going from the top in stripes down the side of the dress. One side was sleeveless and the other was long sleeved. I opened the door of the dressing room to show Carlos.
"What do you think?" I asked. Carlos smiled.
"You look great Ellie." He said. I smiled and pulled my hair up into a bun.
"Think I should get it?" I asked him. He nodded. I shrugged and went back into the dressing room, changing back into my regular clothes, then we walked over to the cashier and paid. We walked out to my car and then drove back to my house. When I pulled into the driveway, Logan's car was there. Carlos and I walked into my house to see Logan, James and Kendall sitting in my living room.
"So did you finally get your dress?" James asked, walking over to the door to greet me. I nodded and hid the back with my dress in it behind my back.
"Yes, I did, now step away, you don't get to see it until tomorrow night." I told him.
"Why?" He whined.
"Because, I want to surprise all of you." I said simply.
"Then why'd Carlos get to go with you?" James asked.
"Because," I told him. "He owed me because I got him a very last minute date to the dance tomorrow so I dragged him dress shopping with me." James pouted as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
"I thought I was your shopping buddy." He said. I shook my head.
"You're my shopping buddy when you're not my date to the dance." I laughed. James sighed as he rested his chin on my head. "Don't pout." I told him. "Your face will get stuck like that."
"Liar." He said. I shrugged and pulled away from him, heading toward the stairs.
"I'm going to go put this dress upstairs, then I'll be back down and we can go start hockey night." I said. I quickly ran up to my room and hung the dress up in my room, then ran back downstairs. "You guys ready to go?" I asked them. Carlos, Logan and James nodded and them and Kendall headed for Kendall's house. Kendall stopped at the steps and grabbed my arm gently.
"Elle, can I talk to you?" He asked. I looked at the guys, who were already inside the house, then back to Kendall.
"Yeah, I guess so." I shrugged. "What's up?"
"What's going on between you and James?" He asked, a troubled expression crossing his face.
"Me and James?" I laughed. "Nothing, why?"
"Well you guys have been hanging out a lot and you've been all over each other, so I didn't know if there was something going on." I laughed and shook my head.
"Nothing's going on between me and James. That's be weird as hell. It'd be like having a thing with my brother."
"So why are you going to the dance with him?" He asked.
"Because the one person I wanted to go with is already taken." I said with a shrug. He nodded slowly as he rocked on his heels.
"Look Elle, if you don't want me to go to the dance with Ashley, I won't." he said. I shook my head.
"No, it's fine. Plus, the dance is tomorrow, you can't back out whether you want to or not." I told him.
"Elle, if you don't want me to go with her I won't, I'll come up with some bullshit excuse."
"Kendall, just go with her. If you make up some lame excuse not to go, you're gonna be bored as fuck because me, James, Logan, and Carlos are all going to be at the dance and you'll have nothing to do." I told him before turning to go in the house.
"Wait, Elle." He said. I stopped and turned around. "You're not still mad at me right? Everything's good between us? 'Cause you still kinda seem like you're mad at me. You won't hangout with me or sit with me or anything." I rolled my eyes and walked over to him then stood on my toes and kissed him on the cheek.
"I'm not mad." I assured him. "A little hurt, yeah. But not mad. I've just been trying to spend time with the other guys too, you know? They're my best friends too but I usually just spend all my time with you so I needed to hangout with them a little bit too." He nodded in understanding then we both walked into the house.
"Elle, how on Earth did you do it?" Logan asked as Kendall and I walked into the house.
"How'd I do what?" I asked as I fell back onto the couch next to James. Kendall took a seat on my other side.
"How'd you manage to get Carlos a date?" I shrugged.
"I dunno, the girl already liked Carlos so all I really had to do was ask her for him." I said simply.
"That's never happened before, in the history of any of us trying to get Carlos a date." Logan said in disbelief.
"Well I guess I'm just better at setting people up on dates than you guy are."
"Yeah, and now I have a date with the hottest girl in school!" Carlos said happily.
"Actually, there's a three way tie for hottest girl in school." Logan said. Carlos looked at him funny.
"Who?" He asked.
"Elle, Ashley, and Angela. No one can decide who's the hottest." James said. I raised an eyebrow at him.
"You people actually vote on who that hottest girl in school is?" I asked in disbelief. All four boys nodded.
"It's a tradition at Carlton High." Kendall said. I rolled my eyes.
"It's retarded, that's what it is." I said. "And why the hell am I on this stupid list?" I asked. Logan Carlos and Kendall all pointed to James who I glared at.
"Hey, it takes a lot to get on that list, be happy." James said with a smile. I slapped him in the back of the head.
"Can someone please remind me why I'm only friends with guys?" I asked, pinching the bridge of my nose as I shook my head.
"Because we're a lot cooler than girls?" Carlos said.
"Because you have more fun with us?" Kendall added.
"You can date us if you wanted to." James said. I rolled my eyes and jammed my elbow into his ribs. "Ow! I was just stating a fact. I mean you could date a girl, that'd be pretty hot too." I elbowed him again.
"You might wanna shut up now James." Kendall laughed.
"We were also the first people you met when you moved here so it's instinctive for you to stick with us." Logan said. I shrugged.
"Whatever you guys say." I said leaning back on the couch. "So, what's on the agenda for tonight?" I asked the boys. They all looked at each other and back to me.
"No idea." Kendall shrugged. "It's too early to start watching the games, we usually start that after we eat and we're not getting food for another couple hours 'cause I need to get money from my mom."
"Well this blows." I said crossing my arms over my chest. "I thought you were a working man now and had you own money." He shook his head.
"I don't get paid until tomorrow."
"Well damn, I'm really hungry." I pouted.
"Don't feel bad Ellie, I am too." Carlos said with a pout on his face.
"Do you have any food? Chicken nuggets, corn dogs, anything?" I asked, Kendall shrugged.
"Go check." He said, nodding toward the kitchen. Carlos and I jumped off the couch and ran to the kitchen. I got to the fridge and opened the freezer door then Carlos pushed me out of the way.
"Corn dogs!" He shouted happily, pulling out a box and slamming the freezer shut. I walked over to a cabinet and pulled out a tray and Carlos put the corn dogs on it and stuck them in the oven after he preheated it.
"We found food!" I shouted into the living room. Not long after I said that, Logan, James and Kendall walked into the kitchen and sat down. I looked at them all. "You know, I said we found food, not that we were sharing."
"Yeah, well this is my house, so you have to share with me." Kendall said. I raised an eyebrow at him.
"Nahh, I don't think so. Do you Carlos?" I asked. Carlos shook his head.
"This is pretty much our house too, so no food for Kendall." He said. Kendall rolled his eyes and a smile crept onto my face.
"How about this." I offered. "If you, James, and Logan can catch me and Carlos, we'll share the food. Sound good?" Logan, James, and Kendall all looked at each other and shrugged.
"Sounds easy enough." James said confidently. I crossed my arm and raised an eyebrow at him.
"You think this is going to be easy?" I laughed. James nodded. "You got another thing coming Pretty Boy." James rolled his eyes and I looked over at Carlos. "Run." I whispered to him as I grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the kitchen. Carlos immediately ran upstairs and I went outside. I ran around the back of the house to the back porch where I crouched down behind a chair. I waited there until I heard two sets of foot steps running into the back yard.
"Where'd she go?" Logan asked.
"You think I know? We blinked and she was gone." Kendall laughed. I smirked as I hid behind the chair on the porch.
"I don't think we're getting any food." Logan said.
"Unless we just went back inside and got it now." As he said that I got up from my hiding spot and ran.
"You guys are so not getting any food!" I yelled at them as I ran back into the house. I ran quickly through the living room and kitchen then opened the basement door and ran down the stairs, quickly hiding underneath them. I stayed perfectly still as I heard Logan, Kendall, and James talking at the top of the stairs.
"I got Carlos," James said. "He's sitting in the kitchen pouting and complaining how unfair it was that he got caught."
"We haven't even gotten close catching Elle." Kendall sighed.
"She's freakishly fast, one second we see her and the next she's disappeared." Logan said. I laughed quietly to myself.
"Check the basement. That's where I got Carlos and with all three of us, we can easily corner her." James suggested.
"Shit." I mumbled to myself as the basement door opened. All three boys came downstairs and started looking around the room. I moved quietly to where they wouldn't be able to see me until they all had their backs turned. I took that opportunity and ran. "Bye guys!" I laughed as I ran up the stairs. I ran into the living room and stopped when I saw Logan in the doorway in front of me. I turned around to see Kendall and James in the doorway behind me. I sighed and shook my head. "Fine, me and Carlos will share the food. Don't kill me." I surrendered. The three boys shrugged and agreed.
"I thought you said this wasn't going to be easy?" James laughed, putting an arm around my shoulder as we all walked back into the kitchen.
"I didn't really feel like getting killed by all three of you." I said simply as I sat down next to Carlos. "Plus, I'm starving."
"I swear, food is your one weakness." Kendall laughed as he sat down next to me. I shrugged.
"Sounds about right." I said as I got up and walked over to the oven, pulling out the tray of corn dogs. Logan grabbed a plate and put them all on it then we all sat down to eat. I smiled slightly when Kendall locked our legs together like we usually did during class and at dinner.
"Hey, guys look," Carlos said, pointing at Kendall and I. "They're smiling at each other again!" He said happily. I bit my lip and covered my face as I felt my cheeks heat up.
"Aww, they're friends again." Logan laughed. I rolled my eyes.
"Shut up." Kendall laughed as he threw a piece of corn bread at Logan.
"Don't forget, she's still my date to the dance." James warned him jokingly.
"You guys are ridiculous." I laughed.
"Oh you love us Ellie." Carlos said. I smiled and nodded in agreement as my phone started ringing. I looked at the caller ID and picked up when I saw that it was my mom.
"Hey mom what's up?" I asked as I stood up and walked away from the table, toward the living room.
"Elle, I know you're having your night with the guys but would you be able to come home for a little while?" She asked. I could hear Jason and Layla crying in the background and Kyle and Wesley yelling. I sighed and rolled my eyes.
"Yeah, I'll be right over." I said.
"Thank you Hun, I just have to go back to the office, I left my wallet there. I should be back in an hour, maybe an hour and a half." She said.
"Alright, Bye." I said as I hung up. I sighed and walked back into the kitchen. "See you guys." I said waving to the guys.
"Where are you going?" Logan asked.
"Gotta go home and watch my brothers and sisters while my mom goes back to the office to get her wallet." I said with irritation in my voice.
"We'll come with you." Carlos Said happily, standing up almost immediately.
"You guys can come if you want." I said with a shrug. All of the guys stood up and they followed me back to my house. We walked into the house and Kyle ran up to me immediately.
"Please make Layla be quiet!" He begged. "Mom won't do anything about it because she's leaving."
"Elle, Take care of Jason and Layla, they're probably hungry. I'll be back soon." My mom said, kissing me on the top of the head before walking out the door. I sighed and rolled my eyes as I walked into the living room where Layla was crying and Jason pouting in a corner. Both of their faces immediately lit up when they say me and the guys.
"What's up guys?" I asked them. They both got up and walked over to me.
"We're hungwy" Jason said as I picked up him and Layla.
"I bet, it's almost your bed time and you still haven't eaten, I'd be hungry too." I said as I walked into the kitchen and set them down in chairs. "What do you guys want to eat?" I asked.
"Noodles!" They both said excitedly. I shrugged and walked over to the cabinet where we had boxes of mac and cheese. I grabbed and box and a pan and started making the mac and cheese. James, Kendall, Carlos and Logan all came into the kitchen and sat down at the table. Kendall and Carlos played with Jason and Layla while I made them food and when I finished making the mac and cheese, James grabbed two bowls and spoons and Logan grabbed their booster seats so they could eat at the table. We all sat at the table while Jason and Layla ate, talking about random things until there was a knock at the front door.
"I wanna answer the door!" Jason yelled, trying to get out of his seat. I stopped him.
"I'll answer the door, you finish your noodles." I told him as I got up and walked over to the door. The person knocked again as I walked down the hallway. "I'm coming, hang on." I said then opened the door. My jaw tightened when I saw the person on the other side of the door and I immediately slammed the door. They caught it before it closed and opened it again.
"What do you want? You're not supposed to be here." I snapped.
"I stopped by to see my daughters." My dad said. I rolled my eyes.
"Leigh isn't here and neither her or I want to see you so you can leave." I snapped.
"Ellie, who's at the door?" Wesley asked as he peaked around the corner.
"Wesley, go in the kitchen with the guys, now." I told him, turning him away from the hallway.
"Hey little guy." My dad said. Wesley stopped and turned around.
"Hi." He said shyly.
"Wesley, don't talk to him. Go see Kendall and the guys." I said. He nodded and walked slowly to the kitchen.
"Why don't you want him to talk to me Eleanor? I'm not a bad guy." He said. I laughed.
"Yeah, sure." I snapped.
"Elle, who's here?" I heard Leigh ask from the top of the stairs.
"Hi Leigh." Our dad said, trying to take a step into the house. I pushed him out of the house.
"You're not aloud in here." I snapped. I heard Leigh's foot steps as she walked down the stairs and stood behind me.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" She asked angrily.
"I came to see my daughters, that's all." He said with a smile.
"Well too bad. Me and Elle aren't your daughters anymore. You lost your rights as our father." She snapped.
"Elijah what are you doing here?" I heard my mother's voice asked angrily from outside.
"I just came to see–" My mother cut him off as she pushed past him into the house.
"You stay away from my children." She hissed. "Especially Leigh, Elle, and Ray Jay."
"Allison, you have to give me a chance to see my kids. I've changed." He said. Leigh laughed and I rolled my eyes.
"You lost your right to see them the second you laid a hand on them. They're not your children." She said venomously. Leigh and I were both surprised my our mom's tone of voice. We'd never heard her like this before.
"Allison, please, just let me come and talk to the girls." HE begged. My mother shook her head. "Allison." He pleaded as he tried to take a step into the house. Before I registered what I was doing swung my fist at him. Unfortunately he caught my wrist in a tight grip.
"You take your hands off my daughter right now." My mom snapped. Before he had a chance to do anything someone came up next to me and punched him straight in the nose, causing an even louder cracking noise then when I'd punched Ashley Philips. My mom, Leigh, and I looked over to see Kendall and they guys standing there.
"What the hell was that for?" My dad asked in shock.
"You do NOT touch my daughters." My mom said angrily. "These four boys have my full permission to do whatever they need to do to you to keep my daughters safe. And you better believe they will." She said before slamming the door in his face and locking it. She looked at the guys.
"If that man comes anywhere near either of my daughters, don't hesitate to punch him again." She said before walking to the kitchen.
"Nice punch." Leigh said to Kendall before running back upstairs to her room.
"Thanks." I mumbled to Kendall as I rubbed my wrist tenderly.
"You alright?" He asked. I nodded.
"I didn't know my mom could get that angry." I laughed.
"I didn't either, I was kind of scared of her." Carlos laughed.
"Who was that guy?" James asked.
"My dad." I said simply. Carlos, Logan, and James all nodded. We all just stood in the hallway awkwardly for a minute. "So, I think I'm gonna stay here tonight. I'm not really in the mood to be up all night." I said as I rocked on my heels.
"You sure Elle?" Logan asked. I nodded.
"Yeah, I kinda just want to go to sleep, you know?"
"Alright. We'll see you tomorrow." He said as he gave me side hug.
"Bye Ellie" Carlos said as he gave me a hug. James hugged me next.
"If you need anything call us alright?" He said. I nodded.
"I will." I promised as they started to leave.
"Hey I'll catch up to you guys, alright?" Kendall said. They all said it was alright and headed over to Kendall's house.
"What's up?" I asked as I stated to go upstairs. He followed me up to my room and I closed the door behind us.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"Yeah, I told you I was. I mean my wrist's a little sore and it'll probably be a little bruise from how tight he was grabbing it but other than that I'm fine." I said casually, as if it were no big deal. Kendall shook his head.
"You know that's not what I mean Elle." He said seriously. "I mean are you alright emotionally. I know you've seen him recently but he's hasn't been able to physically leave a mark on you in years." I bit the inside of my cheek as I played with the sleeve of my shirt.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I said after taking a deep breathe. "It's just kind of weird seeing him back in the same town as me and knowing that if he really wanted to he could hurt me or Leigh. He didn't come around for years because of the restraining order and now all of the sudden he's back. It kind of takes away your sense of security."
"You don't have to worry about him, you have me, James, Logan, and Carlos. We're not going to let him anywhere near you or your sister." He said as he pulled me into a hug.
"Thanks." I mumbled into his chest as I hugged him back. "How's your hand?" I asked. "I know my dad has a really thick skull." He shrugged.
"It's fine." He said, shrugging it off like it's not big deal. "So you're sure you don't wanna stay over at my house?" He asked.
"Yeah I'm sure." I said. He shrugged.
"Alright." He said. "I'll see you tomorrow?" I nodded. "Good. Try to get some sleep, and like James said, if you need anything call us alright?"
"Don't worry, I will." I assured him.
"Night Ellie." He said as he hugged me again and kissed the top of my head. I hugged him back.
"Night Kendall." I said as I let go of him and he left.
So what'd you guys think? This chapter was a lot longer than others that I've written lately. I kinda feel like it was a filler to take up space between the last chapter and the next chapter, but anyways, i hope you guys still liked it. What do you think of Elle's mom and dad seeing each other again? Or Elle trying to punch him and Kendall actually punching him. Let me know and stay tuned for Chapter 20! Thanks for reading!(: