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Here's chapter 36!
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~Dazzler 916~
Chapter 36
New York part 2
(Ella's P.O.V.)
I was so glad Seth enjoyed his first night in New York. For some reason it feels like I never left this place, only now it's even better knowing that I have him here with me.
He just makes everything so much better...so much easier.
Gigi was already gone and probably out in town running errands. I got out of bed and went into the other guest room where Seth was sleeping.
Quietly, I opened the door and walked in. He was sound a sleep and didn't even budge when I opened the door. His body was splayed across the bed and his feet were practically hanging off the edge. I pulled back some of the cover and and slid myself in right next to him.
I watched as he slit his eyes open and looked right at me. "Good morning Beautiful." He croaked.
"Good morning to you too." I bit my lip, giving him a sly smile.
He sat up and pulled me closer to him. "Sleep well?" He asked.
"Not gonna lie, probably some of the best sleep I've gotten in a while. Usually I suffer from endless nights of insomnia." I sighed.
"Well good. You're sleeping better." Seth gave me a firm nod.
"I would have probably gotten even better sleep if you were next to me." I straddled myself on top of him and leaned down to kiss him once more.
If only I could wake up to his marveling face every single day.
"Ella," Seth said as he stopped to look over on his side.
"What?" I continued kissing him.
"Ella...the dog—"
"What about the dog?" We were in the middle of making out in one of my grandmother's guest rooms and he randomly decides to bring up the dog? What the hell?
"Mo, he's staring at us." Seth told me. I sat up and turned around...just liked Seth said, Mo was standing in the door way looking right at us.
"Go away Mo! Shoo!" I flicked my hand indicating for him to leave. Instead of obeying me the dog chose to bark at us. Great.
"Ugh! Forget it. We better get up and get going. Busy day today." I huffed as I got off of Seth and walked straight out of the guest bedroom and into the kitchen.
"You hungry?" I yelled.
"Any cereal?" He yelled from down the hall.
"Ummm..." I began to look through the cabinets until I came across a big box of RAISIN BRAN! YES! Gigi was prepared this time around lol. And then there was a box of Cheerios. "There's Cheerios and Captain Crunch."
"CAPTAIN CRUNCH!" He shouted.
"Good choice." I chuckled as I grabbed two bowl from the other cabinet and pulled out the milk from the fridge.
I turned around to find Seth sitting in a chair at the counter. "You should go put a shirt on..." I told him with a menacing grin on my face.
"I thought your Grandma was suppost to be gone until noon? We'll be gone by then." He reasoned.
Mo's little scrappy foot steps were heard from the down the hall and then before I could say another word he started barking at Seth. Oh Lord here we go again.
"Mo! Stop." I said sternly yet he chose to ignore my command.
"What did I do?" Seth asked me.
"Just go put a shirt on." I shook my head as I continued to eat my cereal.
"Fine," Seth got up from his chair and went back into his room to put something on. I guess you could say Mo is like Gigi's persistant little watch dog...then again he always barks at us when he knows were "up to no good."
"What time do you wanna leave?" Seth appeared back in the kitchenj with his hands around my waist.
"Well it's almost 8 o' clock—jeez we woke up early today—anyway, I'm suppost to meet up with some friends at Starbucks in Time Square and then what time is your interview?"
"It's not till 10:30 so i'm good till then, we can get lunch afterwards." He said.
"Oh shoot! I should go get ready! I don't know what I'm gonna do with my hair." I put my cereal bowl back on the counter and ran into the other guest room where my stuff I was. At least I already had my outfit picked out.
"Babe. You know you only ate nearly five spoonfuls!" Seth yelled from the kitchen and it sounded like his mouth was full of food.
"Don't worry about it! I'll eat it later, let me get dressed real quick!" I said.
"Ummmmm...ok?" His voice was more clear that time around.
I was surprised how quickly I got ready. This has to be a record because it usually takes me about an hour...sometimes even longer but this time it only took me forty minutes.
So let's just say I am a tad bit eager to get out and really enjoy the town today. It's supposed be sunny and around sixty-four degrees so I chose to keep it simple...jeans, mocassin boots and a jacket. I can work with that for today, I'll be even more presentable during the evening when I get all dressed up for the Broadway show we go see tonight ;).
It wasn't till my stomach was telling me to eat something again that I realized that I left a bowl of cereal sitting on the kitchen...and right now it's most likely very very soggy, ew.
"Babe you ready?" I said as I poured my soggy bowl of cereal down the garbage disposal.
"I need your opinion on something," He said as his footsteps continued down the hall. Seth appeared right in front of me.
"Does this look good?" Seth asked.
"Yea," I bit my lip. "It looks great, you look professional. I like it." I said dusting off the shoulder of his sweater with my hand. A whirl of emotions chose to go right through me at the moment and suddenly I felt a few tears rolling down my face. I quickly turned around so he wouldn't see me cry.
"What's the matter?" He was concerned.
"It's nothing. Really it's nothing I promise." I shook my head.
"Elle...tell me what's wrong? Something's bothering you—"
"Nothing's bothering me." I assured him.
"O...kay," He was confused. "Then why are you crying?"
I rolled my eyes and started laughing, I couldn't help but smile as my boyfriend continued to look at even more worried than he already was.
"I'm crying because I'm happy...for the first time in a while, I am legitimately happy." I told him.
Instead continuing to look at me strange he walked over and kissed me on my forehead, and then on my right cheek. "Have I told you how much I love you today?" He asked.
I shrugged.
"Alright I love you, now enough with the tears. We've got places we have to be today." Seth took my hand and dragged me to the door. I made sure I grabbed my purse and Gigi's spare key on our way out before we went downstairs where Louis was waiting for us.
"Morning Louis." I said as we slid into the back seat of the car.
"Morning Ella, Seth. So I'm guessing your headed to Starbucks in Time Square?" He assumed.
"That would be correct, only Seth is gonna drop in with me for a moment and then he's gonna need to be dropped off at—"
"N.Y.U. Your grandmother already told me your schedule for today." Louis assured me.
"Oh, swee-eet." I smiled.
The minute Seth and I stepped out of the car and onto the sidewalk, I heard some very loud screams and it didn't take long to figure out who they were coming from.
"ELLA!" They all screamed.
"Prepare yourself." I whispered to Seth.
I turned around and there stood Sydney, Megan, Destiny, Nicole ad Avery.
"Girls!" I yelled back.
"Uh oh.." Seth quickly stepped out of the way as the girls came running towards us and hugged me.
"Okay! I can't breathe!" I said dramatically gasping for air. They finally let go and I quickly reached for Seth to step forward and take my hand.
Before the girls could finish rambling about me being in New York, I interrupted them. "Girls, this my boyfriend." I said.
"Hi." Seth gave them all a friendly smile.
My friends all had this look on this daydreaming look on their faces. It didn't take me long to figure out they that there were all secretly checking him out, then again
my friends know better than that cause last time I checked, they still have boyfriends so I'm not worried at all.
"Hey babe, I better get going or else I'm gonna be late." Seth whispered in my ear.
"Oh that's right! Your interview I almost forgot." I sighed.
"I'll call you when I get finished. Spend time with your friends for a little bit and go have fun." He says trying to assure me that everything will be fine.
"O..kay." I frowned.
"It was nice meeting you all, hopefully I'll get a chance to get to know you all later." He said to my friends before turning back to face me. "Wish me luck!" Seth gave me a quick peck on the lips before getting back into the car. I waved as the car drove off. Now I won't be seeing him for a good couple of hours or so . We still have the whole week to spend time with each other so I guess I can survive for now lol.
"Ella you didn't tell us he was even cuter in person!" Megan squeled with excitement.
"I mean all the pictures you post on facebook of you and him together are so cute, but in the end all I have to say is that you really hit the jackpot this time." Destiny said.
"He's such a gentlemen, your parents must love him." Sydney told me.
"You have no idea….I swear Seth and my mother on are on the virge of becoming business partners very soon. Now, I'm hungry and I need coffee—"
"And you need to tell us everything because your news feed on facebook and twitter has been dead since…."Avery trailed off in her train of thought before she rolled her eyes and said, "See! That's how longs it's been since we've seen you post a status."
"It's sort of a long story," I shrugged making my way inside as they all followed in behind me.
I ordered a grande white mocha and a cheese danish before going back outside to wait for my friends to get their food which didn't take long.
"Finally. Coffee." Nicole said in an overly dramatic tone before taking a sip of her latte.
We made our way to the center of Time Square where the big stairs where. Back when I used to live here my friends and I would meet up here on the weekends and eat lunch.
"Okay so where should I start?" I asked them.
"From the beginning…when you totally shut us all out. Your grandma said that you've have a pretty rough year so far." Avery said.
"Hmmm….well first off just to get this off my chest so it will make sense….I lost my virginity." I told them.
"WHAT?" They all said with their mouths gaped open.
"I know, I know. Lord knows how many times I told you all I was gonna focus more on my dancing career instead of boys and what not but I've been with Seth for a long time and things just sort of….y'know." I took a bite of my danish and swallowed.
"Didn't you two get into a huge fight though?" Destiny asked me.
"Yea…it's because he kept a secret from me. It's really stupid actually now that I look back on that but then we talked it over and next thing I new we ended up doing it in the back of his car, and then about a week later we had sex on our third anniversary and then a few more times after that….and then it all went down hill from there."
"So is it big?" Megan whispered.
I choked on my coffee when I heard that come out of her mouth. Only she would ask me that kind of question.
"Megan, really?" Sydney rolled her eyes at her.
"That's none of your business," I bit my lip.
"Well you know what they say, tall man equals a huge pen—"
"Okay Megan! You're done! Now back to what I was saying." I raised my eyebrows in an exasperating way.
I wasn't about to go into detail about the size of my boyfriend's dick.
"As far as Christmas goes, that's when I started to get very sick, like I could hardly keep any food down for the next two months—not to mention the fact that I could barely do two turns without getting dizzy. Everyone got on my case and started freaking out like it was nobody's business and then suddenly some rumor got out around school that I was having an eating disorder which wasn't true casue despite how skinny I am you all know I LOVE to eat. A few days after we all got back from winter break I found out I was pregnant. Seth and I started fightig again and things just spiraled out of control even more and lucky for me I had Randy. He is—I mean he was my dancing partner." I paused for a long moment.
It's the first time I've said his name in a while and I almost felt the need to cry.
"You and this Randy kid didn't hook up—" Megan says, but interrupt her before she could finish her sentence.
"No Avery of course not. Seth and I would never cheat on each other….ever. We love each other way too much to even think about doing that. I didn't like Randy at all first. Seth didn't like him at all so those two had tension from the start, but Randy ended up becoming one of my best guy friends in the short four months that I got to know him. Then one day Seth and I got into a really big fight, Randy and I skipped dance class that night and he let me cry on his shoulder like always….then when he was driving me home we got into an accident…a very bad accident. I remember the car landing side ways with my side on the ground. My head was litteraly lying in the broken glass of the window while Randy was dangling out of his seat, the seat belt was still on. The last thing I ever heard him say was my name, I blacked out shortly after he did and ended up being in a coma for about two weeks."
"You were in coma?" Nicole me sounding as if she didn't believe what I just said.
"Yea I was. And it was probably one of the most weirdest things I've ever experienced. I felt like I was trapped in complete darkness and there really wasn't a way out…yet I could still hear voices of people that were in the room—it's hard to explain, but it really was weird. It was so nice to open my eyes once I finally woke up, only to find out that I lost the baby and Randy was dead. I've struggled with all of this for the past month, I almost killed myself because I was so depressed. But there's no need to worry about it anymore. Seth and everyone else helped me get better—mainly Seth, but I'm okay."
"Oh Ellie, I'm so sorry." Nicole got up and gave me a hug.
"Group hug!" Avery shouted, all of the girls wrapped their arms around me before I could even back away.
"Girls stop before you make me cry." I demanded as I could feel the tears roll down my cheeks, I'm surprised I managed to tell them the whole story in one sitting. I haven't really talked about Randy since it all happened. So this is a big step for me.
"No matter what happens you're beautiful and talented and we all freaking love you, so don't you ever forget that. We're here for you Ellie." Nicole was reassuring me.
"Okay that's enough about me for now, we've got a whole week to catch up and I wanna know what I've missing out on in New York. I wanna know everything!" I demanded with a smile on my face as I wiped away my tears.
Suddenly they all had huge grins on their faces and that's when I realized I was really in for it this time. For some reason it feels like I never left New York.
(Seth's P.O.V.)
I'm so nervous right now I can barely keep my feet still. Louis just pulled up to the N.Y.U. campus and I could feel my stomach drop.
Relax Seth, you can do this
"Good luck Seth." Louis told me as I got out of the car.
"Thank you." I gave him a friendly smile before closing the door.
I stood in front of the door and looked up for a second. The N.Y.U simple of a torch was on the signature purple flag. I can't believe I'm actually here. So many things are going on in my head right now that i'm really hoping I don't screw this all up.
I'm only one of twenty applicants that were selected to come in for an interview,and only one applicant will receive the full ride scholarship to attend this school.
This school is so expensive. I only have once shot, if only my dad could see my now.
I walked inside and took a look around before going to the front desk.
"Excuse me Miss?" I said to the lady who was sitting behind the desk.
"How may I help you?" She greeted me with a smile.
"Well," I pulled out a piece of paper from my back pocket. "I'm here for an interview for the photography scholarship."
"Oh! You must be...Seth Clearwater?" She asked.
"Yes." I nodded.
"Right on schedule. Just go right down that hall, take a left and its the door at the very end of the hallway." She instructed.
"Ok, thank you."
I felt as if I was going in slow motion with every step I took.
I was one step closer to my possible future...
Two steps...
12 steps...
My possible future as an N.Y.U. student depends on this, if i get in and win the scholarship then Ella and I will be most likely living together for the next four years in New York.
Dad, I really hope you're with me right now.
The door was already open, so I walked right in. Sitting at a table in what looked like a photo studio were four people. Three men and one woman.
"You must me Mr. Clearwater." The woman said.
"That would be correct." I shook her hand.
"We've heard nothing but great things about you." The gray haired man sitting next to her said as went down the line to shake everyone's hand.
I sat down in the chair across from them
"So, tell us a little bit about yourself." The woman said.
Keep it simple Seth...
"Well, I was born and raised in La Push—it's a small reservation on the coast, just a few miles away from Forks." I told them.
"Washington. Wow you're a long way from home." She nodded.
"Yea," I chuckled. "But my family is really excited. This is one of the biggest opportunities I've probably gotten so far."
"Goog, good." The older man said.
"Now I have a question for you..." The woman who hadn't spoken yet said to me. "After looking through the pictures you sent us with your application. Have you ever put any of those photos in competition?"
"Yes I have—"
"You were the young man who won the young photographers photo challenge last summer." The younger man sat up in his chair and leaned forward, waiting for me to reply.
"I thought I recognized a few of those pictures. Did you bring your portfolio's for us to look over?" He asked.
So glad Ella's mom helped me prepare all of these ahead of time. She helped me pick out every single picture. I quickly picked up the one inch binders I placed on the floor next to my chair and gave one to each person.
I gave them a few minutes to look through everything. I wasn't really sure what they really thought about them since they all had the same blank expression on their faces, all except the gray haired man who seemed very disappointed.
Shit. He doesn't like him.
"This girl you have in some of your pictures...who is she?" He asked.
"She's mesmerizing." The other man said.
"She was in the photos you submitted for that photo challenge last summer." The woman wearing glasses sitting next to him said.
"That would be Ella." I said with a warm smile on my face.
"I can hear it your voice, she must be very special to you." She assumed.
"Actually she's my girlfriend." I said shyly.
"Oh," They all nodded.
"She very supportive of you going to school here?"
"Yes, she's very supportive. Actually, she and my photography teacher were the ones who encouraged me to apply for this school in the first place." I explained.
"I must say Mr. Clearwater, for a man of your age you definitely have some promising skills. What inspired you to be a photographer in the first place?" The middle aged man asked me.
I had a feeling this was coming.
"Before my father passed, he always used to tell me that a good snapshot stops a moment from running away. I've taken over a thousand pictures since he died and at least a thousand more since I realized how life can flash right before your eyes and take away the things you love most. The photograph itself never really interested me, I want only to capture just a moment of reality."
No one said anything after I finished. I didn't think my answer would be so deep.
"Well, I've already made my decision about this one." The elder man whispered to his co-leagues unaware that I'm able to hear all of what he just said.
"I really like his work," The woman next to him whispered.
"I think we've hit jackpot with this one." The other woman said.
"So it's unanimous." The man on the other end whispered.
They all stopped and looked at me. The elder man got up out of his chair and walked around to stand right in front of me.
"Stand up son," He said.
I stood up and it was clear I was a lot taller than him. He had to be no more than about five foot 8.
"I would like to be the first to congratulate you Mr. Clearwater. Welcome to N.Y.U."
My eyes widened at the thought of it.
Did I just get the scholarship? The scholarship that only twenty students were selected to compete for.
YES I DID!
"Thank you so much sir you have no idea what this means to me." I shook his hand.
"We look forward to working with you in the fall." He said.
My phone started ringing before I could say another word.
"I'm guessing that's your girlfriend calling all the way from Washington." The other man said.
"Actually I'm meeting her for lunch in a little bit. We came here together for spring break. She's going to be so excited. Thank you all so much for your time." I shook all of their hands again in excitement.
"We'll send you a letter back home sometime in the next week to go over the scholarship and so on. Enjoy your vacation." The woman wearing glasses said to me.
I walked out of that room with the biggest smile on my face.
Ella is gonna freak out and I cant' wait to tell her the news.
(Ella's P.O.V.)
Shortly after spending time with some of my old friends, Louis picked me up and drove back to N.Y.U. It was already 11:30 when I got there I walked inside and waited for him in the commons.
He should be out by now so I called his cell, but there was no answer. He should be done very soon then.
"Waiting for someone?" A good looking blue-eyed boy took a seat in the chair across from me.
"Yes actually, my boyfriend?" I said right away.
"Do you go here?" He asked me.
"No."
"What school then?" He's being persistent.
"La Push High School. It's in Washington." I said coldly.
"So what are you doing out here in New York?"
"Do you ever stop asking questions?" I asked.
"May!" It sounded like Seth, I turned around to see him running towards me. He had a grin on his face and I knew what it meant.
I ignored the boy who sat across from me at the table and ran to Seth.
"Baby I got it!" He told me as I jumped into his arms.
"That's great!" I squealed as Seth spun me around in a circle. "Oh my gosh I'm gonna start crying. I can't believe you got it. You have to call your mother—and then you have to call my mother and your sister and Jacob and the boys—"
"Don't worry I've got it all covered. Actually I'm not gonna tell her until we get back home." Seth told me.
"Why?" I scrunched my eyebrows together.
"Because I'm gonna surprise them. And I just bought the perfect gift for my mom and Charlie." Seth pulled put two purple shirts from behind his back and held them up so I can see. Both of the shirts said,
My Son Goes to N.Y.U
"Oh gosh, they're gonna love these! They're hilarious!" I chuckled.
"Oh yea and then here's Leah's." Seth showed me another one.
My Brother Goes to N.Y.U.
"Awww babe, these are so nice—now put them back in the bag so we can go. I'm hungry!" I demanded.
"Have fun with your friends?"
"Yea it was fun..." I trailed off only because the boy who tried talking to me earlier was looking at me.
"Who's that?" Seth asked me.
"I have no idea, but he sucks at flirting." I chuckled.
"Well in that case I can give him something to look at..." Seth and I shared a savory kiss that left me smiling. "We've been here for almost two days, and now I want a hot dog."
Of course that would be what he wanted to eat despite how much he and the boys eat them back at home.
"Fine," I took his hand and we walked out of the building. Louis was parked right outside so we quickly got into the car.
"Where to?" He asked us.
"Grey's Papayas!" I said with with excitement.
"Well aren't you excited." Louis chuckled.
"HE GOT IN!" I screamed.
"Ella, no need to shout it out to the whole world." Seth told me.
"Hmmmmm..." There's an idea. The sun roof was already open so I stood up and yelled at the top of my lungs,
"MY BOYFRIEND IS GOING TO N.Y.U!"
I got pulled back down into the car by Seth and he shaking his head, trying not to laugh. "You must have had way too much coffee this morning."
"No actually, I'm just very excited right now." I nodded.
"I can see that...my turn." Seth stood up.
"Oh lord," I shook my head.
"I'M GOING TO N.Y.U!" He yelled at the top of his lungs.
I busted out laughing when Seth sat back down. "Louis, please start driving before we get pulled over for being a public disturbance."
"Sorry Louis," Seth said trying to hold in his laughter.
"Don't worry about it. Ella used to do it all the time when she was a kid," Louis said to Seth.
"Okay I get! Now I'm hungry! Uncle Louis can we get this car movin'? I'm embarrassed now." I covered my face with my hands.
"We can be embarrassed together," Seth teased.
"Oh whatever, don't start that with me." I stuck my tongue out at him.
"Very mature Elle," Seth muttered sarcastically.
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Much love,
~Dazzler 916~