Chapter 6:
Alana Finds Out
"And he said he probably won't be back home until next Tuesday, which I told him would be fine considering we'll still be with Aunt Wei.."
"Mhm..." I mumbled, doodling in the margins of The Hobbit.
"So he said he couldn't wait 'til we got back because he misses his two best friends, and I was all, 'Awh, Todd! That's so sweet!' and he's all, 'Meh! Not sweet!' which made me giggle."
"Yeah." I continued spacing out and doodling.
"And then he said he had a surprise for us once we got back. Some kind of Swiss candy. Sounds good, right?"
"He's so cute..."
"Wait...what? Todd?"
"Wha?" I immediately shot back into reality. "No! Not Todd! Ugh."
"Elli, have you been listening at all?" Alana gave me that Honestly-I-said-all-that-and-you-didn't-even-listen disappointed look. I smiled sheepishly.
"Sorry..."
Alana took a seat beside me on my bed. "Then who were you talking about?"
"Huh? Oh! No one in particular." I shut my book, throwing my pencil across the room.
"Elli, don't lie to me..." She inched dangerously close, snatching my book.
"Hey! Give it back!" She held it out of my reach, opening it and flipping through the pages. There, on the first 45 pages, were drawings of hearts, stars, and Phil and I together. I whimpered like a helpless puppy.
"Who is this boy, El?"
"Like I said...no one in particular.."
That's when she flipped to page 23, spotting his name on the side of the page in blocky letters. I flushed bright pink.
She looked at me inquisitively. "Phil?" I blushed an even darker shade. "Oh my gosh! You like Phil! Elli liiikes Phiiiil! Elli liikes Phiiiill!" She began parading around the house, singing this as loud as she possibly could, causing Wei to step out and ask what was going on. Alana exclaimed, even louder than before, "ELLI LIIIKKES PHIIIIIL!"
"Oh really?" Wei smiled. "Who is this Phil?"
"The Youtuber I told you about! The one she thought was lame at first!"
"Oh, that young man! Well, he is quite fit." Wei winked. I blushed again.
"Ahhh! I can't believe this! Have you told him?!" She screamed, a fire in her eyes.
"Uh, well..." I rubbed the back of my neck nervously. "he kinda...kissed me." I squeezed my eyes shut, flinching. And rightly so. Alana began screaming at the top of her lungs, hugging me, and jumping up and down.
In fact, she was so loud that someone had knocked on the door, coming to complain. Wei opened the door to reveal...Phil and Dan.
"What's with all the ruckus?" Dan questioned.
"Yeah," Phil continued. "You girls sound like you just won a million pounds."
"Oh, it's nothing," Alana beamed. "Just that Elli likes-" I quickly covered her mouth with my hand.
"Elli likes reading. A lot." I continued, nervously laughing. "And apparently back in America, my friend Todd bought a whole bunch of new books for me. I guess we kind of got a little excited."
Phil and Dan looked extremely confused, but thankfully accepted this answer. "Americans sure are weird about their literature.." Dan mumbled before exiting the apartment.
"Just a bit," Phil agreed. But before he completely left our apartment he turned to Alana and said, "Oh yeah. Dan likes you, Alana. Like a lot. You should see his notebommphfmm!" Dan dragged him away embarrassed, covering his mouth. I couldn't help but giggle.
Alana, on the other hand, ran after the two screaming, "Wait! Dan! I like you, too!"
I rolled my eyes, and sat down to continue doodling.
A minute later, Phil stepped back in. "Almost forgot something." He walked swiftly over to me, pulled me up by my hand, and straight up kissed me. Pulling away, he smiled. "You taste like chocolate."
An earsplitting scream could be heard from next door. We gave each other an alarmed look and raced into Dan and Phil's flat screaming, "Alana! Don't kill the poor boy!"
What has my life become?
A/N: Random kiss in there, just for fun. :D Phil's pretty crazy, so I figured he'd probably do something like that. Hope you enjoyed this chapter even though it was more of a filler. It was the only way I could think of to let Alana know what had been going on between Phil and Elli. Please tell me whatcha think of the story, and if you think I should write more. I love you all! R&R.
