Chapter ten! Weeeooooo double digits!
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The next morning Ella woke up at ten. Her feet ached from dancing in those killer heels, next time she would have to bring flatts, and her scalp hurt from falling asleep with her hair pulled up tight. She hadn't felt so tired in a long time.
The night before, Ella had caught a cab home with Pogue, as they lived on the same street. Caleb drove Sarah and Kate to their dorms before returning home himself, and Reid had gone home with some blonde bimbo from history. And Ella could care less. She had a fantastic night.
She rolled over in her bed and grabbed her phone, taking a deep breath, she phoned Tyler.
"Hello?" his voice sounded groggy, like he had been sleeping.
"Oh, did I wake the boy who swore he never, ever slept in?" she asked sarcastically, a hint of a giggle in her voice.
"Ella?" he asked, sounding more alert. She nodded and realised that was stupid. She was on the phone.
"Yeah," she said, sitting up in bed, and leaning against the headboard.
"Whats up?" he asked her some what cautiously.
"I think we should talk," she told him, feeling slightly flustered.
"Yeah. We should. Uh. How are you?" he asked her, sounding quite nervous.
"Not on the phone doofus." she exclaimed. "Let's meet up?" she asked him. She heard him chuckle lightly.
"Yeah. Uh, want me to come get you and we can go somewhere, or..?" he asked her, waiting for an answer.
"Actually, Jessica works all day today. You could come over and I could make us a late breakfast?" she asked him.
"Sure, I'll be there in half an hour," he told her, and they both hung up. She literally leapt out of bed and into the shower. She showered as quickly as possible, and then changed into a pair of blakc leggings, a white tank top, and a purple, black and white plaid, button down shirt. She blew her hair dry quickly, and pulled it up into a pony, and sweeped her bangs to the side. She pulled a pair of black ancle uggs onto her feet and called herself ready.
She walked down the hallway, just as the doorbell rang. She rushed to the front door and opened it. She gasped. Everything was white. Tyler stood on her step, a thin layer of snow on his shoudlers and hair. "Oh my god!" she exclaimed. There was a good couple inches of snow out there.
She let him into the house, and dusted the snow from his shoulders. "I would never have asked you to drive if I had known it was snowing. I didn't even look outside this morning!" she told him, taking his jacket and hanging it up.
"It's okay," he laughed. "Roads are pretty good anyway." He told her, wiping his feet on the mat by the door and following her into the kitchen. "So.." he started awkwardly, sitting at the kitchen table.
"Tyler, I want to apologize for the way I acted the other day. I guess I was a little jealous, and I didn't mean the things I said." she told him, and he smiled. He reached across the table and grabbed her hand.
"You don't have to apologize Ella. You were hurt and I get that. I thought I was moving too fast, and I didn't want to scare you off. That's why I didn't try anything after that kiss.." he trailed off, a dark blush creeping to his cheeks. She started laughing.
"I thought I was moving too fast! I thought I scared you off, and that's why you didn't try anything!" she exclaimed, matching his grin with her own. "I feel so dumb now." she groaned.
"Yeah. Me too." He said. "Can we start over? Or at least pretend our little 'fight' never happened?" he asked her.
"Sounds perfect. Now for breakfast, I'm thinking omeletts. I make a pretty mean ham and cheese omelette." she told him standing. He stood with her, catching her arm and drawing her to him.
He tilted her chin up and pressed his lips against hers. Her hands went to his chest, and his to cup her cheeks. They stood there in utter bliss, until the pulled apart to breath. He rested his forehead against hers. They both smiled, and he pressed another gentle kiss against her lips, and then her nose, and then her forhead.
"Breakfast?" she asked him, still smiling. He nodded, and they set to work preparing the meal. They ate, and cleaned up, enjoying each other's company.
"You looked beautiful last night, by the way." he told her. "Your dress was beautiful." she blushed.
"Yeah the dress was curtosey of Reid. Which by the way, I have yet to thank him for." she said, putting the last dish away.
"Reid bought you that dress?" Tyler asked, leaning against the counter. She nodded.
"I didn't ask him to. Jessica and I went to pay for the dress and the lady said she had strict instructions to put it on Reid's card." Ella explained with a shrug. "I'll phone him later."
"Well that was nice of him." was all Tyler said.
"Your date, Macy, was it? Her dress was lovely." Ella said, earning a sharp laugh from Tyler.
"Oh god I know. Her Grandma made it." he chuckled.
"Well maybe you'll have a different date for the next dance," Ella said, smirking at him. He grabbed her hand and drew her to him, kissing her lips.
"Let's hope so," he murmured against her lips.
They spent the afternoon together, not accomplishing much, but talking about everything and anything. Eventually Tyler had to go home, and shortly after Jessica returned from work.
"You look happy." Jessica commented, dropping her bag and stretching out on the couch.
"I am happy." Ella said with a smile, sitting on top of her sister, who screeched.
"GET OFF." she shouted, knocking Ella to the floor by bucking her legs. "I'm guessing you and Tyler made up?"
Ella nodded. "He came over today. We made brunch and talked." she said, smile expanding. "He really is a great guy."she gushed, still sprawled on the floor.
"Well I'm glad you worked things out. Now shush. I had a long day at work and your killing my relaxation." Jessica complained. Ella pretend to pout, and got up from her position on the floor.
"Fine! I'll be in my room!" she said, giggling as she walked away. She grabbed her cell phone and went to go lay down on her bed. She dialed Reid's number.
"Hello?" he answered on the second ring.
"Guess what?" she asked, laying back against her head board.
"You realized you're madly in love with me and you phoned to have wild, crazy phone sex?" was his quick answer. She wasn't surprised.
"Yes. And I forgot to tell you thanks for the dress," she said. "It totally slipped my mind." she heard him chuckle.
"No worries. You looked hot." he told her seriously.
"Thank you. You looked alright." she said, and giggled at his sharp intake of breath.
"Alright? Just alright?" he demanded, seeminly very concerned at her definition of him. She laughed.
"You looked very dashing Reid." she finally said, and he exhaled loudly.
"That's better." he sighed. "So I hear you and Baby boy are on track again,"
"We talked things out, if that's what you mean,"
"Well he seems a lot happier. It's hard to have fun with him when he's down in the dumps." he murmured. "Expecially when we're gaming. Not a good time."
"Yeah, well we're all good now, so you can game all you want." she laughed. Leave it to Reid to only care about gaming.
"Really? I love you. So so much. Are you sure you want Baby boy? We could have so much more fun together." Reid said matter of factly, in a joking manner. But she could sense some truth behind the question.
"I'm sure Reid. But we can be friends right?" she shot back to him with a giggle. She heard his loud, mocking sigh.
"Yeah. But we better be bestfriends, I don't know if I could handle anything less." He warned her.
"Alright. Bestfriends it is. Do we get to do bestfriend stuff, like watch sappy movies, paint our nails and do eachothers make up?" she asked. He laughed sharply.
"Oh yes. And go shopping, and get our hair done. All of that fun stuff." He drawled. "How about you do that stuff with Sarah and Kate. They might be a little better at the make up and nails shit."
Ella giggled. "Party pooper." she whined, laying back on her bed for a comfier position. He chuckled.
"Yeah yeah, whatever. I need to go. I'm playing Call of Duty, and you've messed me up." Reid accused.
"Oh no. I'm so sorry." she said laughing. "Have a good night Reid. See yah later." she told him.
"Nighty night, bestfriend forever." he said with a chuckle.
"Night," she replied, hanging up her phone. She was glad Reid was comfortable with just being friends. She knew she could count on him. They would have a weird friendship, but a friendship none the less.
A/N; Aha so who liked this chapter? Reviews? bring em on. Chapter 11 will be up soon!
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