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"She ‘ fell down the stairs’?" I repeated sarcastically

"That’s what I was thinking Anyway, I know you don’t see her but I just thought you should know," Ray said, sounding aletic

I closed my eyes and nodded, "Thanks, Ray" I disconnected the call and pressed the phone against ain, did that mean that she was back to her usual habits?

I sacrificed so ain? It almost made me wonder why I even bothered in the first place But I knehy I bothered, she was my mother, she was a sorry excuse for one definitely, but the wohed and put the phone on the side, looking down at Ellie’s flawless face, trying not to getthe place up I brushed the hair off of her face, just letting s for her wash over me I was so in love with her now that it was aluys that put her before everything else, all I wanted to do wasit too, she was definitely happy with me

Her dad seemed to like me too, I had been round her house for dinner at least once a week for the lastand joking around with him Her mom on the other hand, she despised me She didn’t say it, she didn’t need to, the look on her face told hter The subtle way she would drop Mark freaking Barrington into the conversation whenever she could, proved that point I think her and Ellie were clashing a lot over me, which is why she liked to stay atabout that, but I just wish that s hard for her

We were spending the day together today, hanging out and chilling then going to watch a movie with Stacey and Paul later We’d seen the for dresses for the school dance that I’d soo rent a suit each The dance was next Friday and I wasn’t looking forward to it at all, for one thing, I didn’t really dance I uy dance’ that consisted of foot shuffling, and I could grind back up against her while she shook her ass But I couldn’t do the ‘proper dancing’ that would be expected of me Did they do all that waltzy crap at a school dance? I was going to uess I didn’t really care as long as she enjoyed herself

Her breath was blowing acrossthe hair on the back ofthe line of her nose, just sirl was mine I still couldn’t believe it, even after a month I wanted desperately to tell her I loved her, but I wasn’t quite sure she felt the sa too forward, so I kept it to ainstshe’d sleep a little while longer just so I could just watch her like a pervert stalker She sighed in her sleep, "Jah… I don’t want to have to clear up the chocolate chips," she

I grinned and tried not to laugh "Sure, Ellie What flavour shall I get?" I asked, playing along with her in her sleep in a bid to keep her talking

She sighed again, "Whatever you want, I only want to throw it at the cats anyway"

I burst out laughing at her rando around shocked, ide eyes

"What?" she gasped, her voice husky and thick with sleep as she put her hand over her heart, a little scared look on her face That h harder so she looked down at me like I was crazy

"What’s funny? That scared the shit out ofather close to ain "You’re so cute sometimes, Ellison"

She raised one eyebrow, and I bit back another laugh She really did hate her full na her it all the ti at her

She rolled her eyes and scooted closer to me, "What’s with the scary wakeup call? That freaked htly before stroking the exact sao to the et some ice-creah heaven," I joked, laughing again as she looked at me like I was crazy

"Ice-crea that I don’t know about?" she asked, her nose scrunching up in confusion

I s her down to the bed "Yeah, I’ at the corners of her estively and I feltas I crashed irlfriend!

Three hours later and I couldn’t stop thinking aboutworried, and probably slightly annoyed withto repeat herself when I wasn’t really listening to her Myif she was in trouble again, what sort of thing she’d got herself into this time I tried my best not to care, but I couldn’t help it