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She raised one eyebrow at that and pulled the door closer to her body, closing the gap in a ‘you’re not welco here, Jamie? I was under the impression that you two had broken up," she replied, her voice cold and emotionless

I frowned and shookwhy on earth she would think that

She frowned and cocked her head to the side like Ellie does when she’s thinking hard about so When Ellie does it however, it looks cute, like a little curious puppy, when herto attack

"Well you definitely weren’t the one that brought her hohed and shookwell so I left early Paul drove Ellie ho not to show hed quietly and rolled her eyes "I think I can recognise Mark when I see hih"

Mark? Mark drove Ellie houy anywhere near her

I didn’t begrudge her male friends, I would never tell her she couldn’t talk to another guy - but Mark just rubbedway I think it was the fact that he was perfect for her and was the complete opposite of me He was respectable, ambitious, talented, smart, and he wanted to be a doctor - he was every hters I hated him because I knew that at soht be now - I would lose her to him

"Mark drove her hoabout it "Mmm hmm I just assumed that you two had broken up because Ellison and Mark were kissing… maybe she just hasn’t told you?" she offered nastily

Kissing? What the hell? Disappointment and sadness settled in the pit of my stomach as my blood seemed to turn to ice in my veins It was over Ellie had finally come to her senses and wised up to the fact that I was a waste of space and that she was better off with sory about it because I just wanted her to be happy

I tightenedatnasty on the botto and corrupt sohter Clearly your time with the rich little cheerleader, is finished"

"Is Ellie home? I’d like to hear it from her, if that’s okay," I replied tersely If it was really over then I could accept that, but not from this hateful witch, if Ellie toldaway fro her for one last chance - even just a friendship chance, I just needed to keep her inout of the door, pulling it closed behind her Her grey eyes that were the sa, locked onto ," she answered "Look, Jairls go through a bad boy stage at sohter’s, but it’s done now I’ you ruin her future, she deserves better than you"

I gulped I couldn’t even disagree with her words - they mirrored my opinion too

"So just leave You’re neither wanted nor welcome here," she finished Before I could answer or even think of what I wanted to say, she span on her heel and headed inside, closing the door in my face

I squeezed ht of not being with her Part of s She was right, I knew this was co and that didn’t ease the pain one little bit The more selfish part ofto keep her withthe world onto be the person who I wanted to be

Instead of walking away, I bent down and picked up a couple of small pebbles from the floor and strutted around to the side of their house, scaling the six foot gate they had at their side of their property and dropping down the other side I walked into the back yard, looking up at Ellie’son the second floor

I took a deep breath and threw the first little pebble It hit its target, tapping on hergently

When nothing happened, I threw the next one and then the next I bent and picked up a couplethem too

The last one had already left hing and sticking her head out "What the heck are you throwing stones ather forehead She leant out theand I noticed that she was fully dressed, her hair brushed and pulled back into a little bun - sleeping etically, I sawto the back door, an angry expression on her face I looked back up to Ellie quickly as herthe backdoor "Sorry I just wanted to talk to you," I said quickly

Ellie frowned, doing the little cocking the head move and I smiled at how different it was to her mother’s look "Well why didn’t you just knock, silly?" she asked, laughing

I did "Can you come down?" I asked hopefully