We made it to the dining hall, where we saw Jesse and Dina sitting at a table. They waved us over and we sat in front of them.
We greeted each other but then Dina noticed something, different, about Ellie.
"You okay El?"
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"Well you just look, super happy. Like overwhelmingly happy. You're not like that much."
Ellie smiled and looked at me, helping Dina connect the dots.
"Ohhhh! I'm glad for you guys!" She sounded super excited.
Ellie's face got red.
"Thanks Dina." I said, so Ellie could try to relax.
"So, how old are you?" Jesse asked.
"I'm 18."
"Oh wow, you're older than all of us." Dina said.
"Not by much but yeah."
The 'Double Date' went well. We mostly just talked about random things and ate. I learned more about Ellie and she learned more about me. Like how she met Joel cause they went halfway across the country together. Or how I've been on my own since I was 8.
"Wait so that robot in your room was Sam's?"
"Yeah." She looked a bit sad so i wrapped my arm around her.
"Poor kid."
There was a little silence.
"Well, Dina and I should get going but it was nice to get to know you, Logan." Jesse said.
"Yeah, you too."
They got up and so did we. Ellie and I walked out the side door as Jesse and Dina walked out the front door. We walked back to my place, since it was closer.
"Can you open the door please? My legs killing me." I asked Ellie.
"Of course." She opened the door, keeping it
open so I can walk in.
"Thanks."
I could tell Ellie got sad after talking about the story with her and Joel.
"You okay, Ellie?" I said, sitting on my bed, taking off my hoodie and boots.
"Yeah, i'm okay." She kept looking at the ground, rubbing her fingers together.
I sighed. I knew that she wasn't but she didn't want to tell me. I opened my arms.
"Come here." I said playfully, getting a small smile out of her as she next to me, leaning on my shoulder.
She stayed quiet.
"You know you can tell me how you feel right?"
I felt her nod.
"Okay then, I know that the story you shared was hard and you went through a lot but as long as I'm here, you're safe."
She started sniffing, crying quietly.
"Oh, Ellie."
I moved back so I could lean on the wall and lay on the bed, moving her with me.
She kept crying.
"Here." I took off her jacket and her shoes, and covered her legs in my blanket.
Ellie moved in front of me, putting her head on my chest.
I kissed the top of her head.
"It's okay, Ellie."
We stayed like that for a few minutes as Ellie calmed down.
She let out a sigh, pushing her head off my chest, leaving tear marks on my shirt.
"Shit, sorry." She said trying to wipe it off.
"It's okay." I grabbed her hands softly so she would stop. Looking at her face I wiped her tear tracks.
"You're good at this." She said.
"Good at what?"
"Being sweet."
I smiled.
"Well you're starting to rub off on me sooo."
"Shut up." She hit my arm, giggling.
"When do we have to go to Joel's?" I asked, looking back and forth from her eyes to her lips.
"Uhhh around 7"
It was 4pm.
"Soo in a few hours. Got it. Now if you'll excuse me madam, I have to change my shirt." I said playfully, causing Ellie to move to the side. I grabbed my bag and grabbed a plain black shirt.
Taking my shirt off and looking over at Ellie, I saw her face got red. My body had lots of cuts and scars.
"You okay, Ellie?"
"Ye-Yeah. I'm fine." She had a small smile on her face.
"Okay." I put on the other shirt, and Ellie immediately hopped in front of me again.
"Oh hey you. Didn't see you there." I said as she turned around and laidback on my body.
"Hey, Ellie. I have a question."
"Yeah?"
"What movies are you and Joel into?"
"Cheesy 80's action movies."
"Oh boy." I giggled.
"Whaat? They're actually good." I could tell she was smiling by looking at her cheek.
"Whatever you saaayy."
She turned and looked at me, just staring at me.
"You have really pretty eyes." I said to her.
She smiled and kissed me.
"The cuts doing better." She said to me, her eyes looking at my lip as she touched it with her thumb.
"Yeah, it is." I kissed her thumb.
She smiled at me, getting a little pink. She yawned and turned back around.
"Can we take a nap?" She asked.
"Of course we can."
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Life at Jackson|Ellie x OC! Male reader
Action|COMPLETED| This is a story following the characters from my others, but it's not based on the game, and has a different storyline. You mainly read as Logan, you just moved to Jackson and you're 18. You've got some unresolved shit that you are tryin...
