EJ X GINA || Portwell S2 Finale Continuation

CHAPTER 2 - Call Time

I wake to the unpleasant sound of my iPhone alarm blaring on my nightstand. I rub my eyes and let them adjust to the sunlight coming in through the window. I roll over to turn off the alarm and check my notifications. There's nothing important just a couple instagram messages. I see a new notification pop up on the screen. My eyes light up as I read that it's a text from EJ.

EJ: Morning Sunshine ❤️ 

I beam with glee looking down at the little heart after the message and reply: 

ME: Good Morning!

EJ: Ash texted me about giving you guys a ride for our call time. Does 5:45 sound good?

ME: Yeah we'll be ready by then 

ME: :)

The clock reads 10:04 and I decide to get out of bed. I put on my bathrobe hanging on the door hook and walk down the hallway. I head down the stairs and turn to see Ashlyn sitting in front of the TV with a bowl of cereal.

"Morning Roomie."

The sound of my voice causes Ashlyn to basically fall over trying to find the remote. She turns off the the show she was watching and points to the spot right next to her. 

"Couch. Now."

I walk over and join her on the sofa as she scans my face.

"So...?"

I play dumb. "So what?"

"How was your little rendezvous with EJ last night?"

"Honestly the best! We went to that little 24 hour diner down the road for ice cream." 

"That is the cutest!"

"It really was! Oh also I know about EJ. You know like Elija James."

She looks stunned and her jaw drops the the floor.

"He told you?! He's never told anyone except for me and practically cried for me to keep it a secret."

She shakes her head and looks out into space.

"Wow he must really love you-"

Ashlyn stops in her tracks and looks at me like she told me confidential information I wasn't supposed to know. I look her dead in the eyes.

"He said he loved me?"

Ashlyn breaks eye contact begins to anxiously stutter and rub her hands together. It's always easy to tell when she was nervous. How could you not it was so obvious! Ashlyn's not a very subtle person and you could read her like a book.

"Uh he didn't- didn't explicitly say but just from what you told me he told you and... but you know I could always be totally wrong- I could be totally wrong"

"Ash."

Her speaking pace quickens.

"But what if he did would that be so bad? I mean not that I'm confirming that he did but we might've talked a bit you know cousin to cousin."

"Ash calm down!"

"Does it totally freak you out?"

Ashlyn starts to calm down and I look down at my lap.

"No actually. I think that I might love him too."

***

I'm frantically packing my bags as I keep glancing at EJ's text on my lock screen.

EJ: Five minutes away