𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 [kendall knight]

big time double date

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ELLA'S HEART DROPPED to the pit of her stomach three times today.

The first time was this afternoon.

She stayed up all night with Kendall watching movies. He wasn't interested in her boring indie films, so he convinced her to watch Jurassic Park. The difference between him and her was that he was able to get up early no matter what time he fell asleep. It probably had something to do with the early morning hockey practices his coach assigned the team when they were back in Minnesota. Kendall just never quit the habit of being an early riser. Ella Reed, on the other hand, needed at least seven hours of sleep to function.

One exception was the night before Jo moved to New Zealand. The girl had forced herself to stay up all night to finish writing a parting song for her best friend and to go out to eat breakfast with her the next morning. She managed to make it to 8:00 A.M. before promptly falling asleep on the couch to Kendall brushing his hand through her hair.

But today, there was no anomaly where the girl could manage waking up after only four hours of sleep.

It was 12:00 P.M. when she woke up, and she was late for rehearsal.

Ella stretched out her arms, wondering why her alarm didn't go off, until she widened her eyes and her heart dropped, seeing the time on her phone.

Why didn't the guys wake me up? she thought.

She shot out of bed, quickly changing out of her pajamas, shimmying into a pair of jeans and random top, before running out of her room, almost slipping on the hardwood floor.

She froze, seeing Logan miserably slumped over the kitchen counter, while Mrs. Knight poured him a glass of milk.

"Why didn't you wake me up? Where is everyone? Why aren't you guys at the studio-"

Interrupting her rambling, Logan piped up, "Rehearsal's cancelled!"

"Wait, what?" Ella backtracked.

Still slouched on the table, he chugged down the cup of milk, before explaining, "We went down to the lobby and Gustavo and Kelly came up to us. Apparently we cause stress for Gustavo because his doctor advised him to take a 24-hour break away from us after seeing his high blood pressure."

Ella shrugged, "Makes sense."

"Sorry, we didn't wake you." Logan winced.

She waved him off. "It's fine. You're just lucky we didn't have rehearsal."

Knowing the girl's sleeping habits, Mrs. Knight asked, "Why didn't you get any sleep last night?"

As if on cue, Kendall walked into the apartment.

Ella turned her head towards him then back to the woman. "Ask your son."

"Ask me what?" He wondered, snaking an arm around her.

Ella nudged it off her jokingly, pointing a finger at him. "It's your fault I just woke up."

Kendall raised his eyebrows, looking back at the clock that read 12:10 P.M. "How is it my fault?"

" 'Oh, El. I hate this movie, it's so boring. Let's watch a dumb movie about dinosaurs instead," Ella imitated, deepening her voice. "And then you didn't wake me up before you guys went down to the lobby."

"First of all, I don't sound like that and second, I didn't want to wake you up because you just looked so peaceful," he teased, kissing the side of her head.