pinky promise, chris sturniolo.

2,

ella's point of view

i wake up to my phone ringing, i check the time confused. why tf is chris calling me at four am?

"hello" i say with a sleepy voice, "hello? ella?" chris says sniffing.

i sit up "chris what's wrong?" i hear him stifle a sob through the phone, "do you wanna go for a walk?" he asks sadly. "where are you?" i ask grabbing a hoodie.

"around the corner from your house, can u please just come outside?" he asks. i hear him sob out again "okay i'm coming."

i grab my jacket and another assuming he was only wearing a hoodie.

i see him at the end of my street when i successfully climb out of my window, i run over to him and pull him into a tight hug while he cries into my shoulder.

"chris what happened?" i ask giving him the jacket. he puts the jacket on and sniffles his nose.

"i just-" he cries "i'm so fucking sad, i don't want to talk about it, can we go to your house?" he looks at me with sad eyes. i slowly nod my head feeling sorry for my friend.

we climb into my room and take our jackets off, he isn't crying as much anymore. just tears falling out of his eyes. "are you ever gonna tell me what's wrong?" i ask "maybe, but not right now if that's okay" he replies sitting on my bed.

i sit down next to him and shift onto one side of the bed. "come lay with me, we can watch a movie." i say. he takes his shoes off, lays down and lifts his arm up so i can lay my head on his chest. i adjust the blanket placing it on the both of us "what do u wanna watch?" he asks. "anything, your pick tonight." i say

he puts on madagascar, we used to love that movie when we were kids. we lay in peace and giggle at the funny parts. he soon falls asleep but i can't help but think about what could have made him so sad. i mean he's come over while he was sad before but never this late and i've never seen him cry like this. i wonder if it is a girl who could've hurt him? but i don't think so. i feel awful though.

my thoughts soon put me to sleep.

we wake up at around 11. i guess i'm skipping school today, we were just laying in the same spots we feel asleep in watching tik toks on his phone. "do u want breakfast?" i ask him sitting up, feeling cold as my body left his. "yes but i kinda want chocolate, do u wanna walk to the store?" he asks me with pleading eyes. "no" i respond.

it's literally freezing like tf is this guy talking about.

"cmon i'll buy u nerds" he says with a smile. "ugh, get up let's go." i say groaning. he shoots up and puts on his dirty air forces and the coat i leant him last night and we leave through the front door this time.

we're walking in silence until chris says "i'm sorry about last night. it won't happen again"

"no way don't even worry about it, i like it when u sleep over" i say with a smile. he smiles back at me and grabs my hand. "what we're you sad about anyway?" i ask swinging our arms hoping he would tell me.

"i already told u, maybe i'll tell u another time." he responds, we arrive at the 7/11 and walk in.

he gets me my nerds and he gets whatever kind of chocolate he wanted and we begin walking back home. "should i text matt to pick us up and bring us back to your place?" i ask. he looks upset about the question but quickly hides it with a smile "yea that works." i look at him with an 'are you sure' look and he just nods.

matt pulls up next to us and we hop into the car, "so ella, did u just fall asleep when u got home?" matt asks, did chris not tell them he went to my house?

"yea, i didn't really do anything until this morning when chris came over and asked me to go to the store." i respond blankly looking over at chris. he turns to me and gives me a thank you look and i smile.

normally he tells the boys when he's leaving, that's weird. i wonder why he kept it a secret?