Hard Love

Where all it starts

"Rydel's POV"
I sit on my parents' bed looking at old photo albums. I found very cute pics of them and us, kids. I also found one picture of Ellington. That didn't help me so much. See, usually when two people fall in love with each other they start dating, but me and Ellington... Well, I don't know. I afraid it'll ruin our friendship. A long time ago I met him and we had great chemistry, but he had a girlfriend already. They broke up. I ruin this thing from us cuz I met Calvin. I didn't even like him! He was smelly, annoying, sweaty, childish and not ready to a real relationship. I ruined everything...
Anyway, Ross got Laura. They're so happy together and very cute. Laura's my bestie.

I raise up and walke into the kitchen. My mom is there.

"Do you need help?" I asked.
"No sweetie, I don't. Ell helped me already"

Ell? Thee Ell?

"Really? I didn't know he's here."
"They're writing songs in garage, they couldn't find you so they went without you"
"Okay..."

I open the kitchen's door to our garden. I walk past a pool, a grill and I go through a gate of a fence. I open our garage's door and I see guys. This is my band, writing songs without me if they can't find me. Veeeery fair.

"What are you doing?" I asked.
They look at me like idiots
"Well?"
"We're- We're writing a song..." Riker answers gently.
"Why I'm not in?"
"We couldn't find you" Ross answers and try not to look at me.
"So, you guys are seriously just writing song without ME? I thought we're a band, R5. Not R4. Riker, you said to me '5 as 1' as R5's moto." I say and I put my hands to my waist.
"Do you wanna come now?" Riker asks.
"Sorry, no. I feel like you don't want me to come"
I go away, through a gate of a fence and I sit to the edge of our pool. My feet are in the water and I feel kinda sad. Suddently, I hear steps. It's not mom or dad. He sits next to me
"Are you okay?" he asks.
"Yeah, I'm fine" I don't even look at the person next to me.
"I've concert tickets to see Walk The Moon this night... I was going with Riker, but I think you'd need it more than he does..."
I raise my watch to him. It's Ellington. Oh god.... what to say!?
"O-okay... Thanks." I say and smile.
He smiles back to me. I got lost in his eyes... and he got lost in mine... Here we are, staring each other... In completly silence... Wow, I stop talking now.

"Ell's POV"
What's happening... I'm here with my crush. I-I can't believe this...

Suddently, both of us, move our heads little closer to each other. Then, we kiss... Oh wow..........

We hug after the 5 second last kiss. We both smile.
"Ellington..... You remember when we kissed in the living room, but we didn't start dating....."
"Yes" I answer.
"Do you- Do you think that was a big mistake?" She asks me gently.
"To be honest, yes. Rydel, I love you. There's no way I'd live without you..."
"Same here..."

She hugs me tighter

"Are-are we a couple now, or what?" She asks and laughs.
"I think so" I laugh.

We stop hugging and she goes inside. I go back in the garage.

"So?" Riker asks.
"She's fine..." I smile. "She just needed some new twist.... A huge twist...."

Stormie's POV

Rydel sat down to a table... That kiss was pretty great, I think. Gotta talk to her.

Rydel's POV

"So Ryd? What's up?"

She smiles very weirdly

"Everything's better than okay..." I raises and comes closer to me. "Ellington and I kissed."
"I saw it!" I 'scream'. "Soooo?"
"I think we're a couple! Omg, exactly what I have wanted!"
"Aaah!"
"Mom, can you tell guys? I don't want to..."
"Sweetie..."
"There's this moving coming and things would get weird... I just wanna have my brothers AND my boyfriend..."
Mom comes to me and pets my arm
"Tell... It makes things way easier... Imagine, if I wouldn't tell my mom about getting a child. Things would be so complicated..."

In the evening. Ell and I just came off the WTM concert. They rocked it! I had so much fun and I'm sure Ell is coming to my place for one night. Oh yeah, by the way, I'm not gonna tell the guys about us.

"You have been very quiet after the concert..." Ellington says.
"Well, I know. Mom wants us to tell guys that we're dating... I don't want to..."
"Why?"
"I don't want them to get mad at me... I love them but I'm their only sister... Once she gets boyfriend, bros are over... and Riker told that to me"
Ellington stops and I stop too. He takes my hand and holds it. We're standing in front of each other.
"If something happens, it's my fault... I'll clear things out if they get mad. Okay?" Ellington says.
"Okay..."