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Chapter 16:
"Calm down, you feisty one."

Eloise-Anne

Exhausted, I wipe down yet another table. People are honestly disgusting when it comes down to both eating and drinking. I just don't understand how it's all spilled over the table. It does belong in your mouth, doesn't it? I hear the bell ring, letting me know a new customer walked in. Quinn looks at me before she looks at the customer. I am supposed to make the orders, but it has been crazy quiet. I walk towards the counter and grab a plastic cup, writing the name and order on it. I make the very specific coffee and put it on the counter whenever I finish. 

"That was great!" Quinn says happily, actually proud of me. I have been struggling with making coffee since there are so many different types and ways. "I see you've been practicing." She jokes at me. I roll my eyes playfully. "But I've heard something Eloise, you and Ashton are official?" She asks. 

"Tomorrow a month." I smile happily. I'm glad Ashton and I got together. He loves everything about me - at least it appears that way. Every flaw and insecurity I have is something he loves. Everybody tells me to love myself in times when I truly can't, but when I'm feeling alright, there will always be a part I can't love. That's the part Ashton probably loves the most, he completes me. We haven't told each other that, but I'm sure we actually think the same way. "But I have to go to my lecture," I tell her, a bit embarrassed. 

"Yeah sure, education is important." She says, I walk to the back and take off my apron. I am glad people forgot about the whole sex tape thing. Sometimes I do get some comments, but I ignore them. Luke had been suspended for three weeks when they found out it was him. I am actually happy I don't have to see him for a month. Yes, I have seen him, but attached to yet another girl. 

I've been trying to ignore him, but somehow, I can't. Everywhere I look I get reminded of him. Maybe it's a girl I recognize, a girl that made out with him. Maybe I even hear his name in the hallways. It makes it very hard to just ignore him. Also, despite how badly I wanted to post shit, I didn't do anything. I even asked Ashton to give him back his phone. To my biggest surprise, I didn't even break the screen. He definitely deserved that though. 

"El!" Tammy exclaims happily when seeing me. A smile creeps around my lips when the excited girl hugs me. I don't know why she's so happy, but maybe it has something to do with Michael. Maybe he has some skills I don't wanna know the existence of. "I heard about a trip and it's so exciting!" She says happily. "And I heard you can work in pairs." I chuckle when I hear how excited she is. "They will combine more classes; Michael said his class will also come with them." 

"How come I don't know about any of this?" 

"Because you've been working like crazy, babes." I roll my eyes. I just really want a new phone or at least a new screen, but I settled for a new phone since this one has been going with me for ages. We walk into the lecture hall, which is all crowded up. I look around and notice Michael's eyes in the crowd, he smiles and makes a gesture to come to sit with him. I still have no idea what's about to happen. I just want to take a nap. Whenever the door closes after a solid ten minutes, there's a loud voice speaking through the microphone. Michael has his arms wrapped around the blonde next to me. They're adorable together, they seem so unproblematic. They are perfect together and I should've known that from the first time. 

"As some of you may know, we planned a whole trip. This will be for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Before we start about when and where we have aligned the pairs to work with. There's no negotiation possible - so I don't want to hear anything about it. If we find out you changed partners, you automatically failed." She says, pausing for a second so we can all take it in. "The trip will be three nights, the rooms have also been aligned, we chose those out of friendships, negotiations are possible on this side."