Hate is a strong word

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Irl, social media

The movie ended and everyone started leaving because it was getting late.

"Thank you guys for coming over, i really appreciate it" nick stated

"Yea of course, I was bored and had nothing to do anyway" Mariah said

Mariah and Ellie giving their goodbye hugs were the last to leave the triplets house. They walked out the door and climbed into Mariah's car. It was 11:00pm and Ellie knew if she didn't get home soon her mom and brother would start to freak.

She arrived at home, thanked Mariah for the ride and went inside her house. Her brother zack was sitting on the living room couch watching Netflix when he heard the front door open.

"Where the hell have you been you el" he said sighing of relief now that Ellie was home.

"I was just at the triplets house for a while, sorry I forgot to tell you, whoops"

"Well mom was flipping her shit cause we both didn't know wher-"

"El, is that you?" Ellie's mom said walking down. The stairs interrupting zack

"Yea, sorry I didn't tell you i went to a friends house today"

"It's alright, just don't do that again" she said bringing her daughter into a hug.

After the movie night at the sturniolos, Ellie was feeling very tired. She decided she was just gonna go to bed when she got home so that's what she did.

The next morning el had plans again with the triplets and Peyton to go get ice-cream. She asked Mariah and Lucas to come but they said they were busy.

She woke up at around 9 and started to get ready for the day. The triplets were picking her up at 10:30 so she knew she had to take one of her short, no music showers otherwise she would get distracted and be in the shower for like and hour.

She showered quickly and did her hygiene stuff. She eventually got to doing her makeup and hair. Once she was done with all that she picked out and outfit. Since they were actually going out, she thought she should look a little more presentable.

She grabbed a pair of black jean shorts and a light blue top. She slipped on her converse, grabbed her phone and went downstairs to the living room to wait for the triplets.

El was excited to go but not excited to see Matt. After what happened yesterday, she doesn't even want to look at him.

The triplets eventually arrived at Ellie's house. She called through the house remembering this time to tell her mom that she's leaving.

She walked through the front door not bothering to lock it since her mom was home. She hopped in the back seat next to nick in the triplets van and they began driving to pick up Peyton.

"Bro, I've been craving ice-cream for the past 2 weeks" Chris said as soon as el put her seatbelt on.

"What kind are you gonna get el" nick asked

"Probably like mint chocolate chip or something, I don't have the exact fucking menu with me right now nick so I don't really know" el said rolling her eyes playfully

"Just asking, didn't need the extra sass" nick said shaking his head.

El just laughed

They made it to Peyton's house and she got in the van and sat next to el and nick in the back. Now they were finally headed to the icecream shop.

"Who's terrible playlist is this, this song is actually shit" Peyton exclaimed

"That would be Matt and his trash music taste" nick announced