The Way Things Change

Chapter 67

I was staying at home for a while, the band going on with their tour. Not that I wanted to. I was ordered to. Paul didn't want me back until I was fully recovered. The wounds were healed nicely, but they were going to leave scars. I just hoped they wouldn't be too evident if I had bare legs. The doctors had told me, that because they had made them relatively small, they would completely disappear over time. But if you looked closely, they would always be there. Eleanor was going to join me in the house. She didn't have to do anything anymore for college, so we would just hang out. Maybe go up to the highlands for a while. We just did what we wanted to.

I had recovered pretty fast. I was still building up my strength, but I wasn't set back too badly. And when I joined the tour, Mark had promised to help me with some recovering exercises. I was looking forward to joining them. Then I got to see some of Europe.

It was the day before our departure, so Eleanor and I had been packing our bags. It was a hot day in London, so when we were covered in sweat, we decided to take a dip in the pool. Spending these 2 years in this house, my confidence had been boosted. I was confident enough to walk around in my bikini. Which also resembled my simple underwear and sports underwear. They had seen me with that a lot of times. But never in some sexy underwear. That was reserved for Harry.

"Should we call Dani? She promised she would be around. And she still has something to tell us!" Eleanor asked me. We were hanging on the edge of the pool. I had just been swimming a couple of lanes, till Eleanor told me to stop. She always did that.

"That's a good idea. Then we can make some drinks as well, we could need that, right?"

"YES! I'm in. I'll call her, you make sure we have everything for mojitos!"

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Half an hour later Dani jumped into the pool. I had just started making the drink, and the water droplets landed on my skin, cooling me a bit. It had been a long time since the three of us had some alone time. Actually, it was almost exactly 2 years ago.

"Here you go, lovely ladies." I cooed and handed them their drinks. "I would like to propose a toast. It will suck, but I don't care!" They giggled slightly. "2 years ago I met these two wonderful ladies. Today we're gathered again. So here's to us. To friends!"

"Hear hear!" They screamed. I put my drink down, took a run-up and jumped, making the splash as big as possible. When I came afloat, they were both laughing. This was just like old times. Almost.

"How come it has to be so hot in London? What have they done to this place?" Eleanor complained.

"You love it El. Why would you else love those vacations? You should just be happy that you don't have to pay for it!" I nudged her side, making her spill her drink.

"HEY!" She yelled, pushing me under water.

"I see you two haven't changed a bit this last year. Just as immature as I remember" Danielle was shaking her head. Eleanor and I exchanged one look and simultaneously grabbed her, pulling her down under water with us.

"But you love us anyway!" Eleanor clung onto her.