My Life Without Her

-Her-

"El, the pizza's here!" Dinah said as I stood up and headed towards the kitchen, I turned around to face her "Want me to save you some?" she asked and I nodded as I grabbed my phone and made my way towards the back porch where Dinah had this little bench on the backyard. I sat on the white bench and gripped my pone, dialing Nate's contact number. He answered on the second ring.

"I'm sorry." I blurted before he could speak

"El?" he asked and I sighed, biting my lip "What time is it?" he asked and I sighed

"Almost eleven." I whispered "Sorry if I disturbed you." I apologised

"No, I was just chilling." he said "What are you sorry for, exactly?" he asked and I fiddled with my fingers and then played with end of the sleeve from my sweater absentmindedly as I pressed my phone onto my shoulder

"For acting like a total bitch before." I muttered and he chuckled slightly "Don't laugh. It was totally uncalled for." I groaned softly

"I guess I could find it in my heart to forgive you." he said, a joking tone laced in his voice. I gasped and I heard him chuckle

"Nate!" I exclaimed and then groaned "You're the worst." I muttered "Dinah organized a sleepover and the guys crashed it." I chuckled

"The guys?" he asked "Is there other men in your life I don't know about, Eleanor Grey?" he laughed and I smiled softly

"No, you idiot." I laughed "Jake, Lucas and Greg." I answered "We gave them makeovers." I said with a laugh "Jake had a full on tantrum about it." he laughed loudly as I giggled softly

"God, I miss you." he whispered and I bit my bottom lip "And your laugh." he added, I could practically see the smile on his face "But on the bright side, the movie plans are going great! We already have scheduled auditions for when I come back next month." he said excitedly and I smiled; I loved hearing Nate talk about his projects, he talked about them with such passion it was endearing. He always worked so hard on them and was always so skeptical about the critics, but they always turned out great and received amazing reviews. It made me really proud to see him do what he loved so much "You there?" he asked and I shook my head as I blinked

"Sorry, I zoned out." I chuckled "That sounds really great, Nate." I said with a smile "I'm really proud of you." I added and I heard him chuckle softly

"Thanks, love." he said with a sigh "Listen, I need to go to sleep. I have an early meeting tomorrow and I still need to do some paperwork." he said apologetically and I sighed deeply

"Okay, sweet dreams." I said "I love you." I whispered with a smile

"Love you too, gorgeous."

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"Please tell me there's still enough for me." I said as I entered the living room where everyone was sitting on the floor with pizza boxes stacked up on one side and a whole bunch of DVD's scattered across the floor "What we watching?" I asked as I thanked Dinah quietly who had handed me a plate with three pieces of pizza on it

"The boys want to watch something scary and the girls want to watch a comedy." Greg said "I don't really care." he said with a shrug which caused me to laugh slightly

"What about you, El?" Dani asked "Horror or comedy?"

"I'm kind of feeling a horror movie." I said as I took a bite out of my pizza and wiped the corner of my mouth with a napkin "But whatever you guys want is fine." I said as I stood up to go to the kitchen because I was thirsty, I Heard footsteps behind me and saw Dinah appear "What's up?" I asked

"Did you talk to him?" she asked and I smiled slightly

"Yeah." I whispered "We're okay now." I added with a sigh "He said that they already have dates scheduled for auditions and stuff, which is really exciting." I said and she smiled as I grabbed a glass, pouring a bit of Coca-Cola into it