Bad Idea! *Ellie Williams*

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"No Jesse come on."

"Please Lo, if you play the drums, me and Dina can be lead, I can be Bass and Ellie can just simply be rhythm." Dina joins in on Jesse trying to convince me to cover drums.

"So what Ellie can't be lead anymore?"

"It's hard to be lead guitarist and sing you know."

"Maybe you just suck." I stick my tongue out towards Ellie and she rolls her eyes. "But if you do this, I'll be able to go to back to being lead guitarist. Please Willow? Admit it Willow, you don't want Ellie to have all the glory?"

"Hey!" Ellie tosses a sheet of paper towards Dina and she smiles up at me mischievously. Her Bambi eyes are hard to resist. We'd kind of talked about our love hate sexlationship. I caught her up to everything even my childish shit show from last night. "Okay but what's the point of being your drummer for practice? It's not like I'm gonna help you guys outside of practice."

In unison Jesse and Dina give each other the eyes and I quickly stand up escaping Dina's grasp of my hands. "Oh no, no. Definitely not. Jesse you know how I feel about playing in public."

"You dance half naked in-front of decently huge crowds and playing drums in the band is where you draw the line?" My face shoots towards Ellie and I glare at her as hard is I possibly could.

"Just think about it okay? But for today help us out?" Jesse hands me a pair of drumsticks. My initials still carved into them. "You kept these?"

"You've always been a better drummer than me." I can't help my let out a nostalgic smile. I grab the drumsticks from his and shake my head. "Give them here. Dork."

"Let's see if you're as good as Jesse says." Ellie snorts and I swear I can see myself chucking the sticks towards the back of her head. I'm sure she was still bitter about last night, which would explain her childish attitude. Good, it's what she deserves after the bullshit she pulled on me. I let out a frustrated huff and sit down. It'd been since forever ago that I played the drums. Now that Ellie was being a hard ass I really wanted to show off.

I wasn't a cocky person not unless warranted and this was one of those "in your fucking face" occasions. Jesse gave me the run down of what to play and he did the count down.

- insert AWSOME drum playing -

We finish the song without mistakes. I effortlessly play my role and when Ellie looks my way I sassily flip my hair. "Fine so you're not bad, I still don't approve you being in our band."

"Oh yeah? Why not?"

"It doesn't fit you!"

"I think you're scared I'll get all the girls from now on."

"Again with that bullshit. You can do what you want! Who you want!" She smirked at the last part and Jesse fake gagged.

"Okay you two, that's enough." Dina stands stood up from arguing any further "you know what I think we need? A road trip."

Everyone looks at her like she's joking but then we realize she's not. "Come in you can't be serious? These two in a long car ride together? Not even you have that much patience."

"Oh come Jesse please?" Dina pouts her lips and he sighs. "Where would we even go?"

"How about an amusement park? Or even a water park? I don't know somewhere fun."

"Actually I'm no opposed to a theme park." Jesse shrugged his shoulders and just like that it was planned. I got one hated spontaneous outings without any real good planning but I refused to be that person. We continued practice for a good two hours and I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it. Even then though I don't think being in a band is made for me.

"What you thinking about?" Ellie sat down next to me, we were by Dina's pool. Her parents not home as per usual. My feet dipped inside the cold water and I shrugged. "The band?"

"Are you considering joining us? I don't think it'd be bad. You're pretty good."

"You don't mean that. You yourself said you don't approve of being being in the band. You'd hate to be stuck with me all the time. I mean you guys dedicate a lot of your time to this."

"Jesse always talks about you joining the band. It would make him happy if you did I know it would. Who am I to keep my best friend from being happy?" Ellie bumped her shoulder against mine and I wondered why it could always be like this. Why would couldn't talk like normal human beings, without forming a stupid argument.

"You sure it's not you who'll be happy?" I try teasing her. "Whatever. You wish."

"Listen, about yesterday..." Ellie sighed. "I know I have no right to tell you who to be with...I just-"

"I didn't sleep with her El's, she didn't even make it to the apartment I was just fucking with you." I stop her before she could finish, whatever she was gonna say it didn't matter. It's not like she was gonna finally confess all her feelings for me. No. That was just me being delusional. Id rather just tell her the truth and get this whole mess behind me. Better to have some of her then none of her.

Id rather my heart end up broken then to never experience anything with her at all. Fuck, I'm absolutely and utterly fucked. From the very start and to our very first kiss it was over for me. I nervously watch her dumbfounded face wondering wether me admitting the truth would just piss her off even more. Instead I'm relieved when she laughs. "You are one evil woman."

"Yeah? Well you kind of deserved it."

"How so?" Our faces were now inches apart and I just wanted her to kiss me. But she wouldn't, that would be too romantic of her and if I made the first move it'd be too needy of me. So instead we just looked at each other. From the close distance that didn't get any closer.

"Don't worry about it just know you deserved it."