~Tallulah Pov~
Today was Sunday, and thankfully, I convinced Ellie to not set an alarm this time. I could hear the church bells off in the distance and I started humming "For whom the bell tolls" by Metallica... It made me think of one of my friends from Cali, Travis, who had a band and always played a cover if this song. Memories of Cali came back and all I could do is get more angry at my parents.
Somehow I got up from the bed without waking Ellie up and went to her balcony to smoke a cigarette and call Zoe. She didn't answer and I didn't leave a voice mail as she never listens to them anyway...
I hear the bed creak and footsteps but they go straight to the bathroom so I go and pick out an outfit: black studded shorts, a Slipknot t shirt and matching red underwear.
Ellie gets out of the bathroom and plops on the bed, grinning at me.
"You have shown me a beautiful thing today"
"And that is?" I ask
"Sleeping in" she says and I chuckle then go in the bathroom and do my business
~Ellies Pov~
While Tallulah was in the bathroom I changed and started thinking about homework. We had a lot due tomorrow and I have no idea how I could get Tallulah to care. I don't even know if I care anymore...
But they have to be done.
"Hey Tall." I say as she came into the room
"Yeah?" She asks
"You know... We have homework"
"Ughh" she groans as she throws herself on the bed "Why must you remind me?"
"Well we gotta do it"
"Or not"
"Its your first homework assignment at this school, Tall. You reaaally wanna have this reputation?"
"I like defining myself early on in a relationship, Ell"
The fight went on for a while until I finally convinced her to do it. After about an hour of work, her phone started ringing.
"Yeah man" she said "You have gin or should I bring some? Yeager too? Okay, Ill be right over" she said, hanging up.
"Sorry, babe, gotta fly" she said to me "big brother needs me"
I rolled my eyes at her "Okay but if you're gonna get drunk please don't drive"
"Never intended to, love" she said grabbing her bag and blowing me a kiss.
~Tallulahs Pov~
I took a taxi to James's place and take a second to prepare myself before knoking on the door. He asked me to come over cause he had something to tell me and he needed both of us to be drunk for it. Thankfully he would provide the booze.
I knoked on the door and he opened imediattely, already smelling like alcohool.
"He fuck happend to you? Why did you drink without me?"
"I wanna get so drunk I forget her name" he said hugging me.
"What the actual fuck? Who is she?"
"Chelsea. The fucking bitch cheated on me" he said taking another shot
"That fucking bitch. How dare she? I told you I never liked her." I said filling myself a glass
The rest of the night we talked and drank, trying to make him forget and smile. At some point I started craving a cigarette and took out the pack without thinking.
"The fuck, T? Since when have you been smoking?" He asked, clearly angry
"Since you left..." I answered, making myself small
"For fucks sake, T. You cant smoke here. You shouldnt smoke at all"
"Yeah well you shouldnt have forgotten about me" I shouted defensevly, the drinks clouding my thoughts
"I never fucking forgot you, T. I thought about you every single fucking day. But I was busy, okay?"
"I know, okay? I know. I'm just emotional right now. Cut me some slack." I said, tears threating to spill. I cant fight with him. I cant lose him just after finding him again.
"I didnt mean to shout at you, T. Im sorry" he said, his tone softening. "Come here"he whispered, wrapping his arms around me.
We stood there in silance till Ellie called me to tell me its almost midnight and she made dinner.
We said our goodbyes and he kissed my cheek, before telling me to take care of myself.
I took a cab home, ate dinner with Ellie, puked it all up and then went to sleep, knowing Im 100% not going to school the next day.
