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22. Boxer

Celine had been standing around watching them play welcome to the jungle twice already for the music video, and she was beginning to get kind of bored. Estrella had gone home to the boxing joint, and Rosamund was backstage with Izzy, but she didn't want to interrupt that.
So there she was... standing around.
The door to the club opened and closed, and Celine turned to see Etrella followed by a muscly guy with dark hair. He was wearing jeans and a white t shirt that clung to his well defined muscles. By no means was the stranger unattractive- he was no Axl Rose of course, but Celine could definitely see the appeal. As they got closer, Celine noticed the scowl on Estrella's face, and heard what they were saying.
"Why the hell did you follow me?!" Estrella seemed exasperated.
"Cause I wanted to hang out with you. Besides, what have you got to hide. Why do you care?" He had a half smirk playing over his face. "I thought you might like to spend some time with me, babe. Aren't we friends?" He grabbed her upper arm gently.
"Eddie..." she frowned slightly, his hand on her arm effectively stopping her in her tracks. Estrella looked up at Eddie's face.
So this was Eddie.
Celine decided she would step in before it got awkward or someone said the wrong thing.
"Hey, Estrella!" She grinned, walking towards the two. They both turned to see who was talking, and a wave of nervousness washed over Celine. She was a shy person by nature, so the sudden attention was a bit scary, but she tried to brush it aside and continued walking. She came to a stop in front of the pair.
"Hey Celine." Estrella seemed almost relieved,
"I'm Eddie." Eddie stuck his hand out.
"Hi- I'm Celine." She took his hand and they shook.
"I'm Estrella's best friend." Eddie sounded unsure, and scratched the back of his head, shifting his weight from one foot to the other.
"You sound unsure?" Celine smiled gently,
"Erm..." Eddie responded, glancing down at Estrella.
"Yeah, we're good friends but that's it." She confirmed. Eddie looked saddened at that sentence. Celine laughed,
"Yeah but do you mean good friends or good friends?" She joked, and she thought she saw a ghost of a smile pass across Eddie's face. Estrella gave a short laugh.
"You know I'm not sure about-- someone" Estrella caught herself a second too late. The boxer beside her looked sort of angry at that.
"Is that why you don't want anything to do with me all of a sudden? You get a boyfriend and suddenly we can't be friends?" His tone was clipped. Eddie was obviously quite upset.
"No- Eddie. It's not like that! I still wanna be friends!"
"Hey, what's going on over here?" Axl's voice could be heard as he advanced towards the trio. Evidently, the band had finished up. Eddie, still angry, turned to look at the fiery red head.
"So is this him, Estrella?" He jumped to conclusions,
"No, no! Eddie please- that's Axl- that's not-"
"Am I who?" Axl was starting to get a little defensive, what with this buff stranger yelling at Estrella and the resulting obvious distress visible on Celine's features. "What's happened?" Duff appeared behind Axl, tone curious.
"Well?" Eddie glared at Estrella.
"No, Eddie, I wanna be friends! You're my best friend, I don't want to lose you over this!" Estrella looked very upset. She stepped in front of him and put her hands on his shoulders, looking up into his face. "I'm serious!" His expression softened slightly.
"I'm sorry." Eddie almost whispered.
"I'm sorry too!" Estrella embraced him, and he hugged her back.
"Estrella? Who's that?" Duff sounded hurt. Eddie looked up at Duff, hurt and anger crossing his features.
"That's him, huh?" He spoke softly. Estrella glanced over her shoulder, Eddie still holding her,
"Yeah." She replied, frowning.
"You said you're not sure." Eddie commented,
"I don't know who I like, Eddie. I'm so confused." She was slightly teary.
"It's okay, babe. You're allowed to not know. Can I ask who's made you unsure?" He questioned quietly,
"You... It's him or you, but I don't know yet." Estrella whispered. Hope lit up behind Eddie's eyes.
"I hope it's me." He smiled softly, then let her go. Estrella smiled back at him, and Eddie spun on his heel and walked out. Estrella turned to Axl, Duff and Celine.
"Sorry about that." She smiled at them.
"Who was he?" Duff looked very jealous,
"My best friend. That's all he is, I promise." Estrella told Duff. Axl took hold of Celine's hand.
"You wanna go out for lunch?" Axl whispered. Celine smiled broadly.
"Hell yes!" She replied. Axl then tugged her away from Estrella and Duff, and they made for the door.

Author's note
Banner at the top is Eddie being a show off ;) ahaha

So the next chapter will be Celine and Axl's date. I know I promised some Axl for this chapter, but I felt like the whole Eddie/Estrella thing needed to be wrapped up... anyway... more very soon, and Axl is up next! :)

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