Fashionably Late ~ A Falling in Reverse Love Story

Chapter 7

3 weeks later

Elli's POV

It's been a three weeks since I first cooked for the guys. It's been a good few weeks though. I have grown to think of them as my family now. Whatever that may entail. Derek definitely thinks he's most important. He has taken the "better big brother" roll quite seriously. I cook for them all the time now! No more of that fast food garbage for them! Home cooked meals and about twice a month we'll eat out. I guess culinary school was good for something. We were back in the outskirts of L.A (where they apparently live) and they have a huge field behind their back yard. Which I find pretty cool. Today is one of those eat out days, so I decided to sit down and write for a bit. I scratched out my soul onto the piece of paper before me. I was so consumed with what I was writing, I didn't notice Derek come up behind me. "Whatcha doing?" He whispered loudly. I jumped. "Nothing you need to know." I smirked. "What's on the paper?" He asked. "What paper?" I asked innocently as I shoved it down my shirt. Ronnie laughed. "He might be your "brother" but he's still a guy. He WILL get that paper." My eyes widened. "You wouldn't dare!" I whispered intensely. He wiggled his eye brows, and charged. "HOLY SHIT!" I screamed as I ran around the room, Derek following close behind. "Come to papa!" He shrieked. He caught me, and proceeded to tickle me until I couldn't breath. "Help!" I half screamed, half laughed. Jacky walked in the room to see me screaming. "What's going on?" He looked at us, puzzled. "She shoved some paper down her shirt and I'm tickling her." Derek shrugged and continued tickling me. "Help! Jacky I can't breath!" I shrieked. He smirked. "I'm game." And joined in the tickle fest. Soon, all the guys but Ryan were tickling me to death.

15 Minutes later

I was so tired and out of breath! But these guys were like geysers of energy! They just kept tickling me! Finally, Ryan walked in. "What the fuck?" He squinted at us. "Help! Ryan please I beg you!" I shrieked. "Guys leave her alone." He told them sternly. "But Ryan, you don't understand! She stuffed paper down her shirt before I could see what's on it!" Derek explained. "Oh that makes all the difference in the world! LEAVE HER ALONE." He said again. Finally someone on my side! "No!" Derek pouted. Ryan picked up my arms and they proceeded to play tug o war with me as the rope! "HEY YOU IMMATURE BASTARDS! I STILL NEED THE ORGANS AND BONES IN MY BODY YOU KNOW!" I shouted at them. They put me down, and called a huddle. Oh boy what next?

Derek's POV

"Alright everybody listen up." I began. "Because we don't want to tear Elli in half, I have come to the conclusion that we will be having a war instead." I stated. "I love how you used your reporter voice there." Ronnie joked. "I know right?" I exclaimed. "But not just any war...." I paused for effect. "A prank war!!!" I yelled, raising my fist. "FOR NARNIA AND FOR ASLAN!" Ron raised his fist as I had just done. We all stared at him. "What? That's the only battle movie I've ever seen." I rolled my eyes. What a dork. "Alright. Who's on my side of the story?" I asked. Jacky, Ron, and Crissy came over to my side of the huddle. I nodded at each of them. "Ok it's settled. The all out war begins.... NOW!" "Watch your back Radke." Crissy smirked at Ronnie. And so it begins.

Elli's POV

I called my team into a huddle. "Alright guys. This is what we're gonna need. Ronnie, we need at least 15,000 bright pink paintballs, and 3 paintball rifles. Get 3 hand guns too?" He nodded and left to buy the paintball stuff. "Ryan, you need to go get 3 waterproof chest plates, and 3 Gortex long pants. They can't be skin tight though. They MUST be baggy!" I sent him off on his mission, and I proceeded to go get safety googles, water grenades, hair dye, bleu cheese salad dressing, and lots of ziplock bags. We met up an hour later and got changed. "Wait we need to put on face paint!!!" Ronnie jumped up and down his tactical helmet moving with him. "He's right. I have some tan and some black. Anybody have any green or brown?" "I have a camo set." Ryan told us. We got all suited up, face paint and all. Our armor consisted of Gortex long pants, waterproof chest plates, long sleeve thermal shirts, and our combat boots. We had our faces and necks painted in camouflage. All of our hair was shoved in tactical black beanies under our war helmets. Each of us had 2 paintball guns. One M-4 and one 45. pistol. Our ammo consisted of 5000 pink paintballs, ziplock bags, bleu cheese dressing, water grenades, and pink hair dye. The war had begun!