ON HOLD // the other brother •• lrh [au]

four

her auburn hair kept getting in the way as she tried to zip up her dress. it was pale blue and knee length and a pain in the ass. she was in dire need of help and to her luck there was a knock on the hemmings' guest bathroom door.

"it's open!" ella called to the visitor outside of the wall. the door open to reveal a nervous looking jack and he smiled shyly. "hey, sorry but before you say anything, can you please zip this up for me?" ella laughed lightly.

"of course," he said walking closer to her backside and zipping it up.
when she turned around to face again, they were awfully close and she could feel his breath on her nose. she back away awkwardly, she didn't want to go down this road again. "i just wanted to let you know that a girl i've been seeing is coming for dinner tonight, is that okay with you? i mean i know we broke up awhile ago but we were together for a significant amount of time and i jus-"

"jack," ella laughed louder than intended, "i'm completely okay with that. i love you, but no longer like that. i want you to be happy, and from your babbling, i can tell you really like this girl. what's her name?"

jack showed a relieved look and pretended to wipe sweat off of his forehead. "thank you so much, oh my god I'm just so nervous. her name's celeste. we've been dating for a couple weeks but i can't find the right moment to ask her to be my girlfriend."

"i'm sure you'll find the perfect moment," ella gave him a reassuring smile and went toward the bathroom door, "i'm happy for you."

while ella walked out of the bathroom and jack followed behind, a confused luke looked at both of them.

"are you guys," luke started, "you know?" they both looked at each other and the blonde boy and laughed.

"no, we were just talking about celeste." Jack said.

"ella, she's banging, wait until you meet her." luke said, practically mirroring the heart-eyed emoji. "but I could definitely say the same about you right now, look at you go," he looked her up and down, "how'd you let her get away?" luke directed his joke at jack. she and jack exhaled an awkward laugh.

"jack, i need your help!" liz called from the kitchen.

"anndd, that's my cue." he lightly jogged down the stairs, exiting the hallway in which they were standing. ella took time to look at Luke's appearance. he was wearing the button-up and skinny jeans she suggested before and black loafers to match. she couldn't help but smile when she replayed the sound of luke's compliment in her head.

"i don't know if this is the case," luke started, rubbing his hand behind his neck, "but you seemed upset when i said i wouldn't be interested in you. like, you're beautiful, el. It was a joke and i felt like a dick after."

ella blushed a deep red and smiled. "it's no big deal, trust me."

"do you think you'd ever want to-" luke's question was cut off by the sound of the doorbell.

"you two, get your butts down here, your guests are here!" liz shouted. luke looked at ella and smirked.

"and that one's our cue."

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another short chapter oops but i need to update castle lol cus that's been awhile so in a little while that'll be up!

and if one of you can come up with a ship name that'd be cool 😂

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-rachel xx