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T W E N T Y T W O

August 20th, 2016

12:46pm

Dan has been incredibly busy for the last few weeks in August. Him getting prepared to go to Australia with Phil for their tour. He didn't have a lot of time to spend time with Eleanor, but when he did, he used his free time by sleeping.

On the day Dan and Phil were heading to the airport to go to Australia, Eleanor was in her bathroom cleaning, when she heard them arguing outside her door. She went closer to her door and pressed her ear against the door.

'Dan, this would've happened if you packed beforehand and wasn't filming a bloody video!.. And why is your face red?'

'Phil.. Just tell the Uber to wait a few minutes.... I'll-I'll be there in a sec!... For fuck sake where is my muffin?'

'Dan, just forget about the muffin-'

'I deserve it Phil!'

A few minutes later, Dan rushed out of his apartment and locked his door. He pulled his suitcase with his left hand and his right hand covering his right knee side of his face, which indeed, looked red.

As soon he left the house, she shut her door and carried on cleaning her bathroom, which she was nearly finished anyway.

After finishing her bathroom, she plopped down onto her couch and stare out the window with complete boredom. She unlocked her phone and see a message from Dan.

From Dan
Sorry I didn't get the chance to say goodbye to you, but I'll be back before you know it. X

To Dan
It's okay. Have fun in Australia! X

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Eleanor is currently on the train going to Louise's hometown. She didn't have anything to do and Louise wanted Eleanor over.

Eleanor remembered to charge her iPod. She put her earbuds in, put on Florence + the machine and leaned back in her seat, listening to Florence's melodic voice.

She looked to her left and silently giggled to herself. She remembered the spot when she first met Hazel, Jack, Dodie, and Daniel J Layton. And how Hazel trapped herself in the train toilets.

Oh how things have changed.

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Eleanor is now in the car with Louise driving into town. Louise suggested McDonald's since she's been craving them for a while.

'Do you miss Dan?' Louise says to Eleanor as she drives out from the drive thru.

'Yeah' she whispers.

Louise giggles quietly to herself, which made made Eleanor question her thoughts.

'I like it when you speak, your voice is really soft and raspy... It's almost quite sexual, actually'

Eleanor burst out with laughter, which made Louise burst out with laughter as well. The two couldn't control their emotions.

Louise parked in a car park next to the road so she can calm herself down. Which took them a couple of minutes.

As soon they caught their breath and calmed down, it went silent. Hopefully a car would drive past to break the slience.

'So have you-'

The car jointed forward, making both Louise and Eleanor panic. Louise looked in the review mirror and saw that a car behind them accidentally hit Louise's car from behind.

'Looks the the car behind us hit the bumper. I'm going to have a look, see if everything is alright'

As soon Louise got out of her car, Eleanor froze, she gripped the handle on her left tightly, making her knuckles turn white. She started to shake, she can hear her heart beating fast, along with the chatter from the outside behind her. Her breathing was uneven, she felt like she was drowning in water, gasping for air. She felt if time suddenly stopped.
She heard Louise got back into the car.

'It's okay, no damage done. The old man got his brake mixed up with his accelerator, bless him...... El? Are you okay?'

Eleanor didn't respond, not even a movement.

'El? It's okay, nothing major happened. It was just an accident'

All you can hear was Eleanor's heavy breathing. She moved her arm to the door handle and open the door. She needed air. She felt like she was suffocating.
She fell out of the door and onto softer grounds. She took huge gulps of air, trying to calm herself down.
She heard Louise run up to her.

'El?... What's wrong?... Oh shit you're having a panic attack, okay.... El...'

'Dan...' Her whisper was shakey.

'What did you say?'

'Dan...' She inhaled largely.

'He's not here right now, he's in Austrli-'

'I need Dan now!'

Louise took out her phone and searched through her contacts to find Dan's number. She pressed her phone to her ear.

'Hi Dan.... Yes I know Dan.. Look I'm in an emergency... No I'm fine, it's Eleanor.. She wants you'

Louise nodded her head and passed the phone to Eleanor, who's hands were shaking tremendously. She got hold of her phone and gently but shakily pressed it to her ear. She took a sharp breath.

'Dan....'

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