The Rescuers - Emily's Army Fan Fiction

Chapter 11

Chapter 11:

Cole's POV:

I woke up to an arm across my stomach and a head on my chest. I lifted my head to see Grace sleeping on me and everyone else sleeping elsewhere in the room. I layed back and thought about what Grace said to me. She told me I could do better than Elise, which I suppose she's right about. I mean sure, she could be a really nice person, always putting everyone else before herself but she could be a complete asshole as well. I began to remember all the things that had gone wrong on her part in our relationship but the more I think about her the more I miss everything that we had together.

Right before I thought any deeper, I saw a pair of glittery eyes flutter open and look up at me.

"Uh, morning." Grace whispered awkwardly sitting up as if she'd done something wrong.

"Morning." I replied sitting up next to her. Our eyes met and I was lost for words. I heard a door open and a Seb-like yawn which broke whatever we had going on.

"Is my boy sleeping?" Seb asked referring to Joey. Grace and I nodded at him and a huge grin formed on his face. Seb creeped over to where Joey was cuddling Sofia and grabbed a nearby cusion. I winced at the loud smack of the cushion hitting Joey's face.

"What the fuck?!" I Joey wailed still half asleep. Sofia was now awake along with Travis and Max. Seb stood over Joey, smiling mischeiviously with the cusion in his hand. Joey immidiately responded by grabbing the cushion underneath his head and hitting Seb back. This evolved into a pillow fight and one by one, more people got involved.It was just Grace and I that were the only ones not fighting so we decided to goand see what food was in the fridge. 

"What do you want for breakfast?" I asked her crouchng down to see what food there was.

"Whatever we've got I guess." Grace replied. We settled on the cereal we had left and took our places at the table we had. I had really grown fond of Grace, she's a really friendly girl that's easy to talk to. I looked up at her and once again our eyes met and that's when it hit me, I felt something there. What I felt, I'm not sure but there was something. I opened my mouth to start a conversation but nothing came out. I looked over to the other side of the room to see Travis stood there watching what was going on whilst eating some grapes. I quickly finished my cereal and disappeared to my room. Why do I have to be so awkward?

It must have been longer than I thought since I went to my room as Max was nagging me to get downstairs because the taxi had arrived. Today was the day we went to southern Spain. I dragged my stuff to the elevator in which I found myself with only Travis.

"I saw the way you looked at her." He said as soon as the doors closed. 

"It was nothing." I replied bluntly. He couldn't be right, could he? I mean with Elise and everything, I can't have moved on that quickly. I kept myself from saying anything to Travis and helped everybody put our equiptment into the taxi. Once everything had been packed up, we began our journey to the train station. I was sat up front with the driver and I figured he was Spanish so there wasn't much point in making conversation. I put my headphones and played 'Ego Wrecking Ball' by the Bangups.Thoughts of imossible scenarios filled my head. Scenarios as crazy as skydiving with Max and Cade to getting back with Elise. Although I'm having doubts that Elise is what I want. I decided to read through our old messages to see if I was missing anything at the time. Everything she had said was so bitchy, there were messages like 'Is it just me or has Joey got really ugy lately.' and several other unnessesary comments. How the fuck was I putting up with that? I was pulled out of my thoughts by an irritable cab driver tapping my shoulder to inform me that we were at the station. I gave him his money and began making my way towards the others whilst carrying my guitar case in one hand and my suitcase in the other.

Grace and Sofia were having a conversation about what sounded as if it was concert related, Joey and Seb were arranging to go skateboarding or film a skating video with Tom when we get home. Travis was listening to music so that left Max and I walking together.

"How's everything going with Elise?" he asked, breaking the silence.

"I'm beginning to move on. Why should I stand her bullshit anymore, Max? I know I've got shit coming my way when we get back to California but honestly, why should I care anymore?" I told him. A smile formed on his face and he ruffled my hair.

"I was hoping you'd get to that conclusion. Cade was telling me that she's been talking shit about the band back home but everyone knows it's not true."he said rolling his eyes at her pathetic ways.

"Yeah I guess. Don't get me wrong bro, I still have feelings for her, we dated for two years. But I'm kind of realising that she really isn't what I thought she was. Girls in books are so much better than in reality." I said as we approached the platform with our train waiting on it. I ended up sitting with Grace which was cool, we had a conversation about all the assholes out there and how she also agrees that characters in books are better. We discussed how much we wanted to go to Hogwarts so we decided that we should definately go to Universal Studios some time. Everything that we had planned genuinely made me feel happier, to know there's someone that is similar to me and understands me is amazing. Every time I look at Grace,  I feel something, I don't know what it is but it makes me grin more than I have on a while.