oreos // ellie // au

Prologue

[0] Oreos

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Jennifer Johnson was one of the shy ones. Her name may fool you and your mind. Jennifer means "outstanding" or even better, "the shining star." But Jennifer didn't believe that. She knew she was a strange girl and that everyone else knew. Even her flatmate, Ellie Goulding, thinks she's weird, but stuck around for the sake of Jenn. Ellie tried to confront the girl and said she has an issue and she needs help, but Jennifer screamed out saying she can shove her opinion.

But Jennifer knew she had an issue. Ellie knew that Jenn knew.

One day, Ellie came to the two's shared flat and brought a bag. Not multiple, but only one. And it looked pretty heavy. Inside was a blue box. To Jenn, it looked like cookies, but she didn't want to get overjoyed about it. Cookies made Jennifer happy and calm, especially with an issue of her's. Ellie saw Jennifer smiling, yet in a confusion state. So Ellie made Jenn sit down and took out the nice little blue box out of the bag. Ellie handed it to Jennifer, and saw Jennifer eyeing the sealed light weighted box.

"You got me a box of damn oreos, Ellie?"

"Yeah. So we can share and so you could be calm. Oreos were around for many years and managed to keep many calm and happy. And I know it worked on you. So we'll have them again. Knowing they are really tasteful, I bought more than over 50 boxes of them." Ellie whispered.

"You bought over 50 goddamn boxes of Oeros?" Jennifer whispered back.

"Yeah."

"You're the best, Ellie. Where are the rest?"

"In the car." Ellie said and smiled out of relaxation.

The two girls brought in the bags of Oeros and set them up on the counter in the kitchen. They began setting them out on the table and wondered where to keep them. Wasting boring hours, the girls decided to put some in the freezer so they can stay cold, some in cabinets to stay in room temperture, and some were laid on plates, so them two can come inside the kitchen to take one than having to struggle opening boxes.

"Thank you for spending your money on me for these cookies. You didn't have to, Ellie." Said Jenn aloud while chewing on an Oero, having Ellie smile and nod towards Jen, meaning to say "Shut your mouth when chewing and hand me another cookie." Jennifer understood that, giggled, and threw a cookie to Ellie, having it hit her face.

Ellie screamed and began chasing Jennifer into the sitting lounge and tripped Jennifer with the rug by pushing it towards her. Jenn started to laugh and managed to find Ellie on top of her, eating the cookie.

"Dumbwit, don't ever do that. Jesus, you gave me a heart attack." Ellie mumbled and sat on Jenn. Jenn didn't seem to mind, and so her reply was only a giggle and began tickling Ellie, managing to sit on top of her and wait till the 18 year old begin cursing and begging to stop the horror.

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"Ellie, did we already finish the first box of Oreos?" Jennifer screamed out to her flatmate, having a mumbled reply of "yes. open another one and set it out on the plate, will ya?"

Jennifer shakes her head and wondered how quick it took the two to finish a box of cookies filled with wonder. She took out another box and began putting the joyful cookies onto a plate. After organizing the cookies, she threw out the box and took the plate to where Ellie was sitting in the lounge. Jenn sat down next to Ellie and put the plate in between them, beginning to eat. She saw Ellie look at her, with these eyes she never saw, and tried so hard to ignore, but failed. Jenn turned her head to the left to see Ellie squinting and smirking. Jenn widen her eyes and looked away quickly when she say Goulding's face. Ellie laughed and said she just wanted to try to make her uncomfortable and that she's sorry. Jenn managed to giggle out an uneasy laugh, having Ellie not notice.

Jennifer left upstairs seeing that Ellie was too busy on her phone and walked to her room, shutting the door behind her. She jumped onto her bed, seeing her phone was left alone with no messages waiting for her from her mother or sister. Jenn really didn't have friends, so she didn't expect any messages. Her mother worried about her, and she always keeps in touch with her sister, Victoria. Jennifer sighed and began resting her eyes.

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Jennifer woke up to see darkness outside her window. She rubbed her eyes and stumbled outside her door. She walked to Ellie's room to see the flatmate sleeping, cuddling with her pillow. Jennifer smiled and walked inside the room, closing the door slowly and softly. She laid down on the bed and cuddled up to Ellie, having her move around and cuddling back with Jennifer.

They fell asleep in each others arms. And that warmed up Ellie's heart.

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Ellie always had feelings for her flatmate, and had no regrets for it. She knew that feelings were made to express to others and that it's okay if you fall in love with your best friend, or your flatmate, or anyone of the same sex or opposite sex. Ellie knew that Jennifer didn't love her back, but she was alright with that. Not all feelings are mutual for every relationship. And she knew that. So she didn't care.

Not until she heard Jennifer mumble out words, trying to form a sentence of "God, i wish this was everyday, Ellie. You're asleep, but honestly, I love you. These feelings might not be mutual, but that's okay." and went back to sleep. Ellie was shocked, but tried to put Jennifer's words and probably thought that Jennifer was just messing with the girl's mind.

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[a/n]: oh my god. i wrote this, listening to The Smith's album, having warm tea, in the damn dark at 9:40 at night. my life is complete. its raining outside, and rain makes me think a lot, so this story was made. if any confusion was made throughout the story, please do tell and i will try to explain it. since jenn's issue was brought up, i don't know her issue tbh. her issue just has to deal with mood swings (no, not bipolar or periods.) and yeah. call it whatever you want. :)

chapters will be edited when i have the energy and/or the time to do so. i just want to write. edited chapters will be said before the chapter will begin. so many will know if it is edited or not. :)