All Bets On (discontinued)

Hello LA

"Seriously Elliot, you can come to LA with me, find a place there or something!" "I'm going back to Miami, I need to stay with my girlfriend and see if dad will ever wake up." I sigh, and watch him board his plane. I wait for mine, then board.

My plane arrived in LA an hour ago and I was just now getting my luggage. Today was Monday and on Friday I had sent all my boxes and stuff to my apartment in LA so it would be there by the time I arrived.

I hailed a taxi, telling him the address of the apartment I would be sharing with Andrea and Jen. About 30 minutes later, I arrived. I grabbed my suitcase from the trunk, paid the man, then walked into the lobby, asking for directions to room 312.

"Go to the third floor, then turn left, the door will be on your right about halfway down the hall." He explains. "Thanks." I head toward the elevator, pressing the 3. I wait in silence, until I hear a ding. I walk down the hall, finding the room. I knock on the door and Andrea opens it.

"Ella! Finally! I'm so excited!" She says. I smile and walk in. "I'm losing my voice, so I probably won't talk to much." I explain with a croak. "Oh! That's fine. Better get you all better so you can have fun with us!" She laughs. I smile again, following her to my room. Everything was there and it looks like it was all set up and stuff. "Thanks guys." I say, turning to Andrea and seeing Jen with her.

We all sat around and watched movies, and I ate a lot of ice cream to heal my throat. It was a fun night.

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"C'mon. You don't have to talk to Sam if you see him." "Everything's just so awkward between us. I don't think I can handle seeing him Andrea." I sigh, sitting down on our couch. "Stick with me then. We're both single and need a guy tonight. We can find some together!" "N-" "please? I don't want to go alone. Jen is back home and you're the only other person I can go with." "Fine."

She hugs me, then pulls me to her car. She drives to the O2L house, and we walk in. "Ella!" Jc shouts, running up to hug me. I smile. "Hey Jc." "Gurl, where did you go?" "Home. Security yelled at me so I went home early." "Well fuck them." I laughed, it felt good to laugh after a week of being upset.

"So, uh, how's Sam?" I ask quietly. "He won't leave his apartment." Jc frowns sadly. I rock back and forth on my feet, one of my many nervous habits. "He said he might come to this, he said he went to the store earlier today, but I'm finding it a bit hard to beli-" his sentence was cut off when he looked over his shoulder. I turned around to see Sam.

My breath caught in my throat. He looked like a wreck. His eyes were red and the circles under them were dark from lack of sleep. His skin was very pale and he just lacked spirit and energy. His eyes landed on me and held my stare.

I finally broke away from our staring contest and went into the kitchen. I went out the back door, seeing more people around the pool. I heard someone behind me, and turned to see Sam.

"Can I talk to you?" He croaked. I nodded, and followed him. He led me to the front yard where no one was. He sat down on a bench, and I sat next to him.

No one talked for a long time.

"I'm sorry Ella. I knew you didn't want to go public about us yet, but I still sided with Nash. I should have agreed with you that what Nash did was wrong. I'm so sorry." He says, taking ahold of my hand. "I'm sorry too, I overreacted about everything. I just, I was diagnosed with anxiety a few years ago, and relationships are a big part of that anxiety. I have issues with commitment too. That's my dad's fault though."

"Can we try us again?" He asks. I nod slowly. He wraps me up in a hug and I lean my head on his shoulder.

We walk back in and Andrea sees us. "So?" She asks. "We are trying us again." I give her a small smile. "Great. Now I'm the only single person." She complains. "Kian." I nudge her. "No. I'm not gonna get back together with him." She frowns. "Why not. I shipped you so hard." "It's complicated." She sighs.

I nod, not pushing it. I walk around with Sam, then decided to leave early with him. It still felt so awkward between us. I got in his car and he drove to my apartment. "Wanna hand tomorrow?" He asks me. "Yeah. Get here around 2?" "See ya then." He smiles. I walk into my apartment and go to bed.

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"Heya." I say getting into Sam's car. "Hiya." He says. "Where are we going?" "The boardwalk." "Fun."

We drive for a while and then look for a parking spot. He finally finds one and parks, and we get out.

We walk hand in hand down the long boardwalk, passing food and rides. "Let's ride some rides." I tug his arm. "Which one?" "That one looks fun." I point to a roller coaster.

We get on and I'm screaming like crazy. We get off laughing and go look at the picture. My hair was flying behind me so it looked like a hair cape. I start laughing again and so does Sam. "That's priceless!" He says. I take a picture of it, posting it on social media with the caption: 'super-hair. Saving bad hair days all day long'

We ride a few more rides then get some dinner. I get a milkshake after dinner and we walk around while I finish it.

My phone begins to ring. "Hello?"

"Ella. You need to come to Miami right now. Dad woke up."

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This is crap and so short. I'm sorry.

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