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28 | family calls

song: texas sun - khruangbin ft. leon bridges

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BAILEYS POV

ethan sat with his comfy clothing softly placed on his body so nicely. he truly looked huggable and soft. i admired the way he laughed as he took the time to come over just to hang out.

it seemed like a big move within our relationship as becoming close friends again. there was no one else home; just me and him.

the apartment which was once ours made this moment between us seem more nostalgic. i almost forget there were so many times it was just me and him. it's almost weird to think about. we spent most of our time together and yet, with all this time apart.. all this heartbreak, sadness, loneliness, crept away. it was almost as if it never happened when i watched him laugh beside me.

but when my head got hard into thought, i couldn't just erase all those memories without him. it impacted me so big. the amount of pain felt within our time a part was so big. but what i had with him, what all started with this apartment... was all so much bigger than that.

"bails? your phone is going off silly." ethan nudges my arm, knocking me out of my thoughts. i shake my head like a doofus and come back down to earth.

this just makes me chuckle even more as he places his head down. i could notice him trying to hide a smile, licking the inside of his cheek.

this made it all the much cuter.

"oh fuck, oops." i blurt out, struggling to get my large ass hand in my pocket. surely enough as i grab out my phone, i see the messages.

it was my mum.

"oh my god, mum?" i mumble to myself, my head planted down unlocking the phone to reply. in my side vision i can see ethans head perking up as he takes notice of what i say.

"is everything okay?" i hear the tone of curiousness wash through him, so soft and genuine.

as i'm reading through the messages, a smile perks onto my lips. ethan see's this and its almost as if he couldn't help but smile either. "what is it?" he lets out a small giggle from my expressions on my face.

"she wants to skype, ava is home from school." i examine his features. slowly seeing his eyes lighten to hear my little sisters name. i couldn't help but feel my heart nearly skip over his cute expression to hear my sisters name.

"ava? do they want to call now? did you need me to... go?" ethans voice sounds so excited in the beginning, but he slowly begins to slow his words down as he takes in to consideration i may want to speak to them alone. but as i see his eyes drop down a little, it was so clear he wanted to stay.

this was something i just admired deeply, was his liking to my family. it was so sweet and random. considering you'd think people wouldn't bother creating a relationship with your family especially if they live so far away and basically are only seen or heard over a device.

i mean, its a perfect excuse to not bother.

but ethan was always too kind to want to get to know them. he developed his own relationship between them. i guess it only hit me now how strange it could be with the fact we aren't together anymore.

so now it was just ethan, my friend.

this brings my mood down as i get stuck in my head again. this was bad timing considering what ethan just asked me, he immediately took this as a sign i didn't want him to be there.

"its okay! i can go, i'll message gray and see where he is at! or, or i can come back when your done and just go for a walk- oh my fuck im sorry thats annoying, i can just go home-" his freaked out tone and quick speech was so out of the blue for me to stuck in my own thoughts that i just had to laugh.

"holy shit! no, no, no! ethan im sorry i was just thinking of something else, i'd love for you to stay! plus i'm, sure they would love to see and hear from you silly!" i blurt out as quick as possible to stop him from rambling. 

i softly place my hand on his knee to stop him from his little freak out which was undeniably cute. i can admit it.

his eyes stare so deeply into mine as i explain to him that i hitched a breath by the end of my sentence. his eyelashes softly curled as he blinked softly. everything about him in this moment was soft.

i liked it.

"you're cute." he says out of nowhere.

my eyes widen from being quite taken back. but at the same time, it wasn't surprising. it was ethan.

by now i roll my eyes and laugh while looking down, fighting back the small smile trying to win its way on my lips. "oh my god, lets call them shall we." i change the subject and quickly reach over him for my laptop.

his hand just decides go rest on my back as i lean over him, making the physical contact become so normal. i would have normally flinched or even fought back with him just trying to touch me so simply. but it didn't phase me at this point, and in fact. it felt warm. it felt bigger than it really was. 

it was simply his hand on my back.

but it felt safe and it felt normal. it felt nice.

"oh look they're already calling!" he giggles once i open the laptop to see the skype icon popping up and down with a call button already on screen. i turn slightly to watch ethan as his eyes are glued onto the screen excitedly to know who was on the other side.

his hand comes up to his hair as he adjusts it. once the camera comes onto our faces, he obviously notices where i was looking. this make this reaction to turning towards me not something to be taken back from.

he looks straight back into my eyes and i feel myself falling into that little bit of green that would sometimes appear in his eyes. it was rare with the right lighting and mood of his, but it was so evident in this moment that i knew, today was a good day.

i liked talking to ethan again. i liked being around him.

and most importantly, he made me feel as if he liked bring around me too.

his finger taps onto the laptop and answers the call as he avoids looking at me whilst hes fighting back a smile. this makes it just more warm in the room, i felt myself going red over what just happened.

he makes every small thing seem so big.

"hiiiii!" the little high ringing voice of my sister booms through the screen as we watch he little arm waving like crazy. she suddenly stops and her small eyes become so big when she sees ethan siting beside me. 

his smile widens just so big that i could watch this all day.

"ethan!!!" her ability to say his name correct shocks ethan so bad that he nearly freaks. "hello my little ava how are you doing?!" 

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shortish part.2

longest i have ever gone without updating this book. im back guys, such a funny thing to say as im saying it all the time. i miss you all, especially writing. considering the hard time i had in 2019, oh ho ho almost nowhere compared to where i have been at this year. all i can say, is i want to finish this book. i've read through my planned chapters and guys, i promise you i will finish it. its almost there and i cant wait for you all to finish :) so sorry for the wait but i thank u all so much for your patience. i know my readers will have dropped from my absence, but its never been about the numbers, i appreciate people just taking in the time to read :) ily all, have a great day or night xoxo 

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