The Sides To Us {Sanders Sides x OC}

Chapter 6 - Old friend and Returning home

Authors POV

Year: 2015
Date: 17th November
Location: Thomas's house

With groaning and annoyance forming ever so quickly, Elizabeth was busy cleaning Thomas' house. She has been asked to get the place prepared for when the sides and Thomas arrive back home. Elizabeth has been a childhood friend of Thomas' and like Lilly, she also has a YouTube channel that has 4.1 million subscribers. She was proud of what she has accomplished.
As Elizabeth was cleaning the living room a 'ding' comes from her phone, which causes her to stop picking stuff up and check her phone. With a sigh of relief she was glad it was from Thomas. It had read:

"Hey Elizabeth! Would you be able to drive to the airport and pick us up? We are an hour away"

With quick movements she replies and continues her cleanup work. After a few minutes the house was finally spotless. The most of the mess she had to clean up was in the living room due to the previous movie night they all had together. Now a new person was going to come, this was going to result in even more hard work. Before she leaves she thinks before sending Roman a text.

'Hey Roman'

Pressing send, she stands up, walks to her car and starts heading towards the airport where the guys would be landing. During the drive she starts thinking to herself about what could happen next, she hasn't spoken to Lilly ever since Lilly went to College. During those years, the only information she had gotten about Lilly is through Thomas and when she stopped getting information about her, she became rather worried.

Did they have an argument? Did something happen to Lilly? Is Thomas hiding something? No matter what is was. Elizabeth still was glad Thomas was okay. Once she had got the news about Ebott University, she was extremely shocked. Elizabeth didn't know that Lilly was the person in the university but once Thomas told her, she was devastated.

As Elizabeth arrived at the airport, a group of protesters were there. After they heard about Lilly's arrival in florida, quite a few people arrived. Some news reporters were outside waiting for her as well. With a sigh of annoyance, Elizabeth gets out of her car and heads out of her car and towards the entrance. Pushing through the people was like pushing a heavy crate that had a bunch of old books in.

BZZZZZZ

Elizabeth's phone buzzes as she receives another text from Thomas.

'Heya! We are 5 minutes away now. Please meet us at gate 7A'

Putting her phone away, Elizabeth journeys through the airport and heads towards the gate. As she wanders though the building, a few posters and newspapers about Ebott University were put up throughout the Airport.

A part of Elizabeth wasn't very confident with meeting Lilly again. After being apart for many years sure does play a big impact. Part of her was wondering if Lilly still remembers her, but she understood that Lilly might not due to her experiences at the University.

As she heads towards the gate the was supposed to be at, some voices became clear. "Thank god that journey is over. Lilly are you ready to come back to your home land?" that voice... was that Thomas? How are they back already? How on earth did 5 minutes pass so quickly? Maybe the author just wants to be lazy.

(A/N hehe 4th wall break)

Elizabeth's POV

Did Thomas just mention, Lilly? Ugh, I forgot that she was going to be with them! As I approach the gate the familiar bodies of Thomas and the sides approach. They look exhausted, I don't blame them. Tennessee is pretty far from florida. Thomas must have had to put up with Roman's antics during the flight. He always sings every time we are all on a trip.

"Hey guys!" I wave to them as they all turn their heads in my direction. The first person to respond was Thomas. "Heya! God that flight was torture" he groans as he walks over with no care. A slight smile was on his face as he looks behind him. "OH! I forgot, Lilly is here!" he steps to the side to reveal Lilly and Anxiety talking.

"LILLY?!" I exclaim with wide eyes, she has changed! How has she changed so much? That University really has took its toll on her. Within four seconds, she notices me and almost drops her phone in shock. Slight tears formed in her eyes as she full on bolts it towards me, leaving Anxiety looking as confused as ever.

In two seconds we were both on the floor, hugging. "I'VE MISSED YOU SO FREAKING MUCH!" She exclaimed as her hug tightened and her dark purple hair flowed into her face. Her hair was almost like Thomas' and her outfit seemed pretty goth like.

When we were in college, she always wore dark stuff. There has been a few occasions where me, her and Thomas wore bright stuff all day in summer, at the end of that day Thomas almost ended up with a black eye due to the frustration from Lilly. She has always hated wearing really bright stuff. But I don't mind it. If she feels like herself in the clothing, I accept it.

After a few seconds, Lilly lets go and a "She did that to me in Tennessee" comes from Thomas as he smirks with a 'revenge' look. I stick my tongue out at Thomas as he returned it with a playful glare. Looking back at Lilly, she dusts herself off as she pulls out her phone to check something.

"Lilly, Y'know... I was so worried when I saw the video about Ebott University. I did what I could to help the video go viral. Me and Thomas shared it with out subscribers but I worried it wouldn't be enough" I admitted as a look of sympathy rose on Lilly's face. She hugged me again as she muttered a few things in my ear.

"Anyway! Thank you! Thomas had told me he was worried sick about me. You should've seen how many messages I was sent by him" she spoke as she playfully glares at him and looks back at me "But anyway! Everything should be okay for now. I'm getting forced by the sides to stay with you guys until I'm able to get a place of my own" Lilly sighs as she leans against the wall.

Author's POV (Cus I cannot do first person POV properly XD ~Rose)

"Lil do you want to stay with me instead? i mean i live next door anyway" Elizabeth offers as the other girl shrugged a little. Roman, hearing the conversation, walks over.

"You should Lilly! You should stay with Liz until we get everything set up in our house. Besides, you have no idea how messy it is at the moment" Roman butted in, gaining a look of surrender from Lilly.

After a while the group finally decide on sleeping arrangements. They have all decided that the room next to Thomas' and Anxiety will be Lilly's room when the house is tidied. Patton offered to bake some cookies when they all return home, obviously Logan had intervened and said that he would have to watch Patton because the last time Patton created something, he created a fire in the kitchen. Due to their luck, they had manged to put the fire out before it created any major damage.

Lilly sat in the car, listening to her music and thinks back to the earlier events. She was happy that she finally got back with her old friends but part of her felt a bit empty and broken due to the Univeristy. She felt like she was missing something after a while. The University has made her loose some trust in some people but she still had a little bit of hope left in her.

On the drive to the house, Thomas and Roman were discussing something, Lilly couldn't quite here what their conversation was about but she was confident it was about her and Elizabeth. Speaking of Elizabeth, she was sitting next to Lilly, messaging Lilly random things. Halfway through the ride, Lilly's data runs out, causing her to groan in annoyance.

Roman was listening to disney music on his headphones since everyone declined his request of having it on the radio. Anxiety and Patton went in another car so they didn't have to put up with the bickering from Roman.

Patton and Anxiety decided to attempt to tell ghost stories. As everyone knows, Anxiety won. It took around the rest of the trip for Patton to feel comfortable again. With a hint of guilt, Anxiety decided to attempt to say some dad jokes, even though they weren't that good, Patton enjoyed them.