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twenty three

Smiling to herself as she excitedly danced around her kitchen, El sang Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Ray. She does this thing when she's excited, nervous, happy, upset, or just because. This thing is called making her special cookies. These cookies were chocolate chip cookies with a secret ingredient only she knew and everyone loved those cookies. She was currently baking them out of excitement.

Her roommate, Elizabeth Olsen, descended down the spiral staircase to see a baking and singing performance by Elise, "Which type of baking is this?"

Elise stopped in her tracks to turn around and see her roommate (or more accurately, the friend she lets live in her New York house because someone needs to be there while she's in her Beverly Hills home).

"Excited baking," Elise smiles at her best friend. And then turned around to continue her dedication to Lana Del Ray.

Elizabeth took a seat at the island and took a bite of the first batch of cookies Elisa had baked up. "Why are you excited?" She asked as she chomped on the cookie.

Elise looked at Lizzie with a pointed look, "Swallow then talk, we don't need you choking,"

Lizzie rolled her eyes playfully at her friend and swallowed the cookie, "You're such a mom,"

Elise smiled sarcastically at Lizzie, "Well, I have a date tonight," she smiled at Lizzie as she also shoved a cookie into her mouth.

Lizzie looked at her questionably, "A date? With Sebastian?"

"No, with Casper," Elise giggled at Lizzie in a sarcastic manner, "Yes, of course with Sebby."

Lizzie nodded her head and sent a wink at Elise, "Well, I'm going to be hanging with Chrissy for the next couple of days, so do whatever you please with him,"

Elise rolled her eyes at her best friend in a joking manner, "So, you and Chris?"

Lizzie jokingly punched Elise's shoulder and rolled her eyes. "What time is the date?"

"He said he'll pick me up at seven," Elise informed as she bit into another cookie.

Lizzie glances at the clock on the oven behind Elise and saw that it was already 5:32. "Well it's 5:32, you should start getting ready."

That alerted Elise, who now had a frantic expression, "Lizzie, when the timer dings, take the cookies out!" She hollered as she ran upstairs to her room.

Hearing the doorbell ring, Elise dashed down the staircase with her heels in one hand and purse in the other. She was also attempting to slide her trench coat-like jacket on, but she eventually just came to a halt, set her things down, and slid it on before continuing. Once downstairs, she saw that Lizzie was talking with Sebastian as they waited for her.

Sebastian saw her coming out of the corner of his eye and turned to take in her appearance, "Wow," He let out a sigh of awe. She was wearing an oversized black sweater over a long, striped button-up paired with black leather skinny pants and white adidas. She had a red crossbody handbag that matched her lips. She was... perfect.

She walked up to him and got on her tip toes to place a kiss on his cheek, "You look handsome," she whispered into his ear and then took his hand and walked out of the house. "Bye Lizzie!" She said her farewells to her friend.

"Do you remember that time when we pranked your siblings into thinking I got you pregnant?" Sebastian laughed through his phrase, making it almost incomprehensible. Almost.

El let out a giggle as she sipped on her wine and nodded her head, "Of course I do! My family is still upset with me about that, especially Simion because he wanted to be an uncle,"

The two of them shared memories and giggled with each other throughout the night. Eventually, after a stop at CVS, they found their way into her bedroom. The rest was history.