Safeguarders

Chapter 3

I've put Madelyn as Miranda Kerr because this is how I personally imagined her. Keep reading and vote?

Eli tried to contain himself. Madelyn Shore, a new pop-star, was in their proximity. A pop-star. He was sure he'd brag to his friends like Burger, and they would be so jealous of him, but Eli didn't feel like bragging. He felt like meeting an old friend. He didn't feel like doing otherwise now.

"Look! Snacks! God, I'm so fucking hungry I could eat that bodyguard who just left." Ricky said, going over to the snack cart. The three boys followed him. "Figure of speech, if you goobers didn't catch that."

They looked at the treats and almost drooled because they smelt so good. The brownies smelt the best, so they probably tasted the best. Eli reached for one.

"I wouldn't eat those if I were you. Pete makes them, and no offense, but there's a high percentage that you'll get food poisoning if you eat one."

Madelyn.

They all turned around slower than they anticipated, but quick enough to confirm that the person who just warned them was definitely Madelyn. They gaped at her, surprised at what they saw. She wore a beautiful dark blue dress that went to just above her knees and heels that matched perfectly. Jewelry hung from her wrists and neck, making her sparkly. She was way taller than before--maybe four inches taller. She must have been around 5'8". Wikipedia had told the truth. Her body curved smoothly, telling the boys she had grown up even more.

Her elegant light brown hair fell all the way down to just above her bellybutton, as pretty as ever. Her big blue eyes were what made Eli suck in a breath. She had a little dark make-up on, and it illuminated her eyes so carelessly, like there was no effort put into it. They weren't just a light blue, like the sky, or a dark blue, like the ocean. They were a shade of blue so fierce they could have been holding something like a tiger inside. Were they colored contacts? No, because Eli remembered those eyes.

Her smile lit up her whole face. It was wide and genuine, which let Eli relax a little. She remembered me. She remembered me and she is happy to see me. Eli thought quickly.

"Are you all going to stand there all night or are you going to greet me?" She said, sticking her hands on her hips, that nice smile still working its way farther up her cheeks.

Her voice snapped Eli into focus just the same as it had put him out of focus. "Hey, Mads." He said, surprised he was the first one to speak.

He seemed to smack the rest of them back into the real world, too. They walked to where she stood, and just stood there, in front of her. She looked up at them all, and she clearly noticed their imminent height.

"Wow! God you are all so tall, wow," She glanced at Nathan, who was the shortest. "Even you, Nate! Remember how short you-"

"Yeah, yeah," Nathan said, with a dazed smile on his face. "I was short, but now I'm alright." Nate used to be so short, but now he was a few inches taller than Madelyn.

She glanced at Eli, who was the tallest. She didn't comment though. She instead looked at Ricky, than her eyes settled on Tommy for a moment. She ripped her gaze from him and took turns looking at them all briefly. "Well, am I the one who has to hug you guys, too?" She said, going to hug us. When she got to Eli, he tried to loosen up as much as he could.

Why was he so Goddamned nervous? She reached around his waist with one hand as she reached over his shoulder with the other. He did the same, and she squeezed him to her before letting go. Her gazed lingered on him for a second longer than it did on the others, and he wondered if she thought he had gotten uglier over the time they missed together. Eli looked at his friends and wondered if they were thinking the same thing. He didn't think Ricky was.