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updates5sos: okay so uhm... how did nobody realise yet that Elle just made another instagram but private?

ashtonlover: @updates5sos wait what the fuck, WHEN?

updates5sos: @ashtonlover idk man... all the guys and girlfriends are following her, even anne and lauren. Maybe it's better this way? She got so much hate she didn't deserve and now she doesn't have to be faced with it anymore.

— group of mature idiots —

Ashton: welcome Elle
Calum: AND FINALLY WE GET HER IN THE GROUPCHAT
Michael: took you a fkn long time to add her ashton
Elle: what is this
Elle: what's happening
Grace: you've now been added to a groupchat containing 4 idiots. Somehow we all fell for them so we're stuck here.
Elle: can I leave the chat again?
Ashton: please don't babe :( I promise we're fun
Elle: I was just kidding bub, sooooo what do you guys usually talk about?
Luke: HI WELCOME ELLE
Elle: hi luke
Sierra: we talk about the most random shit
Calum: I just saw a few posts on twitter that they found your instagram so prepare to get a hell of a lot of requests
Elle: yeah I figured something like that had happened. Took them fucking long to find it.
Ashton: I expected them to find it after like a day, not after 2 months 🙃
Calum: does anyone have plans this weekend? Grace is going home to her parents (I'm not allowed to join) so I need entertainment
Grace: If someone is willing to babysit him every day so I don't have to, you're more than welcome
Calum: hey that's not nice
Ashton: we have plans for the weekend so we can't come
Calum: can I join those plans?
Elle: it's my brother's wedding so no
Calum: I can be your second plus one
Ashton: no.
Michael: you can come over for dinner if you cook
Calum: tempting. What's your offer Luke?
Luke: I'm going out with sierra and some of her friends, you can join if you become our designated driver or stay sober enough to keep us out of trouble with the assholes and get us home
Elle: assholes?
Luke: assholes = paparazzi
Elle: oh yeah they deserve that name
Calum: sorry mike, Luke's plan sounds better. Unless Ashton and Elle changed their mind?
Elle: ashton is forcing me to say no
Calum: dude I thought we were friends?
Ashton: I don't want you third wheeling all night and then crash on my couch
Elle: I'm sorry cal, we can hang out sunday evening?
Calum: will you cook? Ashton said you make nice food
Elle: it's gonna be take out and movies probably
Calum: that does sound nice. Can I bring Duke?
Elle: please do, I love Duke
Calum: alright. So Lierra on saturday and Elton on sunday
Ashton: elton?
Calum: elton = ELle + ashTON
Elle: ashton do I really have to stay in this groupchat?
Ashton: yes because I'm lonely without you babe :(
Sierra: Luke why are you never this cute anymore
Luke: do you want to cuddle and I can sing to you :(
Sierra: yes. Where the fuck are you though?
Elle: wait. Dont you guys live together?
Sierra: we do but I haven't seen Luke in 2 hours and I know he's home
Luke: let's play hide and seek. If you find me I will give you endless hugs and kisses tonight?
Sierra: you are a child Luke
Grace: that actually sounds like fun
Grace: who has the biggest house?
Ashton: Michael or Calum
Grace: will we all come together somewhere next week and play hide and seek?
Elle: somehow I'm so excited for that
Ashton: it does sound fun
Calum: hide&seek at my house on friday, 7pm and after that take out?
Michael: YES YES YES YES
Michael: Y E S

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He had his hand placed on my thigh, just the fabric of my dress between his hand and my leg. He was listening to my brother while he spoke about the woman he just married. There was a small smile playing on his lips and his eyes looked so bright and happy. I watched as the corner of his lips went up and the countless dimples started to show when my brother made a joke. A small chuckle left his mouth and I could almost feel his body vibrating. There was something about today that felt different, maybe it was the fact my brother just got married, maybe it was the way he looked in his suit with his glasses on his nose because he lost his contacts and the curls falling down the sides of his face.