i sit down in my room and look down at my heels. they perfectly fit me but do hurt
madison walks inside with a hair curler in her hand, "what's wrong"
"nothing" i look up at her with a fake smile
she just nods and plugs the hair curler and waits for it to heat up, "so you and ethan are going on a date"
"just as friends" i remind her
"a masquerade ball, just as friends?" she wiggles her brows
"ethan and i will be nothing more then just friends" i sigh
knock knock
"he's here!" madison's runs out the room to open the front door
i stand from the bed and turn off the hair curler. i grab my mask and walk out the room
ethan walks inside and his eyes are immediately on me. i walk down the stairs and watch madison smile at us
"i've been to so many masquerade balls before! you guys are going to have so much fun!" she claps
i take a deep breath and press my lips together, can she just shut up?
"where's jeremiah?" ethan ask
"he's sleeping in my room" madison answers
"okay, make sure he isn't up when we come back" ethan tells her and madison nods
"obviously! take your time, you guys can come back in the am" she winks
"ready?" ethan looks at me and i nod
ethan holds open the door for me and madison's smacks my bum before walking out, i flip her off and get inside ethans car
ethan chuckles and starts the car
i look away from madison and look at the road, ethan waves at madison and drives off
the car ride is silent, i can feel ethans eyeing me a couple times. he wants to say something but he doesn't know what to
i play with the mask in my hand, replaying the talk joey and i had yesterday
"you know elena, it's hard to not fall in love with someone who showed you another side of life, the good side obviously. so i'm sorry if i lost my control when i lost the person who showed me my worth"
i bite my bottom lip to hold back my tears. i shouldn't have brought ethan up in our fight. i know how much he hates ethan and i knew it would make him mad
what am i even doing? joeys the only person who knows me the best. i've been with him through everything and i really let a little fight get between us
but i've learned so much from it. he can't control himself, everyone else is afraid of him, he can't even take care of jeremiah, he's broken and it's all my fault
but it's good to keep my distance right now. i'm on my way to this masquerade and hopefully i'll be a step closer to finding jay and sophia
"you look great" ethan interrupts my thoughts
i glance at him, "thank you"
"you seem sad, what's wrong?" he puts his hand on my thigh and i stare at it
i gulp, "i'm just scared"
"don't be, i have everything under control. remember my friend i told you about?" he looks at me and i nod
"well he's getting us in through the back-" he stops mid sentence
"what?" i notice his face expression change
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Desperado
Fanfic"I had everything i ever wanted in my hands and in less than a month, my world turned upside down" Make sure to read Missing first before reading this
