Not Thinkin' Bout You

Chapter 10

PREVIOUSLY: Ellody couldn't remember ever hugging her sister like this.

Her knuckles tapped on the door lightly, and it sprung open immediately. Sienna invited her inside, shutting the door with a soft snap.

"I was thinking we should do something tonight. Something to take our minds off things," Sienna began, sitting down on her bed and fiddling with her pillow case.

"Yeah, sure. What were you thinking of doing?" Ellody asked cautiously. Her sister always came up with the most ridiculous plans and expected everyone to go along with them.

"The Jonas Brothers are doing a pop-up concert tonight," Sienna suggested slyly, raising an eyebrow at Ellody, whose mouth fell open.

"You can't be serious. I love them so much," Ellody blurted, feeling incredibly excited. Seeing the Jonas Brothers live at a concert would be the best thing in the world.

"I am. So we're going?" she said with a nod and reached for her phone. Ellody stuck her hand in the way, giving Sienna a look.

"Hold on. Hold. On. Tonight? Mum won't let us go at such short notice. And where are you getting the tickets?" Ellody frowned, her stomach doing flips. On one hand, she badly wanted to go, but she knew it was next to impossible.

"OK, so don't get angry when I say this and don't shoot down the idea straight away. But... Jade and I were thinking of sneaking in-"

"NO WAY!" Ellody yelled, jumping away from her sister like she had a highly contagious disease.

"I said not to freak! Anyway, Jade found these lanyards lying outside the venue that they're playing at, and there were two, but she found another one online for cheap. She's picking it up from the girl's place - she was going with friends but then she got sick or something, who cares," Sienna explained, going slightly red saying Jade's name. Ellody felt sick to the stomach that they found random lanyards and decided to use them. "So basically we just have to get past security and get inside. Once we're in, all we need is the lanyards, and they'll let us stay," she finished, taking a deep breath from speaking so fast. Ellody's mouth opened and closed, unable to decide what to think about all this. She immediately thought of what their mum would say if she found out.

"How are we getting past mum?" Ellody muttered, slowly sitting down next to Sienna on her bed. Sienna grinned, reaching for her phone again; Ellody didn't stop her.

"Don't worry, this part of the plan won't hurt anyone. I've already told mum that I'm going to the movies with Jaiden, and that I was going to try and win you over to come too. I also mentioned that we'd sleepover at Jaiden's. I promised that me and you would share a bed, and that Jaiden would be on the couch," she explained, her thumbs moving across the keyboard of her phone so fast that Ellody couldn't make out who she was talking to. She assumed it was Jade. Jade. Jaid-en. Oh.

"Don't you feel guilty about lying to mum? Like, Jaiden isn't real, we're not seeing a movie, and where are we staying tonight?" Ellody breathed. Her older sister pressed her finger to her lips with a stern glare.

"You can't be saying that out loud. You'll blow the cover," Sienna decided, turning her phone off to look Ellody in the eye.

"Where are we staying?" she repeated, glaring at Sienna. She already had a feeling that she knew where they were staying, but she didn't want it to be true.

"Jade's." Sienna's phone vibrated, and she turned it over with a smile as she texted back.

"I don't even know her. She's not in any of my classes, and we never talk. We just walk past each other a lot. The most I've seen of her is forcing you into lockers and making out with you in empty hallways," Ellody pressed, knowing she'd get a reaction out of her sister for saying that. Sienna glared over her phone before starting to giggle. OK, not what I was expecting.

"Fine. I deserve that," Sienna sighed, absent-mindedly reaching to touch her lips. Ellody watched her sister touch her mouth and started to wonder where else Sienna's mouth had been all these years. "So we're really doing this? You're not going to chicken out at the last minute?" Sienna asked suddenly, raising her eyebrows demandingly. Ellody wasn't very sure about this herself. She wanted to climb in bed and read Why Don't We fanfiction and send the best ones to Corbyn. She wanted to slip into a Champion hoodie and sweatpants, sipping a hot chocolate and tapping away at her laptop keyboard, searching the depths of YouTube and Tumblr. Maybe even check Instagram for the millionth time today. Possibly even call the boys for something to do. She certainly wasn't planning to sneak into a Jonas Brothers concert with her sister and her girlfriend she'd never met before. But maybe, just once in a while, I should break routine?

"OK. Yes, we'll do it. We've talked about it too much to not do it. I'm thinking about it too much to not do it. Looks like we're sneaking into a concert," Ellody decided, smiling nervously at Sienna. She tried to show that she was completely fine with this, and Sienna seemed to buy it.