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"Oh, fuck these streamers!"

It was a few months after the whole Andrew thing happened, and the teen was doing much better now, having a tattoo on his once before broken left arm with the initials of his three friends.

Jack was now ignored by Andrew, although Jack apologized, Andrew's friends were quick to scold Jack and push Andrew away from him, not wanting any contact with the black haired teen whatsoever.

Rebecca was now hanging the streamers in the hall of their high school, while Andrew was holding one of the heavy parcels since his arm was healed, and Johan was talking to one of the teacher's with his organizing planner.

Yes, Johan is organizing one of the most important things in a senior's life, prom.

Ellie huffed and hung the streamers around the top of the doors leading to the outside to the hall. She got tangled in them, and ripped them forcefully.

"Ms. Parker, please don't rip the streamers! We spent a lot of money on them!" Mr. Macklemore commented, holding a box of party supplies.

Ellie sighed and nodded, trying to get herself out of the streamers. Mr. Macklemore huffed and stole a glance at the struggling teen before walking away to give the supplies to his daughter.

"Need a little help?"

Julio was at the bottom of the ladder, holding onto the sides of it so she wouldn't fall off. Ellie grunted and turned to him with a streamer wrapped around her shoulders tightly.

"Please." She desperately said, carefully climbing down the steps of the metal ladder.

She reached the bottom of the ladder and looked up to Julio with desperation, struggling with the bright and colourful streamers.

Julio chuckled at her, trying to cover his laugh with the back of his hand but ultimately failing as the blonde looked back up at him, her face already fed up.

"Are you going to help me or not."

He scoffed. "Just wait for a moment, princess."

Julio leaned into her, Ellie's cheek turning a slight pink, averting her gaze and somewhere else as Julio tried to avoid his friend from being a human pretzel.

Julio hastily grabbed her shoulders and turned her around easily, and started taking apart the streamers bit by bit as Ellie waited patiently and awkwardly.

He untangled the last streamer and stood up with a painful moan, his knees aching from kneeling down for too long.

He looked to the side of Ellie's face, which was coloured in a light pink colour on her cheeks, but her ears were red.

Julio felt his heart churn and coughed in his hand, before fixing his hair which was now longer than usual, his curly fringe drooping below his eyebrows.

Ellie let out a dry laugh and turn around, stretching her short body.

"Thanks, Julio Wulio!"

Julio raised an eyebrow. "What kind of nickname is that?"

She grinned and picked one streamer up from the bundle that was by Julio's feet. She wrapped the end of it on her palm and made her way to the ladder.

Ellie gave her signature michievious grin and climbed up the steps of the ladder carefully, with Julio immediately putting his hands on the pillars of the ladder to support it.

Ellie took one the streamer and stuck it in the middle of the door, the end of the streamer drooping to the side of the door. She repeated this step, Julio helping giving her one streamer at a time.