Our Laughter Lines (Dan Smith Fanfiction) - Watty's 2014

Stop And Stare - Chapter 28

A/N Please read the whole author's note. There's something important that I want to ask you.

Ella's POV

When I got to my apartment at 5, I made tea. Right when the tea boiled, the doorbell rang. It must be Ryan, I thought. I walked to the door and opened it. Two girls smiling widely showed up. I wasn't expecting them this early.

"Hey bitch!" They hugged me, walking in. 

"Hey girls!" I smile at them. The way Emmeline says 'bitch' somehow makes it lovely. She's actually the only one who's allowed to call me that. Maybe because she's the only one who can make this word cute. Rose was carrying a box in her arms.

We made our ways to the living room and then sat on the couch. Rose carefully landed the box on the wooden floor.

"Sooooo..." Rose started "Remember when we told you about your birthday present?"

"Yeah..." I nodded.

"Well, it arrived this morning..." Emmeline smiled widely, grabbing the pink box, handing me it afterwards. I looked at them.

"What are you waiting for?" Rose gave me a confused look. "Open it!"

"Oh yeah... Umm... Sure..." I awkwardly said looking down at the box. They both burst out into laughter. I started to unwrap the gift. When I got rid of the hot pink wrapping paper, I opened the big box and looked inside. I couldn't believe it so I looked at them astonished. I looked inside again to make sure it wasn't an illusion. I saw a 1975 grey hoodie and a The Neighborhood black one.

"Gosh... They're so freaking beautiful...!" I got up and went to hug them. "Thank you girls! Thank you!"

"There's more stuff inside the box!" They looked at me. 

"Really?" I sat back down and grabbed the box again. "Holy shit!" I said when I found a Adele T-shirt saying 'Rolling in the Deep'. "This is so awesome!"

"There's actually something else inside the box, darling." Rose pointed at it.

"Oh..." I looked inside and saw something white. I grabbed it saw that it was a The Script T-shirt. "No way!" I stood up and hugged them very tight. "You're awesome! Thank you so so much but this is so expensive!"

"We don't care! It's your 18 birthday!" Emmeline hugged us even tighter. "Aren't you gonna try them?"

"Yeah. Of course!" I said. I grabbed all of the clothes and went to my bedroom. I took my grey jumper off and put on The Script T-shirt. Then I went back to the living room.

"Damn girl!" She did an American accent making me laugh. "It fits you really well!"

"It really does!" Said Rose. 

"Your boobs look good in it..." Emmeline says and I look down, blushing. It has a generous cleavage. "Don't worry babe... It does really fit you well..."

I tried the other clothes and fortunately they all looked looked good in me. We were just talking when Emmeline started to give me some cheeky looks. Then she elbowed Rose and they both exchanged looks. I looked at them not having a clue of what was happening...

"Yeah?" I started.

"Hmmm!" Emmeline cleared her throat. "It was great lunch time, ham?" I gave them a confused look. 

"I'll be direct..." Says Rose. "You have some hickeys on your neck..." I freeze and mumble Fucking bastard. I get up and make my way to the bathroom, switching on the light. I look in the mirror and there they are. Three red marks. I blushed remembering what Daniel did to me earlier at lunch time. I switch off the light and go back to the living room. They were whispering when I walked in. 

"I was commenting with Rose how you seemed... hmm... excited... during our phone call..." Emmeline winked. I blushed madly. My cheeks were like really really hot. 

"Ermm... I...." I stuttered, sitting down on the other couch. 

"You mean, you had fun..." Rose winked making me blush even more. "So how was it?" 

"It?" I asked them.

"We all perfectly know what happened, Eleanor..." Emmeline still had that cheeky smile on her face. I was very confused by now. "Did it hurt?"

"The hickeys?" Like what the actual fuck are they talking about?

"No, Ella! The sex!" Emmeline shouted.

"Have I heard the word sex?" We all turned to the doorway. Ryan had arrived. We didn't even hear the sound of the keys on the lock. Little did I know that things would get even more awkward.

"Yes, you have..." Emmeline winked at me. Ryan was now looking at me. I was trying to hide my hickeys right when his eyes widened. Oh great. He now also thinks that I had sex.

"Hey, stop and listen to me!" I suddenly stand up. I needed to end this extremely awkward situation. They stared at me. "You're thinking that Daniel and I had sex, right?" They nodded and I noticed that Emmeline's cheeky smile was back. "Well, we didn't."

"Then what about those hickeys?" Ryan asked. My best friends stood up, dressed their coats and kissed my cheeks. 

"We'll take later..." Rose said as she disappeared with Emmeline in the hallway. Oh I get it. I think this is the moment when Ryan and I have THAT conversation.

"Are you going to answer my question?" He asks when the door slams. 

"Yes... We sort of... ermm... made out..." I looked down at my converse.

"So you didn't have sex...?" He asked.

"Nope..." I answered. "And we never did... so I guess you can... rest assured...?" I sit down on the couch.

"Sorry for asking but... I really feel the need to make sure that everything's going well between you and Daniel..." He holds my hand. "I'm your twin brother... a little bit older than you actually..." We both giggle, knowing how he feels good about being older than me. "And I somehow feel like I should protect you... You're my baby sister and I don't want anyone nor anything to hurt you..." 

"I'm glad I have a brother like you. I really do." I hug him and see a smile appearing on his face. He hugs me back and I smile. He was really annoying sometimes but I loved my brother so much...

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After two hours of studying, a well cooked dinner and a relaxing shower, I was finally lying on my bed with my comfy pjs on. I took a pic of my neck and sent it to Daniel. He quickly replied. 'Hmmm sexy neck ;)'. 'See what you've done to my neck?' I ask him. 'Yup, and it looks pretty good on you ;)' I blushed at the comment. After some seconds I receive another text. 'Has Ryan noticed?' 'Emms, Rose and Ryan thought that we took it to another level...' I told him. 'Hmm... don't know what you're talking about ;)' He did know what I meant. 'You know... that we did it...' I replied. Oh god, this is kinda awkward to tell your boyfriend. 'Did what?' mBastard. 'That we had sex Daniel.' I thought for some seconds but I ended up hitting the button send. 'We never did but sex with you is on my list... ;)'. I read the text 5 times and I couldn't believe in what I was reading. I was quite shocked in a good and bad way. He wanted to have sex with me but I don't think I'm ready for it. I didn't know what to tell him. 'That's nice to know'. I replied to him and fell asleep. 

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A/N This was quite awkward to write but here it is the 28th chapter. :) I wish you a very happy new year fellow stormers!

I wanted to ask you something: I've spent 8 chapters writing about 2 days (twin's birthday and the day after the birthday) and I feel like I'm taking too much time to move on to another part of the story. So what do you think about a change of time. Maybe to December? I don't know. Pleeeease tell me in the comments. Okay I'll shut up now. I'm extremely boring. x