Lover

Scarlet

***Here's another chapter because the last one was so short!***
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Alia's POV
Tom and I spoke for another hour or so and I couldn't help but think how fucking lucky I am! Speaking to thee Tom Holland ? Jeez , that's incredible! He told me that he has some work to do, so we said our farewells. Sad. But he also texted me "Talk later?" To which I immediately agreed to.

I decided on going to Eliott's. Since he helped me pick my songs for my first preformance, he could help me choose again because, frankly, I'm incredibly indecisive. I would call but I don't really have anything else to do. I walk out the door telling my sister that I'm going. Jazmin barely even looked in my direction due to her stressful, paper-full table, but she replied with a simple -"Okay, be safe!" Poor Jazmin under so much of pressure.
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Just after knocking on El's door, I unlock my phone and message my sister informing her I've reached.
To my surprise, a blonde girl with green eyes and Eliott's Liverpool jersey on opens the door with a huge smile on her face.

-"Hi there! You are?" She asks, very enthusiastically.
I'm still shocked and confused and really don't know what to say. Jazmin is gonna be furious. Eliott didn't even tell us ?

"Umm, I - uh- Alia. Is Eliott home?"
-"Oh, you're Alia! Come, come. The boys are watching the football game." And just on cue- I hear some male voices shouting at the TV, asking it why the player didn't pass the ball to Sanchez. She leads me to the lounge, which I already knew quite well, and I see the three boys on the couch.
Eliott is already in clear view of me and so he gets up and walks towards me.

—"Hey, Lia! Fancy seeing you here."
"We need to talk." I say in a rushed whisper, and take him by the hand and towards the kitchen.

"Who the hell is that?!"
-"Well you pulled me away before I could introduc-"
"Who's the girl? Why is she wearing your shirt?"
-"Oh, she's- wait- you- you thought that we-" he makes hand gestures pointing to her and himself, with a troubled look on his face.
"Look Eliott, I'm not mad that she's with you, I'm mad you didn't tell us! Imagine how Jazmin will be if she finds out now?"
-"No Lia, wait. You've got it all wrong. I'm not seeing anyone, she's not with me. That's Alex's girl, Scarlet." He snickered while pointing toward the living room. I peak around the wall and see that Scarlet is sitting awfully close to the brunette boy on the couch.
-"And she's wearing Alex's jersey. Not mine." Eliott has his eyebrows furrowed, and kinda smirks. This expression translates to: what the actual fuck?.
"Oh." Is all I say as a wave of embarrassment washes over me. "I'm sorry, El. I was just taken aback when she opened the door. I wasn't thinking. I'm sorry."
-"Yeah it's okay. Don't worry about it. I'm missing the rest of the game!" He laughs. He puts his arm around my shoulders leading me back to the lounge.
-"Guys this is Alia. Alia this is Alex; his girlfriend, Scarlet." he made sure to stress that.

Alex and Scarlet
The couple that gave us their tickets. I'm actually really glad I finally met them so I could thank them for the tickets. As you already know, Alex plays football with Eliott. He's brunette, has hazel-ish eyes and is maybe about 6ft. He's got a little rose tattoo on his arm. Scarlet is, as mentioned before, blonde and has green eyes, she's got a tattoo also the same place as Alex, except hers is a lion. They are very cute together.

-"And this is Miles." And lastly, he points to the boy sitting on the one-seater.

Miles
A lad with ash blonde hair and a nose piercing. Very pale and lean. Probably a gamer? He's wearing a very dull, dark outfit consisting of a grey t shirt, a black jeans and denim jacket. It suits him quite well, though. He might be in an emo phase, but he's pretty chilled out by the looks of it.

Miles, who was highly engrossed in what was happening on his phone, looks up quickly and raises his hand up to 'greet'. I reply with a friendly smile but he didn't notice because he returns to his phone just as quick as he looked up. I take a seat next to El and watch the remaining 12 minutes of the game with them before I talk to him.

Soon after, Scarlet (who I obviously thank for giving us the tickets, and who is also incredibly sweet) and I tidy the place up, Alex and Miles connect the PlayStation and Eliott takes out the trash. Scarlet makes herself comfortable next to Alex and I finally get some time with Eliott.

"Maybe a Niall song?" I suggest.
-"Oh my god, even though I'd love that, you can't sing only songs of the boys of One Direction!" He laughs and I sulk.
-"...Okay maybe just one more and then no more One Direction songs."

We managed to pick at least 2 others.
We ran through a list of songs, and we still haven't decided on the last one yet! Eliott places his head down resting on his hands in utter frustration, searching his mind for something that will spark his brains lightbulb.

-"How about that song you were singing the other day?" He asks after some thinking.
"Which song?" I think I know.
-"That day, man. Oh, when I got the tickets from Alex! I think it was Selena Gomez."
"Taylor Swift, you doofus!"
-"Yeah the one where she's swimming in a fishbowl in that house in a snow globe? I think that's the 1."
"Yup. Yeah, okay I'll sing that one. I love that song actually. I don't know why it didn't cross my mind."

That settles it then. I'll sing it.