Adopted by Dan and Phil

~Sweet Dreams~

Ella hugged the pillow and snuggled tightly in the blankets and duvet. She tossed and turned not being able to keep still. She was far too awake. Through the corner of her eye, she saw a small, flickering light buzz up on her suitcase in the dark bedroom; her phone. Lazily, she a hauled herself to the edge of the bed and leaned forward reaching for the suitcase. She dangled from the edge of the bed, he fingertips almost gripping the phone.
"Almost...got it..." She said in concentration.
She yelped, and suddenly, she fell smack down on the floor grabbing the phone, the duvet fell on her. She looked like a colourful ghost with a hand holding out an iPhone.
"Got it." She said with a 'hmph'.

Ella slowly crawled back into bed hoping not to make any noise, considering she made a loud thud as she fell. She lay on her stomach and slid open her phone. Her lock-screen photo was of her and Anna. Anna was very much like her, yet they were so different. Anna had ebony brown hair -it almost seemed black in winter- which curled around her neck and shoulders and dark, sea blue eyes. Whilst Ella on the other hand, had long, straight chestnut hair with light blonde highlights and olive green eyes, they were both smiling in the photo and the sun glazed in the background, giving a full effect of the scenery. It was one of her most treasured photos of her and Anna. As the phone unlocked, her eyes quickly wandered to her messages, '48messages' it read. Her eyes widened and her mouth twitched into a smile. It opened and she flicked through all the messages from friends.
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Messages:
Katia: 'hola niña, bueno espero que se diviertan en Londres. ¡te extraño! x'
Lola: 'Miss ya Ella have fun xox! Verano no es lo mismo sin ti'
Lucas: 'Have fun in London chiki! Who am I gonna go to the playa with now eh?! Haha<3'
Cristina: 'te odio. Broma te amo<3 hasta pronto.'
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Ella scrolled through them and answered every single one. It made her feel a little downhearted knowing she won't see all her friends, but knew, this was going to be by far one of the best summers yet. After answering multiple texts and emails, she laughed as she saw the on-going one she had left too long to answer.
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*bing*
Messages:
Anna: 'Ella. Answer now'.
*bing*
Anna: 'Ella!'.
*bing*
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Ella groaned into her pillow and laughed.
'Hey guapa!<3'
*send*
Instantly, there was a reply. A grin bared across Ella's face.
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Messages:
Anna: omd! Finally! I thought ya died or somefin beb<3 how's London!?'
Ella: 'Cold!:3'
Anna: 'AHAHA! Su calor aquí! Did you find Dan and Phil?!!!!!'
Ella: 'I just arrived now you twat!:*'
Anna: 'Sorry:3 I'm just so jel!'
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Ella paused, she didn't know wether to tell Anna she was staying with them or not. Her reaction would probably be priceless. Yet, she didn't know if Dan and Phil would be comfortable for her to tell people yet- she had only just arrived a while ago- she began to question herself. After a while of thought, she decided not to for a while. She tucked herself under the covers and continued texting.
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Messages:
Ella: 'haha x'
Anna: 'Miss ya'
Ella: 'Miss ya too'
Anna: '<3'
Ella: 'It's like 1:00am here! I'm gonna go get rest talk soon bebs'
Anna: 'okayyy. Oh and here it's 12:00! Only 1hour difference! Bye. Ilu<3'
Ella: 'Byee.<3x'
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She smiled to herself, pleased that she had a friend like Anna who was one of a kind. Before putting her phone away she decided to do the thing a rational person would do at this point and time. She opened her favourite camera app and began to take some selfies. She took at least twenty- just to be sure. Ella then lazily slithered down the covers once more, and with care, reached to put her phone back to its original place where she found it. As it clicked off, the room turned once again pitch black and the darkness of the night comforted her as she dazed off. She softly heard the gentle pitter-patter of footsteps walking round the house. She pretended to sleep and pulled up the duvet. Through the corner of her eyes, which were almost shut, she saw two figures standing at the doorway.
"Night Ella," they both said, almost in a whisper.
They both disappeared into the dark corridor and all the lights in the house switched off.
"Sweet Dreams Dan. Sweet Dreams Phil." She yawned into her pillow.
And, she drifted slowly to sleep.