I Never Knew, But It Has Always Been
You
Chapter One (part two)
During the school year when Ella comes home, she
usually does her homework, then goes for an hour long run, and then
works on her music for the rest of the night. She didn’t have
any homework tonight so she shrugged on some shorts, a sports bra,
and a tank-top. As she laced her sneakers up, the doorbell rang.
“Who could that be?” Ella asked herself.
Ella reached
up on her tippy-toes and looked through the peep hole. Fletcher.
She opens the door, “Hey Fletch. Come in.” Ella stepped
aside to let Fletcher come in.
For the
first time, Ella noticed how simply gorgeous Fletcher is. He is
tall, with that gorgeous dark brown hair, and those eyes. Those
eyes are the two eyes Ella wouldn’t mind gazing in for
awhile. His muscles, they’re not huge, but defined.
‘Snap out of it Ella, he’s your best friend’,
Ella thought to herself. Fletcher takes a seat on the
Thompsons’ black leather couch.
“Hey.
So I was thinking….. On Friday night there is an outdoor
movie playing at the park. We could all go to that and then walk
back here afterwards. It’s just an idea though.”
Fletcher smiled. Ella sat on the arm of the black, leather chair
beside the couch. She just remembered that she probably looks like
a mess because she is about to go running. She thought she saw
Fletcher steal a glance at her, a certain kind of
glance.
“Oh
cool. What movie is it?” Ella asked smiling. She wondered if
it was a romantic movie. What were these new feelings she is
having?
Fletcher
thinks for a minute. “Well, have you heard of that new one?
Oh I can’t think of the name. Oh that’s going to bug
me.” He says with a laugh. “It’s about the guy
who moves to New York and then reunites with his old high school
flame. I can’t think of the name” Fletcher says rubbing
his forehead as if that would help him remember the name of the
movie.
“Meeting You Again!” Ella shouts. She recognized
Fletcher’s description from the preview she saw last night
while she was watching a Law & Order SVU rerun.
Fletcher
laughed and nodded his head a ‘yes’ “Yeah! Oh
that would have bothered me until I figured it out. So anyhoo, do
you want to do that? We could grab a bite to eat at the diner
across the street then go to the movie?” Fletcher suggested.
He noticed how Ella seemed to be lost in her thoughts. He always
thought she was beautiful, the constant sparkle in her dark amber
eyes, and the way her hair fell perfectly over her shoulders and
cascaded down her back. Her warm smile and that one dimple have
always made him smile immediately. ‘Fletch, dude. What are
you thinking? This girl has been your best friend forever. Why are
you thinking about her like that? Snap out of it, dude.’
Fletcher shook his head to get those thoughts out, and then just
looked at Ella as she was about to respond.
“Yes.
I remember seeing a preview last night when I was watching SVU. It
looks really good. But Fletch, romantic-comedy isn’t your
thing. Don’t go changing on me now.” Ella joked.
Fletcher laughed along with her and started to get up to
leave.
“I’m not changing anytime soon. I promise. Here,
I’ll pinky promise you.” He outstretched pinky as Ella
wrapped hers around it. They stood there in the pose for a little
too long, gazing into each other’s eyes. It became awkward so
Fletcher pulled away. “Alright, I’d better go.
I’ll let you go back to what you were doing. Going for a
run?” He said and smiled sweetly.
“Gee, how’d you guess?” Ella asked teasingly.
“Alright. Well, I’ll see you tomorrow in homeroom. Bye
Fletch.” Ella said as she walked him out to his car, which is
a blue Saab.
“Bye Ella, see you tomorrow. Have fun on your run.”
Fletcher said and then hopped in his car and backed out of the
driveway.
Ella dug her iPod out of
her pocket and put it on ‘shuffle’ on her playlist
titled ‘Running’. As Ella ran her usual route, through
the woods and circle around the lake and back, she thought about
Fletcher. She decided she really needed to figure out the feelings
she has for him. Are they really counted as feelings at all? Every
girl she has ever known in her life thought Fletcher was cute at
one point or another. The thing is, if they liked each other and
made a relationship out of it, then what would happen to their
friendship?
As the
fast song blasted into Ella’s ears she thought about her
father. She understood why he left, but she misses him. He
hasn’t called in awhile and she misses joking with him, and
being his little girl. Then she thinks about her mother, and the
soon to be baby brother or sister she will have.
About forty-five minutes later Ella arrives
back at home. She gets undressed and hops in the
shower.
I Never Knew, But It Has Always Been You Chapter One (part two)
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