Ella's pov:

It has been a week since I got out from the hospital and things have gotten back to normal.

Which....

Is not a good thing.

Now it's my every day routine of school and attending classes that my mom once again brings in these strange teachers for.

I'm not kidding, some of them were freaky.

I think the art teacher was the craziest because she made us write a paragraph on what the color red meant.

I'll tell you what it means.

It means the color.

Red is a color!

Jeez.

And the thing is, it's summer.

And I am still scheduled classes.

So unfair.

"Ella, dinner in five minutes!!" My mom shouts from somewhere downstairs.

I let an annoyed, probably not human, noise and head down stairs.

I sit down in the seat I always sit in and wait for dinner to be served.

When it is served, I immediately dig in and try to avoid any conversation that my mom might start to say.

But, it didn't work.

Sadly.

"So girls, we will be having guests over tomorrow for dinner, I expect you to be on your best behavior for them." She says as she fixes the napkin on her lap.

I don't say anything as I keep eating as quick as I can.

Even to the point that if I try to eat any faster, I think I would just be inhaling it.

Like Kirby, except way cooler.

Obviously.

"Do we know them?" Ally asks.

"You were too little to remember, but you should address them as Mrs and Mr. Barrington."

I don't know why, but I feel like I have heard that name before.

And it's bothering me because it's at the tip of my tongue.

Or is that just chicken?

But seriously, from where would I recognize it from?

"Don't forget dear, they have a couple of sons too, more specifically five, remember that Luke Barrington kid? He's the youngest." My dad says.

I suddenly choke on my food and quickly reach for my water.

Luke Barrington as in hospital guy??!

...

There are four more of him??!

My parents give me a questionable look as I silently cough from my choking hazard.

You have got to be kidding me.

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My mother's words repeat in my head as I go through my closet.

"This is a fancy dinner Ella, don't show up in those t-shirts you always wear around the house."

Just thinking about it, I look at my pile of t-shirts sitting on my dresser.

Soon my love, I will wear you again.

I force myself to look back in my closet and I just decide to go with a simple summer dress, because hey, this is the best you're going to get out of me.

As soon as I start to brush my hair after getting dressed, the door bell rings.

Dang those people who show up early to things.

Making us late people feel bad about themselves.

I let out a defeated groan as I force myself to walk out of my room and down the stairs.

When I reach the last step, I watch as my parents greet two adults.

I go and stand by Ally as I watch along with her.

"Oh how I missed you so much!" I'm guessing Mrs. Barrington says as she hugs my mom.

Then, she sees me and Ally and she gasps.

"Oh look at you two!" She squeals and runs over to us.

Not even a second later, I feel my cheeks being squeezed which causes me to wince slightly.

I glance over at Ally out of the corner of my eye to see her doing the same exact thing.

"Aren't you two just the cutest things." She finally lets go of our faces and steps back and goes to her husband.

I hear the door open a little bit more than it already was and I watch in horror as four older looking boys walk in.

Okay, no sign of....

Never mind.

I watch as Luke walks in a little later.

He shoves his hands in his pockets and start to look around the house.

I almost forgot I was starting to stare until we made eye contact.

He froze in place whereas as I quickly looked somewhere else.

Oh look at that....

The sky is blue.

I'm just going to... study it.

For awhile.

You know what, let me describe to you what the color blue means, because apparently it's not just a color.

Oh look..

Woah it's a cloud.

Amazing.

I guess I should study that too.

"Ella would love to show him around." My moms' voice says a little louder.

I look over to see her already looking at me along with Mrs. Barrington.

"Who?" I question, which makes my mom roll her eyes.

"Your dad wants to show the boys the business, Mrs. Barrington said that Luke wasn't interested in it so instead show him around." She says and then follows my dad along with everyone else.

I look at Ally and she just shrugs her shoulders and follows where everyone else went.

And now, it's just me and Luke.

"So..." he starts to say.

Me on the other hand, I just let out a tired sigh and signal him with my hand to follow me.

I start to walk to the dining room, while Luke rushes after me.

Why does he look like he's trying to be friends?

I'm pretty sure I recall him saying how much he hated my guts.

He also offended the lion king.

Still upset over that.

"Hey can we talk?" Speak of the devil.

"Yes?" I turn around, trying to refrain myself from glaring.

What?

What he said was rude.

...

I am a very forgiving person somewhere deep down.

And by deep, I mean deep deep down.

"I just wanted to apologize, for, you know, the whole thing at the hospital." He mutters.

I raise my eyebrow at him, "okay..." which basically means, 'I am trying to say something nice and that's the best I can do.'

I start to turn around but he grabs my wrist, "You were right about Vicky, I found her.. cheating."

Oh.

I really was right.

"Look Luke, you see like a nice guy-.."

"Yeah, I know I am an asshole, I should have listened."

"Luke..."

"God I'm such an idiot, you probably hate my guts, hell, I hate my own guts."

"Luke stop talking-.."

"Why is every girl the same?!"

"Uhm, I'm a girl."

"They only care about money, you would think that is all they care about."

"A girl, right here, very offended."

"I swear, if I didn't have this stupid life-..."

"LUKE!" I yell, his eyes snap to mine, "I was trying to tell you that you seem nice, and I know you didn't mean to hurt my feelings, so you are forgiven." I smile.

He looks at me for a second, almost like he was hesitant, "Wait, you don't want to like, slap me in the face or anything?"

"Wait is that offer still up?"

He looks at me wide eyed and I fight back a smile.

"Luke I was kidding." I laugh at his expression.

Or was I?

Hehe.

"So, are we cool?" He points a finger between us.

"Depends, are you going to judge my Disney movies?" I give a small grin, to which he returns.

"What kind of Disney movies are we talking about?"

"All of them." He shakes his head at me, keeping a smile on his face.

"Friends?" He questions holding out his hand.

I smile at him and shake his hand, "Friends."