chapter 6

Chapter 14

Ella's POV:

It's been three days since I last attended school, three whole days. But today's Friday, the last day of the school week so I'm going. It's only one day I have to suffer through. I'm not behind either, my mom has been getting my work so I could do it from home.

The shrieking sound of my alarm clock assaults my ears and disrupts my sleep. The blaring, unceasing, loudness was a real mood killer. A perfect way to make you miserable.

Rolling over blindly I hit my nightstand repetitively until my hand landed on the jackpot, turning the ludicrous thing off. I then close my eyes, telling myself I will get up in just a second.

Just a second, second, second.

When I open my eyes again they just about bulge out of their sockets, it's been forty minutes! Oh my goodness, I swear it was only a couple of seconds, but no apparently it wasn't.

When I tell you I jumped out of bed, I legit leaped. My feet scrambled across the floor, out of my comfy bed, to the closet. I don't ever pick out my clothes the night before, so I dig through my clothes like a wild woman and pick out a cream sweater and light ripped jeans.

This is why you don't close your eyes, even if you think it's just for a second. Then you become late like me.

I wake Thomas up but he always gets up at this time, so it didn't mess with his routine like it did mine. After, I muddle to get ready, brushing my hair and teeth, not even having time to eat breakfast.

When I'm finally finished, I wait patiently for Thomas. He's packing his sports bag for football practice later. Thomas is my ride because my mom still won't let me drive.

A series of three knocks sound on the door. Who could that be this early in the morning?

Confused, I stand up and walk to the door skeptically. With a bit of hesitation, I pull the door open and when I do I blink to make sure I'm not seeing things. Declan is here, lazily leaning on my porch's wooden railing, with his arms crossed.

His chocolate hair was an array of messy curls on top of his head. He wore black ripped jeans and a black sweatshirt, converse on his feet. As my eyes meet his, I nervously bite my lip. He looked good today, like always.

I totally forgot about him saying he would pick me up.

Now I'm staring and he has definitely noticed, the smirk plastered on his face was proof. A blush encaptures my cheeks, suddenly the floor is very interesting.

"Enjoying the view?" Declan winks, "Don't worry I know I am."

I glance up into his crystal green eyes in confusion. It takes me a minute to process what he just said. When I do, I look around to see what he's talking about.

Well that's weird, does he like my house or something?

So I respond with, "Thanks I like my house too."

Declan throws his head back, laughter bubbling the air. What's so funny? Did I say something wrong? My hands begin to fiddle with the rips of my jeans nervously. I don't know why he's laughing and it's making me self conscious.

After a minute Declan's laughter dies down, now there's just an amused smirk. His eyes are a light shade of green. "You're so selfless."

My heart skips a beat.

"I was only teasing, I wasn't talking about the house Ellie, I was talking about you."

My cheeks brighten in color. "O-oh, I didn't umm t-think--"

"Shh, I know." He chuckles knowing I'm flustered.

He told me he liked the view and I thought he was talking about the house, I'm so dumb. How did I not know?

"Ella, who's at the door?" Thomas calls from his room.

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell him about Declan bringing me to school. If I didn't he would think I disappeared or something. "It's Declan, he's umm going to bring me to school so don't worry about it," I call back.

"Declan?" Thomas says, sounding confused.

Declan's grin widens his width, his eyes watching me. "Yup, see you later Thomas." I chime scrambling out the door, not waiting for his response. No need for him to ask questions when I can't even answer them myself.

We walk to the car, me faster than Declan, he takes his time. After my blonde moment, I just want to get out of here.

As I get in Declan's car, I see Wes almost immediately in the back seat. "Hi, Ella." He greets smiling brightly.

"Hi." I greet back quietly.

Declan gets into the car a moment after, turning the key to start the ignition. He then begins to drive, staying quiet. He's probably still tired considering how early it is, not to mention the dark circles rimming low under his forest eyes.

In the back seat, Wes hums quietly looking out the window. For once he's just as quiet and content too. So I drift off into my thoughts.

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to travel the world, instead of being stuck in this small claustrophobic town. To wake up in a new place, maybe a city or maybe even an ocean.

I want to run through fields and feel the heat of the sun on my skin, breathe in the scents of the outside air, and just relish in the freedom it brings.

A new day, a new scenery. Waterfalls, hills, sunsets, anything, and everything. Something unpredictable, something not the same.

A tap on my shoulder has me breaking out of my daze. I glance over at the tapping hand, my eyes moving up to the face it belongs to.

A wide grin sits on his beautiful features. "What's got you so lost in your thoughts?" Declan asks.

"Nothing, just thinking," I replied easily.

Declan shakes his head with a chuckle. "Didn't seem like nothing."

My face heats up in embarrassment. Have I really been daydreaming this whole time? I didn't even realize we were at school. "Where's Wes?" I wonder, noticing he's not in the back seat anymore.

"Way to change the subject." Declan teases before saying, "He already went in, he said he didn't want to miss breakfast."

I laugh at that, of course, Wes wouldn't want to miss out on food.