Ellen - Chapter 3: A Feeling
Ellen Chapter 3: A Feeling Thump A sound made as it repeated Thump again. The sound came from the right corner of the second story bedroom of the Middleson home. The source of the sound came from a young 14-year-old wolfess throwing a plastic ball against the wall of her bedroom. "Hey Ellen, i'm home!" a voice yelled from the stairway. "I'm decent!" Ellen yelled. Ever since Jake had gotten his job at Felici's, some local Italian place, she yelled that so he could come in. They did they because one time when he came home... he found Ellen nude, changing... He always blushed at that memory. After hearing that, he stepped in. Jake had matured over the years, his voice getting deeper and his height increasing. His dark brown hair was now down to his shoulders and his Emerald eyes were now protected by a pair of thin glasses. "Hey, what are you doing?" Ellen looked over to him with a tired expression. She had too matured. She was more taller and such, but her main problem was... her breasts. They were rather large for her age, a nice healthy C-cup. It wasn't like she wasn't self-consious about them - she was - but the main problem was that the other girls teased her about them. Everyone still teased her about being a Hybrid and the fact that she was an outcast didn't help. "You know... thinking" She said, swining her legs off her bed. "About what?" Jake asked with a quizzical look. "Stuff..." "What kind of stuff?" "I... I err.. How was work?" "Great... I-" Ellen began to tune him out, thinking of his question. In truth she was thinking about... Her and Jake. Over their 4 years together, she realized something... She was in love with him. She loved everything about him: The way he always defended her from bullies, how he always cheered her up, his smile, everything. "Enough about my boring day, what were you thinking about?" "I uh.." "KIDS! Come help me with the groceries!" Mrs. Middleson yelled. The two rushed downstairs, helping the aging woman with the groceries. "Thank you, kids" She said. The two rushed back upstairs and started on their homework. By now, Ellen was surpassing most other students and had recently began to help Jake with his homework. After they finished, they both hopped on their computers and had their nightly chat with their freinds. "Hey guys!" an excited girl yelled loudy from a headset. Jules had, over the years, calmed down a bit, but it didn't stop her from greeting her friends with more enthusiasm than most. "Jules, for godsake! Turn your mic down!" Another, angered, voice yelled. Shawn had gained more of an attitude over the years, a combination of being hated by the general school populus and his mother running out on him and his dad. "Shawn, don't be so harsh." Cece told him, motherly. Cece and Ellen had only grown closer over the years and were practically best-friends (and would be if not being best-friends with Jake) But the girl hadn't really changed. Although she was a nerd, she was being suited by various guys. "Anyway... What's up with you guys?" Cece asked They all discussed their friday and discussed how their weekend would go. Every 2nd weekend of each month, they had a sleepover at one of their houses. Ever since their first week meeting each other, they always spend a night at each other's house in honor of it. Tonight it was at the Middleson's. "So guys..... It's our 4th anniversity of knowing each other!" Jules yelled "Yeah, we gotta do something special..." "Don't worry, i got you guys covered" Shawn said with a smirk as he pulled some fireworks from his backpack. His mother's leaving had caused him to also become a bit of a punk and he got in trouble every now and then. "Shawn! Nice! That'll be the perfect way to celebrate!" Cece yelled. "Okay guys, i'll see you all to-night!" Shawn said before clicking off. The others followed as well. "Hey, grab your coat. I'm going to head to the store and you're going with me" Ellen and Jake headed to the store to grab some food. "Okay, i'll go grab the soda, you get the chips and candy" Jake said before leaving. Ellen scoured the Food aisle and got some potato chips and candy. While going back to the counter, she bumped into something and got knocked down. She started apologizing as she picked up her items. As she picked up the final item, she felt a harsh bump in side. "That'll teach you for smashin' into me fur." She heard a middle-aged man say before kicking her again. She let out a whine as he continued kicking her. "Ellen? Ellen are you okay?" Jake said as he turned a corner to reveal a man beating the wolfess. He rushed fowards as he threw back his fist and punched the man in the face. A passingby store clerk saw the incident and pulled out his cellphone to call an ambulence He knelt down as he began checking her for bruises. Soon he heard a voice from the Hybrid "Jake..." "It's okay Ellen, don't worry... the paramedics are coming, just keep calm" "O-Okay, Jake."
Jake sat next to Ellen's bed, just looking at the girl resting. She had been admitted an hour ago and was now resting. He called his parents and each of their friends and told them the new, all of them saying they'd be here in a minute. She was going to wake up and be released tommorow. The group reschedualed to have the sleep-over the next day. "Ugh..." Jake's head shot up. He looked at the awaking wolfess. "Ellen?" He asked "J... Jake?" "Ellen!" The boy lept from his chair and gave her a tight hug "Oh thank god Ellen!" He yelled as he began crying tears, some of joy at the sight of seeing her awake, and some at the possiblity that she might not wake up att all "Where... Where are we?" He began to explain where they were. About half way through, she heard the sound of loud foot steps. "Ellen!" three voices yelled as she saw Shawn, Jules and Cece. She began hearing things like 'are you okay' or 'what happened'. The two explained what happened before letting Ellen rest.
The cold night air hit Ellen in the face as she gave a sneeze. Right now, she was out with her friends on the hill behind her house getting ready to watch some fireworks. She had been released earlier that day and went home with Jake (who eyed anyone who came a foot's reach) to get ready for the party. She sat next to Cece and Jules as she watched Shawn and Jake desprerately tried to light the fireworks. She snickered at how Jake kept failing. "So..." Ellen's head turned to the two girls who were giving a strange smile. "What?" Ellen asked "Well..." Cece began before being interuppted by Jules "You so obviously like him and you should confess your love and get married and have small little wolf pups!" Jules said without taking a breath "Uh... yeah that...." Cece said. "...What?" "Oh come'on Elly! You are so obviously in love with him!" Jules whisper-yelled. Ellen began to deny it. "What.. no! huh? no i... i'm a-" Cece spoke up "Don't try and deny it, Ellen. It's obvious and everyone in the group know it. As we speak, Shawn is trying to get Jake to admit it." "R-really?" She asked nervously to which Cece and Jules nodded Meanwhile with Jake and Shawn.... "Hand me the lighter." Shawn told him as Jake tossed him the thing. "So uh... what'ya think of Ellen?" "Huh?" "I mean... what does she like?" "Shawn, what the hell are you talking about?" "I mean... i want to ask her out..." Shawn said, trying to keep in the lie "WHAT!" "I'm going to ask her out... i just... need to know what she likes... Plus it wouldn't hurt to get permission from her best-friend..." Jake told him all about what she liked, how much of a great person she was, and his blessing. But he couldn't say that Shawn had his permission, he... Ellen was his best friend and... He just couldn't say yes. But he couldn't say no... He wanted her to be happy... He couldn't say she couldn't date him... "Okay man, thanks." He said as he walked towards Ellen. As he walked away Jake swore he heard him say 'Idiot...' under his breath, but he ignored it before going back to his work. "Ellen, i'm sorry but he said he just 'wanted you to be happy.' whatever that means" "Ooooh! That means he does like Ellen, but he's afraid to admit his feelings" Jules said "I think Jules is on to something..." Cece explained "And i think that tonight you should explain what he means to you" "Ya! You can just straight up kiss him under the light of the firey explosions and..." Jules yelled/explained "GOT IT WORKING!" Jake yelled as he ran back and sat next to Ellen. The rest of the group scooched about 20 feet away as the two sat alone. Ellen put her head on his shoulder as they watched the sky "Jake?" She said softly "Ya Ellen?" "I - I I I I Love... I love... these fireworks!" "You love these fireworks?" "Uh, Ya! I love the way they sizzel! They pop and..." She continued on with her little lies. as the group watched them "Well? Well?" "Nope.. I think she said 'I love' and 'fireworks'" The group all gave a collective sigh. "Why can't they just say the love each other?" "They're scared" Cece stated "Of what?" Shawn and Jules asked "Of the repercussions. They're afraid of what each other will think, what everyone else will think, what will happen." "Oh... i never thought of that..." Jules said with a strange quietness "But don't worry... i know they'll tell each other." Cece told them "How?" "They aren't good at keeping secrets" Cece said as they all gave a laugh and watched the explosions in the sky.