‘’Of course, do you mind if Elliot comes with us? It’s okay if you don’t want to I understand.’’ Desiree told her sister.
‘’Are you kidding me? Of course it’s fine, tell him to come!’’ Alice told her with a huge grin n her face.
Right in that moment Desiree remembered the day that she and Alice had gone to the mall with Grandma Holly and she had told her that she liked him, she wished that she could go back to that moment where her grandma was there to give her good advice and see her smile.
‘’I will, who knows maybe he likes you too.’’ She told her with a smile as she sent him a message if he wanted to hang out with her sister and her.
‘’Oh stop it, Dessie!’’ She told her as she blushed.
‘’Finish your breakfast and get dressed and then we can meet him at the bus station she told her sister as she received a message from him telling her where they would meet.
‘’Okey dokey’’ Alice replied as she ate her cereal in high speed.
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After Alice had finished they walked out of the house together, it had been a while since she had hung out with her sister and although Elliot was going to be with them she was sure that she could still bond with Alice and that it didn’t bother her at all since she liked him.
Desiree felt a little better than before but she still felt a little nauseas and her head was throbbing.
After a ten minute walk they arrived at the bus stop and saw Elliot’s black Range Rover waiting for them on the opposite side of the street.
‘’Hello girls’’ He told them with a grin as he got out of the car to open the doors for them, Desiree sat in the passenger seat while Alice sat in the back. ‘’How are you?’’
‘’We are fine thanks, Elliot this is my sister Alice, Alice this is Elliot.’’ Desiree introduced them after she buckled her seatbelt and Elliot started the engine.
‘’It’s nice to see you again Alice.’’ He told her as he flashed her a smile which made her a shade of pink.
‘’It’s nice to see you too.’’ She told him shyly.
‘’So where to?’’ He asked them.
‘’Can we go to the Navy Pier? We haven’t been there in ages!’’ Alice said excitedly.
‘’Sounds good to me, what do you think Des?’’
‘’I love that place let’s go there!’’ Desiree said with a smile as Elliot started to drive to one of her favorite places in the neighborhood where she had spent most of her childhood.
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When they walked into the Navy Pier a thousand memories passed through Desiree’s mind.
She could see her younger self holding both her parents’ hand as they lifted her up while they walked up to the entrance, the time that she had got lost, the huge pink candy floss that got stuck in her hair every single time, the tourists and the hundreds of families enjoying themselves, the Ferris Wheel which was one of her favorite rides and much more.
She loved that place and wondered why they had stopped going there.
They had only played one game of bubble shooter together, in which Desiree had won, when they heard someone calling ‘Alice’ over and over again. It turned out to be Alice’s best friend from school, the one whose parents hated Halloween aswell.
‘’Dessie, can I please go with her I promise that we’ll meet you here in two hours and we won’t leave the pier.’’ Alice begged her after her friend had offered to go with her and her parents.
‘’I guess that’s okay with me, be good!’’ She told her sister as she ruffled her hair.
‘’Same to you.’’ Alice told her as she looked at Desiree and then Elliot and gave them a wink before she walked away laughing with her friend.
‘’So where do you want to go?’’ Elliot asked her after Alice was no longer in sight.
‘’How about the Ferris Wheel?’’
‘’Um okay, let’s go.’’ Elliot told her as he took her hand in his and started to walk towards the huge Ferris Wheel.
Fortunately the queue wasn’t too long and a few minutes later they got into their gondola where they sat next to each other.
The Ferris Wheel started to slowly turn around, going higher and higher. She noticed that Elliot was squeezing her hand and had moved closer to her, he was also looking at the floor instead of admiring the beautiful view of the pier at the skyline of the city.
‘’Elliot, are you okay?’’ Desiree asked him as she moved a few of his hair which had fallen in front of his eyes away.
‘’Yes I’m okay, it’s just that heights aren’t my greatest friends.’’ He told her as he looked up at her with fear in his green eyes.
‘’Oh Elliot why didn’t you tell me! If I knew we wouldn’t have rode it!’’ Desiree told him with concern.
‘’I just wanted to make you happy.’’ He told her.
‘’Being here with you already made me happy.’’ She told him as she turned around to look at him, he was grinning at her and the fear in his eyes was replaced with happiness as he started to lean in.
Their lips soon met and started to move their lips slowly together, his hands held her face in place as he deepened the kiss and she tugged at his hair. In a few seconds they were in that place where only the two of them existed and no troubles existed.
When they broke apart they noticed that the Ferris Wheel had stopped on top, but Elliot didn’t seem to mind as he placed another kiss on her lips.
‘’Desiree, I have been wanting to ask you something for a while now.’’ He started, but paused to look down at the Pier and the people which looked like ants from up there. ‘’Wow everything looks so small from up here!’’ He exclaimed.
‘’Elliot what do you want to ask me?’’ Desiree asked him with concern in her voice. He could ask her anything.
‘’Oh right, erm Desiree, from the first time that I saw you I knew that you were not like the other girls when you took me in your home after I was beaten up. Since then I wanted to get to know you better and when I did, I knew that you were an amazing girl. I want to be more than friends, Desiree.’’ He told her as he looked deeply in her dark brown eyes.
‘’You want to be best friends?’’ She told him with a smile.
‘’No silly, I want you to be my girlfriend.’’ He told her as he jokingly pushed, her but soon grabbed her and held her against his chest when he realized that she could easily fall from the gondola.
‘’I would love too, Elliot.’’ She told him as she wrapped her arms around him and rested her head on his chest.
‘’So this was our first date then?’’ Elliot asked her.
‘’I guess it was.’’ She told him with a smile. ‘’It was a great first date.’’
‘’And the good thing is that it’s not over yet, there are plenty of things that we have to do!’’
24☕
❝Love has no limits❞
After Desiree and Elliot had gone down from the ferris wheel they went for a walk along the pier, hand in hand, with grins on their face. It was one of the happiest days of both of their lives, they were both with one of the people they cared about most in the world.
They shared bits and pieces of their memories and adventures that they had had when they were children, and in that hour they grew even closer than they already where.
When Alice had returned after she had been with her friend, Elliot drove them back to their home since it was about six in the evening and Desiree had to prepare dinner for her family since her parents where going to work late that night.
‘’Elliot would you like to come in?’’ Desiree asked him as he parked his car infront of their house.
‘’Are you sure that’s okay with you, you know after last night I don’t want to get into your parents’ black book.’’ He joked.
‘’I’m sure it’s fine, besides they’re going to be back late, and you can help me prepare dinner like last time.’’ She told him with a smile then.
‘’Okay then, let’s go and chop
some vegetables!’’ He laughed as the three of them got out of the car and walked inside the house.
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‘’So what are we going to cook today?’’ Elliot asked her after the two of them had put on aprons and Alice had left to do some homework.
‘’How does pizza sound?’’ She asked as she was looking for ingredients in the cupboards.
‘’Can’t we just buy a ready made one or call for a take away?’’ He asked her.
‘’I know, but home made is always much better and making pizzas is so much fun! We used to make them all the time when we were younger.’’ She told him.
‘’Alright then, I guess there’s a first for everything.’’ He told her with a smile as he went to grab a packet of flour from the top shelf which Desiree was trying to reach.
‘’Of course there’s a first for everything.’’ She said as she grabbed the flour from his hand and started to prepare the pizza base.
‘’There are so many firsts that we have to do.’’ He told her as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind her and placed a kiss on her cheek.
‘’Oh stop it you!’’ She exclaimed as she grabbed a handful of flour and threw it at him.
When she saw the surprised look on his face as he looked down at his now grey shirt she let out a fit of giggles.
‘’You like to play dirty? Let’s play dirty!’’ He exclaimed as he grabbed a handful of flour and threw it at her.
‘’Oh no you didn’t! This is war!’’ She yelled as she grabbed some yeast and threw it in his hair at the same time that he threw more flour at her.
In a matter of time they were covered in flour and yeast from head to toe and lying on the ground laughing.
‘’You were right, making pizzas is fun!’’ He told her as he pulled her to his side and she lied her head on his chest.
‘’I’m always right Liot.’’ She told him with a smile as she placed a kiss on his white lips.
‘’You are, baby girl, now I believe that we have dinner to prepare and a kitchen to clean so let’s not stay here on the ground because I believe that it will take hours for dinner to be ready.’’ He told her with a smirk as he sat up.
‘’You’re right, let’s begin again.’’ Desiree said as she continued from where she left off.
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About an hour later the food was in the oven and Elliot and Desiree were taking a shower in separate bathrooms after they had cleaned up the kitchen.
Like the last time she had gave Elliot some of her father’s clothes since his had been covered with flour. Although it wasn’t so long ago, it seemed like it had happened ages ago. So many things had changed from that day, she was no longer with Noah and her and Elliot were officially an item.
After she had dried herself and dressed in some grey sweatpants and a pink hoodie Desiree went back downstairs into the kitchen.
‘’Mmm they smell delicious!’’ Desiree said as she skipped into the kitchen and moved towards the table where three big pizzas where placed, each with different toppings.
Elliot and Alice where both sitting at the table opposite each other, so she sat at the head of the table.
‘’Let’s start I’m starving!’’ Alice said as she grabbed a slice and placed it on the plate infront of her.
‘’I agree let’s begin!’’ Desiree said as she started eating her slice of pizza.
Half an hour later they were all full and felt like they were going to explode at any second. Elliot looked at the clock on the wall and when it saw that it was late he panicked a little.
‘’Desiree and Alice, it was great spending my day with you but I have to head back home now, we’ll hang out again soon.’’ He told them with a smile as he got up from his seat.
‘’You can stay longer if you want.’’ Desiree told him.
‘’It’s late and I’m sure my father must be wondering where I am.’’
‘’Okay then, let me show you to the door.’’ Desiree said as she got up from her seat and started to walk towards the front door.
‘’It was an amazing day Des, and I can’t wait to spend more days with you. I am so happy that I can finally call you my girlfriend.’’ He told her as he kissed her.
‘’We’ll have plenty of days like these, boyfriend.’’ She told him as she kissed him back.
‘’Say hi to your parents for me.’’
‘’I will, goodnight Elliot.’’ She told him
‘’Sweet dreams Desiree.’’ Elliot said as he placed one last kiss on her lips and walked out of the door to his parked car.
When she walked back into the kitchen she cleared the table and placed the leftovers in the fridge for her parents to have when they came back from work, it was already half past ten so she guessed they wouldn’t be back by midnight.
The sisters went upstairs in Alice’s bedroom where they sat on their bed with a bag of sweets in between them as they watched the rom com their mother had told them about to end the perfect day.
25☕
❝Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul❞
‘’Where in the bloody hell where you?’’
These were the first words that Elliot received from his dad when he walked back into his house. His dad had obviously been waiting for him, his arms crossed and a look of pure fury on his face.
‘’Nice to see you too dad.’’ Elliot replied as he started to make his way upstairs.
‘’Oh no you don’t! Come back down this instant we need to have a conversation for once!’’ His dad screamed as he ran up the stairs and caught Elliot from his shirt and pulled him down.
‘’Let me go you son of a bit-!’’ Elliot started as he tried to break free from his father’s firm grip. Although Elliot was strong, John was stronger.
‘’Be careful of how you talk to me son!’’ He yelled as he sat him down in one of the kitchen chairs.
‘’What has gotten into you dad? Did you drink a bottle of whiskey like you used to do back home?’’ Elliot yelled at him as he gave him one of the coldest glares he could muster.
‘’Don’t you dare bring up the past, it was a mistake you know that.’’ John’s tone had suddenly calmed down as he remembered of the dark times back in London.
‘’Yeah it was a mistake abusing mum night after night and hitting me whenever I tried to protect her.’’ Elliot yelled at him. He was sure that the neighbors could hear their conversation perfectly clear, probably with a phone in their hand, ready to call the police if they didn’t hear one of our voices anymore.
‘’I told you to not bring that up!’’ John said as he rose up from the chair opposite him as if ready to slap him. Elliot winced, as if he had already been hit by his dad, in that moment it was like time had suddenly reversed and he was the scared little boy waiting for his dad to hit him so the pain could be over as quickly as possible.
Just as he was about to hit him Hanna walked in.
‘’What the hell is going on here? John step away from Elliot!’’ She screamed as she ran towards her husband.
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