THE PLAN (57)

I got woken up by a message notification on my phone.

It was Bella.

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It was 6:30 a.m... did she even sleep, though?

I texted her back.

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I got out of bed, that jerk of Joe was still sleeping, and I took a shower.

When I was about to get dressed, he walked into the bathroom and almost gave me a heart attack.

"Ellie," he called me.

He still looked devastated.

I ran past him and got dressed as quickly as possible.

"You're not going to talk to me?!"

I didn't respond.

He grabbed my arm, forcing me to stop.

"You're forgetting we're getting married tomorrow," he said firmly.

Just him using the word "married" made me sick to my stomach, yuck!

"Let's forget about the past," I said calmly, keeping up the act.

He slowly loosened his grip on my arm.

"Exactly. You're so good, kid..." He smirked, pulling me into a hug that felt like a trap.

I was about to head upstairs alone with the excuse of getting breakfast, but Joe insisted multiple times on coming with me.

We went down together, and I didn't like it at all.

The redhead wouldn't have liked it either.

Bella was already there, pacing back and forth like crazy. The second our eyes met, I shot her a reassuring smile, and she instantly gave me one back.

Of course, Joe had to ruin the moment and throw his arm around my neck.

Bella was seriously pissed off and annoyed by it.

"Good morning," Joe smirked.

She tried to ignore him, while I offered her an apologetic look.

Her useless fake boyfriend was already at the table, looking just as messed up as Joe.

"I'm going to check on the breafast..." I mumbled, catching her attention.

"I'm coming with you." She replied instantly.

I started walking, and she moved beside me, purposely brushing her body against me.

"Hey, baby..." she whispered softly.

"Hey, love..." I replied, my cheeks turning red.

"You okay?"

"I am now, with you. Are you?" I smiled.

"I'm going to punch him," she muttered, her mood shifting.

I looked right into her eyes. "You're not doing anything like that."

"That would be so fucking good," she said with a satisfied smirk.

"Sure, baby... but we have to keep a low profile, remember?"

She paused, her eyes narrowing in disgust: "You have no idea how much I hate seeing him touch you like that."

"I know... I know that feeling... but we have to resist just a little bit, okay?"

She rolled her eyes but seemed to relax a bit.

She glanced over at Joe and Leo, smirked, and then kissed me on the neck, sucking on it.

I raised an eyebrow, feeling a rush of excitement, "Careful," I warned, "or you might just get in trouble."

She laughed. "Oh, I like trouble..."

"Hm, tell me about it!" I burst into laughter.

She took a plate, put food on it, and passed it to me, I did the same with her.

"Hey, we need to talk to Delilah about the plane tickets. We should come up with another excuse to leave..." I said.

"Yeah, Ellie, it's not gonna be hard. They're so fucking clueless..."

I smiled. "I don't want to talk about them right now... I've missed you so much, Bella, you know..." I whispered.

She smiled sweetly. "I missed you too, more than you know. And I wish we could kiss right now..."

She leaned in, but we both stopped, disappointed.

We just couldn't.

"We'll have our moment soon. I promise." I whispered holding back my tears.

With that promise, we had to go back to that damn table and pretend like nothing had ever happened, which totally broke my heart.

I started eating, but my mind was too busy trying to think of an excuse for me and Bella to leave.

Joe snapped me out of my thoughts. "What happened last night?" He asked.

Oh, well... a lot of things...

"You were wasted," Bella scolded him immediately.

"And you too," his eyes shifted to Leo.

"I was actually sober, no bullshit. And then what?" He insisted.

"You went to bed, and I went back to the room." I replied calmly.

He raised an eyebrow, his face unreadable. "When?"

After having the most beautiful and best night of sex of my life with the girl I love...

"...Immediately after, or so..." I stammered, going back to ignoring him.

He suddenly fell silent.

Shit, that was too much...

"I have to go to the bathroom..." I said out loud, glancing at Bella out of the corner of my eye.

"I'll come with you. I gotta go too," she replied, not missing a beat.

We walked into the bathroom, and before I knew it, she grabbed my arm, turned my face, and nudged me toward the sink.

We finally kiss. A very passionate deep kiss.

"You definitely don't miss a beat..." I whispered, smiling.

"I'm on fucking fire," she replied.

"And don't mind that..." I brushed her hair aside and kissed her neck as she let out a soft moan.

She was wearing a skirt, and my hand ended up on her thigh and her butt, while hers slipped into my top neckline and onto my boobs.

Making out in a hotel bathroom wasn't something I ever imagined doing before today...

In the end, we had to stop there... only because we were running out of time...

I called my best friend Delilah, and she picked up instantly.

"Bitch! There you are finally! Where the hell have you been?"

"Long story.... we'll explain everything when we get back, we need your help now," I interrupted her.

"You and who?"

"Me and Bella."

She paused.

"AAAHH! NO WAY! You're with the redhead! You're such a slut, I'm so happy!" She screamed.

I blushed. "Just so you know, you're on speaker," I informed her, and Bella and I both laughed.

"Oww, Bella! So you finally get the girl!"

She grinned. "Took me forever, right?" she teased. "Guess Ellie was just taking her sweet time..."

"Okay, okay! I know! Stop!" I laughed.

We quickly explained our escape plan to Delilah and asked her if she could help with the plans tickets, and of course, she agreed without hesitation.

She is truly my best friend, no matter what.

"I can't believe you 'broke up' and then got back together in less than 24 hours, and now you're running off!" Delilah laughed so hard.

"That's what happens when you're a girl in love with another girl..." Bella said, laughing lightheartedly.

I hadn't thought of that.... but it was honestly funny...

"Hey," Delilah said more calmly. "Keep an eye to that fucking creep of Joe, because he shouldn't find this out..."

"Don't worry, punching him is already on my list," Bella muttered.

They both laughed it off, but I was starting to worry if she actually would do it...

We ended the call, and I immediately threw myself into Bella's arms.

I was already on the verge of a breakdown, just thinking that we had to separate again.

"We've got this, baby, everything will work out. I love you." She whispered.

"I love you too," I said, as we deepened the kiss, savoring each other's tongues.

I forced myself to let go of her hand, we stepped out, and before we could talk, Joe and Leo were already standing there, waiting.

"We're gonna head into town," I suggested.

I just said the first thing that came to my mind to take control of the situation.

I gave Bella an 'everything would be okay' gaze, and she immediately nodded.

"Yeah, let's hit up the town, it'll be fun," Leo strangely agreed.

Joe didn't say a word, but I didn't care.

I didn't know if everything would be okay... but at least we could stay together, she and I... or this was the plan...