𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻
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𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 eyelids a few times as he woke up trying to process the unfamiliar environment that he was in.

"Morning," a voice called out as Ethan let let a yawn,

"Hey," Ethan rolled over as he looked at the girl who was next to him,

"Last night was fun," the blonde smiled as she moved the sheet down further,

"Yeah it was great," the brunette looked to his phone to see that it was buzzing,

"I should answer that," he added as he made his way over to reach for it.

"I'm sure it's nothing important," the girl muttered as she tried to stop him,

"It might be one of the boys," the boy explained as he unlocked his phone to see the messages.

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 !

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲
You wanna go get coffee before today?

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲
Ethannn

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲
Boy if you don't answer

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲
Don't make me come get you from the house

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲
My bed is nice and warm rn

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲
Wait that sounds wrong

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲
That's an invitation for you to hurry up

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲
Not for you to come and get into my bed

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲
If you don't answer in five minutes I'm acc coming to get you

"Shit," Ethan let out a groan as his head dropped,

"I have to get going," he added as he made his way to grab his shirt,

"What why?" The girl pouted as she watched the boy quickly get dressed,

"I'm expected somewhere else," the brunette muttered as he went to reach for the door.

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Lillian had somehow convinced Ethan to take her to a local cafe before they were meant to start working.

"How is this thing comfortable?" Ethan asked as he motioned to the sweater thing that she was wearing,

"I don't know," Lillian shrugged as she sipped her drink,

"It just is I guess," she added as she fiddled with the ends of it.

"What are you doing?" Ethan asked as he watched the girl reach over with her hands out by his head,

"I'm stealing your hat," the girl explained as she sent him a toothy grin when she placed it on her head,

"Why?" The boy cocked his head as he ran his fingers through his hair,

"Because you're actually having a really good hair day today," the blonde spoke in a duh tone as she watched him dart his tongue between his lips,

"You know the words to my heart," the brunette smiled as he leaned back,

"What?" He added as he watched the girls face drop.

"You have a good night last night?" Lillian teased him as she noticed the hickies on his neck,

"Yeah why?" Ethan nodded as he couldn't understand what was going on,

"The lady left a few marks," the girl pointed out as she smirked,

"Oh uh," the boy turned a bright shade of pink as his eyes moved around the room.

"I'm glad you're seeing someone," the blonde quickly added as she felt bad that the boy looked embarrassed,

Maybe this wasn't something they were ever meant to talk about.

"You are?" The brunette grew surprised that she seemed cool about it,

Wait why did he care about what she thought about who he was with,

"Yeah," Lillian nodded as she sipped her drink,

"Gives me an excuse to make a move on Rutger," she added as she smirked knowing that she was going to piss her ex off with that comment,

It did help that Rutger was attractive though, so Lillian didn't really mind using him to irritate Ethan.

"I'll have you know that I'm not seeing her," Ethan muttered as he furrowed his eyebrows,

"Gosh it's still so easy to screw with you," the girl let out a snort as she laughed, she quickly covered her face as she grew embarrassed,

"What do you mean?" The boy grew defensive as he crossed his arms,

"The way you scrunched up your eyebrows when I mentioned his name," the blonde pointed out as whenever the Canadian was jealous he'd furrow his eyebrows.

"Cause it's weird hearing you talk about my teammates," the brunette explained as he tapped his glass,

"Well if it makes you feel any better, he's not the guy I like." Lillian confessed as she tucked her hair behind her ears,

"Who is then?" Ethan asked as he cocked his head,

"I'm not revealing that," the girl let out a scoff as she shook her head,

"Why not?" The boy pouted as he felt her leg move between his,

"Because I still don't know who mystery woman is," the blonde spoke in a duh tone as she rubbed her foot against his, she didn't do it to be sexual she did it rather to be some form of a comforting gesture.

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Ethan looked up to see the overly quiet blonde who sat in front of him.

"What are you doing?" Ethan asked as he watched the girl focus on her laptop,

"Nothing," Lilly muttered as her tongue pushed out of her lips as she didn't look up,

"Lilly," the boy watched as she was hunched over in her chair,

"Just a sec," the girl nodded as though she was listening,

"Hey!" She added as the boy grabbed her laptop,

"You're playing flappy bird!" The brunette let out a gasp as he looked at her,

"And?" The blonde asked as she cocked her head,

"What happened to doing work?" Ethan shot back as he sent her a teasing look,

"I got bored," Lillian shrugged as she let out a little giggle,

"So you started playing flappy bird," the boy couldn't help but match her playful mood as he shook his head,

"Yeah," the girl nodded as she didn't see what was wrong with what she had done,

"Why didn't you just start talking instead?" The brunette remembered how Lillian used to just start talking when she didn't feel like doing work.

"Because I was bored, not stupid," the blonde spoke in a duh tone as she as she looked at him like he was speaking a different language,

"Now can I get my laptop back?" She added as she reached out to grab it back,

"You going to Jays party?" Ethan asked as he changed the subject,

"Why you asking?" Lillian matched his tone as she cocked her head,

"Can't a guy know?" The boy shot back as he raised his hands in surrender,

"I don't know if I've got morning practice or not yet," the girl explained as she tapped the ends on the cap that she still had on,

"I didn't know Lilly let morning practice stop her party plans," the brunette teased as he gave her back her laptop,

"It does when she has to wake up early after being shit faced at Jays," the blonde shot back as she knew that the party was going to be wild,

"She brings up a good point," Ethan nodded as he realised that she wasn't wrong,

Something always happened when Jay was hosting the party.

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AN: Sort of left this chapter on a cliffhanger cause the party is acc so jam packed.

Also the whole flappy bird thing is literally me with extensions on my laptop when I'm meant to be doing work 😭