Gah I’m so sorry for not updating! There are soo many projects/tests/homework my schedule is totally packed with tutors and bleh – you don’t need to know about this so I’m just gonna, you know, give you your chapter? :) Yep. So here it is…

Chapter 17

"Ella" I lied.

“What’s yours?”

He hesitated for a moment, “Edmund” Ah, too close.

“That’s…cool” I said pathetically as the song ended, and he placed me back on my feet.

We hung out for the rest of the night, laughing and joking about the masks people were wearing.

“Wow, that one is huge”

“Would you put one of those on?”

I shook my head, “I’d probably lose my balance and fall flat on my face, it looks heavy”

He chuckled, “You have a bad sense of balance?” Edwa- I mean, Edmund’s eyes sparkled behind his mask. Why did I just think that?!

“Yeah”

“So…well…I don’t want to seem like a stalker or anything, but do you have email?”

“Oh yeah” I laughed, “My friend Karen made me create one since she insisted that MSN was something you could not live without.” I reached into my purse and shuffled around until I found a pen and an old receipt for coffee at Starbucks. I scrawled my email address onto the sheet of paper,

fall . out . girl (at) hotmail . com (A/N: DON’T TRY THIS. I MADE IT UP.)

He had an amused look in his eyes when he read my email address. “Fall out girl, huh?”

“Yeah, Karen’s a huge Fall out boy fan and she thought this was really cute since I always fell down” I replied, feeling my blush stain my cheeks, and felt relieved that the mask covered most of my face.

“Bong!” I heard the large grandfather clock in the middle of the room start striking towards midnight. I thought about Karen’s threat…crap!

“I’m so sorry! I have to go, I needed to meet my friends at the gate” I said apologetically, and turned around quickly to head towards the entrance of the building. Thanks to my klutzy ways, I just had to trip over some stranger’s foot and land sprawled on the ballroom floor in front of the dancing couples who were staring at me with weird looks. I glared at all of them and continued walking at the fastest pace that I could manage without falling again. A few seconds later I felt a strange breeze on my right foot and realized that my shoe had fallen off throughout the whole process of humiliating myself and making my escape, but it was so close to midnight so I didn’t bother, and finally made my way out onto the main gate.

There, waiting for me were all of my friends, Karen perched on Seth’s arm with a happy smile and Journ leaning on Ihyun’s shoulder…I raised an eyebrow, wait- something looked wrong in this picture.

Journ’shead leaning onIhyun’sshoulder? Waiitt- wasn’t it supposed to be the other way round? I pushed that thought out of my head as everyone started piling back into Journ’s car.

*click* *Click* *click*

“e . c . (at) hotmail . com has added you on messenger. Do you accept?”

I clicked the “yes” button, that must have been Edmund adding me on messenger. E.C. Huh? Sounds soo much like Edward Cullen, doesn't it? What if it is him, what if it- Shut up! I blocked out the nagging voice inside my head.

“E.” Has logged on.

Falloutgirl says: Hey Edmund (:

E says: Hey Ella!

Falloutgirl says: What’s up? I’m so bored.

E says: Nothing much, I’m just waiting for my siblings to get home.

Falloutgirl says: Oh, they’re still at the ball?

E says: Yep. (: What about you?

Falloutgirl says: I’m waiting for Karen to get out of the shower so I can get all this powder off my face *laughs*

E says: Hahaha

Falloutgirl says: So I didn't see your girlfriend with you at the ball today, where was she anyways?

E says: Huh? What?

Falloutgirl says: Umm, your girlfriend?

E says: You mean my non-existent one?

Falloutgirl says: you’re kidding me.

E says: serious!

Falloutgirl: Lol fine – whatever you say, but that sounds totally unbelievable ;)

E says: I used to like this girl but I- well, let's just say our relationship didn’t really work out

Falloutgirl: What happened? I mean, you don't have to say if you don't want to...

E says: No, no, it's just that it's a pretty long story…*worried face*

Falloutgirl: I’ve got time

E says: Well her name was Bella…

Wait, what?!

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Maybe - Secondhand Serenade

By the way, I'm doing debates in class right now... about whether the U.N. should administer the Arctic/Antarcticas right now, anyone have any debate tips you can share? :D

& I'm SO TERRIBLY SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING! AND IM SORRY THIS IS A SHORT CHAPTER. AND SORRY FOR A WHOLE OTHER BUNCH OF THINGS!!

FORGIVE ME? (puppy dog face)

I'll try to update A.S.A.P.!

ox Amz