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#EllaKendall 

Ella~

I know I might have taken a lot of time putting this up (referring to her outfit) and probably shouldn't have taken her pineapple flavored lip gloss but she did not find out about that until she got into my room so still she was wrong by entering unannounced. 

She ought to have knocked. 

Just imagine if I wasn’t dressed at the moment. Thank goodness I wasn’t undressed when she came into the room. She doesn’t get me, does she? For my entire life I have adapted to her harsh words and actions. I knew deep down that she loved me and that was her way of expressing her love and concern. Oh well I just go to wipe it off and get ready to have lots of fun at the carnival with my best-friend.

“Hey Mira!”

“Super sorry that I took a lot of time getting down the stairs! Hope you weren’t so bored waiting? I could not just find the perfect match for my olive waist belt.” I said rushing down the stairs to meet Mira.

“Woah!!!”

“Ella you look amazing,” said Mira putting aside her apology. “We are spending the day at the carnival not going out on dates, you know?” she added admiring Ella’s impressive fashion taste and style.

“We aren’t but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t look fabulous and dashing now does it?” replied Ella taking a swirl with her short-sleeved blouse over a skirt.

“O Ella!!” remarked Mira placing a hand on her face in hilarity over her best-friend’s question.

“We better get going or else we could get late for the re-opening.” She added getting hold of Ella’s arm and pulling her swiftly to the front door.

“Not so fast girls!” Mrs. Kendall called out walking down the stairs in her slippers.

“What is the matter mom? I think you overheard Mira saying that we should get going so as not to show up late for the re-opening.” said Ella giving her mom a tenderly raised brow.

“Of course you both would leave right this instant.”

“Thank goodness!” exclaimed Ella turning back to the door.

“But not without a body guard.” added Ella’s mom picking up an old fashioned telephone on the occasional table beside the gilded table lamp.

“I should’ve known! It was far too good to be true!”cursed Ella in a frown.

Sliding the spaces, Mrs. Kendall dialed and made a short phone call. Afterwards, two individuals came in dressed in corporate suits.

“Not this again mom. Really? Agent Kyle and agent Steve?” asked Ella freeing herself from the grip of Mira.

“I thought that all this would stop having gotten my black belt in taekwondo plus mom don’t you get that I am eighteen? I shouldn’t be seen with a bodyguard parasiting my every move.” She added filled with disgust.

“Listen Ella, in case you have forgotten, you are the daughter of a high class federal official of the state. Surely, by now you must’ve understood the need for all this. There’s always a going to be some reason for someone evil to do harm to you just to get to me” Mrs. Kendall said laying down a sigh. “For that alone I have to protect you and a trained bodyguard or two could be the only way to ensure your maximum safety.”

“But mooomm!?!?!” squeaked Ella.

Mira just stood there by the door watching the show going on. Even as Ella’s best-friend she knew her limits. She clearly understood that what was going on was between her best-friend and her mom. 

She felt she should speak at some point but waved off the point thinking how odd it would be interfering and how cross Mrs. Kendall would be at her. Mira resulted to keeping silent as the show went on. She found a lot of reason in what Mrs. Kendall was saying.

“Okay! How about this? You get to pick who accompanies you between the two agents.” said Mrs. Kendall.

Ella shot a slightly annoyed expression at her mom and pointed to the agent by the left.

“That’s settled then. Agent Kyle would accompany you girls down to the carnival.” Her mom said with an air of firmness. “Look at the time. You girls ought to get going.” added Mrs. Kendall.

Ella seemed to be a bit angry but she knew the drill ‘no leaving the house without an escort’. Even at 18 years, she was still bounded by it. She went over to her mom and gave her a hug. Ella knew deep down that she was doing all she could to protect her.

“Thanks mom! I love you so much” whispered Ella into the ears of her mom, words that melted the heart of her mom.

“I love you too El’ so so much!”

Ella broke the hug heading out the door with Mira in hand and agent Kyle behind them both. 

“Okay now you girls have a nice day.” said Mrs. Kendall seeing them out the door into the car.

“Bye Mrs. K! Thanks for the wonderful tea.” said Mira holding up her head over the window. She waved and smiled broadly to Mrs. Kendall.

With a swift drift, the driver made the car out of the porch. Navigating his way past the silver-coated gates, the driver got the car racing the streets. Mira and her best-friend broke up in a conversation preparing a schedule for the activities they planned to do during the re-opening of the McRyan’s carnival.

“What do you think? First we could go over the strawberry ferris wheel…. Or we don’t. That sounds too fun to be the first activity on the list.” said Mira bringing up a suggestion.

“Whatever! Just make sure that I get first rides on the dart-throwing stuff.” said Ella unmindful of what Mira had exactly said.

“I’m kind of having the feeling that you don’t want in on this El’. You seem pretty distracted. Wait a second is that Cole that you are chatting with?” asked Mira peeping and digesting what little info she could spot from Ella’s Facebook inbox.

Ella had been crushing on this guy for so long that Mira could not keep track of her secret crush over him. It should be ever since Kindergarten. Although, they were not close friends Ella spoke to him once in a very short while at least that would be when she had gotten over her childish diffidence. 

Cole MonStrangle, the first ever person to stow away her heart without knowing. 

Mira feels a bit silly whenever she helped Ella out of her introverted personality just so she could meet up with him back in high school. The crush she had on Cole was so secret that Mira thinks he barely even notices it. To Cole, Ella was just like a random friend, totally oblivious of the chemistry going on in her heart with him being the core element.

“Yeah!”

“Turns out he is going to the re-opening as well. I’ve got to see him Mira.”

“I have to.”

“No! Absolutely not! Ella there’s no chance of that happening.” said Mira giving Ella a very sturdy frown.

“Huh?”

“And why not?” said Ella getting a bit annoyed and sad by Mira’s answer.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Hope you had a nice read. Now to help keep me motivated and going with this wonderful book, rate how you felt with a range of (highest rate)5 - 0.5(lowest rate) stars and also leave inline comments. Have a prosperous day. *For any confusions please note that I am narrating a little backstory of Ella and Jack before they ran into each others’ lives #JackMiles is Jack’s life and #EllaKendle is Ella’s life as well as conserving the use of a narrator’s (Omniscient) point of view and the first person point of view.*