Ellie

Ellie flopped down on the bed, the mattress sinking down under her weight and cushioning her. 2 months of careful planning had led to this trip and it seemed in the end everything would stay on the rails. Ellie breathed a sigh of relief, one more stressful thing off her shoulders.

Rolling over, Ellie grabbed her bag and shuffled around in it for a few minutes, objects flying out onto the bed, until she found her vacation kit, a nylon bag with a center compartment and two on either sides of that. Unzipping the center compartment, Ellie took inventory: flash light-check, medical kit-check, miniature fire extinguisher- check. Everything was it it’s place the same as when she had done her third and final check the night before.

Ellie did want to make sure that one item was still in the bag though, opening the right pocket, Ellie pulled out a slender black rectangle with metal prongs at the end. Ellie’s dad had given her this taser last year when she went out of the country with her church group to Columbia. Ellie thought it was overkill, but her dad had kept quoting the plot to the movie Taken while giving it to her, so she begrudgingly accepted it. Necessary or not Ellie did find it to be a great addition to her vacation kit that gave just one more level of security. After all it’s hard to not feel safe with a 25,000 volt taser in your back pocket.

Ellie was further admiring the shiny black coat on the taser, when Chris walked in.

“Settling in?” He asked.

“Yep,” Ellie responded.

“You better put that thing away before someone sees it. There’s some people here I would not trust with a taser,” Chris said.

Ellie laughed, “Yeah, Lane with a taser is low key horrifying.”

“I was more thinking about Kami with a taser, but yours sounds bad too.” Chris said.

“Where are you staying?” Ellie asked.

Chris snorted. “I put my stuff in the bedroom right at the top of the stairs. I go downstairs to help May put shit away. I go back upstairs and my stuff’s in the hallway and Kami took my room.”

“Well try to play nice. I know Kami can be annoying but thats just the way she is. But if you really want the room, go confront her, she’ll probably fold if you put her under pressure.”, said Ellie

“Uhhhggg, I’m too tired to get into a situation with her. Besides it’s really not that big of deal.”

“Well aren’t you so mature,” Ellie said sweetly.

“I try to be,” Chris said giving her a quick kiss.

Ellie giggled and accepted the kiss, feeling the gentle embrace. The kiss, though barely, anything more than a small smooch, made Ellie hot. Ellie briefly entertained the idea of pushing into the kiss, pushing the moment into something more, but let the idea pass away as the kiss ended. They would do it eventually. Ellie could wait a day or two.

“Goodnight sweetheart,” Chris whispered. As he turned and left the room.

After he left Ellie went and closed the door behind him, listening for the soft click as the lock slid into place. Ellie returned to the news she had made on her bed digging for the kit. Putting the kit on top of her dresser, Ellie threw her bag on the floor. She could put her clothes in the dresser tomorrow. Right now she only had energy for one thing. Retiring to her bed, Ellie pulled the covers up over her and opened her Romance novel. Just because Ellie had to wait didn’t mean the characters in her book needed to.