Bring Me Back To Life || Gavin Lux

twenty-seven

Ella's POV- February 2020

"Somethings been on your mind since we got here, Ella. Talk to me"

I bit my lip unsure of how I was going to tell Enzo this.

"Promise not to freak out," I told him as he handed me my robe.

"That depends"

He was so going to freak out.

"Theo is thinking about coming out of retirement," I disclosed.

His eyes immediately darted to the floor.

"Oh"

"When he dropped me off at the airport, he brought up the idea of us being pairs partners again" I explained.

He nodded his head still not looking at me.

"And I turned him down," I told him.

Theo did not take it well.

"Because you're my partner" I stated.

His eyes darted to me and he began to shake his head.

"Ella, no"

Wait, what?

"You can start at the senior level with him"

"Enzo, we've talked about this. I don't care that we have to go through regionals to get invited to Nationals" I replied.

If we did good enough we could receive our first international invite at the senior level.

"Ella, it's okay"

I frowned.

"You're not getting rid of me, Enzo," I said.

I wiggled my eyebrows earning a choked sobbed laugh from him.

"We're in it until the end" I informed him.

His mouth quirked up a bit.

"Or at least until we retire to focus on our other careers" I added.

He chuckled.

"Theo made his decision, and now he has to accept it" I stated.

I stepped forward and took his hands.

"Okay?" I asked.

He nodded.

"Okay"

"You're never getting rid of me" I informed him as I let go of one of his hands.

He chuckled as I attempted to laugh like a villain.

"Let's go change before we relapse," I told him as I shivered.

We were both sick with the flu a couple of weeks ago and had currently just taken an ice bath.

"Are you going to shower or just change?"

"Shower, I stink" I stated.

He smiled.

"Okay good, Gavin doesn't need to smell that"

I gasped and pretended to swat him.

"Rude" I noted.

He chuckled.

"I'll meet you outside"

"Take your time" I joked.

He laughed and walked away from me. Thirty minutes later, I exited the locker room with my duffle bag on my shoulder.

"Hey"

I looked up and smiled when I saw my sister making her way over. By the looks of it, she had come here straight from work. At the moment, she was sporting black pants and a blue half zip-up fitted sweater.