** Sunday November 25th 2035**
-taylors Pov-
We get to the hospital for a visit before Ellie has ballet rehearsal for the nutcracker. She is dancing sugarplum fairy which is really exiting. I wish that joe could get to see it, but he probably won't since he is in the hospital, and if he gets out before Christmas he needs to have quiet and rest.
Kenzie runs over to joe in bed, climb in and snuggle next to his as Ellie sits down on the edge of the bed. "hi girls. It's so good to see you" he says and bop both of their noses which makes them laugh.
"Dad Ellie was kissing her boyfriend and they snuggled on the couch" kenzie says and giggle and I can see Ellies cheeks turning red.
I sit down on the chair next to the bed and Liz grabs a chair and sit down too. "i heard about that, isn't it cute that she has a boyfriend kenzie? I dont like that she is making out tho" joe says to kenzie who agrees.
Ellie groans "how did you hear about that" she says and look down "your mom may have told me someone was making out" he says with a smirk and Ellie can't help but giggle. Clearly she has feelings for this guy and that makes me happy, but I'm also scared that he will end up breaking her heart.
"Is he treating you good? Is he a good kisser" joe tease Ellie and kenzie bursts out laughing "dad I walked in to get something, and I saw they were using tongues, that was gross" kenzie says and scrunch her nose and Ellie is as red as can be.
"Kissing with tongue is good kissing, or isn't it Ellie?" I tease her too and she looks like she wants to be anywhere but here "mom and dad kiss that way too" kenzie realizes and laugh more. She isn't wrong though, we love a good French kiss.
"i'm not talking about this" she says and look down, but I see that she is smiling. "But I really like him" she mumbles and that make me happy too. "that's nice Ellie, it's good to really like someone in that way. It's the best feeling" I tell her, and she nods and bite her lip.
**
Liz takes Ellie to dance and is taking kenzie home with her too so I can get some time with joe here. We decided to take two cars so I could spend some time with joe alone. It's important that we get time with just the two of us even if that time is spent in a hospital room.
"She is so adorably smitten with him" joe says and smirk "she sure is. And I might have heard as he was leaving that he called her baby and that was really sweet" I tell him. It was really sweet actually and she was on cloud nine after he left, she looked like she was about to fly away with all the butterflies she was feeling.
"Calling her baby that's sweet" he says and chuckle "yeah and I obviously didn't see that much but the way he looks at her is just melting my heart. I just hope that she gets to be this happy and not have him break her heart" I say and sit down on his bed and tuck my legs under me.
"i'm excited to meet this guy. I just need to get out of this place" he says and sigh. "They said that you might get to go home before Christmas, so let's just pray that that's the case" the doctors said that yesterday and I'm holding onto that. They say that he is making remarkable progress and the only thing that keeps him here right now is to make sure that his brain is healing and then he needs to be getting out of bed without a walker and be able to go to the bathroom by himself. That's the criteria they have set and now it's just about getting him there.
"i'm exited to come home again. I miss you all, I miss being there. Sure you come and visit but it's not the same. I feel like I will heal better if I'm home with you and the girls" I really miss having him home too. It's just not the same there without him, everything is better if he is there with me.
-ellies pov-
I get to dance and today we are rehearsing at the place where we are preforming. So I put my stuff next to Caroline's and then Alex comes into the room too and I can't help but grin at him. "Hi there baby" he says and caress my head. "Hi babe" I say back. I'm trying it out and seeing what I feel like saying a pet name for him.
we head over to Caroline to stretch before the morning class starts. We are here for hours today and its only 9am and we are here until 3pm. But as we start to stretch, I hear a familiar voice laughing behind us and playing a song I know all too well as they stretch too.
"But we might just get away with it
Religion's in your lips
Even if it's a false god
We'd still worship
We might just get away with it
The altar is my hips
Even if it's a false god
We'd still worship this love
We'd still worship this love
We'd still worship this love"
"isn't that your mom's song?" Caroline says quietly and I nod and feel the heat on my cheeks. "yeah, she wrote it in like 2019 I think" I mumble.
"isn't this embarrassing Ellie, your mom singing about sex with your dad" Rebecca's distinctive voice snicker behind me. "Cut it out Rebecca" Alex defends me and roll his eyes. I just can't seem to ever talk back to her, I don't have the nerves to do that.
I'm trying to block it out and focus on stretching but it's hard. "Turn off that music Rebecca, we only listen to classical music in the studio" our teacher thankfully says, and she is forced to turn it off.
"You okay baby" Alex says, and I nod. "How cute, the pathetic girl has a pet name now. Why are you even wasting your time with that trainwreck. The little kidnapped kid" Rebecca scuffs and I'm fighting to hold back the tears. Whenever someone brings up the kidnapping I get really worked up. So instead of breaking down in front of her I walk out of the room and into the hallway before the tears start streaming down my face.
Then a familiar set of arms come and wrap around me "take deep breaths Ellie, you're okay. The teacher told her off as you were leaving and said if she doesn't cut it off, she is out of the show and the understudy will take over her spot" he says into my ear, and I let myself lean into his arms.
"I hate when someone brings it up. I get bad flashbacks" I whimper and feel really pathetic for getting so worked up. "i'm not going to pretend that I know what it's like, but just know that I'm here. I wish there was something I could do to make her shut up, you don't deserve this crap" he says and gently caress my head as I snuggle into his chest.
"Are you okay miss Elliana?" our teachers voice says as she has come into the hallway too. I pull away a bit from Alex so I can look at her "yeah, it's just a lot. I... whenever someone brings that up, I get really worked up" I say and wipe away my tears.
I've been going to this studio for years and been doing privates with her for years too, so she knows a bit about my story. She was there to help me when I came back to dance after I was out for a few weeks because of my eating disorder, and she is aware that Rebecca is really mean to me but makes sure to shut her down when she says something.
"Take a moment to gather yourself and come back to class, it's about to start" she says and rub my back before walking into the room again.
I turn to Alex again and he rest his hands on my hips and I rest mine on his shoulders "you okay" he asks gently, and I nod "yes, thanks for coming out here and just holding me" I say and gently peck his lips.
"I would hold you for hours if that made you feel better. Come on let's go dance" he says and kiss me again before we head into class.
**
We danced for hours and its now half past 4pm and Alex has picked me up and we are driving into his driveway. His house is big, and he grabs my hand as we get out of the car. "You seem nervous. You don't need to be, my parents have been dying to meet you and my siblings too" he says and led me into his house.
When we get inside and take off our shoes and jackets a middle-aged woman comes out of another room to greet us "you must be Elliana, it's so nice to finally meet you" she says and bring me in for a hug. "Hi Mrs. turner, it's nice to meet you too"
"You can call me Viviane honey" she says as she pulls away and Alex rests a hand on my small back. Alex takes me into the kitchen and gives me something to drink before we head to his room, but we are stopped by two teenagers that is smiling big at us.
"You must be Elliana, or Ellie as he calls you. Our brother has been gushing about you forever, so we are happy he finally got the balls to ask you out" the girl who introduce herself as Meghan says and the boy introduce himself as Gabriel. "yes I'm Ellie.. so he has been gushing about me?» I say and grin at Alex who is blushing hard.
"oh he has, he is constantly talking about you" Gabriel confirms. "yeah yeah, I'm not going to hide that" Alex says and intertwine our fingers before we make our way up the stairs "Alex keep the door open" his mom yells from the other room and I chuckle, so his parents are like mine in that way.
So we get into his room, and it has a cool grey design on his wall, he has blue chairs, a striped pattern rug and a big bed. The room is pretty big and there is also a tv on the wall. We put our drinks on the little table between the chairs and he smirks and pull me into his arms and kiss me softly.
"Dancing with you was fun today, and that tutu is cute" he says with a smirk, and I giggle "dancing with you have been fun since day one. But now I trust you to not drop me so that's even better" that's the hard thing about partnering work because you need to put your full trust in someone, or you could get severely hurt. But with him I don't have problems trusting him, he got me, and I know that.
He leads me to his bed, and I sit with my legs crossed on top of his covers and he leans against the headboard. "so what are we doing? Watching a movie?" he suggests as we are both pretty exhausted from a long day of dancing. "Would you watch a scary movie or is that not something you're into?" he asks.
"If you hold me tight ill watch it. I'm a bit jumpy though but hold me close and I'm fine" I say and crawl over next to him and he wraps his arms around me, and I lay my head on his chest.
With the remote he pulls up Netflix to find something "have you watched this one? It looks cool" he says about a movie that's called "the shallow" and I giggle when I see who's in it. "That would be fun, but just to let you know, Blake is my godmother" I say and laugh. "But it's fine, I haven't watched that one so it would be fun"
"of course Blake lively is your godmother" he says and chuckle "she is a good actor, her husband too" he says, and I tell him how our parents are best friends and that their youngest daughter betty is one of my best friends.
We start he movie and I must admit that it's pretty scary and I find myself clinging to him, but he happily wraps me tightly in his arms and my head is resting against his chest. "you're the best thing that's happened to me in a long time Elliana Alwyn" he whispers in my ear, and I get shivers all over my body. "you're the best thing that has happened to me in a long time too. Things have been pretty chaotic but I'm having a lot of fun with you" I say and lean up to kiss him softly before we return to watch the movie.
-joes pov-
Taylor and I are sitting on two recliners in my hospital room talking. A lot has happened this week and it's making me have all kinds of feelings. Ellie is falling for this guy, and I'm scared that he is going to break her heart. And as a dad I'm also scared that he is going to pressure her into something she doesn't want to do, I hope he isn't like that, but I don't know because I haven't meet him. Its bugging me actually that I haven't meet him since he is kissing and holding my daughter. It does make me uncomfortable that I don't know much about this guy, she showed me a picture about what he looked like but that's about it.
She is only fifteen and I'm worried that letting her date is a bad decision because of her age. We don't know if this is something that's going to work, and I just don't want this to be a reason she slips back into old habits and relapse. I don't know if that even would be a thing that would make her relapse, but that's always a worry in the back of my mind.
"i'm worried that he is going to break her heart. I just hope that this dude has good intentions with my daugther "I tell Taylor and she sigh "i'm worried about that too. I just don't want her to fall too hard or too fast and then end up with a broken heart. The girl has been through a lot and deserves happiness"
I sigh "I know you've had the sex talk, but I think it's time to have it again" I tell her, and she agrees. It's different now that she has a boyfriend and teenagers are full of hormones. It's better to be safe and keep the conversation about that stuff open than flat our refusing to think that she one day will have those urges. I'm nervous as hell for that day whenever that come, if it's in months or years, but they will come.
-taylors pov-
I pick Ellie up and when we get home, I follow her up to her room as its late and she is getting ready for bed, but I need to talk to her. "Ellie, I have to talk to you about something" I tell her, and she tense. "Yeah what?"
We sit down on her bed, and she sits with her legs crossed and put a pillow in her lap. "I know we have talked about this before, but now you have a boyfriend and your dad, and I want to make sure that if those intimate feelings come, we want you to be safe" I say,' and her eyes widen but i continue. "Sexual feelings are common when you have hormones raging, and we know that teenagers have a lot of those, and we don't want you to end up pregnant or with an STD"
"Mom dear god I'm not even thinking about it" she groans, and her face is red "maybe not right now, its important to keep having these conversations, and as your mom I wish that you would stay my little girl forever and never want to have sex. But we want you to have all the information you need. Your first time it might hurt a bit, so if that happens don't panic but it can be uncomfortable" I tell her, and she shifts uncomfortably but is paying attention.
"so, it will hurt?" she says softly, and I nod "Not for everyone, but for a lot of people it hurt because if you never have been penetrated before it's really tight and can be really uncomfortable. It was for me, but my mom made sure to talk to me about it and at least I had the information I needed"
"But then it starts to feel good right?" she asks and blush again and I nod "yes, but maybe not the first time or second time. But communication is so important. Some girls have a hard time getting an orgasm so if the person touch at the same time that can help too"
"Mom this is mortifying. I don't want to talk about this" she groans and burrow her head in her pillow. "I know but this conversation comes when you're in a relationship and its important. But I'm always here if you have any questions. But it's supposed to feel good and communication is the key to having it feel good. And i dont want you to push yourself to have sex before you're ready because That's a big decission that you Can't take back. There is no need to ever rush that. I wish you would wait, but Im not around you 24/7 so i Can't prevent it Completly, so i can only give you information and be here to listen"
She takes a second to think "is there anything... anything I could do to have it hurt less?" she says and look down "making sure that you're wet enough is the key to that. Foreplay is important to make sure you're ready. And if you're not ready mentally either it's hard to relax enough, and if you're not relaxed enough, you get tighter"
There is a long silence, and she is thinking about what I'm saying "and... if you ever need condoms come to me and I will get you some. A lot of the time guys get them, but I've learned that it's better to be prepared as well just in case. When I started having serious boyfriends my mom got me some and I kept it in my nightstand"
I remember it well and how embarrassed I was when my mom gave me those, but I was also grateful because all she wanted was for me to be safe. I didn't have sex before years after that, but at least I knew that I could come to her about anything. So I tell Ellie that and how old I was and what I was feeling.
"How do I know if I'm ready" she asks and bite her lip "it's something you just know. But I don't want you to feel like this is something you have to do. Sex is not something you're obligated to have because it's your body and your choice. Some people even wait until they are married, and that's perfectly okay too. The only rule is that its consensual, that's the big thing. And if both are under 18 years old it's different than if one was underage and one was overage. That's a tricky thing but you just need to do what's right for you. And if both of you start to feel those feelings and urges talk about it. If you can't talk about sex, you're not ready to have sex"
She seems like she is really paying attention which is a good thing because this is really important. She needs to feel like she is in charge of her own body because she really is. What she does with her body is absolutely her decision.
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