Dare

Twenty Three

EDITED: December 2020

The next morning, Theo and I actually didn't go to school because we were going to be spending the day with Ben (much to Theo's displeasure).

While I was doing my make up, I was caught up in thinking about today's plans when Theo walked out of the bathroom, his hair wet and sweeping over his eyes and with only a towel around his torso. Slowing down with the mascara brush, my grey eyes could help but stare at his reflection. What? My boyfriend's hot, okay. 

"You're staring, Baby," He smirked, causing me to blink and then blush and look away. "I didn't say you had to stop."

"Shut up," I laughed, finishing off my make-up. "Hurry up and get dressed."

"Hmm, someone's feeling bossy this morning," He laughed. 

"Shut up," I scoffed with a smile. 

After he had gotten dressed, me, him and Ben headed out to pick up Indigo and then went to Starbucks before heading to the carnival. 

"Let's hope today doesn't end up with a murder," Indigo muttered to me as we walked onto the carnival grounds, Theo and Ben in front of us bickering about something. 

Indi, I hope you're right. 

However, by midday, I was beginning to wonder if we should have just chained the two apart. I mean, I know Kendall and I fight a lot, but this was a whole new level of sibling fighting. Theo would say one thing, causing Ben to shoot back with something snarky, causing Theo to retaliate. 

"Babe, what do you say we go on the ferris wheel?" Theo asked me, intertwining our fingers. 

"Yeah, okay," I nodded with a smile. 

After telling Indigo and Ben where we were going, we headed off in the other direction. After standing in the semi-short line, we were strapped in and the wheel began moving. 

"I figured Ben told you about Natalie, right?" Theo asked, looking right ahead as we moved slowly to the top. 

"How'd you know?" I asked, biting the inside of my lip. 

"I know you too well," He said, kissing my temple. "I'm not mad at you for asking him."

"I just wanted to know why she had hurt you so badly," I said quietly as I wrapped my arms around his arm. 

"She's my past, and you're my future, okay?"

"Okay," I whispered, but I couldn't help but smile a little. 

When we were done on the ferris wheel, we walked around for a while before we realised that we couldn't find Indigo or Ben anywhere. Checking my phone, I saw that I had a text from her. 

Indigo💜 : Hey. Ben and I went to the comic store down the street. Meet you guys at the diner across the carni. xx

Me: okay. x

"Indi says that we have to meet her and Ben at the diner across from here," I told Theo as I slipped my phone back into my handbag. 

"Okay," He nodded and then took my hand in his. When we had gotten to the diner, we were approached by a preppy blonde waitress. 

"Hi there! What can I do for you guys?" She asked, batting her eyelashes at Theo and causing me to glare at her. 

You can stop eye raping my boyfriend, thank you very much. 

"Uh, can we get a booth for four please," Theo asked her. 

"Sure thing," She winked at him. Uh, does this bitch not even notice that I'm standing right next to him, holding his hand nonetheless. 

The way she couldn't take her eyes off Theo caused me to grip his hand a little tighter than necessary, causing him to chuckle a little. 

"I'll be right back with your menus," She said, before walking away, swinging her hips a little as she did so. 

"Or you could just not come back at all," I muttered under my breath, rolling my eyes. 

"Awwe, getting a little jealous there, Baby?" Theo asked with a smirk. 

"Oh, you wish," I scoffed even though it was true. "Ella Slater doesn't get jealous."

"Sure, whatever you say, Baby," He winked. 

When we were given our menus, they were delivered to us not by the irritating waitress but rather by a tall blonde haired boy. 

"Can I get you guys anything to drink?" He asked, looking directly at me and giving me a flirty smile that my boyfriend definitely didn't appreciate because of the scowl he held on his face. 

"Uh, we're waiting for someone. We'll order later," I told him, getting slightly amused by Theo's irritation. 

"I'll be back then," He winked before walking away. 

"I don't like the way he's looking at you," Theo spat, shooting daggers into the guys back. 

"Awwe, getting a little jealous there?" I mocked with a smirk. 

"Of course not," He scoffed. "You're my girl, not his. I have nothing to be jealous about."

I couldn't help but blush a little at that statement. Okay, sue me. I love it when he calls me his girl. It's possessive yet really sexy at the same time. Am I right, ladies?

When Ben and Indigo had joined us, I was praying to god that Theo and Ben wouldn't go head to head again and I felt like Indi was hoping the same thing. 

"Guys, please tell Ben that Fall Out Boy is better than Green Day," Indigo said, shooting Ben a glare.

"Oh yeah, totally," I agreed just as Theo said, "no way!"

I couldn't help but look at him as if he had just grown three heads. 

"Fall Out Boy is way better than Green Day," I said. 

"No way," He disagreed. 

"Guys, Ella and I have a better taste in music than you do. We know what's good, and its FOB," Indi said. 

"You guys are wrong on so many levels," Theo and Ben said in unison, causing me and Indi to laugh a little. 

"Fall Out Boy is gonna be around for centuries, okay," I defended. 

"I see what you did there," Indi snickered, causing me to laugh at my unintentional pun. 

"You're wrong," Ben said, shaking his head. 

"Green Day have been around longer and their music is better," Theo said. 

"I beg to differ," I said. 

"Green Day have had more hits that FOB, and they have a much bigger fanbase," Ben said.

"And besides, we've been around longer than both of you, so we know what we're talking about," Theo said, and then almost unconsciously did a handshake with Ben which caused Indi to breakout into a smile. 

"I haven't seen you two do that handshake since we were fourteen," She smirked. 

"Yeah, well," They both mumbled, again in unison. 

"Awwe, you guys are so cute when you do your unison thing," I cooed, and then kissed Theo's cheek. 

"Ella, we are seventeen year old men. You can't call us cute," They spat, the word cute coming out of their mouths like it was poison, causing Indigo and I to both burst into laughter. The two boys eyed each other before laughing as well. 

I looked over at Indi who had a smile on her face. 

Looks like not even this sibling rivalry can keep the twin-ness out of these two.