That's What Friends Are For || Ellie and Nate
Walking down the gloomy road of the small English town Ellie could hear her heart pounding over the music streaming thru her headphones. The only time she had ever been this nervous was the night of her first date, though even that seemed like baby steps compared to this. Without much thought she took the familiar walk to Nate's apartment, somewhere she had been many times before. Though this time would be much different then all her visits, this time Eloise had to ask Nate the biggest favor ever. They had been best friends for a long while now, and Nate had told her that he would always be there for her, but was this to much to ask? "Ellie, what are you doing?" She asked her self repeatedly. She had no idea what she was going to say, no game plan, but somehow it felt right. How can one plan something like this?They don't, that was the answer. No one in their right mind did things like this, but Ellie wasn't in her right mind so maybe that was her excuse. "It isn't to late to turn back." The voice in her head was beginning to get louder. As the rain began to fall Elouise opened her umbrella and let out a sigh. Waiting for the light to change she stood silently on the sidewalk, letting the sound of Adele sooth her mind for a bit. There was only one block to go, it wasn't to late to turn around. She has almost considered it to, until she passed the travel agency. Standing silently in front of the large glass window she admired the destinations advertised. She was going to visit them all, as soon as she got Nathaniel to agree to her crazy plan. "Open up, it's me!" She called out as she knocked on the apartment door, closing up her umbrella. She waited and took her earphones out, wrapping them up and putting them in her purse. Once the curly haired boy appeared at the door Ellie could feel her heart in the bottom of her stomach. "H..Hey Nate." She hugged her friend and walked in. "Home alone?" She asked as she looked around the living quarters, no sight of his roommate anywhere. Once it was confirmed they were alone she took a seat at the kitchen tables and sighed. "Nate, you know your my best friend right?" She flashed a smile on his direction not sure where she was going with this. "I would do anything for you, that's what best friends are for, isn't it?" She twiddled her thumbs and kept her eyes down, making sure not to make contact with Nate's. "And you would do the same for me, I hope." Looking up to see his response she gulped. "Well I have a favor to ask, it's a little far fetched, but there is something in it for both of us..." She let her voice trail off just now, collecting the thoughts in her mind. "So the thing is... Well, I want to travel the world. You know that." Everyone who knew Ellie knew that, it was her biggest dream. "Though in order to do that I need money, a lot of it." She took a pause to make sure he was following. "My family has a rule though... My grandma, as you know was very wealthy." She want sure why she was explaining all this, Nate and Ellie knew nearly everything about one another but somehow it made her feel better, taking her time to get to the point. "She left us all money, and I am sure it is a lot, more then enough to travel..." She let her eyes fall down in her lap once more. "But The rule is, I can't get my inheritance until I get married, and I can't get married until I have a groom." Ellie hoped he was getting what she was hinting. She didn't want to have to ask him straight out.









