she’s close to us

"El..?" Cream called, looking genuinely surprised "you're here.." she muttered, Ella wasn't sure if that was a question or a remark

"Hi" was the only thing she had to say, or maybe it was the first word in front of the queue of words in her head

She saw how everyone around the table filled with food gave her surprised looks, Blue literally not an exception, only surprised looks though, zero unwelcome looks… except..

She saw Stella frown "didn't you tell your friends you were coming over?" She asked, eyes on Ella, the question was directed to her anyway…

Why did it feel like the woman suddenly hated her!!

"Umm" Ella started "well… I wanted to call but their phones were switched off so…" she trailed off accompanied with a shrug as if the family was supposed to understand the reason for her sudden visit with just a few words

"Oh.." came Cream's voice