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valerie casablancas x elijah hewson
chapter twelve || 🎬🤍🦢

❝ cause i'm craving expectations that are unattainable temptations! ❞

     valerie was walking back from her agents — yes, walking. she had learned from recent events to not drive in the rain — when she noticed a figure stood on the corner, a figure she had come to know very well in the last few weeks.

she wasn't sure, but when she got closer and when the person took their hood down, she couldn't help but stop in her tracks, "what the fuck?"

     the person, who she was now 100% was elijah hewson turned around and stared at her confused, "what the fuck? val?"

    "what?" she repeated, walking closer to poke his cheek. upon realising that he was in fact real, she swung her arms around his neck. before he could even react, she pulled away, "why are you here?" she raised her eye brows, her hands resting against his shoulders.

    "i'm visiting my sister jordan and the band have been here like a week and a half?" it almost sounded like a question. like he was shocked to see her a block away from her apartment, "what are you doing here?"

"i live here, stupid." she laughed, "what are doing here?" she looked up at the sign, her brows furrowing, "outside a vegan coffee shop?"

    "ryan." he sighed, almost ashamed.

    "ryan?" she tried not to laugh, but ultimately couldn't help but laugh from imaging the drummer ordering a soy milk latte, "i love him."

    "slow down, val." elijah put his hand up, "don't say that. it'll break my heart."

     valerie rolled her eyes, "you'll live. why are you standing here in the rain? you'll get a cold." she tried to push him into the shop, but he refused.

    "i'm okay, val." he laughed. if she was stubborn then he was worse.

    ryan had picked on him for his hair being soaked and said he should've brought an umbrella instead of a hoodie and just out of spite he stood outside with his hair wet.

    "when you get sick i don't wanna hear about it."

    "okay, mom."

    she raised her eyebrows and grimaced, "don't say that. i have trauma with men and that word."

    elijah didn't even want to know.

     before he could even change the subject a girl, who couldn't be much younger than the two of them, walked towards them with her jaw wide open.

"what the fuck?" she whispered to herself as she made eye contact with valerie who could stop smiling.

"i'm val." valerie smiled, knocking the girl knew exactly who she was, before pointing to the man on her right, "this is elijah."

"i'm a big fan of you." she told the blonde, "and you." she turned to elijah quickly, before her attention was back on valerie.

"what's your name?"

"sofia."

"like the first?" valerie joked, making the girl laugh.

    "yeah."

     "can i get a picture with you?" valerie asked, watching the girls face light up. she nodded before pulling her phone out and handing it to valerie who then handed it to elijah, "do the honours?"

    "die." he told her as he took the photos.

valerie held the girls face close to hers and scrunched up her nose. once she girl pulled away, they made light conversation until she realised she had left her phone with elijah and immediately went to retrieve it.

she took the phone from him, thanking him profusely before snapping a picture with him and walked away with a renewed sense of energy.

    "she was a cutie." valerie smiled, turning back to the man who looked like he came straight from frown town, "what is wrong with you."

    "ryan is taking too long."

    speaking of the devil, he walked out of the shop, eyes going wide once they landed on valerie.

    "ryan!" she threw her arms up.

"valerie!" he copied her action, letting out a huff when she hugged him.

hugger? elijah asked himself, seemed like it.

when she pulled away and walked back to stand beside his front man, ryan smiled, "see i told you we'd bump into her."

"you talked about me?" she asked, poking eli's cheek as he tried his hardest to dodge her manicured fingers.

"i did not talk about you." he mumbled, walking away with valerie and ryan hot on his tail.

"you so did!"

   "i so didn't."

     valerie looked at ryan who just nodded, "awh."

    "you know what?" eli said, stopping abruptly, leaving valerie to stumble into his back because she wasn't paying much attention, "i don't like you two together. you'll both just gang up on me."

    "we won't."

     "we will."

    valerie shot ryan a look, "we won't. i promise you."

"you can't promise. you'll break it."

she held back a comment about how emo he sounded, "then i'll keep it forever and ever and ever."

"you better."

HAPPY NEW YEARS ‼️‼️

instead of getting crossfaded rn im studying for a business exam 😝 oh how i love sixth year