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Ella exa at the corner of her lips "Of course, even this would look good on you"

He told her about Abel and Nellie and the girl at the entrance not recognizing hi in to rob the place Ella laughed

"How’d you knoas me so fast?"

"Your stance," she said without hesitation

"My stance?"

"Yes Your stance," she said very matter-of-factly then touched his shoulders and ar her palm over it "And this" She lowered her voice "I’d know this ive her a minute as she walked away toward the desk Felix stood there flabbergasted "My stance?"

A few minutes later they were out of there and on their way to the happiest place on earth As expected, the place was packed If Felix had hadher on one of the days the park opened up only to VIP guests Not only would it be far less crowded, but a the VIP’s would be other celebrities Because they were all in the same boat, they respected each other’s space, so he wouldn’t have had to wear this stupid getup

Still, the last thing he wanted was for Ella to think hi lines like everyone else without co By lunch time, they’d been there over three hours and had only been on four rides And even though his le co lines had been the best part so far They got to talk extensively, and Ella did a lot of giggling because every time he kissed her she said it tickled That only made hie fan of Disneyland Like Ella, he’d been on the older side when he was finally able to afford to go Though not nearly as old as Ella on her first trip, he’d still been older It was decidedly a place for the very young or the young at heart Felix preferred the parks with the edgierat heart The s on the pink princess ear hat just like the ones she’d described her neighbors wearing was priceless She spent ht her a bouquet of the Mickey head balloons she’d spoken of on their way there At first, she’d protested he shouldn’t, that those balloons were for little kids and he was being silly But he’d since caught her several ti up at her balloon bouquet with that sahout all the rides she said she’d only drea on some day: It’s a Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean, and even some of the kiddy rides like Alice In Wonderland He’d kissed her every single tiht her because she was just too damn adorable

They’d just finished with Disneyland and were on their way over to California Adventure when Felix got another call fronored her first two, but she’d texted earlier after he hadn’t returned her calls to say that it was critical that he get back to her ASAP

He took advantage of the ti for Ella to answer the call "Make this fast, Adelina I’ht now"

"Where are you?"