Hendrix paused for a moment, thinking for a second before saying "Hmmm..."

"I don't know, I think she wanted to surprise you. Tatum sure looked surprised," he mumbled a little. "Got any theories?" he asked peeking over toward the other girls.

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Ella looked over at the group also. It didn't seem to be as much fun over there as it was here. "Maybe Sera thinks Mack will get Tatum out of her shell" Ella offered with a little shrug. "I guess I would be a fifth wheel if I'd came along without you" she joked. Perhaps Jenny aimed to set her and Hen up. She blushed at the thought. It was ridiculous! Hen was one of her best friends, not some double date dude to fill in the gaps.

"It's pretty warm, huh?" she said, tossing her scarf and sweater as she tried to force the idea out of her head.

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"Perhaps!" he said brightly. Whatever their reasoning, he was glad that Jenny had invited him along. "She is quite quiet," he commented, focusing more on the apples in front of him. "I couldn't imagine you being a fifth wheel though, you're too fun!"

He could feel his skin warming already. "Oh yeah, it is a bit warmer than Jenny said it was going to be," he admitted, undoing the top button of his sweater.

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"I think she's always quiet" Ella mused, fighting the urge to play with Hendrix's hair.

"Well I'm glad I got to see you in such a cute sweater" she teased, stretching as far as she could to get the real good apples.

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"I mean, some people are just quiet. My dad says I'm too quiet," he laughed a little. "I just think he doesn't know me very well. Speaking of... did I tell you he wants me to try out for quodpot," he laughed even brighter at that.

He blushed deeply when she said that he had a cute sweater and then mentally berated himself for being so silly. She was calling his sweater cute! Not him! "It's my old man sweater," he said lightly. "You're outfit is super cute though!" He flushed even worse then.

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"Your dad definitely doesn't know you very well if he wants you to try out" Ella said quietly, not really sure if it was her place to say. The last thing she wanted was Hen to be mad at her.

Wiggling a little, she laughed at his description. "Yeah well, it's kinda itchy on my legs" she joked before grabbing the last of the good apples from the tree. "I should have worn pants" she admitted, making her move back towards the ground. "I didn't know I'd be like, on a guy's shoulders! Don't look at my underwear" she laughed.

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He gave her knees a little squeeze and smiled. "Thanks El," he said quietly. It was nice to know that someone actually bothered to get to know him.

He laughed and lowered her a bit as she started wiggling. "I won't!" he promised. "I will be completely chivalrous," he squeezed his eyes shut as Ella got off his shoulders. "So what do you wanna do now?" he asked, eyes still clenched shut.

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Finding her footing somewhat clumsily (he was a lot further from the ground than her cheer squad!) Ella giggled when she saw him with his eyes closed. "You can open them now, I'm totally decent!" She twirled on the spot and pondered his question.

"As long as we don't go on that apple tour? I don't care." She grinned and nudged him in the ribs.

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He beamed at her when she did her little twirl and poked her nose gently.

"That is pretty nerdy," he said rubbing the back of his neck. "Come on, maybe we can find some warm cider donuts or cider or something!" he said brightly holding his hand out to her.

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