Refurbished

Home is the fourth episode of the first season of  Fame Magazine, and fourth episode overall. Phoenix and Mark decorate their new magazine space while Ellie admits her feelings to Tom.

Episode Four
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/glee/images/f/fd/Icon-music.gif You're All I Need To Get By plays in the background. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/glee/images/f/fd/Icon-music.gif

Tom and Ellie are singing along to the song. The room is pink and hearts are flying around the room everywhere and perfume filled the room. Tom was in a fine tux and Ellie was wearing a nice pink dress. "There's no, no looking back for us We got your love sure 'nough, that's enough You're all, you're all I need to get by" The song finished, with Tom and Ellie almost kissing. They leaned in to kiss, and right when their lips were touching, Ellie woke up.

Apartment
"Damn." Ellie said out loud. "So close." http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904035828/messaging/images/c/cd/Emoticon_confused.png She went into the living room and poured herself some cereal. Mark was there, watching the news.

"Morning." Mark said politely. "How did you sleep?"

"I had a dream about Tom." Ellie smiled. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904035827/messaging/images/3/31/Emoticon_happy.png

"OooooOoOooooOoO" Mark moved his head from side to side. "Was it one of those dreams, or was it a peck on the cheek"

"We didn't even get to kissing." Ellie sighed. "He's so hot, I really want him as my boyfriend. Anyway how did you sleep."

"I didn't." Mark replied. "I just watched re-runs of How I Met Your Mother."

Ellie tilted her head.

"I don't care what anyone says, I think Lily is the mother." Mark looked smug. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/ofibty/images/c/cf/Isawemoticon.png

"What are you going to do today?" Ellie asked, going to her cupboard in her room to get her uniform on.

"I'm going to go refurbish the empty three floors with Phoenix."

Ellie left for work. Mark called Phoenix and they arranged to meet at the new place. They called it the office, because in five hours they will all be working there.

Office
Mark and Phoenix were in the room, with green and pink paint. They were painting downstairs, and they were nearly done. They were avoiding the switches because they were both frightened that they would get electrocuted if the paint touched the socket.

"So, have you decided departments for everyone yet?" Phoenix asked Mark. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/camphalfbloodroleplay/images/d/da/Put_your_fingers_in_the_air_by_Droneguard.gif

"Yes. Natalya on Fashion, your on music, I'm on entertainment, John does weather and local news, Tom does sports and Ellie's our editor." Mark said quickly.

"Music" Phoenix said eagerly. "I do like music." http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/camphalfbloodroleplay/images/6/61/Joy.gif

Mark and Phoenix were developing a new friendship. Mark was really into music and thought Mau's style of music was legendary. They were getting along well, which was good for the both of them.http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/glee/images/b/b3/High_Five.gif When they had finished they discussed the color theme for the second and third floors. In the end, they got blue and orange for the second floor and multicolored on the third. When they were done with the painting, they were going to furnish the place with office-related items, and essentials for their magazine with the $80,000 Natalya gave them. Natalya's parents were rich. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904041913/messaging/images/a/a2/Emoticon_unamused.png

"So, whilst the paint dries I'll go out and buy some laptops for us while you go and buy things for the kitchen upstairs. OK?" Phoenix said.

"Ok." Mark nodded. http://images.wikia.com/ofibty/images/4/45/Yaomingemoticon.png

Coffee Shop
Ellie walked into the shop, trying to avoid Tom seeing her. The other day they almost kissed and she had been dreaming about it. Ellie wanted to kiss Tom, and she was sure he wanted to do the same thing. She went in the staff room to arrange her hair and make-up before she headed back out to the main entrance. She saw Tom, who was on the other till next to her in the shop with a customer.

"Hey!" Ellie smiled. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904041913/messaging/images/1/1c/Emoticon_yes.png

"Hey there Ellie!" Tom smiled back at her, but both of them knew those smiles were fake. "How are you?"

"Good, how about you" Ellie hated this conversation they were having. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/ofibty/images/8/8c/Whistleemoticon2.png

The customer stared at them for a while. He stared deep into both of their eyes, before Tom broke the silence. http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904041912/messaging/images/a/a9/Emoticon_stop.png

"That would be $2,34."

"Can I just say something" The customer said, opening his wallet. "This is the fakest conversation I have ever seen."

Tom and Ellie looked puzzled, but they knew exactly what he was talking about.

"Something happened here, probably a kiss, probably you slept together and regret it. I don't think your fooling anyone, but I do recommend that you into the room with the little door and talk about your issue because I only take that much fake." http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904040557/messaging/images/7/7b/Emoticon_hmm.png

Tom and Ellie looked at each other for a while, then went to the staff room for a talk, forgetting about the customers muffins.

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"Maybe he's right, Ellie agreed."Let's talk."

"This is a public place, and were discussing private things. How do you know this place isn't bugged with hidden cameras or microphones?" Tom sighed. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/ofibty/images/7/75/0w7w067w.png
 * :3

"Alright, come to my apartment tonight and we'll discuss it there." Ellie suggested.

"Deal." Tom agreed, going back into the main entrance.

Natalya's House
Natalya was charging her phone and was looking for something to wear to see what Mark and Phoenix had come up with. She decided to call them, hoping for bad news so she could make a stink about it and make them feel bad. The phone was ringing, but no answer, so she tried again.

"Pink or purple" she thought in her head while Mark's voice mail Yoda voice played out in the background. "Who cares, I look awesome and super-hot in both." The phone picked up, with Mark answering with a Yoda voice. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/glee/images/e/ed/Emoticon-00114-dull.gif

"So how far are you with it?" Natalya answered, looking on her shoe rack and deciding what color shoes to wear. http://images.wikia.com/ofibty/images/6/67/Thinking.gif

"We've decorated the first floor, and set up a reception area." Mark answered. "The second floor is where we work, Phoenix bought some laptops and bought the latest Microsoft based Operating System for us to use." http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/ofibty/images/f/fd/Fmemoticon.png

"I'm liking it so far" Natalya sounded unimpressed but inside she was squealing like a little girl to see the what the new place looks like. "What else?" http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/randomtime/images/b/b8/Allears.png

"For the second floor, I also added a kitchen. Stove, fridge and everything. I even added a chill room for us, because I guess, we'll be really busy and might get hungry."

"OooooOoOooooOoO" Natalya said, surprised. "I bet you it looks awesome." She looked smug. "Can I ask you a personal question Mark?" http://images.wikia.com/ofibty/images/2/21/Angel.gif

"Go on, but if I make a reference that you and I slept together and are probably going to do it again in the future then I'm sorry." Mark cleared his throat. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/glee/images/b/bb/Emoticon-00140-rofl.gif

Natalya blinked. "Do I look better in my light blue skirt, or my mid-long orange one?" http://images.wikia.com/ofibty/images/1/19/Untitled-1.png

"Remembering seeing you in both, I'll say ditch them both, and wear your crimson one." Mark said on the other line.

"Got it, thanks. Is Phoenix there?" she asked Mark. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120403033733/camphalfbloodroleplay/images/a/a7/Happybounce.gif

"Right here, hold on." Mark passed the phone to Phoenix.

Natalya, wearing one of her many decent outfits, unplugged her phone from the charger and flicked the switch to 'off'. She walked out of her house, one hand locking the door and the other talking to Phoenix. She was on her way to see the magazine's decor.

Apartment
Ellie sat around and waited for Tom to come. She was going to tell Tom about her feelings for him. She was worried that the kiss was a fluke and a one-time-thing, and instead he wasn't into her that much. She was panicking, maybe Tom was gay? Maybe Tom won't reciprocate the way Ellie likes him? Her head was spinning and she was feeling faint. The doorbell rang, and she ran and answered it. A few moments later Tom firmly knocked on the door. Ellie let her in, trying not to let her nerves get the better of her.

"I'm here now, let's talk." Tom said. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/ofibty/images/b/b3/Straightfaceemoticion.png

"Let me just tell you as it is Thomas Parker." Ellie said firmly. Tom raised an eyebrow, he found it weird that she used his full name. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904040557/messaging/images/b/b5/Emoticon_indifferent.png

"I like you. I dream about you and everything you do is awesome." Ellie finally let it off her chest and out in the open. "And that day when we almost kissed, I felt bad because I really did want to kiss you. It's just I didn't know how to tell you that I really liked you." Tom blinked.

"It's just that if Euro catches us together in front of the customers then we'll both get fired." Ellie said regretfully. "So, will you be my boyfriend?" Tom blinked again. http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120625035714/camphalfbloodroleplay/images/f/f3/45608161f2d613f775e914bbfb8ae59b.gif

"I need some time to think about this, process it all." Tom struggled to get that out. "I really like you, as a colleague and our friendship in high-school and now is amazing. What if we break-up? I could never do that to you, to our friendship." http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904035827/messaging/images/3/31/Emoticon_happy.png

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"We're good together, coffee shop and everywhere." Ellie sighed. "If you need time to think about us reaching a stage more than friendship, I'll give you that. I'll try not to make things awkward." http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904035828/messaging/images/2/28/Emoticon_content.png

"Me either."

PHONE SOUNDS

Let me just get that, Ellie said biting her lip. She tapped a few times, and then slowly turned that sad face into a faint grin. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/ofibty/images/9/90/976967.png

"The magazine's HQ is ready. Phoenix and Mark spent all day working on it."Do you want to come and see it with me?" Ellie read out. Tom said yes and they both went together. They both agreed it won't be awkward, but that's exactly what it got to.

Office
John, Natalya, Ellie and Tom walked in at the same time and all uttered the same word: 'WOW'. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/ofibty/images/b/bf/Suprisedemoticon.png

"Mark this is amazing!!" Natalya screamed. "Where's the rest of the money I gave you?"

"We used it all." Mark winked to Phoenix. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904041913/messaging/images/8/87/Emoticon_wink.png She winked back. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904041913/messaging/images/8/87/Emoticon_wink.png They actually put it in a safe, with a 4-digit password just in case the magazine got in trouble and needed some money to help. Surprisingly, it did come in handy, later on in 2013.

"We even got an electrician to make sure the elevator works 100% no faults, no technical errors." Mark said confidently. "Reception area, with a telephone and a voice mail. We hired someone for that." http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110904041913/messaging/images/1/1c/Emoticon_yes.png

Everyone smiled, and John thought to himself why Tom and Ellie weren't holding hands together. "Maybe they're broken up. Look at Ellie's eyes, I see hurt. In Tom's eyes I see deep thought and reconsideration." John continued thinking until he gave up and concentrated on their new home for the magazine.

Everyone celebrated and went upstairs to the kitchen, (Tom, Natalya and John via elevator, Mark, Ellie and Phoenix via the stairs. They opened the fully-stocked fridge and Mark poured his 'fancy' lemonade. They all celebrated as they were going to work tomorrow, on their first issue. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/camphalfbloodroleplay/images/f/f0/Woohoo.gif