At Ellie's comment, Jamie glanced at Bella, biting his own tongue. But as Bella moved to talk to Ellie, Jamie decided that it was a conversation that the two girls needed to have- not him and Sky. So Jamie edged away from the two girls a little and beckoned to Alex.
"Well, I only became official during the week, but the rest of the band's been together for about two years," he said. Alex got the message and appeared beside him. "Yeah, I've been playing guitar for them for the past year. Their own guitarist tracks both guitar parts, but obviously he can't play both live, so I fill in when I'm not on tour."
"You'll have to come to a show while you're still here- speaking of which, how long are you in England for?" He asked, glancing at Bella and Ellie. Neither looked particularly happy- then again, Ellie's mood had steadily been getting worse all evening, so he could only imagine what state she was in now if she'd been confronted. But Bella had a point- Ellie was being unnecessarily mean to Nate. The incident at the club hadn't warranted any of this behaviour. He glanced over at Nate. "Yeah, Nate, you can get out. We won't leave you hanging any longer," he called.
Ellie folded her arms as Bella confronted her. "You really think this is just about that?" She asked, laughing a little and raising an eyebrow. "This has been a long time coming. You saw the arguments as much as I did, Bella. It was just a matter of time. It wasn't the first time he'd done something like that. Even though he knew I didn't like him smoking around me, he still did. I could have forgiven all of that- but then he went and got with another girl," she said, nodding towards Sky. "Somebody the exact opposite to me. Sky's pretty, rich, gentle, and everything I'm not, and that isn't a coincidence. You're a fool if you think it is. Why else would he bring her here?" She asked. "Now, stay out of my business and go check on your boyfriend," she spat, stalking back over to the campfire and refilling her cup.
Alex hadn't missed the disagreement between Ellie and Bella. Ellie was really showing how much of a spitfire she could be, and she looked furious. As she stalked away to the campfire, he turned to Sky and Jamie. "Sorry, guys, gotta go deal with this," he said. Ellie was sitting on the ground, her legs crossed and staring into the fire like it had personally offended her. He sat down beside her, crossing his own legs.
"Are you okay?" He asked. She didn't answer for a few seconds- but when she did, it was accompanied by a heavy sigh. "Yeah, things are just... complicated," she said, shrugging a little. He put her arm around her and she didn't resist. "I gathered as much. You seem like a complicated bunch," he said, laughing a little.
"Do you mind that?" She asked, and he shook his head. "Nah- complicated is interesting. And fun," he said. "So. Is there anything you want to talk about specifically?" He asked. She shook her head. "I don't want to talk about anything by that. Let's just get on with this game," she said, looking up at the others.