weather started to get cold last fall. I felt that he only said yes because I had tilted my head and batted my eyelashes and stuck out my bottom lip. His eyes had glazed over for only a second and only I noticed it, but he did give in right after.
He was moving through the thinning crowd of students to get to me and he was only a few feet away when Stella Cramer bounded into my perfect scene of Emmet smiling and eyes shining as he walked towards me. Stella was petite with big boobs, naturally blonde, with big blue eyes. On top of being irresistibly adorable, she was also extremely nice and smart. Stella Cramer was the All American Girl. I’d bet cash that it was probably printed on her college applications.
Emmet seemed a little surprised to look down and see Stella in his path, but he stopped to talk to her. She smiled as she talked to him. She must have been talking very low because he bent over slightly so he could hear her better. He grinned and said something back to her and the whole thing just seemed rather intimate.
My friend Amy snickered beside me.
“What?” I asked absently as I watched Emmet with Stella.
“Nothing,” she said, though I could tell it was something.
“What?” I pressed, looking at her now. She was looking at Emmet and Stella, too.
“You can’t tell anyone,” she whispered.
“Tell anyone what?”
“They’ll know I told and my brother will kill me.”
Amy’s brother Aaron was a senior and pretty good friends with Emmet. He was a nice guy, but I could totally see him putting Amy in a headlock and torturing her for opening her mouth.
“Know what?” I asked, willing to risk Amy’s head.
She moved closer to me and began to whisper. “Aaron had a few of his friends over last night while my parents were out. I caught Emmet and Stella screwing in the basement.”
“You did not,” I said doubtfully. I didn’t feel so doubtful though. Why would she make it up? Was she just kidding?
“I did, too,” she said, looking at me seriously. “I went down there to do my laundry for school and they were standing in front of our old couch trying to put their clothes back on in a hurry.”
I gave her another doubtful look, but she just shrugged. “Look at them. They look like they’re sharing a big secret.”
I did look at them, and they did look like they were sharing a big secret, with secret smiles and whispering. Emmet looked up from adorable Stella with a stupid smile on his face, but it faded away as he took in the expression I guessed was on my face. His eyes flickered over to Amy and she inhaled sharply.
“Stop looking at them!” she hissed. “He probably knows I told you!”
I stopped looking. I turned back around to concentrate on packing up my homework.
“If he asks you if I told you, don’t rat me out,” Amy whispered harshly and then she hurried away because Emmet was standing at my back now. I could feel him there. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up and my body tingled. Yeah, Emmet was there.
“Hey,” he said to the back of my head.
“Hey,” I threw over my shoulder. “I don’t need a ride today. I have some things to do in the art room.”
He was quiet for a few seconds. “How will you get home?”
“The same way I used to get home before you started driving me,” I answered, forcing a smile. “I’ll walk.”
“It’s pouring and cold,” he objected.
“I have a coat and an umbrella,” I said, turning around. I showed him the umbrella. “See? I’ll be fine.”
He studied me carefully. “What were you and Amy talking about?”
I closed my locker and looked at the wall over his shoulder. “Nothing really.”
“Nothing really?” he parroted.
I nodded.
“If it was nothing then why won’t you look at me?” he asked in quiet frustration.
Slowly, my eyes moved to his and I saw the truth of what Amy had said there. I exhaled and then swung my bag over my shoulder.
“I’ll see you later,” I said and started to move
He was moving through the thinning crowd of students to get to me and he was only a few feet away when Stella Cramer bounded into my perfect scene of Emmet smiling and eyes shining as he walked towards me. Stella was petite with big boobs, naturally blonde, with big blue eyes. On top of being irresistibly adorable, she was also extremely nice and smart. Stella Cramer was the All American Girl. I’d bet cash that it was probably printed on her college applications.
Emmet seemed a little surprised to look down and see Stella in his path, but he stopped to talk to her. She smiled as she talked to him. She must have been talking very low because he bent over slightly so he could hear her better. He grinned and said something back to her and the whole thing just seemed rather intimate.
My friend Amy snickered beside me.
“What?” I asked absently as I watched Emmet with Stella.
“Nothing,” she said, though I could tell it was something.
“What?” I pressed, looking at her now. She was looking at Emmet and Stella, too.
“You can’t tell anyone,” she whispered.
“Tell anyone what?”
“They’ll know I told and my brother will kill me.”
Amy’s brother Aaron was a senior and pretty good friends with Emmet. He was a nice guy, but I could totally see him putting Amy in a headlock and torturing her for opening her mouth.
“Know what?” I asked, willing to risk Amy’s head.
She moved closer to me and began to whisper. “Aaron had a few of his friends over last night while my parents were out. I caught Emmet and Stella screwing in the basement.”
“You did not,” I said doubtfully. I didn’t feel so doubtful though. Why would she make it up? Was she just kidding?
“I did, too,” she said, looking at me seriously. “I went down there to do my laundry for school and they were standing in front of our old couch trying to put their clothes back on in a hurry.”
I gave her another doubtful look, but she just shrugged. “Look at them. They look like they’re sharing a big secret.”
I did look at them, and they did look like they were sharing a big secret, with secret smiles and whispering. Emmet looked up from adorable Stella with a stupid smile on his face, but it faded away as he took in the expression I guessed was on my face. His eyes flickered over to Amy and she inhaled sharply.
“Stop looking at them!” she hissed. “He probably knows I told you!”
I stopped looking. I turned back around to concentrate on packing up my homework.
“If he asks you if I told you, don’t rat me out,” Amy whispered harshly and then she hurried away because Emmet was standing at my back now. I could feel him there. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up and my body tingled. Yeah, Emmet was there.
“Hey,” he said to the back of my head.
“Hey,” I threw over my shoulder. “I don’t need a ride today. I have some things to do in the art room.”
He was quiet for a few seconds. “How will you get home?”
“The same way I used to get home before you started driving me,” I answered, forcing a smile. “I’ll walk.”
“It’s pouring and cold,” he objected.
“I have a coat and an umbrella,” I said, turning around. I showed him the umbrella. “See? I’ll be fine.”
He studied me carefully. “What were you and Amy talking about?”
I closed my locker and looked at the wall over his shoulder. “Nothing really.”
“Nothing really?” he parroted.
I nodded.
“If it was nothing then why won’t you look at me?” he asked in quiet frustration.
Slowly, my eyes moved to his and I saw the truth of what Amy had said there. I exhaled and then swung my bag over my shoulder.
“I’ll see you later,” I said and started to move
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