Emma's POV

"Emma, could you come here for a sec?"

It's Stewart. We're all at the Lady Shawmuts tournament. I brush off any possible crumbs of breakfast from my pants. Maybe he'll talk about prom!

"Listen, we need to talk. It's about me," he says. "So, I'm going to college in a few months."

"Ugh," I groan. "Don't remind me."

"I know. So I think, because I don't want either of us to get hurt while we're in too deep, we should just" he clears his throat. "Emma, we need to break up."

I'm totally shocked. "WHAT?!"

"I'm really sorry, Emma, but imagine if this were later in our relationship! Wouldn't that be awful?" he points out.

"Is this about Sophie?" I demand, trying not to start bawling. I'll do that later, in Jess's company. Or maybe my mom's.

He doesn't reply. "I really don't want you getting hurt. Maybe, someday, it'll all come back together…"

"Right," I snap "and it'll all be so cliché, and you'll think you're going to absolutely, positively, woo me, but no. Good day to YOU!" I storm out of the breakfast table. Thank God we're about to go home. As I'm walking out, I see Jess, Megan, and Becca. They were eavesdropping, I know it. But they must have been caught, because they seem oblivious to the situation.

"Soooo," Megan says. "Did he ask you to prom?"

Out of the corner of my eye, I see that StewRAT has left the room in the other direction. "Entirely the opposite!" I exclaim, and burst into tears.

They're all shocked. "What do you mean?" Becca asks after a long silence.

"HE BROKE UP WITH ME, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN!"

Jess is seriously taken aback. The others are too, but right now I'm only focusing on her. "It's okay, it'll all be fine…" she tries to assure me.

"NO!" I exclaim. "It WON'T be fine, but none of you know how it feels! Becca, this Rochester guy must be amazing, because he's not here, and you're still happy! So you have no idea! Megan, we all met Simon, he's one of the nicest people I've ever met; I know that for a fact!"

"You're forgetting he broke up with me," Megan points out.

"I don't care! And Jess. You will never, ever, ever know what I'm going through right now! Because you, my friend, have the perfect fairytale romance with stupid Mr. Perfect Pants and he would never let you down! And you know that, and I know that, and Megan and Becca know that, and EVERYBODY KNOWS IT! He is just too PERFECT to ever do ANYTHING to break ANYONE's HEART!" And with that I start to bawl. I then again storm away from my friends. Then I totally regret what I said.

I shouldn't have taken my anger out against them. They're my best friends! Cassidy, too! And now I'm going through this awful feeling without Jess, or friends, or Stewart!

And to make matters worse, out of the corner of my eye I can see Stewart.

WITH HIS ARM AROUND SOPHIE!

A.N. I know, I know, all the Stemma fans are mad at me. But if you want them back together, just let me know in the reviews! Tell me anything you want in this story, and I'll take it into consideration. Oh, and I know this chapter was short. They'll get longer as I go along, they always do! I hope you have a FABULOUS day, ;-), and thanks for reading. And if you read this author's note, thanks a bunch! Bye for now!