Author's Note: To all my followers reading my pretty cure stories, I AM STILL WORKING ON THEM! I aim to upload as soon as possible and my goal is to at least completely finish Shuffle Pretty Cure (about twenty more chapters). Please don't lose interest just yet! And as for this story, well, I really got into Thomas last year and discovered it has such a fandom! I tried my best to keep them in character.
Wrapped in the dark green sheets of her bed, Emily laid on her side as she talked with her boyfriend on her smartphone. "I miss you. When are you coming home?"
Thomas chuckled. "I miss you, too. We'll see each other at school, I promise."
"Okay," Emily sighed, closing her eyes. Thomas was on a school trip with a few other classmates. It was a camping trip and anyone could of signed up who could, but Emily didn't like the idea of slaving away in the heat with the bugs and animals.
"I might miss first period though, but I'll definitely be back before lunch."
Sleepiness crept into Emily's voice. "Okay, baby, I can't wait to see you and everyone."
"You sound tired. Go to sleep."
"Alright, I love you."
"I love you, too. Good night."
"Good night." Emily ended the call and drifted to sleep with her phone in her hand.
Morning came and Emily awoke as her phone alarm chimed loudly. She tried to turn it off without opening her eyes, and with a couple of attempts, she did. She felt a sharp pain in her neck as she moved her head. She must have slept wrong, groaning before slowly getting out of bed.
Emily figured that the only thing good about today would be that Thomas and her friends would be coming back. She was still insanely tired as she sat in the passenger's seat of her car which she insisted her mother drive so she could take a nap.
Her mother had advised her to go to the nurse to check out her neck which still hurt to move. Emily obliged and headed straight there only to find that the nurse wasn't at school yet.
"Great..." Emily grumbled as she shuffled her feet to her classroom and slumped in her desk after putting her bookbag down.
Rosie sat in the desk beside her and noticed her odd behavior. "Hi, Emily! Are you okay?"
"No. My neck has a crick in it and it hurts to turn my head. I'm also still so tired," Emily complained as she held back a yawn.
"Gosh, I'm sorry. Why are you so tired?" Rosie asked in a teasing way.
Emily glared at her, feeling her face heat up. Rosie knew she sometimes stayed up late talking to Thomas. "If you know why, don't ask."
Rosie giggled as she tucked a strand of lavender hair behind her ear. "Try to cheer up. He and the others are coming back today, you know."
"Yes, I know, Rosie." Not soon enough, she thought.
After her math class was over, Emily went to her locker to get her history book. She didn't even answer any questions the teacher asked which she loved to do. She just copied her notes down with a frown on her face. At least her neck was feeling better.
Before she could even get her book out, James sneaked up on her and hugged her from behind with a grin on his face. Emily yelped in surprise. "James! You almost gave me a heart attack!"
"I'm sorry, Emily, but I couldn't resist," James laughed before rushing away.
Emily shook her head while she laughed, taking her book and putting it in her bag. She closed her locker and while setting the lock, it dawned on her. James went on the camping trip... which meant they all were back.
Another pair of arms found themselves around her waist, hugging her more tightly. She wasn't surprised this time and smiled, melting from the contact she missed for a whole week.
"Guess who?" His voice whispered in her ear.
"Well, I'm pretty sure it's not James again," Emily teased.
"Nope, last try."
"Hmm... Thomas?" Emily smiled as she turned around and met ocean blue eyes.
Thomas was smiling, too, happy to have his girl in his arms after a long time. It was only seven days, not like a month or something, but it was the first time they've ever been apart like this since they've been dating. All he wanted now was to kiss those lips of hers.
Emily saw him looking at her lips and blushed. It has been a long time and she wants to kiss him, too. Suddenly not caring about where she was or who might see, she leaned in, letting her bag fall from her hands to the floor.
Thomas pulled her closer and she wrapped her arms around his neck. He licked her bottom lip, moving his tongue into her mouth.
Rosie walked over slowly, not knowing how to break up the two lovebirds so she could get to her locker. "Um, guys? I know you have a lot of catching up to do, but does it have to be in front of my locker?"
Thomas didn't hear her, or either pretended not to.
Emily did and pulled away. Both of them were breathing heavier.
"T-Thomas. We have to stop. We're in public," Emily panted.
"And you're still in my way," Rosie said as politely as she could. "Can you guys please move?"
"Sorry, Rosie," Thomas said as he and Emily broke apart and moved to the side.
"Thank you," Rosie said.
"I... I have to get to class." Emily tried to calm down as she walked quickly away, not even stopping when Thomas called her. She let her emotions get the best of her.
"Thomas!"
Thomas turned to see Percy behind him looking... angry?
"What were you doing?"
Thomas smirked, licking traces of lip gloss off his lips as he headed for his English class. "What do you think?"
"I know what!" Percy turned red as he walked up to Thomas. "People are talking about you!"
"What, because I kissed my girlfriend?" Thomas laughed as he went to his seat between Percy and Toby.
"I'm just saying that some people saw. You don't care?"
"No."
"What's going on?" Toby asked.
"It's nothing, Toby. Percy's overreacting because I kissed Emily in the hallway," Thomas said.
"Wow, I didn't think Emily liked PDA," Toby said, surprised.
"PDA?" Percy asked, confused.
"Public displays of affection," Thomas explained. "She... doesn't. Oh, no..." Thomas held his head. "That's why she walked off on me like that."
"What are you going to do?" Percy asked.
"I'll talk to her. Maybe she won't be too mad at me," Thomas sighed.
In her history class, Emily couldn't help but touch her lips. I can still feel him, she thought as she moved her hand away. What was I thinking? There wasn't too many people in the hall was there? Emily was close to panicking. If they had got caught by a teacher, they would have probably got in trouble, and it would have been so embarrassing. Luckily, it only seemed that Rosie saw them.
A folded piece of purple stationary paper flew into her history book. Emily glanced to Rosie who was motioning for her to open it.
Talk to me after class.
Emily wondered if Rosie just wanted to get details on the kiss, but the worried look on her face told her that it wasn't that. Emily wrote back before tossing the paper back.
Why? What's wrong?
There's something you need to see.
That made Emily worried. What was it?
Emily and Rosie sat alone in the cafeteria after they got their lunch. Whatever Rosie found out must have been something bad.
"Well, what is it?" Emily asked as Rosie tapped on her phone.
"I'll show you! Look!" Rosie held her phone under the table, having the screen so Emily could see it.
Emily gasped. It was a video of her and Thomas kissing! Someone who saw must have filmed it. Emily glared at Rosie.
Rosie flinched. "It wasn't me!"
"Then who was it? Delete it!" Emily cried.
"I can't delete it because it wasn't me! Someone posted it under a fake account."
"This is so embarrassing! I'll never live this down!"
"Then, why did you kiss him in the middle of the hallway? I thought you didn't like that."
"I don't, but I was just so happy to see him and I didn't think!" Emily buried her face in her hands.
Rosie felt sorry for her friend, wrapping an arm around her. "Don't worry. We can fix this."
"How?" Emily asked.
"Well, I was thinking we could hack into the site and delete it before too many people see it."
"I don't know how to do that!"
"Something you can't do?"
"This is not the time for jokes, Rosie! Maybe Victor can help us. Do you see him anywhere?"
"I think I see him over there! I'll go get him!" Rosie got up and walked off.
Emily hoped that Victor could get rid of the video. She really hoped not too many people had seen it. She also hoped that Thomas wasn't too mad at her if he seen it.
Thomas sat a few tables from Emily with Percy and Toby. Their senior friends: Edward, Gordon, James, and Henry also sat with him. He had told them about Emily and asked for advice which might have been a bad idea since James and Gordon wouldn't stop laughing.
"You kissed her in front of people?" Edward asked with a worried expression.
"Oh, Thomas, you never learn, do you?" Gordon smirked.
"At least I have a girlfriend to kiss, Gordon," Thomas replied, not in the mood to put up with Gordon right now.
Gordon grumbled in anger as the others muffled their laughter.
Henry was the first to stop when he saw something unusual. "Hey, isn't that Rosie with Victor?"
The boys looked and it was indeed Rosie pulling Victor along and holding his hand which ticked James off. Edward and Gordon held him down so he wouldn't get up and cause trouble.
"I wonder what the girls are doing..." Toby said.
Rosie brought Victor to Emily with a bright smile on her face. "He says he could try, right, Victor?"
"I'll do my best," Victor smiled.
"Thank you so much, Victor," Emily said.
"You're welcome," Victor said before going back to his table.
Emily laid her head on Rosie's shoulder and sulked. Rosie sighed before rubbing her arm. "Everything's going to be fine, Emily. Now, come on, eat something before you make yourself sick!"
"Okay..."
The girls' next class was science which they shared with Toby, Percy, and Thomas. Emily was anxious to see Thomas again. She didn't know what she would say to him, but Rosie said that she should talk to him. So instead of Rosie, Emily asked Percy if she could trade partners with him.
"Hi, Emily," Thomas said.
"Hi, look, we need to talk," Emily started.
"I know, I'm sorry for kissing you earlier. I know you don't like to do those kinds of things in public but I led you on. I'm sorry."
Emily was surprised. Thomas thought he led her on even though she kissed him. "You don't have to apologize. I'm the one who kissed you. I should be sorry."
"So, you're not mad then?"
"Of course I am! You mean you haven't seen it?"
"Seen what?"
Emily's voiced dropped lower. "Someone filmed us in the hallway."
"What?" Thomas eyes glowed in anger. "Who?"
"I don't know, but Victor is trying to hack into the website and delete it."
"So, that's why we saw Rosie with Victor earlier."
"That's right."
"We had to keep James from going over there and ripping his hand off."
Emily smiled as she looked over to Rosie who was happily talking with Percy. "They really do like each other, huh?"
"Yeah. Just like us."
Emily felt Thomas grab her hand and intertwined their fingers. Even when all the chaos going on, she's still so glad he's back. Her heart's beating so fast like this was something new.
"I will find who took that video, Emily."
"Thank you, Thomas. You know, it's much more exciting with you back."
"They do say fun follows me wherever I go."
"Maybe a little too much fun."
Thomas and Emily laughed, forgetting about the video for awhile and just enjoying each others company. Even when the teacher came and started class, they kept their hands connected until they absolutely had to let go.
