"Emma!" Emma looked up from her notebook. Mrs. Kwan was looking a
bit upset. "What are you doing? I repeated the question three times! Stop
daydreaming and keep your mind here in this classroom, and not up in the
clouds!" Emma felt her cheeks flush.
"Sorry, Mrs. Kwan," she mumbled, looking over to Manny's book to see what page they were on.
"I know it's the last period of the day, but please, bear with me," she said half-heartedly, as if she herself was tired of the lesson, too.
As soon as Mrs. Kwan turned to scribble something on the board, Manny leaned over in concern, frowning.
"Em, what's up with you? Stop spacing out, you're gonna find yourself with a detention... and we don't want a reply of that whole messy week with Raditch," Manny said, referring to Emma's tirade on cafeteria food's healthiness. Raditch
"I know," Emma said sharply. What was she taking advice from Manny for, anyway? They hadn't talked for a week, really. "Just thinking about things." Manny rolled her eyes. "Whatever." Emma meant Snake and his cancer, Sean and his new attitude, and Manny and her not talking, Emma not having a social life now between Snake's illness and Jack... things weren't looking good, and it put Emma in a bad mood.
Mrs. Kwan's class rolled by and luckily Emma didn't get called on again. As the bell rang, she hurried out into the hall, eager to find Sean. She waded through the crowd over to Sean's locker. Sean was leaning into his locker, reading a slip of paper.
"Sean!" Emma called, lighting up right away. "Sean!"
He looked up, his expression frustrated.
"Hey," he said, distracted, and looked back down to the paper, scratching his head.
"What's that?"
"I got another detention from Kwan for not having my report in on time. I could've sworn it wasn't due until next week," he said.
"Yeah, I got humiliated in her class for spacing out, again," she said, shrugging. She tried to seem not-too-happy, because he was upset about the detention, but inside she was thrilled he was even talking to her. "Just don't worry too much about it, it's only one detention, and I'll wait for you so we can walk home together," she said, smiling, hoping he'd agree to it. Sean shook his head, then looked sideways at her.
"I have plans, aren't you busy baby-sitting or something anyway?" he said, dampening Emma's good mood.
"Sean, that's not fair-" Emma started.
"Emma, I just don't feel like talking right now, especially to you. I gotta go," he said, scooping up his books and slamming shut his locker. With one last look, he walked the other way.
Emma's face fell. She watched him walk away from her until she couldn't see him anymore, then hurried over to her locker. She kept trying the combination on her lock, her mind on Sean and not on the numbers. Manny was suddenly at her side, all ready to go home. It was strange that Manny wasn't with Sully.
"Hey, Emma, what's up?"
"Sean's mad-at me-because he got a detention from Kwan. I told him to just forget about it, and he got mad at me... things have been really bad between us since last week when we got in that fight, and now suddenly everything's shitty again. I just don't know what to do, I don't want him to be friends with people like them," she said flatly, finally opening the lock and snapping it open. "I want things to be like they used to be." Another thing was going around in Emma's head, about the laptop she was thinking Sean had taken. Probably for something to show the cool kids he was tough or some stupid thing. She wanted to talk to Sean and try to get him to confess, but he wouldn't even talk to her. Now Emma didn't know what to do... But Emma couldn't tell Manny that. She didn't know where Manny stood with anything anymore.
"Oh, sorry, Emma, maybe he'll come around by tomorrow." Manny said. Emma nodded, and the two of them left out of the front doors.
Ashley and Craig were together at Craig's locker, and things were heating up. "What are we doing tomorrow night..." Ashley said, when they separated.
"I told you, I have plans with the guys," Craig said, leaning in for another kiss.
"Whoa," Ashley said. "We haven't been together all week... you've been with them. This weekend, I thought we were going to spend some time together," she said, pushing him back gently.
"Well, Ash," he said, getting defensive. "I mean... there's Saturday? It's only Friday night. See Ellie or something tomorrow, and Saturday we'll spend some time together." He tried to kiss her again, but she avoided his lips.
"I gotta go," she said, turning around and grabbed her bag and coat. She slammed her locker, took one last look at Craig, and stomped down the hall and out the door. Craig sighed, hitting his head onto the locker.
"I can't make her happy," he muttered, then grabbed his own backpack and went after her outside, but she was already out of sight.
"Sorry, Mrs. Kwan," she mumbled, looking over to Manny's book to see what page they were on.
"I know it's the last period of the day, but please, bear with me," she said half-heartedly, as if she herself was tired of the lesson, too.
As soon as Mrs. Kwan turned to scribble something on the board, Manny leaned over in concern, frowning.
"Em, what's up with you? Stop spacing out, you're gonna find yourself with a detention... and we don't want a reply of that whole messy week with Raditch," Manny said, referring to Emma's tirade on cafeteria food's healthiness. Raditch
"I know," Emma said sharply. What was she taking advice from Manny for, anyway? They hadn't talked for a week, really. "Just thinking about things." Manny rolled her eyes. "Whatever." Emma meant Snake and his cancer, Sean and his new attitude, and Manny and her not talking, Emma not having a social life now between Snake's illness and Jack... things weren't looking good, and it put Emma in a bad mood.
Mrs. Kwan's class rolled by and luckily Emma didn't get called on again. As the bell rang, she hurried out into the hall, eager to find Sean. She waded through the crowd over to Sean's locker. Sean was leaning into his locker, reading a slip of paper.
"Sean!" Emma called, lighting up right away. "Sean!"
He looked up, his expression frustrated.
"Hey," he said, distracted, and looked back down to the paper, scratching his head.
"What's that?"
"I got another detention from Kwan for not having my report in on time. I could've sworn it wasn't due until next week," he said.
"Yeah, I got humiliated in her class for spacing out, again," she said, shrugging. She tried to seem not-too-happy, because he was upset about the detention, but inside she was thrilled he was even talking to her. "Just don't worry too much about it, it's only one detention, and I'll wait for you so we can walk home together," she said, smiling, hoping he'd agree to it. Sean shook his head, then looked sideways at her.
"I have plans, aren't you busy baby-sitting or something anyway?" he said, dampening Emma's good mood.
"Sean, that's not fair-" Emma started.
"Emma, I just don't feel like talking right now, especially to you. I gotta go," he said, scooping up his books and slamming shut his locker. With one last look, he walked the other way.
Emma's face fell. She watched him walk away from her until she couldn't see him anymore, then hurried over to her locker. She kept trying the combination on her lock, her mind on Sean and not on the numbers. Manny was suddenly at her side, all ready to go home. It was strange that Manny wasn't with Sully.
"Hey, Emma, what's up?"
"Sean's mad-at me-because he got a detention from Kwan. I told him to just forget about it, and he got mad at me... things have been really bad between us since last week when we got in that fight, and now suddenly everything's shitty again. I just don't know what to do, I don't want him to be friends with people like them," she said flatly, finally opening the lock and snapping it open. "I want things to be like they used to be." Another thing was going around in Emma's head, about the laptop she was thinking Sean had taken. Probably for something to show the cool kids he was tough or some stupid thing. She wanted to talk to Sean and try to get him to confess, but he wouldn't even talk to her. Now Emma didn't know what to do... But Emma couldn't tell Manny that. She didn't know where Manny stood with anything anymore.
"Oh, sorry, Emma, maybe he'll come around by tomorrow." Manny said. Emma nodded, and the two of them left out of the front doors.
Ashley and Craig were together at Craig's locker, and things were heating up. "What are we doing tomorrow night..." Ashley said, when they separated.
"I told you, I have plans with the guys," Craig said, leaning in for another kiss.
"Whoa," Ashley said. "We haven't been together all week... you've been with them. This weekend, I thought we were going to spend some time together," she said, pushing him back gently.
"Well, Ash," he said, getting defensive. "I mean... there's Saturday? It's only Friday night. See Ellie or something tomorrow, and Saturday we'll spend some time together." He tried to kiss her again, but she avoided his lips.
"I gotta go," she said, turning around and grabbed her bag and coat. She slammed her locker, took one last look at Craig, and stomped down the hall and out the door. Craig sighed, hitting his head onto the locker.
"I can't make her happy," he muttered, then grabbed his own backpack and went after her outside, but she was already out of sight.