A/N: Yep, I am back! I know that I write a lot of Emma stories, but a good writer has to relate to her characters. Emma is really the only character I can relate to...besides Ellie. And I have a hard time relating to Ellie. So, with that said...enjoy the story! Oh, and keep an open mind. Sure they might be a little out of character...but think beyond the limits.

I sat up in bed when my alarm clock went off. I had been up for hours, to be honest I'm not sure I went to sleep. Funny isn't it? I used to be a straight A student...and now, I'm lucky to get a C. I don't care though. It doesn't matter. Nothing matters much anymore.
I sat up in bed and straightened out the clothes I had put on hours before. The white tank-top and lo-rise jeans were a symbol of the old Emma. The Emma before this happened...before Snake became SO sick. The Emma before Sean dumped her for some whore, tears stung my eyes as I thought of the two hanging all over each other in the hallways. The thought of them skipping class to screw each other...of them....I pushed thoughts away from my mind, grabbed my back-pack and went upstairs to the breakfast table.
Mom tossed a granola bar at me. "It's Smore's, your favorite."
"I'm not hungry," I said, placing the bar back on the table.
"You have to eat," Mom re-adjusted Jack on her hip and pushed it back toward me.
"I said I'm not hungry," there was agitation in my tone.
"Emma," Mom's tone matched mine. "Take the damn bar and eat it, ok? You have to keep your strength up."
I snatched the granola bar off the table and walked out the door, slamming it behind me.

At school I listened, or pretended to listen to Manny babble on and on about how dreamy Craig looked, and how it felt when Craig kissed her and how it felt when he made love to her, and blah, blah, blah. It was a bunch of bullshit.
My eyes drifted across the lunch yard to Sean and his new clique. They were working on that stupid car...like always. This time, like many others, Lara was hanging all over Sean. Nibbling on his ear, kissing his neck, putting her hands in his pockets. It was stomach-wrenching.
"Are you listening to me?" Manny asked.
"Not really," I said, not caring how it made her feel.
"thinking of Sean, huh?"
I looked at her. "I have to go. Media Immersion calls," I said. I walked off. Too bad Simpson wont be teaching the class.

A/N: Lara is intended to be a made-up character. I don't know of any Lara on the show, or if Sean has a girlfriend because I haven't seen the current season.