EMMA:
I felt so bad for Mariana and the rest of the Adams Foster family. In the elevator, Mariana asked me,
"Can you sleep over at my house tonight?"
"Yeah, sure."
She turned to Stef and Lena.
"Moms, can she sleep over?"
Lena smiled.
"Sure."
Stef said,
"OK. We like Emma."
"I like you guys too."
I took out my phone and I texted my mom,
"Hey, Mom, can I sleep over at a friend's tonight?"
She texted me,
"OK."
Stef and Lena made dinner, we had garden salad and cheeseburgers. I took a bit of mine.
"Stef, you're a great cook."
"Thanks, love,"
she said, taking a sip of her heineken. Stef and Lena turned in later that night (They're adults. Adults need their time to consummate. Or in other words, to have sex), Brandon was sleeping at Courtney's, Jude apparently was grounded for smoking pot with some christian boy (the boy had a cannabis card for anxiety or something) so that left Callie, Mariana and I. We were in her room, because we were just in the mood to get in cozy PJs. Mariana asked me,
"Wanna borrow a pair of my pajamas?"
I was kind of a tomboy, so Mariana's style wasn't exactly in my taste. But she meant well.
"Sure."
She handed me a set of pajamas that consisted of a gray sleeveless top that said 99% Angel on it and pink, white and black plaid print pajama pants and I changed into them. Mariana's pajamas were a pink tank top and leggings- the top had Mulan on it. She slid her feet into a pair of white furry slippers and tied her long black hair in a ponytail with some strands loose in the front. Callie walked in, a white long sleeved henley tee shirt and white pajama pants with Mickey Mouse on them (You know, how he looked in the classic shorts like Steamboat Willie). I laughed.
"I guess I didn't get the Disney memo."
Callie said,
"Oh no this wasn't intentional."
Mariana turned to her sister.
"Hey, Callie, be a good big sister and go make some popcorn, please?"
She smiled.
"OK."
"Thanks."
Callie left the room and the latina in the Mulan pajamas said to me,
"Thanks for spending the night at my house. In return, you can sleep in my bed."
"That's really generous, Mariana, but where are you going to sleep?"
"On the floor."
She went to her closet and grabbed a futan and pink sleeping bag and a pillow.
"Let's go downstairs and watch a movie."
We decided on The Devil wears Prada. Callie came in with a large bowl of popcorn mixed with M&M's. I said,
"Thanks, Callie. I like your touch."
Callie smiled.
"Just a little thing I like to do with movie treats."
The three of us put on The Devil wears Prada. Mariana whispered,
"You know, you should sleep over here with me, Lexi and the girls from the dance team or STEM class."
I said,
"That'd be fun. I mostly hang out with boys. I never really had a lot of girl friends."
Mariana and I became close as friends because we were in STEM class. I used to date Jesus, but we broke up because he thought I was "too bossy". BULLSHIT. I'm not that bossy. I can be aggressive sometimes, but I'm not bossy.
After Jesus and I broke up was when Mariana and I established a friendship. The three of us fell asleep on the couch and eleven hours later, it was seven o'clock in the morning. Mari slowly stirred from the bed.
I whispered,
"Sorry, Mariana. Did I wake you?"
"No, I was already awake. Holy mother of fuck I'm starving."
Callie was just lying on the other end of the couch, sleeping like a rock. She was all curled up, her hand was curled into a fist and under her cheek, sandwiching her cheek and the arm of the cheek. I whispered,
"Your sister is one sound sleeper."
Mari giggled.
"Yeah. She also doesn't snore, which is really nice."
"She looks a little cold, though."
I found a white sherpa blanket and I covered Mariana's sister in it, lucky enough not to wake her from her deep sleep. We went to the kitchen. I picked up a yellow banana and an orange and Mariana grabbed a bowl, a box of lucky charms, a carton of milk and a cute little box of blueberries. She asked me,
"Would you maybe want to swing by the hospital after breakfast and go see Jesus?"
"Sure. But this early in the morning?"
"It's a hospital, not a mall."
Stef walked down. Her short blonde pixie haircut was all messy- it kind of made her look like Austin from Austin & Ally. Yes, I'd seen a couple of episodes and I enjoyed it. It was sappy, but it was sappy in a cute and funny way.
(AUTHOR'S NOTE: Believe it or not, Emma's actress, Amanda Leighton was actually on Austin & Ally. She was on the episode Beach Bums & Bling, she played Bonnie, a girl who shared Trish's personality).
"Good morning, ladies. How was your little slumber party? And I still smell popcorn."
I said,
"Callie made it last night. We were watching a movie."
"Aww, that was nice of you to invite Callie to join you. Where is she?"
Mariana ate a spoonful of her cereal.
"Mmm. Sleeping on the couch."
After eating breakfast, we just put on some sneakers and hoodies and Mari said,
"Mom, we're going to visit Jesus in the hospital."
"OK. Just don't talk to strangers-"
Stef started to say.
"And don't follow the trail of bread crumbs to the gingerbread witch's house. We know, we know."
OK, second chapter down! I wanted to emphasize Mariana and Emma's friendship in this chapter. Just so you know, this story very likely will have 10 chapters or less. I'm very excited for tomorrow, I'm going to comic con with a friend tomorrow (I live in San Francisco) and I'm so happy you guys like the story!
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