Emmett

Damn…I look like hell. No actually, I don't…I look like the big husky man I've always been. I'm Emmett McCarty for crying out loud. This is me, trying to give myself a pep talk before I go out with one of the sweetest, bravest girls I had ever met. And I didn't care one bit. I just needed something to occupy my time. I mean in between school and being an all time ladies man, I needed to go out on actual dates every once in a while. So I just chose the first girl who came up to me and actually tried to get to know me, for me. Usually it was some pig-headed, hell-raiser that usually tried to feel me up. It wasn't my fault; it was just human nature that girls would be attracted to me. I'm mean, come on, I'm Emmett McCarty.

I turned around to look at the clock at the wall. Quarter till six it said. "Ok, it'll be ok, Emmett," I said to myself in the mirror. "You just need to calm down. Don't let your emotions get the best of you."

"Emmett, who are you talking too?" My little sister called from behind me.

"Nobody," I said turning around to look into her big, brown eyes.

"Oh ok." She walked out of the room and down the hallway to her room.

Ugh, I'm gonna miss that little squirt. I was going off to college in the fall, but I didn't want to wait until then. The only reason I was staying was because my little sister has the summer off from school and that basically was the only time I could spend with her. I finished giving my self my own little pep talk and ran out of my room. I needed to get out of the house as soon as possible so I didn't go through some kind of interrogation with my parents. They were always wondering where I would sneak off to or to where I would go in the middle of the night. Truth was I never really planned on going anywhere, it just happened.

I walked to my car, turned it on, put it in gear and drove across town to pick my date up. As soon as I pulled into her driveway, she bolted out of the house like there was no tomorrow.

"I'll see you later tonight, bye!" She called out. "Hello. How are you, Emmett?" She asked as she entered the car.

"I'm good. Glad to see your parents let you come."

"Me too, I really have wanted to see you outside of school. I'm glad you're letting me go to the movies with you." She nervously ran her hand through her dirty blonde hair, opening up her face and letting her beautiful brown eyes show.

Wow, I'm not letting this one go…she's a beauty.

I momentarily caught myself staring at her and put the car into gear. I pulled out of her driveway and headed down the road to the town movie theatre. It only took us about five minutes to get there since our Podunk little town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee only has about three thousand people to its name. I pulled into the movie theater and put the car in park. She was about to head out of the car when I grabbed her wrist.

"Can I talk to you for a second?" I asked.

"Umm, sure. Ask away." She smiled politely and waited for me to ask the question. It had been on my mind all day and I had no idea how to say it.

I looked down nervously and felt my hand go numb around her wrist. "Uh, I'm not really sure how to put this so I'm just going to put it out there. I like you, like a lot. And I know that you probably think that I'm some kind of ladies man and that I just throw girls away like pieces of trash, but to tell you the truth that's not me. I'm a goofball, I love to laugh and the only smile I love is the ones that are yours. I know I sound all cheesy, but I just wanted to ask will you be my girlfriend."

She looked out the window nervously and looked like she was thinking about all the pros and cons inside her head. I closed my eyes and prayed to the good lord that someone would take me out of my misery right then and there if she was to say no. I couldn't live without her, I knew that much. She was still contemplating when I opened my eyes to see her staring at me.

"Emmett, I don't know what to say…really. I mean this is all really overwhelming and I know that there are some….hesitations on my part. But, I'm putting them aside for my happiness, do you understand?"

I nodded my head and waited for her to continue speaking.

"And I would be most happy if I was your girlfriend, Emmett. So I say yes. I would love to be your girlfriend."

The huge grin across my face could not describe what I felt in that moment. I felt relief that she actually said yes, giddiness because I was so excited, and nervousness because I didn't know if I was good enough to be with this girl. But I put my thoughts aside and looked down at her brown eyes staring up at me.

"God, you don't know how long I've waited for you to say that. You truly just made me the happiest man in the world." I kissed her forehead and leaned back waiting for her response.

"Well, I've been waiting since the moment I saw you for you to ask me out, but I never thought I had a chance but I guess I do! Oh, come on, the movie is about to start and we don't want to be late." She opened the door and exited the car with me hot on her heels.

"So what are you doing tomorrow? Maybe we can see each other again?" She asked happily.

"I'm actually going hunting tomorrow, so I can't see you tomorrow. How about Sunday?"

"That'll work. What are you going hunting for?"

"Bears."

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