"These look pretty good," Jayden noted as they passed some apples.

"They do," Emily said picking out a handful of them. She scanned the store for people. Jayden took notice of this.

"Are you looking for someone in particular?" Jayden teased. Emily looked up at him.

"Yeah I am and I think I might have found her," Emily said. Jayden gave her a confused look.

"And who's 'her', exactly?" Jayden asked.

"You'll see," Emily smiled. They kept walking up and down the aisles, collecting food as they went.

"But blueberry is sooooo much better!" Emily whined.

"Nu-uh. Strawberry waffles are the best," Jayden stated. Emily pouted her lip out at him, giving him the puppy dog eyes. Jayden just mimicked her expression.

"Fine, we'll just get both," Emily giggled and Jayden laughed with her. Shopping with Emily was a lot more fun than shopping with Mia. Emily just seemed to brighten up the place and he just felt more comfortable with Emily. Had it been Mia, he probably would have just let her get the blueberry waffles and not said anything, otherwise it would have just gotten awkward. With Emily though, he felt like he could be more himself. Emily was having a great time too. Had she known Jayden was this much fun while shopping, she would have offered to go all the time.

"Oh yay, ice-cream!" Emily called out. She turned to Jayden. "Cookie dough?"

"Sherbet," he stated.

"Oh, you are so doing that on purpose now!" Emily bumped Jayden's shoulder and they both laughed.

"I love cookie dough," Jayden smiled. Emily giggled; this was too much fun. A tall, brunette walked by them. She was thin, had long, sleek hair and was overall just really pretty. Emily touched her arm to stop her.

"Hey, Allie," Emily greeted. Allie was a friend of Serena's that would always come over. She was a really nice girl and would suit Jayden perfectly.

"Emily?" Allie asked, disbelievingly.

"The one and only," Emily smiled back.

"I haven't seen you in so long! You look so different now!" Allie exclaimed and gave Emily a soft hug. "How are you?"

"I've been better," Emily stated. "How about you?"

"I've been good. I just got back from visiting Serena. How are you holding up with all of that?" Allie asked, a bit worried.

"It's hard but Jayden's been helping me," Emily said, pulling Jayden into the conversation. Jayden stood there not knowing what exactly to do. Allie looked over at him and she instantly turned to get a better look. She is definitely interested, Emily thought. "Allie this is Jayden and Jayden this is Allie," Emily introduced them. Jayden held out his hand.

"It's nice to meet you," He said. She shook his hand.

"It's nice to meet you too," Allie said all flirtatiously. Jayden smiled. Emily's idea had worked.

"Oh gosh, Jayden. We totally forgot to get ketchup!" Emily blurted out. "I'm so sorry," Emily apologized to Allie. "I'll be right back! Here, Jayden will keep you company. He's a real funny one," Emily joked as she started walking away. Jayden looked at her confused. They had more than enough ketchup at home, why was she getting more? And then it dawned on him. She didn't really need ketchup. She had just tricked him into talking alone with Allie. Oh Emily, he was going to get her back for this.

"You gotta love Emily," Allie said looking after her. She turned to Jayden. "Are you two together… or?"

"No, we're just good friends," Jayden cleared up. Allie smiled wider as did Jayden.

Emily got to the end of the aisle. Jayden was going to kill her for this but she promised to find him a girl, and she'd keep it. Plus, it was Allie. She was perfect in every way. How could Jayden not like her? Emily turned to peer back into the aisle. Allie had struck up a conversation with Jayden. She was obviously flirting. Jayden seemed awkward at first but soon loosened up a bit. Allie was talking now and Jayden was just looking at her smiling. Emily felt a deep pit form in her stomach. She didn't know why though. It just bothered her that Jayden was suddenly opening up to someone else. Oh, stop. You're being way too silly Emily, she thought. This is Jayden's moment; be happy for him. She put her smile back on and ran to go find some ketchup. After finally finding some ketchup Emily headed back. She walked into the aisle to see Allie and Jayden still flirting.

"Hey there," Emily called out.

"Hey," Allie called back. Emily avoided looking a Jayden, knowing her was probably giving her the death glare right about now.

"Sorry 'bout that again. I hope Jayden kept you entertained," Emily smiled.

"Sure did. You were right, he is a funny one," Allie said and flirtatiously winked at Jayden.

"Well that's good then," Emily remarked. Allie smiled. Jayden looked down at his samuraizer.

"Em, it's 4," Jayden noted.

"Really? Ah, we have so much more stuff to get and fast," Emily panicked.

"Well you guys go ahead and get the rest of your stuff, I need to be going soon too," Allie said.

"Okay, it was really good seeing you again Allie,' Emily said.

"It was good seeing you too and good to meet you, Jayden," Allie flirted. They started walking their ways.

"I'm going to kill you for this. That was so not cool!" Jayden laughed. Emily laughed too with him.

"So? How'd it go?" Emily asked, all excited.

"It went fine but I just wasn't interested," Jayden said simply. Emily looked at him like he was crazy.

"What? It's Allie! What's not to love about her?" Emily asked.

"Oh no, don't get me wrong, she's great and all but… I don't know. I just wasn't feeling it," Jayden shrugged. Emily looked at him incredulously.

"You're crazy," she laughed. He looked down at her.

"No, you're the crazy one. I still can't believe you left me there alone with her!" Jayden exclaimed. Emily giggled.

"I was just trying to help out. I told you I'd find you a girl, remember?" Emily reminded him.

"So that's why you wanted to go to the store?" Jayden asked.

"Maybe..." Emily teased. Jayden laughed.

"I told you, I don't want a girlfriend. I need to focus on training," Jayden said.

"Not that again. Jayden, I will find you a girl. I said I would and I will," Emily replied. Jayden rolled his eyes.

"Stop worrying about me Em." Jayden picked out some bread and put it in the cart. "What about you?"

"What do you mean?" Emily asked as she looked through the pastries.

"I'm talking about Mike," Jayden stated. Emily looked up at him confused.

"What about him?"

"Em, he really, really likes you," Jayden confessed. Emily honestly looked like she had no idea.

"What? Really?" Emily made sure she had heard him right. Could Mike really like her?

"Yeah. Have you seriously not noticed?" Jayden asked, amused.

"No, not really," Emily noted. "Are you sure? I mean it's Mike and well… I'm me."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Jayden inquired.

"Well Mike is funny and really nice and for most girls the perfect guy. I don't understand why he'd settle for me, you know?" Emily replied as if it meant nothing and went to pick out some more stuff.

"You're kidding, right?" Jayden asked. She was kidding, right?

"No," Emily simply said and looked up at Jayden. "I just don't think I'm the kind of girl for him. He's funny and jokes around a lot and loves to do crazy things. I'm none of those. I just feel like I'd hold him down," Emily brushed off. Jayden stared at her. He couldn't believe that's what Emily thought and the way she brushed it off like it was nothing gave him a feeling like this was what she truly did believe.

"Em, you can't seriously think that's true."

"I do, I'm just not the kind of girl for anyone right now. I'm unstable and I just want Mike to find someone better."

"Someone better? Emily, I don't think there's anyone 'better'. You are fun and crazy and just make everyone happy when you're around. Take it from me, the most boring person on the team," Jayden joked.

"You're not boring. You just need to loosen up sometimes, like at practice earlier. That was definitely not boring," Emily laughed. "I think you're just being silly. Mike doesn't really like me." Emily called out as she went to the check-out lane. Jayden caught up to her. Emily was crazy. Mike really did like her. How could she think she was not enough for him? She was more than enough. Mike would be really lucky to have her. Heck, anyone would. Emily's pretty awesome.

Get ready! Some Jemily cuteness coming next chapter.