Emma's POV
"What is up with him?" Manny asked me at lunch.
"Haven't a clue." I said, as I stared at Sean, who was sitting with Darcey and her friends.
"He's never not ate with us at lunch... well, except for when Amy..."
"Oh, please don't bring that up." I rolled my eyes as I wondered why Sean would abandon me.
"Why don't you just ask him what wrong at rehearsal today?" Manny examined the food on her plate and decided it wasn't human food.
"I... I don't know. I just get some weird feeling that if I ask him, he'll get even more annoyed by me. But still, I don't get why he's avoiding me. Was it something I said?"
"I don't know... I mean, you're the one that showed up on his doorstep the other day. Did anything happen there?"
"If something did, I would have remembered. But my mind's drawing a blank." I bit my nails.
"Tell me what happened, word-for-word." Manny demanded.
I told her everything I could possibly remember. "And then, he's like, 'It's not that bad.' And then I'm like, 'Not that bad? I mean, no offense, Sean, but I have to kiss you now. I find that really gross, disgusting, and creepy'. Then he gets all weird and freaky on me. And then he says he has watery eyes and-"
"Whoa. Hold up. Did you say... oh no." Manny gets up and leaves, muttering 'this is bad' and 'how could I not notice' over and over, leaving me there in mid-sentence.
What was going on?
Sean POV
I did all I could to avoid Emma at lunch, but then we had to meet at rehearsal. Just great. She was going to ask what was wrong, and I would just stand there and stutter.
"Sean!" Emma calls from the hallway behind me. I sigh heavily and keep walking, pretending that I couldn't hear her.
"Sean! I had no idea!" The voice gets closer, and I realize that it's not Emma, but Manny.
"Had no idea about what?" I say simply as she catches up with me.
"You are soo head-over-heels."
I frown for a moment, then regain my confidence. "I know. Darcey's so hot."
"Not Darcey." She said, as if it was the stupidest idea in the world. "Emma."
I faked a laugh. "Where did you get that idea? That's crazy, it's insane, it's-"
"Scale of 1-10."
"10." I said instantly. Then I realized what I had said and wanted to kill myself. "I mean, that's how much I like Darcey, not Emma. I mean, if I did like her, hypothetically speaking, I wouldn't-"
"Shut up, Sean."
"Shuttin'." I become silent, waiting for Manny to speak.
"This is so cool!" She exclaimed.
"Why do you think that me having a crush on Emma is 'so cool'?" I asked.
"Ha! So you do like her. I knew it."
"Well, yeah."
"Oh, my gosh, really!" Manny's eyes become huge.
What was going on with her? "Yes."
She squeals. "You two have to get together."
"Easier said than done." I said, walking into Mr. Thomas's classroom, leaving Manny amazed.