Yay! Another chapter! This one is longer too! Anyway, before we get started with the chapter I would just like to say that my heart goes out to everyone affected by the Aurora, Colorado shooting.

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~Sydney POV~

I woke up the next morning and got ready for school. For some reason I didn't feel like crap this morning. I quickly got dressed and said goodbye to my father. I don't know why I even try with him. I stepped outside and was met by the sight of Embry.

We stared at each other for a few minutes. "I'm sorry." We both said at the same time. He chuckled a bit, "I shouldn't have yelled at you like that. I was just worried and pissed at Paul for…a lot of reasons. I took it out on you and I shouldn't have." He ran his head through his hair. I took this as my moment to talk. "Don't worry about it. I overreacted." He opened his mouth to protest but I gave him a look. "Shut up and let me finish, " he smirked and motioned for me to continue. "I was stressed, and confused, and had a killer headache. Which was probably why I agreed to go out with Paul."

I muttered the last part but Embry somehow managed to hear it. "You agreed to go out with him?" I nodded. "I'm going to kill him." He started shaking violently. His whole body was convulsing. "Em, relax. He didn't force me into it or anything. I chose to say yes." I put my hand on his shoulder. His shaking ceased and he nodded. "If he hurts you…I'll kick his ass."


I pulled up to school and quickly spotted Jake and Quil over by the entrance. "Hey guys," I said as I walked up to them. "Guess what? I made up with Embry!" I looked at them expecting them to be excited, but they both just looked at me shocked. "You mean he actually talks to you?" Quil asked incredulously. I looked at them beyond confused. "What are you talking about? We made up. Of course he talks to me." They shared a look, while I sat there, confused as hell. "He won't even acknowledge us. He hangs out with Sam Uley's gang now." Jake said with a slight growl to his voice. I waited for them to come out and say they were joking, but their faces remained serious. "You're serious?" They nodded.

I was instantly filled with anger and confusion. Anger because we had been best friends for forever. I don't understand how he could suddenly ditch them. Confusion because it just didn't add up. "Hey, I got to go. I'll catch up with you later." I gave each of them a quick hug then ran off in search of Embry. I spotted him over by one of the totem poles that surrounded the school with Jared, who was hugging this girl to his side. Before I could successfully reach him and knock some sense into him, Paul stepped into my line of vision.

He smiled down at me, "Hey Sydney." I had come to the conclusion last night, that since I had stupidly agreed to go on a date with him, I would have to be civil if he talked to me. I sighed and forced a smile on my face, "Hey Paul." I think he could tell the smile was forced because his smile faltered slightly. I glanced around him at Embry. "Sydney?" My attention snapped back to him. "Huh?" He chuckled. "I was wondering if tomorrow night would be okay?" I gave him a confused look. He shifted on his feet slightly. "For our date. You're not having second thoughts are you?" Oh right! I had a date with Paul. Tomorrow was Friday. I had nothing to do but homework and that could be done on the weekend. "No. Umm, tomorrow's good." His grin grew back. "Great! I'll pick you up at 6."

"Great!" I tried to say it with as much enthusiasm as I could as he walked off. I finally sprinted over to Embry and stepped in front of him. "What the hell is wrong with you?" He looked down at me confused. "I went over to Jake and Quil this morning thinking they'd be excited that we made up. But they told me that you wouldn't even talk to them. Care to explain?" His face contorted with sadness and his hands were starting to shake. "I wish I could, Syd. But I can't."

I started pacing in front of him. "The hell you can't," I stopped in front of him. "They are your best friends Embry! I don't see how you can just ditch them!" He sighed, exasperated. "I didn't want to, Sydney." I gave him an incredulous look. "Then why did you!" He looked down. "I can't tell you." I shook my head, "Whatever. I've got to get to class." With that I ran off to my locker.


By lunch, I still had no clue as to why Embry would do that. I quickly bought my lunch and started to walk over to where Quil and Jacob were sitting. But of course luck was never on my side, so Paul just had to stop me. "You wanna come sit with us?" He nodded his head over to the table where Embry, Jared and that girl sat. "Umm, I'm kinda already sitting with someone today. Maybe another time." I gave him a weak smile and scurried over to Quil and Jacob.

"What was that all about?" They both asked me when I sat down. This should be good. "Well, I kinda have a date with Paul and he wanted to know if I wanted to sit with him, but I told him I was sitting with you guy. I said in a rush. Quil's Gatorade went flying out of his mouth and onto my face. "Eww. Quil, was that really necessary?" I asked as I wiped it off with a napkin. "Sorry, but did you say you have a date with Paul?" I nodded slowly. "Oh, so you'll go out on a date with him but you won't go out with me? I see how it is." I smacked the back of his head. "OW! But seriously be careful okay." I gave him a look that said 'duh' and took a bite of my apple.


After finishing my homework I went up to bed. Surprisingly, I found myself not dreading tomorrow but actually looking forward to it.

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So, next chapter is the date and I'm very excited! Anyway, thank you for all of the reviews and please leave more, it makes me smile!

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