Later that week, Sean was laying in his bed doing what he usually did when there wasn't a party…listened to his parents fight while he wasted his life away on FaceRange. He was looking around for a party to hit up that night to get him out of the house while also dodging messages from random girls looking for a hookup. It's not that Sean wasn't looking for a hookup, I mean he was always looking for a hookup, but after what had happened with April the other night at Jeff's party, he was being slightly more selective in his process. Maybe if he picked girls that were a little less dramatic, then things wouldn't go downhill l so quickly and he wouldn't have to deal with their bullshit.
Just as he was about to message his buddy to see if he had any smoke, some pictures of Emma flashed up on his newsfeed. Sean's breath caught in his throat and he felt a stab of pain in his heart just seeing her face. He usually tried to avoid stalking her page at all costs and tell himself he just didn't give a damn but tonight he couldn't help himself.
Against his better judgement, Sean clicked on her name and brought up Emma's profile. The pictures that had just been posted were originally posted from his ex girlfriend Amy's account and had Emma, Alex, and Jay all tagged in them including some other random people Sean didn't know. Wait…since when did Emma hang out with his old group of friends? Last time Sean checked, they all hated each other!
In the photos, Emma was dressed slutty with a lot more makeup on than he had ever seen her wear and Sean could tell she was wasted in every one! What. .
Emma was slung over Amy and Alex and Jay like they were all besties and she was looking super cozy and friendly with some dudes he didn't even know! What was going on? This was NOT the Emma he knew.
Suddenly Sean heard a big crash from the living room and knew his parents had gotten to the phase of the night where they were throwing stuff at each other. He sure as shit didn't feel like sticking around to hear all that so he put his feelings about the new Emma on the backburner and texted his buddies to meet him on the beach. Sean snuck out his bedroom window per usual and headed towards his usual spot.
He light a cigarette on the way and tried to push Emma out of his mind.
About twenty minutes and a short walk to his spot on the beach later, and she was still on his mind. Why was Emma dressing like that and partying down at the ravine with his old friends? Did she drink all the time now? Was she into drugs too? Did she get bracelets from guys in the van like a lot of the girls that hung in the ravine did?
Oh god, just the thought of Emma with another guy made Sean,s pulse race and his blood boil. Why did she still have this effect on him after all these years? He hadn't seen her in months and she was still fucking driving him crazy!
"Yo, Cameron! It's about damn time you got here! Beers gettin cold man!" Sean heard his friend yell from across the bonfire when he finally reached the party.
Sean pushed Emma out of his mind as far as he possibly could and caught the can of cheap beer Skully throw his way.
He gave the crowd of partygoers his usual "I don't give a fuck" Sean Cameron smirk and said, "Guess I better get to chugging then."
He drank until he couldn't even remember Emma's name and blacked out on the beach.
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