Emma's phone kept ringing, and kept being ignored. Emma looked down and quickly put it on silent before it wrecked the ceremony.
"Who is it?" Manny asked, annoyed.
"Peter." She cringed.
Manny stared insanely at her, "He's still at it?"
Emma nodded, "I think he wants to get back together…" her and Manny shared a look. Her, Manny and Mia stood behind the stage in their school's gymnasium. They wore their blue graduation gowns and Emma had nice soft curls as did Mia. Manny had her hair pin straight and they were waiting for their names to be called for their diploma's.
"He is such a pain." Scoffed Manny.
Mia giggled, "He told Chester Adams that he wanted to bring you to Prom tomorrow night."
Emma rolled her eyes and noted bluntly, "I don't think I'll be going to Prom.."
"We did go last year and it was a bust." Manny agreed.
Mia's mouth hung in horror, "It's our last school dance though!"
Manny tossed Emma a smirk as she told Mia, "Me and Jay will probably have our own little party." She closed her eyes and sighed as if in bliss, "We do it at his place, every night, since we got together."
"Why am I not surprised?" Emma mocked but laughed. "So..is he not graduating?" she noticed he wasn't here.
Manny grumbled, "He just was never meant to I guess." She pointed out happily, "But he is really great at his job."
"What's he do again?" Mia had to ask.
"Well," she frowned, "I've stopped him from selling weed. But other than that, he's Tony's new paint job boy."
Emma narrowed her eyes at Manny, "Really?" she didn't know Jay started working with Sean. But then again…. She hadn't seen Sean in a week or so. Too busy with Ashley.
"Emma Nelson." She heard her name and sighed before forcing a smile and went on stage. Her forced smile turned into a real one though when she saw her parents and Jack in the crowd, cheering for her..
Finally! Highschool was over.
(((**)))
"Dinner was great.." Ashley said with a smile that night, wearing a mini black skirt and purple tight blouse. She held Sean's hand, pulling him towards her car. "You want to…come over?"
Sean snapped out of it, following behind her and stopping in front when she turned towards him. She put her French manicured fingers on his neck and leaned closer, kissing him deeply. He hadn't even answered.
They had been on four dates now, this being the 4th. This date seemed to drag on longer than usual. And Ashley was quick to go home with him from the very first date. They still didn't know much of another. Hell, Sean wasn't sure if she even knew his daughters first name. Ashley even seemed to think Sean was someone he wasn't. A mechanic who Snake highly recommended.
She didn't even know how he had spent time in prison before, or even about the other 3 years in hell, in Afghanistan, when in the army. Ashley had no idea what he use to be or who he was now because of it. She had no idea who Sean truly was and who was sleeping in her bed.
Sean now lied in her bed, in nothing but his boxers. Ashley was passed out naked next to him. She knew when she woke up, she'd be sore in the morning, like all the other mornings after Sean would fuck her brains out. He was a master in the skills of making a woman feel really 'good'.
Sean was sitting up against her bed frame, staring through the darkness of her room before he blinked and snapped out of it. He glanced at Ashley, and slowly got out of the bed, careful not to wake her. He always snuck out after they had had sex. It wasn't that it was bad sex. It's just that while during sex, he pictured somebody else while Ashley lay under him. And he knew how messed up that was. Sometimes it wasn't even the fact he pictured Emma, but he was thinking about her while his dick inside not just some other girl, but someone close to Emma.
He was starting to feel a bit dirty.
"Don't go." Mummered Ashley, putting her hand on his as she fluttered her eyes open. He leaned on the bed as he was putting his shoes on after putting his jeans back on. He buttoned his jeans up next, after taking his hand out from under Ashleys. She frowned deeply and eyed him.
She thought he was looking for a relationship, and he seemed to act as if he thought so too until late at night, his true form appeared and she saw he was some distant and mysterious guy who wasn't satisfied even if they just had great sex. So what the hell was up? It's like Sean was exactly who Snake explained him to be- a good guy, with a good job, who was a good young father, and was very good looking, but there was another side of him she didn't understand. There was a guy with secrets, dark secrets, and he didn't care to share with her. His mind seemed to always be on something else too. She never felt like he was giving his 100%. She had no idea why she went on another date with him when she had felt this way the last time, but, he was irresistible. Hot. And again, mysterious. What girl could resist that?
He cleared his throat, still not saying anything. She sat up, narrowing her eyes at him and watching as he looked as if he couldn't leave fast enough. "Where is this going?" she nearly snapped.
Sean paused as he looked down and then bent to grab his shirt. Throwing it over his hard ripped body, he finally glanced back at her when she spoke again, annoyed. "Are you seeing someone else?" she huffed, looking down. She hated to seem desperate. She was a gorgeous girl and there were 100 other guys who'd kill for her attention. "I know we aren't official by all means and it's only been a week or two, but I don't like feeling like some whore."
Sean nodded, clenching his jaw. He understood that. "Sorry."
"Is that what I am?" she asked, her eyes saddening.
He looked speechless. He felt bad though and dug into his pocket for his keys as he tried to think of what to say back. Ashley had got up by then though, crawling to the edge of the bed where he stood and put her hands on his shoulders. She was still naked, and her breasts and body were out in all her glory.
She teased, "I'll glady be your whore Sean, at least behind closed doors, but I need something more. Some commitment." She arched her perfect shaped eyebrow, "Maybe some more connecting too? Talk to me. Share things with me."
He seemed to struggle for a moment before softly taking her hands off of him. "I can't. I'm just.." he took a deep breath and couldn't explain it, "I'm sorry." He shook his head and looked down. "This isn't working."
"Why?" she begged.
He shrugged before turning around and heading for the doorway, "I don't know what it is." That was a lie. But he couldn't very well say he wanted Emma to someone who was like her family.
Ashley shoulders fell, watching her door close behind him.
(((**))
Sean had just got to his front door when Emma's friend's drove up into her driveway. He looked over his shoulder to see her hop out of the car, giggling and laughing with her friends before waving goodbye and then her friends drove off.
Sean turned, looking down at his doorknob hard before cursing at himself and turning back around to her and spoke up, "Hey." He walked a little closer to her side of the driveway.
Emma had finally looked up and noticed him standing there. She stopped in her driveway. He was still handsome as ever. He wore his casual jeans and v neck shirt. His hair was sexily pushed back with some pieces falling back into his face. He ran a hand through his hair to fix it and Emma crossed her arms.
"Hi."
Sean knew they hadn't spoken for a over a week. It was actually eating up at him. He usually saw her leave for school when he left for work but it's like she changed the time she left to avoid him or maybe that was exaggerating. She probably just knew school was almost over and showing up the last week wasn't important. But even when he hung out with Snake, Emma left the house in almost a hurry.
"How was your graduation?" he asked.
"Good."
"Good." He repeated, coughing slightly and feeling awkward.
She crossed her arms and tilted her body towards her house and back at him, "Well, night."
Sean's eyes squinted sorely as he painfully watched her go.
Once inside her house, Emma leaned on the door sadly. One worded answers was what she thought he deserved. She knew it was silly to be hurt by him with Ashley, but she couldn't help but feel that way. She'd probably still feel jealous if he were with any other girl but it was more painful knowing someone close to her was with him, enjoying his charm, jokes, and company.
She felt like some stupid bimbo who was pining over someone she couldn't ever get. And he made her feel suddenly unimportant to him as he now only spent time with Ashley. To give him a taste of his own medicine, she vanished whenever he decided to come over and watch a game with Snake or something. She even waited until he left for work until she left for school. It was sad though, not spending time with him anymore. She missed him. Was that crazy?
Meanwhile, Sean had walked towards his kitchen, "I'm home." He called out. He took a deep breath before stopping in the entrance of the kitchen and saw Jane standing against the sink counter with her arms crossed, his step brother Lucas sat at the kitchen table too, knocking his fist lightly against the table. And then Sean's real brother, Tracker, turned his head from sitting at the same table but turned away.
He and Sean locked eyes, "Hey little brother." Tracker said with a crooked grin. He wore his bikers jacket, and Lucas wore one identical to it. Sean had his own upstairs in his closet but he never wore it, not around here anyways.
"You're in town now, too?" taunted Sean, crossing his arms over his buff chest and standing nose to nose with Tracker as his older brother stood up to stand infront of him. Sean knew Tracker never paid family visits, there was always some 'job' he wanted to do. Weather it be robbing a bank, or some kind of store.
"Don't worry," Tracker insists, "It's pleasure, not business."
Sean eyed him but stiffly nodded, loosening up. "Fine." He couldn't honestly believe that though.
Lucas spoke up with a smirk. "But then I interested him with a brilliant idea of mine."
Sean growled and went to open his mouth to sneer at them. He was done with these jobs.
"Hear them out, Sean." Jane said, raising an eyebrow at him and that shocked Sean. She never really wanted to stay in this life either. Now she was telling him to listen?
Sean eyed his family wearily.
