Emma opened her room door to go lie down, now she had a splitting headache. She yelped, closing her eyes and closed the door halfway when she realized Craig and Ellie were still there..
..and making out on her bed.
"I'm SO sorry!" Ellie exclaimed, pushing Craig off her who was trying to stop grinning like an idiot.
Emma laughed, trying to shake it off and not look frozen in shock, "I'm gonna take another stroll." she closed the door and giggled again as she walked down the hall.
She noticed Sean just enter his room and her heart stopped. Should she go talk to him? Her mind screamed no, because he probably hated her and it was painful to think of if he did. But her heart screamed yes.
Sean sat on a chair by his bed, and he was changing the bandages on his knuckles.
Emma slowly entered his doorway, and he must of heard cause he looked up. She froze, and his mouth fell a bit, his eyes storming up. He wanted to talk too, but didn't even know what to say.
She nervously leaned on the door and then put a piece of her hair behind her ear, "You need help?" she asked.
"got it." he muttered. He didn't want her to see this.
Emma walked in anyways and so he focused hard on his hand to bandage it up. He reached for a cloth with peroxide on it and cringed a bit when he damped it on his fist. Suddenly the cloth was taken and Emma sat on the edge of the bed and took his hand into her lap, she looked down and just instantly went to work on it.
"Why'd you do this?" she asked quietly.
He looked down at his hand, watching her begin to wrap a new bandage on it before they switched to the other.
He swallowed hard, watching and feeling her gentleness as she caressed his knuckles. Fuck, he felt tingly all over, especially where she touched..and when she let go, he felt a rush of emptiness.
He almost sighed in relief when she picked up his other hand, and began to unwrap that one.
He decided to lighten the mood, "Door said something he shouldn't of."
Emma smiled, and he grinned at that, connecting eyes with her til she looked back down when the other bandage was off his hand and turned it to show him, "This ones all better." she said whisper like.
Sean blinked, more interested in her eyes than his hand and then went to look and raised his eyebrows. Huh, it was all better. One hand to go..
He sucked in a shakey breath. He took the courage to slowly turn his hand back into hers, and slipped his fingers through hers slowly.
Emma looked down at their hands and her heart began to rush when he pulled her hand toward him closer and she let him. She looked almost scared as his other hand went onto her waist.
Emma gasped in sharply, he had leaned in so closely, and he stared up at her with a deep look in his eyes. Tracker was right, his eyes only sparkled when he looked at her.
Their lips were inches a part, and Emma cupped his face and he shut his eyes slowly. Her heart fluttered. Wow. He seemed to react a lot to her touch. The two had really missed another.
She leaned down, but didn't kiss him, even if she badly wanted to, "I'm sorry for everything." she whispered.
He exhaled, opening his eyes and shook his head, taking one of her hands off his face slowly and he just held her hand tightly again and gave her a stern look, looking up at her.
"I'm the one that's sorry." he breathed, painfully looking down and she saw him look choked up.
He was always bad with showing his feelings but she saw it, he was trying. And this thing between them had been so painful for so long and it didn't have to be.
"I'm an idiot what I did to you. I thought if I let you go and stayed away, hung around with another crowd, my feelings would go away but they wouldn't. They won't." he told her.
Emma looked sadly away and he frowned deeply. . he wasn't finished.
"I was selfish and mad because you weren't giving me attention when you had better things to worry about." Sean said and he looked so mad at himself when she looked back at him and she softened, seeing tears forming in his eyes and she noticed some in hers too.
She had never seen him cry. . now they were sharing a moment crying together? Wow. Things have changed upon these years.
"It's ancient history." Emma insisted.
He looked up at her hopefully and helplessly. He'd always be inlove with her, wouldn't he?
She held his hurt hand in both her hands and held it up to her lips, kissing his knuckles softly and his heart stopped, watching her in a trance as she did and let the breath he was holding out when she stopped.
When she looked back up to him, he was staring intensely at her, wanting to kiss her. She bravely and near teasingly got up and slowly moved onto his lap where he sat on his chair. His hands went to her hips and held her there as he stared incredibly up into her eyes.
"We're different now." he said. He whispered softly, "I want to get to know you again, Em."
Their eyes fluttered closed a bit and when Emma waited for it, Sean shut his eyes and sighed, "I wanna kiss you.."
Their lips brushed, yet still, he didn't take the bait and just kiss her. Emma even watched his eyes shut harder, as if scared to open them like this was just some dream.
Their sounded like a big but, and Emma was deeply confused.
"But.." he drifted with an unfortunate tone in his voice, opening his eyes and lifted one hand off her waist to slide his fingers through her hair, "I'm not going to. Not until we're out of here. Not til I know there is nothing more here that wants to try and rip us apart. And I can look forward to one good thing."
Emma smiled sadly but nodded, understanding.
"I missed this." he admitted, enjoying the feel of her in his arms again but he never had her like this before. This felt so different. More intimacy. He smirked at her, and she smiled as he stared at that. "I missed that too."
She laughed, trying not to blush and he grinned some more as she stood up.
"Missed that too." he loved when he could make her blush.
"Stop." she said and rolled her eyes, going to the door and he laughed, following her out to stop in their tracks when his family almost walked in on them.
Emma went REALLY red now and Sean too, scratching the back of his head. His mother raised an eyebrow, looking between them and couldn't help but notice this young lady was a real beautiful young girl...and her boy deserved the best.
"Hi." his mother smiled, eying between the two. She could tell the girl felt embarrassed or shy.
Emma looked shocked back at Sean who gave her a timid look. She'd never met them before but she could just tell these were his parents, plus, Tracker stood with them, and Tracker and Seans dad looked alike.
His father grinned wider, seeing Sean glancing back and forth nervously. He couldn't help but offer, "We're going to dinner now." he looked to Emma, "You wanna bring your friend?"
Sean grinned a bit, putting his hand on the small of Emma's back who jumped a bit, but only cause she was so nervous. He knew she was probably thinking they'd judge her for this.. think the girl who was going to become his girlfriend again was crazy..but they wouldn't.
"Yea. Let's go." Sean informed, and they turned, leading them out. Sean smirked, slipping his hand into Emma's as they walked, "breath." he teased.
Before they went out the door, Emma stepped back. His family kept walking out and went to go get the car and Sean stopped when he noticed her hand pull him back a bit and then let go.
He eyed her worriedly, "What's wrong?"
She looked a bit frightened and shook her head, "I think I'll stay." she told him.
He saddened, and stepped closer, "Em, they're gonna love you. They probably aren't going to think you're even real or that I'm even good enough for you." he smirked.
Emma shook her head frantically, "No. It's not that. I wanna get to know them but.." her eyes glazed over, eyeing the exit door and nervously shook her head, "I can't go."
Sean slowly put it together, she was scared to leave. She was scared that if she left, she'd become the same broken person as she was before she came in here.
"You're fine." he whispered promisingly, lifting her chin and her sad eyes looked up at his, "Allison wouldn't excuse both of us if we weren't."
Emma relaxed. That was true. She smiled a little and he did too, nodding back at her when she slowly agreed with a nod.
"Ok?" he asked, and took her hand again and she decided to lead him out this time, smiling as she did.
Emma sighed happily as she exited first, letting the air hit her and Sean closed the door behind them, also taking in the view and smirked at the small smile on her lips when she turned back to him. He knew he said he wanted to wait, but since I guess they were 'out', he grabbed her.
The wind softly blew through her hair and he walked right up to her, Sean leaned down and placed his hand on the side of her face, crashing his lips down to hers.
Emma gasped into the kiss and her eyes widened, to slowly close and melt into his arms kissing back just as deeply and passionately. It was full of everything they'd been through this year.. longing, regret, apologies, and hope for the future. Sean slowed it down, tenderly pulling her lips into his and they stopped breathlessly, leaning forehead to forehead again.
"I love you, Em." he didnt need to say it, she knew now.
"I love you too." she said, her fingers brushing against his jaw and then pushed her fingers through his growing hair. "I like your hair like this." she admitted, wondering what it looked like longer. He smirked at her.
/I still need you, need you, don't mean to tease you,
If you want me, I'll come back and meet you,
Whisper, whisper, you must admit you want it, you want it,
Well I just wish we could go back one more time and begin it,
Back before I lost myself somewhere, somewhere in it.
We've been stuck now so long,
We just got the start wrong,
One more last try, I'ma get the ending right,
You can't stop this, and I must insist,
That you haven't had enough, You haven't had enough,/ - Mariana's Trench.
Finally, it would be 3 more days til they all got to go back home. Sean sat in Allison's room, going over what his parent's had said to him and why it was really bothering him. Allison nodded, sitting across from him at her desk and tilted her head, "Well, do you want my honest opinion?"
Sean looked at her nervously, but nodded. She took a deep breath, "Take the offer Sean, it'll do you good, it really will."
He looked down sadly, but nodded. Allison saddened.
"Emma will always be there, Sean. You know that." she whispered.
He nodded but put his head into his hands. This was a hard decision.
((*)))
"Thanks so much." Ellie panted, standing in Emma's room and put the duffle bag Emma let her borrow over her shoulder, "I don't know how I packed everything before and now it can't seem to fit in the bag I brought."
Emma smiled softly and was folding her clothes, getting ready to go. What a crazy few weeks it'd been.
Ellie paused before she went out the door, "So.. you guys back together?"
Emma glanced up to then stare down at the clothes. This was awkward. She sadly smiled but Ellie smiled happily.
"I'm glad." She told Emma, "I found Craig and Sean wasn't nor ever felt like mine. Really, Emma."
Emma nodded and finally smiled back, "Ok. Sorry I just... it was so hard for me to even try to move on that I didn't know if you were struggling with the same things I did or not. It was hard when me and Sean broke up... I told people I was fine when I wasn't."
"He's a great guy." Ellie insisted but shook her head, "But I'm not inlove with him."
A head popped into the room and it was Spinner, "Allison told me to tell you guys visitation soon. Our last one." he smirked.
They all smiled back at him, and it seemed they'd even put their history behind them with him too.
"let's go." breathed Ellie, rolling her eyes to Emma but smiling and they walked out side by side.
In the cafeteria, Manny played with her hands nervously, glancing down at them and biting her lip as she looked around, waiting for Emma.
Emma came through the door and Manny sat up straight, nervously tucking her hair behind her ears and then glanced to see Ellie with her. The two seemed like best friends the way they laughed together and then waved goodbye before Ellie parted to go see someone who came to see her.
Emma looked around for her mom and then her body frooze when she saw Manny. She had completely forgot she wanted to come. Emma glanced around her before slowly going over and sat down.
"hey." Manny said quietly, swallowing nervously, "H-how are you?"
"I've been stuck in a hospital for 5 weeks and 2 days." Emma reminded, and Manny looked down, thinking she was being sarcastic and bitter but Emma laughed and explained, "I've been up and down, emotions up to here, and I've gone from barely breathing to..." she smiled happily, "Happy."
Manny smiled softly, seeing that Emma was in fact acting like Emma. From behind her, she saw Sean walk in and he paused when he saw her too, sitting with Emma.
Sean seemed afraid to go talk. What if Emma's friends still hated him? They didn't know they let everything go and were starting new again. He quickly walked to his brother Tracker on the other side of the room but he glanced once more Emma's way.
"Stare much?" Manny had to comment, catching Sean's glances and watched him walk away.
Emma gave her a curious look.
Manny nodded to the right, "Sean just stared us down. Guess that is not unusual though."
Emma bit her lip nervously and Manny seemed to still know her inside out.
"What?" Manny eyed her much closer and gasped, "What am I missing here? Have you guys been talking?"
"more than talking." Emma muttered and flushed a bit.
Manny whispered, and gasped "He's with Ellie?" she remembered, "Right?" she shook her head, so confused.
"Long story." Emma laughed softly.
Manny remember Ellie walk in with Emma and she shifted a bit uncomfortably, "Are you and Ellie like, friends now?"
Emma smiled to Manny adorably, hearing the jealousy, "You'll always be my favorite." they shared a smile and she went on, "I missed you, alot."
"I'm sorry for everything."
"Don't be." Emma then rolled her eyes, "It was so stupid. And the way I treated Liberty too was not right."
The two shared small smiles. "I missed you too." Manny pouted. She then caught eye of Craig at the corner of the room. Manny leaned closer to Emma, "I didn't even notice Craig was gone or here."
Emma laughedand shook her head at Manny but smiled, "Well that's actually good." she admitted, "You've moved on then?"
Manny leaned back taking a deep breath, "I've moved on to being single and figuring me out. Sorta jealous I couldn't take this vacation with you." she joked and then went serious, "You really seem so much better."
She watched Emma look happy that she had said that, and she then glanced around to see Sean looking again.
"Alright, whats with the Sean thing?" Manny had to ask and teased, "His eyes are glued on you."
Emma blushed madly and tried not to look obvious as she whispered, "we sorta.. been through a lot here, and he confessed that he missed me and I missed him too."
"Oh girl, I already knew that part.." Manny said with a small smile at the blonde.
Emma sighed nodding, "I'm hopelessly devoted to him." she joked, knowing that was her and Manny's favorite movie. Grease.
"Alright Sandy, so what?" joked Manny, "You and Danny zuco are back together?" she was being playful, but rather very interested.
Emma nodded, smiling wide and Manny squealed, almost jumping up and down on her seat. Emma rolled her eyes smiling
"I knew you guys never gave up on another, not really." Manny declared.
Emma made a small huff, leaning back, "I just can't wait to go back to school and finish off the year with him like we were suppose to... then next year is junior year, then-"
"Senior!" Manny shrieked excitingly.
Emma nodded.
Meanwhile with Sean..
Tracker watched his brother stare at Emma the whole time they talked and he finally scoffed, "Sean, she'll understand. She'll want you to do it."
"It's not about her understanding." Sean almost growled, "It's the fact I finally got her back and-'' he couldn't go on, glaring down at his hands on his lap.
Tracker sighed, "I know it sucks. But it won't be long.. and you can change your mind whenever, but, even your doctor said it'd be good for you."
Sean muttered while staring down still, "Just wanna take her with me."
"She's got family she needs too, Sean."
Sean nodded sadly, but understood that.
"You're both young and need people who know what to do to help you, you need family. You can't live with another and think you can take care of another when you're having a rough time doing it yourself." Tracker raised an eyebrow at Sean, "You're not old or wise enough yet."
"I get it." barked Sean.
He cornered his eyes to see Emma laughing with Manny . . and his heart slowly tore up into shreds.
This wasn't fair.
...what's not fair guys?! What's Sean doing that Tracker knows about! REVIEWS REVIEWS! and if you think you know, do you think he'll do it?