A/n: SORRY! I haven't updated in monthes! And I finally found time during finales to do so! yay! lol. So here is (finally) Chapter 10. Is anyone still reading? I hope so cause I stayed up to write this! Thank you to everone whose (still) been reviewing! it means a ton to me! This chapter is basically my life, I mean, this has happened to me before so I made it funny and uplifting. I hope everyone likes and
Chapter 10: Double Date
Emma looked through her drawers and groaned. "You know what I hate?" She didn't even wait for Ellie to respond when she went on. "I hate dates! The guy makes you get all dressed up then he'll end up taking you to a crappy restaurant in, like, a bad part of town where you could die! Then, when he takes you home he expects something of you! Well you know what! I refuse to get dressed up for Jay Hogart! Because he is going to end up taking me to a crappy part of town! And I might die waiting for him to get his bag of goddamn drugs!" Emma yelled frustrated throwing a pile of clothes onto the floor. "And it all starts now. Maybe I should call and cancel, I mean, he's probably gonna take me to the ravine and have sex with me. Which I absolutely will not do! Again!" Emma rambled taking her anger out of her clothing, then screaming a little as Ellie watched from the bed not responding.
"Well..Em, I'm sure that won't happen, I mean..."
"It'll happen. Just wait! I'll come home and—"
"Em, I will be with you, so if it does happen which, you know, it won't, we can handle it."
Emma looked at Ellie then smiled slowly. "Ok, ok, your right! Let me go get dressed."
"Take your time they won't be here for awhile." Ellie muttered as Emma went into the bathroom to brush her teeth and put make-up on.
A little while later Emma came out of the bathroom bringing with her a strong scent of perfume which Ellie gagged on.
"What are you wearing?" Ellie wheezed closing the magazine she'd been reading.
"Perfume, duh!" Emma said putting a stripped tank-top and a shirt jean skirt on. "How do I look?"
"Great." Ellie wheezed looking at her smiling friend. "Can you ask me how you smell? Cause you smell...strong."
"What?"
"How much perfume did you put on?"
"A couple sprites."
"How many?"
"I don't know, like, 5 or something."
"5!?"
"Yeah."
"Emma, go and shower again, you smell like a flower or something."
"Flowers smell good."
"Not when you can't breathe. Go!"
"Fine."
Ellie rolled her eyes and went back to reading her magazine when the door opened and Spike came down the steps.
"Are you girls going out?" she asked smiling at Ellie.
"Yeah, Emma's in the shower."
"Ok, well, Archie, Jack and I are going out for the night so try not to get into too much trouble and have fun!" Spike said smiling and going back upstairs as Emma emerged from the bathroom once again.
"I'm ready." she said staring at herself in the mirror.
"Good, all we have to do it wait."
"What if Jay ditches me?"
Ellie rolled her eyes then stopped. Emma was worried so much for her date, but she wasn't. Was that a sign? A sign that Ellie shouldn't go out with Sean because she didn't care that much. Maybe she should have went out with Craig, but no. Craig was still hung up on Manny and those two were meant for each other.
Ellie sighed looking over at Emma who was staring in the mirror. Ellie started to wonder again if this was a good idea, she didn't care about her date much, with Sean. She could've cared less if they went out together...did she not like Sean anymore? Ellie moaned without realizing it.
Emma looked over at her and smiled. "You're nervous too?"
Ellie glanced up at her and smiled slowly a thought dawning on her. She was nervous.
She was nervous about how Sean was going to react with them going out on a date, not just hanging out or being together but an actual date. Ellie sighed happily and basked in the nervousness that had creped into her stomach. She was nervous about a date with Sean...that was a sign.
A sign they should probably be together. Ellie smiled as the door rang from upstairs.
"Are you ready?" Ellie muttered standing up and smoothing her black skirt.
"Not even close." Emma muttered looking at the mirror again and grabbed her purse. "Are you?"
"No." Ellie said with a smile walking up the stairs and to the guys waiting at the door.
The parental units had let them in and now Jay, Sean, Spike, and Snake stood around making awkward conversation.
"Hey." Sean said smiling as Ellie came into the room first followed by Emma.
"Ok, we'll see you guys later. Have fun!" Spike said smiling as Ellie and Emma dragged their partners outside away from the parents.
"That was probably the most awkward 5 minutes of my life." Jay muttered throwing an arm around Emma's shoulders.
She laughed resisting the urge to cuddle closer to him. "Sorry about that." she muttered as the four of them got into the car.
"It's fine, I guess, you might have to pay me back later though." Jay said winking at her as he started the car.
Emma laughed and shook her head turning to look out the window.
"So where are we going?" Ellie asked Sean in the backseat.
"Oh...well, it's a surprise." Sean said nodding vigorously.
"Oh." Ellie said looking out the window to try and avoid the awkward silence in the backseat. She heard in front of her Emma and Jay flirting and Ellie felt as if she was the third wheel. The friend dragged along on a date to keep her friend company but just ended up being paired up with the boyfriend's friend.
Ellie sighed and looked over at Sean who was sitting looking out the window too.
"So, what's up?" Ellie asked smiling at him.
He looked over at her and smiled happy because either one she finally opened up or because of the question Ellie didn't know.
"Uh...I've been working a lot. I'm saving up to get a car."
"Oh really, that's nice." Ellie said smiling at him.
Sean nodded, "yeah it's pretty cool. I already have to the car picked out and everything! It's really great. Maybe...I don't know...you could come see it one of these days."
"That would be great." Ellie said trying to muster a smile.
"Yeah, it would."
Ellie sighed as they went back to awkward silence.
Finally, they arrived at the 'surprise' it wasn't much of a surprise. Ellie figured they were going to a restaurant and that's where they were.
A restaurant nothing special.
At least it wasn't in the ghetto though like Emma had presumed. Ellie smirked to herself as they headed into the restaurant. It wasn't a very fancy restaurant, it was standard. There was nothing special about it and nothing stood out which made Ellie even more bored then she had been in the car ride over.
"This is a cool place." Emma said smiling at Jay.
"Yeah, I guess, Sean chose it." Jay said shrugging as a waitress sat them.
"The hamburgers are really good." Sean said nudging Ellie. "I know how much you like hamburgers."
Ellie nodded sitting in the booth next to Sean.
"How many days do you have before you go back to school?" Jay asked smirking down at Emma.
Emma shrugged her shoulders looking at the menu. "Like, 3 or something. We go back Tuesday."
"So soon." Jay said still smirking at her.
Ellie had to bit the inside of her lip to keep from gagging. Those two were so meant to be together it was sickening, stuff just got in the way.
Her and Sean on the other hand, their date wasn't going too well. She looked over towards Sean who was looking in the hamburger section.
"This one is really good." he said pointing to a huge hamburger with 3 patties of beef.
Ellie had to keep from gagging, "oh...I was going to go for some...spaghetti."
"Ok, but El, your missing out."
"Right..." Ellie muttered sighing and sitting back in the booth.
"So Sean, I heard what Jay's been up to, what about you?" Emma asked looking at Ellie and nodding her head towards Sean.
Jay caught the motion and snickered as Emma hit his leg to get him to stop.
"Oh, I told Ellie that I'm saving up to buy a car."
"Really? That's cool." Emma said smiling at him.
"Yeah it's really awesome, I'm excited for it." Sean said smiling as they fell into a silence.
"What are you getting?" Jay muttered nudging Emma's shoulder with his.
"I don't know. I might get the cobb salad."
"Sounds good, if I liked salad."
Emma laughed, "how can you not like salad? It's vegetables and lettuce."
"First Greenpeace I'm surprised you don't know this but lettuce is a vegetable."
"Really?" Emma asked sarcastically.
"Yeah, I know, shocking."
Emma laughed and combed her hair back with a hand. "Second, I hate vegetables."
"How can you hate vegetables? There are so many different types."
"I just don't like them."
"You know, if you don't eat lettuce you won't have kids."
"What? What does having kids and lettuce have to do with each other?"
"Green vegetables create seamen."
"Woaw, Greenpeace, why are you concerned about my seamen?"
"So you don't get some innocent girl pregnant." Emma said smirking at him.
"Innocent girl? Hardly. Are we talking about you?"
"Maybe."
Jay laughed and wrapped an arm around her. "Innocent girl my ass. And my seamen is fine, thanks."
"Are you sure?" Emma whispered in his ear.
"Quite." Jay said kissing her on the cheek right as the waitress came over.
"What can I get y'all?" she asked smacking her gum.
"I'll take some water with lemon and a cobb salad." Emma said pulling away from Jay slightly put he just pulled her closer.
"I'll take a cheeseburger, no onions and a coke." Jay said before kissing her on the lips.
Emma giggled against his lips then deepened the kiss as Ellie and Sean ordered.
"I'll take the spaghetti." Ellie muttered.
"And to drink?"
"A lemonade."
The waitress wrote the order down then turned to Sean.
Ellie looked across the table at Jay and Emma and had a split second emotion of jealousy. She was jealous they could just fall into their usual flirty banter without feeling remorse, hesitation, or awkwardness. But she supposed that the whole Peter-Jay fight and all those parties were their awkward period.
The period she was currently experiencing with Sean.
"So..." Sean started looking anywhere but Jay and Emma and her.
"Yeah..." Ellie muttered placing her head in her hand and waiting. This was probably the most boring night of her existence. She briefly wondered what this would've been like with Craig. Would it have been better? Or worse? Would she be sitting here making out like Emma and Jay were currently doing or not?
Ellie looked up as the waitress brought their drinks then looked over at Sean who was tying a bow with his straw wrapper and she wondered why she had said yes.
She didn't want to get tied up in the feelings of Sean again she'd been there and she'd done that. The first time was hard enough when she found out that he still had feelings for Emma. She kind of assumed, he was always going on about Emma when they were broken up but when he and Emma were together all he did was stare at her, Ellie. It was like Sean was only in it for the chase not the commitment. She didn't want to be the chase again and not get the commitment.
Ellie took a sip of her drink and thought on. Maybe she should talk about that with him. But did she really want to put time and energy into something she didn't want? At least not want all of it? Did she want to find someone else that would appreciate her? That sounded better.
Soon the food came and Ellie was the first done as Jay and Emma chatted on about whatever, Ellie had stopped listening long ago. As soon as the check came Ellie had bolted out of the restaurant and into the car. The ride home was short and she felt Sean's eyes on her.
When it was time for her to be walked to her door, she felt an odd sense of anticipation and happiness. She brushed the feelings off, thinking she was just glad to be over with the worst date ever.
"I had a...bad time." Sean said finally looking into her eyes.
"Yeah, me too." Ellie said laughing surprised by the bluntness in their statements.
"So...I don't want to ask to do this again because it's obvious you don't like me so...I'll see you around, Ellie." Sean said awkwardly hugging her then turning away.
Ellie wasn't sure what possessed herself to do this, but she did. She grabbed him before he turned to leave and kissed him. She kissed him hard and as they broke it off Ellie felt content for kissing him. She even felt happy, and the anger that had been building since the start of the date was gone. She had kissed Sean and that's when she remembered exactly why she had liked him.
She went into the house leaving Sean to walk back to the car and for Emma and Jay to say goodbye. Ellie figured their goodbye would take awhile since their lips were attached now.
(A/n: how was it? I hope it was good after my long 'rest' if i begged for reviews would you think lower of me? lol.)