After departing from Emma, Sean realized it was time for him to spill his guts to Jay. His encounter with Ellie left him even more confused than the day he chose to be with Emma. Something hit him hard at the Dot, when he saw the tears form in the redhead's eyes at the sight of him kissing the blonde. What was it? Sorrow? Embarrassment? Love?
He had no clue and he knew for sure Jay didn't either, but at least he'd be there to listen… even if he didn't want to. So he paid a visit to the ole garage.
"Why didn't I go after her? I'm such an idiot." Sean said, pacing back and forth.
"What? I thought you were with Emma."
"I am with Emma. I just,"
"Dude, can you ever make up your mind? First you stay, then you leave; you come back, then you leave again. You're with Emma, and then you're with Ellie. You're like a friggin' girl."
"I know, I know. I just, I just didn't like the way things ended with us. I hadn't seen her since the party." Sean stopped his pacing and took a seat on the hood of one of the cars.
"Well it wasn't like it was your fault that she walked in. She should blame herself, bursting in like that, coming in for a warm beverage."
"That's not funny."
"Look, what the hell is your problem? Do you know what you want?"
"Yes… I think."
"God," Jay sighed. "Okay, I m gonna try as hard as I can to not sound like a girl when I say this, but try talking things out with Ellie. Put Emma on the back burner for a while. If you feel the same about the pretty little redhead, see if she'll give yah another chance."
"You're telling me to break up with Em?" Sean asked. Jay nodded in conformation. "I can't do that, I just agreed to go to prom with her."
"Hmm, well you might've just screwed up spectacularly, my friend. Sucks to be you."
"Why do I always tell you my problems? It's not like you make things better."
"Uh. Maybe 'cause I'm the only one that'll listen."
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"I feel terrible. I never meant to hurt anyone." Emma said, pacing the basement carpet.
"Except Damien." Manny said.
"I don't wanna admit it, but you're right. I messed up; I didn't want things to get this bad."
"What do mean? I thought you wanted to be with Sean."
"I… I do," Emma said attempting to lie to both herself and Manny. But Manny knew her friend all too well.
"That doesn't sound like an assuring I do. You wanna be with Sean, right?"
"I don't know."
"Alright," Manny sighed. "Spill." She patted the empty spot on the bed next to her. Emma sat at her side.
"That night at the party, when Damien and I were arguing, I just got so mad at him. He thought I wasn't over Sean, and as much as I wanted to deny it…I thought I wasn't either. So, I made the choice to kiss him. I thought it'd be like this amazing experience, like a dozen fireworks would go off at once, or that huge knot would form in my stomach at the excitement of kissing him. But you know what I felt instead?"
"What?"
"Nothing. Not a single thing. It actually made me realize how happy I was with Damien. Now, he won't even give me a single glance. Not since that night."
"Well, how come you? Why'd you?"
"Why'd I ask Sean to prom?" Emma finished.
"Yeah, that's like a huge deal."
"I guess I wanted him to feel… loved. I mean, he chose to be with me. I couldn't hurt him."
"Wow. That's…wow." Manny said, completely stunned. "What are you gonna do?"
"I don't know. Maybe after prom I can think of a way to break things off. Right now, I'm just a little confused."
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