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"Wake up sleepy head." Someone said as he or she was standing just above my head. I groaned and turned hoping he or she would go away and just let me sleep. "Wake up!" The voice said again as it hit me with my own pillow.
"I'm awake! I'm awake!" I say as I open my eyes. I knew there was something I should be worrying about, but since I'm not that of a morning person, I couldn't think of what it was. It came to me as a flash and I stood up, almost hitting Laurel that was still standing right above me.
"I can see! We're leaving in 30 minutes. Be ready!" She says as she leaves my bedroom. I stood up and locked the door right after her. Looking around, everything seemed normal, even the dressing was open. Had I just dreamed about last night? Or actually, just dreamed about tonight? If it wasn't a dream? Where did Thayer go? I bet it was just a trick of my brains. So, since I was already in my dressing, I choice out something pretty to wear. Today, I was going for something pretty, like every day since I'm in Phoenix. I was going for a black layered skirt with a purple shirt, and not the less, purple heels. Brushing my hair and putting on some light make up and I was ready to go. I almost forget about my bag and my cell phone before getting out my bedroom. When I took my phone I saw I had one new message. Confirming that I hadn't just dreamed, Thayer had send me a message during my sleep saying he had to go before his father wakes up and noticed he wasn't at home.
Somehow I couldn't eat this morning. I was feeling sick just for looking at food. Laurel made some joke about it saying that I was becoming like Sutton, only eating food that doesn't makes you fat. Sutton had stopped for coffee this morning and I was kind of happy to at least have something in my stomach. Coffee was way better that nothing at all. I had French with Sutton as first class and just like her, I ignored Ethan as we walked by him. I had no intention of ever talking to him again. Thinking I'm just an opportunist! Has he just even only an idea of what my life has been since I was little? I know he's a troubled guy, and for what I've heard, he lives with his brother, but at least he had had a home, a house and a family. Someone to watch over him. So how dare that guy judge me? He has no right to do it.
"Sutton, I have to do one thing before heading to class. Go on, I'll join you in a few minutes." I told her, actually I had wanted to talk to her alone this morning, but there was always someone around us so I didn't have the chance to do it. Even now we weren't alone, Mads and Char were there with us.
"Sure, just don't be late. Miss Rose hates it when her students are late to class." She tells me.
"It's not that, she only hates when you are late in class, which happens every day." Mads say so I don't bother what Sutton had just said.
"I'll see you there." I reply as I turn into another hallway direction history class. When I knocked on the door Mister Jacobs was already inside.
"Yes, Miss Mercer?" Not Mercer, Becker.
"No, it's Emma, Emma Becker." I say so he knows I'm not my sister. It seems like not many teachers actually like her.
"I'm sorry, Miss Becker. How can I help you?" He starts over. See, much better.
"It's about the paper, due next week." I tell him and start searching into my bag for it.
"What about the paper Miss Becker? You can ask me to delay the date, you still have 6 days to write it, plenty of time." What? Delay it? Why would I do that?
"Actually Sir, I was going to ask if it would be okay if I gave it to you today?" That's my way to show him I'm nothing like Sutton.
"Really? You finished it? Already? Sure, I'm looking forward to read it Miss Becker." He says, did I just saw a smile on his face? I finally find the little purple map I had put it in too and give it to him.
"Thank you Mister Jacob." I say and walk out of his class. The bell rang and the hall was already empty. Damned, I was going to be late in class. I started to walk faster towards my class when I got pushed against the lockers. This is really becoming a habit.
"Hey beautiful." Luke says as he kisses me. I was to surprise to react fast so he actually kissed me, again. I pushed him away, why is it that guys always push you against lockers before they kiss you? Don't they know that it actually hurt?
"Luke! You're kissing the wrong girl again…" I say as he tries to kiss me once more.
"Maybe. Maybe not." What did he just say?
"What's my name?" I asked just to make sure he thought I was Sutton. I looked him right into his eyes and saw something I wasn't supposed to see.
"Sutton." He had just lied to me. He knows I'm not Sutton, but he did kiss me. So I did the one thing that came into my mind at that moment, I slapped him.
"Jerk." I said and pushed him even harder and left him behind for classes. Great because of him, I had lost two more minutes! Once I arrived at the class, I knocked.
"Entrez." (*traduction on the bottom of the page)The teacher said so I did.
"Excusez-moi madame. J'étais encore avec Monsieur Jacobs." I told her hoping she would just let me go sit on my place. For my luck, the only empty seat was next to Ethan. But if Char and Mads aren't even near Sutton, I guess the teacher decided to say who can sit where…
"Vous êtes Emma Becker je suppose? Très bien, allez vous assoir a côté de monsieur Whitehorse. Je suis sur que vous pourriez lui apprendre beaucoup. » She told me, I nod and go sit next to Ethan, without even looking at him. I was wondering how I was supposed to tell Sutton that her fake boyfriend kissed me knowing I wasn't her. "Bon reprenons." The teacher said and continued class.
Ethan was being as stubborn as I was, not a look towards me, not a sign, anything. And I was more than fine with it. After class I had a few minutes to tell Sutton I needed to talk to her, alone. So we did, we just skipped class, for me it wasn't too bad, I had a study hour, Sutton, unlike me, had biology.
"So, what do you want to talk about? How you're killing at French?" She said joking, at least I hope she was joking. "How come you're as good in French?" That wasn't the point. I wanted to talk to her, not the other way around.
"It doesn't matter. Luke kissed me." I told her going right to the point. Better tell her as soon as possible.
"What? When?" She wanted to know. We were hiding in an empty class on the second floor, hoping no one would find us there.
"Right before French class, in the hall way. He told me it thought it was you, but I can tell he was lying." It was obvious, only judging by his smile he knew I wasn't Sutton. And really? He still didn't notice the hair difference between us? I never curl my hair because of it! Even it would actually look good, it the only big difference between Sutton and I. If he didn't noticed that, he really is dumber than I thought.
"So? Was it good?" What? That's not important!
"Really? The guy cheated on you Sutton!" I whispered when I heard some footstep passing in the hallway.
"I'm cheating on him too. Kind of." Great, it seems like if she doesn't even care!
"Yeah, but he doesn't know that. And he cheated on you with your own sister… That should count for something." I told hoping I would finally have the reacting I was hoping to see.
"You're right. I'm going to talk to him, but don't tell anyone. I still need him. You have no idea how great I look with him by my side. And if I keep on dating him, I'm sure to end as prom queen." Prom queen, really, that's what she cared about?
"So, you're going to talk about him? I would like if he kept his lips from mine. He's your boy toy, not mine." I have another guy on mind, actually, also one of Sutton's boy toys. I dear god, this sucks.
"Yes, I'll. And believe me, when I'll be done with him. He won't even dare looking at you anymore. Happy sis?" She said and headed outside. Just before she could reach the door I took her by the arm. "Something else you want to talk about?" She asks and I let her go.
"Actually there is. You told me, when I was still in Vegas, that you found me while you were searching for our birth mother." I start. She takes a seat on a bench and so do I.
"Yes, that's how I found you." She answered not seeing where I was heading, which was pretty obvious.
"Have you found anything about her?" I asked her. I wanted to know. Maybe one day I would be able to meet her, ask her why she abandoned us, who our father was, what she was doing in life. You know, just get to know where I come from.
"Not really, only her name. Annie Hobbs. I wanted to search but Thayer found you and me kind of stopped searching. What do you want? Finding out I had a sister, was kind a big deal. And besides, my father would kill me if he thought I was searching for her again. He told me she was a drug addicted and that she died. But, when I searched I couldn't find any certificate of dead." Ted? Why doesn't he want Sutton to find our birthmother? It's a normal thing to do for adopted kids.
"Thayer was the one that found me? How?" I kept the name of Annie Hobbs in my mind. That was my mother name. The one thing I knew about her.
"Do you really think I could have found you without the help of a computer genius?" Yeah, seems logic.
"I hadn't really thought about it. Why doesn't Ted want you to find anything about your birth mother? It's a normal thing to do for adoptive kids." For any abandoned kid it's a normal thing to do. Every one once to know where he or she comes from.
"I don't know. But, if you want, we can keep on searching, without telling him about it. What he doesn't know won't hurt him." Suttons says and wink at me.
"Let's keep on searching, together." I tell her and take her hand.
"Like a family." She adds.
Noon, today classes or done soon. I took out some books and went to the parking with Mads and Laurel. Sutton stayed inside school, to talk to Luke. I'm actually feeling kind of sorry for the guy. But that is going to pass soon.
"So, what are you doing today?" Mads asked me while we were walking to the parking.
"Yes Ems? Tell us what you're doing." Laurel said with a smirk.
"I'm going to help Thayer out. He needs someone to test his game out." Mads looked at me like if I had something between my teeth.
"Why would he ask you and not someone else?" Why? I don't know, that she should ask him, not me.
"Maybe Thayer has a thing for her." Laurel said, okay, this is getting awkward.
"Okay, that would be weird. But at least it would mean he got over his Sutton thing." Sutton thing? So Thayer had a thing for Sutton? This was definitely weird.
"Maybe he just found out that Emma, was just better than Sutton. I don't know if you've noticed Mads, but Emma is more like a kind-person… And she's has many more talents that you don't even know about." Laurel continued. Okay, are those two going to let me say something or what?
"Well, like I said yesterday. It wouldn't be too weird if you were dating Thayer." Okay, now they are already making an US out of us.
"It's not a date, he just needs me help, that's all." I say.
"Yeah right, that why you wears something so sexy today?" Sexy? That's not sexy, they are both wearing something similar!
"That's not sexy, those are normal clothes." I defend myself.
"Talking about the devil. He's waiting for you." Mads says. I look around, and see Thayer leaning on his car. He starts to smile when he sees me and my heart starts bouncing in my chest.
So, what do you think about this chapter? Don't forget to review!
Entrez = come in
Excusez-moi madame, j'étais encore avec Monsieur Jacobs = Excuse me Miss, I was with Mr Jacobs.
Vous etes Emma Becker je suppose? Très bien, allez vous assoir a côté de monsieur Whitehorse. Je suis sur que vous pourriez lui apprendre beaucoup. = I guess you're Emma Becker ? Good, you can't sit next to Mr Whitehose. I'm sure he can learn a lot from you.
Bon, reprenons = So let's continue
