First of all, a few shout-outs: Hannah, that is really nice and I'm very flattered. shayrhin10, I'm working on it and to the Guest that wrote in Caps, I'm on it. Then to the Guest that didn't write in caps, there will be Emissa moments. Now, all that said…
"I'm very impressed with your essays. Everyone has really upped their game" said Mr Johnson walking around the classroom handing out everyone's History essays. When he came around to Emily's desk, he stopped and handed Emily her essay.
"Nicely done, Emily, the closing paragraph was especially enticing. I don't know what you did, but keep doing it. That essay was brilliant".
Emily blushed and looked down to see her grade, A+, just what she aimed for. It looks like she has something else to thank Melissa for.
"What did you get? I got a B, so I'm happy" asked Hanna leaning forward. Emily turned around to Hanna and held up her essay. "Wow! Maybe I should start dating Spencer if that's the effect a Hastings' has on your academic and social life".
Emily stared at Hanna, "What? I'm only kidding. Jeez, calm down Em" "Sorry, I've just…" Emily faded out before finished. Hanna narrowed her eyes, "What's wrong Em, is everything alright with you and Melissa?"
Emily didn't hear the question because she had already started to think about Spencer. She started to think about her laugh, her husky voice, the way she's right about everything. Wait, what was she doing? How could Emily even dare to think of Spencer when she's with Melissa?
Melissa. The name stayed in the front of Emily's mind. She hadn't seen Melissa since yesterday, and she already missed her. She left so abruptly. She said she'd call Melissa, but she never did. Why didn't she?
Hanna persisted to ask Emily what was wrong, and when Emily didn't reply, Hanna proceeded to poke Emily's back until she answered.
"What?!" whispered Emily a little too loud. Mr Johnson paused and threw a wary eye to the girls. Hanna waved her hand towards Emily in front of her and shrugged her shoulders. Mr Johnson returned to teaching the class about the Civil Rights Movement.
The bell rang and the girls got up to leave the class when Mr Johnson called Emily and Hanna over.
Already preparing her defence, "I was just asking Emily what she got in her essay, that's all" Mr Johnson smiled, "I'm not giving out to you. In fact, I want to congratulate both of you for your big improvements".
The girls smiled to themselves, "But I have to ask, how did you do it?" Hanna smiled, "Well I figured out that paying attention in class does help". Mr Johnson laughed, "That's good to know, and what about you Emily, how did you manage to come up from a D to an A+?"
"I got some help from a friend" "Well tell your friend that I'm grateful. I didn't want to have to fail you. You're a good student Emily, so don't let the work get on top of you. Get on top of the work".
The girls thanked their teacher and left for lunch. Hanna was smiling to herself. Noticing this, Emily asked why.
"Well when he said to get on top of the work, all I could think was that's not all you're going to be getting on top of" Emily's mouth opened wide as she thumped Hanna. "Ouch! That hurt!" "Good! That'll teach you to have such a dirty mind".
"Well I needed something to get me through that double. Who cares about the past anyway, it's the past and from our experience its best left behind us" Emily nodded in agreement.
As they rounded the corner, Emily spotted Spencer at her locker. A surge of excitement shot through Emily at the sight of Spencer getting books from her locker. The way her wavy hair fell down her shoulders, and the way her brow furrowed as she read her timetable made Emily smile to herself.
"I'm going out to lunch, you coming?" "Um, yeah. I'm just gunna go talk to Spence. I'll see you out there" Hanna nodded and walked out to Aria in the courtyard.
Taking a deep breath, she approached Spencer. She was still engrossed in her timetable when Emily spoke. "Hey there" Spencer looked up from her book to see a scared Emily with a half-smile.
"Hi…" Emily smiled, leaning against the lockers. "That was pretty deep what you said in English this morning" Spencer closed her locker slowly, "A bit".
"Where did it come from?" Spencer shook her head, "Is there a reason for you making small talk with me Em?"
Emily winced with Spencer's harsh tone. Noticing how her words hurt Emily, Spencer apologised, "I'm sorry Em. I didn't mean to snap" Emily nodded, "It's Ok. You're angry, I get it".
The girls began walking, "Angry?" asked Spencer confused. "You're angry with me about the whole Melissa thing". Spencer tensed, "I told you, I'm Ok with you guys" Emily shook her head, "Not really" Emily inhaled, "Spence I know why you're not happy with us".
Spencer's heart ached when Emily called her Spence, but it also raced. Did Emily know how she felt about her?
"What do you mean?" "I mean, Hanna and Aria were right" Spencer froze. "It is true, isn't it?" Spencer's head dropped. Emily stared at her for a few moments, "It's true".
Spencer's heart was racing, tears welled up in her eyes, but she still didn't cry. She couldn't let Emily see her like this.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Spencer took a deep breath and started walking towards the front entrance of the school. Emil followed, "Spencer wait! Why didn't you tell me?!"
Walking across the car-park to her car, Spencer stayed quiet. Emily ran over to her, "Spencer please! Why didn't you tell me?" Emily's eyes were pleading now. Spencer felt like she should be punished for making Emily sad, but what could be worse than this?
"I didn't tell you because I had no right. You were happy with Melissa, and I didn't want to ruin that. I wanted…I want you to be happy".
Emily's face dropped, "How long have you felt this way?" Spencer shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know, I've always cared about you, always had feelings for you" "Why didn't you tell me?"
Spencer shrugged her shoulders and looked away, "I thought it would ruin us, ruin our friendship".
Emily was so confused she didn't know what to do. She cared about Spencer too, but what about Melissa. Everything was so messed up.
"And I thought I'd have you always" Emily looked at Spencer who was now looking at her. "What?" "Even if I couldn't be with you, at least I'd always have you as a friend. It's better than nothing".
Emily's face softened as her eyes welled up. Spencer's eyes were glistening with unshed tears. She reached out her hand and cupped Spencer's face. She lightly caressed her cheek with her thumb.
Spencer's eyes closed at the feel of Emily's hand. Then all of a sudden, she was pulled towards Emily and their lips crashed against each other.
The soft feel of Emily's warm lips against hers made Spencer smile as they kissed. Afraid to open her eyes, Spencer wrapped her arms around Emily's waist, holding her close.
Emily's hand cupped Spencer's face and held her tightly. Her other hand found itself tangled in Spencer's hair.
Everything was so messed up, but it just felt so right.
Well peeps, I hope it was worth the wait. Big week ahead of me, so don't expect an update in the next few days. Hope you liked this chapter. And please oh please, REVIEW!
Ps Ignore the spelling and grammatical errors if there are any. I didn't have time to proof read it.