The Party
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the clothes on my back. Oh wait.maybe I do. But that's not the point.
Emma, of course, was at her house getting ready with Manny a mere half hour before the party.
"I really hope Craig isn't there." Manny said.
"You're kidding!" Emma said, rolling her eyes.
"I know he's like, so hot," Manny replied, adding some sparkles to her eyelids, "but I'm still so mad at him - you know, how he dumped me and then acting like he's trying to get me back. He's so.moody."
"I know what you mean." Emma said, smiling at her reflection.
"But I'm totally happy for you and Sean." Manny said from behind her.
"You guys are the cutest couple.ever." Manny smiled and straightened her shirt.
"So how do I look? Okay?" Manny turned and asked her friend. She was wearing a cute blue flowing skirt that reached just above the knees and a white tank with a denim jacket over it. Her hair was slightly curled and only a tad bit of makeup was on her face.
"Great! And me?" Emma said, turning. She was also wearing a skirt, only hers was pink and it was short in the front, but went long and to a point in the back. She was wearing a black tube top and a matching shrug over it. Her hair was also curled, but she was wearing more make up.
"Perfect!" Manny smiled. Emma's mom then walked up the stairs and entered her room.
"Mom!" Emma scolded. "Knock!"
"Okay, okay. Chill. Boy! Don't you girls looked dolled up! Trying to impress someone?" Emma blushed.
"Mo-ohm!" she exclaimed.
"All right, I'm leaving. The party's just down the street, right? And Sean's walking you?"
"We aren't in kindergarten anymore." Emma sighed. Her mom smiled.
"See you. Have fun!" The girls walked downstairs and out the door to the fresh air.
"I think I can hear the music from here!" Manny exclaimed. Emma just laughed.
"Did you tell your mom that you weren't sure if there are adults here?"
"Manny - don't worry! It's gonna be so fun!" Manny thought for a second, but nodded her head and smiled.
"Yeah. Let's just hope Craig isn't here." Once they reached the door, they rang the bell, and not surprisingly, Spinner answered.
"Okay. Hey! It's Sean's girlfriend!" He let her in. "And Craig's girlfriend!" He exclaimed as Manny walked in.
"Ex-girlfriend." She corrected him.
"Nah girl, Craig's been talking about you all the time!" He laughed and began talking to someone else at the door. Manny pursed her lips.
"Just wait till I speak to him!" She said to Emma. But Emma was too busily searching the room for Sean. She caught his eye and he came over, Craig behind him. Sean was shocked when he saw Emma.
"Wow." He paused. "I didn't think you could get any prettier than you were Sunday." She blushed. He put his arm around her shoulders and led her to where the music was playing - rather loudly.
"Hey Manny." Craig said. Manny looked away. "You look great-" He said, a little bewildered. She crossed her arms and looked in the opposite direction. "What?" She gave him a look and walked away.
"What?" He questioned her.
"Don't ask me what." She said coldly. "You should know."
"Look if you're still mad about me breaking up with you-"
"Yes, Craig, I am still mad about you breaking up with me. Okay? Remember? It wasn't the locker you didn't like.it was me!" She left her back to him.
"Manny.But I didn't mean that."
"Really?" She said, turning around. "Then what did you mean?"
A blast of super loud bass interrupted them. Manny held her ears then walked away, searching for Emma. She wanted to go home. She couldn't find her though, because the place was totally packed. She had to squeeze her way through people the entire time. She couldn't' find Emma and it was too hard to push through the crowd. She just gave up and sat down. Soon enough, Craig was right next to her.
"What I meant was-"
"Listen, Craig, I don't want to know now. I had the biggest crush on you, okay? I thought what we had was magical. I thought it was perfect. But you weren't happy. So instead of expressing your feelings like a normal person, you go off and just tell me you don't like me and never speak to me again."
"That's not what happened." Craig said, as calmly as he could. "Manny, you've got it all wrong." Manny sighed and Craig began.
"The reason I broke up with you - wasn't because I didn't like you. It was because I was mad that you told me not to hang around Ashley.it's not that I don't like you.because I do. You were just trying to hard. Your intentions were good - only it was too late once I figured that out. I was being stupid for saying that - but I tried to apologize. Once I said that I wanted to take it back. I even wanted to - well, I wanted to take it back. I was sorry. And every time I saw you after that I smiled I tried to talk to you.but you completely ignored me."
"Craig. I don't know if I should be happy or feel insulted." Manny said. Craig sighed.
"Why can't you just help me work this out?" He asked. Slowly she looked up into his eyes then stood.
"My feelings aren't supposed to be tossed back and forth." She said, looking into his eyes. "I don't want to like you once more and get my heart broken all over again. It hurts." She said, turning away from him.
"I know." He said as he touched her shoulder.
"No you don't!" She exclaimed and pushed her way through the crowds into the living room.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the clothes on my back. Oh wait.maybe I do. But that's not the point.
Emma, of course, was at her house getting ready with Manny a mere half hour before the party.
"I really hope Craig isn't there." Manny said.
"You're kidding!" Emma said, rolling her eyes.
"I know he's like, so hot," Manny replied, adding some sparkles to her eyelids, "but I'm still so mad at him - you know, how he dumped me and then acting like he's trying to get me back. He's so.moody."
"I know what you mean." Emma said, smiling at her reflection.
"But I'm totally happy for you and Sean." Manny said from behind her.
"You guys are the cutest couple.ever." Manny smiled and straightened her shirt.
"So how do I look? Okay?" Manny turned and asked her friend. She was wearing a cute blue flowing skirt that reached just above the knees and a white tank with a denim jacket over it. Her hair was slightly curled and only a tad bit of makeup was on her face.
"Great! And me?" Emma said, turning. She was also wearing a skirt, only hers was pink and it was short in the front, but went long and to a point in the back. She was wearing a black tube top and a matching shrug over it. Her hair was also curled, but she was wearing more make up.
"Perfect!" Manny smiled. Emma's mom then walked up the stairs and entered her room.
"Mom!" Emma scolded. "Knock!"
"Okay, okay. Chill. Boy! Don't you girls looked dolled up! Trying to impress someone?" Emma blushed.
"Mo-ohm!" she exclaimed.
"All right, I'm leaving. The party's just down the street, right? And Sean's walking you?"
"We aren't in kindergarten anymore." Emma sighed. Her mom smiled.
"See you. Have fun!" The girls walked downstairs and out the door to the fresh air.
"I think I can hear the music from here!" Manny exclaimed. Emma just laughed.
"Did you tell your mom that you weren't sure if there are adults here?"
"Manny - don't worry! It's gonna be so fun!" Manny thought for a second, but nodded her head and smiled.
"Yeah. Let's just hope Craig isn't here." Once they reached the door, they rang the bell, and not surprisingly, Spinner answered.
"Okay. Hey! It's Sean's girlfriend!" He let her in. "And Craig's girlfriend!" He exclaimed as Manny walked in.
"Ex-girlfriend." She corrected him.
"Nah girl, Craig's been talking about you all the time!" He laughed and began talking to someone else at the door. Manny pursed her lips.
"Just wait till I speak to him!" She said to Emma. But Emma was too busily searching the room for Sean. She caught his eye and he came over, Craig behind him. Sean was shocked when he saw Emma.
"Wow." He paused. "I didn't think you could get any prettier than you were Sunday." She blushed. He put his arm around her shoulders and led her to where the music was playing - rather loudly.
"Hey Manny." Craig said. Manny looked away. "You look great-" He said, a little bewildered. She crossed her arms and looked in the opposite direction. "What?" She gave him a look and walked away.
"What?" He questioned her.
"Don't ask me what." She said coldly. "You should know."
"Look if you're still mad about me breaking up with you-"
"Yes, Craig, I am still mad about you breaking up with me. Okay? Remember? It wasn't the locker you didn't like.it was me!" She left her back to him.
"Manny.But I didn't mean that."
"Really?" She said, turning around. "Then what did you mean?"
A blast of super loud bass interrupted them. Manny held her ears then walked away, searching for Emma. She wanted to go home. She couldn't find her though, because the place was totally packed. She had to squeeze her way through people the entire time. She couldn't' find Emma and it was too hard to push through the crowd. She just gave up and sat down. Soon enough, Craig was right next to her.
"What I meant was-"
"Listen, Craig, I don't want to know now. I had the biggest crush on you, okay? I thought what we had was magical. I thought it was perfect. But you weren't happy. So instead of expressing your feelings like a normal person, you go off and just tell me you don't like me and never speak to me again."
"That's not what happened." Craig said, as calmly as he could. "Manny, you've got it all wrong." Manny sighed and Craig began.
"The reason I broke up with you - wasn't because I didn't like you. It was because I was mad that you told me not to hang around Ashley.it's not that I don't like you.because I do. You were just trying to hard. Your intentions were good - only it was too late once I figured that out. I was being stupid for saying that - but I tried to apologize. Once I said that I wanted to take it back. I even wanted to - well, I wanted to take it back. I was sorry. And every time I saw you after that I smiled I tried to talk to you.but you completely ignored me."
"Craig. I don't know if I should be happy or feel insulted." Manny said. Craig sighed.
"Why can't you just help me work this out?" He asked. Slowly she looked up into his eyes then stood.
"My feelings aren't supposed to be tossed back and forth." She said, looking into his eyes. "I don't want to like you once more and get my heart broken all over again. It hurts." She said, turning away from him.
"I know." He said as he touched her shoulder.
"No you don't!" She exclaimed and pushed her way through the crowds into the living room.
