Well, I just finished Chapter Six a few minutes ago, but fanfiction is so
much fun, I decided to write the next chapter! Yay!
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Paige applied some lip-gloss and mascara and then ran a brush through her hair. Glancing at the mirror one last time, she saw that she looked totally irresistible. Aaron would not be able to hold himself back. She threw her denim Roxy wallet into her purse and headed out the door. Ellie, Hazel, and Ashley would never notice her absence.
"Paige, where are you going?" asked Hazel. Or not.
"She's probably heading off to go make out with some hot guy she met," mumbled Ellie.
"As a matter of fact," Paige said smugly, "I did meet a guy. His name is Aaron and we're going out to dinner together." Ellie laughed. Paige didn't care. Ellie was just some stupid punk loser whose opinions had no effect on her.
"Oh my God, you didn't tell me?" shrieked Hazel. Both Ashley and Ellie rolled their eyes. "You have got to tell me all about it when you get back!"
"I will, don't worry, Haze." She turned around and sauntered out the door. When the elevator door opened, she saw Mr. Simpson standing there, smiling.
"'Evening, Paige," he greeted her. "Off to dinner downstairs?" Paige smiled, trying to hide the fact that in a few minutes, she would be escaping from this hotel. "Why all the makeup? Some cute boy you're trying to impress?" he joked. Paige let out a fake laugh. When the elevator doors opened to the lobby, she was relieved.
"Um, Mr. Simpson, I'm just going to stop in the gift store really quickly," she lied. As soon as he turned the corner, she scurried out to valet area where a bus was parked. She jumped on it. About twenty-five minutes later, she arrived in a town, which she guessed was Costa Mesa. The houses were kind of old and grandmotherly, but that was okay. Across the street was a semi-tacky looking restaurant with a big sign that said "Don Jose's." As she got closer, she could see Aaron standing outside. He looked just as hot, if not more, than he did the first time she had met him.
"Hey!" she called out to him. He returned the greeting. "So, Costa Mesa is nice," she said.
He smiled. "Well, we're actually just outside of Costa Mesa but it's close enough. Shall we go inside?"
They walked in together. "Hola señor, señorita!" greeted some guy who was clearly not Hispanic. It amused Paige how this guy thought he was Mexican, just because he knew three words in Spanish. "And how many will be in your party tonight?"
"Just us two," replied Aaron politely. The non-Mexican guy showed them to a table and handed them menus. A few seconds later, another guy, who actually appeared Mexican, came by, filling their glasses of water. Paige looked around. This definitely wasn't the type of place she ever expected to go on a date to, but it worked.
"So," said Aaron. "Tell me about home."
Why did he want to know about Toronto, thought Paige. It was totally boring compared to California. "Well, it's nice, I guess. It's sorta lame though."
"Oh," he replied. "Cool. I've actually never been. Whenever I see my uncle, he always comes down here rather than us going up there. He can afford the plane ticket much better." Paige winced. That probably meant that his family wasn't too well off financially. That was a major turn- off. Well, he was hot, and that overruled the poorness.
Paige and Aaron ordered their food, ate it, and talked for a long time. When the evening was finally over, the two of them stood outside in the moonlight.
"Paige," Aaron almost whispered. "I had a great time with you tonight." He was staring into her eyes. It totally creeped out Paige, but it was kind of sweet at the same time.
"I did too, Aaron." It was so weird that she was actually falling for a sweet, sensitive guy like Aaron. He was completely not her type, now that she got to know him, but she liked that about him.
Aaron moved his head closer to Paige and slowly kissed her. It felt great. It wasn't something Paige had ever experienced before. Every other time she had kissed someone, it had been fun, but not anything overly exciting. This time, it was different. Although it was a total cliché, she felt like she was floating. The kiss ended a few seconds later, leaving Paige numb. She waved good-bye to Aaron and walked back across the street to the bus stop. This had been the most amazing night of her life.
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Manny looked over at the clock. It was 5:58. She groaned. She really did not want to go downstairs to dinner and have to face Craig. After all, it's pretty hard to eat dinner and act like nothing's wrong in the same room as a guy who had just broken your heart for the second time.
"Manny, are you coming down to dinner?" Emma asked.
"I'm, uh, I don't feel to well," she fibbed.
"Oh, sorry," Emma said sympathetically. "Do you want me to bring you back something?"
"That would be great! Thank you!" she said, having cheered up slightly. Liberty had come out of the bathroom and stopped crying during the period of time Manny had been gone, so Emma, Jessica, and Liberty all left, leaving Manny behind. She reached for the remote and switched on the TV. She flipped through different channels, trying to find something the least bit interesting. She stopped on one channel, on which a man and a woman were sitting next to each other on the beach.
"Samantha, I love you," said the man.
"I love you too," replied the woman. Why couldn't things be this easy for Manny? She found herself starting to cry. She couldn't stop. With in a few minutes, she was bawling her eyes out uncontrollably. The only time she had ever cried this hard before was when Craig had broken her heart the first time. Oh, and when her fish died in first grade, but that didn't count.
"Why does he have to hate me so much?" she cried to herself. "He hates me, he hates me," she repeated over and over. Suddenly the phone rang. She took a deep breath and tried as hard as she could to stop her crying.
"Hello?" she said.
"Manny?" It was Craig. Damn him. He couldn't just shatter her heart like this and then just call her and expect her to treat him nicely.
"What?" she grumbled. "What do you want? Do you want to totally insult me yet again?"
"I - well, I was going to say something, but never mind. Bye." He hung up. Manny threw the phone down almost breaking it. She wished that Craig could just disappear from the face of the Earth.
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Paige applied some lip-gloss and mascara and then ran a brush through her hair. Glancing at the mirror one last time, she saw that she looked totally irresistible. Aaron would not be able to hold himself back. She threw her denim Roxy wallet into her purse and headed out the door. Ellie, Hazel, and Ashley would never notice her absence.
"Paige, where are you going?" asked Hazel. Or not.
"She's probably heading off to go make out with some hot guy she met," mumbled Ellie.
"As a matter of fact," Paige said smugly, "I did meet a guy. His name is Aaron and we're going out to dinner together." Ellie laughed. Paige didn't care. Ellie was just some stupid punk loser whose opinions had no effect on her.
"Oh my God, you didn't tell me?" shrieked Hazel. Both Ashley and Ellie rolled their eyes. "You have got to tell me all about it when you get back!"
"I will, don't worry, Haze." She turned around and sauntered out the door. When the elevator door opened, she saw Mr. Simpson standing there, smiling.
"'Evening, Paige," he greeted her. "Off to dinner downstairs?" Paige smiled, trying to hide the fact that in a few minutes, she would be escaping from this hotel. "Why all the makeup? Some cute boy you're trying to impress?" he joked. Paige let out a fake laugh. When the elevator doors opened to the lobby, she was relieved.
"Um, Mr. Simpson, I'm just going to stop in the gift store really quickly," she lied. As soon as he turned the corner, she scurried out to valet area where a bus was parked. She jumped on it. About twenty-five minutes later, she arrived in a town, which she guessed was Costa Mesa. The houses were kind of old and grandmotherly, but that was okay. Across the street was a semi-tacky looking restaurant with a big sign that said "Don Jose's." As she got closer, she could see Aaron standing outside. He looked just as hot, if not more, than he did the first time she had met him.
"Hey!" she called out to him. He returned the greeting. "So, Costa Mesa is nice," she said.
He smiled. "Well, we're actually just outside of Costa Mesa but it's close enough. Shall we go inside?"
They walked in together. "Hola señor, señorita!" greeted some guy who was clearly not Hispanic. It amused Paige how this guy thought he was Mexican, just because he knew three words in Spanish. "And how many will be in your party tonight?"
"Just us two," replied Aaron politely. The non-Mexican guy showed them to a table and handed them menus. A few seconds later, another guy, who actually appeared Mexican, came by, filling their glasses of water. Paige looked around. This definitely wasn't the type of place she ever expected to go on a date to, but it worked.
"So," said Aaron. "Tell me about home."
Why did he want to know about Toronto, thought Paige. It was totally boring compared to California. "Well, it's nice, I guess. It's sorta lame though."
"Oh," he replied. "Cool. I've actually never been. Whenever I see my uncle, he always comes down here rather than us going up there. He can afford the plane ticket much better." Paige winced. That probably meant that his family wasn't too well off financially. That was a major turn- off. Well, he was hot, and that overruled the poorness.
Paige and Aaron ordered their food, ate it, and talked for a long time. When the evening was finally over, the two of them stood outside in the moonlight.
"Paige," Aaron almost whispered. "I had a great time with you tonight." He was staring into her eyes. It totally creeped out Paige, but it was kind of sweet at the same time.
"I did too, Aaron." It was so weird that she was actually falling for a sweet, sensitive guy like Aaron. He was completely not her type, now that she got to know him, but she liked that about him.
Aaron moved his head closer to Paige and slowly kissed her. It felt great. It wasn't something Paige had ever experienced before. Every other time she had kissed someone, it had been fun, but not anything overly exciting. This time, it was different. Although it was a total cliché, she felt like she was floating. The kiss ended a few seconds later, leaving Paige numb. She waved good-bye to Aaron and walked back across the street to the bus stop. This had been the most amazing night of her life.
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Manny looked over at the clock. It was 5:58. She groaned. She really did not want to go downstairs to dinner and have to face Craig. After all, it's pretty hard to eat dinner and act like nothing's wrong in the same room as a guy who had just broken your heart for the second time.
"Manny, are you coming down to dinner?" Emma asked.
"I'm, uh, I don't feel to well," she fibbed.
"Oh, sorry," Emma said sympathetically. "Do you want me to bring you back something?"
"That would be great! Thank you!" she said, having cheered up slightly. Liberty had come out of the bathroom and stopped crying during the period of time Manny had been gone, so Emma, Jessica, and Liberty all left, leaving Manny behind. She reached for the remote and switched on the TV. She flipped through different channels, trying to find something the least bit interesting. She stopped on one channel, on which a man and a woman were sitting next to each other on the beach.
"Samantha, I love you," said the man.
"I love you too," replied the woman. Why couldn't things be this easy for Manny? She found herself starting to cry. She couldn't stop. With in a few minutes, she was bawling her eyes out uncontrollably. The only time she had ever cried this hard before was when Craig had broken her heart the first time. Oh, and when her fish died in first grade, but that didn't count.
"Why does he have to hate me so much?" she cried to herself. "He hates me, he hates me," she repeated over and over. Suddenly the phone rang. She took a deep breath and tried as hard as she could to stop her crying.
"Hello?" she said.
"Manny?" It was Craig. Damn him. He couldn't just shatter her heart like this and then just call her and expect her to treat him nicely.
"What?" she grumbled. "What do you want? Do you want to totally insult me yet again?"
"I - well, I was going to say something, but never mind. Bye." He hung up. Manny threw the phone down almost breaking it. She wished that Craig could just disappear from the face of the Earth.
