Author's Note: Sorry about my last chapter. So much updating, too little time. Anyways, I made it a bit better now. More stuff is explained, and less characters are involved. So here it is…
It was lunchtime, and everyone was eating outside considering the 25 degree Celsius weather. Sean, Marco, Spinner, Jimmy, and Craig were all playing basketball, while Manny, Ellie, Ashley, Paige, Hazel and surprisingly Emma were watching the game. Everyone else was kind of in the shade of the trees.
Emma was constantly giving sorrowful looks to Manny. She missed their friendship already. It had only been a day, but when she logged onto the chat service, and she realized that Manny had blocked her, she could only feel hurt. She longed for their friendship again. She felt like just going up to Manny and apologizing, but why should she do it? It was Manny's fault for interfering. But, yet again, she had told Manny the details about the previous night first. It was her fault in a way. But, it was also hers. Either Manny apologized, or their friendship would never be back to normal. It seemed kind of insensitive, but she didn't but into any conversations. If Manny had minded her own business, none of this friendship ruining would have happened.
At the same exact time, Manny was purposely trying to avoid Emma's gaze. It was rather annoying. Emma caused all of this. It was her fault leaving that drink un-attended. Manny was supposed to be watching it, but when she saw Sean, she kind of forgot about it long enough to see Toby drop a pill into her drink. She didn't do anything about it though. Emma should have taken her drink with her. But, she could have saved Emma's relationship with Sean, but she kind of wanted to have Sean for herself, so if she didn't stop Emma from drinking that drink, and Sean had caught her, Sean would break up with her and he would be hers. Shockingly, her plan worked. All Sean had to do was break up with Emma and he would be all hers.
She stopped to think. This would be the second guy she had stolen from Emma. She was turning into such an evil woman, and she was proud of herself over it too. First it had been Craig, now Sean. Her next goal: JT. He had to be hers. That way, she would have stolen three men in her grade eight year. What a record that would be. She couldn't wait though. She looked at Craig and suddenly remembered, they were going out again. How could she have been so stupid? She could just pretend to enjoy the relationship. It would be way funnier if she pretended instead of just being happy with what she had. She wasn't happy, even though almost any girl would be happy with Craig. And she meant any girl.
Suddenly, Craig came off of the court and went over to Emma. "Emma, I'm sorry I had to kick you out of the house yesterday."
"It's okay Craig. Really, it is," Emma said half-heartedly.
"Emma, I know what we did last night was wrong, but believe me, it doesn't mean we should hold it against each other. It was one of those moments, you know, the ones that only happen once in a blue moon."
"Craig, what are you saying?" Emma asked, confused.
"I'm saying…I enjoyed the kiss, but I don't think we're right for each other. I'm sorry Emma," Craig said.
"No Craig. You're wrong. We're totally right for each other. You've got to believe me! We're meant to be together. That that dance at the wedding so many years ago sealed us together forever!" Emma grabbed his arm. "You've got to believe me!"
Craig yanked his arm away from Emma. "Please Emma. You've got to understand that I love Manny, not you. Our love stops at friendship."
"No! You cant be serious! I love you Craig!"
Everyone stopped and stared at Emma.
"Emma, you're just embarrassing yourself. I don't love you like that. I'm sorry, but if you keep acting like this, I will have to find a new babysitter for Joey. I'm sure Manny would love the position."
"Craig, Joey won't fire me. He likes me too much."
"Please, I can get him to fire you. I'll just tell him about the party."
"And I'll tell him how you got drunk," Emma threatened.
"Oh, Joey knows. I had to explain it all to him. Don't worry, he wasn't that mad. He was happy I didn't have sex with anyone or anything. Unlike some people," Craig said.
"Craig, I didn't have sex with Toby. You've got to believe me!"
"Emma, I saw you in the room. Toby was on top of you."
"But you see, he didn't do anything. Please Craig, you've got to believe me. I would never do anything like that, honest!"
"Emma, I'd believe you, but I think I'll believe my own eyes just a little bit more." He then walked back onto the basketball court, leaving Emma alone on the bench in tears.
"Why do you have to be like this Craig?" Emma whispered to herself. "Please, you just have to believe me on this one."
Manny looked over towards Emma and felt a pang of sadness. A little one mind you. She had to feel bad for her getting shot down by Craig like that, but she deserved it. She then continued watching the guys play basketball.
Author's Note: So yes, Craig is now Emma's enemy. What will Emma do to retrieve his love, and what will Manny do to make Emma's life miserable? Or will they just make up? Please review!
