Chapter 2: Getting Picked On
It is lunch time and Emma is putting her stuff in her locker. She closes
the locker door and Craig is there.
"Hi Emma."
"Hey Craig."
"Just want to apologize for yesterday's little mishap."
"I should apologize. Things have been hard lately."
"Is it Sean and Manny? Just move on and make some new friends. You can have
lunch with me and Ash today."
"Really?"
"Of course! Friends are always welcome!"
"Thanks! I just need to go to the ladies' room, I'll see you there!"
Craig walks away and Emma goes to the rest room. She starts to apply make-
up.
"You're still ugly as hell!" Emma turned around to see Paige, with Hazel.
"Very funny Paige, but any girl can wear make-up if they want to!"
"Not if it makes them look worse!" Paige and Hazel started to giggle.
Emma has tears coming down her face. She runs out of the bathroom.
"Gee, I didn't mean to make you cry!"
Emma searches the cafeteria. She sees Craig and Ashley sitting across from
Ellie.
"Emma! Over here!" Craig screamed.
"You're kidding, right?" Ellie started to crack up.
"Ellie, please behave yourself," Ashley said.
"I'm sorry; it's just that Emma is such a geek."
"I thought you said you didn't label people," Craig says, feeling so smart.
"Shut up Craig, I changed my mind."
"Hey guys!" Emma screamed. "What's up?"
"Oh, we were just talking about eating lunch with you," said Ellie.
"Huh?"
"Ellie means we were just saying that this is gonna be a good day!" Craig
says, giving Ellie an annoyed look.
"Anyway, I was hoping maybe you would help out with SITE today. Would you
like to?"
"Sure!" Ashley says.
Craig nods in agreement. "Yeah!"
"How about you Ellie?" Emma asks, waiting for her to say 'yes.'
"Sorry Emma, but I don't have time for some geek environmental club!"
"Excuse me?"
"Do you have problems hearing Emma? I said it LOUD and CLEAR! Can you hear
me now?"
"Very funny. This is so typical of you. Being so mean to everyone and just
being a rebel. You're so pathetic."
Ellie has a hurt look on her face. "Yeah, well at least I don't spend my
life worrying about the environment! And at least I have friends!"
Emma was glad that she hurt Ellie's feelings, but Ellie had spoken the
truth. "Some of us want to have civilized friends!"
"No wonder Craig pities you," Ellie mutters under her breath.
"What?" Emma yells.
"Craig invited you because he saw what a loser you are and thought you
should have someone to cheer you up."
"Craig, you're just as pathetic as Ellie! Forget you! Forget all of you! I
hate everyone! I hate Sean for joining the gang, I hate Manny for dumping
me for popular, I hate my mom for making me stay home all the time to watch
Jack! I hate Liberty! I hate everyone! I wish you would ALL go to hell!"
Emma runs to the bathroom, sobbing uncontrollably.
Manny and Sean run over to Craig's table. Craig has a guilty look on his
face.
"Is everything alright with Emma? Why was she having a breakdown?" Manny
asks, very concerned.
"What did you say to her Craig? What's your friggin' problem Ellie? Why are
you such a mean person?" Sean is banging the table with anger.
"Don't blame us!" Craig yells. "You're the ones that dumped her for new
friends, remember? You're the reason her life is so messed up, so don't
blame us all of a sudden!"
"Ditto," Ashley and Ellie say at the same time.
They threw at their food and left the cafeteria. Manny and Sean are both
speechless. What Craig said was right.
Manny sighs. "How could I do this to Emma? Why did I leave her? She was
such a good friend to me!"
"Yeah, Emma may have been busy all the time, but we still had many good
times! She was my first real love."
"I wish I could go back to the past and change everything!"
"Hold up..halt! We're feeling all guilty when Emma was the one who was
always trying to control our lives! We're finally free from her; I'm very
happy!"
"I agree! Emma can cry all she wants!"
(Emma had a breakdown! Will she be okay? Find out in chapter 3)
It is lunch time and Emma is putting her stuff in her locker. She closes
the locker door and Craig is there.
"Hi Emma."
"Hey Craig."
"Just want to apologize for yesterday's little mishap."
"I should apologize. Things have been hard lately."
"Is it Sean and Manny? Just move on and make some new friends. You can have
lunch with me and Ash today."
"Really?"
"Of course! Friends are always welcome!"
"Thanks! I just need to go to the ladies' room, I'll see you there!"
Craig walks away and Emma goes to the rest room. She starts to apply make-
up.
"You're still ugly as hell!" Emma turned around to see Paige, with Hazel.
"Very funny Paige, but any girl can wear make-up if they want to!"
"Not if it makes them look worse!" Paige and Hazel started to giggle.
Emma has tears coming down her face. She runs out of the bathroom.
"Gee, I didn't mean to make you cry!"
Emma searches the cafeteria. She sees Craig and Ashley sitting across from
Ellie.
"Emma! Over here!" Craig screamed.
"You're kidding, right?" Ellie started to crack up.
"Ellie, please behave yourself," Ashley said.
"I'm sorry; it's just that Emma is such a geek."
"I thought you said you didn't label people," Craig says, feeling so smart.
"Shut up Craig, I changed my mind."
"Hey guys!" Emma screamed. "What's up?"
"Oh, we were just talking about eating lunch with you," said Ellie.
"Huh?"
"Ellie means we were just saying that this is gonna be a good day!" Craig
says, giving Ellie an annoyed look.
"Anyway, I was hoping maybe you would help out with SITE today. Would you
like to?"
"Sure!" Ashley says.
Craig nods in agreement. "Yeah!"
"How about you Ellie?" Emma asks, waiting for her to say 'yes.'
"Sorry Emma, but I don't have time for some geek environmental club!"
"Excuse me?"
"Do you have problems hearing Emma? I said it LOUD and CLEAR! Can you hear
me now?"
"Very funny. This is so typical of you. Being so mean to everyone and just
being a rebel. You're so pathetic."
Ellie has a hurt look on her face. "Yeah, well at least I don't spend my
life worrying about the environment! And at least I have friends!"
Emma was glad that she hurt Ellie's feelings, but Ellie had spoken the
truth. "Some of us want to have civilized friends!"
"No wonder Craig pities you," Ellie mutters under her breath.
"What?" Emma yells.
"Craig invited you because he saw what a loser you are and thought you
should have someone to cheer you up."
"Craig, you're just as pathetic as Ellie! Forget you! Forget all of you! I
hate everyone! I hate Sean for joining the gang, I hate Manny for dumping
me for popular, I hate my mom for making me stay home all the time to watch
Jack! I hate Liberty! I hate everyone! I wish you would ALL go to hell!"
Emma runs to the bathroom, sobbing uncontrollably.
Manny and Sean run over to Craig's table. Craig has a guilty look on his
face.
"Is everything alright with Emma? Why was she having a breakdown?" Manny
asks, very concerned.
"What did you say to her Craig? What's your friggin' problem Ellie? Why are
you such a mean person?" Sean is banging the table with anger.
"Don't blame us!" Craig yells. "You're the ones that dumped her for new
friends, remember? You're the reason her life is so messed up, so don't
blame us all of a sudden!"
"Ditto," Ashley and Ellie say at the same time.
They threw at their food and left the cafeteria. Manny and Sean are both
speechless. What Craig said was right.
Manny sighs. "How could I do this to Emma? Why did I leave her? She was
such a good friend to me!"
"Yeah, Emma may have been busy all the time, but we still had many good
times! She was my first real love."
"I wish I could go back to the past and change everything!"
"Hold up..halt! We're feeling all guilty when Emma was the one who was
always trying to control our lives! We're finally free from her; I'm very
happy!"
"I agree! Emma can cry all she wants!"
(Emma had a breakdown! Will she be okay? Find out in chapter 3)