Chapter 5 Just the Truth
After another great day with Sean and all her new friends Emma went home and on her way she daydreamed about her and Sean. She was even happier than yesterday. She enjoyed being liked, popular, and loved having an old boyfriend back in her life. There was no more emptiness to fill because she had everything she wanted and needed nothing more. She opened the door of her house and saw her mom, Mr. Simpson and her brother and then realized that she also had the most perfect family. She had everything a girl could ask for and was in her own personal paradise.
Mom: Oh hello Emma and how was your day?
Emma: Perfect! Everything is perfect!
Mr. Simpson: Wow you sound very happy. At dinner we can talk more about this perfect day you had.
Emma: Okay! I'm going upstairs to freshen up and then I'll come downstairs.
Mom: I can't wait to hear about this.
Emma: Oh and I can't wait to tell you about it.
Emma ran upstairs and got ready for dinner with her family. She decided to tone down her clothing so her parents wouldn't tell her to change. Her clothes weren't as drastic as Manny's but her parents probably still wouldn't approve of it. Then she went downstairs singing a song that she just made up as so went along. Her mom's cooking could be smelled throughout the entire house.
Emma: Mom this smells delicious!
Mom: Thanks darling! (She said while handing Emma a plate of lasagna, French bread and salad.)
Mr. Simpson: Yum my favorite dish! Emma so what happened at school today?
Emma: There's so much to say but where should I start?
Mr. Simpson: From the beginning would be good!
Emma: Now why didn't I think of that? (She said with a giggle.) Okay first of all Sean and me are back together once again. It took awhile for him to come to his senses but the important thing is that he did and we couldn't possibly be any happier.
Mom: You broke up? When did this happen?
Emma: Yeah but that is old news so out with that and in with the new. Manny and me are friends again and she is now dating J.T. She is the best and we get along really well.
Mr. Simpson: Oh really? I haven't heard you say that in awhile.
Mom: But I am glad you settled your differences.
Emma: And we realized that we aren't that different after all.
Mom: You aren't? (She said surprised by Emma's response.)
Emma: Nope we aren't! Anyways and the strangest news is well Paige is actually talking to me and by that I don't mean insulting me. We actually have a real conversation. Thanks to her and Manny I'm popular. I love being popular because everybody knows my name and wants to hang around me.
Mom: Before you didn't care so much about popularity.
Emma: Well I do now.
Mom: Oh I see!
Emma: Aren't you happy for me?
Mom: Your happiness means a lot to me. It's just that . . . oh it's nothing.
Emma: You're not being honest with me because when you say nothing I know you mean something. It's in the way you say it.
Mr. Simpson: Emma, would you stop overreacting so we can get back to eating this lovely meal your mother cooked.
Emma: I'm not overreacting. I just want to know the truth because I just don't understand.
Mom: I just think you shouldn't care so much about what other people think of you. You never used to. Maybe you should just try to concentrate more on school and the environment. You're good at that. Emma: Oh so is that it? No I'm not going to do that, mom. There's more to life then school and the environment. I have a social life. I'm tired of being a goody-two shoe girl and a geek and a nerd. I don't want to be a nobody any more because I've been there and it is no fun. Believe me mother it is zero amount of fun.
Mom: You're none of those things so stop thinking you are.
Emma: Yeah well I'm sorry to break it to you mom but I was and now I'm not and nobody can change that, not you, not Snake, or anybody else.
Mom: Shh be quiet! You don't want to startle Jack with all your shouting.
Emma: Are you even listening to me?
Mr. Simpson: Of course we are but it can't be as bad as you make it sound.
Emma: How can you say that? I'm sorry you can't understand! I don't know why I even bother telling you. You don't even try to understand what I'm going through. It's as if you don't even care.
Mom: That's not true at all. Now are you finished?
Emma: Yeah I'm finished. There's no more to say. Don't even bother telling me to go to my room and there's no need to reason with me. I just wish you would understand but I guess that it is just too much to ask.
She ran upstairs and slammed her door to make sure that they knew she was mad. She didn't care if they grounded her. She didn't care anymore. How could they not understand her? She cried on her pillow and found her diary under it so she took it out and opened it. That night she wrote everything that she was feeling.
Dear Diary,
Haven't had to write in here for a long time but there is so much to say. Tonight I told my parents about the wonderful turn my life is taking and they didn't even care. They told me to start thinking more about the environment and school. I told them I wasn't and they got mad. Why can't they just realize that I want to stop being a geek? I want to be noticed for me and not for being known as the school nerd. I no longer want to be an outcast and I want to belong. I'm popular at last and love it. I'm no longer scared of taking risks anymore. I'm with Sean again but did they care. . . NO! They didn't even know we broke up. I told them and they didn't even listen to me. Manny and me are friends again but they thought that was a bad thing. I'm not going to do everything she tells me to do because I'm my own person. They would understand if they saw me at school getting teased by other people but now everybody loves me. I'm no longer lonely but it's not like my parents would notice.
After another great day with Sean and all her new friends Emma went home and on her way she daydreamed about her and Sean. She was even happier than yesterday. She enjoyed being liked, popular, and loved having an old boyfriend back in her life. There was no more emptiness to fill because she had everything she wanted and needed nothing more. She opened the door of her house and saw her mom, Mr. Simpson and her brother and then realized that she also had the most perfect family. She had everything a girl could ask for and was in her own personal paradise.
Mom: Oh hello Emma and how was your day?
Emma: Perfect! Everything is perfect!
Mr. Simpson: Wow you sound very happy. At dinner we can talk more about this perfect day you had.
Emma: Okay! I'm going upstairs to freshen up and then I'll come downstairs.
Mom: I can't wait to hear about this.
Emma: Oh and I can't wait to tell you about it.
Emma ran upstairs and got ready for dinner with her family. She decided to tone down her clothing so her parents wouldn't tell her to change. Her clothes weren't as drastic as Manny's but her parents probably still wouldn't approve of it. Then she went downstairs singing a song that she just made up as so went along. Her mom's cooking could be smelled throughout the entire house.
Emma: Mom this smells delicious!
Mom: Thanks darling! (She said while handing Emma a plate of lasagna, French bread and salad.)
Mr. Simpson: Yum my favorite dish! Emma so what happened at school today?
Emma: There's so much to say but where should I start?
Mr. Simpson: From the beginning would be good!
Emma: Now why didn't I think of that? (She said with a giggle.) Okay first of all Sean and me are back together once again. It took awhile for him to come to his senses but the important thing is that he did and we couldn't possibly be any happier.
Mom: You broke up? When did this happen?
Emma: Yeah but that is old news so out with that and in with the new. Manny and me are friends again and she is now dating J.T. She is the best and we get along really well.
Mr. Simpson: Oh really? I haven't heard you say that in awhile.
Mom: But I am glad you settled your differences.
Emma: And we realized that we aren't that different after all.
Mom: You aren't? (She said surprised by Emma's response.)
Emma: Nope we aren't! Anyways and the strangest news is well Paige is actually talking to me and by that I don't mean insulting me. We actually have a real conversation. Thanks to her and Manny I'm popular. I love being popular because everybody knows my name and wants to hang around me.
Mom: Before you didn't care so much about popularity.
Emma: Well I do now.
Mom: Oh I see!
Emma: Aren't you happy for me?
Mom: Your happiness means a lot to me. It's just that . . . oh it's nothing.
Emma: You're not being honest with me because when you say nothing I know you mean something. It's in the way you say it.
Mr. Simpson: Emma, would you stop overreacting so we can get back to eating this lovely meal your mother cooked.
Emma: I'm not overreacting. I just want to know the truth because I just don't understand.
Mom: I just think you shouldn't care so much about what other people think of you. You never used to. Maybe you should just try to concentrate more on school and the environment. You're good at that. Emma: Oh so is that it? No I'm not going to do that, mom. There's more to life then school and the environment. I have a social life. I'm tired of being a goody-two shoe girl and a geek and a nerd. I don't want to be a nobody any more because I've been there and it is no fun. Believe me mother it is zero amount of fun.
Mom: You're none of those things so stop thinking you are.
Emma: Yeah well I'm sorry to break it to you mom but I was and now I'm not and nobody can change that, not you, not Snake, or anybody else.
Mom: Shh be quiet! You don't want to startle Jack with all your shouting.
Emma: Are you even listening to me?
Mr. Simpson: Of course we are but it can't be as bad as you make it sound.
Emma: How can you say that? I'm sorry you can't understand! I don't know why I even bother telling you. You don't even try to understand what I'm going through. It's as if you don't even care.
Mom: That's not true at all. Now are you finished?
Emma: Yeah I'm finished. There's no more to say. Don't even bother telling me to go to my room and there's no need to reason with me. I just wish you would understand but I guess that it is just too much to ask.
She ran upstairs and slammed her door to make sure that they knew she was mad. She didn't care if they grounded her. She didn't care anymore. How could they not understand her? She cried on her pillow and found her diary under it so she took it out and opened it. That night she wrote everything that she was feeling.
Dear Diary,
Haven't had to write in here for a long time but there is so much to say. Tonight I told my parents about the wonderful turn my life is taking and they didn't even care. They told me to start thinking more about the environment and school. I told them I wasn't and they got mad. Why can't they just realize that I want to stop being a geek? I want to be noticed for me and not for being known as the school nerd. I no longer want to be an outcast and I want to belong. I'm popular at last and love it. I'm no longer scared of taking risks anymore. I'm with Sean again but did they care. . . NO! They didn't even know we broke up. I told them and they didn't even listen to me. Manny and me are friends again but they thought that was a bad thing. I'm not going to do everything she tells me to do because I'm my own person. They would understand if they saw me at school getting teased by other people but now everybody loves me. I'm no longer lonely but it's not like my parents would notice.