"JT, what is going on?" Emma Nelson said as she swung her blonde locks out
of her face while walking to school that bright Tuesday morning.
"What do you mean? Everything is fine. So, you lost your boyfriend and your best friend isn't talking to you, no biggie. I don't see what the big deal is."
As usual JT is clueless. Emma thought. I mean, why can't he just understand like...Manny.
"Look JT I'm not going to get into this with you. Maybe you have never lost someone you lov-liked". Good thing I caught myself before saying loved. I did love him.
"Emma, maybe you need a little cheering up. I know about this party Paige is having tonight and we should go. You need it, I think. Sorry if I'm not helping. No sisters equals not very emotional"
"That's ok. Yea, I can't wait maybe I will have one good time for a change. Thanks JT!" Emma said. But she knew it was something she could wait for, something she had to get over with, because of one thing: Manny.
In Media Immersion
"Ok students, today we are going to start a new project, but working in partners are what we have to do considering the objective of the work environment. You have to work with people you may not like or your best friends. So, we are going to put names of your classmates in a hat and pick randomly. The decisions are final; you can't weasel your way out of this in the work world. Are you ready?"
This is so unfair!! They only people I can stand to work with are Liberty, JT and Toby and knowing my luck I will be stuck with Manny, Emma thought. Archie is so unreasonable.
"I will give you free time while I pick names out of the hat. You may do what you please, but keep the noise level down and the horsing around to a minimum. Go ahead!" Mr. Simpson said as he started digging though the hat finding names to pair off. All of a sudden Sean walked up to Emma. He tapped her on the shoulder.
"Hey" Sean said cautiously. He knew this wasn't going to be easy but Jay was counting on him to break things off indefinitely with Emma, even though that was the last thing he wanted.
"What do you want, I thought you had nothing to say? Find a dictionary to form new sentences now?" Emma was harsh, but she knew what she had to do. If she acted like she didn't love him, she could convince him she didn't. The problem was she had to convince herself.
"No, I ju-just," Sean was stumbling on his words by how hurtful she was being, "I have to give you back your stuff." "What stuff?"
"The stuff I had when we dated. I need to return what is rightfully yours." Sean was confident and he knew he had to stand his ground on giving it back, no matter the memories attached.
"Oh, like Snake's laptop, I see how you just handed that right back," she mumbled but Sean had no time to respond since Mr. Simpson cut them off.
"I have picked the pairings. Come and read them off the bulletin board. After you find your name next to your partners, you are dismissed.
Emma went to the board to read the names. Chris Sharpe...............Toby Isaacs. All right, not bad. Manny Santos.................. (Emma held her breath) J.T. Yorke. Phew! I'm not with her! Good. Liberty Van Zandt...............Lauren Goldberg. As Emma read the list, and started to notice a pattern: she didn't have a partner yet, and neither did Sean. She got to the end of the list. Emma Nelson...............Sean Cameron. Emma was with Sean. The boy who dumped her the day before, and now has to do a project with him.
"What do you mean? Everything is fine. So, you lost your boyfriend and your best friend isn't talking to you, no biggie. I don't see what the big deal is."
As usual JT is clueless. Emma thought. I mean, why can't he just understand like...Manny.
"Look JT I'm not going to get into this with you. Maybe you have never lost someone you lov-liked". Good thing I caught myself before saying loved. I did love him.
"Emma, maybe you need a little cheering up. I know about this party Paige is having tonight and we should go. You need it, I think. Sorry if I'm not helping. No sisters equals not very emotional"
"That's ok. Yea, I can't wait maybe I will have one good time for a change. Thanks JT!" Emma said. But she knew it was something she could wait for, something she had to get over with, because of one thing: Manny.
In Media Immersion
"Ok students, today we are going to start a new project, but working in partners are what we have to do considering the objective of the work environment. You have to work with people you may not like or your best friends. So, we are going to put names of your classmates in a hat and pick randomly. The decisions are final; you can't weasel your way out of this in the work world. Are you ready?"
This is so unfair!! They only people I can stand to work with are Liberty, JT and Toby and knowing my luck I will be stuck with Manny, Emma thought. Archie is so unreasonable.
"I will give you free time while I pick names out of the hat. You may do what you please, but keep the noise level down and the horsing around to a minimum. Go ahead!" Mr. Simpson said as he started digging though the hat finding names to pair off. All of a sudden Sean walked up to Emma. He tapped her on the shoulder.
"Hey" Sean said cautiously. He knew this wasn't going to be easy but Jay was counting on him to break things off indefinitely with Emma, even though that was the last thing he wanted.
"What do you want, I thought you had nothing to say? Find a dictionary to form new sentences now?" Emma was harsh, but she knew what she had to do. If she acted like she didn't love him, she could convince him she didn't. The problem was she had to convince herself.
"No, I ju-just," Sean was stumbling on his words by how hurtful she was being, "I have to give you back your stuff." "What stuff?"
"The stuff I had when we dated. I need to return what is rightfully yours." Sean was confident and he knew he had to stand his ground on giving it back, no matter the memories attached.
"Oh, like Snake's laptop, I see how you just handed that right back," she mumbled but Sean had no time to respond since Mr. Simpson cut them off.
"I have picked the pairings. Come and read them off the bulletin board. After you find your name next to your partners, you are dismissed.
Emma went to the board to read the names. Chris Sharpe...............Toby Isaacs. All right, not bad. Manny Santos.................. (Emma held her breath) J.T. Yorke. Phew! I'm not with her! Good. Liberty Van Zandt...............Lauren Goldberg. As Emma read the list, and started to notice a pattern: she didn't have a partner yet, and neither did Sean. She got to the end of the list. Emma Nelson...............Sean Cameron. Emma was with Sean. The boy who dumped her the day before, and now has to do a project with him.