I said I would update this weekend, and here I am. Hope you like chapter
7.
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Emma leafed through her closet looking for a dress to wear. She promised she wouldn't ask her mom to buy her a new dress until the next semi-formal, so she was stuck trying to find something no one would remember. Emma flipped back and forth through the dresses annoyed because they all looked boring or too recently worn. Well at least I'm going with Sean, she thought to herself. True, she did ask him, but still, he didn't say no. Emma hoped this would be the key to restarting her relationship with Sean, even though he was still hanging out with those bastards he called friends. But Emma had noticed a change in Sean for the better. First of all, he wasn't being as hard core as he was when he first starting hanging out with the neighborhood hoodlums. He was vandalizing vending machines or other things, and he actually took notes in math class that day. Emma hoped that he was taking her advice seriously and readjusting to his old self. Emma finally settled on a lilac tank top cut dress. It was pretty enough and she hadn't worn it for quite a while. I wonder what Manny is wearing, Emma thought to herself as she decided to give her friend a call. Manny was still trying to get Craig to ask her to the dance, but it was proved unsuccessful so far, and since the dance was tomorrow night, Emma assumed Manny was going stag.
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Manny stared exasperatedly at herself in her mirror. She had tried everything to get Craig to ask her to the dance. She had hinted so obviously at it, but he just seemed to miss the hints. She dressed even more skimpily than she normally did, even to the point where guys she didn't know asked her to the dance. But she said no to all of them hoping for Craig to ask her, but he never did! She was so annoyed. Manny twisted a lock of hair around her finger as she glared at the phone, willing Craig to call her and ask her. Just at that moment it rang, startling Manny so much she jumped. She looked excitedly at the phone, thinking maybe she did have some kind of telepathic power,
"Hello?" she asked cheerfully, practically feeling it in her veins that it was Craig.
"Hey Manny." Manny sighed and slumped down on her bed,
"Oh, hey Emma."
"I'm sorry, were you expecting someone else?" Emma asked hearing Manny's disappointment.
"No, I was just deciding whether or not I should really go to the dance tomorrow. I mean, it's not going to be fun if I'm the only one gong without a date," Manny said as she resorted to twirling her hair again.
"Manny, you have to go! Craig isn't going with anyone. So you can probably meet up with him at the dance," Emma said trying to reassure her friend, but Manny had a one track mind.
"Even Lux has a date, I mean, she just moved here and Jimmy Brooks asked her to the dance! How can I not have a date when I've been here since forever?!"
"Manny, so many guys asked you to the dance."
"Yeah, well none that I wanted to go with!"
"They were cute, especially that one kid with the blond hair, I don't know why you didn't want to go with him."
"Because he's not Craig!" Manny whined as Emma winced over the line.
"Manny you have to go. I refuse to let you not. What happened to all our plans to get ready together, you know, hair makeup, the whole deal!"
"What happens when Sean comes to pick YOU up and I'm stuck walking to the dance alone."
"We wouldn't ditch you, you can walk with us. And besides, as of now Sean and I are going as friends. We aren't back together yet." Emma said as Manny rolled her eyes on the other line. It bothered Manny how sure Emma was that they were going to get back together. Then again, usually things worked out for Emma, except for these past few months. "So will you come, PLEASE?!!" Emma's voice cut into Manny's thought.
"Yeah, ok, be there tomorrow." Manny responded as she hung up the phone. Emma did have a point, she knew tons of guys would be there to see her, so she might as well not disappoint a whole bunch of them.
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"So Craig, are you going to the dance?" Lux asked her friend/tutor at the moment as Craig wrote out an answer key to the practice quiz he had just given her.
"Probably not," he said looking up at her.
"Why not?" she asked surprised, she thought all her friends would be at this dance. Craig paused thinking for a moment,
"Well you know, I don't have date or anything."
"You didn't ask anyone?"
"Nope." Craig answered simply.
"Why not?"
"Wasn't really anyone I wanted to go with."
"Well then why would that stop you from going to the dance?" Lux countered as Craig grinned at her after a moment.
"Because everyone else has a date, so I don't want to be like. the third wheel."
"You won't be the third wheel! I mean, ok, Jimmy and I are just going as friends and Marco's gay so he and Hazel are obviously just going as friends. In fact, we are all just kind of going in a big group." Lux said trying to persuade her friend to go. Craig surveyed her over his text book and then gave in.
"Ok, whatever. I'll see you at the dance tomorrow." Lux nodded her head and grinned to herself, hoping to see a certain someone else there as well.
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Emma leafed through her closet looking for a dress to wear. She promised she wouldn't ask her mom to buy her a new dress until the next semi-formal, so she was stuck trying to find something no one would remember. Emma flipped back and forth through the dresses annoyed because they all looked boring or too recently worn. Well at least I'm going with Sean, she thought to herself. True, she did ask him, but still, he didn't say no. Emma hoped this would be the key to restarting her relationship with Sean, even though he was still hanging out with those bastards he called friends. But Emma had noticed a change in Sean for the better. First of all, he wasn't being as hard core as he was when he first starting hanging out with the neighborhood hoodlums. He was vandalizing vending machines or other things, and he actually took notes in math class that day. Emma hoped that he was taking her advice seriously and readjusting to his old self. Emma finally settled on a lilac tank top cut dress. It was pretty enough and she hadn't worn it for quite a while. I wonder what Manny is wearing, Emma thought to herself as she decided to give her friend a call. Manny was still trying to get Craig to ask her to the dance, but it was proved unsuccessful so far, and since the dance was tomorrow night, Emma assumed Manny was going stag.
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Manny stared exasperatedly at herself in her mirror. She had tried everything to get Craig to ask her to the dance. She had hinted so obviously at it, but he just seemed to miss the hints. She dressed even more skimpily than she normally did, even to the point where guys she didn't know asked her to the dance. But she said no to all of them hoping for Craig to ask her, but he never did! She was so annoyed. Manny twisted a lock of hair around her finger as she glared at the phone, willing Craig to call her and ask her. Just at that moment it rang, startling Manny so much she jumped. She looked excitedly at the phone, thinking maybe she did have some kind of telepathic power,
"Hello?" she asked cheerfully, practically feeling it in her veins that it was Craig.
"Hey Manny." Manny sighed and slumped down on her bed,
"Oh, hey Emma."
"I'm sorry, were you expecting someone else?" Emma asked hearing Manny's disappointment.
"No, I was just deciding whether or not I should really go to the dance tomorrow. I mean, it's not going to be fun if I'm the only one gong without a date," Manny said as she resorted to twirling her hair again.
"Manny, you have to go! Craig isn't going with anyone. So you can probably meet up with him at the dance," Emma said trying to reassure her friend, but Manny had a one track mind.
"Even Lux has a date, I mean, she just moved here and Jimmy Brooks asked her to the dance! How can I not have a date when I've been here since forever?!"
"Manny, so many guys asked you to the dance."
"Yeah, well none that I wanted to go with!"
"They were cute, especially that one kid with the blond hair, I don't know why you didn't want to go with him."
"Because he's not Craig!" Manny whined as Emma winced over the line.
"Manny you have to go. I refuse to let you not. What happened to all our plans to get ready together, you know, hair makeup, the whole deal!"
"What happens when Sean comes to pick YOU up and I'm stuck walking to the dance alone."
"We wouldn't ditch you, you can walk with us. And besides, as of now Sean and I are going as friends. We aren't back together yet." Emma said as Manny rolled her eyes on the other line. It bothered Manny how sure Emma was that they were going to get back together. Then again, usually things worked out for Emma, except for these past few months. "So will you come, PLEASE?!!" Emma's voice cut into Manny's thought.
"Yeah, ok, be there tomorrow." Manny responded as she hung up the phone. Emma did have a point, she knew tons of guys would be there to see her, so she might as well not disappoint a whole bunch of them.
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"So Craig, are you going to the dance?" Lux asked her friend/tutor at the moment as Craig wrote out an answer key to the practice quiz he had just given her.
"Probably not," he said looking up at her.
"Why not?" she asked surprised, she thought all her friends would be at this dance. Craig paused thinking for a moment,
"Well you know, I don't have date or anything."
"You didn't ask anyone?"
"Nope." Craig answered simply.
"Why not?"
"Wasn't really anyone I wanted to go with."
"Well then why would that stop you from going to the dance?" Lux countered as Craig grinned at her after a moment.
"Because everyone else has a date, so I don't want to be like. the third wheel."
"You won't be the third wheel! I mean, ok, Jimmy and I are just going as friends and Marco's gay so he and Hazel are obviously just going as friends. In fact, we are all just kind of going in a big group." Lux said trying to persuade her friend to go. Craig surveyed her over his text book and then gave in.
"Ok, whatever. I'll see you at the dance tomorrow." Lux nodded her head and grinned to herself, hoping to see a certain someone else there as well.
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