.::Crash Into You::.

Chapter 10: Gaining A Friend But Losing Another

"Yea it's me!" Emma said cheerfully.

"Um… hi." Manny said taken aback.

"Listen, I-I, I um, just wanted to," Emma took a deep breath, "apologize for the way I acted. I was stupid and childish. I know that if I kept holding that grudge towards you I would have regretted it for the rest of my life. So… I'm sorry… really, really, sorry."

Manny was silent. She had no idea what to say. This was so unexpected.

"Manny? Are you there? Did you hang up on me?" Emma asked, already beginning to regret this.

"No! I'm here! And I'm so so so sorry too Em!" Manny said finally regaining her speech.

"Yes! So we're cool now?" Emma asked.

"Definitely." Manny said with a laugh.

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"Manny! Manny wait up!" Adam yelled down the hall as he ran towards Manny.

Manny closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and turned to Adam. "Hey… Adam…"

"Manny what's up?" Adam said out of breath, "Haven't seen you lately."

That's probably because I've been avoiding you Adam… you, and the rest of the world… Manny thought as she forced a smile.

"I've been pretty busy." She said knowing that now that Craig was out of her life she had absolutely nothing to do except sit at home and listen to her parents argue.

"Oh. Well if you ever have some free time maybe we could get together sometime and you could think some more about what I asked you before. You know about being my girlfriend?" Adam said sweetly.

Manny sighed, "Yea, sure Adam. I'll do that." she said as she turned and headed to her class.

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Crap where do I sit now? Craig thought as he stood in the cafeteria clutching his lunch tray. I can't just sit with her… not after everything that happened. He glanced over to Manny. She was looking at him too. Should I sit there? He wondered, but before he even had a chance to decide Adam went and over and plunked down next to her. "Guess that answers my question." Craig mumbled to himself and took a seat next to Spinner.

"What are you doing?" Spinner asked him just as Craig started eating his lunch.

"What do you mean? I'm sitting down." Craig said casually.

"Well why are you sitting here? Aren't you gonna go sit with Manny?" Spinner said.

"Yea you two have been like, attached at the hip lately." Jimmy added.

"Well maybe I don't feel like sitting with her today. Is that okay with you two?" Craig said sarcastically.

"Crap!" Manny whispered to herself as she saw Adam walking towards her table and Craig sitting down with his friends.

"Hey Manny!" Adam said in his usual cheery manner as he took a seat beside her.

"Hey." Manny said as she glanced over to Craig.

"So what's up." He said in an attempt to make small talk.

"Nothing."

"Oh well I was just wondering if you decided."

"Decided what?" Manny said acting clueless, but she knew exactly what he was talking about.

"You know, if you wanted to be my-" Adam began but Manny quickly cut him off.

"Emma!" she shouted across the cafeteria hoping that she could stall Adam. She didn't want to hurt him but she didn't want to be his girlfriend either.

Emma walked up to the table and took a seat across from Manny.

"Hey!" she said with a wide smile.

"Hey Em. This is Adam. Adam this is my friend Emma." Manny said with a sigh of relief.

Emma and Adam exchanged smiles. Adam glanced at Manny, then at Emma, and then back at his food. He lost his chance. He couldn't ask her out in front of this Emma girl. The last time he tried doing that in front of one of her friends things didn't work out so great…

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When the period was over Emma and Manny walked to class together.

"Em you really saved me back there." Manny said with a smile.

"What do you mean?" Emma asked.

"Adam kind of wants to date me… exclusively…" Manny said, "and I don't really wanna date him."

Emma gasped, "Are you serious? Why not? He seems like a nice guy."

Manny gave her a look, "Emma, be serious."
"Okay so he's kind of an airhead, but he's sweet. That's gotta earn him some brownie points." Emma said with a laugh.

A/N: I'm back! LOL! Seriously though, I know that I haven't updated this fic in ages but I gonna start to again now that it's summer and I'll probably have some more free time. I'm sorry for stopping and I just hope that I haven't lost my readers! I wanna say thanks to reviewers Abbey and dramaqueen717 Your reviews gave me the push I needed to start writing again!