(A/N: a quick update, since the last chapter was so short! i try to make
this one longer.)
'Oh, god, this is just what I need right now.' Emma thought as she saw Manny get ready to say something.
"Emma." she began.
Turning back to her locker, Emma plainly replied. "What?"
"Okay, um, I – I'm really, really sorry about what happened on Saturday. I'm sorry I was so stupid, and I'm sorry I was such a jerk at the party."
"Manny, what are you really apologizing for?"
Manny paused. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, why are you so sorry?" Emma closed her locker as Manny said nothing. "I don't even know what you did anymore."
"I – uh, wait, what? Emma, you're totally not being fair."
"I'm not being fair?" Emma said, shocked.
"Yeah, what's your problem? I'm apologizing because you practically freaked out on me for any move I made this weekend."
"That's not true."
"Yes, it is, whether you like it or not! First, I'm sorry – I got drunk at the party, okay? I admit it. I'm sorry I put a drug in Paige's stupid drink, I admit it!" Manny knew she was getting loud, but she really didn't care what other people thought right now. "And I know I saw Sean with a gun. That's not my fault! Don't blame everything on me just because you hate him, and stop dissing Chris for the same reason!"
"Oh, what do you know about Chris?" Emma asked sarcastically.
"I know that he likes you, and you're practically driving him away!"
"I don't get it, just because I don't want Sean to die, I'm driving him away?!"
"There you go, talking about Sean again –"
"Okay, what is it that you want from me, Manny? What is it that the entire WORLD wants from me? Just like you, I saw something that I didn't want to see – I saw Jay talking about getting Sean. What was I supposed to do, just let him get killed?"
"No, but –"
"But what?"
"But you don't know the whole story! You never let me finish explaining at the hospital the other day!"
"Explaining what?!"
"Explaining about what Sean was doing with that gun!"
Emma stopped. Even though she was in the middle of practically her millionth fight with Manny, this intrigued her. "Well then tell me."
Manny thought about how to say this. "Okay..."
FLASHBACK
Manny watched Emma run around the corner. 'What is she thinking?' she thought. With a sigh, Manny also noticed Spinner walking into the hospital building. However, Paige stayed in the car, helpless as can be. 'I can't believe this. Everyone in this parking lot is practically plotting my death. Ugh, why won't the bus just get here already?'
But a few seconds later, Manny could see a figure running out from behind the hospital, but they were running from the opposite side that Emma had entered. 'That was quick.' Manny thought, thinking it was Emma, back already. But she was wrong, the figure turned out to be none other than Sean. He ran closer, but stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Manny in front of him. The look in his eyes was fearful.
"Sean?! What are you doing?!" Manny whispered sharply, so Paige wouldn't hear.
"Nowhere. I just...heard the bus stop was around here."
"I – it is. It's over there." Manny pointed near the street, confused.
Without saying another word. Sean began to run toward the street corner, but something fell out of his jacket. It was a gun. Manny couldn't help but gape at it. She backed up and turned to Sean, then looked once more at the weapon. Sean quickly bent down to pick it up and then shot back up with it.
"Sean! What the hell –"
"Manny, you don't understand. Look, do you remember last night, when you ran into me after the party...you know, ended?"
Manny tried really hard to remember. She knew she had said something to him...but she was too drunk to remember. Sean could tell she was having a hard time, so he refreshed her memory. "Look, long story short – I told you, Jay was looking for me. He still is. And this isn't my gun. I took from him, okay? I had to. They were gonna –"
"W- wait, didn't you call Emma?"
Sean stared at her, not knowing what to say. Eventually, he remembered that he was on the run, and began to dash out of the parking lot and down to where the bus was about to pull up. Manny was so shocked, she couldn't even make herself get on this bus that she had been waiting for, for so long. 'Oh, god, what do I do? I can't report it...but I have to. What if Jay gets it back? Oh, god, why did I have to witness this?' On instinct, Manny got out her cell phone and called the police.
END OF FLASHBACK
"...so later, they came, and that's when you came back. But you do know I never said his name, right?"
Emma was completely shocked. "So...it was all just to protect himself?"
"Of course...what did you think, he was gonna kill everyone in the school or something?"
"No...I didn't know what to think." Emma paused. For some reason, she felt sadder than ever right now. "Forget it."
Manny looked confused. "Forget what?"
"I mean, forget, just, all of this. I'm sick of fighting with you. I don't even know why this is happening anymore."
Suddenly, the bell rang, and neither one of the girls was even close to being ready for class. But they didn't care. "I know." Manny hesitantly agreed.
(A/N: hmmm...weird ending to the chapter, I guess. Well, review more and i'll update! Thanks for your last reviews, by the way!)
'Oh, god, this is just what I need right now.' Emma thought as she saw Manny get ready to say something.
"Emma." she began.
Turning back to her locker, Emma plainly replied. "What?"
"Okay, um, I – I'm really, really sorry about what happened on Saturday. I'm sorry I was so stupid, and I'm sorry I was such a jerk at the party."
"Manny, what are you really apologizing for?"
Manny paused. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, why are you so sorry?" Emma closed her locker as Manny said nothing. "I don't even know what you did anymore."
"I – uh, wait, what? Emma, you're totally not being fair."
"I'm not being fair?" Emma said, shocked.
"Yeah, what's your problem? I'm apologizing because you practically freaked out on me for any move I made this weekend."
"That's not true."
"Yes, it is, whether you like it or not! First, I'm sorry – I got drunk at the party, okay? I admit it. I'm sorry I put a drug in Paige's stupid drink, I admit it!" Manny knew she was getting loud, but she really didn't care what other people thought right now. "And I know I saw Sean with a gun. That's not my fault! Don't blame everything on me just because you hate him, and stop dissing Chris for the same reason!"
"Oh, what do you know about Chris?" Emma asked sarcastically.
"I know that he likes you, and you're practically driving him away!"
"I don't get it, just because I don't want Sean to die, I'm driving him away?!"
"There you go, talking about Sean again –"
"Okay, what is it that you want from me, Manny? What is it that the entire WORLD wants from me? Just like you, I saw something that I didn't want to see – I saw Jay talking about getting Sean. What was I supposed to do, just let him get killed?"
"No, but –"
"But what?"
"But you don't know the whole story! You never let me finish explaining at the hospital the other day!"
"Explaining what?!"
"Explaining about what Sean was doing with that gun!"
Emma stopped. Even though she was in the middle of practically her millionth fight with Manny, this intrigued her. "Well then tell me."
Manny thought about how to say this. "Okay..."
FLASHBACK
Manny watched Emma run around the corner. 'What is she thinking?' she thought. With a sigh, Manny also noticed Spinner walking into the hospital building. However, Paige stayed in the car, helpless as can be. 'I can't believe this. Everyone in this parking lot is practically plotting my death. Ugh, why won't the bus just get here already?'
But a few seconds later, Manny could see a figure running out from behind the hospital, but they were running from the opposite side that Emma had entered. 'That was quick.' Manny thought, thinking it was Emma, back already. But she was wrong, the figure turned out to be none other than Sean. He ran closer, but stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Manny in front of him. The look in his eyes was fearful.
"Sean?! What are you doing?!" Manny whispered sharply, so Paige wouldn't hear.
"Nowhere. I just...heard the bus stop was around here."
"I – it is. It's over there." Manny pointed near the street, confused.
Without saying another word. Sean began to run toward the street corner, but something fell out of his jacket. It was a gun. Manny couldn't help but gape at it. She backed up and turned to Sean, then looked once more at the weapon. Sean quickly bent down to pick it up and then shot back up with it.
"Sean! What the hell –"
"Manny, you don't understand. Look, do you remember last night, when you ran into me after the party...you know, ended?"
Manny tried really hard to remember. She knew she had said something to him...but she was too drunk to remember. Sean could tell she was having a hard time, so he refreshed her memory. "Look, long story short – I told you, Jay was looking for me. He still is. And this isn't my gun. I took from him, okay? I had to. They were gonna –"
"W- wait, didn't you call Emma?"
Sean stared at her, not knowing what to say. Eventually, he remembered that he was on the run, and began to dash out of the parking lot and down to where the bus was about to pull up. Manny was so shocked, she couldn't even make herself get on this bus that she had been waiting for, for so long. 'Oh, god, what do I do? I can't report it...but I have to. What if Jay gets it back? Oh, god, why did I have to witness this?' On instinct, Manny got out her cell phone and called the police.
END OF FLASHBACK
"...so later, they came, and that's when you came back. But you do know I never said his name, right?"
Emma was completely shocked. "So...it was all just to protect himself?"
"Of course...what did you think, he was gonna kill everyone in the school or something?"
"No...I didn't know what to think." Emma paused. For some reason, she felt sadder than ever right now. "Forget it."
Manny looked confused. "Forget what?"
"I mean, forget, just, all of this. I'm sick of fighting with you. I don't even know why this is happening anymore."
Suddenly, the bell rang, and neither one of the girls was even close to being ready for class. But they didn't care. "I know." Manny hesitantly agreed.
(A/N: hmmm...weird ending to the chapter, I guess. Well, review more and i'll update! Thanks for your last reviews, by the way!)