Time After Time
Chapter 4
That night after Youth Group, Emma is at home when the phone rings
"Hello." Emma answered the phone. The last thing she wants to do is spend two hours talking on the phone, but she at least tries to sound happy.
"Hey Em it's Ellie" Ellie says on the other line of the phone, she sounds upset."Sean asked me out tonight and I said yes" Ellie says holding back tears.
"Well, that's a good thing, where's the problem?" Emma asked forgetting all of her worries and focusing on Ellie.
"Nothing is wrong with that, I want to be with him. It's just that my mom heard me talking to him on the phone and she came in my room and started yelling at me again." Ellie said quietly "she said that I don't deserve anyone and she feels sorry for Sean because he has to be around me all of the time. And then she told me to get off the phone because I didn't do all the work i was suppose to do, but I did do all of it and she doesn't have the right to say all of th-" said a now crying Ellie, but Emma broke her off
"Ellie, Ellie, it's OK. You remember when we agreed to not care about what other people think of us? Well your mom is no different. She doesn't know you, and it is horrible that she thinks that way of you, but we can't do anything about it." Emma said trying to help Ellie.
"I know, it's just that with my dads disease and my mom always talking about how she doesn't think hes gonna make it too much longer, I just want to get rid of it all sometimes." Ellie said, no longer crying. There isn't much Emma or anyone could say to take away Ellie's pain, but she can at least try to make it better.
"Try and take tomorrow off of school, you need the break. Call me anytime after 5:30 and we will see if we can go to your older brother Josh's house this weekend. He always makes things better." Emma said feeling sorry for Ellie.
"Ya, that's a good idea, thanks Em. Talk to ya then" Ellie said hanging up the phone. Emma put the phone away, "Sean and Ellie....it's about time they got together" she said to herself. Emma got into bed not even bothering to change. "Well tomorrow can only get better from here" she thought as she fell asleep.
The next day Mrs. Quan's class First Period
"Hey Emma what are you doing tonight?" Paige whispered over to Emma.
"I have practice but thats it" Emma said, she had finished with the test they were suppose to be doing and she had put her head in her arms on her desk hoping to get some sleep.
"Well can I come over to your house?" Paige asked
"Why do you want to come to my house?" Emma asked now lifting her head up. It was no use she wasn't going to get any sleep.
"Because Dean wants me to come over to his house tonight, so I figure if I go to your house then me and you can walk down to his house later on tonight" Paige said happily.
"Uuummm, don't mind me asking, but why do you want to go to Dean's house. He is bad news and he has a girlfriend." Emma asked. She couldn't believe her ears! Paige wanted to go to Dean's house knowing that no no else is going to be there, not to mention she just met this so-called 'great guy' Jackson.
"Because if I can get him when his girlfriend isn't around I can convince him that I am better and that he still wants me." Paige said feeling good about herself.
"What about Jackson? You told me not to let you do anything stupid. THIS is STUPID. No you can't come over." Emma said turning around.
"Emma you don't get it! I would give anything to be back with Dean! I still care for him more than i do anyone else! Please, just let me spend a few hours talking to him and he will want me back." Paige argued quietly so that Mrs. Quan couldn't hear her. Emma was getting really tired of Paige...
"Fine Paige, do what you want. I'll be home after practice. But just to let you know I don't think this is a good idea." Emma said putting her head back on her desk.
"You worry too much Emma, it will be fine." Paige said, smiling from ear to ear. Emma couldn't believe Paige, how stupid could she get?
In the hallway after First Period Jimmy and Ashley were talking by Emma's locker
"Emma, come here a second." Ashley said, motioning her over to her and Jimmy. Emma couldn't even look at Jimmy after hearing what he said to Ashley about leaving her. Jimmy looked at Emma
"Hey Emma wh-" Jimmy started to say, SLAP. Ashley gasped, she had just slapped Jimmy! Emma turned and walked away. Spinner had seen what had happened.
"Emma, what the hell was that all about?" He asked mouth-open and gawking at her.
"I slapped him. He completely deserved it and he had BETTER not try and talk to me until it is an apology for what he has said!" Emma said still walking
"Jeez, that's bein' kinda hard on him don't you think?" Spinner said
"I'M being hard on HIM?! You need to find out what is going on before blaming it on me Spinner" Emma said now yelling at him.
"Alright, alright you don't have to yell and scream at me." Spinner said walking away.
"Oh great now one of my other best friends is mad at me....just what I need" Emma said to herself as she entered the gym. Ashley caught up to her,
"Jimmy is mad at me now because of your little stunt Emma" she said infuriated.
"Well I'm sorry but he deserved it." Emma said walking away from her. Ashley followed her,
"He has the right to be scared." she said in defense of Jimmy. Emma was getting sick of this
"You're right he DOES have the right to be scared but he DOESN'T have the right to bail out on you every time something goes wrong. He needs to grow up and learn to take responsibility for what he does!" Emma said throwing her stuff on the ground. Ashley stepped back
"Your right...your absolutely right..." she said as she turned around to leave the gym.