Time After Time
Chapter 8
At Emma's house, Emma and Paige in Emma's bedroom
"Paige you know that wasn't what you should have done." Emma said looking at Paige. The two had been talking sense Paige had woken Emma up from her dream. Emma was disappointed at what Paige had done, but was more disappointed in herself for letting Paige do it.
"I know, and I am regretting it already, but I just thought that he would want me back like I want him back." Page said, not able to look Emma in the eye. Paige knew that Emma was disappointed and Paige felt bad for letting her down.
"Well what is done is done, and I know right now your thinking that nothing good could POSSIBLY come out of this but, everything happens for a reason so you just gotta lean from this and make the best of it." Emma said. She knew neither of them could focus on what good could come out of this, but as long as they kept that thought in their heads it would be easier to handle.
"Ya, you always say that but Emma what good could possibly come out of this? I mean, I just lost my friendship with him, I just lost my reputation, and not to mention my virginity to go with it. Thats three strikes, lets face it I'm just one big screw up" Paige said shaking her head at Emma.
"You are not!" Emma said fiercely, she couldn't stand to see her friends discouraged....or dissapointed...or hurt....or mad...or sad....or depressed...or any other emotion that is happy.
Emma continued,
"Listen, everyone makes mistakes. I do, you do, Spinner does, Dean does, this is just a mistake that's all." Emma said reassuring Paige that she wasn't just a screw up.
"Ya, but people don't just make mistakes like this. I'm the only one that could possibly get myself into a situation like this" Paige said, now in tears.
"OK, look at me." Emma said, Paige looked up at her.
"Me 'n' you...we are gonna get through this. First thing you've gotta do is realize that your not a screw up. Second thing you have to do is ruin Dean's life by telling his girlfriend that he is just a lying, cheating, creep, and the last think you have to do is call up Jackson and tell him about it" Emma said. Paige looked at her wide eyed.
"Oh, no, Jackson! He is going to hate me! I just completely blew my chances with him Emma!" Paige said putting her face in her hands crying.
"No, no you don't know that. If he really does care for you he should understand. He might not forgive you right away, but you can't just give up on him" Emma said. Paige looked out the window as the song lyrics to Avril Lavigne's Take Me Away came into her head....'I feel like I am all alone. All by myself, I need to get around this. My words are cold I don't want them to hurt you. If I show you I don't think you'd understand 'cause no one understands. All the pain I thought I knew, all my thoughts lead back to you. Back to what was never, said back and forth inside my head. I can't handle this confusion, I'm unable; come and take me away.'
The next day (Friday). The beginning of the day, Ellie and Sean are at Ellie's locker
"So, we should get together and hang out sometime outside of school" Sean said to Ellie. "Your right, what are you doing tomorrow? Me you and Emma could go do something and we can stay out later since Emma lives right in town." Ellie said while shutting her locker. "Sounds good, I'll be at Emma's house 'round five so be ready to go." Sean said smiling at Ellie as he left to go to class. Ellie also smiled, she was so happy to be with someone like him. Someone who wasn't afraid to have fun, but also someone she didn't have to worry about getting in trouble with. He was just bad enough for her taste, he didn't do drugs and he didn't drink, and she had known him almost her entire life....Im so lucky Ellie thought to herself
In history Emma and Spinner
"You'll do fine Emma, just don't make any stupid mistakes" Spinner said to Emma.
"Oh gee, thanks for the great advice Spinner." Emma said rolling her eyes at Spinner. Tonight was the first round of the Soccer tournament and Emma was trying to get over her nervousness.
"OK, listen I will make a deal with you," Spinner said to Emma, "If you win, I give you five bucks. But if you lose you have to give me five bucks" "And how is this suppose to keep me from being nervous?" Emma asked "Well, it's not really suppose to stop you from being nervous, I just want five bucks" Spinner said laughing. Emma looked at him shocked.
"You don't think we're gonna win do you?!" Emma said. Spinner got a serious look on his face,
"No, I KNOW your not going to win," Spinner said, but then added,
"because your going to have a shutdown game tonight which is more than just a win, and you aren't going to let anyone score on you. And then I'm going to have to give you five dollars." Spinner said. Emma smiled and looked at the ground, "Thanks Spin, I just hope you right." Emma said "Well Duh....I'm Spinner, I'm always right" Spinner said looking at Emma. He envied her. She never did anything wrong, and she did well in school. He felt so lucky to have a friend like that. And to top it all off she did his homework sometimes!
Later that night on the bus ride to the soccer game, Emma and Ashley talking
Ashley had told Emma about how Jimmy and her had decided not to take the pregnancy test yet.
"Ash, you have to take it some time.You, Jimmy, me, we all need to know." Emma said to Ashley who was looking out the window of the bus.
"I know. I'm just scared of what the answer is going to be...I'm so not ready for this" she said. Emma felt bad for her but she couldn't do anything to make her feel better.
"Well, whether your ready or not, it's here and we can't ignore it." Ashley looked at Emma,
"I know. Tonight. After the game. I will call you with the results...pregnant or not pregnant." Ashley said as the Coach stood up to tell everyone that they were only five minutes away from the Field. The team got their cleats, socks and shin guards on and Emma grabbed her gloves.When they arrived the team walked onto the soccer Field and began warm-ups and within 15 minutes they were ready to play. The game was fast, the other team was very good but didn't get many shots in because of Degrassi's awesome defence. Within 5 minutes of the game Ashley had already scored once, the team went nuts. About 5 more minutes past and Ashley had an assist and Degrassi scored again. Emma had been making great saves all night and the team was doing better than Emma had seen them all season. By halftime the score was 3-0 Degrassi's lead. When the second half started the Degrassi girls were doing just as good. Degrassi score yet again about 15 minutes in the second half. The last 5 minutes of the game came quicker than Emma expected. The team thought the had a shut-out game in the bag, but then the ref's whistle blew. The teams stopped and waited for the ref's call "Penalty against Degrassi. PK for Canterbury" was the call. It was up to Emma now. It was just her and her opponent. The teams lined up behind the Canterbury player that got to take the kick. The referee got the OK from both girls, and his whistle blew. The girl took her step back and raised her leg.
"Come on Emma, perfect game in your hands, don't mess it up. You can do this" Emma said to herself. The girl kicked the ball and it went to the bottom right....Emma let instinct take over and dove as far as she could to the right side................ and before she knew it ...........the ball was in her hands and her entire team was cheering for her. Emma looked at the ball, she had just made her perfect dive! She looked over at Emily on the side lines who was beaming with pride. The Penalty Kick had only left 2 minutes on the clock and the Degrassi girls finished the rest of the game just as great. For those few last minutes Emma thought of nothing but the game. But now it was over, and nothing was going to bring her down, she grabbed her cell phone and began to dial, she couldn't wait to tell Jimmy about this! H,e was going to be so proud of her! But then she remembered the argument her and Jimmy had She hung up the phone before it started to ring. The only thing Emma had wanted to happen all season, and she couldn't call up her best friend and tell him about it. Ashley walked up to her to congratulate her on her win, as well as the rest of the team. After the end-of-the-game-talk that the Coach gave, the girls went their separate ways. As she walked away Ashley reminded Emma,
"I'll call you tonight with the results. Me you and Jimmy all on the phone, all at the same time." She said walking away with her mom.
"Oh great..." Emma thought to herself. Talking to Jimmy was the last.. and strangely enough the first thing she wanted to do at the time. But she could worry about it later. Emma's dad was going to go take her for pizza and she was going to have a good time!