Emma woke up to the sound of her blaring alarm clock. The bright red neon numbers read 6:32. She decided to get out of bed and start to get ready for school. She took her shower and decided on to wear a pair of black capris with silver studs around the bottoms and a white camisole top. She put on some eyeliner and lip gloss and headed upstairs to grab a muffin and say goodbye to her mom. "Mom I'm leaving." Emma waited for a response but didn't get one, so she just left for school.
On the way to school she couldn't help but feel a little bit nervous. She walked up the front steps of Degrassi and made her way to her locker. She put her backpack into her locker and checked her hair in her mirror. She grabbed her books so she wouldn't have to be late to first period. Just as she closed her locker Sean appeared right in front of her.
Emma let out a surprised gasp. "Sean, don't do that." Sean just laughed and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "You nervous?" Emma looked at him like he had two heads. "Yeah dummy of course I'm nervous." "Well don't be okay?" Emma just sighed and agreed. "Alright, let's get to homeroom."
Emma and Sean walked down the hall, while people just looked at them in disbelief and made their way to Ms. Kwan's room. Emma and Sean took their old seats and people couldn't believe it. Sean pretended to be fine but Emma knew that deep down he was just as nervous as she was. She couldn't help but overhear other people's conversations.
"I told you they would eventually get back together." One girl whispered to another girl. "Yeah I mean come on. It's like a normal thing for those two." The two girls laughed and Emma was finally getting fed up and turned around to give them a dirty look, which shut them up pretty quickly.
Emma scanned the classroom for any sign of Chris. She silently hoped he was absent but just as luck would have it. Chris walked into homeroom and gave his late pass to Ms. Kwan. He looked at Emma and then looked over at Sean and almost fell over some girl's backpack.
Sean looked up to see what was going on and saw Chris almost trip over something. He looked at Emma who seemed to have this weird look on her face and then he remembered that the yesterday when she came to see him in the park that she had come from his house. "No wonder she's nervous." Sean almost felt some kind of jealousness but then when Emma rested her head on his shoulder that feeling faded away. "Hey Em, you okay? You seem a little weird." Emma just sighed. "Yeah I'm fine, don't worry about it." Just then the bell rang.
Emma and Sean walked out of homeroom and went their separate ways down the hallways of Degrassi. As Emma was walking to Media Immersion she bumped into Chris. "Oh no, what do I tell him?" Emma didn't know what to do so did the classic thing.
"Hey Chris, what's up?" Chris just looked at her. "Nothing really, are you and Sean back together?" Emma knew she couldn't avoid it so she just told him the truth. "Listen, Chris I really like you and your sweet but I really love Sean and I couldn't let him go. And that's the reason I left your house early yesterday. I'm sorry Chris."
Chris knew that somehow they would end up back together but he hoped he could have at least gotten to know her a little better. "Emma, it's okay. I understand and don't be sorry, we're still friends." Emma sighed in relief. She thought he would take it badly and that they would never speak again. "Well I have to get to class, so I'll see you later?" "Yeah I'll see ya."
Chris felt like his heart had just been ripped from his chest. He really liked Emma, but there was nothing really between them. But that still didn't make the pain go away. "Well I just hope that she's happy." Chris knew it would be hard to see her and Slim Shady everyday but what other choice did he have? He couldn't ignore them both. Chris walked to his study hall and checked in. He had never felt so confused, not even with Melanda.
Chris turned on his MP3 player and decided to listen to the radio when My Paper Heart came on by The All-American Rejects. "Wow, just perfect."
Chris knew this would be one long ass day.
Please just don't play with me
My paper heart will bleed
This wait for destiny won't do
Be with me please I beseech you
Simple things, that make you run a-way
Catch you if I can
Waiting, day to day it goes through
My lips, are sealed for her
My tongue is,
Tied to, a dream of being with you
To settle for less, is not what I prefer