"So what can I get you two lovebirds to drink?" Spinner asked Sean
and Ellie.
"I'll have a raspberry iced tea," Ellie said.
"Make that two," Sean said.
"Two root beets coming right up," Spinner took the orders and left. Sean who is dazzled by his girlfriend's beauty watches her as she reads the menu. Ellie takes notice of this.
"What? Do I have something on my face?"
No. It's perfect. ... You're perfect."
Spinner heard what Sean said and gave him them their drinks, "Why thank you, Sean. I think you're perfect, too." Ellie rolls her eyes and Sean says, "Shut up, Spinner."
"Dude, whatever. So here's your iced tea. So what do you want?"
"I'll have a smoked bacon cheeseburger with onion rings instead of fires," Sean requested.
"I'll have chicken fingers and fries," Ellie said."
"Okay. Gotcha," Spinner left after writing the orders down.
"Well once again summer's over and out happy place is gone," Ellie said.
"Yeah I know. I'm still trying to get over the fact that I'm in the grade I'm supposed to be in especially now that I'm dating you." Sean takes Ellie's hand and they look into each other's eyes and they just smile.
Emma, Erin, and Manny walk in. Emma's eyes met Sean's for a spilt second but then went back to what they were doing. Spinner took their orders and each wanted a root beer float and mozzarella sticks for an appetizer.
"So Erin what grade are you going to be in when school starts?" Emma asked.
"I'll be in grade 11."
"Awww. Manny and I will only be in grade 10." They laugh.
"Are you planning on doing any activities this year?" Manny asked as she was eating the ice cream from her root beer float.
"Well I'm going to have to check it out first," Emma laughs and says, "Manny talks non stop about your perfect life. About how you do so much and still get a 5.0 gpa."
"Hold on. I don't know what my crazy cousin's told you but I'm not perfect. I try not to get stressed out about the things I do. So what if I get a 5.0 gpa even after editing the yearbook, learning my lines for the school play or making up a cheer for the next pep rally?" So what if I had the perfect boyfriend? Key word: HAD. Believe me, the distance between the Earth and Pluto is shorter than a worm compared to the distance between my life and perfect. But enough about me. What about you two? " Manny and Emma look at each other not knowing what to say but Emma speaks up, "Well, Manny and I are going to be in grade 10 next week. The number one teacher to avoid is Mrs. Kwan."
So what teacher do I not have to worry about?" "Her dad, Mr. Simpson," Manny says, "You don't have to worry about him at all. If he catches you playing in Saturday detention with Mr. Radditch, he'll pretend he didn't see it."
"Come on, Manny, he knows where to draw the line," Emma says. The three laugh ask Spinner for the check, and they leave.
The rest of the night is being spent playing truth or dare.
"Truth," Emma says. Manny and Erin think of a really good question.
"Okay. I got one, "Erin said. "What is the name of your first true love?"
Emma has a hard time answering this and even if she knows it's not true she says, "Chris Sharpe. He's my current boyfriend."
Manny knows she's lying, "Emma take a dare if you're not gonna tell the truth."
Emma doesn't want the risk of doing something stupid. She takes a deep breath and admits, "Sean Cameron."
Erin replies, "Why was that so hard to say? Did he do something? I want the whole story."
Yeah. He did. We had a relationship and back then you could say opposites attract. I was a good girl and he was a bad boy. We loved each other more than life itself, but he started hanging out with thugs because he felt neglected by me. My step dad had cancer so I had watch my brother all the time. We had a fight and I tried to reconcile but he took my heart, crushed it, and ran over it with his motorcycle."
"Ewww. That last part was descriptive," Erin said. "But I know how that feels. I had the same kind of relationship with my old boyfriend. I was so busy with my school work he didn't think I had enough time for him. He too was the bad boy in our relationship. I don't think I ever stopped loving him but it was too late when I tried to tell him." She was on the verge of tears.
Manny was getting into the story, "What happened?"
"He got into a fight with a guy he hung out with after we broke up. He got shot in the head. His brother witnessed it. Then I came to the hospital as fast as I could. His new girlfriend was there too. I wanted to tell him I love him even if he couldn't hear because he was in a coma. I didn't want to tell him in front of his girlfriend so I waited for her to leave. But it was too late. He was already gone," Erin was crying by now. "I just felt like I gave up on him and now I have to spend the rest of my life wondering what it would be like if I held on to him."
Manny was comforting her, "It's okay sweetie. You're 16. You'll love again. But that doesn't help, does it?"
"No. It's okay Manny. Now you both know one of the reasons why my life isn't perfect. Anyway, his brother, my best friend dealt by stealing and getting drunk at parties. I still have to get over seeing my best friend do such a thing. He moved but he never told me where he was going."
Manny says, "I know Emma knows how that feels."
Emma knows what she's talking about, "Manny slept with my friend's boyfriend who is also my friend. She knew about it too. Would you want your best friend to do something like that?"
Erin was paying attention, "You slept with someone else's boyfriend??"
"Yeah. It was a long time ago. It's all good now. I have someone else who likes me."
"I'll kill you if you EVER do that again." The three laugh and looks at the time realizing they should go to bed.
"I'll have a raspberry iced tea," Ellie said.
"Make that two," Sean said.
"Two root beets coming right up," Spinner took the orders and left. Sean who is dazzled by his girlfriend's beauty watches her as she reads the menu. Ellie takes notice of this.
"What? Do I have something on my face?"
No. It's perfect. ... You're perfect."
Spinner heard what Sean said and gave him them their drinks, "Why thank you, Sean. I think you're perfect, too." Ellie rolls her eyes and Sean says, "Shut up, Spinner."
"Dude, whatever. So here's your iced tea. So what do you want?"
"I'll have a smoked bacon cheeseburger with onion rings instead of fires," Sean requested.
"I'll have chicken fingers and fries," Ellie said."
"Okay. Gotcha," Spinner left after writing the orders down.
"Well once again summer's over and out happy place is gone," Ellie said.
"Yeah I know. I'm still trying to get over the fact that I'm in the grade I'm supposed to be in especially now that I'm dating you." Sean takes Ellie's hand and they look into each other's eyes and they just smile.
Emma, Erin, and Manny walk in. Emma's eyes met Sean's for a spilt second but then went back to what they were doing. Spinner took their orders and each wanted a root beer float and mozzarella sticks for an appetizer.
"So Erin what grade are you going to be in when school starts?" Emma asked.
"I'll be in grade 11."
"Awww. Manny and I will only be in grade 10." They laugh.
"Are you planning on doing any activities this year?" Manny asked as she was eating the ice cream from her root beer float.
"Well I'm going to have to check it out first," Emma laughs and says, "Manny talks non stop about your perfect life. About how you do so much and still get a 5.0 gpa."
"Hold on. I don't know what my crazy cousin's told you but I'm not perfect. I try not to get stressed out about the things I do. So what if I get a 5.0 gpa even after editing the yearbook, learning my lines for the school play or making up a cheer for the next pep rally?" So what if I had the perfect boyfriend? Key word: HAD. Believe me, the distance between the Earth and Pluto is shorter than a worm compared to the distance between my life and perfect. But enough about me. What about you two? " Manny and Emma look at each other not knowing what to say but Emma speaks up, "Well, Manny and I are going to be in grade 10 next week. The number one teacher to avoid is Mrs. Kwan."
So what teacher do I not have to worry about?" "Her dad, Mr. Simpson," Manny says, "You don't have to worry about him at all. If he catches you playing in Saturday detention with Mr. Radditch, he'll pretend he didn't see it."
"Come on, Manny, he knows where to draw the line," Emma says. The three laugh ask Spinner for the check, and they leave.
The rest of the night is being spent playing truth or dare.
"Truth," Emma says. Manny and Erin think of a really good question.
"Okay. I got one, "Erin said. "What is the name of your first true love?"
Emma has a hard time answering this and even if she knows it's not true she says, "Chris Sharpe. He's my current boyfriend."
Manny knows she's lying, "Emma take a dare if you're not gonna tell the truth."
Emma doesn't want the risk of doing something stupid. She takes a deep breath and admits, "Sean Cameron."
Erin replies, "Why was that so hard to say? Did he do something? I want the whole story."
Yeah. He did. We had a relationship and back then you could say opposites attract. I was a good girl and he was a bad boy. We loved each other more than life itself, but he started hanging out with thugs because he felt neglected by me. My step dad had cancer so I had watch my brother all the time. We had a fight and I tried to reconcile but he took my heart, crushed it, and ran over it with his motorcycle."
"Ewww. That last part was descriptive," Erin said. "But I know how that feels. I had the same kind of relationship with my old boyfriend. I was so busy with my school work he didn't think I had enough time for him. He too was the bad boy in our relationship. I don't think I ever stopped loving him but it was too late when I tried to tell him." She was on the verge of tears.
Manny was getting into the story, "What happened?"
"He got into a fight with a guy he hung out with after we broke up. He got shot in the head. His brother witnessed it. Then I came to the hospital as fast as I could. His new girlfriend was there too. I wanted to tell him I love him even if he couldn't hear because he was in a coma. I didn't want to tell him in front of his girlfriend so I waited for her to leave. But it was too late. He was already gone," Erin was crying by now. "I just felt like I gave up on him and now I have to spend the rest of my life wondering what it would be like if I held on to him."
Manny was comforting her, "It's okay sweetie. You're 16. You'll love again. But that doesn't help, does it?"
"No. It's okay Manny. Now you both know one of the reasons why my life isn't perfect. Anyway, his brother, my best friend dealt by stealing and getting drunk at parties. I still have to get over seeing my best friend do such a thing. He moved but he never told me where he was going."
Manny says, "I know Emma knows how that feels."
Emma knows what she's talking about, "Manny slept with my friend's boyfriend who is also my friend. She knew about it too. Would you want your best friend to do something like that?"
Erin was paying attention, "You slept with someone else's boyfriend??"
"Yeah. It was a long time ago. It's all good now. I have someone else who likes me."
"I'll kill you if you EVER do that again." The three laugh and looks at the time realizing they should go to bed.