Chapter Eight
I watched Ange dance around on stage, doing a pirouette here and there, and several turns. A little bit into the first Act I stopped thinking about Angie and started thinking about Dan and Craig.
For some reason, Dan and Craig were in a boxing ring, swapping punches at each other. And whenever I stopped thinking about one, they would get hit in the face by the other. My thoughts went like this:
I have fun with Dan. He is truly a nice person. Ouch! Boxer Craig took a bad right hook.
Although, Craig makes me laugh… Dan never does. Boxer Craig gave Dan the old one two. I sighed heavily. That and that I always felt so warm inside when I talk to him. It had always been that way, ever since the first time I saw him at Joey's wedding and I felt so special when he asked me to dance. Special and extremely embarrassed… and then I remembered when he snuck myself and Manny into that silly Eighties Dance, back when I was going into ninth grade. How upset I was that he picked Manny instead of me.
Why was I so upset? I brainstormed this in my head for a bit. I finally came up with the solution, and it hit me like a load of bricks.
I was in love with Craig, and I was always in love with him. Even when I was with Sean, I still loved Craig. It was the weirdest thing in the world, to discover that I was in love with Craig for more than Two thirds of my entire life.
I looked over at real life Craig, who was watching Angie dance around attentively. He looked over and smiled at me. I smiled back quickly, then looked away. How can he affect me so much with just a simple smile?
Pull yourself together, Emma. Okay. So I'm in love with Craig, it's not the end of the world. All I could think of was 'Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady', and I kept thinking about it, over and over.
Suddenly, it the end of Act one, and the lights turned on, burning my eyes, and I got up to go outside and grab a Dr Pepper, and Craig followed.
"So, what would you like, I'll buy you a drink or something-" Craig started to say, but I cut him off.
"Craig, I love you." I said. It was short and sweet. I didn't want to fool around with romance.
"What?"
"I love you." I said, smiling, and trying not to cry. "I've loved you ever since I met you. Do you love me?"
He took a long pause at this, and then I got scared.
"Craig?"
"I do." He said, quietly. "But I can't be with you, Emma. I have a commitment with Heather. I love Heather too."
"No, no, no…" I said, instead of happy, I began to feel angry. How dare he do this to Heather and myself. "You think you are being kind to Heather, but you are just doing the same thing that you did to Ashley!" Craig went pale at this statement. "I love you! I want to be with you!" I stamped my foot on the ground.
"I'm sorry." Was all he said, and for some reason, his brown eyes were watering. My God, was I making him cry? I shook my head.
"No, it's fine. It's stupid of me to bring it up. I'm sorry I made you doubt your love for Heather." I ran away quickly, just as Manny was walking up.
"Em-?" She said, and I almost knocked her over as I was running away. I could hear them both calling after me, but I did not stop.
A/U: How's everybody doing? Okay, so you all are getting a song chapter for Nine… which is the last chappy before the Epilogue! Are you excited? =3 Because I'm such a nice person, I'm gunna let YOU guys choose which song it's gunna be out of these choices:
The Rose (Bette Midler)
Come What May (Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor)
Taking Over Me (Evanescence)
And you can suggest songs too… but if I don't know the song, I'm afraid it won't be chosen! ): Oh, and just to let you know: Do NOT ask for 'Your Song'. I hate it.
Lemony
Oh, and since it was requested, here's a review song!
Tune: Sparkling Diamonds (Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend) From Moulin Rouge
Lemony:
The Authors are glad to die for reviews
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental
But reviews are a girl's best friend
A kiss may be grand, but it won't pay the rental
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Men grow cold as girls grow old
And we all lose our charms in the end
But novelette or one shot
The next chapter is gunna be pretty hot
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There may come a time when a hard-boiled employer
Thinks the fic's awful nice
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