Chapter 5: Complicated
"Do you think maybe he wants you to ask him to tolo?" Manny asked.
"Spring Fling? I doubt it, he's with Ellie, remember?" Emma put her books on the table.
"Actually, from what I hear, they're not necessarily 'together' anymore... I mean, still friends, but not dating... which happened at the same time you notice that he's a little friendlier... at least to you." Manny felt like she knew so much information.
"Who's your source?" Emma smiled.
"Well... JT," Manny saw the unsure look on Emma's face, "And Toby... they're somewhat reliable. Speak of the devil..."
"Who? Toby?" Emma turned to see who was coming, "Sean..."
"I forgot, I think I left my book... there..." Manny got up, smiling, as she passed Sean.
"What's goin' on?" Sean sat down.
Emma stared at him clearly confused and sighed, "Uh, nothing. You?" She was talking rather slowly.
He just looked at her, noticing that she was uncomfortable or confused, "This too weird for you?"
Emma sat up straight, "Well." She thought for a second, "Yea."
"Sean! Man, there you are." Jay ran up to them, "What are you doing?" He looked at Emma, "Trying to save the world?" He laughed.
Sean got up, "Nah..." He looked down at Emma who really didn't care.
"Lets go then... unless nature girls holding you back?" Jay rolled his eyes.
"Trust me, Sean, no ones holding you back...you can do that yourself..." she stared at Sean straight in the eye. He stared back down at her, knowing the point she wanted to make. Sean picked up his stuff and walked of with Jay.
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"Jimmy, aye, was Ash all bent up about what happened?" Craig walked up to him.
"Yeah... you should've went after her..." Jimmy closed his locker.
"Can you talk to her for me?"
"You want me to handle your business?" Jimmy looked at him annoyed, "you still want to be with her?"
"I don't know." Craig shrugged.
"Want my advice? Love hurts, that's why you should try not to blow it," Jimmy chuckled, "Seriously though, if you get back together with her and you blow it again? You just want your ass to get whipped don't you?" Jimmy saw Spinner walking up to them.
"Craig, you're getting whipped? Does that mean we're not having practice later?" Spinner was confused.
-------------------------------- At the end of the day, Emma runs into Sean again at the steps outside.
"You know, I meant what I said before..." Emma said as Sean was going to pass her. He stopped.
"I guess you don't know me as well as I thought..." He turned.
"Well I don't, not since you act like someone else around everyone... I know you, Sean, trust me.... It annoys me that you act like you're something else."
"I didn't do anything..." Sean rolled his eyes at her, "If you weren't so uptight, we'd be fine right now..."
"And if you didn't make everything complicated, I wouldn't be so uptight!" She stared at him angrily.
"Just tell her I didn't mean it.." Craig pushed Jimmy.
"I already did..." Jimmy looked at Craig and then at Ashley, who was talking to Paige and Hazel at the bottom of the steps, "And I told her you were scum... now what?"
Craig shrugged, "tell her I'm NOT scum..." He thought, "She wont believe that... whatever, just tell her I'm sorry about what happened."
"Fine... but this is the last time I handle your shit." Jimmy walked down the trio of girls.
Craig watched from the top.
"Sup girls..." Jimmy was hesitant.
"Jimmy... I'm sorry about Friday..." Hazel looked at him with innocent eyes.
He smiled back, "You said it all weekend... its ok..." She smiled back at him.
Jimmy looked back up at the steps and saw Craig motioning to talk to Ash. Ashley could see and she rolled her eyes.
"What's that about?" Paige laughed.
"Uh," Jimmy paused, "Ash can we talk for a sec?" The two walked opposite of Hazel and Paige.
Paige stared at the two walking, Hazel noticed, "Since when did they become friends again?"
Paige turned her attention to Hazel, "Oh don't worry, hun... probably just Craig stuff." It was just about Craig, but Paige assumed it was about the two.
"You're not threatened are you?" Paige sneered.
"Course not... its just Ashley."
"What does Craig want this time?" Ashley folded her arms.
"He says he's sorry." Jimmy stared straight ahead.
"Tell him I said, fine. And to forget it..."
"Got it." They stopped walking and stood facing each other, "Should I tell him anything else?"
"No." Ashley unfolded her arms, "Thanks... for being all nice... its like we're friends again."
There was an awkward pause and they just looked at each other. Jimmy stood there staring at Ash until in the corner of his eye he could see Hazel and Paige.
Ashley's eyes shifted from Jimmy to the two girls after she noticed Jimmy's eyes move also, "Yea... ok... so just tell him that." She started walking back and Jimmy followed a couple steps behind Ashley. Paige noticed something going, but Hazel didn't notice a thing.
"Do you think maybe he wants you to ask him to tolo?" Manny asked.
"Spring Fling? I doubt it, he's with Ellie, remember?" Emma put her books on the table.
"Actually, from what I hear, they're not necessarily 'together' anymore... I mean, still friends, but not dating... which happened at the same time you notice that he's a little friendlier... at least to you." Manny felt like she knew so much information.
"Who's your source?" Emma smiled.
"Well... JT," Manny saw the unsure look on Emma's face, "And Toby... they're somewhat reliable. Speak of the devil..."
"Who? Toby?" Emma turned to see who was coming, "Sean..."
"I forgot, I think I left my book... there..." Manny got up, smiling, as she passed Sean.
"What's goin' on?" Sean sat down.
Emma stared at him clearly confused and sighed, "Uh, nothing. You?" She was talking rather slowly.
He just looked at her, noticing that she was uncomfortable or confused, "This too weird for you?"
Emma sat up straight, "Well." She thought for a second, "Yea."
"Sean! Man, there you are." Jay ran up to them, "What are you doing?" He looked at Emma, "Trying to save the world?" He laughed.
Sean got up, "Nah..." He looked down at Emma who really didn't care.
"Lets go then... unless nature girls holding you back?" Jay rolled his eyes.
"Trust me, Sean, no ones holding you back...you can do that yourself..." she stared at Sean straight in the eye. He stared back down at her, knowing the point she wanted to make. Sean picked up his stuff and walked of with Jay.
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"Jimmy, aye, was Ash all bent up about what happened?" Craig walked up to him.
"Yeah... you should've went after her..." Jimmy closed his locker.
"Can you talk to her for me?"
"You want me to handle your business?" Jimmy looked at him annoyed, "you still want to be with her?"
"I don't know." Craig shrugged.
"Want my advice? Love hurts, that's why you should try not to blow it," Jimmy chuckled, "Seriously though, if you get back together with her and you blow it again? You just want your ass to get whipped don't you?" Jimmy saw Spinner walking up to them.
"Craig, you're getting whipped? Does that mean we're not having practice later?" Spinner was confused.
-------------------------------- At the end of the day, Emma runs into Sean again at the steps outside.
"You know, I meant what I said before..." Emma said as Sean was going to pass her. He stopped.
"I guess you don't know me as well as I thought..." He turned.
"Well I don't, not since you act like someone else around everyone... I know you, Sean, trust me.... It annoys me that you act like you're something else."
"I didn't do anything..." Sean rolled his eyes at her, "If you weren't so uptight, we'd be fine right now..."
"And if you didn't make everything complicated, I wouldn't be so uptight!" She stared at him angrily.
"Just tell her I didn't mean it.." Craig pushed Jimmy.
"I already did..." Jimmy looked at Craig and then at Ashley, who was talking to Paige and Hazel at the bottom of the steps, "And I told her you were scum... now what?"
Craig shrugged, "tell her I'm NOT scum..." He thought, "She wont believe that... whatever, just tell her I'm sorry about what happened."
"Fine... but this is the last time I handle your shit." Jimmy walked down the trio of girls.
Craig watched from the top.
"Sup girls..." Jimmy was hesitant.
"Jimmy... I'm sorry about Friday..." Hazel looked at him with innocent eyes.
He smiled back, "You said it all weekend... its ok..." She smiled back at him.
Jimmy looked back up at the steps and saw Craig motioning to talk to Ash. Ashley could see and she rolled her eyes.
"What's that about?" Paige laughed.
"Uh," Jimmy paused, "Ash can we talk for a sec?" The two walked opposite of Hazel and Paige.
Paige stared at the two walking, Hazel noticed, "Since when did they become friends again?"
Paige turned her attention to Hazel, "Oh don't worry, hun... probably just Craig stuff." It was just about Craig, but Paige assumed it was about the two.
"You're not threatened are you?" Paige sneered.
"Course not... its just Ashley."
"What does Craig want this time?" Ashley folded her arms.
"He says he's sorry." Jimmy stared straight ahead.
"Tell him I said, fine. And to forget it..."
"Got it." They stopped walking and stood facing each other, "Should I tell him anything else?"
"No." Ashley unfolded her arms, "Thanks... for being all nice... its like we're friends again."
There was an awkward pause and they just looked at each other. Jimmy stood there staring at Ash until in the corner of his eye he could see Hazel and Paige.
Ashley's eyes shifted from Jimmy to the two girls after she noticed Jimmy's eyes move also, "Yea... ok... so just tell him that." She started walking back and Jimmy followed a couple steps behind Ashley. Paige noticed something going, but Hazel didn't notice a thing.
