Chapter 6: Don't Tell Me The Time

"Toby!" Emma ran to catch up to him.

"Oh, great it's you again." Toby replied.

"Yes it's me. Look, Toby can we talk?" Emma looked at Toby and knew what he was going to say. "Please."

"Fine, you have five minutes."

"Thanks, look I know I haven't been the best friend. I'm really worried about you. I haven't seen or spoken to you in days. Do you know how hard it is to find you these days. You really don't stand out as much as you use too." Emma looked at the way Toby was dressed. If it weren't for his glasses and the fact that she knew Toby's personality in and out, she would've have sworn he was part of Jay's crew or worse.

"What's wrong with the way I dress!" Toby screamed. "It's better then acting like a sl....." just as Toby was about to finish his sentence a car passed by with guys screaming and hooting.

"Ravine! Ravine! Wanna go with us to the Ravine girl!" The guys shouted while laughing.

"Great" said Emma. The car stopped and four guys walked out. The two guys Emma recognized as thugs who often screamed insults to her in the halls when teachers weren't around. Emma didn't know who the other guys were until one took off his hood and then walked towards her and Toby. "What do you want?" Emma shouted.

"Take it easy Emma. I just wanted to say sorry for how my friends were acting." Jay said before giving the guys a threatening look . "How have you've been?"

"You have some nerve asking me that." Emma angrily replied. "Because of you I'm now known as the Ravine girl and your friends have done more then enough keeping that label alive."

"I said it won't happen again. They want call you that name anymore or they'll have to answer to me. Right guys" Jay turned around and looked at them.

"Right." they both said simultaneously.

"Whatever." Emma snarled before turning her attention to Toby who looked annoyed. "I'm sorry Toby but I'll have to talk to you later there are too many distractions around." Emma gave Toby a hug before he could reject it and then walked away ignoring Jay and his friends.

"See you later Emma." Jay shouted and just as Toby looked as if he was going to leave, Jay spoke. "Hey Toby let me have a word with you."

"Might as well everyone is or was."

"Yeah, uhh look, me and Spin are sorry about what happened." Jay turned and looked at the guys. "Right Spin." One of the guys took off his hood and Toby recognized that it was Spinner.

"Yeah," Spinner replied sadly.

"Look, things got out of hand we didn't know Rick was going to go over the edge if..." Jay said before Toby interrupted.

"If only you could turn back the hands of time then maybe, just maybe." Toby stated in a sarcastic voice. "Or my favorite It would have happened sooner or later it was only a matter of time.."

"Are you OK man?" Jay asked.

"I'm fine, it's that I've heard it all and I thought about it over and over. Look Rick was a outcast, no one liked him. Even if you guys wouldn't have did it someone else would. The same thing would have occurred he was a psycho. So don't beat yourself up or apologize to me about your would of's and could of's because I don't care!" Toby screamed.

"Look man I was just apologizing. You don't have to get so worked up. I just want to make it up to you." Jay said.

"Make it up to me how?" Toby asked

"Get in the car and I'll show you." Jay opened up the back car door. Toby looked at him but didn't budge. "So, are you coming or not?"

"Fine, but I'm sitting in the front and if you try something..." Toby demanded.

"Don't worry Toby." Spinner said. "I won't let anything happen to you, trust me."

"OK." Toby walked to the car and got in before Jay drove off.

Emma walked home alone. "I can't believe the nerve of him." Emma said to herself out loud. "Jay is such a jerk. I just hope Toby isn't too upset with me but I couldn't stand being around Jay and his goons."

Emma promised to make it up to Toby as soon as she saw him again. She had to get out of there before she did something she knew she would later regret. Emma heard the sound of an engine and really loud rap music getting louder and louder. "Oh, no the jerk followed me." Emma turned around and knew the car was definitely Jay's but couldn't believe who was inside of it. "No, it can't be." Emma thought to herself. But before she could say anything the car had already turned the corner.