Chapter Five

Once they were in the school, Jason and Emma were met up with Rocky and Kat, who Rocky later had asked if she wanted to go.

Kat smiled at Emma. "Girl, I love that dress. You so have to let me borrow it some day," She said, as she gave her friend a hug.

"Sure, just let me know when," Emma said, smiling.

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The two couples headed down the hall to the gym. Emma's face lit up as they stepped into the gym, being greeted by Miss Appleby. Jason looked over at her and smiled when he saw the twinkle in her eyes. He felt something, something warm and caring for her. Something he never experienced before, with other girls. He was glad that he had come back to Angel Grove.

Emma looked around the gym, a smile wide on her face. The place had looked beautiful to her. Her first dance she had been to. Lights hung around the room; a large area was lit, for the dance floor. Light color streamers and balloons scattered across the room. Candles were lit on each of the tables across the room, with light color rose petals sprinkled on and around the tables and chairs, giving the gym a rose flower scent. Music blared through the speakers; a few people were out on the floor dancing.

She turned to look up at Jason and smiled when their eyes had met.

"Would you like to go sit down somewhere?" He asked, loud enough for her to hear. She shook her head.

Jason led her across the dance floor to one of the empty tables. He pulled out her chair for her and Emma sat down, then Jason took his seat next to her. Soon they were joined by Rocky and Kat and Tanya and Adam.

"Where's Tommy?" Jason asked, after looking around and not seeing his best friend no where in sight.

"Didn't you hear?" Adam asked. When Jason looked at him confused, he continued. "He got a call from Kimberly early this morning; she was coming for a visit. He went to go pick her up from the airport."

Jason looked surprised. "Cool."

"Yeah, he said he'll be here later with Kim," Adam finished.

"I hope so. I haven't seen Kim in almost 2 years. It would be good to see her again."

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As the night rolled on, Emma was enjoying herself. When a good up beat song came on, the group of friends would go out on the floor and dance. By 7:30, the gym was filled with students from Angel Grove High School.

After dancing to one of the songs, Emma and Jason went to get some punch from the snack table.

"Are you having a good time?" Jason asked, as he handed her a glass of red punch.

"Yes," She said excitedly, "Thank you." She leaned up and gave him a quick kiss on his cheek. When she realized what she had done, her face turned a light shade of pink.

He looked at her surprised, but smiled. "What was that for?"

"For everything," She told him. "For tonight. For this week. For asking me."

Their eyes met, Jason brought his hand up to her face and lightly brushed away a piece of her hair, softly caressing her cheek. He stepped closer to her, inches away from kissing her. She gasped softly as Jason leaned down and kissed her.

"I'm glad I asked you," Jason told her, once they pulled apart.

Emma stood there. Her head spinning with delight. Her heart pounded in her chest as she tried catching her breath. Her lips tingled, as she still could feel his on hers.

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Just when things couldn't go wrong, Jason's watch beeped. He looked down and then looked at Emma. She looked at him, her smiled drifted away, as she knew that he had to go.

"Looks like you're being paged," She said softly, looking down at the floor. "You better go."

"I'm sorry Emma," He said. "I do need to go. But I'll be back as soon as I can."

"It's okay. I understand." But, she didn't understand. It seemed to her, that whenever things were going good, they would get interrupted and Jason would have to leave her.

He kissed her softly on the lips again, smiled and walked away, meeting the others at the door. To his surprise when he and the others walked out into the hallway, he saw Tommy and Kimberly hurrying down the hall. There was no time for talk just a quick hug and hello between him and Kimberly.

The others teleported to the command center, while Jason stayed. He asked Kim if she would go in and relay a message to his date, Emma. She said she would and he told her what to tell Emma.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure she gets it," Kimberly said. "Now go. The others need you."

"Thank you Kim," He said, then teleported to the command center.

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Kimberly smiled to her self, as she walked through the doors to the gym. She searched the room for Emma, Jason's date. When she found her, sitting at one of the tables, she walked over to her.

Emma sat at the table, watching couples dance on the floor. How she wished that her and Jason were one of them.

She felt someone tap her on her shoulder, and she turned to see a brown hair girl.

"Hi," Kimberly smiled. "Emma?" Emma shook her head. "Hi. I'm Kimberly a friend of Jason."

"Hi," Emma said, shyly. "You're Tommy's girlfriend."

"Yes, I am," Kimberly said, sitting down next to her. "Jason wanted me to give you a message."

"What did he say?" Emma asked, swallowing the lump that rose up in her throat.

"He said he's sorry for leaving but not to worry he'll be back once he's done taking care of busy. And that he still wants that dance."

Emma smiled slightly. "Thank you."

Kimberly smiled. "You're welcome."

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An hour went by and Kimberly sensed something was wrong. The kind person she was, she placed a comforting hand on Emma's arm. Emma looked over at Kim with watery eyes. "You don't have to worry. Jason is good for his word. He will be back."

Emma looked down. "I know. But, I'm just a little worried, that something is wrong."

"Don't be. Jason can take care of himself."

Emma sighed, as she sat and waited for him to return. Kimberly had excused herself, to go off to talk to a few of her old friends, leaving her by herself to think.

The DJ had mentioned that it was the last song of the night. She looked around hoping to find that he was back, but he wasn't. A few tears fell from her eyes as she stood up. With her head held high, she walked across the floor, her heart breaking, as she saw couples dancing together to the perfect song, and as she knew that he wasn't coming back.

She walked out of the gym and headed down the hall. Once she was outside, she leaned up against the door and cried. She knew that, that tonight was too good to be true.

She whipped the tears off her face and started walking home, cutting through the park. She walked over to the picnic table and sat down, not ready to go home yet. She wrapped her arms around herself; tears fell as she thought of Jason and everything he had done for her, being thankful for having a friend like him. But, what she felt inside was not friendship. She felt something different, stronger for him.

Emma dropped her head in her hands and began to cry again.

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By the time Jason had gotten back to the dance, she was already gone. Kimberly had told him she had seen Emma walk out. He cursed to himself as he walked, heading to the park to clear his head and figure out a way to make tonight up to Emma.

He had liked her a lot, more then any girl he ever went out with. They had a great friendship, but he felt something stronger and deeper inside for her. And he hated himself for being late, not getting there in time.

Jason walked through the park. He wondered just how hurt she was. He knew he had to do something, to make her forgive him for ruining the perfect night for her. He sighed heavily and walked over to the picnic table he would always sit at, just to relax, clear his mind. But he didn't expect to find her there.

Emma stared off, looking at the ground, resting her chin on her knees. A few tears she had left inside fell from her puffy eyes. Her heart broke, but she knew she had to just let go and move on with her life. There were other guys waiting to be with her, but she thought none of them would be like Jason. Her feelings were too deep to just forget. She sighed frustrated, whipping the tears off her face.

"Emma?" She heard. She turned quickly meeting the eyes of the one she cared for.

"Jason," She said quietly, turning away from him.

The End (But to be continued)