Chapter 6: What's Going On?

"Bye Spike! Thanks for the ride!" Manny called as they all got out of the car at Paul's Pizza. Spike waved to the kids and drove off.

"Spike?" Chris asked, confused.

"It's her nickname from high school," Emma informed him. "Mr. Simpson is 'Snake.'

"Oh," he replied.

"So let's eat!" Craig interjected. He led the way into the restaurant and found a table for four. Craig hurried to Manny's side and pulled her chair out for her, beating Chris to it.

"Thanks," she said with a weird look on her face. Before Chris could sit down next to Manny, Craig took the seat. "Um, don't you want to sit next to Emma?" Manny asked him.

"No, I want to sit across from her so I can see her beautiful face. Sit here Em," he said, pointing to the chair in front of him.

"That's so sweet," Emma said to him and took his hand across the table.

More like fake, Manny thought to herself. They ordered a pizza with half hamburger and half pepperoni with extra cheese. Halfway through the pizza, Manny felt a hand on her leg. She looked at Craig and all of a sudden didn't feel a hand there anymore. He acted like it was an accident but she gave him a dirty look. A few minutes later she took her right shoe off and slipped her foot in between Chris' legs. She saw his eyes widen and then he smiled at her.

The girls split the cost of the pizza; Craig and Chris were each going to pay for two tickets at the movies. After they finished eating, they headed over to the movie theater. The guys went in line and bought their tickets. Craig immediately handed his second ticket to Manny. What's going on? She thought to herself.

"Uh, here Emma…" Chris said as he handed his ticket to her.

"Hey Craig have you forgotten that I'm your date tonight?" Emma protested.

"No! Emma of course not! I'm so glad that you're my date. It's not my fault. Chris asked me to give my other ticket to Manny," he lied.

"Actually, I…" Chris began but Craig cut him off.

"Come on guys, we have to get good seats!" he said. They all sat down to watch the movie. Chris sat down first, then Manny, then Craig sat next to her (this made her mad) and Emma sat next to Craig. A few minutes into the previews, Chris put his arm around Manny. His hand accidentally brushed Craig's left shoulder and Craig turned and glared at Chris. He then put his arm around Emma. Manny leaned in and kissed Chris on the lips. Craig did the same to Emma but she pulled away, surprised.

Manny didn't really pay attention to the movie. She kept looking over at Chris and a few times they would start making out. Every time that happened, however, Craig would 'accidentally' bump Manny's arm, forcing her to stare at the screen.

When the movie was finally over, it was time to walk back to Emma's house. Manny did everything she could to avoid walking next to Craig and it worked. She walked holding Chris' hand and was between Chris and Emma. There wasn't much talking, everyone was pretty silent on the way.

"So what do you guys wanna do?" Emma asked. They were all lounging around in her basement (which was also Emma's bedroom).

"Well, we could play spin the bottle, or 7 minutes in heaven," Craig quickly suggested.

"With four people?" Emma questioned. "Hardly any fun at all. Plus, I'm not kissing Manny if the bottle points to her," she joked.

"Well, I'll take my seven minutes in heaven right now," Chris added, looking at Manny. She smiled at him.

"Sounds like a plan to me," she said as she stood up and dragged Chris up with her. They headed towards Emma's walk-in closet when Craig spoke up.

"Uh, yeah…sounds like so much fun," he said.

"You can have fun with Emma out here," Manny told him. Craig rolled his eyes and sat down on Emma's bed. Manny and Chris went into the closet and closed the door behind them. They began making out and didn't stop. After a few minutes, Emma went over and sat at the end of her bed, a few feet away from Craig.

"So..." she began. Before she could say anything else, Craig slid closer to her and began to kiss her. She kissed him back until he stuck his tongue in her mouth. Then she jumped back. "Craig…wait…" But he didn't listen. He forced himself on her, sticking his tongue farther down her throat. Craig paused for a moment, but only long enough for Emma to take a breath. He laid her down, his body pressing her down. Still kissing her, he began to unbutton her shirt. He had undone three buttons before she got her strength back. She shoved him off and yelled. "Craig what the hell are you doing?" At this point, Manny and Chris emerged from the closet.

"What happened out here? We heard some screaming," Chris stated.

"Craig just went a little too far, that's all," Emma said.

"That's all? What do you mean that's all?" Manny asked.

"No, really, I'm fine. He was just being a normal teenage boy," Emma reassured her. She didn't want to think that Craig could be so forceful. She was denying the fact that Craig could have raped her. If Manny and Chris weren't there, he definitely would have. She put into her own mind that it was just hormones.

"But Emma…" Manny began.

"Manny butt out. She said she's fine and that means she's fine. Quit bugging her," Craig said, his voice growing louder.

"Manny! Chris! Jason is here to pick you two up," Snake yelled from the top of the stairs.

"I don't want to leave you alone here with him," Manny said, motioning towards Craig.

"Guys! Come on! Don't keep Jason waiting," Spike yelled down.

"Manny, I'll be okay. It's just Craig," Emma reassured her again.

"Yeah, just talk about me like I'm not here," Craig began to complain.

"Manny and Chris! I know you can hear us!" Snake yelled.

"Coming!" Manny yelled. She grabbed Chris' hand and pulled him up the stairs, looking back at Emma and glaring at Craig before they made it to the top. They got in the car and Jason brought Chris home. When Manny got home she went down to her room to go to sleep. She was hoping nothing bad would happen between Craig and Emma.

Back at Emma's, Craig was still over. "Emma, I'm really sorry about what happened. I was just really horny ya know? You don't know what it's like to be a guy," he tried to convince her to listen.

"No I don't know what it's like, but that doesn't mean I enjoyed what you just did."

"Emma, I said I was sorry, will you forgive me? It will never happen again," he said.

"Okay Craig, I forgive you. But if it ever happens again, I'll report you for sexual abuse," Emma threatened him.

"Em, I said it won't, and it won't. I wouldn't ever want to hurt you, you've got to believe that." With that he kissed her lightly on the lips and walked up the stairs to go home.

For the first time in my life, I know what it feels like to be Manny, Emma thought. I think I'm falling in love with Craig. She turned the light off and closed her eyes. When would the day come that Emma regretted ever thinking that? It would come all too soon.

A/N: The next chapter will take place three months from now. It will say that in the beginning of the chapter but I'm just letting you know. Please review!