Jay sat in the driver's seat of his red civic, hands on the wheel. Emma glanced at his hands. She seemed frozen. She tried to make words come out of her mouth, but her throat was dry.
Emma's POV
I feel so stupid. Jay is being extremely generous and I'm being incredibly selfish. We still haven't left the parking lot. I can't expect him to drive me all the way to Wasaga. What was I thinking? I feel sick to my stomach.
Jay toyed with his keys, the reflection revealing the look of nausea on Emma's face. He cocked his head to the side, "How 'bout I just take you home?"
Emma could feel the acid tearing at the lining of her stomach, is he tired of me? She thought to herself. She plastered on an evidently fake grin and nodded her head.
As they pulled up to her abode, Emma remembered Jay's exact words, "Some of us are going to Bennet Park later…" Before any other thoughts raced thru her mind, she opened the car door, fumbled with her keys, and ran inside. She slammed the door, grief-stricken. At that moment she wished Rick had actually fulfilled his demented plan.
Next Day – Degrassi
Emma entered her locker combination and slipped her geometry textbook under her arm.
"Hey, Emmaline." Ugh. It was Chester. Ignorant little Chester.
"Hey," Emma replied, wishing he would "accidentally" fall off the face of the Earth.
"How was your summer?" he questioned.
"It was… good. And yours?"
"It was… good," Chester smiled. "That was the bell, I gotta get going. See ya around!"
Manny held back laughter, "He is totally crushing on you."
"I'd rather not be crushed on," Emma shot back.
Darcy and Chante immediately ran over, "He is so cute!" they giggled.
"Emma, if he askes you out, you say 'yes'," Manny whispered in her ear.
Emma rolled her eyes and headed to class.
"Emma is so lucky," Chante screeched, "Chester is such a babe!"
"I want him for myself," Darcy sighed.
Jay overheard the two, who the hell is Chester?