Chapter 12

(Emma's perspective.)

Emma walked down the hallway in a very nervous manner. She approached her locker to get her books for her next class. She watched Manny fumbling around in her locker. She looked like she was busily searching for something important.

Emma opened her locker. There was a piece of tape stuck on the outside. Why was their tape stuck to her locker? She pulled it off without a second though. Then glanced in her locker mirror. She smiled at the reflection. She looked very tired and kind of pale.

Emma grabbed her books and headed for Ms. Kawn's English class. She was barely on time, she carefully slipped into her chair right when the bell rang. Liberty was behind her chattering away to J.T.

Emma gazed out the window. English was the last thing on her mind. She was in a sort of trance… there was a tiny bird in a bird's nest. She was watching it with admiration. She came out of her trance when Ms. Kawn tapped loudly on her desk.

It startled Emma so much she dropped her pencil out of her hand. The rest of the lesson she looked at Ms. Kawn but she had not heard one word. Emma's attention seemed to be fixated on her the conversation with Craig.

It was like that for the rest of the day. Lunch couldn't even draw Emma away from her thoughts of him. She sat at a table with Manny and Darcy. She carefully opened her brown bag and ate her sandwich. (If you were to ask her what she had. She wouldn't be able to tell you.)

Manny was jabbering away about some new make up. Sometimes Emma wished she would notice other people. Sure Manny is Emma's best friend… but sometimes she could talk about herself a little too much. She didn't notice that Emma wasn't paying attention to her. She just kept on talking.

She looked around for any sign of Craig. So far she hadn't seen him. Emma threw away her trash and walked with Manny to their lockers. Emma opened hers and glazed in the mirror again. While Manny searched frantically in her locker.

"Em, do you have a pencil?" Manny asked a she looked in her untidy locker.

Emma watched her with a smirk. It was somewhat humorous to see Manny in the mess of her locker.

"Yes, here you go."

Manny reached out for the pencil… when she did a note fell from the inside her locker. In huge letters, EMMA was written on it. Emma stared at it for a minute then bent down to pick it up.

"Manny, where did you get this?" She said noticing the tape on the edge of the note. "Did you take this off my locker?"

Emma stared at Manny. She had a very unpleasant look on her face. She reminded Emma of a young child who had just gotten scolded for doing something bad.

"Yes, I did." Manny managed to choke out before turning around and walking off. She didn't bother to close her locker before leaving.

"Manny! Wait! Why?" Emma yelled after Manny. Manny had suddenly became deaf. Emma knew she heard her but she had just kept walking.
Emma stared down at the letter and carefully opened it.Unfolding each edge with ease until it was opened.