A/N Short chapter, again, sorry! I just want to get another part of it up, but it's late. So I will continue later, and remember: I love reviews! (heheh)
Manny tapped her pencil against her notepad. She had washed three loads of laundry, done the dishes, cleaned the kitchen, made all the beds, and mopped the kitchen floor. It was 2:30 and she had a little time before she needed to go pick Joey up and drive him across town to soccer practice.
"How did I forget? How?" she muttered aloud. How had something that had meant so much, fallen so quickly to the wayside? Well, to be honest she could think…
Fashion design and then the first failed marriage and then Sam and our wedding and then Sam's children…
High school seemed like a faraway memory. She tapped her pen faster and tried to produce the names. She needed the names…
Emma Nelson she scrawled across the top of the page. Of course, Emma. Even after everything they went through, they had still been Emma and Manny, and Emma had even helped her think up the whole idea. Of course.
If Emma was involved, then so was Toby. She wrote his name under Emma's.
And there was JT too, then. They did everything together, as well. Oh, and Liberty. She and JT were 'going out' then. She laughed a soft laugh for their high school terminology, and tapped the page again.
That's only five of us. I remember that there were 8. She laughed and scrunched up her eyes, how did she remember that there were 8, if she hadn't even remembered about the thing in the first place? She pushed that thought aside and stared at the page again.
Who else? She forced herself to think back…
"So what do you think?" Manny turned to Emma and the two of them turned into the girls' washroom.
"I think that it's a good idea, but who are you going to ask? Like, do you want this to be a school wide thing…"
Paige Michalchuk emerged from a stall and looked Manny up and down. "School wide thing, eh? Hun, are you sure that you are up for that sort of thing?" She smiled snidely and turned to the facet.
Manny inhaled deeply, and took a step forward. "Paige…"
"Oh, save it Manny. I know, we buried the hatchet, but we don't have to be buds. I don't want in on your little plan, k?"
Manny's eyes shifted downwards and she shuffled her foot. "Sure, Paige. We don't have to be friends, I know. I don't really want to, but still.."
Paige turned to face her. "Still?" Her voice was demanding.
"I think it would be nice if you wanted to be a part of it." Manny finished lamely.
Paige smiled her 'Paige' smile, "Sure, hun."
She pushed her way by Emma and walked out of the door.
"What was that?" Emma said wonderingly to Manny.
"I dunno, but maybe this thing might work, you know?"
She added Paige to the page.