Ch 1

"Emily come hurry up, you going to be late to school, Elizabeth is already here waiting for you"

"I'm coming "she yelled from her bedroom.

She had been spending the last hour and a half making sure that she was looked just right, there was only 3 days left of school before the winter dance at school and she had to be the only 10th grader with out a date. Not that no body had asked her, she kept turning down dates so that she would be free incase Nikolas asked her.

I must be crazy. She thought.

There's no way he'll even notice me.

He could probably go out with any one in are school, why would he go out with a stupid 10th grade geek?

She had spent the last an hour making sure he would notice her and was finally ready to go.

Emily ran down the stairs grabbing an apple from the fruit bowl on the way down.

" Emily don't forget you have a visit with your mother after school today, so come straight home"

" she is not my mother, you are"

" ok fine, you have a visit with Paige after school"

" do I have to"

"You know you have to it was part of your adoption"

"Okay fine. I'll see you later mom"

"Bye Em"

Emily ran out the door and Elizabeth's car

"What was that about?"

"I have to go see Paige today and no one seems to understand that I do not want to"

"You know you have to, they'll take you away from your family if you don't"

" I know, but I just don't understand why I have to see her. I mean I don't want to have anything to do with her and she obviously doesn't want anything to do with me"

"Come you don't know that that is true."

"Yes I do Elizabeth. She gave me up"

" But she made sure that a part of your adoption was that she gets to see you. She must care about if she wants to see you'

" then why did she me up?"

Elizabeth did not know how to respond to that so she remained silent as she parked the car in the school parking lot.

Emily and Elizabeth got out of the car and started to walk towards the school.

"What's with the clothing and hair Em, you don't usually dress like that?" Elizabeth said looking at Emily's outfit, what like of it there was.

"We'll it's the only way I'm going to get the guys to notice me, I still don't have a date to the dance"

"That's because you keep turning them down."

"I'm waiting for the right guy."

"You mean Nikolas"

"You know mean to well"

"Nikolas would be a fool not like you Em"

" I hope your right"

Lunch

" Nikolas do you have a date for the dance ?"

" No , almost everyone has a date"

" Emily doesn't, you can go as friends"

"Lucky, you know Emily likes me as more than a friend"

"So?

"I don't want to hurt feeling by asking her to go as friend when I know she wants to go as more"

"We'll neither one of you have dates so just ask her. It would make her happy, she been really upset about seeing her mom lately "

"Why? She's been seeing her for 15 years. Why get upset now?"

"I don't know, something must have happened at one of her visits."

" I wonder what happened ?"

" I have no clue. So are you going to ask her? "

"Fine, I'll ask her, but if she finds out you told me to you better take the heat"

"Okay fine"

"Hey guys" Liz said as Emily and Liz walked over to the table.

Liz sat down next to Lucky and kissed him

"Hey Em, you want to go for a walk outside? I think Lucky and Elizabeth would like to be alone."

"you guys don't have to leave"

"no its okay Liz, sure Nikolas lets go"

Outside

Nikolas are walking around the football field

"so I was wondering if you would like to go with me too the dance?"

" I would love too"