Emily stumbled back a little but managed to catch her balance. "Oh...hey Wally..." she said as she rubbed the back of her head nervously.

He growled slightly. "Hey.. " he looked away and saw Hoagie and Jenna walking off. He hissed, "Why the heck do you two keep doing this to us?"

She looked at Wally with a concerned expression, "Well...cuz maybe they wanna be good friends...and help us?" She questioned him nervously, scared he'd get mad at her.

"Help us? What is there to help us with?" He asked. "You don't care about me.. or us, do you?"

Her eyes welled up with tears. "Of course I care about you..and hopefully us...I love you Wally! Can't you see that?" She was beginning to cry but quickly stopped remembering last time.

"No, I can't.. because whenever I show you that I care, you throw it back in my face!" He growled.

Emily stuttered a little. "I...I told you I'm really sorry! You don't know how happy it makes me...I just don't honestly know if you care for me," she silently cried. "'Cuz well, I heard you and Hoagie talking about the yipper cards...and you only traded it cuz you thought it was Kuki..." she looked down and kicked the ground.

"... I DO CARE!" He shouted. " I fricken kissed you, and wanted to talk to you and everything.. and you.. just pushed it away!"

She stepped back a little, shaking a lot. "I didn't MEAN to push it away, Wally! I was just scared, alright?" she said in the quietest voice possible. "P-plus Numbuh 2 forced you to k-kiss me..."

"Forced? He said I should.. I decided to do it on my own.. he only brought up the subject..." he sighed and turned away from her, not walking off though, just standing there.

She stood there in awe. "You mean...he didn't f-force you? Oh Gosh, I'm...really sorry..."

"I bet you are sorry now, aren't you?" he asked, looking back at her sadly.

Emily bent her head down ashamed, staring at the ground. She made a slight nod and said, "Yes...I really, really am."

He slowly took a step away from her. "Should I leave.. or stay?"

She looked up at him. "Stay..please...I don't wanna lose you again, Wally..." she said as she clenched her arms around her body.

He stared back at her, frowning. "..."

All was silent for quite some time, but then she decided she needed to take action. Emily carefully walked up to Wally still shaking and kissed him on the cheek, blushing like crazy. "Is everything peachy keen, now?" she smiled slightly.

He stared at her and then touched his cheek gently, with a smile. "I don't know, you tell me."

"Well...I donno...I mean, I KNOW I love you...but do you love me?" she asked him, waiting desperately for an answer.

He stared at her and then looked away slowly nodding. "Didn't I tell you the answer before?"

"I was confused, I didn't know if you meant it...but now I do.." she kissed him again and gave him a big hug while smiling.

He smiled and held her close. "Heh.. yes... well.. yeah.. " He sighed happily.

Emily brightened up and looked at Wally. "We should tell Hoagie and Jenna that we're a couple now!" she squealed. "We are a couple now...right?"

He stared at her confused. "When did this start, Emily?"

"Uh, well, we kissed..so doesnt that make us a couple?" she stuttered, nervous he didnt wanna be what she was thinking.

"Well.. I thought that maybe.. we could get to know eachother better before that happened, maybe?" he asked, looking uneasy.

"Oh," she frowned. "Well...okay...we've only known eachother since 1st grade...but if that's what you want..." she trailed off sounding quite upset. "Maybe, maybe we should tell the others we're alright anyways," she said as she started to walk towards them.

Wally sighed, watching her walk off. "She doesn't know what I mean.." he said to himself and walked off the other way sadly.

Emily just kept walking towards Hoagie and Jenna. "Hey guys!" she said as she approached them, they'd apparently seen the whole thing.

"SO! How did it go?" Jenna asked, bouncing around next to her. "You two a couple now or something?" she giggled. "Yeah, tell us." Hoagie said with a smile.

Emily looked down. "Well, I THOUGHT we were...but when I asked him...he got upset...and now he's all upset with me again," she frowned as she told the others.

"Give him some time, he is not that good with his 'emotions,' " She giggled. "But I think it's cute you two might be hitting it off, ne!"

Emily giggled slightly. "Well I guess...I just don't know if we really ARE, why's he have so many problems with his emotions? Is it my fault?" She got serious again as she asked this.

"Naw!" Hoagie said bluntly. "He just likes to act like a 'tough' guy!"

"Haha true dat...but I don't think walking away sadly is exactly being 'tough,'" she said worriedly. "Besides, with his behaviour I'm starting to like him less...I like someone else a bit..." Emily giggled and turned away.

"Aww, I feel bad for poor Wally now, because you don't like him as much!" she frowned.

"Well, thats what happenes when you have to wait that long, huh." Hoagie said sighing.

"Would you like him as much after all he's hurt me?" Emily got really upset and glared at Jenna. "I don't find it fair that there's noone in this stupid school that loves me like I love them!" She turned around and scowled.

"Wally does." Jenna said calmly then ran off after her blonde haired friend to go comfort him.