The next day, Jonah went into Hasting's room before first period to get his makeup work, but when he comes back, he sees Jason talking to Rowan. Jonah hides behind the wall, eavesdropping.
"Leave Jonah alone, ok?"
"Jonah messes with ME, dumb ass. Besides. That girl of his?"
Lightning came from Jason's fingertips. Rowan shudders.
"D-don't you SEE? Just because you killed Leicester doesn't mean-"
"Doesn't mean...what exactly?"
"..."
"Exactly. LEAVE him alone, got it?"
Jason storms off while Rowan yells, "He and that girl ain't innocent! Emma Lee? They're killers!"
Jonah fell silent when Jason nearly bumped into him.
"Sorry, man..."
"It-It's ok..."
"You ok, Jonah?"
"Yea. What was THAT about?"
"What? Oh. Him. Rowan's just jealous of me."
"Hm. Seems more like it to me."
They both laugh until Jason says, "What's with you and him anyway?"
As Jonah was about to speak, he saw Emma talking to Alison from the corner of his eye. They came to him and wave. Jason nods. "Ladies. Wanna see the Master?", he jokes.
Alison looks at him and says, "Hi, Jase. Jonah."
She walks to her class, making Jason gasp. "Alison always laughs at my jokes...! What's wrong with her?"
"Ask Jonah.", says Emma before leaving. "Since he's REAL smooth with girls.
Jonah groans.
"Jonah?"
"Ignore that. She's just mad because she likes me."
"Do you like Al?"
"NO. I mean...she's my best friend..."
"Are you sure?"
At that moment...Jonah wasn't sure his own damn self. Emma was just a new kid, but Alison, on the other hand...? She was his best FRIEND. She meant everything to Jonah. Shit. He was fucked. He had to fix things with her and Emma soon. He went to Homeroom where he nearly bumped into Seph, scowling all the way.
Great. Seph.
"Seph. Where's Maddie? Did she finally ditch you?"
He snarled and smirked when he saw Emma come in.
"Oh me, ain't it Emma LEE?", says Seph in a ridiculous Southern accent as he hugged her. "Maddie had a BLAST last night."
"Really? Thanks for inviting me. I promise to keep the guitar handy."
"Huh...?", says Jonah.
Since when did Seph and Emma hang out? Of COURSE...Madison.
"Oh. I invited your girlfriend to hang with us and she had her guitar in her hands when we met up so she performed for us. She should be in a band..."
He smirked at the word 'band'.
"She IS in a band, Seph."
"Oh? You mean...what's it called? Fault...?", Seph lifts his eyebrow.
Jonah snarls while Emma rolls her eyes.
"Stop picking on him, Joseph.", she jokes. "And
Jonah...how's Alison?"
"Emma-"
Emma went to sit down while Seph smirks while he left.
Damn. Jonah is on his own.
