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Part three

Craig

The first day of school was pretty action packed, but the next few days went by uneventfully.

Friday came quickly, and the whole crew was ready to let loose at the party. Even Ash wanted to come.

She said she would try to come, anyway. I made her promise not to verbally, or otherwise attack Manny. She reluctantly agreed. She also told me that if she came, Ellie would be with her, which was twice as awkward, knowing that El liked me too. What is a man to do. I'll tell you, get enough will power to stay away from his girlfriend's foster sister and best friend. That's what. But everyday, it got harder and harder to ignore the fact that Em was hot. More than hot. I'm a good boyfriend. I am a good boyfriend...

After last period ended, I literally ran out of the classroom. Manny met me at my locker. "Hey."

I kissed her forehead. "Hi."

"Something wrong?" She looked a little out of sorts.

"Well, It's just that...I can't come to the party tonight. Ms. H is making me hold auditions starting tonight, instead of Monday, like we agreed."

"Aw, honey, that's cool, I just won't go." "No. I want you to..That is, if you..." No. Don't say take Emma. Do Not say take Emma. "...Take Em with you." How the hell did I know she would say that?

"Manny...Are you even sure Em wants to go? I mean..." "Yeah, she wants to go. I already told her I would try to get you to take her. She said she would go if you went." She whined. And if you don't know, Manny could whine pretty well.

Well enough to convince me to pick the latest object of "Craig's insatiable affections" up at 7:00.

Manny

It was pretty easy convincing Craig to pick up Emma, now I only had to convince Em to go to the party without me. Yeah, I lied. So what? This is my best friend's livelihood we're talking here.

She needs to get out, have fun, maybe even meet a new guy.

The sooner she got over that piece of trash Peter, the better. I still can't believe that he's Ms. H's kid.

Well, yeah, yeah I can. Because she nearly ruined Spike and Snake's marriage. And now her evil spawn was doing the same thing to Em, ruining her.

When I spotted Em, she was walking towards Snake's room, so I stopped her. "You know I can't go to the party tonight don't you?"

"What? Oh yeah, the spirit squad try-outs. They were changed."

"Exactly. Who knows how late I'll be here."

"Yeah, well, maybe you can come after." I looked at her, surprised.

"You're still going?"

"Yeah, unless you don't want me to." I shook my head.

"No, that's just what I was going to do, tell you that you should still go. Craig will still pick you up a seven and everything."

"Really? That's sweet. I gotta go catch dad before he leaves."

"Oh! Yeah, okay. Um, I'll see you later, probably at home." We started to part ways.

"Yeah. Oh, and Manny?"

"Yeah Em?"

"Thanks for everything. You know, trying to keep me busy and all. You and Craig are the absolute best." She smiled before walking into the classroom.

Emma

When I got home, I had no idea what I would wear. I rummaged through the closet that Manny and I shared, trying to find something spicy, yet comfortable. I found exactly what I wanted to wear, and laid the outfit on the bed just in time to hear my mom yell dinner was ready. Feeling good about tonight, I ran upstairs.

"Avocado wraps again?" I turned my nose up for a minute. Just a minute though, because I actually love Avocado wraps. "Yes, I'm sorry Em, but they're really fast to make, and I was running late tonight." My mom said.

"No, it's okay. Where's Jack?"

"He's at my parent's for the weekend. Your mom and I are going off. More quality time."

My dad said getting up to pour our drinks.

"The whole weekend?"

"Yes. But don't get any crazy notions. You and Manny are to be in this house the exact same time you are every other night. And no boys after eleven. Tell Manny that includes Craig."

"You know there's this party tonight. At Jimmy's."

"You're going?" My mom asked, a little shocked.

"Yeah. I'm going. Craig's picking me up a seven."

"That's great Em. Glad to see you feeling better. Now, here's my Check card, use it for food, emergency cash, but do not spend frivolously okay?"Snake handed me his Visa, and smiled. I took it, and stuck it into my pocket. We finished our meal making small talk. After we finished, I kissed both my parents bye, wished them a good trip, and went back down stairs to get ready.

A/N- Please review! And I will try to have another chapter finished as fast as I can.