Thank you guys for your wonderful reviews! Glad you all like it!

Last night, I got this idea for another story, but I don't know if I'll start it while I'm doing this one, or wait for this one to end, or just not do it. So I'll try to write up a summary and see if you guys like it.

Until then, enjoy Chapter Eight!

It has bro/sis action. (Suh-WEET! Haha. -Jordan)

"Emily, talk to me, please!" Troy paced back and forth in front of her sitting on her bed. Her head was in her hands, but her face looked like any that had been crying for an hour straight.

"Troy, I'm fine. Just go away," her muffled voice came from her hands.

"You are NOT fine, Em!"

"Troy just please go," she sounded as if she was about to start crying again.

Troy's face softened. He sat next to her and put his arm around her shoulder.

"Em, I'm your brother. You can talk to me," he whispered.

Emily remained silent.

"Ok, I'll just go," Troy got up and walked to the door.

"It's Chad," Emily's voice floated to his ears.

"I thought he seemed upset," Troy took his original seat.

"I walked into the gym and…he was kissing Taylor!" she sniffed.

Troy put his arm back around her shoulder and squeezed her tight.

"I'm sorry, Em. It must have hurt to have seen Taylor do that to you," he said quietly.

"Taylor?! It wasn't all Taylor! It takes four lips to kiss and two of those were Chad's!" she stood up and looked angrily at him.

"Oh my God. Emily do you honestly think Chad would cheat on you with Taylor of all people?"

"HA! So you admit that he would cheat on me?!"

"EMILY THIS IS UTTERLY RIDICULOUS!"

"NOTHING'S RIDICULOUS ABOUT CHAD CHEATING ON ME!"

"HE DIDN'T CHEAT ON YOU!"

"AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?!"

"Em," he sighed and his voice became softer, "He's miserable without you. You should see the looks he gives you when you're not looking. He loves you, Em."

Emily looked down and plopped on her bed next to her brother.

"But the Taylor thing…"

"Don't you think if he was cheating on you with Taylor he would have asked her out? Besides, why would he kiss Taylor? Think about it, Em. She started a rumor that you were PREGNANT! Don't you think she would do something like this to break you two up?"

Emily thought on this for a moment. Now that Troy had put it that way, it made sense. She felt foolish for jumping to conclusions.

"When did you get so darn insightful?" she grinned.

"When did you get so darn…not insightful?"

Emily laughed and gave her brother a hug. She continued to lean into his chest.

"Troy," she whispered, "How am I supposed to fix this?"

"Talk to him. He'll take you back in a heartbeat, Em. He loves you," Troy pulled her back and looked her in the eyes.

"I've got to see him. Right now," she said with a hint of urgency in her voice.

Troy nodded and let go of his sister; hoping her heart would be broken.

(OMG JORDAN…OMG I'M SERIOUS! BIG PROBLEM HERE! THERE'S NO LINE!)(Yeah, yeah. -Jordan)

Emily raced down the stairs. She made a sharp turn and nearly skidded into the front door. She opened it to leave…and there was something she didn't expect.

Chad's figure stood there with his arm up. He was about to knock on the door when Emily had opened it. They stood there looking in each other's eyes for a moment.

Chad finally broke the silence, "Em, I know I hurt you, but I think I at least deserve a chance to explain my side of the story…"

Emily held up a hand for him to stop. "You don't have to explain," Emily started.

"Yes, I do. I can't lose you, Em. That happened once and I won't let it happen again," Chad interrupted her.

"Chad, Troy put things into perspective. I was stupid to jump to conclusions."

"No. No. No. The only stupid person is Taylor…"

"Ugh, let's not talk about her," Emily exhaled sharply.

"I agree," Chad grinned. After a moment of silence, he started again, "E-Emily, can I, um, kiss you?"

Emily blushed and wrapped her arms around his neck. He leaned down and gave her a passionate kiss.

And she returned it with just as much passion.

"Does this mean we're back together?" Chad said walking next to her down the sidewalk.

Troy had come down the stairs and shooed them out of the house. Emily led him to the sidewalk to take a walk. Chad looked at her and he caught his breath. The full moon overhead lit her face up and made her eyes sparkle.

Emily laughed and her smile glittered in the moonlight.

"Of course it does!" she continued to smile.

"Good," he wrapped his arm around her waist, "I missed you way too much."

"I missed you, too," she leaned against him.

"I love you, Emster," he whispered.

"I love you more," she grinned.

"Nuh uh!"

"Uh huh!" she giggled and ran ahead of him. "Betcha can't catch me!"

Chad rolled his eyes and ran after her. Surprisingly, he couldn't catch up with her for a while. But soon, she began to tire and he wrapped his arms around her near an old oak tree. The two laughed for a while before he gave her another kiss.

"I caught you," he smiled.

"…Your point?"

"Ugh!" he scoffed, "You said you bet I couldn't catch you. Well I caught you, so what do I get?"

"Hmmm," she smiled and tapped her finger against her chin, "How about this?"

She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. He sighed.

"I guess that'll do."

"You'll live with it," she grinned.

"Emster, I gotta go. The game starts soon!"

"Ok. Ok. Ok. Good luck," she kissed him on the cheek.

"CHAD LET'S GO!" Troy yelled from the gym doorway.

"COMING!" Chad ran into the gym.

Emily stood in the hallway. She heard footsteps behind her.

"Emily, can I talk to you?" Natalie's voice beckoned from behind her.

"Oh, did you hear something else from Taylor? Sorry but I'm not interested…"

"No! I came to apologize. I didn't believe it at first, but Sadie kept telling me that you had told her you were pregnant," Natalie explained.

"What? I never told Sadie anything like that!"

"I know that now. Just please, forgive me?"

Emily sighed and thought it over for a moment.

"Friends?" Natalie asked.

"Friends," Emily smiled. The two girls hugged and walked into the gym together to watch the game. Little did they know the surprises that would be in store for them.

Emily and Natalie stopped dead in their tracks. Emily couldn't believe what she was seeing.

Sadie was giggling with a group of girls on the top of the bleachers. Taylor was sitting right next to her.

"Em, am I crazy or…?"

"Is that Sadie?" Emily finished for her.

"I can't believe it. That little back-stabber," Natalie started to walk towards her.

"No, Nat. Stop," Emily held her back, "Let's enjoy the game."

The two girls made their way to the front row of bleachers. They were right behind the players' bench.

"And now West High will start with their new player, Alex Lockwood," the announcer boomed.

Emily paled quickly. Natalie's eyes were as wide as the basketball Alex held in his hand. He looked over at Emily and winked.

"Oh my God," Emily whispered and turned around.

The game started and Troy took the ball and passed it to Chad, then Chad passed it to Zeke who passed it back to Troy. Suddenly, the sound of a body hitting the gym floor filled the room.

Alex had come up and slammed Troy to the ground.

"What the hell is your problem, Lockwood?" Troy grumbled as he got up. The referee gave a them a penalty and Alex went and sat on the bench.

"Troy are you okay?" Emily approached him as he reached their bench. He was nursing his shoulder.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he continued to rub his shoulder and sat down angrily.

"It looks red. You should put some ice on that," she reached for an ice pack.

"It's fine, Emily. Just sit down!"

Emily sighed and sat back down in the bleachers.

"Don't worry. He's just intense into the game," Gabriella's voice floated up behind them.

"Yeah, I know."

The game continued and Troy sat out for a while. Finally his shoulder felt better, so he got back into the game. By that time, Alex had been fouled so many times that the coach took him out of the game.

"You guys, I'm going to the bathroom," Emily got up and walked out of the gym. She made her way down the hall towards the bathrooms.

Next thing she knew, she was slammed against the lockers. She groaned in he pain shooting through her back.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't little Emily Bolton? Where's your bodyguards? Oh yeah, they're in the middle of a game," Alex scoffed.

"What do you want, Alex?"

"To hurt you," he snarled.

Emily sunk down towards the floor. "You don't want to do that," she warned.

"Whatever," he rolled his eyes.

Alex held his fist up to punch her, but she caught it. Her foot collided with his stomach and Alex collapsed to the ground.

Emily made a break for it. She skidded down the hallway, then hit the floor. Alex punched her in the face and Emily screamed at the top of her lungs.

Alex covered her mouth and punched her again. The taste of blood filled her mouth. Her vision went blurry and she felt a sharp pain in her wrist.

Emily brought up her knee and hit Alex's 'sensitive spot'. Other West High boys gathered around her. She tried to fight back, but they were too strong. Emily's vision blurred even more and finally she blacked out.

"Emily?" Gabriella called cautiously down the hallway. She had seen Alex sneak away as Emily had left the gym, and it had been a while.

She turned the corner and saw Emily's figure on the ground. Her face and arms were covered in bruises and open wounds were everywhere.

Gabriella covered her mouth and ran back into the gym screaming her head off.

"STOP THE GAME! STOP THE GAME! EMILY'S BEEN ATTACKED!"

The Wildcats all froze in their tracks on the court.

Chad was the first to run up to Gabriella. "Where is she?"

"Down the hall. She's unconscious!" Gabriella ran and led Chad, Troy and Mr. Bolton to her.

"Oh God," Chad kneeled beside her, "Emster, please wake up."

"Boys, bring her to the car. We need to get her to the ER quickly," Emily's dad raced to his car.

Chad picked her up gently and revealed a small pool of blood underneath her head.

"Shit, her head's bleeding," Troy said.

The three teens began to panic right there in the hallway.

Emily could die.

Ok, short end note because Jordan's yelling at me to finish. (Yeah, I kinda needed a thing called SLEEP. -Jordan)

So hope you enjoyed the chapter.

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