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Emilie woke up to the sound of muffled yelling. She found the living room door shut so she sneaked over and put her ear to the door and listened.
"Dive, if Phil finds out she's here, he's going to freak out! Why do you even care if she's out in the cold? You don't even know her!" said Dive's brother.
"You know what? I'm sick of this! I mean, why are you all onto me just because I'm trying to help someone out?" yelled Dive.
"Dive, for all you know, she could be the rudest, nastiest person ever!" said a female voice.
"Y-yeah. I mean, come on. Even Phil said she's n-no good," said another female voice, only this one was more nasally.
"You guys don't understand!" Dive began again.
"We understand perfectly! You are the one that doesn't," said a new voice. At that point Emilie was close to tears. 'I'm ruining Dive. This is way worse than a third degree,' she thought.
"Look, last night I was out late because I took her out into the town and I know for sure that what you see is way different from who she really is!" Dive seemed to be out of breath a little. Emilie was surprised. No one had ever stood up for her. She had always done it herself.
"You're out of your mind! She probably brainwashed ya!" said the new voice.
"Listen, I don't know why I did it or why I care so much for her safety, but I do know that I don't care what I have to do to let her stay here! I promise I wont tell Phil and I promise she wont be any trouble!" Even after hearing that, Emilie walked out the door, dared to glare at every duck except for Dive and walked past them towards the garage.
"I'll see you around, Dive," she said and walked through the door.
"Angel…" he whispered under his breath while reaching out his hand. Emilie figured out how to exit and did so. She walked to the mall, head down, hands in pockets, hood covering her swollen eyes.
"Good riddance…" Dive's brother sighed. Dive looked down and balled his hands into fists. He growled and then turned to punch his brother in the face. Fist and face connected followed by four gasps.
"Dive!" yelled the first female voice.
"Shut up, Mallory!" he said. "You guys don't understand what you just did..." With that, he turned around with eyes filled with tears and walked to his room.
Soon after, a knock came at his bedroom door. "Go away," he said.
"Dive," said a calm voice. "May I please come in?" Dive had to think for a minute before he got up and opened the door.
"What is it, Grin?" The door shut and Grin sat next to Nosedive on the bed.
"I want to understand," he said. Dive looked away for a second then turned back to Grin.
"Where do I start?" he asked.
"Tell me why you took the girl out to dinner and then let her stay here."
"I don't know. It just felt like it was my...duty."
"Duty? Duty to do what?"
"To protect her. To make sure she's alright. To just, OWW!!!" he yelled.
"What is it?" Grin said, worried about his friend. Dive screamed again an fell to the ground. "Dive! What's wrong?"
"I don't know but it hurts," he said. It looked like he was holding his heart.
"Where does it hurt?"
"My heart," he said. "But it doesn't feel like a physical pain. I don't know what it is! This happened yesterday, too."
"Yesterday? When?" asked Grin.
"In the locker room after meeting Angel," he answered.
"Who's Angel?" Grin asked confused. Dive calmed down a little and rested his back on the side of the bed.
"I mean Emilie," I clarified. "I like to call her 'Angel' though." Grin, possibly having found the answer to his actions, smiled to himself.
"Why is that?"
"I don't know," he answered. "All I know is that I feel different when I'm around her and it hurts when she isn't here."
"Do you love her?" Grin asked, anxious for the answer.
"Yes, of co-" he stopped and realized what he had just said. "I mean, what are you talking about? I just met her!" Grin smirked and got up. He headed for the door.
"I'll just go tell the others the sweet details," he smirked.
"What?! No! Wait!" Nosedive ran after Grin just to find that His brother and the other ducks had been listening. Grin was just as shocked as Dive, but Dive could tell it was sarcasm.
"Now, I told you guys not to listen while I talked to Dive."
"And now for us to pass it on to 'Angel,'" joked Mallory.
"I'm on it!" said Duke as he ran towards the garage.
"Dive?" Dive turned to face Grin. "Wildwing doesn't know about this, but follow me." They went through a back door that was by the stands and stopped at another door labeled "To Roof." When they had climbed the seemingly never-ending stairs to the very top, Nosedive saw a dinner table with a not-yet-lit candle on it. "You need to ask her out on a date by tonight," Grin said.
"What if there's an emergancy?" Dive asked.
"You didn't care last night, but just in case, we'll call you on your cell," Grin explained.
"okay. So how do I ask her out. You guys made her leave and we'll never find her!"
"Duke actually went out to find her, it wasn't part of a joke, Dive. We heard you two talking last night on the couch."
"What?! What happened to privacy?" argued Dive.
"To tell you the truth, We had all just gotten home. Wildwing thought we were in bed and Tanya stayed here to work on some stuff and cover for me, Mallory, and Duke." Dive was in a state of 'aw.' "We do it every Friday night. You didn't know that?"
"Hell no! I would go with you if I had known!"
"Twenty-one or over, bud," both ducks turned to face Duke who was poisedon the door frame.
"Where's Angel?" asked Dive.
"Mallory went with her to pick a dress or else she isn't going to do it without a reason. That kid doesn't want to dress up! She's a girl for Christ's sake."
"She looks fine to me. And why didn't you tell her?" asked Dive.
"You're the one who has to ask her out, not me!" retorted Duke.