A/N: Thanks to my beta and my reviewers. Here is the next chapter.

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Emmett made the walk back to his apartment pretty slow. He walked the entire way and was in no rush to get back. He grabbed some pizza as he got closer to his apartment and took it up with him to eat. He placed the pizza on his coffee table and sat on his couch. As he ate he searched for something to watch on TV to distract him. He settled on a re-run of Smallville. As he watched it, he wished he could be more like Clark Kent. He finished his pizza and continued watching the show. It was a marathon of that later seasons. Emmett fell asleep dreaming he was Clark Kent, Elle was Lana Lang and Warner was Lex Luhther. Emmett was the right guy for Elle but like Lana went off and married the wrong guy.

Back at Elle's dorm, she was still very confused. She turned on Days of Our Lives for Bruiser but she couldn't focus on it. If she wasn't scared of the press she would have been banging on Emmett's door. She would just have to wait until tomorrow. Hopefully the press would be off her back by then.

The next day Emmett woke up to a loud noise. He wanted to see what it was but from sleeping on the couch his back hurt. When he finally realized that noise was somebody banging on the door, he groggily stood up. Holding his back, he made his way to the door. "Who the hell is here so early in the morning?" He said as he opened the door. He was shocked and confused to see Elle on the other side of the door. Especially since he didn't have time to think about everything last night.

Elle walked past Emmett once the door was open and set her bag, with Bruiser in it of course down. Elle started pacing around Emmett's living room. Emmett just stared at her, waiting for her to tell him what was going on. He knew she would, he just wasn't sure he wanted to know.

"Why did you just leave last night?" Elle asked suddenly, stopping her pacing to stare at him.

"I needed to get home." He said as if it was obvious.

"You couldn't of needed to be here to badly. Since you didn't protest when I took you out for a walk." She retorted.

"Well I forgot I needed to do something." He was annoyed that he had to justify his actions to her.

"You needed to eat pizza and do what?" She wasn't going to let him off easy.

"What's the big deal? And how do you know I didn't have other stuff to do before I ate the pizza?"

"Cause I know you. You abruptly left my dorm. Why can't you just tell me why?" Elle was staring at him hard.

"I just had stuff to do here. Is that so hard to believe?" He refused to tell her about his insecurities.

"Yes it is because seeing as you no longer work for Callahan what could you of possibly had to do?" Elle was determined to crack him.

"Maybe I needed to find a job or maybe I do things not related to work." Emmett wanted to know why she thought all he did was work.

"You're a workaholic who for months has spent all his free time tutoring me. So sorry if I don't understand why you needed to be here." Elle said, he gaze never shifting.

"So now my life revolves around you?" Emmett felt like that was a low blow.

"That is not what I meant but you do spend a lot of time at my place. Especially considering I came here for a different guy." She knew she had gone to far but she was annoyed with him.

That hurt Emmett more than she could possibly know. "Elle….I just needed to be here for a little while. It's no big deal. But right now I need to get dressed and find another job. So if you don't mind…" He picked up Bruiser's bag and passed it to her. He really wanted her out so he could think.

Hearing his saddened tone, Elle took Bruiser and silently made her way out of his apartment. She hadn't planned on hurting him. The words had just come out. She felt bad once she saw his face. As she made her way back to her dorm, she wished she hadn't left in the first place. When she got to her dorm, she sat at her desk, an thought about what had happened. She wished she had just listened to him about how he had stuff to do. She was just curious about what was bothering him. She felt horrible. She worried that she had ruined things for her and Emmett before they even began.

When she left Emmett sighed and sat on his couch with his put his head in his hands. He never meant to make Elle mad. He just needed time to himself and Elle hadn't given that to him. He should of just told her about his insecurities, he thought. Then they wouldn't of fought. He was too embarrassed by them to tell her the truth. That he didn't understand why she wanted to be with him. As he sat there he worried that he had already ruined everything for him and Elle.

The next day, Elle had an early class and didn't have time to even think about what had happened with Emmett. Emmett though, was called into see the Dean. Emmett nervously waited outside the Dean's office, that morning. When he was called in, he shook the Dean's hand and sat in the chair in front of the desk.

"Hello sir. I am, surprised that I was called in to see you." Emmett said as he sat down.

"I understand Mr. Forrest but don't worry it's nothing bad." The Dean said with a smile.

Emmett let out a sigh of relief. "That's good." Now Emmett just wondered what he was needed for.

"I would like to offer you a job." The Dean began. "With Professor Callahan…..leaving, we need somebody to take over his class. You were his TA and should know the material well. Correct?"

"Yes. I am very familiar with the curriculum of the class." Emmett could see where this was going and he already knew what his answer would be.

"That's what I was hoping to hear. Would you be interested in teaching the class for the rest of the semester?" The Dean offered.

"Sir, I would love to." Emmett smiled. "Is it only for the rest of the semester though? I only ask because I quit Callahan's firm."

"Lets treat this as a trial run. If you do well then I don't see why we can't make it a permanent position." The Dean smiled.

"Thank you sir. I wont let you down." Emmett smiled. He couldn't believe what was happening.

"No need to thank me." The Dean glanced at his watch. "Now Professor Forrest, your first class begins in an hour. You should go get yourself ready." The Dean said standing up, signaling that their meeting was over.

"Thank you sir." Emmett said standing, and shaking the Dean's hand. Emmett made his way to what was now his classroom and sat behind the desk there was and took out his laptop to prepare. His mind too focused on working to think about his fight with Elle. That is until the class started to arrive and he realized that it was Elle's class.

A/N: Thanks for reading. The next chapter is going to take a litttle longer. I haven't started it yet. I have an idea of what I will be doing but if there is anything you guys would like to happen let me know and I may put it in. Please review.