Chapter 4
It was finally Friday night and Emma Fisher was ecstatic. Both her parents and the Harrington adults were going away for the weekend and that could mean only one thing: it was party time.
Emma was heading over to Natalie's early to help her set up some stuff, but mainly she just wanted to have some time with both Ben and Natalie before anyone else got there mainly her brothers. Ugh her brothers were such jerks, Ryan would spend all his time trying to subtlety hit on Natalie all the while flirting with girls who obviously couldn't see that he had fallen head over heals with Natalie, Emma prided herself on being the only one to figure out that he had a secret crush on her and he still didn't know that she knew but one day she was going to drop the bomb on him, as for Nate he would be off in a closet some where by the end of the night. She loved them both with all her heart and was grateful she was one of the people who got to see them for what they really were and not what everyone else saw, she had actually been lucky enough to see Nate cry when he was thirteen and their dog died. Sure she was sobbing herself that didn't matter what mattered was the next day when their friends asked about it he played the big macho card but she knew. But they drove her crazy and more then half the time she just wanted to throw something at them or at least give them a good kick with her cleats on (occasionally she was able to do that when they scrimmaged in there back yard she would purposely miss the ball and let out some of her frustration on one of her siblings shin guards).
As she pulled up into the drive way she saw Ben walking around the side of the house.
He hadn't seen her she could tell so she laid on the horn causing him to jump about a mile.
He looked at her and gave her a face that to some people would have sent them running but she could see in his eyes that he was only playing.
"Way to scare the shit out of one of the host's m's" Ben said when she had gotten out of her car and walked over to where he was standing
"Well the opportunity presented its self and you know I don't like to waste a good opportunity" Emma replied giving him a quick smirk.
"Ya, I've known you all of your life I should have known that by now" Ben said smiling back.
The Two of them started to walk into the house, Ben with his hands shoved into his pockets and Emma swinging her purse
"So" They both said at the same time
"You" Once again they talked simultaneously
"Emma you're here!" Natalie said as she ran over to her best friend " You can help me pick out tonight's music" she said as she drug Emma down the hall
"But I was talking to Ben" Emma said pulling herself out of Natalie's grip
" You can talk to Ben latter" Natalie said grabbing onto Emma's arm and pulling her along again as well as flashing Ben a wink over her shoulder. Ben glared back at her.
" Fine" Emma said giving into Natalie's tugging " I'll talk to you latter Ben"
"Ya talk to you latter" Ben called back.
Both Natalie and Emma could tell that something was bothering him so Emma turned around to look at him but she just saw his back walking back outside. The two of them walked upstairs and into Natalie's room.
Emma smiled when she walked in and looked around hardly anything had chanced since the two of them had spent a week over the summer when they were fifteen and both their parents were gone and they panted it a light shade of yellow. Emma could still remember the look on Mrs. Harrington's face when she came home. The three of them (Ben to for not stopping them) had been grounded for the rest of the summer and considering it was only the second week into summer vacation it was a long time. But it was one of the best summers of Emma's life. The punishment consisted of no going to the mall, no computer, no television and all three of their cell phones were taken away which basically cut them off from the rest of the world but they still had one another and they could come and go to one another's home's as often as they wanted. The three of them had become extremely close that summer, epically when they were left home alone for two weeks when both of their family's had gone to Cancun together for two weeks (something all three of them were extremely pissed about when they found out they would not be joining them, but Mrs. Harrington was merciless in her punishments epically when they did something involving her house). The three of them created their own Cancun in the back yard out by the pool where they would lay out in the sun all day drinking virgin strawberry daiquiri's, pina coldas, and margaritas. Then at night the three of them would watch a movie having cracked the code to the TV. When their family's came home the three of them were tanner then anyone in their family's much to Nate, and Ryan's disappointment. They went into sophomore year being glued at the hip, but only a few weeks in Ben started dating Libby and he fractured away from the group.
Emma frowned at this and Natalie noticed
"What's wrong Em?" she asked
" Nothing I was just remembering the summer before sophomore year" Emma said back
Natalie smiled "ya that was the best summer, but why were you frowning if you were thinking about that?"
Emma looked at her and then looked at the ground
" I was just thinking about after"
" What happened we went back to school" Natalie said puzzled
" Ya, and Ben started dating bitty bitchy Libby" Emma said calling her by the nickname the two of them had given her
"So, she's gone now" Natalie said still confused they had always had fun bashing that blond bimbo.
"That's not the point," Emma said
"Well what is the point?" Natalie asked
"Ben left us, he just walked away with out even knowing how I" Emma stopped herself realizing what she had almost said.
"Wait what" Natalie said now realizing what Emma was trying to say "What didn't he know Em?"
Shit she knows, Emma thought, I can't believe I was that careless, at least I've been able to hide it for two years.
"He didn't know that I had a huge crush on him" Emma wisped
Natalie's mouth dropped open " Do you still like him?" Natalie whisper asked trying to contain her excitement.
Emma looked at her and then slowly nodded her head
" OMG E, WHY DID YOU NEVER TELL ME" Natalie whisper yelled
"Because I didn't want you to know and you cant tell a soul!" Emma said her green eyes going hard as she looked at Natalie
"I swear, I wont tell anyone," Natalie said
"Good" Emma said letting out a breath "Now lets go through a party"
Emma walked out of the room and down the stairs
I cant believe I just told Natalie, Emma thought, It she tells anyone so help me
Natalie followed her out the door a smile playing on her lips things couldn't be working out better for her.
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