Yes, the way over to Rider's house kinda awkward, saying that I was just sitting there, feeling embarrassed.
Oh, sorry. I should introduce myself. I'm James F. Jones, JJ for short, and pretty much a klutz everywhere I go. Tan hair, blue eyes, the works. Now, about the klutz part, I'm not kidding! One time, I was trying to get Daniela, so I went over and tried to make her slip on ice, but then I fell down and she found me and we fought for a good hour until her breath got really raspy and Rosetta had to break us up before we started to beat each other to-
Crap, I'm getting off topic again, aren't I?
Yeah, back to the "tube". I had an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach, saying that I was standing next to Emily. She had slapped me when I took a seat down and said that visitors should sit, and when I reminded her that I WAS a visitor, she blushed really red and muttered something under her breath. Really, she's soooooo cute when she does that! I mean, what's cuter than a girl who doesn't usually blush when she blushes? It's really cute, I really like-
Ok, going back to topic. I was holding a hand strap thing that dangled from the roof. I was basically standing there, wondering to myself what to do.
We had somehow gotten lost from the others, and it was just me and Emily. Then, and talking idea came to mind.
"Hey... Emily?"
"What do you want, you git?"
I winced. Just that phrase alone made my skin tingle for unknown reasons.
"Uh... just wondering. Who is that boy that was with you?"
For a minute, she looked a bit confused. Then she frowned and replied, "That's... my brother."
I blinked a couple of times. She had a brother? Sure, I knew she had a LOT of boy cousins (ones that she called "brothers" due to that "they annoyed the bloody hell out of her like real brothers") but I had never seen this one before!
"You sure?" I asked, rubbing my neck. Suddenly, my mind went a bit scrambled.
"Yes, I'm sure you bugger. His name is Rider. Strange name, if I do say so myself." she shook her head in disbelief and shrugged.
"So basically, you haven't seen him before, until now."
"Pretty much."
We rode the rest of the ride in silence.