This chapter doesn't have a title because I couldn't think of one and it's a bit shorter then the others. Please read and review :)
Amber was sitting in her living room watching the Corny Collins show. It was really hurting her. She never sat home and watched the show not even while she was suspended. Not being on the show didn't hurt her nearly as much as seeing Emma say "I'm Emma!" in the roll call first when she was usually the one who went first. Not only was Emma back on the show but she was also the new lead dancer! How did that happen when she wasn't even Miss Teenage Hairspray? Amber still was not that it mattered now anyway. She started to ask her mom about it but changed her mind. Her mom seemed to like to stick up for Emma for some reason. She was kind of optimistic about getting back on the show. The audition was a complete waste of time according to Tracy and Tammy, none of the girls who came out were chosen and they were truly awful, so Amber had still had a chance to convince her mom to talk to Mr. Spritzer for her.
She watched as Emma danced with Link and then smiled in front of the camera. She wanted to throw something at the screen. There were eight other girls there, so why were they always showing her? It was nauseating! At least when the camera always showed her she danced with class. Emma danced and looked like a porn star. Everyday she wore those low cut blouses and dresses. Her mother could at least have told Emma by now that she can't dance or dress like that on TV. When the dance was over, Emma leaned over and kissed Link on the cheek. Amber noticed Tracy's murderous look. She couldn't believe that Tracy hadn't confronted him yet. She would have been done it by now. She couldn't believe she was in love with Link or that Tracy still was. She was too nice to tell him to go to hell but she would be glad to break up with him for her. The show was almost over and the kids were gathered around Corny. Emma, of course, was standing right by him. She was standing so close to him that one of her boobs was actually against his arm. She put one of her hands on his shoulder and smiled at the camera. Amber shook her head. Could she be any more obvious?
"I'll like to take this time to welcome back our council member Miss Emma Harralson!" Corny said putting his arm around Emma. "Oh please!" Amber said outloud. Didn't he already welcome Emma back a week ago when she first came back on the show? Emma smiled at the camera again. "So how does it feel to be back Emma?" Corny asked her. Amber was getting angrier by the minute. That should be her up there! She should be the one that was back on the show! "It feels so wonderful Corny! I'm so happy that I'm here. And I can't help but feel really sorry for poor Amber." She said full of fake concern. Amber gasped. Why did she just mention her name on air like that? She actually made it seem like she really felt bad that Amber was gone but she knew it wasn't true. "I totally forgive her for what she did and I wanted to wish her the best of luck with her career and her life. I really miss her so much." Emma concluded.
"You lying fake slut!" Amber screamed at Emma's image on the TV screen and then got up to turn the television off. She couldn't watch anymore. This whole thing was just nuts and it wasn't right. She had to get back on the show and get her spot back from Emma.
"Hi Emma!" Shelley called out to her as she walked down the hall with Penny before she wouldn't even speak to her but now that she was back on the show she was glad that at least some of the council girls didn't hate her anymore. Now that Amber was gone some of the girls were a lot nicer to her. Of course Tracy, Tammy and Lou Anne still hated her since they wanted to stay loyal to Amber but who cares? She was now the lead dancer of the Corny Collins show and they were just mad about it. It had taken a lot for her to convince Corny to let her be the lead dancer. She thought she would break up with him once she got back on the show but since she learned Amber was fired she wanted to be the lead dancer as well and she knew Corny would talk to Velma for her if she continued to give him what he wanted. Plus, Link still hadn't broken up with Tracy yet so she saw no need to dump Corny.
"It must be great that some of the girls actually like you now." Penny said to her. "Tell me about it. I didn't think I could take their dirty looks any longer even though there are some people who still hate me." She said.
"I've been meaning to talk you about something. Last week when you were out Amber mentioned something about you and Link. I told Tracy she was just making it up, but she wouldn't listen to me."
"Tracy knows?" she said shocked and then quickly turned away.
"Tracy knows what? Are you telling me it's true? You really are doing it with Link?" Penny asked surprised. Emma knew she might as well tell the truth because there was no way she could take it back now. Besides, Penny was her friend and she might understand.
"It's not like that Penny. Well, not exactly. Link and I really like each other and he doesn't know how to tell her the truth. We didn't mean for it to happen it just did. You can't control who you love right? So this really isn't my fault."
"You've got to be kidding me! Emma, Tracy is my best friend and you can't expect me to understand why you are trying to steal her boyfriend away from her. She really loves him and he loves her!" Penny said upset. Emma put her arm through Penny's and said "It's not like I stole him Penny. He cares about me too." Penny quickly pulled her arm away and shook her head. "You've got to be kidding me! I defended you to Tracy and all of those girls and they were right about you! I thought they were jealous but it's true you are sleeping with Link!" She said it so loud Emma thought someone had heard her but fortunately they didn't. "Penny, I'm not the slut they make me out to be. I told you this thing with Link just sort of happened. We didn't mean for it to happen this way but it did. Penny come on you are my best friend here so please try to see my side of things. I mean Tracy's not innocent either. She stole Link from Amber. Besides, if Link can be so easily taken from her then he wasn't hers in the first place." Emma was trying to explain it but either way it didn't make her look good at all but she didn't want to lose Penny. She was her friend and some people at school said Penny was her protégé. She wasn't sure about the protégé part but it was good to have a girl friend that liked and looked up to her. She knew Shelley and those other girls didn't really like her before she became the lead dancer of the show.
"And that excuses what you did to her? Emma how could you do something like that? You're very pretty why can't you find your own boyfriend?" The bell suddenly rang and Penny started to go off to her class when Emma grabbed her arm. "Penny, come on let's talk about this."
"Forget it Emma! I never want to talk to you again!" Penny said pulling her arm back and then walking off. Emma watched her walk down the hallway. She never felt as alone as she did right now. She went into the bathroom and locked herself in a stall then started crying. For the first time since she and Link got together she actually felt guilty about it.