Emma didn't know where it came from, but when she woke up the next day she had a burning need to pick her act up more and try harder with Rick.

As she walked through the halls she got lost into thought, see.. she would tell her you what she was feeling, what she was even thinking, but she hardly knew herself. Emma looked up while walking a bit gloomly and then slowly stopped walking when she saw Jay.

Emma looked away right before he noticed her too and she turned around, going the other way. Emma bit her lip and crossed her arms around herself. Jay stood down the hallway watching her walk the other way as students passed him, and he had an unreadable look as he looked down and then nodded, walking the other way.

Emma did as much as she could all day to avoid Jay, and she was doing a fanstic job!

"Hey Emma." she heard as she was at her locker and turned.

Oh! Rick. Thank god.

"Hey!" she plastered a big smile on and then frowned at herself, realizing how fake it felt.

Rick itched the back of his head nervously, "My mom says I can't go to that party this weekend.." he drifts off shyly.

Emma gave him a sad smile, "Maybe next time." she went to close her locker until she heard him call her name, "Yeah?" she went back to him, holding her school books.

"I-I'd love to take you to the school dance though." he insists.

Emma smiled softly, he was so sweet... she didn't think she even wanted to go anymore. Wait! WAIT! Isn't this what she wanted?

"Sure Rick." she said, nodding and he blinked to then let a huge grin out and nodded, walking away. Emma laughed a bit, really? No good bye? She sighed.. see? Nerds were easier than complicated boys.

Before she walked by a corner Jay seemed to be leaning on, eavesdropping, she heard him speak up, "Cute."

Emma shut her eyes but then slowly turned to give him a 'what' look, crossing her arms.

Jay, however, appeared to be positively chipper. "You know what the biggest give away that you don't really have a thing for Rick, is?" He asked as if continuing on a conversation from earlier. What was up with his good mood?

"There is no give away," Emma replied through gritted teeth even as she tried to tell herself to just ignore him. "Because I do have a thing for him."

"It's that you're too nice to him," Jay carried on as if Emma hadn't spoken.

"All that demonstrates is your complete ignorance about relationships," Emma snapped. "People who like each other are nice to each other. That's the way it works."

He let out a soft chuckle as he walked more closer to her nose to nose, "Apparently not always."

Emma's face was burning with the implication of what he'd just said, she pushed past him into her next class room and marched over to a desk, dumping her stuff down angrily and then throwing herself into her chair.

She let herself glare hard at her table until she looked back out the classroom door, seeing Jay STILL standing there, STILL with that smirk on his face until he nodded at her as a goodbye and left

Emma tried to catch her breath. What the hell was going on..

"Im done with Sticks!" Manny cried, sitting in the spot next to her before the bell rung.

Emma raised a knowing eyebrow. Course they wouldn't work out..

"He just USED me." Manny exclaimed.

Emma leaned in close putting her hand on her shoulder, "Manny you go for the worse guys. Unavailable guys!" she teased but was completely serious.

Manny got a tissue out and blew into it, "I should just end my life! O-Or just be like you and go for nerds."

Emma rolled her eyes, gees, be like Emma..or kill yourself. What nice options and made her life look sad.

Alright, she wasn't blind. She knew Jay was a babe, but he was wrong for her, he would be complicated, he'd drive her crazy wondering what he was thinking.. Emma didn't want to go through that. That's what broke your heart when you were so amazed by someone, you couldn't guess what they were thinking. Nerds were simple.. like one plus one.

Emma lazily put her head down on her desk, tired of all the thoughts through her head.