Meeting You Ch. 3

"My name is Emily," Emily said as she looked at Aaron. "Now what can I do for you, Aaron?"

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"Right, Emily. I just wanted to apologize for how I acted earlier," Aaron said as he looked over at her. "Sam told me that you had no idea that Jen wanted to talk about planning a crush party."

"No, I had no idea. Like I said, I didn't even know that you were the President of Sigma until I left the house tonight," Emily said. "Bianca told Jen that I set up the meeting with you and Sam but it was really Sam who called and asked if we wanted to meet up with you guys at Toad's."

"How did you not notice this?" Aaron said as he showed her his Sigma ring.

"I wasn't paying attention on Tuesday night; it had been a long day for me," Emily said. "Sam told you to come apologize, didn't he?"

"Yea but I would have on Monday night any ways because I really don't want to fail one of the final classes I need before I graduate," Aaron said with a small smile.

"Why take developmental psychopathology if you want to be a lawyer?" Emily asked.

"My minor is in psychology and I needed to take a level 400 class before graduation in December," Aaron said as he stood to leave. "Sam also talked me into it. Why are you taking it, if you are a linguistics major?"

"I like psychology and it pisses my mother off," Emily said as she headed for the front door. "Have a good night, Aaron."

Monday Night

Emily had just spent the last half an hour talking with her linguistics advisor about what classes she needed to take next semester. When she finally glanced at her watch, during the meeting, she realized she only had an hour to get back to the house, eat dinner, change, and then head out to meet Aaron and Sam at the library.

"Dr. Sayer, I'm afraid we are going to have to talk about this, more in depth, later on this week," Emily said as she headed for the door. "I'm already late for an appointment."

"How about Friday after class? Does that work for you?" Dr. Sayer asked as he looked at the time.

"That should be fine. Have a good evening, Dr. Sayer," Emily said as she left his office.

By time she made it back to the house all she had time for was a quick shower and a change of clothes before heading for the library.

"Got time for dinner?" Jen asked as she set the table.

"Actually, I don't tonight. I'm helping Sigma's President and Vice President study for developmental psychopathology," Emily said as she grabbed a bottle of water and heading for the front door.

"Remind Aaron that I still need to talk to him about the crush party," Jen said.

"Jen, he's got enough on his plate right now. I'll help you plan the party and just give him the details of when and where," Emily said as she left the house.

After the ten minute walk to the library, Emily was wishing that she had grabbed an apple from the fruit basket to tide her over until the study session ended.

"Here, you look like you need this," Aaron said as he handed her a bag of fast food. "I take it your advisor got to you too? Sam is going to be a little late since his ambushed him on the way back to the house."

"Thank you. Yes, my advisor stopped me but luckily I was able to reschedule the full talk about classes until Friday after his class. You're so lucky, you don't have to deal with it anymore," Emily said as she began unpacking her backpack. "Oh, you owe me big time by the way."

"What do I owe you for?" Aaron asked as he grabbed his developmental psychopathology book from the table.

"I just took over your part in planning the Theta/Sigma crush party. Now all you have to do is show up when and where I say," Emily said as she started writing out a question on a note card.

"Why did you do that?" Aaron asked as he watched her.

"Jen wanted me to remind you that you still need to talk about the party tonight," Emily said as she began another note card. "Besides this isn't my first time or last time planning a crush party because the fraternity President had a lot on his plate to deal with. I'm basically the resident party planner at Theta."

"Sorry I'm late," Sam said as he grabbed the bag of fast food. "Got enough for both of us, I see? Thanks. You got stuck too didn't you?"

"Yes I got stuck but managed to get out after a half an hour with a promise to meet back up on Friday," Emily said as she looked at her book. "Are you guys ready to be quizzed? I'll let you have your notes out for the first 20 questions then no more notes."

"Seriously, right to work?" Sam asked as he munched on a french fry.

"We've already engaged in small talk," Emily said with a smile. "Besides I've already told Aaron, here, that I have taken over his duty of planning the Theta/Sigma crush party with Jen. Now all I have to do is think about how he's going to pay me back."

"Hey I thought pay back was in the form of the food I got you," Aaron said as he looked at Emily.

"You got the food for Sam. You had no way of knowing that I had also gotten caught up by my advisor," Emily said as she grabbed her book. "Let's start with this question: Who played a pivotal role in the development of the field of developmental psychopathology?"

"That would be Dante Cicchetti from Harvard University," Aaron said with a smile.

"Correct. Now name one form of developmental psychopathology found in children?" Emily asked as she watched the two search their notes.

"Jesus, Emily, there are so many things that it could be," Sam said as he looked in his book.

"But this one was mention in chapter 3 first," Emily said as she looked in the book. "We have yet to read about the others just yet."

"Here it is. Its conduct disorder," Aaron said as he found the subject in his notes.

An hour and a half, 50 questions, and some laughs later.

"Aaron, what are you still doing here?" Haley said as she walked up to the group.

"Studying for developmental psychopathology," he said as he kissed her on the cheek.

"Shit, what time is it?" Emily asked as she gathered up her things.

"Almost 10, why?" Sam asked as he watched her put her things in her bag.

"Crap, I still have a paper to write up for my American Medicine and the Cold War class tomorrow morning," Emily said as she stood to walk towards the entrance to the library. "I'll call you with a time to meet up on Friday, Sam, since I don't know what time I'll be done with my meeting. Nice to see you again, Haley. I'll see you two tomorrow in class."

"Did I say something to scare her off?" Haley asked as she worriedly looked at the guys.

"I have no clue," Aaron said as he looked over at his girlfriend. "Sam, any ideas?"

Emily's POV

Emily sighed as she got back to the house. She hadn't been lying when she said she had a paper to write but she also felt weird being around Aaron and his girlfriend.

"Did you talk to him?" Jen asked as Emily walked into the house.

"I told him that I would take over his spot in planning," Emily said as she sat next to Jen on the couch. "I know you really want to plan this thing with him but he's got a lot going on with getting ready to graduate at the end of this semester."

"And what are you getting out of this little deal of yours?" Jen asked angrily. "Sex with another one of the fraternity presidents?"

"What are you talking about? I've never had sex with any of the fraternity presidents that I've helped plan parties for," Emily said as she stood to head to her room. "What I'm getting will probably be a few VHS's and nothing more."

"Whatever," Jen said. "Everyone around campus knows what a slut you are."

Emily took a step back at the comment.

"Jen, listen to me. I've only had sex once in my life and it wasn't even my choice," Emily yelled with tears in her eyes. "So before you get all sanctimonious on me you need to realize there are very few people who know me; the only person here would be Bianca. Now you can give me your answer if you want my help planning this party tomorrow morning or you can try and convince Aaron to help you with it."

With that Emily left the living room for her bedroom, where she sank down onto her bed and sobbed into her pillow.