Meeting You Ch. 4
The next morning Emily left the house early so that she didn't have to deal with Jen. As she sat in the library, she noticed that her developmental psychopathology book wasn't in her bag.
"Did anyone leave a developmental psychopathology book here?" Emily asked the circulation attendant.
"Not that I know of. I'll go check the back room though just to make sure," the attendant said. "Nope it's not back there."
"Thanks, maybe one of my study partners grabbed it for me," Emily said as she headed back to her table to write her paper.
Ten minutes and one paper on American Medicine and the Cold War later, Emily decided to call Sam to see if he had her book.
"Sam, did you or Aaron pick up my developmental psychopathology book last night? I can't seem to find it anywhere," Emily asked as she walked towards her American Medicine class. "If one of you does have it, can you bring it to class for me?"
"Aaron was supposed to drop it off at your house last night after he left the library," Sam said. "He left about ten minutes after you did."
"Did you see him when he got back to your house last night?" Emily asked as she thought about the argument that she and Jen had had and if the windows were open.
"I did, he looked a little stressed out but I thought it was because of the study session then Haley showing up," Sam said. "Why? What are you thinking?"
"I have a feeling that he heard my argument with Theta's president last night," Emily said as she stood outside her classroom door. "Not exactly something that he should have heard."
"I'll expect you to explain sometime in the near future," Sam said as Emily headed into class.
After almost two hours of class, another assignment, and more hiding out in the library, Emily noticed that she still had an hour and a half until she had to head to her developmental psychopathology class. She didn't want to head back to the Theta house, and was trying to avoid another argument with Jen, but knew that she needed to eat something.
As she rounded the corner of the Theta house, she noticed Aaron sitting on the front porch.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Emily asked as she climbed the stairs.
"I came to bring you your book. You left it at the library last night," Aaron said as she opened the front door.
"How long have you been sitting out here?" Emily asked as she put her bag on the foyer floor.
"Just ten minutes," Aaron said as he stood to leave.
"Did you want to grab something for lunch?" Emily asked as she watched him. "I was just coming back here to grab my car so I could head out for lunch."
"Sure," Aaron said.
"Give me just a minute to switch the books in my bag and then we can head out," Emily said as she headed into the house. "You can come in. I believe Jen is out right now."
"Mind if I call Sam and see if he wants to join us, we could use a little more study time?" Aaron asked as he walked into the foyer.
"Not at all," Emily said as she noticed her bedroom door closed with a sock on the door knob. "In fact, I'll see if Bianca wants to join us as well."
As she walked into her room, she covered her eyes. Just a second into her switching books, Sam's cell phone rings.
"I suggest, next time, you make sure that I'm not heading back here before my next class," Emily said as she looked at Bianca. "Since you are both here, you are coming out to lunch with Aaron and I. So I suggest that you get dressed."
"Emily, was that Sam's ringtone I heard coming from back there?" Aaron asked as he walked towards her voice.
"You would be correct," Emily said as she moved out of her doorway for him to see the two gathering their clothes. "We'll leave you two alone to get dressed and if you aren't out in the living room in five minutes, I will be forced to come back and check on you."
Ten minutes and two right turns later, Aaron had pulled into the parking lot of Golden Rock Pizza.
"I hope everyone is okay with this," Aaron said as they all got out of the car.
"It's fine with me. Hey Papa Joe," Emily said as they walked into the pizza place.
"Aaron, Emily, Sam, what are you guys doing here? And who is this?" Papa Joe asked as he looked at the group that entered his establishment.
"Wait a minute, you know Papa Joe?" Aaron and Sam asked Emily as she led them to a table.
"Yes she does and she was one of my best waitresses on Saturday nights," Papa Joe said as he talked with the group.
"Thank you. I worked here during my freshman year as a way to earn extra cash so that I didn't have to deal with my mother," Emily said as she looked at the menu. "This is my little sister, Bianca."
"Hi, my name is Alicia and I'll be your….," Alicia said before she looked at who was sitting at the table. "Hey, Em, what are you doing here?"
"Getting lunch before my developmental psychopathology class this afternoon," Emily said as she watched Aaron's eyes go wide. "Guys, this is Alicia, Vice President of Theta."
"And who are these two?" Alicia said with raised eyebrows.
"This is Aaron and Sam. They are both part of my developmental psychopathology class and study group," Emily said making sure not to state their last names. "Are we ready to order?"
"Yep," the guys and Bianca said as they took one last look at their menus.
"So what will you guys have?" Alicia asked getting her notepad ready to take their order.
"I'll have a small meat lover's pan pizza with a Mountain Dew," Emily said.
"How about we make it two large meat lover's pizzas with two pitchers of Mountain Dew?" Aaron asked. "Does that work for everyone?"
"That's fine with us," Emily and Bianca said.
"Works for me," Sam said as he handed Alicia everyone's menus.
"Why didn't you say Aaron and Sam's last names when you were talking to Alicia?" Bianca whispered to Emily.
"I don't want her to go back to Jen and say that we were meeting with Sigma's president and vice president and not trying to persuade Aaron into working with her on the crush party," Emily whispered back.
"What are you two whispering about over there?" Sam asked as he watched the girls go back and forth.
"Nothing important," Emily said as she turned her head back to look at the guys.
"How many crush parties have you planned?" Aaron asked Emily.
"In my three years here, it's been about six. I did one of the Theta/Sigma parties last year when Roger was unable to help plan," Emily said as she picked at her fingernails. "All I really need from you is a list of themes and a few things to go off of with each theme."
"Roger never said anything about it when I was elected this year," Aaron said.
"Yea, that's one of my conditions. Outgoing president cannot tell incoming president or else incoming president is stuck planning. You'll get my contract once Jen agrees to allow me to plan the party," Emily said as she looked at him. "By the way how much of Jen and my argument did you happen to hear last night?"
"Sam told you that I was supposed to stop over last night with your book?" Aaron asked as he sheepishly looked away from Emily.
"Yea, I called him when I couldn't find my book this morning," Emily said with a laugh.
"Sorry about that. I heard all of it," Aaron said as he looked back at her. "Why were you two even arguing?"
"It's ok. She was being a bitch because she really wants to plan the party with you," Emily said as she looked over at Bianca and Sam. "It's like she doesn't trust me even though she's seen me plan these things before."
"Here you guys go," Alicia said as she placed both pizzas on the table.
"Thanks," Emily said as Alicia headed back to the kitchen.
"So when will I get your terms?" Aaron said as he grabbed a slice of pizza.
"I should be able to give them to you on Friday when we meet up to study for our test next week," Emily said as she handed Bianca a slice of pizza. "I plan on talking to Jen about it when I get home, from work, this evening."
Friday Evening
"Your signature is needed on the last page," Emily said as she handed Aaron her standard crush party planning contract. "I'll need themes and a few details about each by next Friday; have the guys help you out with themes. I'll give you the time and place once we get everything figured out."
Aaron just looked at the three page contract that the raven haired girl placed in front of him.
"You managed to get this together in three days with school, work, and homework?" Aaron asked as he began to read the paper.
"It's my standard crush party contract," Emily said as she got her books out of her bag. "It's just something that is just waiting to be changed and printed depending on the fraternity."
"Does this extend to me since I will become president when he graduates at the end of this semester?" Sam asked as he sat down next to Aaron.
"I guess but I will only plan one party for you," Emily said as she went through her flash cards.
"One party a semester?" Sam asked.
"No, you have to choose out of three semesters when you want me to plan your party," Emily said as she watched Aaron sign the contract. "Ok, here's your copy to keep. Now let's get started."