Meeting You Ch. 6

November 17th

"Everything all set for this weekend?" Aaron asked Emily when he ran into her in the library.

"Yep, tables, tent, and dance floor will be delivered tomorrow and the rest will be at the house on Saturday morning," Emily said as she headed for a table.

"Any clue how I'm going to pay you back yet?" Aaron asked with a smile.

"I have a few ideas but I'm not sure which one just yet. I'll let you know on Saturday night," Emily said with a smirk.

Emily had a thought on Monday night after Aaron asked what Sam did to get an invite to the Prentiss family Thanksgiving. His parents were already scheduled to be there which meant that he was either spending the holiday with Haley or he was going to be stuck here. She could ask him to go to Thanksgiving with her as a friend or take the normal payment of four new released VHS's.

Haley's POV

She couldn't believe that her boyfriend was actually flirting with some other girl. She knew that the girl was planning the Theta/Sigma crush party for him so that he could focus on his studies and graduation; but it seemed like every time she happened upon them they were flirting with one another. Haley had heard from a few Theta girls that Emily Prentiss had had sex as payment for planning parties for other fraternities. Sure, she wasn't sure who she should believe but she really didn't like the way the girl looked at her boyfriend. She had tried to question Aaron on what his payment for her planning this party was but had gotten nowhere.

Flashback

"Aaron, have you even asked her what she wants as payback for planning this crush party for you?" Haley asked as they cuddled on the Sigma couch.

"Her contract says that I won't be told until the night of the party," Aaron said as he kissed the top of his girlfriend's head. "Why are you so worried about it?"

"I've heard rumors from other girls at Theta," Haley said as she looked up at him. "Things about her asking, other fraternity presidents, for sex as payment."

"Seriously, Haley? Do you believe everything that comes out of some of those girls mouths?" Aaron asked as he tried to keep his anger in check. "I know for a fact that Emily has never asked any fraternity president for sex as payment for planning a crush party."

She couldn't wait until this party was done, then she remembered that Aaron was still part of a study group with Emily. And that he had only given her themes for the party and hadn't done anything to help plan it. She wanted this semester to be over with, because then Aaron wouldn't be spending time with Emily Prentiss, but then again she didn't, because then Aaron would be heading to law school and have even less time to spend with her.

"Everything ok?" Aaron asked Haley as they walked from the library towards her English class.

"Fine, why?" Haley asked as she shook her head.

"You're just really quiet today," Aaron said as he grabbed her hand.

"Aaron, we've been together for eight years now, do you think that we are meant to be together?" Haley asked as she sat on a bench near the building where her English class was.

"What brought this question on?" Aaron asked as he looked at his girlfriend's face.

"The way you've been acting with Emily Prentiss," Haley said as she stood to leave. "I think that we need to take a break from each other for a while."

1:30 a.m. November 18th

KNOCK, BANG!

"Who the hell is knocking this late at night?" Jen asked as she headed for the front door.

"Hello there, Theta President," said a very inebriated Aaron.

"Jen, who is it?" Emily said as she walked towards the foyer.

"Someone looking for you," Jen said as she watched Aaron head for the living room. "He's in the living room."

"Who is it?" Emily asked for a second time as she pulled her sweatshirt around her tighter.

"Emily," Aaron said as he tried to stand back up.

"What the hell are you doing here this late at night, Aaron?" Emily asked as she watched him carefully to make sure he didn't fall over the coffee table trying to get to her. "I need to call Sam. Jen, can you watch him for a minute?"

"Fine but then I'm going to bed," Jen said as she tried to get the very drunk guy to sit back down on the couch.

"Sam, mind telling me why I have the very drunk Sigma president sitting on my couch at this time of night?" Emily asked.

"Shit, I didn't think he'd actually head over there," Sam said as he pulled a pair of pants on. "He and Haley broke up this afternoon. She said it was about how he acts when he's around you."

"How he acts around me? He acts like a normal person," Emily said as she let things sink in.

"I think she's talking about how you guys flirt with one another," Sam said as he thought about how his friend acted around the raven haired girl.

"Emily," Aaron called from the living room.

"Sam, I suggest that you get over here to claim your president because I have a meeting tomorrow morning for the crush party," Emily said as she looked at the man sprawled out on the Theta living room floor trying to swim to her.

"I'm on my way," Sam said as he got into his car.

"Has he ever been this drunk?" Emily asked as Jen snickered in the background.

"Not that I've ever seen," Sam said as he pulled out of the Sigma shared driveway. "What's he doing, by the way?"

"Trying to swim across our living room floor to reach me," Emily said with a chuckle.

"Is the door unlocked?" Sam said as he parked out in front of the Theta house.

"Yea just knock once and then come in," Emily said as she hung up the phone and heard a knock on the front door. "Aaron, Sam's on his way to come and get you."

"Sam?" Aaron asked as he looked up from the floor to Emily.

"Aaron, what the hell do you think you are doing?" Sam asked as he took in the sight of his best friend drunk off his ass trying to swim across the floor.

"Came to talk Emily," Aaron said as he tried to string together a coherent sentence.

"That's nice but did you have to do it at 1:30 in the morning?" Sam asked as he grabbed Aaron's arm.

2 p.m. November 18th

Emily felt like she was going to pass out. She was so exhausted from having to deal with Aaron at 1:30 this morning and getting things completely finalized for the crush party tomorrow night. Sam hadn't been able to get Aaron to leave the Theta house until almost 6:30 this morning and when they did leave, she only had two hours to get some sleep. She had just gotten settled enough to fall asleep when the tent guys arrived.

"Em, why don't you go and take a nap?" Jen said as she looked at the exhausted girl. "I'll be fine finishing these things up."

"You barely got any sleep too," Emily said as she went over the menu yet again.

"Actually once you and Sam got Aaron situated on the couch, I headed back to bed," Jen said. "I had about six hours."

"Are you completely sure?" Emily asked as she yawned again.

"Yea, all that has to be done now is getting the poker, roulette, and blackjack tables set up," Jen said. "Besides that's why Sam sent these guys over to help. I promise to wake you up if we need anything."

"Fine," Emily shrugged as she headed into the house.

Within minutes of her head hitting the pillow, Emily was out.