Lunch Disasters

Jax POV

Oh no. Did Kaitlyn really have to show up now. Right when Em went back to being in a good mood. Well since the smile on her face has been replaced by a hard line, she isn't in a good mood anymore. I quickly grab her hand and squeeze gently, to remind her I'm here. It works a bit, because she turns her head to me and smiles. Her smiles are more contagious than the flu is without a flu shot.

"Hey Kai. What are you doing here?" Andi smiles, now ignoring Em. It ticks me off that one minute she's her best friend, and is acting sorry, and the next she's ignoring Em completely. From the look Em is giving her she's thinking the same thing.

"Well I didn't know any place to sit, and since you're my best friend I figured why not sit with your group." She sheepishly smiles. That girl doesn't know when to stop. Em looks like she may kill some one, and tries to occupy herself with eating.

"Well that's a good choice. Hey, you ready for tonight?" Andi asks. I see Em clench her jaw. I swear, if they don't wise up and stop talking like Em isn't here, they're screwed. I'm pretty sure they already are.

"Yep. I'm so excited for Zombie Apocalypse 4!" Kaitlyn almost squeals. Em drops her fork and almost chokes on her food. So now Andi is paying enough attention to pat her back.

"You okay Em?" She asks. Kaitlyn and I are giving her a concerned look, but I know she's just shocked, and extremely ticked off. I squeeze her hand a little, to remind her that I'm here for her.

"Yeah, I'm f-fine." Em almost chokes through what only I seem to recognize as forming tears. "E-excuse me."

She pushes her chair back and runs off, and out of instinct I follow her. I hear nothing behind me, confirming that Andi finds laughing with the new girl more important than coming to help find and comfort the girl she calls her best friend. She needs to get her priorities straight. Like now.

I walk through the now empty hallway and feel defeated. Dang it! Where did she go?

Just then I hear a noise coming from the janitor's closet. I walk closer to the door and I know the noise is crying. I try to open the door and find that it's locked. Really Em? A lock can't stop me. Andi, yes. Me no. Maybe she put it up because she knows only I will be able to get past the door.

"Andi, go away." I hear Em beg. She's gonna be even sadder when she finds out that Andi stayed with Kaitlyn. I need to go in there.

"Em. It's me." I say, casting a spell to open the door. When it opens I see Em, huddled in the corner, covered in tears. I close the door and walk to her.

"Em, calm down." I whisper. She shakes her head and hugs her knees to her chest. It breaks me in half to see her like this. I really do love her, so much that I want to put Kaitlyn and Andi in limbo, or worse.

"I can't calm down Jax. They're even doing what Andi and I were planning this morning. Then she shows up and it's like the past three years mean absolutely nothing anymore. I'm losing my best friend." She chokes through her sobs. I want so badly to tell her she's wrong, but she's not. Andi is acting like everything Em just said is right. Some best friend she is. Sarcasm intended.

"Look. Andi just met this girl, okay. She might just be excited to have someone like her around. Trust me, when that excitement fades, you'll be the one she goes to. Not some new girl." I try to cheer her up. Honestly, I'm not too sure I'm right. But Andi an Em have been friends since forever basically. Plus, she loves having a witch for a best friend. She'd never give that up for someone that's a carbon copy of herself. It's not the way Andi works.

"You know what, you're right! I'm the Chosen One, and Andi's best friend. That new girl has nothing on me!" She smiles, and I help her up. We leave the janitor's closet.

"Alright, let's go back to lunch." Em says. I hold out an arm to stop her.

"Uh, you might want to go clean up first." I suggest, gesturing toward her tear streaked face. Her mouth forms an 'o' in understanding and she heads to the bathroom.

Well, that's one problem fixed, let's just hope there aren't any more.

Emma POV

I walk into the bathroom, and after checking to make sure it's empty, go to the mirror. My mascara is in tact, but it is waterproof, so that isn't surprising. My eyes are puffy, and my face is wet. I look terrible! Well, it's nothing a magic makeover won't fix.

I cast a few spells and twenty seconds later I look better than ever! I leave the bathroom and walk walk back to the cafeteria with Jax.

When we get there everything looks normal. Kaitlyn has left the table, yes! Andi is currently sitting there, eating my fries. For a moment I can pretend everything is normal. For us at least.

I walk back to the table and give Andi an accusing look. She swallows her, or rather my fries, and shrugs.

"What?" She asks. I laugh and roll my eyes, sitting down. Jax follows, and everything is right as rain.

"So Em, where were you?" She asks, Jax and I glance at each other, silently communicating. I don't want her to feel guilty, she didn't try to hurt me.

"Janitor's closet!" I blurt. Andi makes a face and looks down.

"Yuck! Say no more!" I know what she's thinking, and I think Jax does too. We all start laughing at her assumption. If I correct her I have to tell her what happened, and I won't. So I go the rest of the lunch period letting her believe that I left lunch to go make out with Jax in the janitor's closet. She should know be well enough to know I don't do that stuff... at school at least. But today that is an advantage.

I go through the rest of my classes feeling content knowing that it doesn't matter what the new girl is like. Andi and I will stick together. Always have, always will.

And that's the one thing Kaitlyn will never have on me.

So that was kind of a see-saw chapter. Emma went from mad, to angry, to sad, to happy. I hope you enjoyed! Please review and tell me what you thought. I also posted an Every Witch Way and W.I.T.S. academy crossover last night, so go read it if you haven't already. Until next time!

Peace out Jemmas!