Lie To Me (Jay McGuiness Fanfic)

Chapter 16

Emma

On Friday, the day of my last final, I get a call from Jamie just as I’m getting out of the subway.  When I answer, she sounds more excited than I’ve heard her in a while “Emma!! What are you doing tonight?” I think about telling her that I’m doing something fun, even if that’s not what I’m actually going to do but realize that lying to her won’t go over too well. “I am going to order take out and finish my latest painting in my underwear. Should be fun. Wanna come over?” I hear Jamie groan and laugh, “Emma, you’re so weird! Anyways, since you don’t have any plans, you’re coming to the bash tonight.” I stop walking in the middle of the sidewalk. “Jamie, did you not hear me? I have plans, woman!” She scoffs and I can picture her rolling her eyes as she says, “Chinese food and painting in your underwear are hardly considered as plans, especially on a day like today! It’s the end of the semester bash!” I continue on my walk towards campus “Okay, but how are we going to get in? Tickets were sold out in October, remember?” She hesitates before answering, “Well…okay don’t freak out but this guy I’m talking to is on the VIP list and he can get us all in.” Jamie is talking to a guy? That’s the surprise of a lifetime! Jamie never talks to any guys. She’s never even had a boyfriend, even though many guys have been interested in her.  Jamie can be very sensitive when it comes to the topic of dating so I try to keep the surprise out of my voice, “Oh? And who is this lucky guy? Are you going to tell me or is he going to remain a mystery?” Jamie giggles. A giggle? Okay, that’s really weird. “He’s not a mystery guy! You know him. Remember Jeremy from your art class? Yeah, it’s him.”

 My jaw drops in surprise. Jeremy! How did that happen? That’s when I remember when he stopped me a few weeks ago and asked for Jamie’s number. I had completely forgotten about that, since that was the same day I saw Siva, and then everything with Jay happened. My heart gets a weird feeling as I remember that day, but I try to forget about it and focus on my conversation with Jamie. Now I really have to be careful what I say. “Oh Jeremy! That’s cool.” I try to keep it cool but then I realize that Jamie has been talking to this guy for a few weeks now and hasn’t told me anything about it. “Wait, hold up. You’ve been talking to a guy and you didn’t tell me until now?! Jamie! You better have a good reason for not telling me because you broke one of our rules, dude.” Jamie sighs loudly, “I knew you would say that. Emma, I do have a reason. I couldn’t tell you about Jeremy because of everything that happened with Jay. You were so upset and I really didn’t think you’d want to hear about a guy. And anyways, it’s still very new. We’ve only been on 2 dates so far. But I really like him, and that’s why I want you to be there tonight.” I sit on a bench outside of the building “I don’t know, dude. I don’t think it’s a good idea. I’d probably just ruin everything for you. I’m a bit of a party pooper right now, remember?” Jamie wasn’t going to give up though “Emma Marie Larner, you are going to this bash tonight. You are going to dress up in a dress that is too short and shows off those sexy long legs and you are going to meet a nice douchebag and you’re going to get drunk and you won’t remember anything tomorrow and you’ll probably hate yourself for a bit in the morning but you’ll thank me for the greatest night of your life later on. Don’t make me call Lena and Scarlet. We’ll go over and haul your ass out of there. So you’re going and that’s it. And now I have to go face the devil right now and take my philosophy final. Wear something cute tonight. I’ll pick you up at 8. Love you, bye!” Before I could protest any more, she hung up.

 I didn’t want to go out tonight. I just wasn’t in the mood, but the girls insisted. I knew they wouldn’t leave me alone either, so that is how I found myself walking into one of the biggest parties of the year. I’m wearing a black lace dress that I bought months ago but never wore. The hemline is right above my mid-thigh. It’s a bit shorter than what I usually wear but it has long sleeves so I don’t feel too self-conscious about the length. And I don’t want to admit it to the girls, but I actually feel really good about myself. When I was getting ready, I checked myself in the mirror and felt confident about tonight, like something great is going to happen. I can’t tell that to the girls though. They’d just go off on a long speech of how that’s what they’ve been telling me for weeks now, and I don’t want to hear that tonight. Tonight is a night of forgetting, of leaving everything that’s happened recently behind and moving forward. My thoughts of Jay stay behind in my apartment.