Behind Her Hair

Ashley

Jake and I have only been dating for 2 months. We will only ever have dated for 2 months. I'm breaking up with him. Over the phone.

I call him, and wait for him to pick up. He picks up after 1 ring. I better get right to the point.

"What the hell, Jake!" I yelled.

"Woah, baby! What is it?" Now that I think about it, his voice is so condescending.

"What is it? Why don't you ask Emma!" I'm surprised at how angry I sound.

Jake is silent for a moment. Then he speaks again, "What does Emma have to do with us?" He asks.

I'm gonna lose it with him. "Why are you lying to me? I found Emma on the ground, and she says you tripped her!"

"Now baby, do you really believe her over me? I would never do such a thing!"

"Then why do you have that voice when you're trying to charm someone into believing you? Look Jake, my mom found out about us, so I need to break up with you." I don't even give a shit what he thinks now.

After a long pause, he says, "Come on, your not gonna let that bitch ruin us. Are you?"

I have to give him some version of the truth. "Look, Jake. That's not the only reason I'm breaking up with you. I might be into someone else. And I have morals, so I'm breaking up instead of cheating. Aren't you grateful?" I ask, because why not.

"Honey, why are you doing this? I will always love you!" He purrs. It sounds disgusting.

Oh my god. "Jake, it's over. Get your ass away from me and go find someone else to parade around the school." I hung up.

I go back into my room and apologize to Emma. I then tell her that we broke up. I can see a slight grin on her face when I tell her about hanging up on him.

"And I also blocked his number so he can't call me back." I'm telling her, conveniently leaving out the fact that I broke up with him because I'm into her.

I have to tell someone about these feelings. Maybe I can tell her a version of the truth. Yeah, that's what I'll do.

"Hey Emma. If I told you something, you wouldn't tell anyone else, right? Especially Jake." I ask nervously.

She looks at me. "I know we don't exactly have the greatest history, but I wouldn't do that to you. And unless it's really bad, I won't say anything to anyone." She says. Ima go for it.

"So, I kinda might be into girls . . ." I mumble. She just looks at me. Ohmygod I've made a terrible mistake, "No. That was stupid, forget I said anything."

Emma looked surprised, "Me too," she says, then claps her hand over her mouth. I don't think she's joking, I hope she's not joking.

I did have a few things to ask her, "So how did you know you were into girls?" I asked.

She blushed, "Well there is this girl I have liked for a while. . ." She muttered, "What about you?"

"Same. So who is this girl?" I asked, crossing my fingers.

"Not telling. And is that what you meant when you told Jake that you were into someone else?" She asked. Dammit, she's avoiding the subject.

"Yes. Now tell me who your crush is!" I said excitedly, "If you tell me who yours is, I'll tell you who I like."

It was a risky move on my part. If she said someone else, then I'd just say it was Maya Hawke or something.

 Cause Maya Hawke is cute

Emma was blushing hard at this point, "Promise you won't bully me over it." Oh my god I think it may be me. *celebrates internally*

"I'd never. Unless it's Jake then I will hate you forever cause he doesn't deserve you." I said, trying for a joke but failing miserably.

She doesn't say anything, so I have to do something.

"Emma. I think I may know who it is, and I can promise you that if I am right, then you have nothing to be scared of. This person would never hate you, in fact, this person may even feel the same." Holy shit this could either be the best or worst day of my life.

She offered a shy smile, and whispered "Prove it." I'll prove it any day.

Her smile was more than enough to tell me to go ahead, so I leaned in and kissed her.