Chapter 4:Borrowed Time

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January 15 2008 (Night), Today was hell for Simon, he was freezing and had a (date) hang-out with Emma, he hasn't been this active since he was a kid, but he still seems to have fun for some reason, he would've looked forward to going to school the next day, unfortunately for him, he catches a fever and is sick, he arrived home a bit late, at around 6PM, arriving home that late was not on his to-do list...Emma wanted to go out a bit more (Not so much of a shy girl anymore, huh?) with him and he couldn't just break her little heart... So he decided to stick around a little and stay with her, once he dropped her off, this was the scene for Emma and her place 

*Emma arrives home* "I'm home, sorry i'm late" She says

*Emma's mother comes to her and says* "Welcome home, how was your date?"

*Emma blushes a lot and says* "HUH!? DATE!? I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DATE! WHAT THE HECK DO YOU MEAN I HAD A DATE??" *Her whole face is beyond red at this point*

"Tom and Aoi [Tom's girlfriend] went out and they saw you and this boy out at a Café, is he your boyfriend?" She says, with Emma starting to blush, so much to the point where she gets flushed 

"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!! HE JUST NEEDED HELP WITH SOMETHING!!" *She says so defensively "HOW CAN YOU EVEN TRUST THEM??? THEY TEASE ME AND YOU A LOT!!!"

"Oh, they took a photo." She shows Emma a picture on her phone of Emma and Simon at the cafe on her flip-phone. at this point, Emma blushes too much that she screams so loud and runs to her room.* 

*She's so embarrassed that she just lays on her bedroom door, just sitting there, still in her uniform, blushing a lot* "I'm gonna kill Tom for that once I see him..* *She looks at the sky and sees all the snow* "It's really cold now...I hope Simon won't get sick tonight..." She decides to finally change into her Pajamas and draw something and play some music, she draws for a bit and finally decides to make herself dinner, some cup noodles and draws for a bit more, until her mom comes in and informs her* 

"School's cancelled, the snow's really bad today"

"Oh, okay, thanks" Emma says 

"So are you going to meet your boyfriend then?" *She asks Emma*

"SHUT UP!!!!!!" *Emma blushes and pushes her mom out of the room, she then goes to her bed and hugs a pillow and say quietly* "He's not my boyfriend, he's just my crush, since...that day..." 

*She soon decides to sleep in the cold weather, she stays in her blankets, all warm, she dreams of today and blushes.*

*January 16, it still snows a lot but a bit less than the other days, Emma fixes her bed and heads off to the restroom like usual, but since it's much colder, and their's no school, she decides to shower a bit later and just stay in her pajamas. Once she goes downstairs, look who's there, Tom and Aoi. Turns out, Aoi spent the night at her house but only came much later at around 10, Emma was already asleep by then, Aoi smiles and says*

"Oh, Good morning" 

*Emma, get's pissed after what she heard from yesterday, and starts to shout* "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SEE YESTERDAY?? THAT WAS NOT A DATE!! I REPEAT, THAT WAS NOT A DATE!!! IT WAS A HANG-OUT!!!!" 

"Relax, relax" Aoi sighs and says "It's your brother who you should worry of."

"WHERE IS HE??" Emma says, still mad

"It's really early for this nonsense, you should be quieter.." *Tom appears and replies* 

*Once Emma sees him, she goes to him and head-butts him* "NOTHING HAPPENED YESTERDAY! I'M GONNA KILL YOU FOR THAT PHOTO!!!! HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!!!" 

"Alright..Alright..Relax..just eat you're breakfast, I made it..* Tom says and sighs 

"Hmph!" Emma says while pouting and eats it

"Are you gonna at least see him today?" Aoi asks 

"If you're thinking of who I'm thinking, i'm gonna kill you..." Emma says with a death stare

"So you're busy thinking of him after all, is he your boyfriend already? I should meet him!" Tom says loud

"NOT. IN. A. MILLION. YEARS" Emma says with a death stare

"Is he at least your crush?" Aoi asks

*Emma blushes a lot and just stares down, before Tom could say anything about Emma, Aoi stops him and basically signals him to let Emma be, he finally lets her be*

"You should at least visit him, you have nothing to, right?* Aoi says

"But, isn't it rude to just go visit someone's house unattended like that?" Emma asks

"Don't worry, just bring something for the early notice!" *Tom reassures her* 

"Yeah, go do that." *Aoi says* 

*Soon, Emma decides to shower and change into her normal clothes, leggings, a skirt, a shirt and has a box of oranges, she decides to leave and go to Simon's house, She wears her coat, mittens, wool cap, and scarf, she walks over with her earphones on, she decides to listen to some Radiohead on her iPod, if Kid A is Simon's bible, she thinks that Ok Computer is her bible, and I guess that's valid. Soon, she arrives at Simon's house and knocks on the door, and says* 

"Hey..Simon, This is Emma, I'm sorry for coming this early unannounced and uninvited, my family told me to give you something for yesterday, so I brought some fruit...so...um.." *She tries ringing the doorbell a few more times until finally, Simon comes out, but he looks very sick and very unwell, he comes out and says* 

"Oh, hello, Emma, sorry for my inappropriate attire, I'm not in the best of health right now, I have a fever, but it's alright, come in." 

"No need to be with all the formalities, it's alright! Are you okay though?" Emma says and she comes inside Simon's house

"Don't worry, I'll be okay.." *He says tiredly

"Have you ate at least?" She responds

"No..No..I'll probably order something, or eat leftovers" He replies

"That's no good! Give me a bit, i'll cook you something!" *She responds 

"If you insist" He says

*He decides to talk a rest while Emma cooks and that's what happens, Emma decides to make some kind of soup that her mother made when she was younger and sick, it's mixed with all kinds of vegetables and is honestly, really appetizing, she finishes cooking after around 30 minutes and gives it to Simon* 

"Here!" She says "Eat up!"

"Thank you" Simon responds 

*Simon then drinks the soup really swiftly, it really is good after all, it's hot and yummy, after he finishes he thanks her* 

"Thanks for that, Emma"

"No problem, Happy to help!" She replies back

*He decides to get some rest for a bit and sleeps in his spot, he soon tumbles over and lies down on Emma's lap, Emma is blushing so much at this point (Will she ever die from this? Who knows) that she can't do anything about this, she decides to let him sleep in her lap for a bit more before finally writing a note saying "Leaving now, get well soon." She posts it on his table and leaves his house.*

*As she walks, she still blushes a lot, but as she blushes, she smiles a lot and sings* 

"Living on borrowed time....Without a thought for tomorrow..." 

Chapter 4 ends

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