the first time i saw you ↬ emison

; eight

emily's pov

that night

ben and i have been texting each other for a few hours after school and i guess i learned some cool stuff about him.

i learned that he was a nationals champion in his old school for swimming. interesting. very interesting, in fact. i really liked ben, he seemed nice and we did share a couple of common interests. plus, this school did get boring with the same type of people around. it was refreshing to see new faces.

     - texts -

b: i was really good last year, but i haven't really swam since i got here

e :really ?

b: yea

e : u know there's a swim team here

B: yea, i saw it on a billboard at school

e: r u thinking of trying out ?

b: yea , hopefully i can get a scholarship for if i'm good enough lol

e : yea , i'm trying 2 go 2 derby if i'm good enough lol

B :hahah no way, me too

as i was about to text, my phone rings. 

 it was ali.

"hello ?" I ask.

"hey, em." she says.

"hey, ali," i say awkwardly.

"do you wanna come over ?"

"um , yeah i  don't know. i'm kinda busy," i  say reading ben's texts.

"busy?"

"y-yea , busy, "

"what are you doing?" she asks.

"i 'm uh-i 'm uh, making dinner, with my mom.

"are you sure ?" she asks, suspiciously.

"why wouldn't i  be?"

"you're  answering my question with another question, " i hear the annoyance in her voice. damn, i was never a good liar, anyway.

"that's dumb, ali"

"okay well, goodnight. see you tomorrow."

"yeah," i  say and hang up.

i felt a guilty feeling in my stomach. i didn't like leaving ali alone, but she was kind of rude today. some days can be really hard to hang out with her, since she can sometimes be so negative and superficial. i know we're friends and everything, but the truth is, she's a bitch. she's mean to people she doesn't even know she's rude  to ben, she's mean to mona , Spencer , aria , hanna , and even me.  i know it all comes from a deep insecurity, but she doesn't care about anybody else than herself. she'll insult you, then expect you to forget about it.

i shake off the thoughts and return to texting ben. then, i  get a text from hanna.

h: hey wyd

e: texting ben

h: oh cool

e: yeah wbu ?