Empty Promises

s i x t e e n

"What's the plan Em?" Chloe asked, as we entered my house with supplies we just bought. 

"You know how usually the guys ask the girl out to homecoming?" They nodded.

"Well this time, we're going to ask them." They looked at me like I was crazy. 

"Come on. It'll be fun." I begged, giving them my best puppy eyes until they agreed. 

I squealed and clapped my hands. "So you know how it's in October?" They nodded.

"We'll make a large poster, so for the next couple weeks and stuff take a lot of photos with the guys okay?" They all saluted me and we got to constructing the poster.

"Hey Chloe?" She hummed, "Who's your mate or have you not found him?" She gave me a small smile. 

"I have met him." I smiled, and let her continue. "He's just busy all the time." I frowned, "He should at least make time for you."

She rolled his eyes, "He doesn't know about us. Werewolves. He's a human Em." I pulled her in for a hug. "Who is he?" 

She sighed and blinked a couple times to stop from crying, "His name is Nathan, he's a football player." 

I gasped. "Nathan Jefferson?" She nodded, "You know him?" 

I nodded, "Yes. Oh my god he used to be my best friend, until Carter and I started dating then we sort of broke apart." 

"What should I do Em?" I rubbed her back. "Well start off by accidentally bumped into him or drop your books near him, he'll help you. Then go from there."

She smiled and thanked me. "Code red!" Syl came running into the room. 

"What?" Chloe asked but I knew. "The guys are coming! Hide everything in my parents room!" 

They nodded and we messily but efficiently hid everything in my parents room. 

I was locking their door when there was a knock on the door, I hurried down the stairs and missed a step. 

"Shit." I landed incorrectly on my ankle, I hissed in pain and fell on my butt.

"Syl, code blue." I yelled out, she came running in an instant. "Are you okay, oh my god." I gave her a small smile as she scolded me.

"Eres tan estúpido, tenga más cuidado (You're so stupid, be more careful)." I apologized as she kept swearing at me in Spanish.

"Em! What happened?" I groaned and let my head hang. "I think I sprained my ankle." I told them quietly.

"You're so clumsy." I pouted as Syl passed me to Alexander who sat me on his lap. 

"Here let me see." Tyler took off my shoe and started to massage my ankle.

Okay, I should stop him but he was actually relieving the pain. "Thank you." 

My face was probably as red as a tomato but he just nodded and smiled.

"So why are you guys here?" I asked feeling slightly embarrassed. "Well we may or may not have planned us all going to the movies." 

I looked to Chloe and she shook her head sadly. "I can invite someone for you Chloe." I hinted making her look at me with wide eyes.

"Can you now?" Her voice was saying no. "Of course, I'll go call him right now." I got up and went to the kitchen. 

"Wow, you did wonders Ty." He laughed and shooed me away.

I scrolled through my phone contacts and saw Nathan's name. Please be the same number, I clicked on it and waited. 

"Hello?" Thank you sweet baby jesus. "Nate? It's me Em." I heard some shuffling around then a door close. 

"What's up Em?" I smiled, he was the one of the first to use my nickname other than Syl. 

"I was wondering, are you free later?" Okay that sounds like a date. "Yeah, I think so. Why?" I held back the urge to squeal. 

"Well some friends and I are going to the movies later but we're one man short. Could you be that plus one for my friend?" 

I had my fingers crossed, please say yes. 

"Emily Marie Reynolds, are you setting me on a blind date?" I couldn't help but laugh. "I guess you could say that." He chuckled.

"Okay. I'm in. Do I come over or meet you there?" I leaned back to look at Tyler and he pointed to the couch.

"Come over." After saying goodbye I walked back to the living room with a smirk. "And that kids, is how it's done."

"What if he doesn't like me? Oh god I'm going to get rejected." Chloe looked like she was panicking. 

"Hey, breathe. He's going to love you, as much as you already love him." She took a deep breathe and gave me a thankful smile. 

"Also, he lives next door to Syl so he should be here right about," There was a knock on the door. "Now."

I opened the door and Nathan smiled at me. He was wearing black jeans with a white v-neck. He looked good but Alex looked better.

"Hey." We exchanged hugs before I let him in. "Guys this is Nathan." They all waved but Syl got up and hugged him. 

"Nate! I haven't seen you in forever even though we're neighbors." She joked making us all laugh.

"Right. So who's my date?" I smirked as Chloe blushed. "This Nate, is my very good friend Chloe." I pulled Chloe to stand up and pushed her forward.

From the way they looked at each other, I knew that everything would go as planned.

Operation Cathan is a go and yes I just barely made it up.