FROM EDEN † SCREAM

ii. emma duval

words: 1345
author: minky-beta

Emma glanced over at you out of the corner of her eye, trying to figure out what you were talking about with Noah and also trying to not make it obvious to Brooke that she wasn't listening to her. It became obvious that she was doing poorly at it when Brooke huffed loudly an nudged Emma's shoulder. ❝What's up?❞

Emma bit her bottom lip and looked at Brooke. ❝Do you think that they're too close together?❞ She asked as she pointed towards where you were sitting next to Noah as you both worked on your project together. She pressed her lips together as you laughed loudly at something Noah had said.

❝Seriously Em?❞ Brooke said, rolling her eyes and raising her eyebrows at her friend. ❝You're jealous.. and you're jealous of Noah.❞

❝I can't help it.❞ Emma replied, a frown appearing on her face. ❝Last night she was supposed to come over but canceled because they had to work on their project.❞

❝They couldn't reschedule?❞Brooke furrowed her eyebrows.

❝Noah said that he couldn't do it at a different time because he needed enough time to work on the podcast.❞ Emma said as a glare passed over face before she sighed. ❝It's just messing with me that they're spending so much time together. I'm working on this project with you, and we're not spending every minute with each other.❞

Brooke rolled her eyes again. ❝Just calm down Emma.❞ Brooke said. ❝You have no reason to be jealous.❞

Emma was about to respond when the bell rang, cutting her off. She sighed and stood up from her seat. As she walked into the hallway, you approached her. ❝Hey Emma.❞ You smiled at her.

❝Hey.❞ She sent you a forced smile, making you frown slightly.

You furrowed your eyebrows and grabbed her hand gently, making her stop walking for a moment.
❝What's wrong Em?❞

She stared at you for a moment before shaking her head. ❝Nothing.❞

❝Emma, come on..❞ You said, looking at her worriedly. ❝What's going on?❞

❝Like I said, nothing.❞ She sighed and bit her bottom lip. ❝Do you want to come over tonight, just watch some movies or something?❞

You looked at her worried for a moment before you nodded with a small smile on your face. ❝Yeah Em, I'd love that.❞

A small smile appeared on her face before you leaned closer and pressed a chaste kiss to her lips before the minute bell rang. ❝I'll see you after school. I love you.❞

❝I love you too.❞ She said with slightly pink cheeks before turning around and walking towards her next class. Her frown appearing again when she looked over her shoulder, seeing you talking to Noah.

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You knocked on Emma's front door as you looked through the bag of candy you had gotten for movie night. The door opened a moment later, and Emma smiled at you weakly. ❝Hey. Did you bring the candy?❞

❝Of course.❞ You smiled brightly, stepping inside and pressing a kiss to he cheek before walking towards the living room. ❝What movie did you pick out?❞

❝Well, I got a few different choices.❞ She said as she began listing off the titles. You stopped her when you recognized your favorite movie title, excitedly saying that you wanted to watch that one. She giggled at your reaction before starting the movie. You sat down next to her on the couch, wrapping one of your arms around her stomach and resting your head on her shoulder. She relaxed against you. Her hands traced patterns into your skin without thinking about it as you both focused on the movie in front of you.

It was mostly silent, except for the movie, and you both whispering comments to each other during certain parts of the movie. A tense part of the movie started, making the both of you become silent until you suddenly chuckled when the main character said something. Emma furrowed her eyebrows and glanced at you. You caught her gaze and sighed with a small smile on your face. ❝She just reminded me of something that Noah said earlier.❞

Emma's body tensed up, and she let out a breath when you let your head fall back onto her shoulder. After a few minutes you furrowed your eyebrows, noticing the difference in how she was acting compared to a few minutes ago. You raised your head up and paused the movie, making her look at you confused. ❝Why did you-❞

❝What's wrong Emma?❞ You demanded. ❝Don't say it's nothing because you're acting weird like you were earlier.❞

She sighed and pressed her lips together. You looked at her with concerned eyes, forcing yourself to wait patiently for her to answer you. She wasn't comfortable with telling you earlier, and you didn't want to push her too far and make her close herself from you.

Emma bit her lip before turning towards you, tense. ❝You and Noah are just friends right?❞

Your eyes widened and you took a deep breath as you tried to wrap your head around what she said. ❝Yeah, we're just friends..❞ She sighed, shoulders visibly shaking. ❝Why would you think we were anything else?❞ You asked.

❝I don't know.❞ Emma answered, keeping her eyes trained on the ground. ❝You two are just really close, and you cancelled our plans to hang out with him.. and it made me worried.❞

A small smile appeared on your face and you leaned closer to her, nudging her arm to make her look up at you. ❝Emma, you don't have to worry about anybody else in our relationship.❞ You said softly, your smile growing bigger as you spoke. ❝I love you; you don't need to be jealous.❞

Emma stared at you for a few minutes before leaning closer to you and pressing her lips against yours softly. You hummed against her lips as she cupped your face, running your hands through her hair in return. After a few moments you pulled away from her with a smile, brushing a strand of hair away from her face. ❝Why didn't you want to tell me that you were jealous of Noah?❞

She shrugged. ❝I just didn't want you to know I was jealous. I don't know why.❞

You pressed a chaste kiss to her lips and grabbed her hand before pulling away. ❝Just tell me whenever you're jealous. It's not that big of a deal; everyone gets jealous sometimes.❞ You said as she rubbed her thumb over your knuckles. ❝Besides, I think you're kinda cute when you're jealous.❞

Emma furrowed her eyebrows. ❝Why?❞

You bit your lip and tried to stop the smile on your face as you looked away from her. You let out something that was a mix of a nervous sigh and a laugh. ❝I don't know.. it's nice knowing that you care so much about me you worry about losing me.❞ You shrugged and glanced at her. You had a goofy smile on your face, and you leaned your head back, so it was leaning onto the couch cushion behind you. ❝Plus you act really nervous, like when we started dating.❞

❝And that's a good thing?❞ She laughed. ❝I remember being really awkward.❞

❝Yeah, but you were adorable.❞ You teased, before leaning closer and pressing another kiss to her lips. Both of you pulled away after a moment with smiles on your faces. ❝So you're not worried about Noah anymore?❞ You asked with raised eyebrows.

❝No.❞ She shook her head with pink cheeks.

❝Good.❞You said as you leaned closer to her, resting your head on her shoulder as you grabbed the remote. ❝We can get back to our movie then.❞ Emma relaxed against you as you pushed play; the silence falling over you both.

Emma tried to remember your conversation whenever you ended up being really close to Noah, and most of the time you were able to convince her that she didn't have a reason to be jealous when she couldn't convince herself.

Brooke still never let Emma live it down that she was once jealous of Noah.