Emma Lee Schmidt

Mrs. Beus

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As soon as I hear that bell I just start for the door, but then I hear Emma call my name. "Kaeden, wait up. Please?" I have to wait for her. Now that she is my date to the Prom I probably shouldn't be running from her, right?
"Yes, Emma?" I really hope I don't sound irritated because the truth is I am nervous more than irritated.
"Kaeden, that was really sweet of you. I loved it. Is this the little project you were working on?"
"Yes...." I am so nervous what if she does something crazy. I mean crazier than winking at me, holding my hand, and kissing my cheek combined.
"It was cute. How did you know that I loved little sea creatures?" What?! She likes things like sea urchins? I didn't even know they existed until Saturday. This day just keeps getting better and better.
"Oh um to be honest, I just thought of something random since I don't know you super well. And we need to give credit to Sammy. He helped."
"Well Kaeden, I hope we get to know each other very well soon. Actually..." No. Why are is she pausing it's just making me so much more nervous. What is it? I need to know to make the anticipation go away! "Would you like to have dinner with me on Wednesday? My grandparents will be out of town and I think going out would be fun."
"Yeah that would be super fun. What time do you want me to pick you up?" Did I really just say that? What if she just means as friends and I am going for a date and I just ruined any chance with her? UGH!
"How about six-thirty? Semi formal dress?" Yes! She does think of it as a kind of date. I am on a roll.
"Alright. I will be there on time. I promise."
"Sweet. See you the. But for now I have to get to class. Byeee," I love the way she says bye. "Bye Emma. Have a great class period." God I sound so stupid. Wait, isn't Mrs. Whitaker the French teacher? If that is true then I am in for something great.
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Shit. I am late to class again. My mom is going to kill me when she gets called. Again. I can't afford to make Mom mad. Not since grandma died. She hasn't been happy in such a long time and it pains  me to see her being so sad. Grandma was always at our house, she used to always bring us cookies and gave us pointless phone calls just to check in making sure we were all okay. We never gave her phone calls to make sure she was okay, though. We should have because the day she died, none of us were expecting it at all.

 Walking into Mrs. Beus's class I realize that today was the worst day to be late to. My class has a test. And it's not just a simple little test you can re-take, it is a unit test that counts against our entire grade for this class. The only way to pass this test is to remember everything that we have been taught this year. And I did know my stuff, but because of Emma I have been kind of unfocused. I am probably going to fail a section of the test.

If 2/3 of the number of women attending a certain dance is equal to 1/2 the number of men attending, what fraction of those attending are women?

This is so easy. I could do equations like this in my sleep. Finding the simple answers like these are easy. As long as I don't think about...Emma, her beautiful brown and yellow eyes, with her beautiful medium length hair, her defined waist line where her hips start to curve out. Her body is just shaped beautifully and her defined jaw and cheek bones, with her naturally blushed face. I can't imagine seeing her any other way, even though I am sure she would still look just as--

"Mr. Wilder? Excuse me the class is over." What?! How can it be over, I just started the test and I have only done one problem. "Kaeden you usually finish first. What is up with you today? Did you meet a girl?" Well everything she just said is true, and I know it. I can't let Emma affect my grades.

"Sorry Mrs. Beus. I have been having a crazy day and haven't been able to focus. Can I come in during lunch to finish this test?" I really hope that she lets me even though her rules are made and she usually doesn't let anyone come in to fix any tests.

"I am sorry Kaeden, but I can't let you do that. My rules are strict and you have known them all year long and I can't just change them for you. I am sorry." No this is going to make my grade drop so far and my mom is going to kill me. I have never had a grade worse than an 89%. This is not going good.

"Okay. Have a nice day Mrs. Beus."I say as I hand her my test. 

"I am disappointed in you Kaeden. But I hope you have a good day as well." She takes my test and walks back to her desk. 

WHY WERE YOU LATE TO SECOND PERIOD? WHEN YOU GET HOME WE ARE HAVING A LONG TALK!
Love, Mom

This is going to be a long day. I hope that being friends with Emma doesn't affect any more of my classes. But I guess I will have to keep moving forward to find out.