Summer '09 (was life)

Chapter Sixteen

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Chapter Sixteen

Adams P.O.V

I really feel bad about dumping Kate. I knew I would fail to pretend to ignore Emma's snide remarks and talking about how much better she is than Kate. But when she got the blackmail on me, I just couldn't refuse anymore. Nobody and I mean NOBODY can know what she knows...it would ruin my life and my reputation.

But now because of my weak refusal skills, I've lost the one girl I care about. There is absolutely no way for me to twist the blackmail to where it doesn't reflect so poorly on me and that explains my actions.

So when I was walking to school this morning, Emma, who lives next door to me, saw me and came up to me and threatened me.

"Hey Adam. So today I want to be your girlfriend, so it's a good thing that you dumped the bitch yesterday. Don't forget about my blackmail, so don't you even think about telling."

And with that she intwined her fingers with mine.

Her fingers.

They didn't fit into mine like Kate's, our hands just molded together, with Emma though it just felt awkward. Ugh I'm already regretting surcuming to her threats. The pain hits especially hard when Kate comes out of her house right as we pass. As Emma pulls me past I stare at my one true love who won't even look at me. I send a small smile her way anyway, and I think she sees it out of the corner of her eye, but she does nothing to let me know she saw.

Emma pulls me past Kate and soon we reach the school gates, as we are about to enter the building, I hear, nothing. That's strange because they were all talking loudly as Emma and I passed. I put two and two together and guess that Emma already told everyone about the breakup and that's why she wanted to act as a couple.

The last thing I hear is someone telling them off for staring at her and the talking resumes. Emma pulls me to her locker and grabs her stuff and then I walk off to mine. After grabbing my stuff and angrily slamming my locker, she reclaims my hand and we walk to our first class, that we have together, with Kate.

I am looking forward to seeing Kate, thinking maybe I can explain my dilemma to her, but I see her sitting by Ethan, that's strange she's only ever talked to him once and now they're sitting together laughing. A pang of jealousy rips through me but I am unwilling to show Emma how much pain she's caused me.

All of classes are the same with Kate, she asks the teachers to move to sit by Ethan and in all but one her request is allowed. In that class Emma takes her place in the seat beside me, but she doesn't seem happy....at all. In fact she seems to hate me.

Lunch. That's my next hope to explain, but my hopes are dashed once again and Emma pulls me over to sit with all the jocks and Barbies. Come to think of it, she fits in perfectly with them. Lunch goes by with me staring at Kate, who once again is enjoying Ethan's presence.

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Kate's P.O.V

It takes me fully by surprise when Ethan leans down and places his lips firmly on mine. He kisses me and I gladly kiss back until the lunch monitor spots us and comes by to give us our detention slips because of the kiss. So now my perfect reputation of no detentions is ruined, but I've kissed Ethan, so I don't really mind.

After classes I head to the detention room to serve my time. When I'm almost there I run into Ethan and we walk hand in hand the rest of the way. Mrs. Stone, the detention monitor for today has a reputation as a very strict teacher so it is much to my surprise when she smiles kindly at us.

Nodding slightly to our entwined hand she says, "Hmmm love birds. Wouldn't want y'all to get another detention would we, when y'all could be spending your time in much more pleasurable ways." With these words she winks at us and motions for us to take our seats.

The required time passes quickly what with having Ethan to entertain me and I him with hilarious faces and I'm almost thinking that we will have to come again when the principal walks in and sees us doing this. Of course we quickly turn around and act 'normal'.

When we are released Ethan grabs my hand again and we walk out hand in hand. Once we get outside, I turn to walk home, but Ethan has other plans apparently because he drags me over to anew old truck, which I'm assuming is his. He says with a smile,

"We are going to go get some ice cream."

I let out a laugh and get into his car with him closing the door behind me.

It's nice for a change to have my needs cared for and the little things like opening and closing the door for me mean a lot to me. Adam didn't do those things.

We drive to the nearest Baskin Robins to get our ice cream. I choose a cake cone with one scoop of birthday cake ice cream and Ethan gets the same but with cookie dough. I pull out my wallet to pay but am stopped with a gentle hand on my wrist and Ethan ends up paying. I repeatedly thank him and his response is always,

"Oh it's my pleasure to buy a pretty girl ice cream, there's no need to thank me."

He seems to know where I live because he drives straight there and pulls into the driveway next to my house. When he does this I realize that I've seen this silver truck parked in the driveway there everyday. He lives there as be states two seconds later. I giggle and say,

"I live next door you know."

He says, "I know baby."

Him saying the word baby startles me but I decide that I kind of like it so I just wave good bye and walk next door to my house.

I look out of my window and I see him looking out the one on his house. He sees me looking and waves a little. After his wave, he closes his window and retreats to his bed to do what I'm assuming is school work.

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