Always// Jacob Sartorius • Mark Thomas • Blake Gray • Hunter Rowland

Chapter 23

The rest of the week was horrible. Stacey confirmed her pregnancy, but not who the father was. That's all anyone could ever talk about in school. I don't know if it was her hormones, but she was even more a bitch than ever.

Jacob kept insisting he knew nothing about the pregnancy, and refused to talk about it to anyone. Including me. And I'm like his best friend. A lot of people found it weird that we were still friends, but it wasn't to Jacob or I. 

It's Friday morning. I woke up bright and early at 6 am. Exciting, right? I threw on a sweatshirt and leggings. I did mascara, foundation, and lip gloss. I was going to touch all of this up whenever I got ready for the party. 

I ate my breakfast and headed to the bus stop. Mark wasn't there. The bus arrived a long 5 minutes later and I hopped on the bus. I searched for Stacey. She was nowhere to be found. 

I waited until we got to Jacob's stop. He sat down beside me. "Where's Stacey?" He asked me. I shrugged my shoulders. "I'm wondering the same thing." 

The school day went by very fast. No one knew where Stacey was. As soon as school was over, I ran to my room to get ready for the party. It started at 8:00 and it was 3:30. I took a shower and washed my hair.

Once I had my hair dried, it was 5:00. Yes, I take long showers. Don't act like you don't do it either! I put on foundation and concealer. I did a smokey eye and put on red lipstick. 

I put a black off-the-shoudler shirt on and jeans. I chose a pair of black heels and grabbed my phone. I went downstairs and grabbed a bite to eat before leaving. It was around 6:50 now and I needed to leave. 

I got to the party at 7:10 and a lot of people were there. I saw Jacob and walked over to him. "Hey!" He greeted me with a smile and grabbed my hand. He led me to a guy I'm assuming to be Hunter.

"Hunter, this is Emma." Jacob said to Hunter. "Wow," he said, bowing like a prince. I laughed as he showed me around his house. He had a pretty cool house. After we finished the tour, he left to go talk to some people. 

I spotted a couple people at his pool in the back. I wondered around, not knowing what to do. I really didn't know anyone here but Hunter and Jacob. 

"Hey, you must be new." I turned around to see a guy with dirty blonde hair standing behind me. "Kind of, yea. I only know Jacob and Hunter." He laughed. "Oh, you're Emma." How did he know my name?

"I saw you on Jacob's live stream. and Hunter has talked about you a couple of times." Hunter talked about me before he knew me? Is that creepy or cute... "Oh." I said. I wasn't sure how to reply to that.

"Well, even though you know me. I'm Emma." I said to him. "I'm Blake. I'm going to introduce you to a couple of people." He took me upstairs to a room where only a couple of people were. 

"Guys, this is Emma. She's Jacob ex-girlfriend." I waved my hand. Wow, what a wonderful way to be introduced. "Hi. Long story. We're still friends." 2 girls walked over to me. One had really long blonde hair.

"Hey, I'm Loren." The girl with blonde hair said. "I'm Ariel!" The other girl said. We talked for a bit. They seemed really nice. They all had social media, so they added me on Snapchat and we followed each other on Instagram. 

They introduced me to a few more people. I met a weird, but funny, guy named Weston. Since it was Friday, my mom let me stay out as long as I wanted, just not all night. The only rule was that Ethan had to come pick me up.

It was 12 am when I checked my phone. I decided to post a picture with Loren and Ariel. "New best friendss!💖🤘🏻" I had gotten a lot of comments from fans, but a few caught my attention. Blake, Weston, Jacob, and Hunter had all commented.

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Word Count: 721

MARATHON: 2/3

Hey guys! It's Emma here! ✨ Should Loren and Emma be best friends? Or Ariel and Emma be best friends? Do you think Loren/Ariel should be enemies with Emma? Comment below what you think should happen!

Q: What's a superpower you'd want if you could have one?

A: Either invisible or read people's minds... muhahaha 😂