Kemaline || More Than a Silly Crush

Chapter Three

Emaline's POV

We had already changed and everything and we were just sitting there hanging our feet into the pool. I felt like it was just all perfect. Everything, how we were, whatever we were gonna be which I hope was going to be a couple. I smiled thinking about it. She's perfect and I couldn't ask for anything more. I started to hear walking behind me and I looked behind me to see Luke walking by and then I saw Kate get up and run over to him. I got really confused as I saw her grab his hand and I didn't know why. "Hey Kate where are you going?" I asked out loud to her. "I have to show Luke something," she said to me and I started to frown. I didn't like the idea of her and Luke alone really. Like they dated for a bit, but she has been with me like the whole day and she's been kissing me and they only kissed like once. There's no reason to get jealous. I thought to myself. I got up from the ledge of the pool and started to walk over to the room that I shared with Kate and Leslie. I felt like crying because I missed her and I didn't know when she'd be back. It made me really upset, I missed her presence like a lot.

I started to strip of my clothes and slowly change into my pajamas as we were staying here for another night and leaving tomorrow morning. I frowned as I walked out of the bathroom to return to still no Kate. I started to make way over to her bed and I sat there and just thought about where she could be with Luke and what could happen. I seriously didn't like the idea of them alone, if I wanted anyone alone with Kate, it would be me and me only. I genuinely really like Kate, like a lot, and wouldn't be able to take her going out with Luke, or just anyone else that's not me. Leslie walked into the room and sat down on the pull out mattress she's been sleeping on

"Hey where's Kate?" She asked me and I continued to frown. "Somewhere with Luke, I don't know where," I said out loud with hurt clearly visible in my voice. "Oh, are you okay Emaline?" She asked me as she got up and sat down next to me. "I don't know," I said to her out loud as I looked down at the floor thinking about Kate and what had happened today, why would she just switch up like that, would she? I asked myself. "Is it Oliver?" She asked and I tighten on the outside and inside. "No he treated me like shit, like a prop, I don't even love him anymore at this point," I spoke and then I just started thinking of Kate, is she playing me? no she couldn't be she wouldn't ever do something like that. I frowned more and felt the tears start to form in my eyes. "Oh then what is it?" She asked as she put her hand on my shoulder in a try of comfort. "It's just a lot to talk about Leslie and I don't know if I'm ready to talk about it or tell people about it," I said to her as I felt the first tear leave my eye. "Come on Emaline, you can trust me, I promise," she said to me as she looked at me. "I like a person and I guess I'm just getting a little jealous over something," I said to her as I felt more tears leave my eyes. "Who is it? Luke? Tyler?" She asked me and I shook my head no. "Is.. is it a g-girl?" She asked me and I just sat there and didn't say anything but just gulp. "Emaline, do you like Kate?" She asked me and I looked at her and just froze and let the tears fall. "I-is it a b-bad thing?" I asked her as the tears continued to fall down my face. "N-no I guess not," she said to me and I smiled. "You aren't gonna tell anybody right?" I said while pulling myself together and beginning to lay down. "No I won't, so is that why you're upset because she's with Luke?" She asked me and I shook my head up and down. "Okay then, well how much do you like her?" She asked me and I looked down for a second. "A lot, like a lot a lot Leslie," I said to her as I slowly took breaths in and out. "Okay then, well just talk to her when she gets back maybe?" She suggested to me and I shook my head no. "I'm just gonna go to sleep," I said to her as I walked over to my bed and laid down. "Goodnight Leslie," I said as my last words before I closed my eyes and covered myself with the blanket.

*4:30 a.m.*

My body moved straight up and my breathing was jagged, I had woken up from a bad dream. In the dream it was Luke and Kate holding hands in school and then kissing at their lunch table. I started to cry silently remembering the dream. I then looked to my right to Kate's bed to see her there sleeping and I smiled at seeing her but then I remembered that she was with Luke like the whole night. I started to let the tears fall again. I looked over at the clock behind Kate to realize I still had a good 3 hours of sleep left. But I couldn't sleep, I just kept thinking about what in the world Kate and Luke did last night. Every thought they came to my head made the tears keep falling. I started to hear moving come from Kate's bed, it had already been an hour that I was up. She wouldn't be up this early would she? I asked myself. She was just moving around and I went back to crying. I need to stop overthinking about this maybe she was legit just showing Luke something. I couldn't help the thoughts though. Luke was so much better than me and he was a guy and I'm a girl. Kate would choose Luke over me any day. I said to myself and the tears started to fall again. I laid back down and tried to clear my head. But it was hard my head was pounding from all the crying it was already 6 o'clock and I only had about an hour and a half left to sleep. I still couldn't sleep. I thought about all the stuff me and Kate had been doing the whole time we were here the words she said. "I think you're perfect," those words replayed in my head a million times. She thinks  I'm perfect, not Luke. I let my mind settle and I started to drift off to sleep again. A smile was placed on my face as I did as I just thought of the good times with Kate.