The Risk of Falling in Love: A Jonah vs. Daniel Fanfiction

Chapter 13

Two Years Later:
"Emma!" Harper yells running through the airport. I run the rest of the way to her open arms and I jump into them.
"I missed you so much!" I yell, not caring about the looks we're reviving.
"I missed you! You're never leaving me again!"
We walk arm and arm to her car- to drive to our very own apartment.
I just graduated high school, and now i'm attending college in LA to become a nurse. Harper and I bought a place together, since we will finally be going to the same school again. I moved back to Colorado for my last two years of high school, but i'm excited to be going back to LA.
"Em, what do you think about going to a party tonight?" Harper says glancing at me hopefully.
"I'm always down to party," I reply with a little dance.
"Yay!," Harper exclaims. "You can meet my boyfriend tonight," she adds with a cheeky smile.
"If you love him, I'll love him," I say slinging my arm around Harpers shoulders.
"But i'm banning you from that dance move though."

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You look hot, Em," Harper says looking me up and down. She put me in a tight red velvet dress with matching heels, and I curled my hair into loose waves, to frame my face.
"Is it too much?" I ask looking at myself cautiously in the mirror.
"No way," she says sliding next to me in her tight black dress. "You'll be the most stunning girl at the party Emma," Harper says lacing her arm through mine.
I take one last look at the unrecognizable girl I see in the mirror, and I take a deep breath in, and and out. I flatten out my dress, yelling, "Let's catch our uber before the party ends," as I walk towards the door.

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We pull up in front of the house, thanking our uber for the ride. A man stands in the driveway waiting for Harper. They give each other a quick kiss, as Harper pulls him towards me.
"This is Andrew," she says smiling dreamily at him.
"It's nice to meet you," he says with a smile.
"You too."
I follow them inside, already the third wheel, carefully keeping my distance.
"We're going to go dance, okay Em?" Harper says.
"See you later," I say with a slight wave.
Well I guess i'm officially on my own.
I decide to wander the house looking for some water, when I run right into someone tall.
"Woah, sorry," I say trying to get around them.
"Oh um didn't see you there," a familiar voice says.
I don't dare turn around until the voice recognizes mine too.
"Emma Kerry?"
I turn my head to see Daniel. Beautiful Daniel Seavey. After two years the sight of him still makes my heart race.
"Hey, Daniel..." I say awkwardly. "Uh how are you...?"
He just stares at me, lips parted as if he saw a ghost.
"Um... hello? Anyone home?"
A smile appears on his face slowly, and he takes a step towards me. I defensively take a step back and say, "Are you just going to stand there staring at me or are you actually going to answer one of my many, many questions?"
"Same old Emma," Daniel says shaking his head with a laugh. "To answer one of your 'many questions', I'm pretty great."
I nod, glancing around the room for an escape.
"I should go find Jack," Daniel says suddenly. "I lost him like 20 minutes ago."
I laugh and say, "At least your friend isn't off sucking faces with her boyfriend."
"I hope Jack isn't sucking face with his boyfriend," Daniel says cracking up. I smile to myself, thinking how this feels like old times. When Daniel and I were still close.
"Hey," he says holding the back of his neck. "Would you want to come over to the house tomorrow...? I know everyone would love to see you."
I freeze. My mind starts racing with thoughts of Jonah. The boy I loved, lost, and can never forget.
If I see his face one more time, I don't know if I'll ever be able to recover...
"Jonah won't be there," Daniel says as if he can read my mind. "He's on vacation with his family."
I hesitate before I say, "Oh... um well I guess I could swing by..."
Before I can change my mind, Daniel says, "See you then." He smiles and takes off down the hall, to presumably look for Jack.
I lean my back up against the wall, and I think 'what did I just get myself into'.