Once my Bestfriend

"Emmy?"

Emma's POV

"wake up Emma we're going to be late." My little sister screams shaking me. All she got was a groan out of me. I felt the bed shift and then something jumped on my back.   A couple of seconds later  I felt something on my face. I opened my eyes to see our 1-year-old golden retriever Nilla' licking my face.

"Okay. Ok. I'm up, I'm up." I say getting up from my bed.  They leave my room and I shower. I change into black skinny jeans, a black tank top, and a black Cardigan. I put a black bandana as a headband and finished off in black combat boots.

I don't do makeup. It's a waste of time. I'd rather stick to chapstick and water. Once I'm done I grab my backpack and head downstairs. Getting there I grab my gloves and put them in my pocket. I grab my phone and keys and head to the kitchen, where I see Lexi and Nilla'.

"C'mon Emma I got you a granola bar let's gooooo." She says grabbing my hand and dragging me out the kitchen.  For a 10-year-old she is strong.

"Bye Nilla'' we yell as we get into my black Audi.

We sing along to the music or talking about memories we had in this town years ago. She was small but she remembers.  I think that we are going to do well after having moved 2 years back. Enough time to think and grow. As usual, we get to school early. I take Lexi to her class and introduce myself to her teacher.

Afterwards, I get back to my car, put my sunglasses on, and prepare myself for what will happen. Next stop, Riverview High. I drive off and once I get there I park at the back in the shadows. I take a deep breath in and sigh. I grab my backpack and throw it over my shoulder and walk through the parking lot. There are 20 minutes left till class.

I walk straight and into the hallways. They were crowded with people talking and fooling around.  I walk straight to my locker. I had come yesterday so that I could leave my stuff in my locker.

I ignored their whispers and everything. I grabbed my physics book and stuffed it in my backpack. I closed my locker and turned around to see people staring at me. I again ignored them and walked to class. But not before saying hi to my favorite teacher. Our music teacher Mr. Will.

"Hey Emma," he said as soon as I walked into his classroom. He embraced me in a bear hug. He was my favorite teacher because I thought of him as a father figure.  He's a teacher in his early 40s with lots of enthusiasm. I love music it calms me.  "Are you staying for good"

"Yes, sir. There is no way I'm missing graduating at my favorite school." I say proudly.

"Well, that's good to hear. Anyway, you should be heading to homeroom"  he says. "No detentions the first day of school." He adds with a pointed look.

"Hey, that was 2 years ago." I shot back.

"I can ask for your records and see what you got detention for."

" Nevermind. Headed off to class now bye"  I say and head towards my homeroom.

As I'm walking down the halls I noticed a lot of people whispering again. Halfway to my destination, someone hugs me from behind. Out of instinct, I jab my elbow into there side. I heard an oof from the person, so I turned around and saw Jake one of my old friends. He used to be like an older brother. Someone I could rely on. Well, that's what I thought.

"Well hi, Jake. I have no time to argue 'cause I have class bye" I say over my shoulder as I walk out leaving him lost. From there I went straight to class.

# time skip to 💙lunch💙#
I grab an apple from my locker and grab my phone. I plug in my headphones and listen to music while munching on my apple and walking toward the track. 

I hum along to the lyrics. I see an old oak tree at the edge of the field. I sit down and look at its trunk. It has two names carved in. Emma Ryder + Ryan Simms. We were 14. A sad smile comes to my face as I remember everything that happened here. I sit near it on one of the roots of the tree.

I remember having a hidden box behind the bushes of a tree. Ryan found it when we heard something cry. It was a baby bird. We helped it and took care of it. We used to hide things there like my diary or his composition notebook where he would write songs or write his thoughts.

It was our spot. That was at the beginning of our freshman year. I grab my phone and check the time. 20 more minutes till class. I go through my messages and call Jackson. He was my friend when I was in Colorado.  He is like an older brother. He came to California to attend college and now lives with Lexi and me. We are roommates. Minus the sharing rent. I own the house.

"What" I hear his muffled voice.

"Are you still in bed?" I ask, knowing the answer.

"No?," he asks more than states, now more awake.

"Well don't forget to feed Van. She is probably in my room. "

"Okay. Well, you should be in class." He said pointedly.

"No. Class starts in.."  I check the time. "15 minutes. "

"Okay anyway, I gotta go. Bye, see you at home."

"Bye see you at home".

I stay there for a couple more minutes until the end of lunch bell sounded. I got up and went to my next class, throwing away the apple on my way.

Getting to class I sit at the back and wait for class to start. Right when the teacher was going to introduce himself the door opened. Allowing two guys to enter the class. At the sight of them, my heart raced and my eyes threatened to let tears slip.

Instead of getting emotional, I just ignored them and put on a blank face, hiding all of my emotions. For the rest of the class, I stayed concentrated on what the teacher was saying.

#after class#

I grab my books and place them in my backpack, then put my sunglasses on. The last class I have is a free period, so I decided to just head home. Reaching the parking lot I hear people talking, but I just ignore it till...
"Yo dark chick where ya going?"

I turn around seeing the faces I thought I would have never seen. I thought to see some other day but fate decided to change things up.

I raise my sunglasses to my hair. Once they see who it is they are quiet. Till Ryan whispers,
"Emmy"

That name was all it took for me to turn and walk away.

AN~  Wassup people how ya been? Hopefully okay. Anyway, I wanted to see how this story turns out.
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Love you all💓✌
~ a.r.💙