ethma

chapter 17

[2 weeks later]
emma's pov:
me and jack have been hanging out a lot recently he's been distracting me from ethan... which is a good thing because i don't wanna get hurt. for all i know, he could be hanging out with some other girl right now. i wonder how grayson is doing...i haven't talked to him for awhile.
i start to text him
em: hey! how have you been? we haven't talked for awhile, i miss you!
[back in new jersey]
ethans pov:
as me and gray are cleaning the kitchen while our mom is out getting groceries,
"i'll be right back i got to go to the bathroom" -gray
"okay" i say as i continue to sweep the floors
i haven't thought about emma for a couple hours which is nice.. it gets easier everyday to not think about her, i stopped going on instagram or any social media for awhile and i keep in touch with james and bryant every once in a while but other then that i don't really go on my phone. it's just easier that way. i never told gray what happened that night before we left to come here..all i said was me and emma were over.
then suddenly i hear a phone buzz. must be grays phone. i glances over to see a text from emma. he still talks to her? and didn't even bother to tell me? weird...i'm not sure how i feel about that. whatever i'll let it go, obviously they are still friends. whatever i need to finish sweeping.
then gray walks back in, and grabs his phone and looks at it and then quickly puts it away. does he not want me knowing?
[back in LA]
emma's pov:
i decided to text jack because i was bored
em: hey you busy?
jack: no, wanna meet at phils coffee?
em: yep:)
i get out of bed and fix my hair and put my shoes on and walk out the door to go meet him.
once i pull up to the place i see him sitting there waiting for me. i get out of my car and walk in towards the table jack is at. "hey!"
"hey!" -jack
"aw...you already got my coffee!!" i smile "thank you!"
he laughs "no problem, so how's life been?"
"pretty good, i've been working on some secret plans that i will reveal soon, and i'm really excited!" i say with excitement
"nice, but i'm guessing you can spill the tea"
"nope, sorry" i laugh making him laugh as well
we keep on talking for about an hour  and i realize what time it is "oh shoot! it's almost 6 pm i have to edit tonight so i can upload tomorrow"
"oh well that should be fun" -jack
"yeah i love pulling all nighters" i say sarcastically as we both laugh "well thanks for having coffee with me"
"of course! your always fun to hangout with" he says smiling.
and then 5 seconds later his lips are suddenly on mine, and i pull back immediately "jack...i'm sorry but i don't like you like that..."
"oh my gosh...i'm sorry...i didn't mean to-" -jack
"it's fine. i think we should take some time away from each other for a little bit...sorry.." as i say that i walk out trying to escape that whole mess. i'm not ready for another relationship and i don't even like him like that. like what even gave him the idea of kissing me? was i giving off a vibe making him think that i like him? because i don't.
[back in new jersey]
grays pov:
after me and e finished doing our chores for our mom, we go sit down on the couch to watch some tv, and of course he picks out some weird comedy movie but i sit here and watch it anyways. i realize i never texted emma back, so i decided to text emma back.
gray: hey, sorry i was busy doing stuff for my mom. i miss you too!! i've been pretty good though, just really stressed. is there anything new going on?
after i texted her back i decided to go on insta because whatever the heck ethan picked out was boring. as i'm scrolling down my safari page i see a pic of emma with some guy, and i get curious so i tap on it and it showed several pics with her sitting at some table from what looks like a coffee shop, and then i scroll to another pic of them kissing. first the picture with that same guy of them hugging and now this? i thought to myself but then i quickly scrolled out of there because ethan was sitting right next to me, but then as i look up i see ethan walking away to his room and closing the door...crap he saw...