ethma

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"cmon! let's go, we're gonna be late." i yelled to emma taking forever to get ready.

"i know, i'm coming," emma yelled from upstairs. "grab my car keys, they're on the kitchen table."

"got you." i replied, as i searched for them.

emma rushed down the stairs, and ran into me snapping a mirror picture real quick.

within a few minutes, we were off and down to the dark parking garage. the elevator ride was silent, until emma decided to speak up.

"do you think they know?" she spoke, pulling her hair out from behind her ear.

"about us?" i gave her a surprised chuckle, and waited for a reply.

"well, yeah." she looked at me with a duh look spread across her face.

" i mean, it's only been a few weeks, so i don't know." i shrugged as the elevator doors opened. "but we're not making this public anyway, right?" i pointed my finger back and forth between the two of us.

"i wasn't planning on it." emma opened her car door with a nervous giggle.

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"wow, that was actually not horrible." i said out of breath.

"i told you!" she shouted back to me.

the two of us returned our soulcycle gear back on the racks, and said goodbye to everyone. but before we could even get out the door, we were already stormed with paparazzi.

"so you guys are officially dating... it's 100% set in stone." the paparazzi asked the two of us.

"who said that?" i nervously asked.

my immediate thought was to drink water to avoid the question, because we both didn't want to make the relationship public. plus, one wrong answer, and we would be trending on twitter in seconds.

"that's what everyone's saying!" he replied.

i could feel emma's energy, she seemed tense and annoyed. although, i honestly don't blame her.

"but, did we say it?" emma pointed between to two of us.

i kept drinking my water bottle because i had to clue what to say, and it looked like emma has it mostly handled.

"...not yet?"

my heart dropped. i thought she didn't wanna make it public.

"what??" i said with ease. "we gotta go dude."
i chuckled and gestured emma to start heading to the elevator.

"what the fuck." i pushed the button to go the parking garage. "why'd u say that?" i chuckled to her.

"well, i thought it was funny." she pulled her bun out, also giggling.

"i don't know, just seems weird considering our fans already speculate us." we walked back to her car.

"true, but honestly who cares. because you're right, they already speculate, so why not just fuck around with them?" emma looked to me as she started her car.

"wow, i've never thought of it like that." i furrowed my eyebrows. "anyway, what do u wanna do?"

"i need to shower asap, so, i need to run home, but we can hang at your place after." the concentrated girl replied back to me.

"do u wanna just stay the night then?" i nervously suggested, considering she hasn't yet. although, it has been a few weeks, it's not rushing anything.

"sure," she looked to me as a smile spread across her face. "i'll grab some extra clothes after i shower."