perfectly wrong | ethma

seven

emma

another friday night. another football game. another win. another party.

i'm getting ready with riley and cassie. i decided to wear some shorts and a crop top. riley wanted me to dress up more, but cassie agreed that this seemed more me.

i get a video call from ethan and i answer immediately. he's in his room holding up two shirts.

"which one?" he asks.

"i like the white one," i tell him. "it just looks so clean."

"okay," he says.

i start to put my hair up in a ponytail when ethan interrupts me.

"hair down," he says. "you look pretty with it down."

"am i ugly with it up?" i joke.

"absolutely not. it just does something to me when your hair is down," he says.

i feel my face heat up and i look away.

there's a knock at his door. "i don't want to speak to you grayson!"

everyone kinda gets tense. things haven't settled down between them at all.

"ethan.."

"i gotta go. i'll see you at the party," he says.

"okay, bye." i say and hang up.

i put my scrunchie on my wrist and run my hands through my hair.

"so you're wearing it down tonight?" riley asks with a smile on her face.

"yeah, i think i will."

"it wouldn't be because ethan says it makes him feel some type of way, would it?" cassie raises an eyebrow.

"pshh. no?" i say laughing nervously. "okay, maybe. but, it's only because we're friends and i trust his opinion."

"okay," riley says and finishes her makeup.

i look at myself in the mirror. i've never felt like the prettiest girl in the room. except when ethan looks at me. i don't what it is about his gaze that makes me feel like i'm the only thing that matters in that moment.

"you're blushing," cassie points out.

i look at her reflection in the mirror and smile. "shut up,"

~

i arrive at the party and i'm greeted immediately by josh.

"you've been coming to my parties a lot lately," he says. "i think you're starting to like me."

i roll my eyes. "trust me, i wish i was at anyone else's house."

if my comment hurt him, he didn't show it. "want me to get you a drink?"

"no need josh," ethan arrives with two drinks in hand. "for you, my love."

i laugh and take the drink he hands me. "thanks,"

"wait," josh looks between ethan and i. "you're together now?"

"yep," ethan smiles and throws his arm over my shoulder. i push it off me and step aside.

"he wishes," i say and walk off.

ethan

"he wishes," she says with a smile on her face.

before josh or i could say anything else, she walks off. i could tell josh had plenty to say about emma and i being 'together'.

"man, i sure do." i say quietly to myself.