Emerson

F I F T E E N

if you don't have internet and can't see the picture above it's navaeh's P.O.V :)
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THE LAKE PART 2/2

Before I can even sit down the others are already down to there swimsuits and in the water.

Emerson does the same but stays back and lays down a towel before sitting down and looking at me.

"Your not going to take yours off?" She raises a brow.

I shrug "Yea in a minute i'm just, ya know, chillin." I nervously chuckle.

What.

Emerson notices. "Are you okay?"

I give a nod that not even I believe. She nods and squints her eyes "Mm hm."

I sigh and look down at my the chipped polish on my short nails and shrug. "I guess i'm just a little insecure." I mutter.

She moves over until she's right next to me. When our thighs touch I shiver but I don't think she notices.

I think she's going to agree with me and tell me that i should keep my clothes on and stay up here alone which sounds absurd to any other yet my brain has a funny way of convincing me of pretty dumb things.

And she doesn't.

"That's understandable." She looks odd to our friends in the water and nods.

"But if you want my opinion not a single one of those people out there including me will judge you for anything your self conscious about." She pauses making me think she has finished her sentence before adding on. "I mean just look at Caleb." She shrugs.

I smile and lightly hit her arm making her chuckle and look right into my eyes.

I feel as if the air has been knocked out of my lungs as I stare into her deep pools of blue she calls eyes.

"But in all seriousness you have nothing to be insecure about. Your incredibly gorgeous. Every part of you is. Even if your brain or anyone convinces you otherwise, you are."

I go to speak but no words come out. I'm utterly awestruck by the compliment and the reassurance I just received from a few simple words.

A few simple words that came from Emerson Marigold herself.

I snap out of my trance and smile with a "Thank you."

Thank you?! That's all I could say?

"Hey! Stop flirting and come get in the water!" Caleb's voice shouts snapping us both out of whatever just happened between us.

Ace splashes him with water and my cheeks turn a dark red at the mention of flirting.

Em shakes her head and stands up offering her hand to help me up as well.

"What I say probably doesn't mean anything to you-"

Yea. Nothing. Haha.

"-So you don't have to go out there if you don't want to. It's your decision."

I get a sudden burst of confidence and take off my shirt and shorts.

Emerson's eyebrows raise and she nods with a smile "Okay then."

She grabs my hand and pulls me to the water. When we reach our friends Caleb is about to be drowned by Talia before Ace pulls her away and tells her its not a good idea to kill your friends.

About an hour goes past and by now we're all just floating around taking in the moment.

I look over at Em and see she's blanked out once again. Talia startles me when I finally notice her at my side.

"I can't wait for you idiots to admit your feeling to each other." My eyes go wide.

"W- What do you mean? I don't like Emerson." I nervously state.

She gives me a blank look "Yea, and i'm ugly. We're both lying honey."

I sigh and look back over at the perfectly flawed yet flawlessly beautiful brunette currently obvious to the world around her.

"What gave it away."

"Girl everything. A blind man could tell you like her."

I raise a brow making her look up at the sky and facepalm.

"You always look at each other with this look, for starters. It's like you both have literal heart eyes. Then there's the constant unintentional flirting. The nicknames. The smiles. Everything."

I think about everything she's saying and realize most of it is right.

"Okay yes. But she probably doesn't like me." I shrug.

"If you weren't so soft and I would probably feel guilty afterwords I would smack you upside the head."

"Trust me she likes you. Now go talk to her." She pushes me towards Emerson startling her.

"Sorry."

She shakes her head "Its okay."

We pause for a moment "You were thinking about him weren't you?"

She looks hesitant to open up but decides against it and nods.

Before I know what i'm doing I grab her hand "I miss him too."

She smiles and squeezes my hand back.

And at the very second i think that maybe Talia was right. Maybe she likes me too.

Or she's just being nice.

If you didn't get it i made a lesbian joke there at the end. Haha.

Yea i think i'm funny.