I made a lap around the living room with no sign of her. I spotted David and Anna in the kitchen and walked over to them.
"Hey guys, have you seen Emma?" I asked desperately.
"Wouldn't you like to know." Anna replied, sounding annoyed and walking away. I furrowed my eyebrows and looked at David for clarification on what just happened.
He clapped his hand on my shoulder, "Luke, Luke, Luke... uh- Emma left." I jerked my head towards David as he continued, "What were you thinking? Kissing Chloe!?"
"I didn't kiss her! Well, I mean- yes, we did kiss, but I didn't want to. She kissed me and I pulled away." I tried to explain, realizing that I sounded crazy before a realization hit me, "Wait, did Emma see? Is that why she left? No, no, no..." I ran a hand through my hair frantically looking around for her.
"Yeah, she saw you two and looked pretty upset. I think she had Thomas or Noah pick her up." he told me.
"Shit, I have to find her and explain" I rambled, thinking about how to get to her place. I didn't drive here and almost nobody here was sober enough to drive either. I pulled out my phone and called an Uber, which was arriving in two minutes.
"I gotta go, " I told David distractedly.
"Good luck, man. You'll need it" He muttered as I walked towards the front door.
I texted Emma a few times, telling her that I wanted to talk and it wasn't what it looked like, but it didn't even look like she read my messages. My Uber pulled up a minute later and dropped me off at La Modern. The doorman let me up, he had seen me enough times to recognize me, which I was thankful for. I checked my texts again, still left on delivered.
I knocked on the door a few times until Noah popped his head out.
"Hey Luke, what's up?" Noah asked, looking at me with his eyebrows raised, but showing no other emotion.
"Is Emma here? I really need to talk to her" I pleaded.
"Sorry, she's already asleep... " Noah replied, starting to close the door. I could tell that his voice was guarded, of course he knew what happened.
"Please! Please, Noah. I need to talk to her." I begged, stopping the door with my hand.
"I don't know what to tell you, she was tired tonight and I'm not waking her up," he said. I could tell he was annoyed with me, but I didn't care.
"Please, I-" I kept asking, but Noah closed the door on me and I heard the lock click into place. I sighed and slid down the door until I was sitting in their hallway. I put my head in my hands, feeling defeated.
The night was going so perfectly, how could I have ruined everything so quickly. I felt so shitty, I didn't mean to hurt Emma. Even just thinking about hurting Emma made me feel worse than I had since I heard about what Jeremy had done to her. I wiped away a few tears, thinking about what I should do next. Should I stay in the hallways and talk to her in the morning? My parents would kill me if I spent another night away from home, especially with such late notice. So instead, I called an Uber and headed home with plans to return first thing in the morning. I sent Emma a few more texts throughout the night, all left unread. I was up all night tossing and turning, I hoped Emma didn't hate me.
As intended, I drove over to Noah's right after I woke up the next day. I didn't think anything of it until I stepped into the fancy lobby, but I hadn't showered and probably looked incredibly disheveled, but I couldn't care less right now, I just wanted to talk to Emma. I greeted the doorman, but he stopped me from going up this time.
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Reaching Emma
RomanceHigh school quarterback, Luke Greyson, didn't think anything was missing in his life until Emma Blake moved to town. Their instant spark left him craving more, but he quickly learns that there is more to Emma than meets the eye. Emma moved to Roose...