Things you don't know about me

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Jared POV

It was 7.15 and I was outside her house. It was a nice one floor house with a small backyard from what I could see. There was a white picket fence, if you could believe it. This was a house you would expect from you average low to mid income family. It could fit in in one of the wings in my house.

Emily was a mystery. For someone I have not spared her a second thought before yesterday, and now I could not stop thinking about her. I actually waked up exited today; I can’t remember the last time that happened. Probably at some point last year. I was curious and could not wait to learn more about her.

Yesterday in her kitchen, she was so cute humming to the music. She was being herself, it was refreshing. Girls are always trying to impress me. I’m known as one of the biggest players in Mount High. Apart from my short lived relationship with Regina, I don’t date. Even so, no matter how much girls say that they want to have relationship and they know that I’m not going to do that, they all want to be the ones to change me. They flirt outrageously, some going as far as offering things that would make most people blush.

I would take them up on their offers, but it always surprises me that after they look at me expectantly. If a girl just offered a quickie in a  janitor closet, keeping in mind that you have not really talked to the girl before, let alone gone on a date or anything that resemblance that, why on earth would she expect anything more than a thank you and a goodbye.

My thoughts were interrupted by one of the funniest things I have seen. A disheveled Emily was running out of the house, with her hair all over her face. Daniel was under her armpit, I mean he actually was being carried sideways; I’m not sure how she had not dropped her. She had a lunchbox with a Green Arrow in her right hand, the same arm that Daniel was under. On her left shoulder, she had a sports bag, which by the looks of it was for gym class. She also had a superman backpack and leather over the shoulder bag in her left arm. She looked hilarious.

“Daniel likes his super heroes?”

“Actually he is a bit too young, but I’m fan”

“You like comics?” It was unexpected, most girls were not fans, and even if they were they were unlikely to admit it

“I’m ok with comics, but I do like heroes. Thanks for doing this. You are a life saver, I hate taking the bus and with all of this” she gave a quick nod down herself “it is a real hassle.”

“No problem. To be honest, the sight of you coming out of your house was worth it.”

“I know, I’m a regular comedian”

At this point Daniel decided that he has been ignored long enough and made a noise most closely resembling a wail.

“Hi Daniel, how are you today?” in reply I had a hand being shot out ready for the shake. I obliged, grabbing the bags out of Emily’s hand and putting them in the trunk.

I watched from the car as Emily led Daniel off to school. As she bent over to give him a kiss, I could not keep noticing that she had a nice ass. Actually, now that I thought about it, she was kind of pretty.   

After another minute she came back settling in to the car.

She kept shooting me looks biting her lip. “Just say it already”

“Huh, oh, I just wanted to thank you again. … You didn’t tell anyone, did you?”

“No, I promise I would not, and I keep my promises. But can you tell me what’s the deal with you and Hale.”

At some point last night it occurred to me that Emily would not just come out to complete stranger and ask him for a favor, nor would she come to the ‘popular table’ if she thought that she had other options. I was sure that she could have asked for a ride from someone else from school. She was in need and she asked help for Hale, it had to have deeper meaning.

“Oh, well, we sort of used to date, and I use the term date loosely”

“Used to?”

“Up until yesterday”

I just raised my eyebrows, waiting for her to elaborate.

“Oh, ok. So we had this project about two months ago. At some point we started making out. It never really went further than that. He wanted to keep it quiet, because I’m a nobody. I wanted to keep it quiet, because I don’t want attention from being with someone like him. It worked for both of us. He does not know anything about Daniel. I went to his house few times a week. Daniel has this afterschool thing three times a week, which gives me few extra hours of free time.”

“You said used to”

“Oh, it’s over as of yesterday. I’m pretty sure that he knows me well enough by now to understand that I would not ask him something in front of his friends, unless it was important. He ignored me. If it was not for you I would have gone crazy by the time I found another ride. It was the first time I was not there when Daniel was hurt, I was completely terrified. And why the hell would they call you saying that your child was hurt, you should come and get him and not explain that it was just a scratch. Assholes.”

I chuckled. Her and swearing made for a funny combination.

My chuckle spread into the smile. For some particular reason the idea that she and Hale were no longer doing whatever it is that they were doing made me smile.

“So have you told him?”

“Not yet”

We sat in silence for the rest of the ride. As I was pulling into the parking space she turned to me, probably about to thank me again.

“Do you need a ride after school?”

“It’s Friday, don’t you have practice or something”

“Not this week, so how about it. You can repay me with a home cooked meal.” It has been a while since I ate something as good as yesterday’s pasta. Plus, even though I hate to admit it even to myself, I hate eating by myself. At home, out house worker, usually leaves me something to eat in the fridge and I end up sitting in front of a TV eating alone, or just going out with friends.

“Ok, that actually sounds good. But will have to go to supermarket too, I ran out of groceries yesterday.”

We made plans to meet after school, and headed out to school, I was soon sidetracked by my friends. Just before joining them I watched as Emily headed into the school. I noticed that she had a small smile playing on her lips.

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A bit of a short chapter, but in the next one or two chapters you will find out about most of the things that happened to Emily.

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