Hard choice<5sosfanfic>

Chapter 1

"Don't worry I found my keys" I yelled to my tipsy mother in the kitchen before striding towards the door. I unlocked the door and twisted the knob as the hot temperatures from outside wofted into my direction. I quickly unlock my car and jog around to the right side of it before hopping in and slamming the door shut.

The windows creaked as I wound down my window ventilating the air.
"Emily! wait" I heard a voice say from behind as I slammed my foot on the breaks.

"Calum! Do you want to get run over?" I yell puffing in stress.

"rather that then getting to school late" he chuckled seating himself in the front seat.

I look back as I reverse out of the drive-way and start to head in the direction of the school.
It was the last week of school and the teachers had allowed us to wear "casual clothes" to school.

I glanced over at looked and quickly scanned what he was wearing. He had a black singlet styled top on and skinny jeans summing it all together.
I gained speed as we came onto the highway and sang along softly to breakaway by Kelly Clarkson that was playing loudly on the radio. Calum was singing too. His voice was like a male version of the actual edited thing. He had a few out of tune bits but he pulled it together.

I parked the car muting the radio as I opened the door to get out.
Calum followed me as we entered the school grounds.
My view had been blacked out as freezing cold hands covered my eyes.
I screamed at the sudden change in temperature "MICHAEL GET YOUR COLD HANDS OFF ME!!" I yelled slapping him on he arm as soon as he let go.

We walked through the school eating lollies that we had bought earlier.

"So Michael what class do you have first?" I ask smugly

He grins at me. "I am not your personal walking talking timetable Emily" he replied.

I shrugged "we'll see!" I say. Michael and I have every class together except maths and English.

"English" Michael laughed poking his tongue out.

"Haha sucked in Em you have math!" Calum said laughing.

"Can you guys feel that?"

"Feel what"

"That's me strangling you telepathically." I smiled

"Really? No wonder I can't feel anything!" Calum joked.

Before I could think of a remark the bell rung and I growled as they ran off to their lockers. Luckily I was right next to mine. I opened my lock and took the buckle off the locker like always. Then I grabbed my math books and my drama books, then I plugged my earphones in and headed off to class.

***

I had arrived at class early, or the teacher arrived late. So the whole class was here and I was sitting on the locker waiting for the teacher. Pretty much my only friends were Michael and Calum, which were both not in this class so I ace math now! I closed my eyes, bobbing my head up and down to the music while waiting for the teacher.

"Good morning class!" The teachers voice echoed from the hallway. As she unlocked the door and gestured us to go in. I sat down in my normal seating arrangement. Which was in the middle rows on the far side. The seating arrangement was two desks on each sides and four in the middle. I was sitting in the one with two desks. Away from everyone else.

"Luke! Your new here right? Well luckily for you we do have one spare seat!" I heard the teacher say to a tall blonde who was slouching next to her.

She made her way over to me as I glared at them.
"Emily this is Luke, he will be sitting next to you for the rest of the year." And with that she left.

"Hi" Luke said shyly scratching the back of his neck.
"Hey" I replied awkwardly as the teacher began to scribble down notes for he class.

I frantically wrote everything that appeared on the board missing one or two important pieces of information. My brain was exploding trying to figure out the question on the board.

"12" A voice said from beside me as the teacher rubbed out the question.
"Good job I think you guys are getting it!" She smiled while writing another on the board.

I glanced up at Luke who was focusing his blue eyes on the board infront of him. I look down at my work. 23? That's way off.

***

The bell finally rang and we were dismissed from the classroom.
"Hey Luke wait up!" I ran towards him slowing down next to him.

"What's up?" He looked at me shyly.

"What class do you have next?" I asked quickly trying to think of what to say.

"Drama, in H4" he replied confused.

"Same come with me I will show you the way!" I said gesturing him to follow me.

***

"Thanks!" Luke said walking into the classroom behind me.

We left our books outside and had taken our shoes off.

"Everybody sit in a circle!" The drama teacher said cheerfully.

We all sat down in a circle, I sat in between Calum and Michael, who both had the same class as me.

"Now everyone you will be paired up. I have decided, to avoid exclusion, I will choose your pairs!" Everyone sighed as this was said and she went around pairing people up. Unfortunately Michael and Calum were paired up leaving me with Luke.

"What you will be performing is fairy tales. You pick your story and make a script with your own personal touch. I will provide costumes for you and anything else you need come and ask me. This is an assignment so do your best you have three weeks." The teacher said before sticking her head into the paperwork on her desk.

"So what do you want to do?" I asked Luke sitting on a beanbag.
He shrugged and sat down on a chair facing me.

"Miss we don't know what to do!" I heard a voice ask the teacher.
"EVERYONE SIT DOWN." We all faced the teacher as she came up with an add on idea.
"You will come pick a tale from the hat!" She said as people started lining up to get a tale.

***

"What did we get?" Luke asked taking the piece of paper out of my hands.
"Cinderella!" Luke said surprised. "Yea..." I replied awkwardly.

***

The next three weeks past fairly quickly and we made up a whole script. Luke and I were more comfortable around each other.

"Thank you to Calum and Michael who did a wonderful job at Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum" she announced while they took a bow and exited the stage.

"We have four more performances." She announced as the next group set up the stage.

"Miss!" I whispered as the teacher looked up at me.

"Yes emily"

"Can we practise once more in the other room?" I asked and pulled Luke into the other room as she nodded.

We quickly went through it and checked everything was right before we knew it there was clapping in the other room.

"We're next!" Luke said following me into the drama room.