Jace
"God, I'm gonna fail. I'm gonna fail so badly and then I wouldn't be able to go to college and then I'll spend the rest of my years as a stripper trying to make my money for the kid I had after getting raped by one of my clients at the--"

"Would you shut up for two seconds?" I asked Emma who was rambling off in the cafeteria.

She stared at me and took a deep breath. "Okay."

The math finals were after break and Emma was about to have a heart attack.

"I never knew you had a fear for exams Emma" Logan said from across the table.

"I don't" she assured, pushing her hair out of her face. "Just Math. I don't understand it. It's my weak point."

"But it's like so easy" Kim said and Emma shot her a look. "Sorry geez" she said raising her hands in surrender.

I put my arms around her waist and pulled her closer to me. "It's gonna be fine. We studied together and I'm the best person you could ever study with."

"Yeah we studied" she said putting air quotes at studied.

Logan snickered while Kim wiggled her eyebrows at Emma. I ignore them and pressed a kiss to her forehead. "Either way you'll be fine babe."

"Yeah whatever" she murmured and stared at the textbook that she ignored for the past ten minutes.

"Emma, you have to eat" Kim said gesturing to the ham sandwich in front of her.

"Later" she mumbled, biting her pen as she concentrated on the textbook.

I sighed and popped a fry into my mouth. "Emma...."

She groaned in frustration and stood up throwing her bag over her shoulder.

"Where are you going?" Kim asked her, raising her eyebrow.

"To the library" she picked up her book. "See you later guys."

We all stared at her as she walked out of the cafeteria. "Wow."

"I know right" Kim shrugged, then turned to me. "We have to do something."

"I don't follow" I furrow my eyebrows.

"I mean we're all so stressed out about the exams right? Maybe we could go out as a group?"

"Yeah. We could go to the beach" Logan suggested.

"I don't know about that..." I trailed off as I thought about the last time I went to the beach with Emma.

Logan grimaced and said, "Megaland?"

"What?" Kim asked and took a bite of her sandwich.

"Megaland. Only the greatest park in all the seven seas, matey" Logan said, in a pirates voice and Kim and I just gave him weird looks.

Kim narrowed her eyes at him. "Yeah...."

***
I was waiting for Emma in the parking lot after school. She finished about a few minutes ago, but her teacher wanted to see her. I was keeping myself entertained with conspiracy theories Logan kept sending me.

Logan* If you think about it, the brain named itself

Logan* What if oxygen was actually poison that takes about 80 years to kill us?

Logan* Isn't it weird how we have a little voice in our heads? Like the one you used to read this?

Logan* What language do deaf people think in?

I looked up from my phone and saw Emma walking towards me. "Hey."

"Hi" she grinned and walked straight into my arms.

"What's going on?" I asked when she moved back.

"Oh nothing. He just wanted to tell me that he's seen a difference in my Math this year and I should keep it up. Then I reminded him it was my final year" she laughed.

"You see? It was fine. You were just worrying over nothing" I say and press a kiss to her forehead.

"Thanks" she says then groans. "I'm starving."

"Let's go then" I say and quickly get into the car.

I start the engine and drive off. "Where we headed?"

"I don't know. Maybe McDonald's?" She shrugged.

"Perfect" I reassured and drove towards the nearest McDonald's I knew.

Emma
"Finally" I sigh as the waiter places my Big Mac in front of me and dig in immediately.

"Woah, slow down there" he says and my boyfriend laughs.

I glare at my boyfriend and turn to the waiter. "Thanks... Josh" I read his name off the nametag on his shirt.

"No worries...."

"Emma, and this is Jace" I gesture towards my idiot boyfriend watching the interaction between us.

"Her boyfriend" he adds with a stiff smile and I hit his arm. "What?"

"I'll leave you two to your meal then" Josh says and goes to check on another table.

"I don't like that guy" Jace says and I roll my eyes.

"You don't like any guy who looks at me" I take a sip of my milkshake.

"Course not. I like Logan" he shrugs and munches on a fry.

"Yeah yeah" I say. My eyes are drawn up when someone comes in the door.

Black combat boots... Black jeans... White shirt... Black leather jacket... Uh oh.

Jace freezes over immediately he sees him. His eyes scan the restaurant then land on my and he smiles and begins walking towards us.

I can literally hear Jace gritting his teeth. "We're leaving."

"Um.." He was almost at our table. What do I do?

"Hey."

"Hi" Jace spits and Tyler ignores him.

"Um.. Hey Tyler" I mumble, staring at my fries.

"I heard you disappeared for a while. What happened?"

"None of your business" Jace says and he just gives him a look.

"Dude, I was asking Emma right?" He scoffs and turns to me.

"Have you been ignoring me?" He asks, ignoring the death glares Jace was giving him.

"Um.. Well.. Not really.. No?"

"Really? The other day you practically bolted when you saw me."

Josh walked to us, eyeing us wearily. "Hey Tyler. Everything okay here?"

"You know him?" I ask and Josh grins.

"Sort of. I actually came to see him" Tyler says.

"Yeah, we're leaving" Jace says and pulls out a few bills from his wallet. "Keep the change."

"Thanks. Do you want that to go?" Josh asks.

"No. We're in a hurry" Jace says, glaring at Tyler.

"Okay then. Tyler, you're coming with me" he says and leads him away.

"Bye Emma" Tyler waves at me.

"Bye.."

Jace turns to me and his glare softens. "You okay?"

I nod and he intertwines our hands and pulls me out of the booth. "Let's go."

As we walk out of the restaurant, I notice Tyler and Josh talking to some other guy behind the counter.

Wonder what they're talking about.

***

"I absolutely love that!" Karen squealed.

"Isn't it a bit too.. um, revealing?" I asked trying to cover up my chest which was on full display.

"Honey that's the point" Kim said.

I stared at the two of them. First, they forced me to come shopping, then they make me wear this blouse that makes me look like a prostitute.

"I don't know..."

"Oh shut up. You look totally hot. I'll kill for your body" Karen interjected.

"I'll kill for your boyfriend" Kim mumbled and I laughed.

"Well, how do I look?" Karen twirled again and Kim groaned.

"For the last time Karen, you look awesome."

She squealed again and I couldn't help but admire the dress. It was a white high low dress with lace detailing.

"Are you wearing that for prom?" Kim asks and Karen gasps.

"No. It's pretty but it's not a prom dress. We're still going prom dress shopping next week" she says and I groan.

"I might not even go..." I trail off and Kim and Karen turn their heads so fast they get a whiplash.

"What?!" They yell simultaneously and I'm slightly freaked out.

"Your boyfriend is the football captain and you're not going?"

"No, I mean he hasn't even asked me yet and..."

"Oh trust me, he will" she smirked and I gave her a look.

"What the hell was that mean?" I raised an eyebrow.

"You'll see" she smiles.

***

"So are you going to Gina's party tonight?" Kim asked and I sighed.

"No idea" I handed my credit card to the lady at the counter.

"Come on, you have to go. Gina Ramirez throws the best parties" Karen says as we leave the store.

"Maybe" I shrug. I planned to spend my Friday night catching up on last episodes of Friends and Teen Wolf.

"Come on, I mean just one more exam left. You can handle a party" Karen rolled her eyes.

"Okay then" I say and Kim grins.

"Now.. ice cream."

I laugh at Kim as she makes her way to the ice cream store a few meters ahead.

"Such a child" Karen chuckles, shaking her head.

We meet Kim at the store and she turns to us. "What do you guys want?"

"I want a triple scoop banana chocolate and cookie dough" Karen says.

"I'll just have a double mint chocolate chip" I shrug and Kim nods.

We walk to a table and sit down, dropping our bags on the floor beside us.

Karen whips out her phone while I just look around the store. "Emma?"

I turn to Karen, who was staring at her phone and grinning like a fool. "Hm?"

She shoved her phone in my face and it takes me a few seconds to register that it's a picture of Jace and I.

"What is this?" I ask her, confused.

"You guys are so cute" she squeals. "Hashtag Jemma."

I roll my eyes but can't help the blush creeping onto my cheeks.

Kim walks towards us and gives us a look before handing us our treats. "What's up?"

"Karen has gone crazy" I say and take a bite of my ice cream.

"Oh really?" She raises an eyebrow. "Care to explain?"

"Isn't her relationship so adorable? I would kill for that. I wish I could find an old Chinese guy to go all Freaky Friday on my ass" she rambled.

Kim and I exchanged looks and I sighed. "Well she's your friend."

***
"But jeans are so comfortable " I whined over the phone.

"If you wear jeans tonight I swear to God you're gonna wear a dress to the park tomorrow" Kim threatened.

"But--"

"You're wearing a dress" she said in a final tone and hung up.

I glared at my phone and sticking out my tongue. "I hate you."

I threw my phone on my bed and shuffled through the dresses in my closet. I wasn't really a dress person but put me in jeans and you've made my day.

I decided on a maroon dress that cinched at the waist and stopped just above my knees.

I pulled out my white platform heels and put them on. Next, I curled my hair and applied makeup on my face.

I was in the middle of putting on mascara when Kim texted me that she was outside.

I smiled at my reflection in the mirror and left my room. I walked straight to my parent's room and knocked the door before opening it.

"Hi mom" I called out.

The movie on the screen was paused and I saw my parents turn to me. "Hi honey. Why are you dressed up?"

"I'm going to a party" I say, ignoring my dad who was eyeing my dress.

"Okay honey. Have fun" my mom smiled and I turned around to leave.

"Be back by 11" my dad called out but ignored him and left.

I left the house and got into Kim's car. "Hello ladies."

"Oh girl you look hot" Karen complimented and I smiled.

"Told you you should wear a dress" Kim winked and I stared at her, my jaw hanging.

"But you're not even wearing a dress" I cry out incredulously.

"Me neither" Karen said and I turned to her.

I stared at Karen's green jumpsuit and Kim's cream playsuit groaned internally.

"I hate you guys" I groan and they laugh.

"Hate you too" Kim said cheerily and I roll my eyes.

My phone pings and I check to see I have a text from Jace.

Mr Hot Pants* Hey babe, where are you?

I rolled my eyes at this. He probably changed his name on my phone. Idiot.

Emma* Off to a party

Mr Hot Pants* Gina's party?

Emma* Yeah, with the two Ks

Mr Hot Pants* Kim and Kylie Kardashian? ;-)

Emma* Ha ha very funny -_-

Mr Hot Pants* You know me, anyways I'm off to the party too

Mr Hot Pants* See you there babe

I hear Karen's ridiculous squealing again and I look up. "What?"

"Oh my God it's Jace isn't it? Did you see the smile on your face? Aah!"

I take in a deep breath and turn to Kim. "Are we there yet?"

"Almost" she says in a sing-song voice.

The rest of the car ride is silent until we begin hearing muffled music. Soon enough, we pull up in front of a house and-- Wow! That's huge.

The house.. Scratch that, mansion is huge and has lights all over it and drunk teenagers scattered all over the giant lawn. We get out of the car and walk towards the front door. The music is deafening outside and I can only imagine how loud it is inside.

Before we get to the door, something is thrown on my face and I quickly peel it off.

"Ew" Karen grimaces in disgust as I hold a pair of dirty boxers in my hand. I'm not even drunk yet I want to puke.

Kim bursts out laughing and I fling the dirty underwear at her. She dodges it and sobers up.

"Sorry let's go" she says and leads the way to the door. I shudder at the thought of where the boxer had been and continue to the door.

"Should we knock?" I ask as we stand in front of the door, debating on what we should do.

"Nah, it's probably to loud in there any--"

Kim is cut off when the door is thrown open and some drunk dude stumbles out. He checks us out and smirks.

"Hey ladies" he slurs, his breath reeking of alcohol. "Wanna dance?"

"All three of us?" Karen asks and she scoffs when he nods. "No thanks."

"You sure? We could have a foursome right after" he grins and I internally puke.

Kim just shoves him aside and walks in. Karen and I share a look and follow her in. We all head to the kitchen first to grab a drink and Kim disappears into the crowd.

"What do we do now?" I ask and Karen giggles.

"I'm going to find Dave so..." She trails off.

"And what am I supposed to do?" I ask incredulously.

"I don't know. It's a party, have fun" she says and walks out.

I stare at the cup in my hand and shrug. I guess I'll do just that.

I leave the kitchen to the living room which has been turned into a dance floor. I don't really feel like dancing alone so I head over to where some guys are gathered.

"Hey" some guy whose name I think is Max says. "Wanna play beer pong?"

"Sure" I say and he turns to tell his friend something.

His friend looks up and I recognize him as Josh from McDonald's. "Hey Josh."

"Emma, what you doing here?" He asks and hugs me.

"Oh you know, hunting elephants" I reply sarcastically and he laughs.

"My bad. Wanna team up?" He gestures to the table that's already set up and I nod.

We play a few rounds and I was getting a bit tipsy when I got a text.

Mr Hot Pants* Hey, where are you? Been here for almost an hour now.

Emma* Playing beer pong with jeans

Emma* Fuck sorry I meant Josh stupid auto correct

Mr Hot Pants* Okay

I shoved my phone back into my purse and turned back to the game. "Shall we?"

"You still haven't drank your shot yet" Max pointed out and I nodded. I raised the cup to my lips but it was pulled away by someone.

I turned to my beer snatcher and whined. "Gimme back my cup Jace."

"No way" he said and drank the contents of the cup before setting it on the table.

"Sorry guys but I have to take Emma with me. Hope you don't mind" he smiles and pulls me away from the table.

I complain as he drags me towards the back of the house. "What is it Jace?"

He stops and puts his arms around me, trapping me. "I just wanted to do this."

His lips land on mine and I smile. Well, I couldn't really complain now, I thought as I slipped my hands into his hair pulling his head closer to mine.

He pulls back and smirks at me, his beautiful blue eyes glistening. "Might I say Emma you look absolutely perfect tonight."

"Oh shut up and kiss me" I roll my eyes and crash my lips on his.

Hey babies. Sorry, sorry and sorry for this late update and don't worry I'm already working on the next chapter. Summer school is a monster that sucks the life out of summer.

Oh and I saw this movie Crazy Stupid Love and practically died when Ryan Gosling took off his shirt like.. seriously? I couldn't download the gif so I got a pic. Here it is...

https://i.gifer.com/StZv.mp4 here's the link for the gif. Enjoy.

Till next time babies.