The First Time

Emma’s POV

After school, I looked around for Zack, but he was nowhere to be found. I thought I should accomplished Zack’s plan and finish painting.Without Zack, I felt really blue. It took awhile and a lot of effort, but in two hours I finally finished it.

Ms. Blanchard came in looking at me. I was covered in paint and I felt so lonely. Ms. Blanchard smiled and complimented the cottage. Well, that made me a bit happier. I took my backpack, jacket, and said goodbye to Ms. Blanchard. I went outside the theater. I was exhausted.

It wasn’t that dark yet so I decided to walk home. I really wanted to take a shower so I speed up my walking pace. I could feel someone following me, but I must’ve just been paranoid.

After, I got in front of my porch; I took my keys, got in, went to my room, and took a quick bath. I like nice warm baths. Kate and Joe are nowhere to be found. Kate’s probably working and Joe might be buying dinner. I put on some clothes and I started to dry my hair when the doorbell rang. My immediate thought was Zack so I ran downstairs. When I opened the door, turned out it wasn’t Zack, but Rian and Alex. I was a bit shocked.

“Hi, what are you doing here?” I asked. It was weird.

“We’re here to talk to you.” Alex stated. He looked very serious.

“Do you mind if we come in?” Rian breaking the tension. Even so, it was still weird for me.

“No, make yourself at home.” I let them in. “Do you need anything?”

“No, we just need to talk.” Wow, Alex was really serious with the talk.

“Okay.” It was quiet for a while and I’m a bit nervous. I don’t know these guys that well. “Before you start, do you know where Zack is? I didn’t see him today while I was painting. I thought you guys might know where he is. It felt lonely painting without him. I was just wondering if he’s okay. Also, if you see him, can you tell him I finished painting the cottage?”

“Okay, we’ll tell him that.”

“So, what do you want to talk about?”

‘Zack.”

Hearing that, my heart started to beat faster. Every time I hear his name, my heart just wants to keep on talking and talking about my feelings.

“What about Zack? Is he okay?”

“How do you feel about him? We won’t tell Zack anything. We won’t judge. We just want to know.” Rian asked

“Do you promise not to tell Zack?” My feelings are trembling.

“Promise.” Alex answered

I just really needed to trust somebody. Whatever I’m feeling is not normal. Sometimes I can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t study, and can’t focus. I’m really new at this things and my head hasn’t been thinking clearly and making the right decisions. So the truth just came out.

“I don’t know why, but I think I should trust you. And if you really want to know the truth, I think I might be falling for Zack, but I don’t know if it’s the right thing.” I said, while looking down. “He’s an amazing guy. When I’m with him, I feel safe and comfortable and he makes me feel like I’m the luckiest girl in the world. He makes me want to be a better person. Whenever I’m with him, I feel like I don’t have to shut down and stay quiet. I feel free. I’ve never felt like this before. I really like him and I really wish he like me back.” It all came out spontaneously. “The only problem is, I’m not good enough for him.” I continued.

“Why?” Rian asked.

“He’s way out of my league guys. Look at him, He’s handsome, talented, sweet, caring, he has friends, and I know he can do better than me. I’m not worthy of his time. I think he realizes that and I’m worried that he thinks he should find someone else. Even though, I agree with him, I don’t want to lose Zack. He’s the exception”

We had a moment of silence. I was still looking down and I had no idea what I just said. Like I said, it wasn’t me speaking. It was my heart. It keeps on blabbing and blabbing.

“Well, that was a great chat. Thank you Emma.” Rian said while standing up

“Emma can I hug you?” Alex asked. It was weird, but why not? I really needed a hug. We hugged and Rian joined.

“Thank you so much Em. See you some other time.” Rian said while walking out. “By the way, let’s keep this meeting between us. We promised we won’t tell Zack anything, but you should do the same. Okay?”

“Okay.”

After they went away, I went upstairs to my room and did my homework. I finished at 8.27 pm. I was so tired. I lay on my bed. Zack came inside my head. It’s happening again.

Notes

Hi, sorry I didn't update a lot yesterday. SO, this is the newest chapter. It's just a retelling of "Getting To Know Emma" in Emma's POV. I'm sorry if this chapter is crappy. I'm trying to make the upcoming chapters really good. So please be patient with me. Anyways, to readers who like it place rate/comment/suscribe and thank you for liking it and to others who don't liked his story, sorry for wasting your time. I also would liked to apologize for bad grammar, typo errors, and bad spelling.

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