Our Hill Of Stars

Taking advantage of Princess Alex.

"Okay let's talk business here, what would I get if I do come? I mean I'm not skipping school for a dumb boy with a runny nose." I don't want anything in return I just like teasing him, besides I miss him enough to skip school just to meet him.

"Umm my undying loyalty and love." he says proudly.

"Oh please keep it. Do u want us to get to you anything?" I ask.

"Nah, just you is enough. I love you." he says, sounding like a kid who finally got his candy.

"Yeah yeah whatever, bye." I say to him, ending the call. I love my best friends and they know it and that's enough for me.

"Get up, we're going to j's house." I say to alex while picking up my bag.

"Why all of a sudden? Is he okay?" Alex asks, a hint of worry clear in his voice. All of my friends are now sporting a look of worry on their faces. Aww.

"He's...he's...I don't know how to say it...he's...oh god!" I cover my mouth with my palm, not meeting their eyes and pretending to look like I'm about to cry. Teasing them is fun..

"He's what Emma?! Choke it out already!" Leah says worriedly while shaking my shoulders.

"He's bored to death and wants me and alex to skip school to entertain him." I say with a straight face, pretending as if the past couple of minutes didn't really happen.

All of them let out a sigh of relief and there I am clutching my stomach trying to contain my laughter.

"I hate you, you know that right?" Sarah says jokingly. "Oh please you're madly in love with me." I grin at her.

She throws a French fry at me and smiles."Sweetheart, I'd sell you to satan for a free meal."

"Hear that? She loves me so much." I say, looking at Leah who is deep in thought. I want to ask what's bothering her but I don't, she'll tell me about it if she wants to.

"Let's go, em." alex says grabbing my hand and gently pulling me to the exit of the cafeteria.

"Tell him we said hi!" Sarah yells from behind us. "Will do!" I yell back.

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"Here's the thing jamie, girls are sensitive and tend to get hurt very easily unlike our emma-the-sloth here who is too lazy to feel anything so I think you made a dick move when you fought with her for dating a boy." alex says and I punch him on the shoulder and I'm rewarded with an "ow!" He and I are sitting on Jamie's bed and Jamie is sitting on the floor despite him being sick...we are definitely weird.

"Ugh help me out here em, please! She won't even look at me! I just didn't  want her to get hurt.." Jamie whines. So long story short, jamie and his little sister had a fight over a boy she's been dating for a week and the fight ended up with them ignoring each other and giving each other the silent treatment until one of them apologizes to the other. Now the one that is going to apologize is is jamie.

"Look j, I'm not going to blame either of you because nobody is at fault here but I think you should try to see things from her perspective you know the whole put yourself in her shoes bullshit? do that. This is her first time dating someone and all of this is new to her, same goes for you. So I say instead of asking her to stop dating him you should tell her that you'll be there for her no matter what and let her make her own decisions. Now when she'll make her own decision she'll learn about what's good for her and what's bad for her meaning she'll become more mature. Don't be so hard on her, you'll just end up pushing her away. Besides we don't even know what type of a boy Daniel is, so don't you think it's a little wrong of you to judge someone you don't even know?" I say in a tone that wouldn't give him the idea that I'm accusing him or anything.

My unintentional speech is followed by an awkward silence. Umm did I say too much?

"Wow you could become a rapper or something." alex says, breaking the silence.

Jamie sighs and runs a hand through his hair. "I think you're right em, I haven't been the best brother to her and believe me I really regret fighting with her."

"It's okay j, you can still change that and I'm sure she'll forgive you." I tell him, sincerely.

"Now if you guys are done with all the sentimental crap can we please go home? I promised mom I'd help her clean the house and as much as I hate doing that I still have to go or do you prefer coming to my funeral?" He is such a drama queen.

When we go downstairs I'm surprised to find Sophie, Jamie's sister, watching a telenovela. She's been here the whole time?!

"Oh hey Emma! I didn't know you guys were here!" She runs to me and captures me in a deadly hug. Okay...

"I'll be outside in the car." alex says to me and I nod at him.

"Hey pumpkin, how are you?" I ask her. I gave her the nickname because she looked like a cute little pumpkin when she was born.

"I'm so good now that you're here. I have so much to tell you! Text me when you get home, alright?" She tells me. She looks genuinely happy and I'm glad.

"Alright, will do." I tell her as I put on my sneakers.

"Do I really have to apologize em? I'm so nervous right now! Did you see the way she is looking at me now? She's so upset with me!" Jamie says as I stand at the porch of his house. I feel bad for him but he needs to face the consequences of his actions.

I push at his shoulder "Look it'll be alright. Take deep breaths and go apologize to her, I'm sure she won't bite" I smirk at him.

"You're not helping the situation pemmy" he knows that I hate that nickname so much and yet he still does it just to get on my nerves.

"Who said I was trying to help you, jammy? Now go and talk to her."

"Yeah okay and thank you for today, I mean it. I'll see you guys in school tomorrow." he says, releasing my hand that he'd squeezing to death and kissing me on my cheek.

He's the type to show affection towards the people that he loves and it took me a while to figure that out, at first I hated it but I've grown accustomed to it now.

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"Goodbye! I'll see you tomorrow and goodluck cleaning the stains!" I tease alex as I get out of his car.

"Whatever! Take care." He says and watches me go inside.

I open the door to my house and believe me when I say this I can't wait to get a hot shower and go to sleep.

I haven't been able to sleep well due to those horrible nightmares that I keep getting at night.

I look up and my breath is hitched in my throat the moment my eyes land on him. Brian Cortez. The last time I saw him was 5 years ago in oak bay before we moved to Vancouver. But what is he doing here? and what does he want?

Brian Cortez

"When life shuts a door, open it back up. That's how doors work."

When his eyes land on me, his face is devoid of any emotion. Did I do something to him?

He is now tall and built unlike his childhood 'lanky' self and I wonder if he is really brian or somebody else...I was taller than him! He pushes his soft hair out of his face.

"Oh hey emma!, when did you get here? Look who came to meet us!" My mom says, her voice cheerful.

I quickly get ahold of myself "Oh hey Bobby! Your name is Bobby right? Well it doesn't matter anyways may I ask why are you here?" I purposely said the wrong name just to spite him.

"Oh you don't know, do you erica? We're neighbours now." He says, his voice thick and a smirk already forming on his perfect face.
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