Emma's POV
It was the second time I went down on a man, my first being only yesterday.
"How was it? Really?" He asked.
I didn't have much experience in that department,but I heard enough stories about stuff like that to know that guys barely gave a shit whether they performed well or not.
All they did was come and go, literally.
"I don't have anything to compare it to." I replied. Still bent on nit giving him the satisfaction of knowing that he had fucked my brains out.
"It's okay to now be able to think straight. That's what happens when you get piped real good." Chase was zipping up his pants.
"You're so fucking full of yourself." I said.
He slapped my legs closed, went to the door and unlocked it. "That's how you are when you're just too good." He said.
The weekend passed in a blur and it was back to school.
I tried to avoid Chase, but he didn't seem to be in my way so much.
I was beginning to have second thoughts about it. Maybe he finally decided I wasn't worth it. Maybe he finally realized that I was supposed to be his stepsister. Maybe I just wasn't good enough anymore. Worse still, maybe there was a new girl.
I dragged myself to school on Monday. I knew I had to see Lily.
"Hey. Let's meet there." I said, referring to our favorite toilet.
"What's up?" Lily still had that glow in her. She still looked bright and happy.
"A lot. Long story short, or short story long?" I asked her, breathing fast.
"Long story short for now. Save short story long for lunch break." She said,
"I had sex with Chase." I confessed to her.
Lily was no priest, but she looked way more disgusted than a priest would have been if he was the one in her shoes.
"You had sex with your Stepbrother?" She asked, for clarity sake I guessed.
"Not when you put it like that, come on." I said, I didn't like how she was making it sound so serious, even though it was. "I need pills. I want to be sure I'm not pregnant." I added.
"Did he put you up to this?" She asked, looking very sinister
"No! Lily! We don't even talk about you. I've accepted that you guys just don't get along and I've learned not to bring the one up as a topic when in with the other." I replied to her.
"Better." She said, "When was your last period?" Lily asked me.
"Erm, just before the trip." I replied to her.
She went into a long fit of laughter, during which I prayed for the ground to swallow and take me in. "You really do not know shit about these things?" She asked me.
"No. I don't." I said. From the way I was shaking like a leaf, it was only too obvious.
"Come on girl. A rock has better chances of making a baby." She said,
She might not have known it, but she just took my paranoia from hundred to zero.
I thank my stars once again and washed my face off all the worries and anticipation.
We walked out of the toilet and headed for our class, one Chase was taking too.
"Here." He was waving me very unashamedly, and showed me a seat he kept for me. Gray did the same too to Lily.
I kissed Lily lightly on my cheeks and proceeded to honor Chase's invitation.
"How are you?" He asked as I sat beside him, fully aware of Jessica's burning eyes on my back.
"Ashamed, embarrassed and angry." I replied , while keeping a straight face.
"I'm sorry. I just couldn't bear to see you third wheel." He said, laughing.
"If my life is so funny, why don't you have someone else beside you for company?" I asked while grabbing my things to go get some other seat, worst case scenario, miss the class.
"I want you here, beside me." He replied.
I looked at him for a full minute, speechless.
I wanted something in his eyes to tell me that he didn't know what he was doing, that he was high on lust and just didn't know what to do and when to do it.
But all I saw in Chase's bright blue eyes was conviction, and worse still, affection.
I tore my eyes away before something I'd regret happened and tried hard to fix my gaze on Mr Rudd who was already scribbling all sorts of things on the board.
"Miss Emma. Would you like to tell us why you have that smile on your face?" Mr Rudd asked.
Until that minute, I didn't realize how far away my mind had wandered.
The whole class was staring at me. It was like I was just placed in a room full of people.
"I'm sorry. I didn't quite catch what you asked." I stuttered, standing.
"I also didn't expect that you would. You know, you've had that smug smile on your face for so long I doubted you were actually assimilating anything." He replied, sarcastically.
That wasn't the Mr Rudd I knew either
So many strange things were happening.
Graysons chuckle called my attention for a second. I didn't expect it from him.
Jessica's cackling was loud enough for me to hear, and somehow, that didn't bother Mr Rudd, it was my smile.
"Emma isn't too fine Mr Rudd. Now if you don't mind, there are a bunch of us waiting and ready to learn." Chase came to my rescue.
They had a stare down which lasted about ten secs, but very intense. It felt like I could have melted if I stood in the way.
"For the sake of my stellar students like Ms Jessica, this class would go on despite distractions." He said, turning back to the board.
Chase put an arm over my shoulder.
I felt totally embarrassed.
Mr Rudd and I used to get along really well. His sudden turn on me could only be because of his "stellar student"
Chase squeezed my shoulders and brought me back to reality.
I glanced at Lily and Grayson, who were also paying rapt attention.
It felt like the rug had shifted under my legs and I was the last to know about it.