Chapter 16-Feeling Like An Idiot

Chapter 16- Feeling Like An Idiot

-Emma-

I walked out the school doors and into the parking lot where Aiden was waiting at, he was leaned against his sleek black car which glistened from the sun and had dark sunglasses on shielding his eyes from the rays of light. He was in his usual attire, dark washed jeans, a white shirt and his usual leather jacket and combat boots. His dark brown hair was styled in a messy sort of way. Damn, he looks hot. I bet my jaw was on the ground because of the way I was ogling at him and the damn idiot knew he was hot and he knew I had some sort of attraction to him and he had to go and use that against me. Aiden turned to look at me with that stupid sexy smirk on his face and I just glared at him.

"Well, well, well , are you checking me out sweetheart?" He asked as he moved his sunglasses down so I can see his eyes. I blushed furiously and I probably looked like a cherry tomato.

"Oh, you wish." I said confidently. "I was actually looking at the person behind you." Aiden turned around to see who it was and thank gosh that the football team just got out of practice because I probably would have looked stupid if Aiden turned around and saw that I was 'actually' checking out a tree. Yeah it was one sexy tree. Zeke Matthews the captain of the football team stepped off the field and into the parking lot shirtless and I have to admit he is one hot piece of eye candy. Tall, blonde and muscular are three words that describe him. His upper body was glistening from the sweat that he had earned from practice, if I didn't like Aiden so much I probably would have been crushing on him, but Aiden definitely out shinned Zeke by a long run. Well that's my opinion, but I wasn't about to let Aiden know that so I decided to play with him a little.

"Sexy, isn't he?" I said with a smirk on my lips as I lean on the car next to Aiden. He turned back around and raised an eyebrow at me, his sunglasses were back to shielding his eyes.

"Oh my gosh! You're so right! Have you seen those abs? So yummy." Aiden said in a high pitch voice.

I rolled my eyes at him."Wow Aiden, I didn't know you went that way."

Aiden scoffed and pushed off the car and started to walk to the driver's side of the car, but not before he grabbed me by the waist and pulled me against his hard chest. I felt his lips brush softly against my neck. "You might find him sexy, but your attracted to me remember that." Aiden whispered into my hair and with that he let go of me with a huge smirk plastered onto his face.

I stood there confused. That was the second time he has been so close all day. Why was he acting like that? I probably zoned out because I saw fingers snapping in front of my face.

Aiden looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "You okay?" He asked.

"Err, yeah." I nodded. "We should probably get going" I said walking over to the passenger's side. He nodded and got into the car as I did. He drove out the parking lot and to my house. I stayed silent through the whole ride and so did Aiden. When he reached my house I turn to him and told him thank you with a small smile and he returned it. I got out the car and went straight into my house and up to my room. I got on my bed and stared at the ceiling. Thoughts of Aiden and his actions of today were running through my mind.

He got detention after I told him I had it with the same teacher.

We had a moment not once but twice in the hallway and in the parking lot.

But why?

Why was he acting like this?

Could he possible feel the same as I do?

Could Aiden Black like me?

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I must have falling asleep in the same position last night because when I woke up this morning my body was all stiff. I got off my bed and took a glance in the mirror. Whoa, what happened there? My hair was literally sticking up all over the place, my clothes were all wrinkly and I was paler then the color white itself. I let a grunt sound from my lips as I turned and walked away from the mirror. I went to open my bedroom door and crashed into someone which sent me flying onto the carpet floor. I saw a small body crawl up and sit on my stomach.

"Tyler what th-" Before I could finish I felt something soft on my cheek.

"Good morning Emmy." Tyler said with a kiss on my cheek. He looked so adorable I couldn't even be the slightest upset with him knocking me over. His dark brown hair was hanging slightly over his forehead in a messy way and his green eyes were wide with innocence. I couldn't take it anymore.

"Good morning Tyler!" I said grabbing him into my arms and squeezing him tightly as I give him a kiss on the cheek.

"Emmy." Tyler whined but I could see his cheeks were rosey with a blush. I chuckled and got off the floor and set him on the ground.

"Now do you want to tell me why you were running full speed into my room and knocked me over?" I said sternly with my hands on my hips.

"Daddy told me to wake you up because you were gonna be late for swhool." Tyler said looking up to me with innocent eyes. I glanced at the clock and my eyes widen when I saw that I only had twenty minutes before school started.

"Thanks Tyler!" I said as I raced into the bathroom leaving him behind and took the fastest shower of my life. I jumped out the shower and put on anything I could find in my room which happened to be a pair of jeans, a tank top and a sweatshirt. I tied my hair in a ponytail and grabbed my bag not worrying about makeup and raced down the stairs into the kitchen. I told my parents good morning giving each of them a kiss on the cheek and grabbed an apple starting to munch on it and went straight out the door when a silver car pulled up. Uh whose that?

Then I saw head with brown hair pop out of the passenger side. "Emma, stop eating the damn apple and get into the car before we're late for school!" Amy yelled out. I walked to the car and opened up the back door and slid into the seat.

"Morning, Em." A deep voice said from the driver's seat. I glanced up and saw Nick smiling at me through the rearview mirror. I grinned widely and him and threw my arms around him from behind.

"Nicky! What are you doing here?!" I asked giving him a peck on the cheek and a tight squeeze.

"Driving you to school, duh." Nick said rolling his eyes playfully. I smacked his arm and went back to my seat. "Actually I'm here because my loving sister's car broke down and my parents made me drive her to school." I saw Amy glaring at him.

"It's not my fault my car broke down! You were the last one to drive it." Amy said pouting.

"I only drove it to the grocery store and back, that only took five minutes." Nick retorted. "You've been driving since you got your license."

"Yeah, whatever." Amy muttered under her breath. That caused Nick to smile in triumph. Ah sibling love, don't you love it?

"So you're saying, you only came to pick me up because your parents made you?" I raised an eyebrow at Nick.

"Um, uh, err, of course not Em!" He stuttered out. Choose your words carefully Nicky. "I would pick you up for school any day because I love you!" He sang out. Nice save Nicky.

I smiled at him. "Uh-huh, love you too Nicky-bear."

That caused him to grin ear from ear. "Aww, look at you making a grown man blush, Emmy-love."

I rolled my eyes at him. "You are far from a grown man Nicky."

Nick smirked at me through the rear view mirror. "Oh I'm fully grown. Wanna see?"

My eyes widen at what he was implying and my jaw was probably on the car floor. Before I could reply, Nick and Amy both burst out laughing.

"H-holy s-shit you should have saw your face Em!" Nick said in between laughs.

"Priceless." Amy said chuckling along side with her brother.

I glared at both of them. "Oh Emma I would never do such a thing, well unless you want to see." He said sending a wink at me.

I leaned over to the driver's seat and caressed his arm softly "Nicky I would love to see it, but I already know it's small." I sat back on the seat with a smirk on my face while Nick glared at me and Amy was trying to hold in her laughter. She looked like a blowfish and when she met my eyes in the mirror she couldn't take it anymore. She laughed so hard that she snorted and holy gosh when she snorted it sound so funny that it caused me and Nick to laugh just as hard. Just like a domino effect Nick snorted and so did I. We all stayed silent until I broke it. "That never happened." I said seriously and they both nodded in agreement.

Nick pulled up to the front entrance of the school and Amy and I got out of the car and said our good-byes to Nick and made our way inside the school and what I saw was too shocking for words. My eight grade yearbook picture before I had contacts and my braces was off was plastered all over the school walls and lockers and had the words 'nerdy loser' written in bright red mark on it. I turned to Amy and saw the same amount of shock written across her face, she looked at me and we both knew who did it. Ashley Carter.

To say I was furious would be an understatement, I was beyond furious. I stomp down the halls and as I do I could see people pointing and laughing at me but I ignored it and continued my search for the queen bitch. Amy was on my trail trying to calm me down but there was nothing in this world right now that could calm me down, when I turned the corner of the hallway I was even more shocked to see the sight in front of me.

Aiden Black and Ashley Carter kissing.

Ashley was against the lockers pulling Aiden by his shirt and they looked like they were enjoying it. My heart dropped and it felt like it broke into ten million pieces. I felt stupid for actually thinking Aiden could like me or even find me attracted. He's Aiden Black, the school's ultimate bad boy, he could have anyone he wanted and why want the nerdy good girl? I turned around to see Amy, sympathy was on her face and that's not what I needed right now. I kept my face blank with emotion and started to walk away. I heard my name being called by a deep voice, Aiden's voice, but ignored it and picked up my speed walking straight out the school's door and into a hard chest. I looked up to see Nick.

"Hey you forgot your phon-, Emma what's wrong?" Nick asked looking at me.

"Nothing." I muttered under my breath, emotions leaking through.

"Emma something is wrong you look like you're about to cry." He said wrapping his arms around me pulling me into his warm embrace.

"Can we get out of here? I don't feel like being around school right now."

"Yeah, sure thing Em." He said turning around and walking down the school stairs with his arm around my shoulders, we got into the car and drove out the school's parking lot. I don't know where we were going nor did I care as long as I was far away from that school and Aiden.

I guess I must have dozed off because I felt a hand shaking my shoulder softly and a person calling my name quietly. I opened my eyes to see Nick looking down at me. I sat up and stretched my arms up, I glanced around to see where we were. "The beach?" I asked Nick with a raised eyebrow.

He gave me a small smile and nodded. "Yeah, I thought it help get your mind off of whatever happened back there." I smiled at him.

"You always know best, don't you Nicky?" I said pinching his cheek.

He rolled his eyes at me. "Of course I do. Now come on get out the car." I complied and got out the car as he did. Nick came over and grabbed my hand and led me to the ice cream shop. Even though it was October, it was still warm enough for ice cream. I got my ultimate favorite, chocolate ice cream with chocolate sprinkles and Nick being Nick got the boring flavor, vanilla. Once we paid we walked onto the soft sand of the beach and sat near the water eating our ice cream. We sat there in silence until Nick broke it. "Emma, are you gonna tell me what's wrong?" He asked concern laced within his voice. I looked up at him and sighed giving him a slight nod and dove into the story. I told him how much I liked Aiden, about Ashley's threat, about telling off Ashley, about thinking that Aiden might like me and about what I witness today. Nick stayed silent throughout the whole story and at the end he pulled me into his arms and allowed me to rest my head on his chest when he saw that I was about to cry.

"You really like him, don't you Em?" He asked.

I nodded. "Yeah I do, Nick and now I feel like an idiot for actually thinking he might feel the same."

Nick started to stroke my hair softly. "So what are you gonna do?"

"I don't have a clue, Nick." I said getting out of his embrace.

"If you want I could kick his ass." He said giving me a smirk. I gave him a small smile and smack his arm playfully.

"At least I have you Nicky-bear." I said standing up from the sand.

Nick held out his hand and I grabbed it helping him up. "I'll always be here for you Emmy-love." He said throwing his arm around my shoulder as we walk back to the car. We got in the car and started to drive away from the calming scenery and back into my world of chaos. Even though Nick did help me feel better I just can't help like feeling like an idiot for actually thinking that Aiden would or could like me.

I'm such an idiot.