Prologue: Three months earlier:
“I can’t believe you would listen to that stupid slut! You seriously gonna end what we have cause of her?? She’s obviously jealous!”
I stood there in complete shock as I stared at the person I thought was my soul mate. We went out for 18 months and Sean was my first boyfriend, not to mention my first love. He was my next door neighbor for years and when we got to 11th grade I really started to have feelings for him. I was just too shy to act on them. I mean, I never had a boyfriend before so I didn’t know the first thing about flirting or how to get a guys attention. Sean was always so nice to me and, although I never knew, he had a crush on me from the first day he moved in next door. One day he started to flirt with me, and the rest is history. The next thing I knew I was his girlfriend. He was so sweet and caring. I really thought I was in love.
Now I stand here facing Sean while he yells at me. He thinks that I cheated on him with the star quarterback of our school. My best friend, Jenna, told me that there’s a rumor going around that I slept with Mike. He’s even going around bragging about it! After she told me this I was speechless. How can he go around bragging about something that never happened! I love Sean and can’t picture life without him! I planned to explain to Sean after school what happened. However as soon as he came through the door he started shouting slightly. “How could you do this to me Emma! I thought you loved me!” In horror I replied, “I do love you Sean! With all my heart! You’re my soul mate!!” “Then why?” he whispered, “Why would you do such a thing? And with that jerk Mike!” I could tell he was upset and hurt. He probably though I was just like his last girlfriend, Jazmine, who cheated on him with half the guys on the football team! I was there when he was heartbroken and held him while he struggled not to cry. It was that moment when we really became close and I started to develop feelings for him. He knew I was his friend and would always be there for him. Then I became his girlfriend.
When I confronted Sean about this he yelled, “Yea well that‘s not what Bianca told me!” In rage and disbelief I yelled, “I can’t believe you would listen to that stupid slut! You seriously gonna end what we have cause of her?? She’s obviously jealous!” I was hurt because I’ve never seen that side of him before. Sean just looked at me with such hatred in his eyes, like he regretted the day he ever asked me out. I didn’t wanna fight though so I said as calmly as I could, “Sean, baby, please listen to me. You know Bianca really likes you and wants you. She probably just made this whole thing up to break us up.” He laughed bitterly and said “Oh yea? So I suppose she got Mike in on this too, huh?” In a whisper I muttered “I guess so”. Sean just looked at me for 90 seconds, it felt like eternity. Now I was close to crying but I held it in. Then in the coldest voice I’ve ever heard a person use he said, “I thought you were different Em, but you’re just like them, you’re just like Jazmine. And honestly I don’t think I can go threw this again” In complete disbelief I whispered, “Sean! What are you saying??” He replied, “I’m saying it’s over between us! Don’t bother trying to talk to me ever again…I hate you.” With that he left my kitchen and stormed out of my house, out of my life. At that moment I couldn’t hold it in anymore. I burst into tears and, shaking uncontrollably, ran to my room.
Chapter 1: Present Day:
It’s been three months since I last spoke to Sean and he stormed out of my life forever. It feels like just yesterday when Sean told me, “ It’s over between us! Don’t bother trying to talk to me ever again…I hate you.” My heart still aches, I just can’t believe that he didn’t believe me, didn’t trust me. As I stare into space about to cry all over again I can hear Jenna snap her fingers and say, “Emma? Helloooo is anybody there?” I quickly snapped out of it and just barely stopped myself from crying. Jenna knew what was on my mind. She sighed and said, “ Aww Em stop thinking about that jerk Sean. If he can’t trust you than obviously you guys should not be together.” Seeing that I was still miserable, Jenna pulled me close and said, “Emma I can’t pretend I know what you’re going threw. Eric and I have been in a perfect relationship for almost three years now. But I do know what it feels like to have your heart shattered into a million pieces. Remember when my father died?” I nodded yes and sobbed into her shirt. She then said, “Just remember that no matter what I’ll always be here for you. You’re my best friend and I love you.” Somehow this made me cry even harder. Suddenly the bell rang and Jenna jumped slightly. “Oh snap!” she said, “I have English now! I gotta go if I want a seat far from Mr.T” “Yea” I laughed slightly, “ You don’t wanna get spit on while he talks” Then Jenna said “Are you sure you’re gonna be ok?” I nodded yes, she hugged me one last time, and then she rushed off to class. I just stood there for a minute thinking about how lucky I was to have Jenna. Then I panicked. I had Biology class now and if I was late one more time I would get detention. The last thing I needed was to sit in a classroom for an hour where my mind might wander to Sean. I started to run to class and as I turned the corner I bumped into something hard and fell flat on my back. I heard someone gasp and then say in the most heavenly voice I’ve ever heard, “Oh my God I’m sooo sorry! Are you ok??” As the hand reached for me and pulled me up I said, “Uh yea sure. Don’t worry about it.” Then I looked up into the most beautiful green eyes I’ve ever seen. Somehow those eyes looked so familiar to me, and I felt something stir within my heart. “Hi, I’m Jesse” he said with the cutest smile on his face. “I’m new here. What’s you’re name?” In a whisper I said, “I’m Emma”. Jesse looked at me for a second, almost like he wanted to say something else but then he just said, “Well it was nice to meet you, Emma. Hope to see you around!” Then he flashed me a big sexy smile, showing off his perfect white teeth, and turned around and left. At that moment I forgot all about Biology. I was captivated by this hunk named Jesse and I sincerely hoped that I did ‘see him around’.
It was lunch time and as I sat in the cafeteria waiting for Jenna my mind began to wander. I kept replaying the whole incident with Jesse in my head. For some reason it almost felt like I had once starred into those exact same green eyes before. I know that I'm not going crazy...I know Jesse! Soon I heard Jenna giggling; I turned around and saw Eric had his arms around her waist trying to kiss her from behind. "Stop Eric! Not here!" she said while giggling and laughing. Eric than smiled big and replied something although I couldn't hear what he said since he whispered in her ear. Then Jenna and Eric kissed, Eric left the Caf and Jenna began walking towards me. "Hey Em! How are you feeling?" she asked me when she got to our table. "I'm ok I guess just a bit confused about..." Before I could finish my statement Jenna interrupted me and said "Theres nothing to be confused about! Sean and you are not meant to be! Please just forget about him! I mean I know you're heartbroken and I can't even think about.." "Jenna!" I exclaimed a bit loudly. "Yea?" she replied back. "I wasn't talking about Sean! I was talking about Jesse..." "huh..ok so whos Jesse??" Jenna sounded confused herself. "Well" I began to explain "When you left to English and I was on my way to Biology I bumped into him in the hall and he helped me up" After a few seconds Jenna said "Well he seems like a nice guy. Whats so confusing?" "I know him! I've seen Jesse before and I know we met before" I said in a rush. "Well why don't you just ask him if you two know each other?" Jenna replied with a smile. "I really want to. Hopefully I'll get the chance..." At that moment Jenna's cell beeped. She looked down, read her text and giggled. "Its Eric. He wants me to meet him 10 minutes before lunch is over!" said Jenna with a big smile on her face. "He says he got a surprise for me! I'm so excited Em! What if its a gift for our three year Anniversary??" At that thought Jenna's smile turned into a huge grin and she grinned at me. "Maybe it is" I said with a smile. "Let me know everything after school ok?" "Ok will do!" Jenna replied. The she looked at her watch. "Wow thats in three minutes!" she squealed. "Go ahead. Go a bit early." I said to her. "Well ok" she replied back. "I'll call or text you as soon as I get home! Love ya!" she exclaimed and then pulled me in for a rather tight hug. "Love you too Jen!" I said back while I hugged her back. Then we let go of each other and she rushed out the caf. Since the last period of the day was about to start I decided to go to class a bit early.
I walked into my last class of the day, Cooking & Home Economics,and looked around. Then as I saw who was standing talking to the teacher I let out a small gasp. It was Jesse! I walked a bit closer to hear what they were saying. "..so I'm really excited about this class! Being in High School in Cali is great but I missed New York and being able to take this class!" Jesse was telling Ms.Lee with a grin. "Well then Jesse I'm happy that you are excited! Maybe you can learn how to cook by the end of the semester" she told Jesse with a smile. "Oh I know how to cook, rather well if I do say so myself" Jesse replied with yet another grin. "I'm just taking this class as a hobby since I love to cook. Doesn't hurt that I'm the only male in here" he said in a sly tone. "Well then" Ms.Lee said in a girlish tone "lets see if you got what it takes to beat out the ladies!" Then she grinned at him! Wow even Ms.Lee must think he's hot! "You bet" Jesse exclaimed. Then he winked at her! Wow! I saw their convo was over so I quickly rushed to my seat. I looked around my bag for my cell phone and while I was searching I heard Jesse say "Is this seat taken?" I looked up to see him smiling at me. "Uhh um no you are. I mean you're not. Its not!" I gushed embarrassed at myself. What was wrong with me! At that Jesse laughed and my heart skipped a beat. His laugh was music to my ears! "Well you're right. I'm not taken" he said with a flashy smile. "Are you?" Jesse stood there looking me over with that same charming smile on his face. I sat there thinking over my words carefully before I finally replied "No I'm not" "Thats good to know" Jesse said, this time with a grin on his face. Then he sat down beside me. This was my chance to ask Jesse where we knew each other from. But as I opened my mouth to ask him he faced me and said "So how are you Emma?" with a smile. He remembered my name! This made me feel really happy for some reason. "Good thanks and you?" I asked. "I'm great now that I'm sitting next to you!" He said with a grin. I was too shocked to say anything and felt as if I was about to blush so I just smiled and then faced Ms.Lee. Once everyone was seated she said "Girls I'd like you to say hello to our new student Jesse!" The entire class faced him and in a flirty tone said "Hello Jesse!" Some girls were smiling hard at him, some winked at him, one girl even lowered the neck line of her shirt to expose more cleavage! "Hello ladies!" Jesse said back and then winked to everyone in general. At that the girls started to go crazy! They were giggling a lot. For some crazy reason this made me jealous! I just sighed loudly and then Ms.Lee said "Alright alright settle down! Today we will learn the fine art of pasta and Italian cooking!" "Oh yea! Thats my specialty" Jesse said as he turned to me. "Oh yea? Cool" I said with barely a smile. Jesse saw my face and frowned slightly. "Did I say something wrong?" he asked. "No no not at all" I answered and managed to smile back at him. "Oh ok then. This should be fun!" he said still smiling at me. "Yup" I replied, more confused about my feelings then ever.
I walked home in a rush, eager to hear all about Eric's surprise for Jenna. On my way I heard Jesse's laugh in my head and saw him grinning at me. I think I really like him! At first I began to feel guilty as I thought about Sean but then I told myself "Like Jenna would tell me, Sean and I are history! If I like Jesse I can go for it with no worries!" With that thought in my head I walked the rest of the way home smiling like a dork. I barely got through the door before my cell beeped. I looked at my screen to see a text from Jenna. It said 'Em!!!??? R U home yet??!! Call meeeeee <3' I laughed a bit at her excitement and then called her right away. "Em!!! She practically yelled into my ear. "Oh my god! I'm sooo excited and a bit nervous!! NO I'm extremely nervous!! Ahh help me!!!" "Woah whats up? What was the surprise?" I asked. "Eric has rented us a cabin upstate!! We're going to spend the weekend alone for our anniversary, just us! He said its time we show each other our love for one another!" Jennas voice had a mix of emotions. "Well do you think its time? Are you even ready??" I asked. "Well I don't know! I mean, I love him with all my heart but I just don't know! My parents want me to wait till I'm married to lose my virginity and I thought I felt the same way. Its just..." At that she stopped and sighed. "Its just what?" I asked her in wonder. "Well I'm not sure about all of this. We came so close to doing it so many times but I always stopped him. What if I tell him yes but then stop him again and he hates me! I don't know if I want to or not!" Jenna really did sound torn. "Listen Jenna. You are a senior in High School. You're 18 years old and been with him since you were about 15. I think you should be able to chose whats best for you. Just follow your heart." "Yea I guess your right" she said. "And plus thats not for another 2 weeks! So you have 2 weeks to think about it!" I told her. "Yea you are right! Thanks so much Em!" "No problem Jen! I have some work to do so I'll talk to you later ok?" "Ok thanks again! Love you Em" she said and I answered "Love you too" and then I hung up. If Jenna and Eric end up having sex Jenna will no longer be a virgin. Just me. I sighed and got out my books to start my homework. After about two hours each of Math and an essay for history I was tired. I decided to look through my 'Sean Box' which held all the letters he ever wrote me and all the gifts he ever got me. I didn't want to have feelings for Jesse. I wanted Sean! I layed on my bed thinking about Sean and as tears rolled down my cheeks my cell buzzed. When I looked I saw it was a text from Sean! 'Hey Em. How are you? well I was wondering if you could come over? I miss you and need you. -Love Always Sean' I smiled and became very happy. Maybe Sean was going to tell me how he knew he was wrong and he wants to get back together!
Music played softly and I could hear a soft breeze outside. "I'm so glad that we got back together" a sexy male voice whispered in my ear. Then hot lips began kissing down my neck. I shivered and barely was able to say "Sean?" "Hmm?" he said as he continued to kiss down my neck. Before I could ask why we were doing this he picked me up and layed me on the bed which was covered in rose petals. I couldn't see Sean's face but he seemed happy. At first it felt odd that we were together again but then I decided to enjoy myself. He really knew how to drive a girl crazy with his lips! I felt his hot breath go back up my neck and I closed my eyes. Then he leaned in and kissed me. The kiss was normal at first. Then as the seconds passed we began to kiss harder. I felt his tongue in my mouth and his hands on my butt. Sean was really turning me on! I put my tongue in his mouth and began rubbing his back. He moaned and then moved on top of me. His mouth left my lips and he began to undress me. Then he moved his mouth and hands all over my body. He was rubbing and kissing me in so many places that my body felt like it was on fire! I moaned and begged him although I wasn't sure what I was begging for. Then he went down on me. It didn't even hurt. I thought it would be fast and wild but he was slow and gentle. He had me digging my nails in his back while he moved within me. He whispered in my ear how much he loved me and how beautiful I was. I felt so much pleasure that I couldn't help myself. I squirmed under him and moaned "Ohh Jesse!" As soon as I realized what I said I looked up. Jesse was smiling down at me! "I love you so much baby" he said with a look in his eyes like he was the luckiest guy in the world. Without even realizing what was going on I said "I love you too Jess". Just as I was about to explode I gasped and sat upright in bed. What is wrong with me?? I just dreamed that I was making love to Jesse, not Sean, and it seemed so right! I checked my cell and saw Sean had never texted me. I dreamed that too! My body was hot, I was aching with need and I was all sweaty. I shivered as the dream replayed in my head over and over again.