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Slices of Pie
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Chapter 4:- Meet the Boyfriend
I met him in robotics - he was captain of the robotics team, and I was the only girl on the team. Of course we got together. His name was Emmet - such a sweetheart. I told him everything - almost everything. For example, I chose not to share my addiction to lying. Maybe I embellished my story a little to make him feel bad for me, though goodness knows it doesn't need embellishing. Well he was a sweetheart. But so absurdly moral. He liked me; everyone knew it. He even told me so. But I was going out with another guy. So when I asked, "Emmet, if I dump Aden, will you go out with me?" he actually turned my down. But I dumped Aden anyway, and the next day Emmet asked me out. Funny how that works. So now it was summer, and of course we couldn't see each other. We chatted online all summer though. There was one point where he got pretty pissed at me though. James, an ex boyfriend and close friend, called me and invited me to the movies. So I went. Just the two of us. Romantic comedy. You can imagine Emmet was pretty pissed - in his eyes I was cheating. But, really? I never go back out with an ex. It was just a friendly movie. So what if he still likes me? I kept my distance, as I should.
Sometimes, Emmet would ask me: How much do you cut? It might have been more meaningful if it hadn’t been over an online chat, but I’ll take what I can get.
Emmet: srry
my laptop died
i had to plug it in
me: oh, ok. no problem. :)
10:23 PM gabby is bugging, wanting 2 kno why i cut. ugh.
10:24 PM Emmet: but she cuts too
doesn't she understand why she does it?
me: actually, yah, i'm pretty sure i kno why she does it, and if i'm right then so does she.
10:25 PM Emmet: oh, why?
me: her sister, who she mimics in EVERYTHING cuts
Emmet: oh, whos her sister
10:26 PM me: idk wat her 1st name is
10:27 PM i think she's mad that i won't tell her, cuz she just signed out, lol
Emmet: tell her what?
im confused
me: why i cut.
10:28 PM Emmet: oh, got it
me: yup.
Emmet: well, ive got to go in 2 min
anything else new?
10:29 PM me: ummm...wat kind of new would u like?
Emmet: anythig
things are just so boring here that i'll take anything
10:30 PM me: well, i cut every other night now...
Emmet: woah
you really should stop
10:31 PM me: w/e, it's no big deal.
Emmet: i'm realy worried
okay
me: sry. :(
Emmet: i trust you
just don't kill yourself
that would be really bad
me: won't kill myself.
i promise
Emmet: thanks
10:32 PM i definitely wouldn't want that
me: lol, thnx.
and shouldn't i be thanking u, not the other way around?
Emmet: nope
you've been really nice to me
so i thank you
10:33 PM me: u wer nice 2 me first... remember, no one in robotics would talk 2 me?
Emmet: yeah
but you were really nice
10:34 PM just being there
me: thnx. :)
Emmet: well, ive g2g
Like I said: such a sweetheart. An adorably clueless sweetheart. If only he had known. Reading it, it all seems so contrived. I mean, seriously? I don't talk very realistically. "What’s new" "oh I cut every other night." who would say that? Seriously? I'm an idiot.
Emmet is just another slice of pie, just another miserable little piece. His role was one he could not have guessed - he was my escape. Sure, I liked him, I guess. But I think I used him, to make myself feel more secure. He cared for me, and in his presence I felt the overwhelming safety. As if he could protect me from everything - from my angry father, from the scorching glares of my classmates. He was like my safety bubble. Or maybe just i was just trying to remain oblivious to my own life.
I met him in robotics - he was captain of the robotics team, and I was the only girl on the team. Of course we got together. His name was Emmet - such a sweetheart. I told him everything - almost everything. For example, I chose not to share my addiction to lying. Maybe I embellished my story a little to make him feel bad for me, though goodness knows it doesn't need embellishing. Well he was a sweetheart. But so absurdly moral. He liked me; everyone knew it. He even told me so. But I was going out with another guy. So when I asked, "Emmet, if I dump Aden, will you go out with me?" he actually turned my down. But I dumped Aden anyway, and the next day Emmet asked me out. Funny how that works. So now it was summer, and of course we couldn't see each other. We chatted online all summer though. There was one point where he got pretty pissed at me though. James, an ex boyfriend and close friend, called me and invited me to the movies. So I went. Just the two of us. Romantic comedy. You can imagine Emmet was pretty pissed - in his eyes I was cheating. But, really? I never go back out with an ex. It was just a friendly movie. So what if he still likes me? I kept my distance, as I should.
Sometimes, Emmet would ask me: How much do you cut? It might have been more meaningful if it hadn’t been over an online chat, but I’ll take what I can get.
Emmet: srry
my laptop died
i had to plug it in
me: oh, ok. no problem. :)
10:23 PM gabby is bugging, wanting 2 kno why i cut. ugh.
10:24 PM Emmet: but she cuts too
doesn't she understand why she does it?
me: actually, yah, i'm pretty sure i kno why she does it, and if i'm right then so does she.
10:25 PM Emmet: oh, why?
me: her sister, who she mimics in EVERYTHING cuts
Emmet: oh, whos her sister
10:26 PM me: idk wat her 1st name is
10:27 PM i think she's mad that i won't tell her, cuz she just signed out, lol
Emmet: tell her what?
im confused
me: why i cut.
10:28 PM Emmet: oh, got it
me: yup.
Emmet: well, ive got to go in 2 min
anything else new?
10:29 PM me: ummm...wat kind of new would u like?
Emmet: anythig
things are just so boring here that i'll take anything
10:30 PM me: well, i cut every other night now...
Emmet: woah
you really should stop
10:31 PM me: w/e, it's no big deal.
Emmet: i'm realy worried
okay
me: sry. :(
Emmet: i trust you
just don't kill yourself
that would be really bad
me: won't kill myself.
i promise
Emmet: thanks
10:32 PM i definitely wouldn't want that
me: lol, thnx.
and shouldn't i be thanking u, not the other way around?
Emmet: nope
you've been really nice to me
so i thank you
10:33 PM me: u wer nice 2 me first... remember, no one in robotics would talk 2 me?
Emmet: yeah
but you were really nice
10:34 PM just being there
me: thnx. :)
Emmet: well, ive g2g
Like I said: such a sweetheart. An adorably clueless sweetheart. If only he had known. Reading it, it all seems so contrived. I mean, seriously? I don't talk very realistically. "What’s new" "oh I cut every other night." who would say that? Seriously? I'm an idiot.
Emmet is just another slice of pie, just another miserable little piece. His role was one he could not have guessed - he was my escape. Sure, I liked him, I guess. But I think I used him, to make myself feel more secure. He cared for me, and in his presence I felt the overwhelming safety. As if he could protect me from everything - from my angry father, from the scorching glares of my classmates. He was like my safety bubble. Or maybe just i was just trying to remain oblivious to my own life.
