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Chapter 5

Emily couldn't stay in the same house with her sister, they never got along and she was sure a fight would erupt if she stayed longer.

she went back to Bella's house instead after her mother left. Bella was excited to see her, Bella thought she would come back the next day, she had hugged her at the door and asked that they check out the gifts.

Bella had told her friends in advance to make sure they gift Emily something for her birthday as an entrance fee.

She watched Emily open the first wrap as they sat on the bed.

"From Matthew," Emily smiled bringing out a little card, she read out the content, "Will you be my girlfriend, love Matthew."

She smiled at Bella who was already laughing, Bella jerked the card from her and read the content again just to be sure Emily wasn't bluffing.

"We haven't even started and you already have an admirer," Bella wasn't surprised by Matthew's card, he had even asked Bella to ask Emily to the prom.

"Oh please," Emily waved it off and took the next gift box, it was a bigger than the first.

"So you don't like Matthew?" Bella wanted to know how Emily felt about him, before she tell her about Matthew's request.

"No I don't."

"But he is cute, I mean he is attractive."

"Yeah he is," Emily replied opening the ribbon wrapped around the box.

"So I mean he is like your spec," Bella continued.

"Oh my this gown is the bomb," Emily said standing up from the bed and placing the gown over her body. It was a mini silver gown, it was simple but elegant.

"I have something like this," Bella said excited that they could twin in it, she rushed out of bed, opened her wardrobe and looked for the gown.

"Are you sure?" Emily knew Bella had a lot of clothes but she hadn't seen this gown before.

"Here it is," Bella brought the gown out. "It's from Klar where you work."

Emily had always wanted to buy any product from Klar but the zeros behind each cloth and accessories was something she couldn't afford. She was so excited to have one of their gowns in her hand. She checked the box to see who it was from.

Matthew!

"What exactly is going on with you and Matthew?"

"What are you talking about?"

"This was the same way you were trying to match me with crazy John."

"What? No it's not that, but you do find Matthew to be attractive right?"

"What are you up to?" Emily asked again sitting on the bed and picking another gift box.

"Well ... He wants or rather he is gonna ask you to the prom... I don't mean to ruin it."

"I understand, so he asked you to ask me?" Emily didn't like men who weren't straight forward with what they wanted. Why couldn't he come to talk to her?

"Not really, he told me he did ask you but well em..." Bella sat on the bed.

"You like him?" Emily interrupted.

"Am I being selfish?"

"You are being a good friend," Emily held her hand in hers. "There is nothing wrong in expressing how you feel about someone, so do you like, like him, like him or you just like him?"

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