Emily's POV

Its been a month since the conversation I had with Luke that night and its great. He is being decent with me and no longer ignoring me. He helps me with homework sometimes and I also return the favor by teaching him to play a few chords on the guitar. Justin, Cole, Alex, Alice, Luke and me have become a group of close friends and hang out together almost everyday and for once in the past 3 years, I am really happy. with everyone here to support me even if they don't know anything about my parents, they have made me feel at home and I am genuinely happy for once.

"We should go out today. its been so long since we last went out as a group. what do you say?" Alice asked everyone. We are now having lunch at the cafeteria.

"And its Friday so I don't think anyone will have a problem." Alice continues.

"Sounds like a plan. count me in." says Justin and everyone agrees.

"Okay, so where should we go?" Cole asks seeing everyone for a reply.

"We should go to the amusement park. you know. the new one?" Alice says. everyone agrees to go and we part different ways to get ready. All our classes are over so we decide to leave in an hour.

I walk with Luke to our dorm. We chat about homework and studies and music.

lately I've come to know many things about Luke. We both like music. He plays the drums, although I've never seen him play but I know he is good. actually he is good at everything. He has perfect marks, plays music, he also plays basketball, not professionally but still very good and he has good looks. Every girl in the college drools over him. And once you get to know him a little, you realize he is not so bad, he is cooperative and kind. He still reserved around me because we know each other for only a little above a month but I'm okay with it because I too haven't told him anything about my family too.

Ever since we've been friends everything is been going great. I don't know why but sometimes it feels weird when I say 'just friends'.

Its because you want to be more than friends with him.

what? pssshhht no. Of course not. Shut up inner self!

Why can't you just accept the fact that you like him?

I don't like him. We're just friends. Now can you shut the fuck up inner self I am starting to have the feeling that I am going crazy.

"You okay?" Luke asked snapping me out of my thoughts. I look up to him, he is standing in front of our dorm with his hands in his pockets looking at me intently.

"Yeah I'm fine. why wouldn't I be?" I replied.

He nodded his head and entered the dorm replying."Nothing . You were just quite so I thought you got your period."

"What? Why would you think I got my period?" I asked shocked.

"I don't know." he shrugged.

"Weird" I muttered to myself.

I got dressed in black skinny jeans with a grey tank top and a red, black and grey button shirt with the buttons open. I pulled out my grey converse and left my brown wavy hair open. Luke was also dressed in black jeans and a simple white t-shirt with white toms. He looked hot! like really hot. His messy brown hair looked shiny and soft. Only if I could run my hands through it.

Wait a minute...... NOT AGAIN. Why do I keep checking him out? Yeah he is good looking but its not that I like him or anything.

But you do.

Ughh. inner self stop talking to me. I am definitely going crazy.

"Ready to go?" Luke asked snapping me out of my thoughts. I nodded and we left. We met up with everyone in the cafeteria and left for the amusement park.

Once we reached there, a sudden adrenaline rush went through my body when I saw huge and scary roller coasters and rides in front of me.

"Close your mouth or you'll catch flies" I heard Justin say. I glared playfully at him and we continued walking. We decided to go on all the small rides first because the boys were saying that we should start 'light' or whatever. We went to the carousal and bumper cars where the boys got stuck because me and Alice decided that we should stop our cars side by side in the middle of the track and when all the boys came attacking we move at the last moment which resulted in the boys getting umped into echo other and getting stuck because of the clumsiness of the cars. It was really fun.

There weren't many small rides so we were finished within half an hour.

We decided to grab a bite and went to the hot dog and pretzel stands. I didn't particularly want to eat any thing

*cough* Anorexia *cough*

But decided I should probably eat or I'll soon faint with all the adrenaline pumping in my body. I took a small hot dog and nibbled on it.

"Are you going to eat it?" Cole asked me eyeing my hot dog which was only half eaten.

"No, you can take it" I replied.

"Dude give it back to her" Luke said a little angrily. Why is he angry?

"Why? she said I can take it" Cole said with a confused expression on his face.

"Yeah Luke let him have it. I am not hungry anyway." I said. Luke eyed me cautiously but shrugged it off.

"So who wants to go for the big rides?" Justin asked.

"Yay! lets go" me and Alice said at the same time running towards the first coater with the boys following behind.

We went for every coaster in the amusement park and were left with only one  roller coaster and the giant wheel which we decided to go in the last. It was really fun sitting on the rides. At first the boys thought that me and Alice would be scared to go on any other coasters after the first one but they were shocked to see us running towards the next after we got off the first one. Yeah I may have a small body but I am a fearless badass. I mostly sat with Alice in all of them but sometime I was paired with Justin or Alex too.

Alex has lately warmed up to me. We still talk less but its much better from before when our conversation was mostly 'yes' or 'no'.

We were currently walking towards the last roller coaster which was a little far away. I was walking with Alice while the boys were in front of us.

"You like him." Alice says.

"What?" I ask her confused about who she was talking about.

"Luke. You like Luke. Admit it. we've all seen how you look at him sometimes in the cafeteria." she says smiling.

"I don't like him Alice. We're just friends." I said.

"Sure" she said still smiling. What does she mean by that?

Ever since we have been friends. Luke has been treating me good. He hasn't been rude to me once.  And I admit, I care about him, but just as friends. Even though its hard to ignore the tingling sensation I get whenever we accidentally brush our shoulders. I am still not sure of the feelings I have for him. But I am certain that he doesn't have any feelings for me. Why would he like a girl like me?

I am the perfect definition of imperfection.

He will never like me more than a friend.

Currently the boys who are walking ahead of us are teasing him about something and he is obviously getting frustrated.

"You like her dude. admit it" I hear Justin say. Who are they talking about? Does Luke really like someone? It hurt a little thinking of it.

"it's not a bad thing" I faintly hear Alex say. Who is this girl they are talking about? And why do I care?

It must be some girl named Maria. Yup, over the past month I've heard her name quite a few times. Luke sometimes mutters her name in his sleep. No, he doesn't sleep talk. he just occasionally mutters some phrases and a lot of phrases have Maria in them. I've never really bothered about it till now thinking maybe she is his sister or something. But now that I hear the boys talking about Luke liking someone, I am suddenly curious to know who she is. Maybe I would ask him when were in the dorm.

Luke's POV

Ughh these boys are killing me. literally. We are walking towards the last roller coaster and they haven't stopped bugging me.

"You like her man. Admit it" Justin says for the umpteenth time. Oh god not again. As the roller coaster is a little far away, the boys have taken this as an opportunity to persuade me to admit that I like Emily, which I totally do not...or do i?

"C'mon man, we've seen the way you look at her. Its not a bad thing you know" Alex says.

"I am saying this for the last time, I do NOT like her, were just friends." I say finally getting frustrated. They all sigh and keep quite. Emily and I are friends, nothing more. Its a little weird when I say 'friends'. I don't know why.

Because you like her dickhead.

What? Pssshhht I do not.

You do bro. You do.

Whatever.

We reach the roller coaster and stand in the long line. Its the biggest roller coaster in the park. Its really big with three hoops and a 100 feet drop. I see Emily tense a little at the sight of it. She's nervous. She wasn't nervous in the previous rides. In fact she ran from one ride to another. She really likes roller coasters. She isn't like other girls who get scared and scream uncontrollably and cling onto someones arm till it breaks and flys off into the air.

She is different. She is adventurous and fearless. I like that. I like her. Wait... no no no I don't like her. Bad Luke. And even if I did, she would just leave me for someone better. Just like Maria.

But she is not Maria. My mind says.

That's true. Emily is nothing like Maria. Emily is different. A good kind of different. Maria was like Alice. she was outgoing and hardcore. But Emily is conserved. She is secretive. not around us. We are her friends and she acts as crazy as Alice when she's around us. But not around other people. When another classmate or a stranger talks to her, she becomes the shy and mysterious Emily.

But Emily is still hiding something from us. I know it. And I am certain that its about her parents.

You ask why?

Because in the past month I've come to know a lot of things about Emily. We talk about almost everything, but whenever I ask her about her parents, she tenses, starts stuttering and changes the topic as soon as possible. I don't know why I care, but I do. I am not sure about liking her as more than friends but I am certain that I care about her. And I don't like it she she becomes nervous on the topic of parents.

I am curious about her. I am curious about what she eats. She thinks no one notices her but she's wrong. I've seen her eating very little. Is she some kind of a diet? Maybe thats why she's always eating fruits or salad. I think I would ask her about it when we are at the dorm.

As off right now, I am really enjoying the sight of Emily standing in the line and staring nervously at the roller coaster.

This should be fun.

Emily's POV

OH MY GOD.

That's what I thought when I saw the roller coaster. It was huge, really huge. the rest of the roller coasters weren't as huge as this one.

As a hardcore fan of roller coasters, I hate to say this, but I am scared. a little.

I am just staring at the coaster as the waiting line is getting shorter.

Its not like I don't want to ride it or something. I do. But I am nervous about it.

"Okay so who is sitting with who on this one?" Alex asks everyone.

Alice is the first to reply," I am sitting with Cole. This is a huge ass coaster so I want to sit beside him." Cole grabs her by the waist and gives her a small peck on the lips smiling.

AWW.

"I am sitting with Justin." Alex says smiling at Justin.

"Aw, don't worry Alex, I'll protect you" Justin says and they both hug.

AWW they are so cute. #bromance.

"So that leaves me with Ems" Luke says slinging his hand across my shoulder smiling lightly at me.

Trust me, I was a little happy to sit with Luke on this one and also happy because I haven't ridden with him in any of the previous rides. I blush a little when he calls me Ems. Only my parents called me Ems.

I gave him a little smile too and we all waited for our turn to ride. As we got closer to our turn, I started shaking a little.

"You okay?" Luke asked smirking at me.

"Yeah I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" I asked him.

"You're shaking. are you scared?" he asked still smirking at me.

Dickhead.

"I am not scared. Just a little nervous" I said.

"Don't be" Luke said, squeezing my shoulders a little."It'll be okay" he then added.

I just nodded and relaxed a little by his friendly gesture.

This is gonna be one hell of a ride.

..........................................................................................................................................................................

Soooooo? How is it? Do you like it? Please comment and let me know.

Thanks for reading this far.

Love ya.

bye!