Emily Arrives In Manhatten

Emily looked at her watch to make sure she didn't miss her train. She was leaving for New York City any minute to see Sara. She didn't miss it, as it arrived precisely on time. She got on, carrying her luggage and the new pink handbag she got from TJ MAX. As  she found her seat, she found someone parked beside her reading a US Weekly magazine. She looked up as Emily sat down. "Hi, I'm Kelly, I believe we've met." Suddenly it all came back, " YES! Kelly, I remember you! We were BFF's in the 2nd grade. What are you doing here?" Kelly beamed with joy, "I am getting married." "WOW," Emily exclaimed, "Where are you living these days?" "I live in Tampa, Florida, but am meeting my fiance' up in Manhattan. He lives there and so am I now," Kelly paused, "How about you?" "Just going to see a friend of mine," Emily stated, "I guess we'll both be in Manhattan. I'm glad I ran into you! Who's your fiance'? " "His name is Seth," she said, flashing the gorgeous diamond on her left ring finger. "That's beautiful! I'd love to meet him sometime," Emily replied. The train was long but gave the two pals a chance to talk more about their lives. As it stopped they realized they had arrived at the train station. They said their goodbyes with promises to visit each other while they were near by. Kelly waved her hand, and a taxi halted in front of her. Sara was picking her up at the station, so she waited til she saw a red convertible. An attractive guy was talking to Sara as Emily stared. The guy leaped out to take Emily's luggage and stow it in the trunk, then opened a side door. Sara quickly introduced Sebastian to Emily. "Nice to meet you," Emily replied, giving his hand a good shake."A friend of Sara's is a friend of mine," he said coolly. While they were driving there was lots of chatter as Sara conversed with Emily and Sebastian at the same time. When they car stopped, they got out and met Meredith on the front stoop of the apartment building. Meredith hugged Emily. "Glad your here!" Meredith was very excited, she hadn't seen Emily in a while. As Emily settled in she realized she was exhausted and crashed on the couch. Later that evening as she awoke she got dressed for dinner. She assumed they'd go out to eat. As they departed, she felt left out as the other girls chatted continuously. Time Square was all lit up at night! Emily felt like she was in a different world than the one she lived in back home. She followed the girls, and soon saw Lizzie waiting for them all. Lizzie squealed when she saw Emily, and they hugged. "WOW! Your here!" Lizzie said. She was buzzing with gossip on the TV show Glee. they entered a well lit room with ornate pictures of Italy on the walls. Emily loved the Gondola sailing though Venice. She'd been there before with Liz with their Italian class in high school. Lizzie tugged Emily along, and they sat in a comfortable booth. The waiter brought their menu's out right away. Emily was impressed. All through out dinner they clinked glasses of wine, and in Emily's case a "Virgin" Pin Colada'. Emily was speechless as Sara told them how she was going to be in Wicked, a play rewritten for the Dreamer's, a theater group for young adults with disabilities. She was happy for Sara, but then Sebastian entered and kissed Sara on the lips. "OK! That's too much PDA!" Emily joked. They didn't listen though; being too engrossed in one another. Emily didn't have a man, but was perfectly happy. She worked at the Special Olympics as an Office Assistant. Her job was all she needed right now.When dinner was over, and Emily was stuffed to the gills with Pasta Alfredo, they left. Lizzie payed for the whole group, even though Emily said she'd pay for her meal. She felt bad when others payed for her. By the way the bill was very expensive. As they left, they headed to do some window shopping before hitting the ice rink. Emily saved her money, and was unstable with on the smooth surface of the ice rink. She fell twice! She decided to head back, when she ran into Kelly, and a young man, who must be Seth. They embraced and she introduced them to her other friends. Kelly, Seth, and her left, and went to get ice cream. Emily welcomed the ice cream since her butt was sore from falling. Kelly asked Emily if she was having fun. Emily said the city was a little new to her, but yeah she was. She told her about Sara and Sebastian. Kelly's mouth formed an O-shape! "Oh NO!" Kelly raised her voice. People stared at them before going back to what they were doing. She whispered, "Sara needs to know the truth." Emily replied, "What is it?" " Well," Kelly heaved a sigh "I was caught up with him in the same way Sara is, he told me he loved me, that he'd never hurt me, and then I walk in on him with some other woman. I've heard similar stories from other people. He's bad news!" Emily was shocked! That night she told Sara, but Sara dismissed it."She's probably talking about someone else. Sebastian loves me." Over the week, Emily started to have fun shopping and sight seeing everything the city had to offer. By Friday, Sara and her went into a local bar. Sara went to the bathroom first. Some one tapped Emily from behind. It was a good looking man in his late 20's. "Hi, beautiful!" "What kind of line is that?!" Emily stated. He continued to flirt with her, until she told him to go away. Right when Sara came out, she stared, and shouted to the young man, "Get away from my friend, ALEC!" Alec tensed up, and said teasingly, "Jealous?" "You wish!" Sara retorted. Sebastian stepped in just then,"Whats up?" Sara snuggled up to him, and looked away, "Nothing, baby! Do you want to leave this place and crash somewhere else." They kissed in front of Emily while Alec was there. Alec pretended disgust, but Emily saw longing in his eyes. He still loved her. Emily felt bad for him, he wasn't trying to be a jerk to Sara. He was hurting. Just then, Lizzie dropped in, and said, "Guys, there's this really good singer playing any minute. Matt is here by the way!" Then she disappeared in the crowd. Emily realized the group had left her. She felt lonely. Alec was still behind her when she turned around. Emily bumped into him, apologizing. He moved away quickly and was working his lines on the next girl. But he stared at her several times. She looked away. Finally, the entertainment started. A guy with blond, spiky hair sung out the most outrageous notes. It was a little loud for her tastes. She wiggled her way through the crowd as someone spilled beer all over her nice top. "Sorry" he apologized. He looked up at her. He had green eyes, and black messy hair. "I'm Jordan",and when she didn't respond, "Are you new here? I haven't seen you around." "Yeah" Emily said catching her breath. "So," he said, "Are you here temporarily?" "Yeah, just visiting a friend," she replied. "Too bad," he said, "Your cute!" Emily blushed. Right then, Meredith found her and said they were going to see a movie. "Go ahead," Emily replied. Meredith didn't need to connect the dots, and nodded, moving away.