Assistance - A Blemily Fic (Written by Erin)
It was probably safe to say that the first couple weeks at Emily's new school hadn't been all that smooth. She had been late to at least one class a day, her homework was already piling up, and she could feel judging stares on her every time she walked anywhere. On one particularly crummy day, she was pulling her books out of her locker as the crowds bustled around her. As they pushed past her, she could hear snippets of conversation amongst the upperclassmen (even though she was only a sophomore, the only lockers available to her when she'd started were in the seniors' hallway). More than one of them involved hushed exchanges about the “weirdo transfer kid from Ohio.”
Upon hearing these, Emily's teeth clenched together as she fought to put a smile on her face, spinning around on her heel and closing her locker door behind her, her books in her arms. As she tried to walk away from the locker, though, something suddenly yanked her back and she fell backwards, her back smashing into the locker wall behind her and books flying away from her to scatter over the floor. Of course, in her haste to get moving to class, Emily had closed the bottom of her jacket in her locker, which had caught and caused her to lose her balance when she tried to walk away. Of course, she silently said to herself as she slipped her arms out of her jacket sleeves, what else could go wrong today?
That question was promptly answered when she started hearing people laughing at her as they walked by, not even bothering to try and help. Emily sighed, starting to crawl around on the floor to try and gather her things together before hearing a voice, “Hey... need some help?”
Looking up to where the voice had come from, Emily found herself coming to face-to-face with... well... a face. A familiar face. His face. The face of Blake Jenner; football quarterback, salutatorian for the senior class, and had a smile that melted the hearts of every single girl in the school. He was probably the most prime stock in the building, and he was stopping to help some lowly sophomore newbie.
Blake smiled, taking the hand that wasn't holding some of Emily's books and offering it to her, pulling her to her feet. Even though neither of them said a word, the two shared a smile and the kindness of the gesture sent Emily's stomach flipping inexplicably. Hm. Maybe it won't be so bad here after all.















