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Was he serious right now? Standing there, patting her on the head like she was some kitten? Just assuming she’d take the blame? Nope. Not happening.
“And what? I don’t? You’re not the only one with plans, Chad.” He might have had more plans than Emma (as most of Emma’s plans either involved hanging out with Ben and/or Harry, who just happened to be Chad’s roommate) but that didn’t mean she was completely without them. And yes, chances were that her parents would be way more lenient than her Uncle James, but why take that chance? Harry was this close to asking her on a real date. No way could she be grounded.
“I have no problem sharing the blame, but I’m not taking it all. Not when the whole reason we crashed was that you were texting stupid Audrey!” It wasn’t that Emma had anything against Audrey as an individual, it was just that she seemed to enable Chad -- making him take the grandstanding to a whole new level. It got exhausting after a while.
“You do realize by doing that, that you’ve turned us into a fucking PSA, right? A walking, talking example of why one shouldn’t text and drive. It’s all our parents are going to talk about. How we’re so lucky it wasn’t worse. Unless...” She paused for a moment, thinking. “We need a cover story.”