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Marley didn't feel like she could sleep when she got home. She felt far too wired to be able to unwind just yet. The first thing her mother did was yell when she got home since the brunette hadn't called to say that she wouldn't be home for dinner. Her mother started to go on and on about being worried sick about how long Marley had been gone. She had explained to her parents that she had already eaten though, that she had managed to lose track of time.
Her mother tried to start an argument with Marley but she didn't bite the bait. There was no way that she was going to fight with her parents tonight after all. Not letting her mother ruin her good mood, she promised that she would call next time that she was going to have dinner with a friend and then hugged the woman. Her mother was so taken by surprise that she couldn't seem to be upset with her daughter after that. She just nodded and smiled softly as Marley headed upstairs.
She took the stairs two at a time, wanting to get upstairs although she wasn't sure why that was. She headed for her room and sat down on her bed for a moment, thinking about Emmett and wondering what their date would be like. She still couldn't believe that someone like him wanted to date someone like her. It didn't take long for Marley to get antsy though so she got up and grabbed a pair of pink pajama bottoms, ones that were covered with little white sheep and fluffy, cartoony looking clouds and a pink camisole before heading for the bathroom. A shower seemed like just the thing to ease her mind.
Marley took her time under the hot spray, her mind still reeling a bit. She hadn't worried this much when she found out that Emmett was a vampire although she couldn't explain it. None of that scared her but the idea of going on a date with him seemed to freak her out. Taking a bit longer than she normally would have, which included shampooing her hair twice, Marley stepped out of the shower, reaching for a white fluffy towel. She dried off, got dressed and headed back to her room as she ran her brush through her long brown hair.
Tying her hair into a ponytail, she sat down at her desk, pulling out some of her homework. She had Emmett hadn't really had time for homework and she had done quite a bit of it at school so she didn't have too much to work on right now. Still Marley knew that she needed to pass the time somehow and since she had told her parents that she was doing homework at Emmett's house, well, it seemed like a good idea to get it done. Between the tour and meeting his family and then hanging out in his room, Marley hadn't had time for homework while at Emmett's house.
After putting everything away, she considered calling Kendra but it was getting later and she knew that Kendra would just want to come over. Right now she didn't think that her parents would be okay with that. Instead she tried to lie down in bed, putting on her headphones as she pulled out a book to read. She thought that maybe if she read for a bit, it would quiet her mind. She couldn't get past the first page though, her mind swirling with thoughts. Tonight, it seemed like her brain just didn't want to turn itself off. Tomorrow after school she was going to go on a date with Emmett Cullen and she knew that she was more nervous than she had been about going to meet his family today.
She glanced over at the digital clock beside her bed before rolling out of bed and standing in front of her closet. There was no way that she was getting any sleep any time soon so she figured that she should do something productive with her time. The brunette sorted through all the clothes in her closet, which was a significant amount ever since Alice took her shopping, and slowly she put together an outfit. She wanted to look pretty tomorrow but she didn't want her outfit to scream 'I'm going on a date later' because she was pretty sure her parents wouldn't be happy about that.
She was finding it difficult to find an outfit that would work for school and still be really cute to wear on a date with Emmett though. She blew out a puff of air, trying to get some hair out of her face as she held a shirt up to look at herself in the full-length mirror on the back of her closet door. Hanging it back up, Marley quickly reached for another rubber band, tying her hair up again, this time in a messy bun before she went back to looking through her closet. After awhile, just holding things up didn't seem to work for her so she started trying on outfits, slowly making her way through almost everything that she seemed to own.
It took some time for her to put together an outfit that she liked but Marley finally settled on a bright, neon green top that would tie in the front, right at her waist, a pair of white jeans and a matching pair of neon green heels. It wouldn't be terrible to wear to school, although the heels might be, but it would still be cute for her date with Emmett. Satisfied with her choice, Marley laid it out on the back of the chair at her desk before slipping back into bed again. She knew she wasn't going to get much sleep tonight but she was okay with that. There were too many butterflies in her stomach to keep her from really getting any rest anyway.
She laid in bed, staring at the ceiling for a while. The only sounds she could hear were the sounds of the crickets outside of her opened window and the sounds of the house settling. She kept her window open in case Emmett decided to show up. Maybe he would come to see her and maybe he wouldn't. All that the brunette knew was that she was too excited to fall asleep just yet. Slowly her eyes fluttered closed. After awhile sleep overtook her and Marley drifted off, curled up in her blanket.