Immediately I saw the car, I knew that whosoever was in there hadn't seen me yet. So that was my chance to bolt away from where I was standing. And quick.
Emily was staring at me with a puzzled look on her face. I grabbed her hand and as I pulled her back into the house, I told her what had just happened.
I quickly rushed her into my room looking around for where she could hide for now, but she was way ahead of me.
She climbed right into my closet, signalling me to lock it up. By now, the person in the car had entered the house, shutting the door.
Shit. My dad must not find her here.
I had no time. I wasn't really comfortable with the idea at first, but realising what could happen if my dad found her, I quickly locked up the closet and put the key in my pocket.
"Daniel!" Someone called.
"Yes, who is it?" I asked, calming myself down I walked towards the living room.
"It's me Danny." Judy said.
Wait, Judy?
"What the heck, Judy?!" I said. Approaching the living room, I saw Judy, sipping something in a transparent cup.
She was the one in mom's car?
"W- how did you- did you take Mom's car to your party?" I asked, boiling with rage.
"Hey, cool down bro. Just felt like taking that baby for a ride."
I was totally furious.
"Oh, mom's surely gonna hear about this when she's back." I threatened.
"Danny dear, let's even imagine that you've got the guts to tell Mom, she would never believe you. Besides, I left the car exactly how I met it. And moreover, you have no damn evidence. So, for your own safety, keep that mouth shut."
"Why would you even take Mom's car? You have a bike, don't you?"
"Dude, stop talking please."
I felt I had a bigger problem than Judy, so I gave up the topic.
"Whatever. I'm going to my room."
"Yeah, good for you."
I got to my room, shut the door and stealthily unlocked my closet.
"Who was it?" Emily asked when she saw me.
"My sister, Judy."
She nodded.
I decided to help her out of the closet and put out my hand. She took it, trying to get out of the closet but her leg was caught in one of my shirts. In that process, she lost balance and fell, landing right on top of me.
I couldn't but feel the weight of her body, landing on mine and our faces were only inches apart. I realised if I was going to do anything, this was the time. But before I could take any action, she had already gotten off me, and sat on the ground.
I cleared my throat and sat, likewise her.
"Uh, your room is really nice. Well arranged, at least you're not like some other ninth graders I know." She said, obviously avoiding another awkward silence.
I was guessing the 'other ninth grader' was Adam.
"Oh, yeah. Thanks." I smiled.
"So, are your parents always out like this?"
"No, not really. My Mom is always home with us, while my Dad works on weekdays, and usually comes back very late in the night."
"Oh, so why aren't they home today? It's the weekend. They should be home."
"Actually, they both went to a friend's baby shower."
"Right."
"How would you get home? Now that my sister's here and you know I can't let her see you."
Why did I ask such a dumb question?
"I dunno. It's your house, you should be able to figure out how to get me out of here."
"True. But there's only one way back out - the door you came in through. And Judy's not getting out of there soon. I know that for sure."
"I can wait. My parents don't really care about my whereabouts."
"Oh, I'm uh, sorry about that."
"You shouldn't be. There's someone that does."
"Who?"
"Adam."
"Adam?" I asked.
"Yeah, Adam. Ever since the transplant happened, Adam has always been with me, monitoring my every move, protecting me-"
"So he doesn't know you're here?" I impatiently asked.
"He doesn't. He went off to somewhere, probably a party or something." She scoffed.
"Oh. So you wouldn't have come here if he didn't go to that party?"
"Yes. And now I have to figure out how to leave here before he gets back."
Just then, an idea popped in my head.
"I think I know how to get you out of here, but you'll have to stay quiet and trust me." I said.
"That shouldn't be hard."
I rose to my feet, ready to put my plan into action.
"Stay here. When you uh, hear me whistle, you gotta get out of here and join me in the living room, and I get you out of here. Okay?"
"Alright Mr planner." She mused.
I loved the way she smiled.
I walked out of the bedroom to the living room and was totally taken aback with what I saw.
Judy wasn't there. I looked around, but still, no Judy. So I whistled for Emily and she appeared after a few seconds.
"Where's your sister?" She whispered.
"I don't know. She wasn't here when I got here." I whispered back.
"Geez. Your sister's very unpredictable. I thought you said she wasn't getting out of here soon, and now she's..." She stopped when she saw my do-you-want-to-talk-or-get-out-of-here look.
I sighed.
"Okay, now you can go back home. But you have to make it quick, so you don't meet Judy on the way." That would be disastrous.
"Yeah. Thanks a lot Daniel."
"Thanks for what?" I asked.
"For the adventure of course. You should have seen the look on your face when Judy drove into the driveway." She said as we both laughed.
"Bye Danny." She added.
Somehow, I didn't want her to leave, but she had to, so Adam didn't find out she was here."
"Bye Emily. See you at school."
"Bye." And leaning close to me, she gave me a light kiss on the cheek.
Then she was gone.
"Yeah, that just happened". I mumbled with a big smile.
I switched on the television and crashed into a sofa.
After about fifteen minutes, Judy walked in.
"Hey bro." She slapped my shoulder.
"Where did you go?"
"The place that's none of your business." She said, walking into her room.
I just shook my head.
Mom and Dad came later in the night, and I went to bed shortly after dinner, and dozed off almost immediately.★★★"Hello Daniel." Emily said."Hi Emily." I repliedWe were in Emily's room, sitting on her bed."So, so you care for a drink?" She asked."Oh yeah, sure." I said.She went off to the kitchen and came back with a transparent glass cup and a bottle of Hennessy.She sat on the bed and began pouring the liquid into the glass cup."Uhm, Emily I don't drink alcohol." I said, hoping she'd just take those away and come back with some fruit juice."That's nonsense, come on its not that bad. I'll pour just a little.""Okay, just a little." I said, with my eyes almost popping out of their sockets when I saw the amount she poured."Here you go." She offers me the cup."Its too much Emily, I can't take all of this at a go.""Take it if you really love me or leave my life!""Oh-
"What the hell are you doing with this son of a bitch?!" Adam yelled at Emily.I got up, and so did Emily."Uh, Adam, its not what you think." I said, trying to calm his hot ass down."Shut the fuck up you idiot!" He shouted."We were just studying." Emily explained.But Adam was buying none of it because he replied her with a hot slap to the face. He took her arm and dragged her out of the library, only stopping at the door to look back at me."You, if I ever see your fucking self with her again, trust me your body will never remain the same." He threatened, walking out with Emily.Where the hell was the librarian all this while?My memory flashed back to the hard slap Emily received from Adam. And I couldn't do anything about it. I felt so small and powerless. But I knew I had to do something about Adam before it got too late.I saw that Emily had left her geology notebook, and wondered how I would get it back to her because I
I woke up the next morning after hearing a loud piercing scream. What was happening? I immediately flung myself out of bed and ran to my parents' room, but no one was there. A terrible feeling grew inside my guts when I realised the scream had to do with Judy.I ran to Judy's room where I met my mom crying terribly and my dad, with both hands on his head.What I saw next made my heart skip two beats.Judy was lying motionless in her bed, entirely soaked with blood. Her blood. My eyes caught some pills on her bedside table, all empty. Then I realised what Judy had done.I involuntarily fell to my knees."Judy no! You shouldn't have done this to yourself! You shouldn't have. We were all going to take care of you and the baby. And now you've done this..." I trailed off. I didn't realise when tears started rolling down my cheeks like rocks down a hill.My mom just kept on wailing.
"Hey! It's you, Daniel." Chloe said."Hi Chloe, uhm..."Her mom was staring at us, making me a lot uncomfortable."Mom, a little privacy, please?""Oh, right." Her mom said, leaving the room. Chloe sat next to me and urged me to go on."Uh, okay. Chloe, I came here to apologize for- ""I forgive you." She interrupted with a sweet smile."What? Seriously?" I asked in disbelief."Of course. How can I ever say no to you, handsome."Okay, so was she flirting with me now? And did she just call me handsome?"Uh, alright. Thanks a lot.""Yeah, its nothing." She smiled sweetly again.Okay, so silence now. What do I say? What do I do? Man, I hate awkward silence. "Uh, I'm really missing Judy nowadays, you know." I said."Aw." She cooed, placing her hand on top of mine, sendi
"Jeez, Daniel. You didn't have to yell at me." Emily complained."Emily, you... I... Judy's dead." I said, without really meaning to."What?! Oh my God! How? When?" She gasped."I'd rather not talk about it, Emily.""No, please. I really want to know."Despite how much I tried not to, I told her, deleting every aspect that had to do with Adam."Oh. My. Goodness. That's why you left your backpack at school the other day and was absent the whole week. I was so worried about you, Daniel." She said, placing her hands on my shoulders.I could see that she felt sorry for me, but I was far from ready for what was about to happen.She was intending to kiss me, and that was the last thing I wanted, but I stayed still, unable to move any part of my body because a part of me wanted that kiss, but the other part wanted my first kiss to be with someone else, per
I was obviously very annoyed, but also sad at the same time. Either way, I knew I'd done the right thing, even though it didn't go quite as expected.As hard as I tried not to, I still cried because I just couldn't help it.I broke Emily's heart, even though I didn't mean to. She just wouldn't understand that we weren't just meant to be.Well at least Adam would be happy now.I tried forcing myself to sleep but I just couldn't. I couldn't stop myself from thinking about Emily. She'd gone through a lot in her life and I wasn't even helping matters. I knew I loved her, so why did I say I didn't? What was wrong with me?I laid on the couch, thinking for what seemed like ages to me, before the door opened and my parents walked in."Hi mom. Hi dad." I said, trying not to show any emotion."Hey son." My dad said gloomily."Hi Daniel." My mom said in the s
"Emily?" I asked again in shock."Daniel..." She wrapped her arms around me as we hugged tightly. That was when I felt the bump at her stomach. I pulled away from her."Daniel, it's so great to see you again! I've- ""You're pregnant." I interrupted. Why was she pregnant?I was. Stunned."Oh, y- yes I am." She stuttered."Gosh!" I put my hands on my face. "Who's the father?" I asked, afraid of hearing the name I didn't want to hear."A- Adam is." She said, her face expressionless. "Please, can we go talk somewhere private?" She asked, staring at Ashley.There was no need for me to be mad. It wasn't her fault. I left her."Uh, okay. Ashley, I'll be back in a sec, please just finish this up." I said, referring to the cart."But...but you said you're all mine today, and- ""Ashley..." I said through cl
"Don't do that!" Ashley yelled, rushing over to where I stood, collecting my phone charger from me."What? I want to charge." I interjected, scrunching up my face at her. She made a face at me, sitting on the chair behind me, my favourite sofa."I'm charging there. Go find somewhere else." She whined."Wait, why are you in my house again?" I asked her, taking my charger from her forcefully, going to find another place to charge."Because you love me, that's why." She smiled at me, grabbing the remote from the table, changing the channel."Love is a strong word." I mumbled, plugging my phone in a socket behind me. I sat down on the sofa near the entrance, since Ashley was sitting on my favourite one."So you don't love me, then?" She questioned, with a frown on her face. I shook my head. When did I say that I didn't?"I didn't say that, Ashley." I told her.