Chapter 5

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.