It was 8 at night on a Friday in September. My sister Lily was out on a date with our friend Jack. My friend Emma was over at my place. We were talking in my room.
"Your mom is really cool Willow," Emma told me.
"Yeah," I said.
We were painting our nails.
"Girls!" my mom called up the stairs.
"Yeah?" I called back.
"The cookies are ready and the pizza's on its way. I have a yoga class with Dharma ill be back in a few hours," she told us.
"Ok phoebe," Emma said.
Just then something felt wrong. I knew ……….visions struck me one after the other. My friend Erica was being pushed into a car by 4 older men……………they raped her and beat her……………she was talking to a police officer who had eyes the same colour as her dad's………..she landed in the hospital………
I stood up and raced downstairs.
"Mom mom!" I called.
She was by the front door about to put her coat on.
"What, what is it Willow?" she asked.
"Erica………I………she………….."
"Calm down honey.'
"Willow, is everything ok? Did something happen? What happened?" Emma called from upstairs.
She was used to my sudden outbursts.
"Yes. Call Lily and Jack would you?"
"But they're…………on a date."
"Yeah I know but this is more important."
"Ok."
"Thanks."
My mom sat down on the living room couch as did I.
"Mom…………." I said.
"Yes?"
"Something…………something's happened to Erica," I told her.
"What did?"
"Willow they're on the phone!" Emma called.
"Ok hold on."
"Willow," my mom said; "I want you to tell me what happened what you saw."
"Ok."
I took a deep breath.
"She was being pushed into a car by 4 older men. She wasn't kidnapped though. They…………"
"Did they hurt her?"
I nodded; "yes."
"I……………I'm going to call Dharma and tell her I can't come. Then I'm going over to Chandler and Monica's to be there when they get the news."
"Ok."
I raced back up the stairs and into my room. Downstairs I heard my mom call her friend Dharma.
Emma held the phone out to me.
"Hello?" I said into it.
"Hey willow," my sister Lily said.
"Hi."
"Hey whatsup?" her date, and our friend Jack said.
"Um well you have got to come home."
"Why what happened?" Lily asked.
"It's………"
"Omygod," Lily said; "it's Erica, isn't it?"
I nodded, forgetting she couldn't see me nod.
"Yeah. It is."
"Ok we'll be right there," Jack said.
"Thanks bye."
"Bye."
I hung up and went downstairs. My mom had left and Emma was downstairs making tea.
"I know this always makes me feel better," she told me.
"Thanks."
She flashed me a smile; "sure."
I pulled out a kitchen chair and sat down.
"So how's Elyse?" I asked, of her half sister living in London.
"She's ok. She loved London though."
"Mmhmm. And how's Emily?"
"She's good. My parents have so many problems so I spend a lot of nights alone. So I drink a lot of tea."
"Elyse must as well, living in London."
"Yeah and Emily."