Prologue
Emily caressed the framed photograph with utter tenderness as a familiar burning invaded her eyes. Angrily, she wiped the moisture in them away with the same hand that had grazed the picture of her best friend seconds earlier. Her mother had not even allowed a proper going-away party, arguing that she could always talk to her friends over the phone. Friends, as in more than one, although she knew her twelve-year-old daughter only had one: Jennifer.
A pleasant warmth spread through Emily's stomach after she remembered their last encounter. Jen had given her a handwritten letter, a necklace with a blue semi-precious stone, a mixed tape with both their favorite songs, and lastly, a soft kiss on her right cheek. Emily had argued that Jennifer should keep the necklace because it suited the color of her eyes so well, but the blonde had insisted she wanted her best friend to have it.
At that moment, Elizabeth had called her daughter from inside the house, and Emily had quickly handed Jen a small package wrapped in red paper. In return, the blonde had smiled awkwardly before whispering a barely audible "goodbye". Emily had nodded though she had wanted to do so much more. Nevertheless, one look into Jennifer's eyes had been enough - They understood each other without words.
The dark-haired girl held the picture frame close to her chest and wrapped both arms around it. When Elizabeth Prentiss sat down next to her daughter fifteen minutes later, she found her sleeping peacefully, a small smile across her young face. The middle-aged woman smiled too; it was a smile that could've been considered warm, if the ambassador had ever taken enough interest in her child's emotional well-being to ask her about her feelings. Elizabeth sighed and devoted her attention to the newest "Vogue", just as the last sunrays sparkled through the window. She was certain Emily would love her new home.
AN: I'm currently correcting/rewriting/adding stuff to all the chapters, simply because I'm weird like that and I enjoy writing :) I finished chapter 8 now, but all the subsequent ones will follow soon (I hope). For the ones who have already read the story, you might notice I changed that bit about Elizabeth Prentiss and the letters - while I think she's a failure as a mother, I don't picture her as an insincere person.
Chapter 8 is also the chapter I changed the most until now, I noticed the old version had just 483 words, the new one has 896 - still not much, but in the new one JJ asks about the letters and Emily explains why JJ never received an answer from her.
Have a nice day and Happy Reading :)
Edit: Chapters with the title like this (bold and italics) have been edited and are safe to read :) As for now that's the first 14 chapters (It's going slow but I really want this to be the last time I have to edit lol). There will be some nice changes :)
Edit2: First 22 chapters are updated. :)
Edit3: Chapters 1-31 are updated. I took the others down temporarily until they are properly rewritten. I should probably also mention 27, 28 and 29 are brand new ones, I had to add them for the story to make more sense and be less disjointed ;)