Disclaimer: I do not own Skins; If I did Series 5 & 6 would be about Generation 1 & 2!
When Emily goes missing with no clues as to why or where, no one misses her more then Katie. All off a sudden the stronger twin feels weak and lost without her twin. Things take a turn for the worst suddenly one night and Katie has never needed Emily more then she does now.
Katie.
Standing in the doorway of their bedroom, Katie looked at the right hand side which was her identical twin sisters, Emily. The bed was unmade, clothes strewn across it from her mad rush to get ready for college, a work book sitting at the end. Emily's side of the bedroom was always a mess; ever since they were little; Katie had been the girly grown up twin whereas Emily had been a childish messy tomboy. Yet this mess had been like this for a while now, but not because Emily hadn't got around to tidying it up. The right side of the room hadn't changed for three whole weeks, since Emily had disappeared, never turning up at college.
Katie stepped into the room, running her hand over the crumpled bed sheets, leaning down and breathing in her sister's scent. No one knew where Emily was, no one had heard from her, Katie had been the last person to see her. It had been a Thursday morning, the alarm hadn't gone off and the twins had woken up late. Katie had barged her way into the shower first as usual, meaning that by the time Emily had got out the shower, Katie had been dressed and ready for college. Jenna had taken James to school that morning, so they didn't have to worry about dropping him off, but Katie had been in one of her typical moods and despite the fact they didn't have to take a detour to James school, she said they would still be late. So in the end Emily had snapped that maybe she should just go ahead then, she would get a taxi to college, as to be honest she didn't really want to get in Danny's pathetic car. Katie had shrugged her shoulders and picked up her things, shouting out goodbye as she ran down the steps and out the house to where Danny was just pulling up. She had glanced back at the house as they pulled away and had seen Emily near the window, pulling a top over her head before disappearing from sight. That was the moment she disappeared to Katie, but as to when she actually disappeared no one was quite sure.
Emily never called for a taxi; the firm had confirmed that with the police who were working her case, and she had simply not arrived at college. Katie didn't have her first lesson with her, so it wasn't until break time that she realised Emily wasn't at college. She had tried ringing her, but when she didn't answer she gave up and forgot about it, going back to her busy day of classes and boys. Thinking back to it now she was annoyed that she hadn't tried harder, she should have left her a message or popped back home at lunch. If she had popped home, Emily might have still been there, but instead Katie had just ignored the fact her sister never missed college unless something was truly wrong. When she had got home that afternoon; the house had been quiet, the bedroom a mess, which had annoyed her. She assumed that Emily had gone out; maybe deciding that she was running so late for college there was no point in going. Katie now knew that she had only been making excuses in her mind, because deep down she had known something wasn't right, she always knew when something had happened. Again she had ignored it, when really should have tried calling her again, or even should have phoned Rob at the gym. Instead she settled down in front of the T.V, watching America's next top model until her parents arrived home, James running in to the front room shouting about something or other he had done at Gordon's house. Jenna had asked her where Emily was, but she had just shrugged, before shoving James out the way of the T.V and going back to her program.
When tea was served they all sat down together, because one thing about the Fitch family, was they always ate tea together. Her mother was always going on about a family that eats together, stays together. They discussed where Emily could be, it wasn't like her to be late for tea, even if the stuff Jenna served tasted disgusting. Rob had tried ringing her, but when he reached the same answer phone message Katie had earlier that day, he decided they should start without her. After tea Katie had gone upstairs, sitting on her bed and staring out the window, watching to see if Emily would walk down the street. That's when it had begun, a strange feeling had overcome her, and she was worried about her twin.
She didn't know how long she had stared out that window for, but she must have eventually lay down and nodded off. The next day when she woke, she expected to see Emily in the bed opposite her, instead the right hand side of the room hadn't changed.
When Emily hadn't come to college the next day, and everyone Katie asked said they hadn't seen her, she had left early. Danny had collected her and taken her to the Fitch Gym, where she had found Rob and expressed her concern. Rob was just as concerned as his eldest daughter; Emily had never gone off with out telling them, let alone going off with out Katie. As much as Katie hated to admit it, she walked all over her sister, and Emily being the doormat she was, let her. Rob had contacted her mother, telling her that Emily had not turned up to college again and then he had taken Katie back home where Jenna met them.
Katie tried to ring Emily's phone again, however this time she didn't get a answer phone message, the voice on the other end told her the phone number was no longer in use. That's when Jenna started to panic, insisting that they had to ring the police, none of them had seen Emily in just over 24 hours. Katie had sat on the sofa, listening to her mother screeching into the phone, telling the police that they had to find her daughter. When the clock hands hit half three, Rob went to collect James, whilst Katie and her mother waited for a policeman to arrive to take more details.
When he arrived he had sat down on the sofa opposite them, flicking open a notebook, taking out his pen. "Do you have a photo?" he asked first, and Jenna jumped up, taking down a photo frame from the mantle piece. The photo was the last school photo of Emily, from their last year before they joined college, the policeman studied it. He looked up from the photo to Katie, "Twins huh", Jenna nodded, as he took the photo from the frame. "That could make the search a bit harder, people might have seen your daughter here, and believe it is your other daughter", he explained, placing the photo into a clear plastic wallet and sealing it. Jenna frowned and the policeman smiled at her, "Don't worry miss, we will find her". He started to ask them questions, about who had last seen her in the family, and what sort of mood she had been in.
Katie racked her brains trying to think of something that might hint to why she was gone, but as much as she tried she couldn't think of anything. When she had last seen Emily, she had been under the impression she was going to follow her to college, not disappear. Rob arrived home with James, whom he had obviously explained the situation too, James came hurtling into the room flinging him self at Jenna. She embraced her young son, and looked over at her husband, worry etched in her features. Rob had taken it from there, talking to the police man, answering questions about the family. "Was there any recent family disputes?" the policeman asked him. Rob shook his head, "Were the Fitch family mate, we don't argue do we love", he nodded towards Jenna, who smiled back at him.
Katie played with the hem of her skirt, she couldn't understand why this was happening, and she felt like one half of her had just gone. Eventually the policeman told them that they would keep in contact and left. Instantly Jenna had insisted that Rob drive her around, to see if they could find Emily, maybe she wandering the streets nearby. Katie wanted to go with them, but Jenna told her she had to stay with James, also in case Emily tried to ring the house phone, or even if she just came back. Katie had made James go to bed, before taking up her seat again upon her bed, watching the street below, this time she had her mobile and the house phone lying on the bed in front of her. She had stayed there, hoping and praying to see the red hair of her sister appear under the street lights as it got darker, eventually Rob brought Jenna back home. They told her to go to bed, they would continue the search tomorrow, but tomorrow to Katie felt was too late. Without Emily in the bed next to hers she felt restless and lost, she didn't sleep a wink that night, and the following three weeks were just as bad.
Thank you for reading! This is my first attempt at Fanfiction, so I really would appreciate any reviews :)