Chapter 1
She walked out of the restroom in the Dot crying. How was she supposed to tell her parents? She couldn't just come out and tell them. They would be completely disappointed in her. And she couldn't risk that, it would kill them on the inside, although she knew that they would be there for her no matter what the situation was.
"Hun, you have a table that needs waiting on!" Her boss shouted from over her shoulder.
"Sorry Pam, I lost track of time." She said, walking out from the employee only doors.
"Its fine sweetie, just go wait on table 9." Pam said, understandingly. She was always so sweet. No one had ever heard her yell.
"Hello, my name is Emma. Can I take your order? Or will you be needing more time." Em said, without looking out.
"Wow, Emma. You work here now. Moving away makes you miss a whole hell of a lot." A familiar voice said.
"Uh, can I ask who you are sir?" Emma said questioningly staring at the man that obviously knew her from some point in the past.
"You mean to tell me that you don't recognize me?" The man said, looking quite depressed.
"Truthfully, sir, I don't have any clue to who you are." Emma said, quite embarrassed.
"Its me Emma, its Sean." The man said. Well boy to tell the truth.
"Oh, wow. Well, not trying to be rude, but since I'm on the clock, can I take your order?" Emma looking quite confused on why he was back.
"Oh yea, sorry about that. Uh I'll just take a coffee and a sugar cookie. You know me, all about the junk food!" Sean said, smiling.
"I'm off the clock in about 15 minutes, stay around and we can talk then. That is if you want to I mean." Emma said once she walked back with his order.
"Of course, we have a lot of catching up to do." Sean said after taking a sip of his coffee.
"Okay. Well meet me here in 10 now…." She said, laughing since so much time had went by in what seemed to be a few seconds.
The last ten minutes of her shift seemed to last about an hour. She couldn't wait to talk to Sean. He had been gone for at least 2 years. She had missed him a lot. They talked on the phone occasionally, but not enough for him to know what was going on with her right now. Maybe he was here to help without knowing it.
Sean sat in the booth waiting for Emma to come out. He had wanted to see her for so long. And the chance had finally come, without him even meaning it to. He had saw just about everyone in town. Everyone but Ellie, Jay, and Alex that is. Supposedly, Ellie had moved back to, well ever where it was that she was from. And he had heard that Jay had ran away after Emma told him that she couldn't date him because Alex was to good of a friend. Yea, that's right. Alex and Emma Nelson were friends. Alex had left town after her dad had beat up on her again, they said that it would be best until they had him put in jail. She could only tell three people. She choice Emma, Paige, and Marco. That was even before Emma turned Jay down.
Sean was confused though, when he looked up he saw Emma, but he didn't know it was her at the time, coming out of the bathroom crying. She looked like she was talking to herself as well. Oh well, he would figure everything out, all in good time.
That was about the time that Emma walked out of the back. "Hello! Is anyone in there?" Emma said waving her hand in front on Sean's face. Laughing at the fact that he jumped when he heard her voice. "I know I'm scary but is it that bad?"
"No, I was just, well I was thinking about some things. But enough about me and my daydreams. How have you been?" Sean asked laughing about Emma's comment.
"I've been good. Up until recently. A few things that have been happening are making me struggle. But enough about me. How have you been? I mean, you look awesome. Hate to say it, but better than ever." Emma said, trying to avoid what she knew was coming either way. Some may say that she was buying time.
"I've been good. But I want to know what's up with you. I wanna know what's been making you struggle." Sean said, looking concerned.
"Well, I knew you would want to know. But how about we ride back to my house, and talk about it there. I really don't think I can talk about it in front of all these people." Emma said, looking over her shoulder. It was about three o' clock, so the place was starting to get full.
"Sure, that's fine. But can you give me a ride. Spinner drove me here, and my car is back at my place." Sean said, looking at Emma with a puppy dog look.
"Well, duh. Seeing as how I asked, it would be rude not to do so." She said laughing. She felt so at ease with him, as if nothing could go wrong. As if nothing bad could happen to her.
The ride to her house was quiet. Not that either person minded. They both were in serious thought. Sean about how much he cared for Emma, and Emma how she was going to tell him what all was going on.
"Well we're hereeeeeeeeee." Emma said, getting his attention.
"That we are. That we are." Sean said while getting out of the car.
"Well it doesn't look like Paige is home yet. So lets go in the kitchen way." Emma said walking into the front door.
"Um, okay. So what is it that's been happening?" Sean asked, helping himself to some water from the fridge.
"Well a month ago, a month. Wow, this is harder than I thought. Well about a month ago, I was raped. Now don't say anything yet. Nothing was done, because I didn't tell anyone. I went and got tested for STD's and I didn't have any. So, it's all gravy. I wasn't tested for pregnant, because he used a condom, considerate, no?" She paused and looked at him, then back down at the counter where she was fixing herself a sandwich. "I hadn't been feeling well, so I thought that maybe I was preg…well you know what I mean. I took a test today, before I saw you Sean. And I am. I really am, and I have no idea what I'm going to do." She was crying by now, and Sean's water bottle was no longer that. It was just a crumpled piece of plastic.
"Emma, why didn't you tell anyone. I mean, its not like it was your fault or anything Em. They could have got this guy and put him away." Sean said, getting angrier by the second.
"Sean, it wasn't that simple! I couldn't just go up to my mother and Snake and be like hey, yea last night I was raped. It wasn't that easy. I couldn't let them down. I knew that me being as close to perfect as possible was important to them, and this would ruin it. Now, now, I have to go and tell them that I was raped AND I got pregnant by the asshole that did it. I don't know if I can do that Sean. I don't know if I can break their hearts like that." Emma said.
Sean was holding her in his arms, stroking her hair. She used to be so strong. She used to be so innocent. But then, then life happened. "Shhhh, its okay Em, I'm always going to be here for you. I'll be right there with you when you tell them. They'll be understanding I'm sure of it. They won't blame you. No one will, because its not your fault at all. You couldn't of done anything to stop it once it started." He realized then, that he was crying as well. How could he have left, how could he have let this happen to someone so perfect in everyway. This was kind of his fault. He would never forgive himself. "I promise Emma, I'm never leaving you again. But I do have one question. Do you have any idea who it was that ra, raped you?" He questioned.
"Yea, but I don't want to say, because I don't want you to get mad at him. I know that you feel like you have to protect me, but if I do tell you then, you can't do anything. Okay?" She asked as he gritted his teeth and nodded. "It was Hay."
"Who?" He asked, confused.
"IT WAS JAY!" Emma screamed at him. He stood there feeling like he had been slapped in the face while watching Emma run downstairs.
