An odd twist I do not own anything just an idea. Switches POV between charachters
Emma: She had caught me by suprise I wasn't expecting my mother to even try to talk to me while I was trying to pack, of all times my emotions seeped out had my words made her cry? I felt horrible not even knowing what to do. My heart wanted to hug her but my head spun telling me to run away she walked out out the door "Mom?" I stumbled into the hallway dizzy fighting back tears hardly breathing at all. " I'm so.." she turned around and ran to me as I was collapsing steadying me up with one hand I unclenched my hand reaching out linking my hand in hers. "Take this I want you to have it when you look at it you'll know what it means.. If your telling the truth about everything and care about me at all you will meet me at the cliff 8:30pm sharp tonight!" I whispered and gave her hand a sqeeze walking back to pick up my bag. When I had looked back I was completely alone, Later I said goodbye to Sutton and Laurel they didn't want me to leave but understood. Rebecca said goodbye over video chat while I was with them, my heart sunk to the ground.
Thayer had an off look as he opened the door "What the hell do you want?!" he bellowed at me "I wanted to see how you're doing can't friends do that?" "Get out!" "I just though we could still be friends". "Emma we're not friends I don't need you around.." he slammed the door in my face I hear crashing from inside the room "Thayer you can talk to me please dont shut me out". The door opened I saw him holding what looked like theresa's murder weapon "Please!" I let out a scream trying to run away he grabbed my wrists. "You want to know? it was part of his plan me ending things with you he raised me and now I'm helping cover his tracks family comes first regardless of the cost!" "Let go your.." before I could respond he whacked the front of my head and in the knees. "And Rebecca will go down for it all including your murder he and I have her framed, whats a 3rd murder of her estranged daughter she couldn't of cared less about to a cold blooded phychopath? the jury will convict her Rebecca is gone I've changed his plan because I've taken over.. Crazy wife kills D&T, you, her husband and herself the evidence found on her body she's a dirty corpse suicide blown into peices you didn't save her Emma your not going to live another _ minute yourself! not even a family to care your gone".
I see Thayer about to strike my chest my prior instincts kicked in as a needle punctured my skin I banged my foot into his private parts he hit the ground accidentally hitting himself with the weapon taking the needle with him. "And that was called self defense Thayer, by the way your right family does come first but the only family your still a part of is the family called 'Insanity!" I tried to get up he grabbed my legs knocking me back down. I grabbed the door handle pushing it forward he let go his hands wedged between the door and doorway I ran stumbling through the hallway "You won't get far Emma.. Oh Crap!" I looked back to him staring at a half full syringe I ran down the stairs hearing him running after me. It was dark out I continued to run not looking back I found some woods sumbling through them my vision is dark I can't see much I feel so lightheaded I can hardly breath stumbling onto a dirt road following the wooded path.
Where am I going no no hes playing with my head she can't be more tears siding off my face, Never before have I felt so frightened what if my mom was really dead what did he inject me with I can hardly breath. The sky looks so dark and distant my body feels heavy everything looked the same to me not being able to tell which direction was even wich. I had wanted a wanted a biological mother and family more than anything, now the man I lost my virginity to claimed to have killed my mother and tried to kill me what kind of sick twisted nightmare is this. Maybe nothing matter anymore if this was death stairing me right in the face then what was the point of life. Pain thats all I can comprehend right now is pain so much empty love and bad memories of my past at least I had a best friend to be there sometimes. The question is where am I now what shall become of me what if Thayer finds me this is probably it.
Finally finding the end of these woods I fall to the ground infront of the cliff bleeding, feeling my feet side over the edge of the cliff half of me lying on the ground. If I fell off right now would anyone even remember I existed? trying to pull myself back onto the ground there isn't enough strength left in me. My breathing is getting worse I can't hear whats going on around me everything in my vision is going blank is this it I don't want to keep going if shes gone but I don't want to hurt the rest of my family ether. I feel like I'm dying oh god please have mercy on me I've been good but have I really been if I had been why have all of these bad things happened to me how could I exept shes gone. My thoughts seem so distant. Everything starts to go blank my heart beat thumps slowly I feel my body suddenly closer to the edge( Emma blacks out)
Rebecca: The meaning of what Emma gave me was clear, It was a blue almost black&purple, scuffed up broken zaged down the middle it's a small glass heart. Her emotions are bruised she feels broken inside I think she gave it to me as a sign that she trusts me or atleast wants to. It's my fault her life was messed up I never would of let her out of my arms if I had known what Alec was going to do he told me later he split them up and that Emma had been in a fire but wasn't found. Alec had made it nearly impossible for me to even find her records I spent a lot of money trying to dig up any information I could even hiring a private investigator who claimed he couldn't find her.
Against my will their adoption had been under the table I hadn't agreed to that , he had even given both of them a different birth certificate leaving me not even knowing if her date of birth was even on record correctly and insisted her name would of been changed all I had to go on was the name Emma and her ligitmate birthday. I wouldn't of given up ether of them up if I had known they were going to be split up taken away from eachother they belong close together time has proved that. I never stopped loving ether of them but I didn't want to hurt or get Ted into trouble by taking Sutton away from him I realized she was his daughter too, no one had even told him about Emma I didn't want to hurt him with that ether at the time not even being sure if she was still alive or not. Finding out all of these years later she was in foster care and Alec knew about hurt the most I would of found a way to get her out of the system Alec couldn't of stopped me from adopting her or from just taking her and running if thats what it took.
Sutton had a good life she doesn't realize how well of shes had it compaired to her sister she complained to me about her life but at least she had a place to call home with a family and more than what she needed. Emma had been shuffled around and probably abused, When looked at them before giving them away I felt more attached to her than Sutton. I loved both of them but the way Emma had looked at me with such a kind sweet smile I knew she was even more special. How could I expect her to just accept me into her life after everything that happened though? she had spent most of her life in pain alone and it was probably my fault I felt like holding her tight and not letting go but I don't know if she wants me. It was so hard watching her fall before and not scooping her up into my arms and telling her I wasn't going to leave her side. When she handed me the heart I felt so many different emotions as she walked off I realized she had changed so much since the day I gave birth to her but yet still as kind and sweet despite all the pain.
I realized I couldn't go back and change all the bad things that had happened to her and that I was probably causing her even more pain as much as I love her I had thought maybe it was best I get out of her life and let her be. Alec had called me and said the police were coming to arrest me just to get out and catch a plane he set up I didn't understand why I was being framed or any of it. As I was about to get on the plane I realized Emma had asked me to be there tonight for a reason and no matter what it was I love her more than anything possibly even Sutton. Seeing her tonight is more important than getting on that plane was, it hit me all of a sudden that if Alec had the power to help me he's an ADA but instead he was trying to make me go into hiding. I have nothing left to hide their was no indefinate proof of anything because I really hadn't done anything wrong other than try to help Jordan stay out of trouble instead of turning him in but he had turned to Alec.
Jordan had made the call but I hadn't told him too he had said if I didn't take him in hed claim I was the one who made it and find a way to pin it on me, I told him he could stay but that he needed to get me information which he was for a bit. Why would Alec send me off unless he had something to do with it, for him it was a free pass pinning it on me and then trying to send me on the lam he would of been off the hook with his lawyer dead and evidence pointing to me . He probably would of framed Thayer if he hadn't of had me to pin what he did on I never killed anyone and I trust that if it comes down to it the justice system will find that I didn't ether. I had thought possibly maybe Alec was telling the truth and someone had framed him at first but if that was the case I think he would of been more concerned someone was trying to frame his wife too I'm still legally married to him for crying out loud.
I was telling Alec I was sure he was faming me when he told me the cops were arresting Jordan "All it takes is one phone call and you'll be in cuffs with him" I heard someone coming. "I won't let you do this to me" I said running down the ladder "Run fast as you can its still to late for your precious Emma your framed for her death now too you see a fatal dose of clonidine Pushing her off a cliff killing yourself with the rest of the clonodine left in the syringe you used to kill your daughter you didn't love her" I tried to get voice laughed manically I felt something peirce my skin, He threw me off the latter before I could react landing hard on the ground hearing faint voices of him and Alec arguing. Getting up weak running off into the night before they notice, My head was spinning I ran as fast as I could to Teds car I managed open the trunk reaching for his emergency oxygen mask/tube battery powered machine the rest of the car was locked with an alarm I tried but couldn't get in I realized what I needed to do. I shutting the trunk trying not to leave any fingerprints I knew he kept the mask in there incase of an emergency a cautious doctor and parent I ran off the club property into the woods
My old car was here hidden in the woods I had stashed it here when I came back to town it was my secret car I use to dissapear for days sleeping on the bed in the back no one would look for me in a car they didn't know I even had getting the keys from inside the tailpipe opening the door. Putting the machine in my front seat,Driving off into the night, Thayer said he had drugged her with the bloodpressure medicine Alec uses sometimes when his bloodpressure gets too high. If her blood pressure is low she could be deprived of oxygen if shes still alive god no I can't think about it my stomach feels like theres a giant knot in it. Speeding around the old roads trying to get to the cliff I'm turning the corner close to it now parking the car I grabbed the machine running out of the car neary falling over stumbling realizing I had been just drugged too what if shes dead?! the important thing is that I find her she said she'd meet me here .
"Emma where are you?" my heart skipped a beat no response, please no I see her hanging nearly off the cliff she isn't moving, starting to feel dizzy I can't stop now. Running even faster I collapsed on the ground infront of her turning on the machine I put the tubing in her nose slightly. I checked her pulse it was slow I reached into my bag pulling out some anti bacterial pain ointment along with a bandage and a disinfectant pad. I wiped off the blood from her forhead it was still bleeding putting on the ointment and the bandage. At least she was breathing somewhat normally now thank god she was still alive "Please sweetie wake up! I love you Emma" I'm crying hard she isn't responding. Lying down on the ground next to Emma pulling her close to me holding her hand kissing her gently on the forhead. Suddenly my vision went dark a loud ringing in my ears I couldn't move is this what she had felt before passing out. Feeling scared what if we both died here right now, I can't see anything lying there motionless feeling as if I've stopped breathing. (Rebecca passes out)
Emma: Feeling someone touching me wondering to myself "Is this the after life I didn't know it had bandages? All I see is darkness" I opened my eyes abruptly letting out a horrified scream "Wake up.. Mom!" she was passed out cold. Her face was leaning against mine she was holding my hand I gave hers a squeeze feeling her gasping for air against my cold body. I realized I was hooked up to an air mask not caring what happened to me if I took it off immediatly putting it on her, checking her pulse with my other hand it was very slow but atleast she can breath better now. Shaking her gently "No please no Sutton needs you.. I need you don't die on me now mom I love you" tears hit the ground.
Pulling her closer to me I managed to get up picking her and the machine up stumbling trying not to fall over or drop her. I see a car in the distance making my way to it the doors open I slide my mom in the car buckling her up looking in the glove box I see an unopened bottle of water it looks old but that doesn't matter. Opening it up I try to get her to drink but shes too incompasitated, I take a few sips setting it down buckling up myself. Is driving a van really the best idea right now I was drugged and for all I know Thayer injected her with the same thing. Whatever it is it nearly killed me and I managed to get away before the whole syringe was injected what if she hadn't been so lucky?. I moved the van out of park staying here isn't an option I have to be strong and drive as safely as I can and get us out of Arizona. Thayer has gone insane he told me she was dead one things for sure he tried to kill me and her and if he got the chance again he would try again.
My head is racing with thoughts as I drive off, Alec has everyone thinking shes guilty though the evidence did look that way I knew in my heart she didn't do it. Trying to think of a safe place to go, I could only think of one place that I had felt completely safe before it is a bit risky going to that area but it is my best bet right now. I pulled her next to me resting her head on my shoulder I can't help but feel horrible she saved my life back at the cliff probably passing out herself from the drugs I should of been there to stop her from getting hurt in the first place. Reminding myself that she was at least breathing somewhat normally now and that I had lived through getting drugged and woken up so she would probably wake up too. Protecting both of us is the most important thing right now getting us to Leisles is the safest thing I have been able to think of, Les has been my best friend most of my life I know she would never do anything to hurt me.
Going back to Las Vegas is a risk if the wrong people such as my ex foster mother find out I'm back theres no saying what could happen. Not letting anyone but Les and her mom know about any of this will be the only way to make sure me and my mom stay safe I trust both of them not to say anything at the very least it will give me a safe place to stay until I can think of something better and calm down somewhat. I looked at the clock it read 9:33 pm it has now been an hour that I've been driving luckly the van had almost a full tank of gas to start with, my mom still hasn't woken up. Though it will take a little longer I'm on I-40 following that most of the way to Vegas theres less chance of getting pulled over by police or someone paying extra attention to us seeing as hardly anyone is on this stretch right now. At least the air machine has stayed on so far I'm not sure if she could breath on her own, I'm having some trouble breathing myself but its more important to me that shes gets oxygen rather than myself.
About 4 hours and 45 minutes later the machine is going completely dead I open the window on the otherside taking off the mask hoping to compensate, I'm close to Vegas now. She had left a mixtape of Fleetwood Mac in the casette player I had put it on a low volume hoping it would help me stay awake I wouldn't of guessed she was into them they're my favorite band. Me and Les used to sit around listening to Stevie Nicks for hours singing along to the tunes. I wondered what else me and my mom had in common, She had been somewhat medeling trying to get back with my father but I understood that was partially to get closer to Sutton and I but she had backed off when she realized that she was tearing Suttons family apart. As much as she's hurt me I know she really is trying to do the right thing now for that I give her credit just knowing she is safe right next to me eased some of my pain and worry I can't help the feeling that I never want to be far away from her again.
Putting the car into Park I'm finally at Leisle's house 23 minutes later Unbuckling myself and still unconsious mom I pick her up again shutting the door to the shed. Walking as quick as I can manage realizing theres only a front door to the house and windows I knock on the front door out of breath. The door opens a crack "Emma? come in, you look like a train wreck geez girl I missed you but it's after midnight your lucky my moms at work or she'd give you a lecture". We hugged for a minute "I'm so dizzy Les please don't tell anyone yet I need to explain first" "Yeah I should say you do, sit down on my bed for starters is that your mom? here just lie down let me get a few glasses of water and a granola bar for you to eat" I propped up the pillows wrapping a blanket around my mom and I. "How did you know she's my mom? I never told you what she looked like" I took the glass of water from her hand. "For starters the two of you look almost like you could be eachother at different ages and the way you were carrying her gave it away"
Drinking the water it occured to me how careful and gentle I had tried to be carrying her but still holding her tightly almost as if the rolls were reversed and I was the parent temporairly. "I'm sorry to just show up like this especially after midnight but I didn't know where else to go it wasn't safe for me or her to stay there, you and your mom are the only other people besides her I can trust fully right now if I tell you what happened you have to promise it wont leave this house". "Of course you can trust me Emma I'm your best friend I won't even tell my mother all of it if you don't want me to". I pulled my mom close to me cradeling her in my arms resting my head against hers "Someone tried to kill me and my mom, lt turns out the guy I lost my viginity to who is also the stepson of the man my mom married, well both of them were framing her for murder" Les cut me off. "I don't know your mom well at all but I know you and theres no way you came from a killer.. Wait woah hold on someone tried to kill you and your mom?! are you okay?".
" I'm okay for now I just got whaked in the head, legs and drugged by the guy when I went to talk to him about just being friends he snapped at me and said he was helping his stepfather frame my mom for 2 murders his father had committed. He had said.. Well I'll leave it at he said he was taking over his fathers crazy scheme and was going to frame her for mine and his fathers murder when I tried to get away from him he injected me with something I ended up kicking him in the nuts and jamming the door into his hand in self defense I managed to get away I remember walking through a bunch of woods confused and collapsing infront of a cliff.. The next thing I knew I woke up to my mom lying next to me holding my hand passed out cold I was hooked up to an oxygen mask she must of hooked me up to it I took it off and put it on her she wasn't waking up so I picked her up and carried her back to what I assumed must of been her car and drove off deciding to come here to you not knowing what else to do or if I would even be safe anywhere else the battery on the mask died about 30 minutes before I got here I think shes breathing okay for now"
"Be thankful your still alive after going through all of that your lucky nothing worse happened and that you woke up after passing out you did the right thing coming here I'll do my best to keep you out of harms way the two of you can stay here as long as you need theres always room for you here your practically family I love you Emma". "I love you too Leisle but it's probably dangerous for me to be back in Vegas if the wrong people find out.." she gives me a big hug I remove a hand hugging her back crying. "Please just try to calm down your safe right now and thats whats important, eat this you need food in your system dehydration and lack of food can only make you sicker". I ate the granola bar I talked to Les for a bit telling her about finding out I have a half sister and my birth father being Suttons adopted father, Alec splitting me and Sutton up. Talking about loosing my Virginity to Thayer 5 days ago and everything that happened today upset me the most out of all of it right now probably because it was the most recent. Les was happy that I had finally found my family and was accepted at least by most of them but I can't help wonder if my mom is going to wake up ever.
The fact that she still hadn't woken up was scaring me worried sick I'm still dizzy myself breathing a little shallow "I promised you I wouldn't tell anyone but my mom about any of what you just said to me but I think you both should go to the hospital and get checked out by a doctor your not so well yourself Emma" "And risk my mom getting arrested and Thayer finding out where me and her are? forget the hospital I know your trying to help but its too dangerous" I felt my mom breathing worse. "Your right I know I'm just worried, this isn't fair girl with the dude and your mom getting framed both of you almost dying if you hadn't of woken up when you did..you didn't deserve any of this, thats the 4th time technically you've come close to dying if you count the fire from when you were a baby.. She might wake up soon I'll leave the two of you alone for a bit" Leisle got up as her cat entered the room she went off to feed her.
I put my hand on her forhead it felt icy cold she started to gasp strugging for air "Please wake up if you can hear me I love you mom so much don't die on me now I need you" "I love you too Emma" she said in a horse voice her eyes opening.
Instantly we pulled close to eachother wrapping our arms around one another for the first time I hugged my mom tightly "Thank god I was worried sick you were going to die and never wake up" I said we're both crying. "The last thing I remember you were passed out.. I feared you weren't going to wake up.. Where are we? Thayer he..". I cut her off handing her the glass of water "My bestfriend Leisle's house we're in Las Vegas.. It's just water I swear no ones going to hurt you here your safe for now" she gulped it down shaking looking confused.
"I know Alec and Thayer are framing you I never belived you were guilty.. Thayer told me he was helping Alec frame you for Derek and Theresa's murder.. I got whacked twice when I tried to run away from him, he said he was taking over his fathers plan and that he was going to kill me and Alec he injected me with something I barely got away luckly before the whole syringe was injected.. I ran stumbling dizzy through old woods somehow ending up half over the edge of the cliff.. I was horrified out of my mind he told me that he had pinned all of it on you and that he had killed you I was horrified that he might really of killed you god when I woke up you were passed out next to me holding my hand.. If you hadn't of put the air mask on me I probably would of run out of oxygen" Leisle interjected "Emma you forgot to mention that you immediatly took the mask off put it on your mom who was gasping for air and carried her back to the car buckling her in as well as yourself not to mention that you pulled her close and put your arms around her driving a van drugged all the way to my garage and then carrying your mom into my bed and wrapping her in a blanket, more like you both saved eachothers lives."
"Yes thank you Les for saying what I was going to keep to myself" Les laughed "Very modest Emma so afraid of letting anyone get close to you.. I'm sorry we haven't been properly introduced Rebecca, My names Leisle it's good to see your awake" she shook my moms hand. "Thank you for letting me stay here with Emma" "It's no problem, Emma told me about what happened and I know there's no way you did it Emma couldn't of come from an even remotely cruel person she's the kindest person I've ever met. Both of you can stay here as long as you need but I've got school so I need to get to bed if you need anything I'll be on the couch, goodnight" Les gave my hand a squeeze and shut the door.
"We were injected with clonodine Emma, I don't know how much but before Thayer threw me off the roof ladder he said you had died from low blood pressure due to an overdose of clonodine and that I was going to die the same way he got me before I could get away and thew me down onto the ground, my bloodpressure must of gotten to low I would of died from lack of oxygen..you saved my life why didn't you want to tell me?" She gave me a worried look. "About 5 days ago I lost my virginity to Thayer.. I gave it up to a guy who turned out to be a deranged phychopath who was framing you and ended up nearly killing both of us how am I suppose to feel for sleeping with the person who was trying to take you away from me? I didn't know at the time and because of it now It's my fault both of us almost died.. Look I would of saved you no matter what because your the only real mother I'll ever have and I love you probably more than anything else nothing could ever change that but this is all my fault.." I say hysterical wanting to curl up in a ball but nether one of us was letting go of the other.
"Sweetie look at me(she tilts my head up) Nothing can ever make me stop loving you no matter what you'll always be my daughter and the most important thing in my life I won't ever love you any less I promise you". "And I promise you that you'll always be my mom the most important in my life right now and that no matter what I'll never love you any less.. I love you more than anything mommy please I don't want to loose you ever". "I love you more than anything too Emma, I just got you back the thought of anything more happening to you puts knots in my stomach I'm not going to leave you sweetie". Hugging eachother even tighter I buried my face in her shoulder "Please lets try not to walk away from eachother feeling any anger harsh feelings or resentment again". "Lets never do that again.. I should of listened to my heart back there in that hallway and not let go of you I should of been there to protect you I'm so sorry" she said giving me a squeeze. "I'm sorry too we both should of listened to our inner emotions..Your here now and nether of us is about to let go we'll be here for eachother no matter what from now on " I said still scared out of my mind.