Ch. 1 Childhood
AN: I'm so excited this is my first fanfiction! This chapter is kind of rambling backstory that i will continue working on and that just helps coincide with what Jemma went through and the super close nonromantic relationship until they get older… ;P
Emma has lived in a small, quiet suburb of LA for her whole life. Here, it is normal to have pets like chickens, horses and chores accordingly are a generic part of life. She met Jules in kindergarten – along with all the other new boys in the area. Being the one girl in their group of friends, Emma become close with all of the boys, but she never broke her bond with Julian, even when all the other boys got awkward.
The two friends, being so close, are teased about liking each other from the very beginning. This is always responded to with a retort from Emma "He's like my brother -I've known him longer then I've know my youngest sister " Julian never responded to these remarks.
When Emma and Julian were in seven, Emma's family moved into Julian's neighborhood. This caused them to grow even closer and make even more memories. One hot summer day Jules' chicken coop needed cleaning out so the twosome set their minds to the task. After all the old straw was cleaned out, and they still wanted something to do they decided to continue with soap and water. That was the extent of their day, until they ended it in Jules' pool.
As Emma's family got more ingrained in the neighborhood and they got chickens. Emma accepted most of the chores that these animals needed, and Jules did the same at his house as they were both becoming more responsible.
Another year passes and as the friends are in 2nd grade, Emma and Jules' sisters were in kindergarten and they hatched chickens. Emma's family added a set of one white chicken and one black to their flock.
Later in the year Emma joined the flag football team their school played during lunch and their last game, being on the same day as her first choir performance, Emma played, and won the finals with curlers in her hair and a bandana over it.
At this point, Emma and Jules are totally inseparable, but still endured all the teasing. Both Emma and Jules' families attended the same church and in their second grade year they received the Second Sacrament of the Catholic Church – First Communion, together of course. Around this time, Emma's first summer owning chickens, the raccoons came out, and starting picking off chickens. The first time this happened Emma and Jules were together.
It was a warm night and the friends were already buzzing with energy because school had finally ended and it was officially summer! After giggling and chasing each other down to the barn, Emma realized something was wrong, only 17 of their 18 chickens were in the coop. Looking around for the missing chicken, assuming it was only confused and roosted in a tree brach near by, the two noticed the broken body of the kindergarten chicken. Emma, who was normally brave and unmovable as stone, broke into tears. Jules sat there trying to comfort her and didn't leave even to grab a trash bag for the chicken. Eventually, Emma's dad noticed that they were missing and when he heard what had happened he grabbed a bag.
Years passed with many late nights playing Just Dance, their favorite song being "Girlfriend", that they could preform blind folded and always beat 10,000 points on the game. The two were so close throughout elementary school and middle school, never day passed where they could see each other and didn't; until high school. After attending the same school and being in the same carpool for over 9 years together, suddenly being separated and sent to different schools meant during freshman year they didn't see each other nearly as often as they did before. This caused extreme longing on Emma's side, wishing him to be near her all the time.