He's Back, but For How Long
Chapter 1
Emma was walking home when she ran into Sean.
"Hey how are you?" Emma asked
"I'm pretty good just back in town for a couple days to see how everyone has been and stuff. I was looking for you Spike said you lived down here somewhere?"
"Uh yeah I do two houses down and turn. So you're not here for good I see it?"
"Wish I was … but I can't I have to go back in a week"
"Well at least you'll be here longer than a day … so who have you seen so far?"
"Ah Ellie, Marco, Jay, Toby, Liberty, Manny, Spike and Snake, and now you."
"Wow I guess I'm your last pick then?"
"Of course not I just didn't know where you were living at these days."
"Well if you can find Manny's house then it will be piece of cake to find mine."
"Yeah well Spike doesn't seem to be real good at the whole direction thing."
"haha yeah she's not really. So you wanna come in? Hang out for a bit?"
"Sure sounds good." Sean said as he followed Emma up to her apartment.
"So exactly why can you only stay for a week?" Emma asked
"I have a job back in Wasaga working at a car shop … not real great but it's enough to like and pay the bills."
"Wow sounds like things are going well for you. Want something to drink?"
"I guess they kind of are. Ah sure waters fine."
"What do you mean by kind of?" Emma asked while pouring some water into a glass and handing it to Sean
"Well I left a lot of good things here … a lot of people who I missed."
"You should never have left if it meant you missing everything about Toronto."
"You know I had to though … I hadn't seen or spoken to my parents for years."
"Well it didn't mean you had to move and runaway from all the problems you left behind."
"I didn't mean for that to happen … but who knows what could happen maybe I could move back here someday?"
"I'd hope so."
"Hey I'm really sorry I …"
"You know what you really should be, have you even spoken to Ellie? Cuz she should be the one whose madder then I am with you."
"I just wanted to see everyone again. I didn't want to end up fighting with you Em."
"Well after the shooting you went home to your parents leaving all your problems as everyone else's fault. You couldn't cope with everything that was going on here so you had to go home to mommy and daddy."
"Look Em I really am sorry I didn't mean for it to end as other people get hurt …"
"Then how did you mean for it to end up?"
"I wanted to go through it with someone. Someone who could help me get through it and …"
"What you think your parents know better then we would? Sean I was right there next to you when he pointed that gun at my face your saying I didn't go through with what you did?"
"I know you went through something … but what you went through is different then what I went through. I killed someone Em. Do you even know what that means? I actually killed someone!"
"Yeah and that one who you actually killed almost killed me."
"I know but what I did was so bad and …"
"What so after all that you were the on feeling guilty? Seriously guilty? Sean you saved my life you should have had no feelings of guilt what so ever."
"Well I wasn't at first I mean after every person in this stupid town was all oh what a hero you are for killing this physco how does that sound like a hero to you? He paralyzed Jimmy everyone felt bad for him and felt Rick did something wrong then I kill Rick and I'm suddenly the hero and no one feels bad for Rick? I know everyone felt that Rick was the physco over all because he's the one who brought the gun to school but he didn't kill himself no that would be me … me it's all my damn fault."
"Sean" Emma said sympathetically "You're still guilty about this whole Rick thing aren't you? You never got over the fact that what you did was an accident and you would never have killed him on purpose that's just not something Sean Cameron would do."
"Em … stop grieving me I'm guilty I'm pure guilty and everyone thought I was a hero how is killing a guy who shouldn't be dead a hero?"
"Sean he was a physco and even if he was still alive he still would because he was the one who brought the gun to school. He was the one who was too sensitive to the bullying he got and brought the gun to school" Emma said sitting next to Sean on the couch. "Sean you really have nothing to feel sorry for."
"Thanks Em. You always were the one who believed in me."
"Yeah I guess those are some of the qualities that come with the Emma Nelson package. Hey there's something I owe you that I never gave you that day."
"Oh really and what might that be?"
Emma leans in and does a small peck on Sean's lips. She backs away and whispers
"Thanks for saving me."
Authors Note: Please review and tell me what you think and what you want to read in the next chapter. It should be in a couple days or at least by the end of the weekend.