Chapter 1
Emma couldn't believe what was in front of her. 'How could he? After all, we've been through?' She was speechless. She couldn't believe what her eyes were showing her. Maybe she was hallucinating. There was no way Julian would do this to her. There was no way Jules would cheat on her. Especially with Christina. Christina was her best friend. Her other half. Her closest thing to family. Emma was furious. She felt like her life was one disaster after another. She was feeling one emotion after another. Anger, sadness, fear. What's going to happen now? She can't just walk away and act like this never happened. Julian didn't see her, but she saw him. She had to do something. Anything. She can't ignore this. It will be too much pain. Looking into his eyes, knowing that she isn't the only one that has kissed those luscious lips, the only one who has slept on his bed. She can't see this anymore. She needs to leave this place. Now.
Emma barged into her room and got the first bag she saw. She put in her phone and stele and walked out the door. She rushed down the stairs and out the door of the Institute. Tears filled her eyes, but she wiped them away. This wasn't the right time to cry. Not here. She needed to be somewhere alone. Somewhere she felt safe and open. She knew just where that place was.
The sand wasn't as hot as it usually was, but that didn't bother Emma. She sat on the sand and stared into the open ocean for a few minutes. She kept thinking about what she saw back in Julian's room. Him in his bed, next to Christina, kissing her. Emma felt her heart ache. This was too much for her. She couldn't think about Jules anymore. She decided to get up and take a walk down the side of the beach to clear her mind. The breeze felt nice against her face. It was quite windy, but Emma was too busy thinking about Jules to even realize how cold it was outside. She started feeling a little chilly but realized that she couldn't go back inside the Institute. At least not now. She knew she had to go back sooner or later, but she decided not to think about that right now.
Emma tried her best but always ended up going back to thinking about Julian. Just a few weeks ago, he had told her he loved her. How can he do this now? It just doesn't make sense. Emma heard her phone vibrate. She took it out of her backpack. Julian. She couldn't answer it. She ignored it until it stopped vibrating. A few minutes later, she heard it again. But it wasn't as long as the one before it. She took her phone out to see a text:
Hey. Where are you? It's almost 8:00. You should come home soon. Love you
-Jules
Love you? How could he say that when he was just kissing Christina a few moments ago? Emma was raging with anger.' Bastard', she thought. But she was still in love with him. And that was what made her even angrier than she already was. No matter what he did, she knew she would always love him. She just wishes there was a cure for love. A cure for all those people out there who love the wrong person. 'Maybe there is', she thought. Probably not. But Emma still had that little hope in her heart that there is a cure for all this. And she knew that even if there was a cure, there is only one person that has this kind of power. Magnus Bane.
