Feelings
That night Emma couldn't sleep. Her feelings had taken over her mind and she couldn't even rid them to allow her to get a few hours sleep. That was enough, she walked to the door of her aunt and uncle's room whispered only loud enough that they would hear "Are you awake?"
"I am now darling," her aunt replied sleepily "What is it?"
"Can you drive me to Liv's house?" she asked staring into the darkness. The light at her aunt's side of the bed turned on.
"What is it sweetheart?" Paton said rolling over and put his hand on Julia's stomach "Another kick?" At the annoyed face she gave him, he looked up to see Emma standing, questions appearing on her face, in the doorway. "Oh." He managed to say. "No, your niece wants to go to Olivia's house." Julia replied grumpily. "What kick?" Emma asked before her aunt was able to change the subject.
Paton swallowed he hadn't meant for Emma to find out like that but Julia had been getting a lot of kicks that week. "A baby," Julia answered as if you tell your niece that you're pregnant everyday "I'm going to have a baby."
"Ooh, auntie!" she said and looked from Paton to Julia and back again "Can I choose the name? Please" She begged and ran and jumped on the bed.
"We can discuss this more at a more sensible hour of the day," Paton said wanting to get some more sleep "So why do you want to go to Olivia's house now?"
"Because I need to apologise and I won't be able to sleep until I have!" she answered stubbornly.
"I'll take you." Paton said after he'd thought for a little while.
"Paton you need your rest." Julia insisted.
"You can't walk that far or drive while you're pregnant." He said got out of bed closed the door in Emma's face and got dressed.
10 minutes later he met Emma down in the room behind the shop all dressed. Paton was wearing a hat with a wide brim because of his endowment. "Now shall we?" he asked, bending down and slipping his arm through hers and with that they walked out of the shop with Paton only turning around to secure the door.
They walked in complete silence for at least nine blocks where puffing and panting because she was having to run to keep up with Paton's long strides he asked her if she would like to be carried for the next 2 blocks. She didn't even reply as he bent down to allow her to jump on his back and in no time at all they had arrived at the Vertigo's house. Emma jumped down and pressed the doorbell.
Inside the Vertigo's house there were grumbles and groans because some teenage boys had done a nasty prank and pressed the doorbell. Olivia rolled over and looked at her clock "It's only 3:30am and its Saturday" she screamed at the top of her voice. "No need to yell darling," Her mother called from another room "They've probably gone now, anyway." After the 4th ring of the doorbell Olivia had had enough.
She looked out her window which had a view of the street below and saw a very tall person wearing a hat and the one person she really didn't want to see. "Mum, it is Paton and Emma." She said stomping into her mum's room.
"Well go let them in and don't turn on any lights there is a candle and a box of matches on the bench." She replied getting out of bed and wrapping her silk dressing gown around herself.
"We're coming! She screamed at the top of her voice, not even sure if they could hear her.