This is my favorite chapter I've written. (so far...) Enjoy!
Emily's POV
After I described the men who mugged me and Emmet reported it to an officer named Bad Cop, Lucy showed me the shower. It was something of which I had never seen before. Lucy said it was pretty self explanatory so how hard could it be?
Lucy placed a small pile of clothing on the counter. "Here's a t-shirt and a pair of pajama pants, okay?"
I nodded and she shut the door. I took my nasty clothes off and stepped into the shower. There were two knobs and a detachable shower head. After much fumbling with the knobs and the shower head attacking my eye ball with water I got clean, and finished my shower. I dried my hair off and combed through it with my fingers like I always did. I slid the shirt and the pants on. The shirt was way to big, I guess this is Emmet's, along with the pants. I dried my hair and walked into the family room, Emmet was laying a blanket on the... top couch of a... double-decker couch?
"Is that like, a bunk bed couch?"
Emmet chuckled, "Yea, it's the first thing I ever built without instructions."
"It's amazing."
"Well thank you." he said with a smile
I thought for a moment. "Emmet, why are you really doing this?"
He looked down at me. "Like I said before, It's a gut feeling. Something will come from this, I don't know what, but it's gonna happen, and we'll both be there to see it."
I smiled at his words before climbing up the ladder of the couch and crawling to the sleeping spot I would sleep in. To be honest, this was the closest thing I had ever had to a bed. My hobo hut was made out of a couch cushion covered by an empty flat screen television box and an umbrella (water proof is the way to go). It was a quality hobo home, but I was so grateful for this and everything Emmet and Lucy have done for me. Now this time I had a couch all to myself.
"Sleep well Emily." Emmet said with a yawn as he walked down the hallway to his own bed. "Sleep tight!" Lucy yelled
"You too!"
The final light in their room went off and I snuggled down into my regular fetal position. Then I realized, I have more than just one couch cushion to sleep on... I had two more. I stretched my legs out and my back cracked filling me with relaxation. I finally dosed off and slept, for the first time in my life, peacefully.
Emmet's POV
My alarm went off at nine. I dismissed it and sat up stretching. I went to put a hand on Lucy's shoulder to wake her up too, "Babe time to get up-" My hand hit mattress, I looked and saw the blankets were pushed back. "Lucy?" I whispered
"Emmet come here!" She whispered in return. I got up, slid on a t-shirt and stretched before walking into the family room to see Lucy leaning against the wall holding two cups of coffee. I walked up beside her and saw she was watching Emily sleep. I chuckled quietly at the way she was laying. Her face was squished to the pillow with one arm dangling off the couch and the other resting on the side of her head. One leg was extended while the other was bent and in the air. Her long blond hair was curly and in a mess.
Lucy handed me the other cup of coffee. "Isn't she just... adorable?"
"She's something." I said with a laugh. She nudged me with her elbow.
"I'm serious. Think about it, this is probably the first time... in a long time that she's ever had a peaceful sleep. She's even dreaming."
"How do you know?"
Lucy nudged Emily's hand and she stirred. "That's my spaghetti Chewbacca." Emily mumbled.
I tilted my head with a laugh. "Weird dream."
I walked up to Emily and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Emily it's time to get up." I said softly
She sat up, yawned and opened her eyes, just like I do. Starting with the left, then right, left again, and then both flying open. That was weird.
"This is a nice couch." She said sleepily while looking at me.
"Get down from there and eat some breakfast." Lucy said with a chuckle.
Emily climbed down and yawned with a stretch. "So, what are you guys doing today?" She asked as she leaned on the counter.
"Well, Emmet has to work today but I, fortunately, am free. So... I was thinking we could go hang out, maybe you could meet some other Master Builders."
"Really?!" She asked with excitement. "Aw that's so cool!"
"I will probably meet up with you guys later if I get off early." I said walking into my bedroom. I put my vest on, grabbed my hard hat, and walked back into the kitchen.
"Bye Babe." I kissed Lucy goodbye, Emily waved, and I walked out the door. I could tell today was gonna be a good day
Lucy's POV
Soon after Emmet left I turned back to Emily who sipped her coffee slowly. what was she gonna wear to meet the other Master Builders? She can't wear her old clothes because then I'd feel bad. I made my way into the bedroom and dug at the bottom of my shelf. I found some high-waisted jean shorts and in the closet some white keds. Perfect. She could keep these because God knows I'll never wear them. I walked back into the kitchen and put them on the table."What's this?" she asked holding them up.
"Those are a gift, from me to you." I said sipping my own coffee.
Lucy I-"
"Don't. We both know you can't meet other people wearing pajama pants." I said with a smile. "Plus you don't even need any make-up. You're that beautiful." I said
"Thank you." she said standing up and walking into the bathroom to change. She came back out with her white shirt tucked into The shorts with the white keds on a she tied her hair into a bun. If anyone else had worn it, it would have looked terrible but on her it looked just right. She was like a tiny hipster. I smiled despite myself and got ready too. We went downstairs, I unlocked my car, and we both got in.
"Whoa!" she exclaimed almost in shock. "What the-"
"What, what's the matter?" I asked with concern
She squeezed her eyes shut and shook her head before opening them again. She looked around and sat back in her seat. "Nothing, I just... thought i saw something."
I nodded and pulled out of the parking spot. As we drove I thought it was necessary to start up a conversation.
"So, what's your story?" I said not taking my eyes off the road.
"Well," She thought for a moment "I was born into this world September 15th, 1999. My mom didn't have any family left so she wanted to start one of her own. She went to the sperm bank, and eight months later I was born. We started out living in a house for the first five years of my life, I went to school, she had a job as a bank teller, and she loved me with everything she owned. But one night, our house burned down destroying everything we had. She didn't have enough money and three months later she lost her job, school supplies were becoming too expensive so I stopped going and we began our life on the streets."
It was a sad story. I felt terrible. "And your mother?" I immediately regretted my question.
"She's... in the hospital."
We stopped at a stop light. "Emily, I'm sorry I asked you that-"
"No, no. It's okay. Now you know." she said smiling at me. Before I knew we were at the park, where we would meet up with our friends. I felt she was going to enjoy this.
Emily's POV
"Hey! Lucy!"
I turned around as Lucy led me in the direction of an interesting group of people. One was a spaceman with a cracked helmet, another a girl wearing pink everything with a unicorn horn popping out of her head, and a transformer pirate.
"Whoa..." I said aloud
"Who be the new lass?" the pirate asked with enthusiasm.
"This is Emily. She's going to be staying with Emmet and I for a long while." Lucy said to me with a smile. Was that true?
"Hi Emily!" the spaceman zoomed up to me, picked me up and spun me around in a hug off the ground. "I'm Benny! And I can build a spaceship watch this!" He set me down and began to take the fountain apart. I laughed at his excitement. The girl wearing pink walked up to me and curtsied. "I am Princess UniKitty! And I am super happy to meet you!" she said pulling me into a hug.
"Done!" Benny announced with pride as we all looked at the stone spaceship. The fountain was gone.
"The lad doesn't get out much. I be Metal Beard!" He boomed.
"Nice to meet you all." I said meekly.
"So Emily, how long will you be in town?" Benny asked all of a sudden right next to me.
"Well, I'll still be in town even when I'm not staying with them."
"You have your own place in town?" UniKitty asked
"Well not exactl-'"
"Our home is her place." Lucy said for me.
Benny thought and looked up at me sadly. "Wait... does this mean you don't have a home?" he asked placing a hand on my shoulder.
I looked down and nodded
"Well hey, think about it like this. We are her family now, and we have to look out for her. And as long as she stays here," I looked up at Lucy who smiled and put an arm around my shoulders, "the better."
A family. It had been forever since I had one. Emmet was right. Something will come from this. And I'm looking forward to it.