Chapter 4

Grin and bare the pain and angst
Sort thru all my brain's complaints
Ain't enough I need some help
What's it like to be myself

That infamous highway which seemed to run on forever sure was taking a toll on my feet. I knew that it wasn't much farther up ahead, the woods was starting to look more and more familiar. If I went into the forest now I knew that I'd probably run into Tiny or RJ who probably would blow my brains out or some crazy shit before I got a chance to even get back to the house or tell them who I was. So I had to risk getting caught by some drivers by walking in the road.

But then again it wouldn't be too dang bad to get caught. I could hitchhike and bring them back as a present to the family. They'd sure like that, and I wasn't sure how they were gonna take it just yet…me waltzin back into there after all these years.

But then again I did leave Baby that note….

Baby,

I killed all of them, everyone in my house. I couldn't deal with those Rabbits anymore. So I'm gonna go lay low for a while somewhere so I don't get none of y'all in trouble. But I'll be back. I promise.

I love you,

Emily

But then again, Otis could have never given Baby the note.

We'll just have to wait and see I guess.

The house which I had learn to treat as my other home lay no more than a few yards before me but I couldn't help to hesitate before knocking on the door. Instead, I just stared for a few minutes. One of them had to have seen me by now. I was waiting for one of them to react, which probably was a stupid idea being that I could just get sniped.

Fuck it, I thought and walked up to the door. Don't be a little bitch.

Deep breath, three knocks, throat gulp, blink hard, that's all I had in me.

The door opened after a moment, and I bit my lip hard enough to draw blood.

"Hello?" a voice asked, a face peeping through.

"Mama?"

She opened the door a little more, "Who's asking?"

"Emily," I bit harder and hoped that I wouldn't rip it off.

A massive gasp erupted from her lungs as the door was slammed shut, a clinking which showed the unlocking of the slide lock and then the door swung open again. If it wasn't my torn lip I was worried about now, it was my lungs as I was embraced into the tightest hug I had ever received.

"Darlin, where the hell have you been?" she asked.

"You didn't get my note?" I tried escaping her grip.

"No, we did. Otis gave it to us, seemed pretty angry I remember. But where did you go?" she finally released me.

"I was kinda scavenging around," I wiped my hands on my pants to get the now drying blood off. "Motel to motel, nothing really too special."

"Come in sugar, I'm sure Baby will be happy to see you."

I did as I was told and found my way into the old living room where I could see someone in the next room over, but I wasn't sure who it was. They peeped their head over and I saw that it was Tiny, rags wrapped around his face as usual.

"Mama that ain't funny," a shrill voice screamed.

"I ain't kiddin ya, come and see!"

After a little more screaming, footsteps came from the other room, so fast it sounded like they were falling down the stairs.

A tall blonde young woman rushed in, an angered look which quickly turned to disbelief plastered upon her beautiful face. It was Baby, but not the Baby I saw last. This one had longer blonde hair and a more matured body and face. Her clothes were different, she was more exposed, she simply wore a maroon dress with little off white flowers and ripped up tight jeans underneath which were more torn up than mine.

"You're lyin," she stared at me.

I stood up, we were the same height now.

"She ain't lyin." I smirked a little and Baby's eyes widened.

"Emily?"

"Yes?"

With that we flew into a tight embrace.

Best friends reunited.

A/N: So I'm still accepting ideas for things you wanna see happen even if it's just little things. If you want me to write a special chapter just for you. At this point i'm not sure at all where I'm gonna take this story so i'm kinda just lilyfarting around and having fun with it. Review or inbox!