Demi's head shot straight up in her bed when she heard the door slam; her eye brows furrowed as she leant over to the bedside table and checked her phone. Four o'clock in the morning. Who the hell was coming home this late? She stretched before walking out of her room and through to the living room; Embry emerged from his room and walked in behind her.
Sophia was sitting on the couch with tear stains on her cheeks and mascara running down her face. Her hair was messy and her mouth turned downwards.
"Jesus Christ, what the hell happened to you?" Demi gasped; Sophia looked up and glared at her with a look that could make an onion cry.
"Apart from the part where I lost my car?" Her eyes widened; what the hell?
"You lost your car?" She screamed hysterically while she waved her arms in the air; Sophia stood up and balled her little fists.
"Yeah I lost it… it was a partner race Demi, that means two people. You know what happens when you forfeit…..how could you do that to me? I had to hitch a ride home." She cried; Demi's hands flew to her hair. Oh crap, the race with the guy from Oregon; how the hell did she forget that? Oh this was bad. Very bad.
"Im so sorry I was…" Sophia cut her off.
"Fuck I don't care where you were, okay? I care where you weren't…. and that was at my side like you promised. We're supposed to be family. Family sticks together." She cried; Demi started crying; she felt like cinder blocks were squashing her chest. She couldn't breathe.
"Soph I-…" The girl just shook her head and walked into her room before shutting it before her; Demi jumped about and flung her arms in the air in a spur of the moment tantrum. After getting herself together she turned to see Embry staring at her with worried eyes.
"What are you grinning at?" She snapped; his mouth formed a smooth line as he held his hands up like he was surrendering. He wasn't grinning in the first place; she was just being irrational.
"Whatever." She mumbled as she sat on the arm of the couch and pulled out her phone. The number she called rang twice before Marcel picked it up,
"Where were you tonight?"
Demi cringed.
"I know, I know. It totally slipped my mind, im so sorry."
She cried; she was fully aware of Embry's eyes on her back.
"Demi, are you crying?... Oh come on, don't do that. It's not that much of a big deal; she's got plenty of cars."
Marcel tried to reason with her although he knew it was more than that. This was about family, respect, trust, loyalty. All of the above.
"Is there a way I can get it back? Is he still in town?"
She asked frantically.
"Yeah he is, I can try and arrange a re-match?"
She smiled despite herself.
"Oh thank you, thank you. I owe you big time…. Oh this time make it one on one."
"Ok baby, I'll see what I can do then I'll call you tomorrow, kay?"
"Thank you Marcel."
She told him sincerely as she hung up and walked towards her bedroom.
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Demi trudged into the kitchen and found it empty; Sophia had already gone out. It was clear that she was avoiding her. Instead of cornflakes, she went for oatmeal this morning. She poured it into the bowl aggressively then swore under her breath when too much came out; then she added milk and sighed. After the morning she was having, she half expected it to be clotted or something.
"Hey you have to put a cover on the bowl before you put it in the microwave oven." Embry told her when he saw what she was going to eat; Demi totally ignored his warning. She stood waiting for the timer to go off when there was a large pop; she cursed under her breath and opened the microwave door.
It was horrible, there was oatmeal everywhere. Demi ground her teeth together, it was like she was cursed or something
"I told you to cover it." She got some sponges and soap and began to clean out the inside.
"Yes thank-you Embry." She snapped; he exhaled and walked over to help her.
"Thank-you." She repeated sincerely. He nodded and his hand settled on the small of her back in a comforting manner.
She exhaled and turned to him before pulling his body into a hug; he was surprised but he didn't pull back. Instead he pulled her closer; she cried quietly into his shoulder for around half an hour. Just standing there in the kitchen.
"I'd better go get dressed….. Thank you." She sniffed; he looked pained but nodded his head and let her go.
Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
and, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame
Demi left his side and trudged to her bedroom with her head down; when she walked in, Lei was staring at her from her bedside table.
"Hey." She squeaked as she walked over to him and pulled him into her lap before sitting on her bed.
"I think im falling for him." She admitted.
"I know im falling for him." She corrected herself; the picture hadn't changed.
"…But it doesn't mean I don't still love you, because I do. I swear I do." She sounded like she was trying to convince herself and that just made her feel a whole lot worse.
"Tell me about him." She jumped at the voice; Embry was standing right there in her room. How did she not notice that? Well this is embarrassing.
Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me
"Tell me about him." He repeated softly as he sat down slowly next to her; Demi watched him with hazardous eyes.
"It's okay just tell me. You need to tell someone." He told her pointedly as he looked down at the photo in her hands. She exhaled shakily, handed him the photo and began.
"He was amazing, beautiful inside and out. Always pushing the boundaries, always wanting that little bit more…." She finished with a humorless chuckle at the end; she swallowed thickly.
Ouch I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,
Yeah I think that I might break
I've lost myself again and I feel unsafe
"His name was Lei Kai, I met him when I was thirteen years old and I guess you could say it was love at first sight. After a year we both got into cars; I think it was the thrill at first but then it was more about the vehicles, you know? It became something that we always did together. It was just our thing. We never really banked on getting good at it but we did…. So anyway we dated for two more years until he asked me to move in with him.
I said yes and moved out of my parent's house at the age of sixteen. It wasn't that much different since we usual spent nearly every waking moment together, my parents couldn't car less anyway. Then a year later he asked me to marry him…" She paused and looked back to Embry; he was listening intently.
Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me
"I was so happy, I couldn't contain myself and I said yes of course. Then about a month after that, it happened…it was a Saturday night; we were at a race as always. I saw his car and literally screamed, there were three canisters of NOS, that's Nitrous Oxide by the way. Anyway there was too much. I told him, I told him but he wouldn't listen….. He said the money would be a good start to our wedding fund but I didn't want him to do it. I just had this gut feeling but he told me to trust him….. so he started the race and it looked like he was winning, for just a moment everything was gonna be good, you know?
Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me
Then one of the other drivers…." Demi's throat burned slightly.
"…..He smashed into Lei's side; the car tumbled…. And tumbled until it hit a building and just stayed there…..I ran, I ran so hard to get to him; h-he saw me and he told me he loved me before the n-nitrous blew the car… if he didn't have that one canister left, he might still be alive." By the time she finished there were tears streaming down her cheeks. Embry pulled her small form into his lap and rubbed calming circles into her back. It seemed to give her some composure.
"…..I tried to run to him before the explosion but I was too late; I saw him burn Embry….." She cried.
"….I didn't want to be in the world without him, I tried to die with him. I stood so close to the car…" He cut her off with a growl but she continued.
"…..Sophia tried to get me to move but I wouldn't, I was adamant…But I didn't die…. All I got was this stinking burn." She grumbled as she showed him her arm.
"You still love him don't you?" He asked in her hair; she exhaled then stiffened. Her eyes darted around the room. She wasn't exactly sure how she felt so she wasn't sure how to answer the question so she did so with caution.
"I don't know …but my heart broke on the road that day…then I spent the next six months trying to sew the pieces back on, but there's still a bit missing…..and I cant find it." He carried on rubbing circles on her back; the rhythm of his heart beat pressed against her cheek was soothing her.
"Demitria?" She looked up to his face; he looked like he wasn't sure if he should say anything.
"..Maybe it's time that you move on." He whispered to her; she brought her head back down to his chest.
"Maybe." She mumbled.
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