They Never Knew

Chapter 13

Aftermath

Emma wanted nothing more than to yell for her sister but was too scared to if they would call someone to get them. She could feel her breathing getting rapid and panicked as she felt the search was becoming hopeless. She looked around desperately trying NOT to panic! "Come on Emma, don't give up on her. Amy has never let you down before she won't start now. You'll find her." She mumbled to herself as she walked down the sketchy alley. She heard tiny whimpers but didn't really think anything of it until she saw the girl up ahead of her, her long hair shining in the street light. She was leaning against the side of some building as looking down as though she had been vomiting. As she looked around panicked Emma saw the small locket dangling from her neck and knew exactly who is was.

She didn't know why but she stopped in her tracks upon seeing her sister. She actually felt her breath leave her for a minute before the reality of it all hit her, before she even knew what she was doing. "Amy!" She took off toward her not knowing what came over her at all! She watched as her terrified sister snapped up and was in the stance to run into she realized exactly who it was…though it wasn't the reaction she was expecting…not the reaction she was expecting. She clung to her as though she were her lifelong!-though in many ways she was-she couldn't help but break down when she felt Amy cling to her and start crying so hard her body shook with her. "Hey it's ok I'm here." Emma kept repeating, and she would have to repeat it for quite a long time.

Emma guided her back to the place they had been staying but quickly learned Amy wouldn't be able to stay there. She had a panic attack the moment they passed the hotel. Emma was proud and extremely impressed when Amy asked if the girl receptionist from the hotel was ok. Emma chuckled slightly keeping her arm firmly around Amy's shoulder. "Sofia, her names Sofia." Amy seemed to take this into consideration as they continued their walk. They walked in peaceful silence-or as peaceful as it could be-before Emma couldn't help but bring something up "Amy?" There was the immediate "Hmm" before Emma took it as her sign to continue. "Are you ok?" She could feel the slight tension in Amy's muscles before she forced herself to relax. "I'm fine." There was going to be no more to that response that much Emma knew. "You know it's alright for you to not be alright?" Amy was staring at the ground with an intense ferocity. She refused to look at Emma. "I know, but I'm fine. We do need to leave before the cops find me though." Emma nodded knowing at least for the time being Amy would not be giving anything away. The rest of the walk was continued in silence as Emma continued to worry about her sister. Amy felt nothing.

Amy could barely stand up straight, but Emma hadn't seemed to take notice of it yet so they kept going. She didn't want to stop anyway, stopping meant her thoughts could overcome her. If she was moving-if she could hear the crunch of her shoes sliding over the snow- it was noise. Noise that she could use to distract herself from her mind screaming at her. There were so many things yelling at her she couldn't even understand what she was being yelled at for. Though somewhere deep down she was sure she knew.

Emm could hear Amy struggling to keep up with her but she was scared to say anything in fear that Amy would snap at her. She could tell Amy was just a blog of tension right now, she also knew when her sister got stressed she easily snapped and there were only two of them so her options of people to snap at were limited. Emma didn't know why exactly but she felt the need to hum. She rolled her eyes at how stupid this was going to be sense the random humming and singing and all the flamboyant things she left to Amy. She hummed the first thing that she found comforting which just happened to be Ours by Taylor Swift.

She felt a surge of embarrseement flood through her as Amy stumbled upon hearing her humming-she knew this was as out of character as Emma did-she turned around to see Amy giving her a small smile. Emma suddenly only wanted to see that smile stay on her face so she started singing the words too…

So don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
The stakes are high, the water's rough
But this love is ours

She was now walking backwards so she could watch the emotions crossing Amy's face. She was watching Emma in what she could only decipher as admiration. She laughed out loud herself when Amy joined her…

You never know what people have up their sleeves

Ghosts from your past gonna jump out at me

Lurking in the shadows with their lip gloss smiles

But I don't care 'cause right now you're mine

They continued to go back and forth until they were finally just singing together, and Emma had to admit they sounded pretty good…

And it's not theirs to speculate
If it's wrong and
Your hands are tough
But they are where mine belong and
I'll fight their doubt and give you faith
With this song for you

'Cause I love the gap between your teeth
And I love the riddles that you speak
And any snide remarks from my father about your tattoos will be ignored
'Cause my heart is yours

So don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
And life makes love look hard
Don't you worry your pretty little mind
People throw rocks at things that shine
But they can't take what's ours
They can't take what's ours

The stakes are high, the water's rough
But this love is ours

They sang as they continued down the road, neither having laughed this hard in years. This didn't meant the problems were gone, they both knew that. But these were the good moments, the ones that counted. All the other stuff would still be there in the morning. It is ok to live in this moment for now.

Authors note: SO I'm really really sorry that this took so long. I actually wrote this yesterday and forgot that I hadn't published it. I don't really have a better excuse than that other than my relatives were bothering me. So hope you enjoyed the chapter! Have a great weekend everyone!