The next day, Emily's knee burnt like crazy, but she had a swimming lesson.
She put on her bathing suit and found the largest, longest shorts she could
find to cover her knee that was swollen and scraped pretty bad. She didn't
want to have to explain to anyone what happened the previous night
Breakfast was fine, but when Emily ignored Monica, Tess knew something was up.
"What on earth happened last night? Your baby doesn't look any better." Tess wondered.
Monica looked almost embarrassed but was obliged to tell Tess about her and Emily's walk in the woods. "Well, I got tongue tied with the truth for the first time. I didn't tell her what she wanted to hear, and she ran away from me before I could finish." Monica replied with a shrug.
"That isn't good angel girl!" Tess urged, "She's going back to her old ways; she doesn't want to talk or tell you how she feels because she's afraid again that you would reject her. Even she doesn't want to go back, I can tell, but something has clicked in her brain and is on her mind 24/7."
Monica nodded, worried about Emily because of her old habits of bottling everything inside of her. "Shall I try again tonight?"
"No, Andrew is going to take a whack at it."
Tess went to the pond with the cabin; everyone got into the warm water, except Emily. Emily sat on the dock and dangled her toes in the water, but didn't dare go in because she was afraid of her knee getting infected.
"So you don't want to get wet today?" Andrew came over and asked, sitting down next to her on the dock.
"No" Emily bluntly replied
"Why not?"
"Because."
"Are you sure? The water is great." Andrew encouraged, trying to get Emily to talk to him more.
Emily picked up her feet out of the water and turned towards Andrew, becoming slightly fustrated with him not leaving her alone. She didn't realize that she exposed her knee when she turned. "Yes, I'm sure" She said somewhat snottily and firm.
"That's why not, isn't it?" Andrew said, and pointed to her knee. Emily quickly covered it with her hand, annoyed with herself that she didn't keep it covered.
"You need to go to the nurse about that." Andrew said, then paused seeing an opportunity for disscusion, "What happened?"
"I tripped." Emily replied, curtly.
Andrew looked her in the eye and said, "Go to the nurse, that needs to get fixed up and iced, it's swollen." Andrew helped Emily to her feet and was about to let her go to the nurse when he said, "Where'd you trip?" while Emily put her shoes on.
"On a path." Emily plainly said again.
"There's something you're not telling me." Andrew insisted.
"I believe that I have to go to the nurse. Emily straightened up and said to him face to face. Andrew noticed that there was no emotion in her eyes at all. Once she had left, limping, Tess came over to talk to him.
"She's hardening fast Tess." He observed to her
"But she'll break down just as fast so you should be ready." Tess warned.
Breakfast was fine, but when Emily ignored Monica, Tess knew something was up.
"What on earth happened last night? Your baby doesn't look any better." Tess wondered.
Monica looked almost embarrassed but was obliged to tell Tess about her and Emily's walk in the woods. "Well, I got tongue tied with the truth for the first time. I didn't tell her what she wanted to hear, and she ran away from me before I could finish." Monica replied with a shrug.
"That isn't good angel girl!" Tess urged, "She's going back to her old ways; she doesn't want to talk or tell you how she feels because she's afraid again that you would reject her. Even she doesn't want to go back, I can tell, but something has clicked in her brain and is on her mind 24/7."
Monica nodded, worried about Emily because of her old habits of bottling everything inside of her. "Shall I try again tonight?"
"No, Andrew is going to take a whack at it."
Tess went to the pond with the cabin; everyone got into the warm water, except Emily. Emily sat on the dock and dangled her toes in the water, but didn't dare go in because she was afraid of her knee getting infected.
"So you don't want to get wet today?" Andrew came over and asked, sitting down next to her on the dock.
"No" Emily bluntly replied
"Why not?"
"Because."
"Are you sure? The water is great." Andrew encouraged, trying to get Emily to talk to him more.
Emily picked up her feet out of the water and turned towards Andrew, becoming slightly fustrated with him not leaving her alone. She didn't realize that she exposed her knee when she turned. "Yes, I'm sure" She said somewhat snottily and firm.
"That's why not, isn't it?" Andrew said, and pointed to her knee. Emily quickly covered it with her hand, annoyed with herself that she didn't keep it covered.
"You need to go to the nurse about that." Andrew said, then paused seeing an opportunity for disscusion, "What happened?"
"I tripped." Emily replied, curtly.
Andrew looked her in the eye and said, "Go to the nurse, that needs to get fixed up and iced, it's swollen." Andrew helped Emily to her feet and was about to let her go to the nurse when he said, "Where'd you trip?" while Emily put her shoes on.
"On a path." Emily plainly said again.
"There's something you're not telling me." Andrew insisted.
"I believe that I have to go to the nurse. Emily straightened up and said to him face to face. Andrew noticed that there was no emotion in her eyes at all. Once she had left, limping, Tess came over to talk to him.
"She's hardening fast Tess." He observed to her
"But she'll break down just as fast so you should be ready." Tess warned.