Chapter 7

a/n: I'm glad ppl lke my story! Thanx 4 the sweet reviews! Well heeeeere's 7!

[I sometimes get carried away lol!]

"Ma!!!" Archie said running across the field to a huge shadow. Christine and Emma exchanged glances.

"Mom, is this really his home? I thought he lived near school?" Emma whispered as she and her mother slowly approached Archie and the shadowed figure.

Christine shrugged, grabbed Emma's arm and began to walk faster.

"By golly," Said Mrs. Simpson as Emma and Christine came closer. Mrs. Simpson, had a small skinny face, too skinny for her extremely large body, which was covered by an old flower patterned night gown with an apron tied around it. She had red hair and soft green eyes.

" you're pregnant? Come on inside, we'll fix ya sometin' good. Christine right?" Mrs. Simpson said grabbing Christine, who didn't hesitate, up to a very large...shack. Mrs. Simpson began walking and then said, without turning to back,

"Archie and child, y'all comin' too, tonight I fixed some good ole' hogmaw!" Archie's eyes lit up.

"Yee-haw!!!" He exclaimed and ran to catch up with his wife and ma. Emma sighed in disbelief.

"What the fuck is hogmaw and why did Snake just yee-haw?" Emma asked herself and as she slowly approached the large shack with chipping white paint. Emma closed her eyes for a moment and was about to go in when her cell rang.

**Bon, Dun, Dun, Dooooo, Eiip~! Bon, Dun, Dun_**

"Hello?" Emma said half relieved that she didn't have to enter the shack yet.

"Emma?" It was Craig. Emma, who still didn't know what to say to Craig after he and Manny broke up, was surprised that he'd called her of all people, his ex's best friend.

"Craig? Um, hey, what's up?" Emma said trying to play it cool.

"It's Manny, I just, don't get her. We were having a perfectly good conversation when, when Eden came in." Emma eyes grew wide.

Eden? Wasn't he the guy Manny had fallen for and broke up with Craig for?

"Eden? Craig, are you sure?" Emma asked. Craig sighed over the phone.

"She...brjnt,and I...cndfnf glsubbbk." The connection was breaking up.

"Craig? Craig? Are you there?" Emma asked. He was her last hope for an intelligent conversaiton until this vacation was over.

"Em..flglb fgnjnh, can you...dfnlgnkf...hear...kbcjksn...me...fvnfnbf?" Emma sighed. This was not fair. She hung up in frustration and opened the ripped and scratched screen door.

When Emma entered she found herself being stared at by alot of Mr. Simpson looking people with old tattered dresses, stained tee shirts, unshaven faces, holey socks...? The list could go on and on. Finally one man with a combination of red and white hair got out of a chair with a broken arm and said,

"Now, who this righ heeh?"

a/n: Yes, that last sentence was right, he has an accent.

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"Eden, maybe we should stop." Manny said as Eden began unzipping his pants.

"Manny, what's the problem? We're soulmates, remember?" He said.

"Or not, Eden, I said alot of things I shouldn't have that night...I, maybe I was wrong." Manny said tying her halter.

Eden sighed and sat down next her. He slowly began to rub her neck, and then her shoulders.

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"Damn!" Craig said as he hung up the phone. How far away did Emma go?

"Maybe I should try Manny's house again?" Craig thought and dialed her number.

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** Ring! Ring!**

"Eden, stop, I need to get that." Manny said taking Eden's friendly hands off her shoulders.

"Hello?" Manny said into the reciever.

"Manny? It's me, Craig."

"Oh, hi, mom, when are you coming home? Quickly? Are you coming here, quickly. Come, here quickly. And do you need help with the groceries? Help. Got to go, mom, come here soon." Manny said and hung up the phone,she was hoping Craig wouldn't be stupid and think she was going nuts. It was the only way she could send out a message with Eden in the room.

She didn't wnat to come right out and say 'help!' 'help!' then Eden, would probably grab and rape her.

"Your mom?" Eden said standing up and going over to where Manny's phone was. Eden looked at Manny and smiled.

"Your phone has caller ID. Is your mom's named Jeremiah , Joey?"

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Craig stared at the phone in his hand.

"Mom?Groceries? Help, with...come here quickly?" Craig said. Putting two and two together he ran out of his house as quickly as he could to Manny's.