Emma flipped through her notebook. She was sitting on the grass, in the
field at her university. She didn't have to look around to know she was the
only one sitting alone. Her boyfriend, Tucker, had gone to Chicago for a
week to visit his family there. She had a few friends at the university but
no one else she was really close to. She saw the couples that surrounded
her and sighed. But she soon her thoughts were interuppted by a voice
softly calling her name. "Hello?" Emma asked, shocked, she stood up and
looked round but all she saw were the couples.
"Emma..." the voice called again.
Emma picked up her books and ran behind the tree where the sound seemed to be coming from. "Hello? who is there?"
"Over here..." the voice said. It sounded like a girl and it was from behind the rock.
Carefully, Emma tiptoed towards it and looked over. "Mary!"
"Hey, Emma," she whispered. Mary Reed was sitting cross-legged and leaning her back on the large rock that guarded all of her body from viewers behind it.
"What's going on?" Emma asked clutching her books to her chest.
"Kristin..."
"What about Kristin?"
"Something's wrong..."
"You said she had the flu..." Emma didn't know what to say. "Did the doctor find something else?"
"Emma...when you saw us that day, a few months back, me and Kristin - and our friend Leon - us doing something strange...we were..."
Emma knelt down, worried about the girl who seemed to be shaking. "You don't have to tell me, Mary."
"But I do! I mean, I want to...you didn't tell anyone when you saw us and you didn't run away. You've been so nice to us and you never ever pressured us into telling you our secret. After all that, you deserve to know...it's just I'm scared."
"Of what?"
"People. Bad people. You're not a bad person Emma. Don't let them take you, like they've taken Kristin."
Emma was starting to feel scared too, but treid not to show it. "You're sweating badly, Mary, I have to take you inside somewhere."
"No!" Mary protested as Emma tried to pull her up.
"I'll take you to my dorm, you look like you need some rest."
"No! I have to s-stay here," Mary clutched her knees close to her body and started to cry.
"Hello?" a voice called from behind the tree. Emma looked that way and stood up quickly. "What's going on?" the girl who appeared from the front said.
"Um...we were just..."
"We?" she asked, looking at Emma strangely.
"Yeah," Emma said and was going to gesture to Mary when she saw she wasn't there anymore. "Um..."
The girl who's come rolled her eyes at Emma and walked out. Emma was left alone, but - not knwoing what else there was to do - picked up her books and followed the girl.
"Emma..." the voice called again.
Emma picked up her books and ran behind the tree where the sound seemed to be coming from. "Hello? who is there?"
"Over here..." the voice said. It sounded like a girl and it was from behind the rock.
Carefully, Emma tiptoed towards it and looked over. "Mary!"
"Hey, Emma," she whispered. Mary Reed was sitting cross-legged and leaning her back on the large rock that guarded all of her body from viewers behind it.
"What's going on?" Emma asked clutching her books to her chest.
"Kristin..."
"What about Kristin?"
"Something's wrong..."
"You said she had the flu..." Emma didn't know what to say. "Did the doctor find something else?"
"Emma...when you saw us that day, a few months back, me and Kristin - and our friend Leon - us doing something strange...we were..."
Emma knelt down, worried about the girl who seemed to be shaking. "You don't have to tell me, Mary."
"But I do! I mean, I want to...you didn't tell anyone when you saw us and you didn't run away. You've been so nice to us and you never ever pressured us into telling you our secret. After all that, you deserve to know...it's just I'm scared."
"Of what?"
"People. Bad people. You're not a bad person Emma. Don't let them take you, like they've taken Kristin."
Emma was starting to feel scared too, but treid not to show it. "You're sweating badly, Mary, I have to take you inside somewhere."
"No!" Mary protested as Emma tried to pull her up.
"I'll take you to my dorm, you look like you need some rest."
"No! I have to s-stay here," Mary clutched her knees close to her body and started to cry.
"Hello?" a voice called from behind the tree. Emma looked that way and stood up quickly. "What's going on?" the girl who appeared from the front said.
"Um...we were just..."
"We?" she asked, looking at Emma strangely.
"Yeah," Emma said and was going to gesture to Mary when she saw she wasn't there anymore. "Um..."
The girl who's come rolled her eyes at Emma and walked out. Emma was left alone, but - not knwoing what else there was to do - picked up her books and followed the girl.