Lucas awoke the next morning to the ringing of his cell phone. He rolled over in his bed to look at the time 7:16, what the fuck, who would be calling me this early? he thought. He pulled out his phone and saw the caller ID said 'Em's House', he flipped opened the phone…
"Hello?" he said groggily
"Lucas? This is John Anderson, I'm Emily's father. Can you come over to her mother's house as soon as possible?"
"Sure, Mr. Anderson; is she ok?" he asked
"You just need to come, and if you could pick up Bradin and Callie as well that would be a big help"
"Sure, I'll call them"
"No, we're already on that, they'll be looking for you. See you soon" he quickly hung up the phone
That was weird Lucas thought as he got dressed In the almost 4 months Em and I dated, I've never talked to her father. What happened to her that they need the three of us there? Lucas grabbed Tanner's keys from the hall, knowing he wouldn't be home until at least 11 and then he'd go straight to sleep, since he never slept at night. Lucas drove to Bradin's house first, then to Callie's. The three sat in the car in silence, no one really awake or sure what to say.
Callie finally spoke up "Can I just say on record I have a really bad feeling about this"
"Way to be supportive Cal" Bradin said, looking at her
"No, I've been thinking the same thing" Lucas said "Something big is going on and a girl's dad doesn't just call their daughter's ex-boyfriends at 7AM for no reason. She's right, this is bad" No one said anything as Lucas waved to the guard and drove up to Emily's mother's house. He parked in front of the door "Ready?" he asked
"Yeah" Bradin said
"Let's do it" Callie said
Lucas knocked on the door then waited. It seemed like forever before Emily's mother answered the door "Oh, I'm so glad you three are here" they could all tell she had been crying "Please come this way" she lead them into the family room where Greg was sitting on the couch and Mr. and Mrs. Borden were standing talking to Emily's father.
"Mr. Borden, Mrs. Borden, what are you doing here" Callie asked quietly
"Sit" Emily's father said to the three, motioning to the couch. They all sat down next to Greg, who looked just as confused as they did "We call the four of you here to tell you something and to give you something. Emily and Sara ran away last night, we think between 3 and 5am. Did any of you know about it?"
By the look on all four teen's faces they all had no clue. Callie's jaw nearly hit the floor, Greg's eyes popped nearly out of his head, Bradin choked and Lucas looked at them in pure disbelief. "I know this must be really hard for all of you" Mrs. Borden said, "But if you know anything about it, please tell us" All the kids said nothing
"I can't believe she's gone" Lucas said "I can't believe she just left, I can't believe I was so horrible that she wanted to leave."
"Lucas dear" Emily's mom said "She loved you very much, I think they both decided that they were doing more harm here than good, so they left; which leads me to the 'give you something' part. Both Sara and Emily left letters on their beds when they left. Sara left one for her parents, one for you Greg" she handed him a pink piece of paper with his name written on it "And one for you three" she handed it to Callie.
"And Emily left one for her parents" Mrs. Borden said "One for you Greg" she handed him a baby blue envelope with his name written in perfect cursive "One for the dance team, can you give it to them Greg?" he nodded as she gave him a matching envelope with all the girls names scrawled on it "One for you two" she handed another envelope to Bradin, he saw her writing of his and Callie's name on it, which brought tears to their eyes "And one for you Lucas" She handed it to him. It had his name written on it in pink writing, with a heart. He turned it over to see a lip mark on the back where she had kissed it. "We didn't read them, but we suggest you do, maybe they'll be the missing pieces of the puzzle that weren't left in ours. We'll leave you alone"
All four parents left the room. The teens looked at the papers in their hands, not knowing what to do
"I think we should all read them on our own, and then decide if we want to share them with each other. Sound good?" Callie said quietly. They all nodded. Lucas, Bradin and Callie read the letter from Sara, which pretty much said thank you for not hating me and for being such a good friend to Emily, nothing really specific.
Lucas walked off alone and looked at the blue envelope in his hands. He carefully ripped the top and took out a lighter blue/white paper. He could tell tears were cried when writing it because the paper was stiff. He unfolded it and read it in his head
My Dearest Lucas,
Please forgive me for leaving without a real goodbye. I want you to know I will always love you, and I will never love anyone the way I love you. You are my one true love, but fate seemed to be working against us. I just want you to grant me this one wish, as a last request from your love. Please just forget about me. I know that sounds crazy and you're probably rolling your eyes, but please do it for me. You won't be able to live the life you need to if you don't. I want you to meet an amazing girl and get married and have kids and do all the stuff I can't do with you. I love you Lucas, more than you can and will ever know, and if you love me like you say you do; then grant me that one wish. I wish you the best babe.
Love Always, Forever and then Some
Emmy
Lucas wiped the tears from his eyes. He was always a strong person, but this hurt way to bad. He looked up and noticed everyone, including the parents were looking at him "She told me to forget about her" he said "She said it was her last wish, and I can't do it."
"She told us that we were great friends and that we need to help you forget about her" Callie said with tears in her eyes. Bradin
"She told me she loves me, to make sure that you three are ok and to make sure that in her honor, no more rivalry violence will happen, what does she think, I'm God?" they all laughed
"She'll always be with us" Bradin said. "Always"
Everyone nodded their heads, but Lucas couldn't help that when she left Playa Linda that morning, a huge part of his heart had left too, and that could only come back when or if she did...
A/N: Wow, well guys that's the end of the saga. I know it got really bad towards the end so I decided to just end it. If you want a sequel, review and tell me. If enough people want one, I'll look into it! Thank so much to everyone who read it, waited for days when I was so swamped I couldn't write, and then reviewed even when the chapter sucked! You're made me want to write! I'm in the process of writing a new story, so if you want to check that one out until I hear about a sequel, I'd be honored! Thanks
Steph
