Chapter Two: Run Away Together
"Hey babe." Emma said as soon as Ellie answered her phone, pretending to be Sean. "What are you up to?" Ellie shrugged as though Emma could hear her. "Feeling better?
"Yeah." Ellie sighed.
"Does that sigh mean what I think it does? Did you so something stupid?" Emma wondered.
"Don't call me stupid." Ellie narrowed her voice. She hated that word. That's what her mother called her whenever she got too drunk to stand up.
"I'm not calling you stupid hon. Did you …"
"I'm fine." Ellie answered sitting on her bed, a little annoyed that Emma disrupted the relaxing sensation of blood oozing down her pale arms. "But, I was thinking, you know that thesis I have to do for Kwan's class?"
"No. I haven't even started mine." Emma laughed to herself. "I'm getting Craig to do it for me.
"And how are you going to do that?" Ellie stopped to listen for a second, even though that seemed like all she ever did anymore.
"With the gift that all women were given." She smiled to herself. "It's amazing what a guy will do when he's lost his 'so-called' true love and when everyone thinks he's a freak because he's bi-polar."
"Oh." Ellie sighed. "Back to my thesis. What would you say if I told you I found the perfect ingredient to happiness?" She wondered.
"I would say I've already found it. It's called control. Control over other people, of your life, of sex." Emma giggled. "And Chris actually thought he meant something." She whispered to herself.
"All that is temporary. I'm talking about taking your pain and harnessing it… giving it back to the person that caused it all." Ellie forced herself to think about something other than Sean.
"You mean getting back at your mother? How boring would that be?" Emma sighed.
"Not her … but maybe someone who has broken you with their broken promises … or maybe we can make them hurt just as much as they've made us hurt." Ellie added.
"What do you mean? Sean? I'm over him." Emma lied, tossing her hair over her shoulder insecurely.
"And what would you say if he was back and daring Kendra Mason."
"You've got to be shitting me. That Chink." Emma scoffed as her rage began to grow.
"She's Korean." Ellie rolled her eyes.
"Same difference."
"No, they're—anyway," She began, knowing that Emma's mind had become as narrow at they get. "I still think we owe Mr. Cameron a little visit … tell him how we feel."
"And if that doesn't work?" Emma wondered, letting herself be completely guided by Ellie.
"We'll get to have some real fun."
(A/N: I know, it was short, but I only have one review right now and I want to make sure someone is reading this before I continue. It's not conventional at all and involves a complete transformation of Ellie and Emma … if you want more on that, let me know. And, for the second time, I am pairing up Sean with Kendra, but it's a lot different now. Just tell me what you think and I'll keep going! –NL)
