Chapter 5:
Life In London:
It was a rainy day in London, the muddy streets were covered with sheets of icy water when Emma and her companions arrived. They rode through the streets and after a short while stopped before a tall, but very thin, building.
"This is were we shall retire for the night!" Othello yelled through the rain. At his word they all dismounted their horses, with a slash Adam's feet hit the ground and he turned to help Emma off.
'Calmly and smoothly,' she thought to herself as she slowly tried to slide of the slippery saddle. As soon as she had thought this she slipped and fell right through Adam's helping arms to the muddy street below. 'Crap!' she thought looking up at Adam who was despritly trying to hold back his laughter.
Emma stood up quickly and whipped off her dress, (as if that would somehow make it clean) and tried to walk inside the building. She hadn't gone one full step before her head was jerked back and she fell to the ground again. She looked up at the saddle to which her long braid was attached. 'Please kill me now…' she thought to herself.
The next mourning was the start of what seemed like a nice day, the streets were still wet but the sky was blue and the sun blazing. Emma, who had been sleeping near the window, awoke to find everyone else still asleep. She glanced out side at the hazy sunrise and thought about home. She liked it here, it was better than her parents screaming at her all of the time, better than getting bad grades and certainy better than being late for her English class. She winced at the thought of Mrs. Watson.
Emma glanced around the room again, everyone was still asleep, like rock's. 'Well, there's no harm in exploring London for a while is there?' she thought and almost immitatley made up her mind. She tiptoed out the door, being careful enough not to wake anyone up, and found herself out in a long hallway.
The hallway was narrow with wooden floors, walls, and a wooden ceiling. It had stairs both going down to the first floor and stairs leading to the numerous floors above on both sides of it. The stairs leading down opened into a tavern.
Only moments later Emma found herself walking the streets of London. She hadn't expected it to be this crowded. There were people everywhere! People washing dishes, people sewing, and little kids playing were all part of the life surounding the buildings.
She had not a need to worry about her appearance, as she walked she noticed people dressed worse than she was. Many of the people were dirty and smelled worse than Dan, (a friend in her gym class). She smiled again at the thought of home. She really did miss it the more she thought about it. As she walked she vainly tried to comb her long hair with her fingers. It was knotty and still a little damp from the night before but for the most part she figured it wouldn't really matter.
Her thoughts of home were quickly stopped when she turned the corner and heard Adam's voice questioning her.
"Why did you leave without telling anyone?" He said rather angrily.
"Because all of you were asleep and I didn't want to bother you!" Came her fired reply.
"Do you know how dangerous it is here? Especially for a girl of your age to be alone!"
Emma rolled her eyes, "I think I'm old enough to manage on my own, thanks."
"You really have no idea of what could have happened, do you?"
"No, I think I just don't care, it couldn't possibly be worse than New York! Just trust me on this one, Adam."
"I do not know what this, New York that you speak of is, but I do know that everyone is out looking for you!"
At that exact second Othello came up, followed by Bassanio, and grabbed Emma;s right arm, "Where were you?"
Adam interrupted, "She's fine Othello, let's just keep an eye on her and get back to your business." Othello looked confused for a second but then looked as if he understood everything. He let go of her arm and walked away, leaving the three of them behined.
"So, what is ythere to do in this town?" Emma said looking at the two men standing in front of her.