A/N: I cannot believe how much reviews I have gotten for this story. And we're not even done yet! It's... amazing. If I get 200 reviews, I swear, I will die from shock.
Sorry I haven't updated lately!
Emma walked down the Degrassi hallway, absently wondering on how she always managed to go back to this place... this spot that had changed her entire life.
She stopped dead in her tracks, closing her eyes. She could almost feel the cold breeze of Rick's heartless figure. She started to shiver. She pictured him, standing there, grinning at her, almost laughing at her scared expression. He thought it was funny.
He was walking towards her. She wanted to run, wanted to scream, but her mouth wouldn't open and her body wouldn't move. She leaned on Sean's arm, but it wasn't there. She looked around wildly. Nobody was there.
A whimper escaped her lips.
" Sorry I kissed you Emma..." he softly whispered.
He was walking towards her. Her feet were stuck to the floor.
' Help me!' she wanted to scream, but nothing came out.
With a shudder, she abruptly opened her eyes and the memory of Rick faded. She breathed slowly.
Still feeling uneasy, she wiped some imaginary lint off her shirt and continued to walk towards the Issacs house.
She swung the Degrassi Community School door shut and locked eyes with Spinner. She panicked.
" Hey, Nelson, your boy Sean has been looking for you all week!" he shouted, jogging up to her. She walked faster, trying to avoid her.
" Emma, wait up!" he yelled out, laughing. She walked faster, swiveled around the corner and he was gone. She breathed slowly again.
Sean was looking for her... A brief smile was captured on her lips before she bit it. No, she had more important things to do.
Looking around, she tried to find a window to Toby's room, something she could climb in.
" Aha!" she whispered as she noticed the dark green curtains with video game stickers all over it. " Definetely Toby's room."
She climbed up the wall, wincing as some thorns poked her fingers. Blood trickled down her hand and she tried not to whimper out with pain. She clumsily patted the window, searching for the lock. When she finally located it, she unlatched it and climbed in, landing with an OOF! on the floor.
She grunted with pain as she untangled herself from her long legs. She peered around. She had only been in Toby's room once and that wasn't such a pleasant memory.
Shoving all thoughts of Sean from her mind, she lifted herself up and took out Toby's letter, placing it on her pillow.
There was also another letter on the pillow. Cocking her eyebrow curiously, she picked it up. It had her name on it.
She opened it. " Dear Emma," she read. " I've been in love with you since the seventh grade..."
She bit her lip as she read the rest of the sappy letter and placed it down, trying hard not to cry.
She collasped on Toby's bed, head in her hands. What a mess she was making. What a mess she was creating.
She heard footsteps pounding up the stairs and she jumped up, feeling frantic. Searching around the room, she finally noticed Toby's closet and ran into it, shutting the door quietly.
She peeked out of the crack. Toby, hair wet and shirt damp, was squinting around his room. " I could've sworn I heard someone up here."
He noticed the letter. He picked it up. He saw her name and then dropped it.
Emma bit her cheek hard so she could taste blood. Maybe Toby really didn't care.
The phone then shrilly rang and Emma nearly jumped out of her skin.
" Hello?" Toby answered, sounding rough.
Emma noticed his eyes widen. " No, Manny, I haven't seen her. Why?"
" Manny, I can't understand what you're saying, calm down!"
He dropped the phone and frantically ripped open the letter.
" You were such a good friend to me," he read bitterly, laughing. " Apparently not good enough."
He threw down the letter and slammed the phone down, not bothering to say goodbye to Manny.
He sat down on the bed and picked up his pillow. " There's a teardrop," he said slowly.
He looked towards the closet. Emma quickly hid from view.
A minute passed. Emma peeked out again. Toby had left the room, but she could hear him talking to someone.
" Look, she's still gotta be alive. There's a teardrop on my pillow! And, the letter wasn't there this afternoon. She's just a really good hider, Sean."
Sean. Emma took a quick breath then released it.
He hung up the phone. " Emma, I'm going to find you," he shouted, " And if I don't, I know someone who's devoted his entire life now who will."
SPECIAL EDITION OF WHAT EMMA MISSED ( SEAN AND TOBY'S PHONE CONVERSATION)
" Hello?"- Toby
" Toby, dude, you haven't seen Emma, have you!"- Sean
" Nope. But I got her letter."- Toby
" Letter? What letter?"- Sean
" The goodbye letters she's giving out. Guess she skipped you."- Toby
" Yeah. Guess so."- Sean
" Look, she's still gotta be alive. There's a teardrop on my pillow! And, the letter wasn't there this afternoon. She's just a really good hider, Sean."- Toby
" I'm going to find her. Call you when I get an update. Later."- Sean
" Bye."- Toby
Toby hung up the phone and started laughing. His humorless laughs filled the entire Issacs household.
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