Chapter Eight

Give me back my point of view
'Cause I just can't think for you
I can hardly hear you say
What should I do, well you choose
Look What You've Done- Jet

"So, this is going to be fine?" I asked as me and Sean stood in front of a gray mobile home. It was so run down that it didn't look like it could hold more than two people, let alone four.

"Yeah, Nick and I were really close growing up. I mean, we both had really horrible parents, so we sorta just helped each other out." Sean said as he walked up to the door. I followed him.

"Are you going to ring the bell, or are you just going to stand there all day?" I asked Sean. We were on the porch, and all Sean had done was stand there, staring at the door.

Sean didn't move, so I reached around him and rang the doorbell for him.

"No, come on, let's go." Sean said and walked back to the sidewalk, and then down the street. I looked at the door once again, and then ran after him.

"What the hell what that all about?" I asked. Sean didn't say anything, so I grabbed his arm and forced him to face me.

"Emma, it's been four years. I can' really face him after all that time. I basically abandoned him. We were each other's rock, and then when I left...I don't know what happened to him." Sean said. His voice was starting to shake.

It was times like these that reminded me that Sean was human.

"Then, let's go." I said, and then walked back to where we had just been.

"Where are you going?" Sean called after me, as he quickened his pace to catch up with me. It seemed, to me, that he was always trying to catch up with me lately.

"Back to Nick's house." I said and continued on my way.

"I'm not going to go. I can't do it. Emma, come on!" Sean called. He had stopped trying to follow me and was now just standing on the sidewalk.

I stopped and faced him. He was about six yards away from me. I could tell that he was torn between going or not.

"Sean, you said that you would protect me. After all this isn't a very sun shiney place. Now would you really like to leave me alone that long?" I yelled throwing the words that he had said to me ealier right back in his face.

"Fine! Wait a sec!" Sean said and walked back over to me. I smiled smuggly to myself. Sean needed to do this. I knew it just as well as he did.