Alexis walked over with a confused and worried look on her face. Lauren took a piece of paper and pen off the table next to the chair she was on and wrote something to Alexis while she was listening to Emma cry. The note said:
Emma's mom was yelling at her and now she's really upset.
"Emma I'm going to hand the phone over to Alexis okay. Let me just go run and get her."
"Okay," Emma said weakly. She hoped her mom wouldn't come into her room and find her on the phone.
Lauren covers the end of the phone with her hand so Emma couldn't hear Alexis and her talking.
"What are we going to do," Alexis asked.
"I don't know. Maybe we should see if she wants to come for lunch with us. She should talk to us in person."
"Good idea."
Lauren hands Alexis the phone.
"Hi Emma"
"Hi Alexis."
"Emma do you want to come for lunch with Lauren and I in about an hour."
"I would love to but my mom probably wouldn't like it."
"How about we go to your house and pretend that we are surprising you?"
"That's good. I should go now before my mom finds out I'm on the phone. You have my address right?"
"Ya we do. Okay Emma. Thanks for calling."
"Bye."
"Bye."
Lauren had finished the scene that she was doing about a half an hour later. Alexis had finished her scene, also.
"Ready to go," Lauren asked Alexis.
"Ready when you are."
Alexis and Lauren were walking Lauren's car. Lauren was due soon so they couldn't walk very fast. They finally got to Lauren's car and got in. They hadn't said anything to each other the whole way the car. Finally, Alexis spoke up.
"Why do you think that Emma's mom was yelling at her?"
"I don't know, Alex. I don't know."
They drove the rest of the way to Emma's house. It was about a 20 minute drive from the set.
When they got to Emma's they sat in the car for a few minutes trying to figure out what they were going to tell Emma's mom.
Finally Lauren opened her door and got out, Alexis followed closely behind. They walked up to the door and rang the bell. Thankfully Emma answered the door. She was breathing heavily as if she was running.
"Hey!" Emma said in a sort of whisper.
"Hey" Lauren and Alexis said in a somewhat whisper. They didn't want Emma's mom to hear them.
"Umm so I'll tell my mom that I'm going out with my friend Rachel. I already called her and told her the plan" Emma said.
Lauren and Alexis were surprised at how well planed Emma had this planned out.
'She's pretty smart for her age' Lauren thought to herself.
A few minutes later Emma came back with her coat.
"Ok.. let's go" Emma said and walked out the door.
Lauren and Alexis followed her like two younger kids. They got to the car and Emma asked,
"So where are we going?"
"Well I thought we would go back to my house, is that ok with you?" Lauren questioned.
"Yeah! That's more then ok!" Emma said excitedly. She couldn't believe she was going to Lauren Graham's house! 'This is awesome' she thought to herself.