About 20 minutes later they arrived at Lauren's house and walked inside.
'Wow! This is amazing!' Emma thought to herself as she looked around in awe.
Lauren and Alexis saw Emma looking around in amazement. They looked at each other and smiled.
"So.. Lauren said breaking the silence snapping Emma back to reality. "Shall we eat?"
"We shall" Alexis said smiling realizing how weird that sounded.
The three of them walked into Lauren's kitchen and Alexis and Emma sat down while Lauren made lunch.
Lauren walked over to the freezer and took out Chicken Fingers and Tator Tots.
"Is everyone ok with these?" Lauren asked turning to face Alexis and Emma.
"Yep" Emma and Alexis said.
"Ok then" Lauren said walking over to the cupboard to get a pan.
"Here Lauren you go sit by Emma," Alexis said.
Alexis walked into the kitchen. She lightly bumped into Lauren.
"Lauren you have to talk to her. I really want to know what her mom does and I can tell that you do to."
"Ya I know. I'll go talk to her."
Lauren walked back into her living room where Emma was sitting. She sat down next to her. She didn't know how to start this.
"So Emma, umm, do you wanna talk about anything?" Lauren tried.
"Umm, not really," Emma replied.
'What is she getting at," Emma thought.
"Are you sure," Lauren tried. She wanted to know what was happening with her mom.
"Ya I'm sure.
'What does she want to know," Emma thought.
"Oh okay," Lauren said as if she had given up. But what Emma didn't know is that she was just thinking of a way to ask.
"Okay. The tator tots are in the oven and so are the chicken fingers. They'll be done in 20 minutes," Alexis said walking into the living room.
The three of them sat there off in their own little worlds thinking about different things. Lauren was worried about Emma and how her mom was treating her. Alexis was also worried about Emma hoping it was nothing too serious. Emma was thinking about telling Lauren and Alexis what her mom had been doing to her. Ten minutes passes and Alexis came back to reality and broke the silence.
"I'm going to check on the food" she said getting up walking to the kitchen.
Both Lauren and Emma spoke still in a daze at the same time.
"Ok" they both said.
A few minutes passed and Alexis was still in the kitchen so Lauren decided to try once more to see if she could get anything out of Emma.
"I don't mean to be a pain but are you absolutely positive you don't want to talk about anything?" Lauren asked Emma.
"My mom hit me" Emma said so quietly Lauren couldn't hear. Emma knew she was going to cry. She tried to hold back but she wasn't doing so well.
"Sorry, what did you say?" Lauren asked.
"My mom hit me" Emma said rolling up her sleeve and showing the bruise her mom gave her. Now she was full out crying.
Lauren gasped.