AN: So if you've been keeping up with my other story, "The Pain of Love," you know I have a plan for a new story. If not…it's called "Lost In A World Of Perfection" and it's about a girl named Bailey who has a famous family and is expected to be perfect. She meets Chad at a concert and he teaches her that no matter how un-perfect you may be to everyone in the world, to one person you may be the personification of perfection. It's a story about breaking the rules and risking it all for love (as corny as it sounds). Let me know if I should write it.
Thanks for all the reviews guys…this story is doing a million times better than I thought it would.
More drama in this chapter! Hope you like it!
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.Chapter 4.
Emily had been unpacking for about a half-hour when she heard another knock at her door.
"Come in." She said. Troy stuck his head in the door.
"Need some help?" He asked.
"Not really…I've got it covered." She responded.
"Well…Want some company?" He asked. She laughed.
"Bored?"
"Kind of."
"I guess I could use some company."
"Cool." Troy sat down on her bed and watched as she sat on the floor re-folding her clothes and putting them in piles to put them away. She folded them perfectly and put them together according to color. "Perfectionist?" He asked.
"A little bit." She responded looking up. "So…Troy…what is there to do here in New Mexico?"
"Well…what did you do back home?"
"Not much…our nights mostly ended at a diner or bowling alley." (AN: Seriously…that's my town. We make big plans and then our nights always end up at a diner at one in the morning or bowling. Ohh how I love suburbia)
"Sounds like fun." Sarcasm was eminent in his voice.
"It was!"
"Whatever."
"But seriously…What do you do here?"
"I don't know…we just like hang out…we don't have any set routine."
"Okay…I have another question."
"Shoot."
"Got any hot friends?" She smiled.
"I'm not answering that."
"I'm just kidding…I have a boyfriend."
"A boyfriend…huh?"
"Yea…a boyfriend."
"Will he be making the trip out to Albuquerque any time soon?"
"I'm sure he will. He's 18 and he drives…without a parent or guardian. Plus he's probably way hotter than any of your friends."
"I wanna meet this kid."
"You meet me today and you're already being a protective brother."
"Damn straight. Can't have you dating any assholes."
"Whatever."
"How long have you been with this kid?"
"A year and a half."
"Wow! Long time."
"Yea…so how about you? Any girlfriends?"
"Eh…not so much…flying solo for a while."
"That's cool." Emily and Troy talked for about an hour while Emily unpacked.
When Troy left the room, Emily just had to unpack her laptop, stereo, and other electronics. She decided to get a drink before finishing. She walked down the stairs and to the kitchen. She felt a little uneasy about looking in their refrigerator. While it had become her new home, she still felt as though she was visiting a stranger's house. Troy walked in the kitchen as Emily was reaching for the handle to open the refrigerator. She quickly pulled her hand back, turning to Troy.
"Hey!" Emily said.
"Hey…" Troy responded shooting her a weird look. "What are you doing?"
"I wanted to get a drink."
"So…Why didn't you?"
"Because I felt like it would be rude to look in your refrigerator."
"Why?"
"Because it's your refrigerator."
"But…It's yours now, too." Troy said walking to the refrigerator. He opened it and pulled out two water bottles. "Do you mind water?"
"Anything's fine." Emily replied. Troy tossed her a bottle.
"You live here now. What once belonged to me and my parents, also belongs to you now." Troy said and walked out of the room leaving Emily, once again, alone in the kitchen. She smiled at Troy's last statement.
Emily was just about to go back up to her room when she heard her mother's name come from the dining room.
"Leave it to the perfect Linda Reynolds to get herself killed and leave us with her kid." She heard. Her mood instantly dropped
"Sarah…all of your opinions of Linda don't matter anymore. All that matters is that Emily is here now and you or anyone else can't change that."
"Jack…She kept that child from you for 16 years."
"Yea…well…she had her reasons I suppose…but, like I said, nothing you say or do is going to change the fact that she's here." There was a short pause. "I'm going to get a drink. I'll be right back."
Emily walked out of the kitchen and went in a different door to the dining room waiting until after her father left the room. Sarah almost choked on her drink. Her eyes widened.
"How much did you hear?" She asked.
"Enough." Emily responded.
"Eavesdropping?"
"No just getting something from the kitchen." Emily held up her water bottle. "Listen…I get it…you don't like me. Whatever. I'm over it. But just to clear a few things up…my mother did not 'get herself killed.' I don't think anybody asks to be killed by a drunk driver…and even though she's not…I'm here now…and I'm not going anywhere." They stood there for a few minutes in silence. Jack walked in the room.
"Hey Em!" He said. She rolled her eyes and walked out of the room. She went up the stairs and locked herself in her room, slamming the door.
Sarah and Jack heard the door slam. Jack turned to Sarah.
"She heard everything, didn't she?" He asked her.
"Yup." She responded. He sank into a chair. "I have to go talk to her." He said, getting up. He left the room and walked up the stairs. He knocked lightly.
"Go away." Emily said from inside the room.
"Emily? Can't we talk?" He responded.
"No! Go away!" She exclaimed. He tried to turn the doorknob but she had locked herself in. Giving in, he walked back down the stairs. She was sitting on her bed, clutching her stuffed lion and looking both angry and upset.
'She doesn't want me here? Fine. I'll make myself invisible. I just wont come out.' Emily said to herself.
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AN: Hope you liked it!
Let me know what you think of the chapter and of my new idea!
Reviews are very much appreciated!
Oh! And for any Classical music fanatics like me…I highly recommend you listen to Giacomo Puccini's Nessun Dorma cause it is a gorgeous song. My high school orchestra played it 2 years ago and I remembered it being a beautiful song and I just heard it in Chasing Liberty and downloaded it. It's fantastic!
