Chapter 2:
Pulling Away
Tuning back in to the stirring young man beside her, Emma turned and looked at Sean to see that he was smiling at her from his side of the couch…
"Hey." He whispered sleepily,
"Hey." She whispered back with a smile,
Sean sat up suddenly, a worried look on his face
"Are you, ok?"
"I'm fine." Emma nodded leaning and softly, kissing him.
Sean looked at her for a moment before nodding.
"Ok," and then leaning back against the arm of the couch that he'd been on he motioned for her to join him, holding out his arms and awaiting the impact of her soft blonde hair against him.
"Um, hold on…I'm kinda thirsty…" Emma said standing up quickly and feeling a little confused.
Sean sat up and watched as his girlfriend seemed to stumble almost into the kitchen. "Em?" he called carefully…"Are yo-?" Emma quickly back-stepped into the room with her boyfriend smiling "Sean! Hold on ok? I'll be right back…do you want a glass?" "Uh, no thanks. I'm cool." Sean said, Emma flashed him a flirtatious smile wish seemed to satisfy him and he smiled himself leaning back against the couch arm.
Her smile vanished as soon as she had walked over to the sink. Emma couldn't seem to get herself out of these thoughts….they were pulling away at her and she was pulling away from Sean. The problem was that Emma wasn't sure why she was pulling away from Sean.
But, after she'd pulled a glass from the cabinet and turned on the sink, a painful memory begin to flow into her mind just as the water flowed into the sink…