Forget You – Chapter Ten – It's Time to Meet the Family (4)
Disclaimer: If I owned Fuller House, I would, well I don't know what I'd do.
"What is your problem?" D.J. asked Michelle as soon as they were in the kitchen.
Michelle just stared blankly back at her, "I don't know what you mean." She lied.
"You very well do know what you're doing," The elder girl snapped back. "You are being so rude to Emma; all she did was say hello to you."
"Yes, and I said hello back," She replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I don't know what you heard, but it's all in your head, Deej." Michelle was lying her way through this, but she wouldn't face reality if it meant she was going to get slapped in the face later down the line.
D.J. could sense an argument between them forming and she didn't want that, they hadn't resolved last night's one yet. "Alright, fine," She diverted the subject. "We need to sort out last night."
Michelle nodded, "We do. There were somethings that shouldn't have been said, and for that I apologise. You asked me not to call you crazy when you told me what was bothering you and I did just that. I… I guess I just didn't want to bring up Steph. Just thinking about her brings up a lot of bad memories…" She trailed off but D.J. understood.
"And I shouldn't have stormed out of here like I did. The least I could have done was grab my phone, but I was just so mad I couldn't think straight. I guess I haven't fully let go of Stephanie, I thought I had, but deep down I really hadn't. Maybe that's why I think I've seen her recently. And that day is soon. I- I'm sorry." D.J. ended as the two sisters looked at each other before wrapping their arms around one another.
"So, can I ask how you ended up at Emma's house?" Michelle asked once they had pulled back from their hug.
D.J. moved over to the coffee pot, which was set up on the counter and began to pour herself a cup, but she had mainly gone over there so that she wouldn't see Michelle's reaction, "After I stormed out of here, I got into my car," She winced as she could imagine the look on Michelle's face. "And drove off. I somehow ended up at the cemetery and had a bit of a breakdown there or something, I don't really remember it. Emma must have turned up at some point because all of a sudden she was there and after that I was in her apartment this morning."
Michelle watched her suspiciously, "You woke up there?"
"Of course everything was alright," D.J. turned around to look at Michelle. "Oh, come on. Nothing bad was going to happen. Emma's a really nice girl."
"Mhm," She made a sound of agreement, but couldn't help agree with D.J. Emma had seemed familiar from the moment she walked in, and although she wouldn't admit it out loud – probably for a long time – she did seem to be like Stephanie, from her first impression at least. And Tommy had seemed to click with her right away, something that didn't normally happen.
Before conversation could progress any further, the door swung open and in walked Kimmy, coming back from a party she had planned, "Hola," She greeted. "Can I ask who is asleep on our couch and why are they holding Tommy?"
Both D.J. and Michelle exchanged looks before peaking her head around the door to find Emma sitting on the couch, her head propped up by her arm on the rest with Tommy sleeping on top of her. When they came back around, D.J. couldn't help but "Aww", "That is so cute," She gushed before composing herself. "We should probably let them sleep; I think I remember Emma saying that she didn't sleep much last night and it's around Tommy's nap time anyway.
Probably hours later, Emma woke up to movement. Cracking open her eyes, she was greeted by the little chubby face of Tommy, who seemed to be studying her while sucking on his pacifier. "Whoa," Was the first thing she said, in shock of being so close to the toddler, but then when she looked around, she began to feel embarrassed. "I did not."
From the far right, she could hear noise coming through the door. She picked up Tommy and carried him into the kitchen after quickly fixing herself up to the best of her ability. She carefully opened the door and stepped inside, catching the attention of everyone, "Uh, hello?" She asked awkwardly.
"Oh hey," D.J. smiled as the others just watched Emma. "I was just about to wake you. Food's almost done, are you staying?"
Trying to avoid the stares from the other members of the room, Emma replied, "No, it's okay, I wouldn't want to impose." Just as she finished her sentence, her stomach rumbled in hunger.
D.J. looked at her pointedly, "Yeah, right. Take a seat." She saw the glances between the others and Emma and understood that they wanted to be introduced to each other. "Introductions!" She announced as she took Tommy from Emma's arms. "Everyone, this is Emma Wright, my friend. Emma, this is Kimmy, my best friend, her daughter, Ramona, Michelle, you know her, Jackson and Max, my other two kids."
Max patted the empty seat next to him, "Emma come sit here." Emma did so, which seemed to make the seven-year-old happy.
Conversation was constant throughout all of dinner, everyone seemed to have a question for Emma to answer, which she did with caution, not to give too much about her past away. D.J. understood that, although she had told her about her past, Emma might not want too many people knowing about it, so when conversation started to venture too deep and she could see Emma's uncomfortable look, she diverted the topic, to which Emma would shoot her grateful looks for.
As weeks turned into months, Emma slowly became a part of the Tanner's, Fuller's and Gibbler's lifestyles. She was frequently over their house, hanging around with the girls or playing with one of the boys. Everybody seemed to love her, although Michelle still seemed to be a little hostile towards her at some points. It wasn't uncommon to find Emma at their house, or even for the family to be doing something with her.
But life as they knew it was about to come to a halt.
This is a very, very short chapter and I'm not expecting it to do well at all, to be honest. The structure was meh and all, I mean the last line kind of leaves you on a cliff hanger, no? This chapter had to be wrote just to tie up loose ends of the other 'It's Time to Meet the Family' parts. Anyway, if you, for some reason, want to review this chapter, feel free to do so! Ciao!