Emma took out her cell phone and called up her sister, Sutton. She didn't want to seem weak in front of her sister or for her to find out at all but she needed to get out of there. She waited a few seconds for the phone to ring.
"S-Sutton?" Emma asked weakly.
"Emma? What's wrong, are you okay? What happened?" Sutton questioned, quickly picking up on her sister's frantic tone.
"N-nothing is wrong Sutton. I just, I-I something happened and I need to get o-out of here, now." Emma stuttered out.
"Yeah, okay no problem I'll come get you. DO you think you could ride the bus and I'll pick you up and take you home. My parents and Laurel are out of town so we'll have the place to ourselves." Sutton said calmly, trying to sooth her clearly upset sister.
"Yeah, I think I can do that." Emma said in a broken whisper.
"Okay, then I'll see you in a few hours. Oh and Emma?" Sutton said.
"Yeah?" Emma questioned nervously.
"Be safe." Sutton whispered seriously.
"I'll try." Emma muttered back.
The two girls hung up and Emma began the walk to the bus stop. She tried to jog, which resulted in immense pain her left leg. She moaned and slowed her pace to a quick walk. Realizing she must look like hell, she reached into her bag to get out the savings she had. Emma then went into the first available CVS store and purchased make-up, a towel, a new backpack, a hairbrush and a few more products.
After receiving several strange looks from clerks and other shoppers, Emma left the store and finally reached the bus stop. She paid her money and boarded the bus to her start her life over again.
The next day arrived before Emma was ready for it. She woke up with a start as the bus driver announced that they had reached her stop.
"I must have fallen asleep on the bus." Emma murmured to herself.
Emma gathered her things and limped off the bus. Her left leg was really bothering her now.
"Looks like I should get that covered a little better before Sutton comes." Emma said yet again to herself.
"Great, now I'm talking to myself too." Emma said aloud.
"You do know that talking to yourself is a sign of insanity right?" Questioned a smirking Sutton.
"Sutton!" Emma said with excitement and was about to hug her but hesitated. Her leg really was bothering her and she didn't want to give anything away to Sutton about something being wrong.
"In the flesh." Sutton said jokingly before reaching out and pulling her twin sister into a tight hug.
Emma tensed at the contact and bit back a scream, releasing a small whimper instead. Sutton immediately noticed and pulled back, giving her sister a quick once over.
"God, are you okay? What's wrong?" Sutton questioned.
"Nothing, I-Its fine okay. Can we go?" Emma said desperately.
"Yeah, Okay, we can go." Sutton caved, letting the subject drop until they got home.
Emma breathed a sigh of relief before finally allowing herself to relax since the incident.