Hey guys sorry for the long wait. Life got busy and my computer started acting up. but I'm back and I'm gonna be updating this story and True Feelings.
Emily POV
The tryouts were half way over. My friends had come to support me. The problem was my heart wasn't in it like it usually was. It was my turn in the pool. I stepped up on the block and looked at Paige, then I dove in. About a minute later I resurfaced and got out. I was thanked and went to the locker room.
"Why did you have to cover for him?" I jumped. I turned to find Paige in the doorway.
"How your brother died. What I told you was the truth but the only people who knew what happened was me, Eric and Damon." I pulled my shirt out of my locker. "Everyone else thinks that he was a true casualty of the war and not a victim of carelessness."
"So Eric asked you to cover for him?"
"No your brother asked me to before he died." By the look she gave me I could tell she didn't understand. "You may choose not to believe me and that's okay, but the truth is Damon really cared for Eric. The major reason why your brother was always ragging on me and pushing you in the opposite direction was because he was gay himself."
"No he would have told me."
"He told me he had dropped so many hints to you that he thought you knew. But I was the only one he told out right." She sat down on the bench. I could tell that everything he must have told her was finally fitting into place. "He loved you. But Eric was wrong this morning. Damon didn't want him to look after you. Simply because of Noel. He wanted me to cause he thought I could protect you better."
"Did Eric kill my brother on purpose?" She asked me but she didn't look up. I could see the tears rolling down her face and when I put my arm around her she just broke down even more and laid her head on my shoulder.
"I know its not what you want to hear, but yes he did." She cried even harder. I answered her next question without her even asking it." But there's no way to prove it. I was a good ten feet away and the only other witness is dead."
"Emily?" The girls walked in and Paige sat up.