Well I'm disappointed. One review? Really guys? C'mon, I know I'm not the best writer out there but it wasn't that bad. I know the girls and Matt and Jeff didn't interact that much but they'll get a chance in a few chapters when they meet up again. And there's going to be a slight crossover this chapter. If you've read the original copy of this then you know what it is. For new readers though, enjoy
On a much happier note, thank you to jbrooksx4 for following me and this story. Sorry for the wait though, life got in the way of me writing. And again there's a bunch of links and stuff about this story on my profile if you want to check that out.
Just Disaster
"I came to see you. And I wanted to give this back." Jason responded as he held up what was in his hand. Emma looked down and saw that he was holding a necklace. It was a heart pendant. The heart was pale pink and it had these little silver vines covering almost the entire thing. Emma recognized it as soon as she saw it.
"Jason….I don't know what to say."
"Well then don't say anything. Just take it." Jason held up his hand a little higher to emphasis what he said.
"I can't take it back Jason, you know that. It wouldn't be right. We're not together anymore. I gave it back to you because I knew that I was moving. I knew that a long distance relationship wouldn't work so I ended it because it ended in heartbreak."
Jason looked a little put off. He opened his mouth to respond but he heard footsteps. Emma turns her head and sees her sister's pajama pants covered legs as she descends the stairs. She turns her head back towards Jason as she grips the door handle tightly.
"Jason, you need to leave. Just go home." He doesn't get a chance to respond because Emma shuts the door in his face.
"Who was that at the door?" Raye shots her sister confused as she runs her hand through her shoulder length black hair. Emma lets out a shaky sigh and shakes her head. Before she turns to face her sister, deadbolts the door. Emma allows herself to lean with her back up against the door for a split second before she pushes herself off of it and heads for the stairs.
"It was no one important." Raye watches her sister's retreating back, confused.
"Well obviously it was someone. You wouldn't be reacting this way if it was just some random stranger." Raye points this out but it doesn't seem to faze Emma because she just keeps walking up the stairs. Raye hurries after her but by the time she's up the stairs Emma is already in the bathroom with the door shut.
Emma walked out the door with her pink plaid pj shorts on as she pulled her long sleeved top over her head. She didn't see her sister until she almost collided with her.
"Oh geez. Do you just lurk around bathroom doors to scare people?" Emma questions as she brushes past Raye so that she can get to her bedroom.
"No, not normally. But I want to know who was at the door. And don't lie to me again. I know you well enough to know when something is bothering you." Raye follows her and leans up against the door frame.
Emma signs deeply and plops down on her bed. "It was Jason."
"Wait, Jason? As in Jason Taylor? Your boyfriend from when we were living in New Jersey?" Raye asks in disbelief as she walks over and sits next to Emma.
"Yeah. I think he wants us to get back together. He tried to give me back that heart necklace that I returned before we left." Emma's voice sounded a little shaky. Of course she had a reason to be a little bit frightened. When she had tried to break up with Jason, it went pretty well in the split second before he processed what she had said. Then he started to get a little aggressive with trying to get her to not break up with him. At one point he had grabbed her upper arms so hard that he left bruises. He got ran out of the house by Raye really quick though when she caught him doing that.
Raye starts to rub her sister's back soothingly. "Do you want me to stay in here with you tonight?"
"No. I think I'll be okay. I just need to get some sleep." Emma shakes her head. Raye looks worried but she gets up and walks out of the room.
Emma woke up the next morning to someone shaking her shoulders. "Emma, c'mon. Wake up."
"What?" Emma groans.
"Get up. Go eat breakfast and get dressed. We're going somewhere." Raye was already moving away from the bed. Emma sits up and rubs her eyes.
"Where are we going?" Emma looks over at her clock and sees that it's 9:45.
"It's a surprise. Now c'mon and get your butt downstairs to eat breakfast," Raye looks over when she doesn't hear the covers rustling with movement. "I'll be waiting." She walks out of the room before Emma can respond.
Emma yawns, throws the covers off of herself and gets up. As she walks out of her room, she runs her fingers through her tangled hair. She can smell the bacon and pancakes before she makes her way downstairs.
"Okay, so are you going to tell me where we're going yet?"
"Nope," Raye grins. "Now hurry up and eat so you can go get dressed. We gotta get going."
"Okay, okay geez. Hold your horses." Emma grins right back as she grabs her food.
"Wait, the mall? Really? You hate going to the mall." Emma looks over at her sister with a look that clearly was asking what the hell was going on.
"Well I know that I don't really like going but I know you love it and since you had a rough night last night, I decided that you needed to get out of the house today and do something fun. I don't think it's healthy for you to sit around the house in your pjs and sulk."
"Okay, well thank you." Emma smiles. "Let's go then. The mall is fun." Raye grins at her sister's excitement.
A little while later, about mid-afternoon, Emma and Raye were sitting at a table eating cheeseburgers and fries. Emma had a bunch of bags stacked on the table next to them from their impromptu trip.
"Okay I'm gonna go to the bathroom. Try not to leave without me." Emma stuck her tongue out at Raye and dodged the French fry that was thrown in her direction. Once she's gone, Raye picks up one of her fries when her phone goes off. As she chews on her food, she smiles and gets excited when she sees her cousin's name.
Hey are you and Emma doing anything for the next couple of days?
Well today I took sis to the mall today and we have school on Monday. But we're all free tomorrow
How do you feel about me and Dean coming to visit for you guys for a few days?
Raye nearly squealed with excitement when she read the text message. She started to type back a response vigorously, not paying attention to the fact that her sister was taking quite a long time in the restroom.
OMG YES! That would be awesome! :D We haven't seen you in forever. You don't come visit us enough.
Awesome. We should be there in a few hours at the most. We're in Kentucky right now. You know how Dean drives ;)
Raye laughs as she reads the text. As she looks up from her phone, she finally realizes that her sister isn't back yet. Raye's brow furrows in confusion. Normally Emma was in and out of the bathroom in about three minutes. She waits for about another minute before she gets up and makes her way over to the bathroom.
As she opens the door, she gets the sinking feeling in her stomach that something is horribly wrong. That's confirmed when she sees her sister's iPhone on the phone with a crack in the screen. She knew that it was her sister's phone because of the bright pink sparkly phone case. Raye went into panic mode because she knew that Emma literally never went anywhere without her phone. And there definitely wasn't a crack in the screen when Raye had seen it a few minutes earlier.
"Emma? You in here?" Raye calls out shakily as she grips her sister's phone in her hand. When she doesn't get an answer, tears well up in her eyes as she turns and rushes out of the bathroom. She quickly grabs all Emma's bags and rushes out of the mall, ignoring the half eaten food that she didn't through away in her rush get out of there.
When she finally gets home and burst through her front door, she's practically a blubbering mess. The door bursting open and hitting the wall startles, Evan, Angela and Zeke who are sitting on the couch in the living room across from Raye's cousins Sam and Dean who are sitting on the love seat.
"Whoa Raye! What? What's wrong?" Zeke is right in front of her with his hands on her shoulders as he asks. Evan, Angela, Sam and Dean all look on worried from the living room.
"Emma's gone." Raye can barely talk through all her crying.
"Wait, what do you mean Emma's gone? Where'd she go?" Zeke looks confused.
"I mean she's gone Zeke! Someone took her when she went to the bathroom when we were at the mall!" Raye is practically screaming now. So loud that everyone in the other room hears her. Sam and Dean cast each other a look as Evan and Angela go into panic mode. Zeke guides her over to the living room and makes her sit down in one of the chairs.
"Raye, take a deep breath and start from the beginning." Raye listens to Dean, not really realizing that it's her cousin that said it. She takes a deep shaky breath as she wipes the tear tracks off her cheeks before she starts the story.
