Summary: We all know what happened when Matt's mom died, but what would happen if Emily's mom died?
Matt and Emily take a trop to Albany, NY after Emily's mom dies.
Disclaimer: If I really owned Standoff I wouldn't be writing ff.
Emily sat next to her aunt in front of her mother's casket. The priest spoke about death but nothing he said could make Emily feel any better. At the end of his sermon people came up to Emily and Debbie and gave their condolences. When the cemetery was pretty much empty except for just the two. Emily told her Aunt to go and she would meet up with her.
"Hi mom," Emily said, "I can't believe you are gone. I miss you. I am sorry I didn't visit that much. I'm sorry that I didn't call you. I want to let you know that that you are the best. The best mom, the best person and I wish you were here now. I wish you could talk and tell me what to do. You always knew what to do. I don't know what to do. You always knew what to say and what to do and now I feel lost. I feel now that you are gone everything I do is wrong, and everything I have done lately has been wrong. Matt and I got in a fight. Actually I was the only one who fought. I broke it off. I got angry and frustrated and scared. I am so scared, mom, but Aunt Debbie is helping. I'm taking some time off from work and spending some time here in Albany. A little too late, I know." Emily shifted not knowing how to ask what she wanted. She decided on asking flat out, bluntly, "What should I do with Matt. I don't want to break up with him but I don't want him to put his life on hold either. I don't want to hurt him. Now that you are gone… I don't know what to do. I don't know…I can't do… I, I want… I can't imagine a world without you. I feel like these last couple of days has been full of mistakes, nothing but mistakes. It was a mistake that you…you're gone. I feel like bringing Matt out here was a mistake, and I know that breaking up with Matt was a mistake. I want to be with him but I want sometime," Emily said pouring all emotion out. What Emily didn't know was that someone was listening to her. If she turned around she would see him. "I told him to leave and go back to California but now I'm not sure if that is what I wanted. He did this before. I mean he lost his mom when he was a kid. All he wanted to do was help. I wish I brought him out here earlier so you could meet him. You would have gotten along great." Emily started to feel the hairs stand up on the back of her neck and knew someone was standing behind her.
"How long have you been standing there?"
"Long enough," said Matt, "It was a beautiful ceremony you did a great job."
"Yea," Emily said her back still turned toward him.
"Emily," Matt said.
"Matt," Emily said turning around her head down, "What are you doing here? I thought you were going back to L.A. and why are you eavesdropping?" She was too sad to be angry with him.
"I was at the airport and I just couldn't get on that plane not knowing," Matt said.
"What are you talking about," Emily asked.
"Come on Em," Matt said getting upset, "You are too smart to play the stupid card."
"Matt," Emily started, "I don't want-"
Matt cut her off, "Emily, if you want to take sometime I'll wait."
"I don't want you to wait for me," Emily said, "I don't want to hold you back."
Matt moved forward. He placed his fingers underneath Emily's chin and raised her head so he could look at her, face to face. "I'll wait for you until the end of the world and then some. I love you."
"I love you too."
A/N: That's it. I hope you liked it. Please tell me what you thought. I may do a sequel. Tell me if you want it or not. If I don't get at least fifteen people who want a sequel I won't write one. It will be about when Emily gets back to L.A. I am starting a new story too. Keep a look out. I'd like to say thanks to everyone who reviewed and helped out:
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