Emma's POV
I wake up and grab my shoes from the side of my bed. I put them on and stretch before unstrapping myself from my bed. I go downstairs and sit down at the breakfast table where everyone else is waiting.
"Morning everyone" I say as I take my seat at the table. I look to the right hoping to see Jake sitting there smiling at me. My smile disappears as I remember that he's not here and I look back at my plate.
"Good morning Emma" everyone says as we begin to eat.
We're almost finished eating when suddenly there's a knock at the door. I jump up hoping Jake has come home early. I rush to the door and open it excitedly. My excitement drops when I see that it's not Jake, but a girl my age.
"Hello is this miss Peregrine's loop?" she asks me. I immediately notice that she has an American accent like Jake I hear everyone walk up behind me and turn to see all of them looking at the girl curiously. Miss Peregrine walks up to all of us to see what's going on.
"Hello I'm miss Peregrine" she says to the girl.
"Hello ma'am my name is Jenna, miss Avocet sent me here hoping you'd let me stay here for a while so she can add more rooms to the house" she says while pulling out a piece of paper and giving it to miss Peregrine. Miss Peregrine takes the paper and reads it.
"Well miss Albright I I suppose it would be alright for you to stay with us" she says to Jenna. Jenna smiles and says thank you. Miss Peregrine then begins to give Jenna a tour and then asks her what her peculiarity is.
"Air is my peculiarity" she answers her. "What a coincidence that's Emma's peculiarity too" miss Peregrine says delighted.
"Emma maybe you two should share your room while she's here" she suggests. I don't have a good feeling about that but I don't want to disappoint miss Peregrine.
"Sure" I tell her. I smile half heartedly. Jenna smiles at me and puts her backpack down next to my bed.
"Thanks for sharing your room with me Emma" she says to me as she looks around the room. She notices the picture of me and Jake and smiles.
"Who's that?" she asks me, pointing at the picture.
"That's my boyfriend Jake. He left yesterday to get me a present, he'll be gone for two weeks" I tell her. I look at the picture and feel my heart ache.
'Come home soon love' I think to myself. Suddenly we hear miss Peregrine call out 'lunch time children' and go downstairs to eat. I sit in my seat and Jenna sits in Jacob's seat. I bite my lip to keep from saying anything and focus on my plate full of goose meat,carrots, and mashed potatoes.
"Is it true that air is your peculiarity Jenna?" Millard asks before taking a bite of his potatoes.
"Yes. If it weren't for the fact that my dress is lined with lead I'd be floating on the ceiling right now" she laughs.
"Is it heavy?" Claire asks her curiously.
"Not exactly, but it gets hot very very easily" Jenna tells her.
"Emma wears lead shoes, maybe miss Peregrine could find you some" Fiona suggests.
"That's a wonderful idea Fiona! Emma would you mind if Jenna used your shoes? Just until I can find her a pair" Miss Peregrine asks.
"But I'll float to the ceiling without them and I won't be able to talk around" I protest.
"It'll just be for a few weeks Emma, and until we can get her shoes she can do your chores that require floating" she promises.
"Ok, at least I can still strap into my bed" I say,trying to sound cheerful.
"Actually I've been meaning to talk to you about that. I was thinking that maybe you could move into Jake's room so Jenna can have a bed that she won't float off of" miss Peregrine says. My heart drops and I feel like I want to cry.
'Stay strong Emma, Jake will be home in a few weeks and he'll sort everything out' I think to myself.
"That's fine" I say as I get out of my chair and walk up the stairs, ignoring the protests. I go to my room and pack all of my stuff and take all of it to Jake's room and unpack. I put my special box in the dresser with his shirts. I go to the hallway and take off my shoes and float back into Jake's room. I push on the ceiling and send myself to the ground long enough to carefully strap my waist to the bed. I roll onto my side and look at the picture of me and Jake hugging which is now on his bedside table. I look at his smiling face which is looking right at me in the picture. I close my eyes and feel the tears beginning to fall before I slowly drift into slumber.
