Back again, bearing you more to the story! I debated all day on posting all that I have so far, or just one chapter. I've decided to do one a day, with what I have, then just go from there I suppose. It made my morning to wake up to a review, and some story alerts! I'm a sap like that ;) haha. But seriously, keep 'em coming!

And also, I've been thinking about when this story should be taking place, and I've decided it can be present-day, but we'll say CBS DIDN'T eff everything up by sending JJ away, bringing in the new girl, and having the entire fan-base fear for Prentiss' life :P Because I feel weird making it be in the past, when this obviously hasn't happened in the show, and I kinda want this to be realistic. I don't know, I'm probably making about zero sense haha. So, the rambling shall cease, and an update shall ensue! Enjoy :)

Kaila Fisher

I sat in my hospital bed, scared out of my mind waiting for Emily to come back. I didn't want to live with Amelia and her parents. Yes, Amelia's my best friend and she's been there for me my entire life, but the truth is, her parents, especially her father, are mean. They've hit Amelia on more than one occasion, among other things I don't like to think about. I couldn't tell anyone that without getting Amelia taken away from her home; and when we were eight, I was sworn to secrecy to never tell a soul about her parents. I couldn't break my promise, but, I really, really, truly did not want to go live with them.

Emily walked back into my room about twenty minutes later. I didn't say anything. I wanted to ask what happened, but the look on Emily's face gave away the answer.

"You promised me! You told me I could go with you!" I yelled.

"Honey, I tried everything! Maggie refuses. I'm not giving up, you will not live anywhere you do not want to, do you hear me?" Emily said seriously.

"You don't understand! I can't live with them. I can't." I put my face in my hands and closed my eyes.

I felt Emily sit on my bed next to me.

"I know it's going to be hard, staying here after all that has happened. That's why I am going to do anything and everything it takes to make sure you come with me when you leave here." She said, softly.

"What if you can't, Emily? What if I have to go live with them? I can't handle that right now. I just- I can't! And no one understands and no one ever will understand and it's not fair! I just want my mom." I said to my hands, as I still hadn't looked up to face Emily.

"I know you do. But can I ask you something?"

"What?" I lifted my head up, and looked at her. My heart started racing, I knew what she was going to ask me next.

"Why, if Amelia is your best friend, don't you want to live with her? Are you guys in some kind of fight?"

I said nothing, I couldn't even if I had known what to say. I was shaking, I was sure my face was pale, and my heart was beating at an uncontrollable rate. I started breathing really fast. I tried to hide it from Emily, but she noticed.

"Kaila? Honey, it's okay! You don't have to tell me, it's alright. Calm down." She soothed.

After a few minutes, my breathing slowed, my heart rate went down, and I could speak.

"I really can't talk about it." I said, wishing I could make myself tell Emily. Because if I could, I'd be able to live with her. But, then, I'd be breaking my promise to my best friend, and that would hurt worse than whatever I might face at Amelia's.

"I'm not going to make you." Emily replied, pulling me into a hug. "But if you ever want to tell me, I promise I'll be here to listen."

"Thank you," I said, smiling at her. She asked me if I would be okay if she left for awhile, to go to her hotel room and take a nap. I told her to go ahead, I'd be fine. She gave me her phone number and said to call if I needed her. She said her phone was dead, but she would charge it at her hotel, so if she didn't answer if I called her soon, to call again later. She said she'd be back soon, and left.

I'd only known Emily since I'd woken up a few hours ago, and in that time, I felt like I was closer to her than anyone else. She stayed with me even though she didn't have to, she hugged me and held onto me and told me it would be alright when I got upset and scared. She truly cared about me and wanted to give me a home. I have always believed people were brought into other people's lives for a reason. Emily and I were so attached to each other, so I knew I'd be walking out of this hospital with her. Why else would we have gotten so close in such a short time, right?

An hour after Emily left, I was sitting up in my bed, trying to find something to watch on TV, but failing miserably. There was absolutely nothing on. I sighed, turned the TV off, laid down, and closed my eyes. Then, I heard a knock on the door.

"Come in," I said, not bothering to open my eyes, assuming it was just a nurse.

"Hey," A familiar voice said. My eyes shot open.

"Amelia?"

"Yeah, hi! My parents told me what happened and I wanted to come see you, they'll be in here in a minute. They're talking to some social worker. Dad said we're going to adopt you! Isn't that great? We'll be sisters!" Amelia said excitedly.

"Oh yeah... that's really nice. But, you guys don't have to do that. I'm fine. I promise." I told her.

"Don't you want to live with me?" Amelia asked me, her blue eyes looking sadder than the usual. "You can't move somewhere else! I can't deal with them alone, Kaila. You know how my parents can get, especially Dad."

"I don't want you to do that by yourself... it's just... Amelia, my mom was murdered, in my house, just down the road from you. I heard her scream, I heard him shoot her, I saw her lying there in her own blood. This place is scary to me now, I don't feel safe, and I never will feel safe here again. Can't you understand that?" I asked, too scared to start crying again, too afraid I might lose my best friend- my only friend. But also afraid of living with her at the same time.

"But they got that guy! He won't come back! Dad says he'll keep you safe. Nothing's going to happen. It'll be fun! Please, Kaila?" She asked me. I couldn't refuse her. I never had many friends, and she was the only one who'd ever stuck around, no matter what. My mother never had a lot of money, so I never had the newest clothes, or the newest things that came out. Kids at school always gave me a hard time, and no one ever wanted to be my friend. No one but Amelia, that is.

"I don't know, Amelia." I said, honestly. "I probably don't even get a say in where I go anyways, and that social worker lady says I'll be living with you." I said.

"Well once you move in, you'll see. It's not so bad." Amelia encouraged. I faked a smile, and she bought it.

"Thanks for coming to see me," I said. "Are your parents still coming? I'm getting kind of tired..." I lied. I wasn't tired at all, I just wanted to be alone.

"They're coming, don't go to sleep til they come in! They want to see you."

"I won't." I told her.

As if on cue, Eric and Shanna walked in the room. "Hey Kaila, honey!" Shanna greeted.

"Hi," I said, still feigning tiredness.

"You don't look so good." Eric told me.

"I don't feel so good, either." I replied.

"Amelia, Shanna," Eric said, "Why don't the two of you go on out to the car. I want to discuss what's going to happen with Kaila in private." He said. I was scared now. I was terrified to be near Eric as it was, because you never knew when he was going to snap, what was going to set him off. The thought of being in a room with him alone scared me to death.

"Bye Kaila!" Amelia said, coming over to my bed and giving me a hug.

"Bye," I told her.

"Goodbye sweetheart, we'll see you soon!" Shanna told me, stumbling to give me an awkward one-armed embrace. She smelled like alcohol. She probably wouldn't even remember this hospital visit, she spent the better part of her days drunk,or hung over, and the other portion of her days she slept away.

The two of them left, and when Eric was certain they were out of ear shot, he leaned in really close to my bed, his bright green eyes staring me down.

"I heard you don't wanna live with me, huh?" He asked, seeming angry.

"W-what? No, that's not true." I lied.

"Maggie said so, she said when she told you, you near had a tantrum!" His accent deep, he sounding like a definite hick.

"I didn't." I lied, again. That was becoming a trend for me today.

"Why don't you wanna live with me, little lady? Is it because of what I do to Amelia?" He asked. I froze, I was too shocked to say a word.

"Did you think I wasn't going to include you in that, too? I have some mighty fine things planned for the two of us," he said, kissing my forehead. I felt sick.

"But you'd better not tell anyone, or I'll kill Amelia." He threatened. Besides my promise to Amelia when we were young, her father's threats to her life were the only things keeping me from telling. I'd seen Eric get mad, and I knew if he was willing and mad enough, he'd kill someone, even if t was his own daughter. I acted like I didn't hear him.

"I need to go to sleep, My medicine is kicking in. Bye." I told him. He ruffled my hair, told me he would see me soon, winked, and left. Now I really felt sick.

I wanted to cry, but I didn't. I reached for the phone, and the card with Emily's number on it. I dialed her number, taking deep breaths, trying to make the sick feeling in my stomach go away. Emily's phone went straight to voice mail. I hung up without leaving a message. Surely she would be back soon. I turned the TV back on, putting it on some show that I wasn't paying attention to. I was completely alone this time. No one was with me telling me I would be okay, no one hugged me. No one was there to make me feel safe. It's the worst feeling in the world.

That's all, til tomorrow!

-Melina(: