Mum
Emma carefully slit the envelope and pulled out the letter inside.
My treasured Emma,
As you requested I forgave your father. It wasn't an easy task as I had watched the terrible thing he did to you. I am so very proud of you for forgiving Olivia, she is a wonderful girl. However I feel you are a little young to already be dating even if that Tancred boy is in love with you, you are only 12 for heaven's sake (oops, I'm not meant to use that word angrily)!
I thank your aunt very much for taking good care of you and her new husband loves you too. I am so happy that I am going to be an aunt myself even though I will never meet the child in person.
Be a good girl.
Love Mum.
P.S. I am extremely proud of you and I always have been.
"Geese Mum, I'm 12 I can be dating." Emma said in disgust when she had finished reading the letter and chucked it at the bin just as her mobile started ringing.
"Oh, poop!" she looked under all the paper and rubbish on her desk. "Ring, ring." The phone kept ringing as if it was teasing her. She lifted up her pink, fluffy pillow "There you are." She said as she fumbled with the buttons.
"Hello." She said to the person on the other line.
"Ahh, hi Em." The most beautiful voice came through her phone. It could only be the one person she truly loved. "It's Tancred." The voice continued. She sighed.
"Hi." She replied nervously not trusting herself to say anything else.
"Olivia told me everything, and I'm so sorry for making you even more upset." He fumbled to find the right words.
"What?" Emma's jaw dropped "I should be the one apologising!"
"Oh, umm." The voice came through.
"Would you like to see a movie with me?" Emma asked, even though she didn't particularly think girls should ask guys out.
"Sure." Tancred seemed to perk up "I'll be there in an hour." And then Emma heard the beeping sound that meant he'd hung up.
Emma looked around in her wardrobe looking for the perfect outfit to wear on her first ever date and it was to be with the boy of her dreams, the guy she'd had a crush on since she was 'awoken'. "Liv will know." She thought out loud. She quickly pressed her friend's phone number into her phone and then clicked the call button. "Hi." Olivia still sounded tired. She'd been up for three hours making plans and she was getting sleepier by the minute.
"Liv, I need to know what to wear to the movies with Tancred." Emma cut to the point.
"Ooh, lala." Olivia teased. "Well this is a matter of life and death" Trust Olivia to get dramatic about clothes "Well, you just have to wear the purple singlet that only goes to your belly button with your denim shorts." Olivia said super fast. "Tancred will be gobsmacked." She chuckled to herself; she liked the word gobsmacked it always made her laugh.
"Oh, well," Emma was super excited, she wished she could act like Olivia. Then she would be able to hide her enthusiasm or at least make it less noticeable. "Bye then."
"Have fun!" Olivia hung up the phone hoping everything would go well, for Emma's sake.