Grade: 10
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JJ looked around the room taking a seat next to Jordan and Garcia.
"No Emily today?"
"Nope." Garcia said. "She didn't sound so good last night, really hoarse voice."
"Oh…ok." JJ sighed and started taking notes on the pros and cons of the Pythagorean theorem.
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JJ sighed taking a seat next to Jordan.
"So tomorrow you going to ditch me too?"
"No, Garcia has a doctor appointment today." Jordan smiled.
"Oh, yeah I knew that, I just want to know what's going on with Emily she's never absent."
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"JJ let it be she's fine." Garcia huffed as JJ kept calling Emily during lunch.
"Alright!" JJ threw the phone down and walked away.
"She's really worried."
"She'll be ok. Emily's just sick." Garcia said.
"I hope your right."
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"It's Thursday now… what if something happened?" Jordan asked Penelope.
"I cant get through either." Garcia watched JJ as she kept her head on the table.
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"A week without Miss. Prentiss, huh that's never happened." The teacher marked off his book continuing with roll.
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"Anything?"
"No."
"Sorry, Jay."
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"I'm really worried Garcia. It's been two weeks." Jordan said watching JJ sit at the table not touching her food.
"So am I but I cant find anything out."
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JJ's mother looked at her daughter and sighed taking a seat next to her.
"Honey," She pulled some of the long blonde hair away from JJ's face as JJ kept her head on the table. "Why don't you just go over to her house?"
"I have."
"Don't go to the door." She smiled at her as JJ lifted her head. "Go." JJ stood up and ran out the door. She ran down the street and through the field that butted up with Emily's yard. She ran down the fence line and hopped it at the low point. JJ ran through the yard heading up toward the house, glad that they took walks around the yard all the time. She ran up the stairs to the deck and pulled the door open.
"Ah! Jennifer!" Marie, the cook, jumped when JJ walked in. "Scared me half to death."
"Sorry Marie."
"It's very alright Jennifer. I haven't seen you around much lately. On the other hand Emily hasn't left her room in 18 days."
"I know that's why I'm here." JJ said.
"Well she's upstairs." Marie said. "Take some food too, she hasn't eaten that I've seen in days."
"Will do." JJ smiled.
"Something other than chocolate, Jennifer." Marie scolded.
"Yes ma'am!" JJ grinned not stopping on her way up to Emily's room. She didn't bother knocking knowing Emily wouldn't answer anyway from what Marie told her. JJ looked around the large room for Emily and couldn't find her. "Em…" JJ walked over to the doors leading to the upstairs library connected to Emily's room. JJ looked around and found Emily curled up in her grandfather's chair. JJ sat next to her and wrapped her arms around her. Emily turned to JJ and grabbed her shirt crying into it.
"I couldn't cry, I just couldn't!" Emily sobbed.
"Emily what happened?"
"Grandpa died."
"Oh Emily." JJ held Emily close till dark set outside.
"JJ, lets go to your place." Emily said, pulling JJ to stand up. When JJ stood she wrapped Emily into a hug.
"God I love you, you worried me Emily."
"Why did I worry you?" Emily asked confused.
"It's been 18 days." Emily's eyes went wide.
"No…"
"Yeah Emily." JJ nodded. "For 18 days I didn't know if my best friend, my girlfriend, my love was even alive. You never answered your phone, you didn't answer the door, I was so worried. Eighteen days is too long." Emily wrapped her arms around JJ sighing.
"I'm so sorry."
"Don't be sorry, just know I would've been there if you had asked me to… I would've been there had I known."
"I know."
"Just next time."
"I'll call." Emily smiled kissing JJ.