Destiny: Chapter 7
Maya POV
"Hello Emily" I say. "Maya" she responds, the tears quickly filling her as she collapses on her knees sobbing into her hands. I instantly follow in suit, pulling her into my chest "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD" she says in between sobs, clinging onto my now tear covered shirt for dear life, like if she lets go I'll go away again. "I know baby and I'm so sorry I had to do that to you" I respond pulling her deeper into my chest, if that was even physically possible. We stay like this for about 10 minutes before her tears subside and she pulls away to look into my eyes. I already miss the contact with the other girl but I knew we had to talk about this.
"Ok, so I guess I have some explaining to do" I say, crossing my legs as Emily does the same. She just nods in response.
*Flashback*
I just bought my ticket for the next bus to San Francisco and now I'm waiting at the bus station. My new phone beeps, notifying I got a text, which is odd considering I haven't given my new number to anyone yet. I dig around in my purse in search for the device, pull it out and open the new message.
'You really think you're gonna get away that easily, without even a scratch. You brought this upon yourself Maya. You're so held up on this girl, what does she have that I don't that makes her so great. If you ain't gonna tell me & you're just gonna run away like the pussy that you are I guess, I'll just find out for myself. If I can't have you than you can't have her. She's mine now.
L.J'
"Crap" I accidentally say out loud, earning stares from everyone in the bus station. It's bad enough I left Emily without much of an explanation, but leaving her knowing that I just put an obsessive psycho bitch on her trail made me feel sick. I quickly gather my belongings and exit the bus station, prepared to take the walk back to Noel's cabin. As I'm leaving the terminal, a police car pulls up beside me and an officer steps out, walking towards me causing my heart to beat out of my chest. "Maya, right. Maya " he asks. "Umm yea" I say, somewhat worried he's going to take me back to my parents. "Officer Garrett Reynolds. I'm a friend of Emily's" he says, offering me a hand which I shake. "You do realize that there is a missing person's case with your name on it right" he asks. I just look down at my shoes, not really sure what to do. If I run, he has a car so I probably won't get very far. "Where are you staying" he asks, looking at me with pure sincerity. "A cabin, about 6 miles east of here" I say, still looking at my shoes. "Hmm, get in" he says walking back around the car to the driver's seat as my head shoots up in confusion. "You're really gonna take me there" I ask in disbelief. "Yea, Emily, my boss and your parents would probably kill me if they ever find out but I can tell you still have some issues you need to resolve on your own before you go back and if I took you back now, what's gonna stop you from running away again. I may work for an idiot, but I'm not stupid. Now come on" he says, patting the passenger's seat. I hop in the car, believing him for some reason and give him the directions to Noel's cabin.
When we get there, he turns off the engine and we sit in silence for a few minutes. "Thank you" I finally say, actually very thankful that he didn't turn me. "You know, I could lose my job for this" he says, looking back at me. I just sadly nod, knowing how much he just risked for me. "Now get out of my car before this moment turns any sappier than it has to be" he laughs. I turn to him one last time giving him a small smile before exiting the car and walking towards the cabin.
Before I could reach the cabin, two masked people grabbed me. One I could tell was Lyndon but the other, I wasn't sure. I know they are a girl, but not one I would be very familiar with.
Thankfully, like any adult would do when dropping off a kid, especially when this place was in the middle of the woods, Garrett was waiting in the car, ensuring I got in the cabin safely. The second he saw the 2 masked figures emerge from the bushes, he was by my side, pointing his gun at the people in all black. As soon as they saw the gun, they both ran back into the forest while Garrett shot the trees, trying to hit one of them with no success. "Get back in the car" he ordered which I quickly oblige to, running back to the safety of the squad car. He turns his sirens on and speeds down the road, towards the police station. I am slightly worried about this but don't question his reasoning.
Upon arrival, we both exit the car and enter the building. He puts me in a room that looks a lot like one of those interrogation rooms you see in the movies with the giant mirror on the wall that is a window on the other side. I hear light bickering from outside the door which I assume is Garrett filling in the rest of the officers on what had happened during the last 3 hours. A few minutes later, Detective Wilden comes into the room. "Maya " he says slowly, enunciating every syllable and flipping through some papers on a clipboard. "We've been looking for you" he says walking in circles around the table I was sitting at. "Well you weren't doing that great of a job" I say, trying not to let my annoyance of his 'bad cop' facade show on my face. "Ooo, someone has a mouth on them. So enough fun, let's get down to business. Do you know who it was who tried to attack you at the cabin?" he asks, taking the seat across from me. "One of them was this guy named Lyndon James. He's been harassing me ever since I got back to Rosewood from True North" I answer. "Lyndon James, ok, and the other person?" he asks, scribble some stuff onto his clipboard. "Nope, I have no idea. All I know is that it was a girl." I answer truthfully. "Ok, we'll figure that out later, but for now, your life is in danger. You can't stay in that cabin anymore and you for sure cannot stay with your parents." he says, causing me to become extremely confused as to where he expects me to go, so I just wait for him to go on. "We're adding you to our witness protection program", he says, handing me some papers, a new health card, a new social insurance card and a bunch of other legal documents. "We're told you have family in California, so we're deporting you as soon as possible. Your new name Maya Nina Brown and here are all the things you'll need to start your temporarily new life". I blink a couple times, trying to process everything he had just said.
Wilden further explains the life altering experience that I'm about to go through and asks a few more questions about Lyndon. Within the next hour, I'm on a one way flight back to California.
*End of Flashback*
"So when I landed, my aunt was at the airport waiting for me and I've been out here ever since. I thought after Lyndon died, the cops would let me come back but since they never identified the girl, they said it was still dangerous. Emily, please, trust me when I say I never wanted to put you through any of this" I finish, fighting off the tears that are threating to spill at the thought of Emily having to deal with my death. After an extremely long moment of silence and us staring into each other's eyes, she finally decides to speak up "499 days" she says, confusing me. She starts to laugh and my confusion grows. "499 days?" I question. "For 499 days you've been hiding out in California while I have been sobbing my life away" she says, laughing a little more "I know and I feel horrible that I couldn…" "Wait, let me finish" she interrupts "I found out a while ago that the best way to express my feelings is to put them in a song. I noticed that every time I thought about you while writing, my songs sounded really depressing and I'd end up crying every time I'd try to write. So, I chose one song and one song only. I wrote it after you ran away and before you 'died' so it wasn't too sad sounding. I've only performed it once but ended up crying and running off stage so I never tried it again. All the feeling that I've ever poured into every song I've wrote came from you, and now, half of them are based on lies". I was about to respond, when there was a knock on the door before it swung open. "Show time" Toby says, before walking back towards the stage. Emily just took one last look at me before standing up and following Toby. I huff before making my way into the crowd to find Noel.
I never thought it was possible but Emily actually looks even hotter than she already is when she's holding a guitar. She looks into the crowd and our eyes connect for what feels like a year. She breaks the contact, going over to her bandmates, one by one, to whisper something in there ears. They all nod in response and she returns to her mic. "Ok, so we are gonna start out with a never before heard song for you guys. Is that alright!" Caleb says into the mic as the crowd roars in response. Emily switches in her electric for an acoustic guitar and grabs a stool from the side of the stage. The instruments start and Emily's beautiful voice soon follows in suit.
I drove by all the places
We used to hang out and get wasted
I thought about our last kiss
How it felt, the way you tasted
Sometimes I start to wonder
Was it just a lie?
If what we had was real
How could you be fine?
'Cause I'm not fine at all
I remember the day you told me you were leaving
I remember the makeup running down your face
And the dreams you left behind you didn't need them
Like every single wish we ever made
I wish that I could wake up with amnesia
Forget about the stupid little things
Like the way it felt to fall asleep next to you
And the memories I never can escape
'Cause I'm not fine at all
The pictures that you sent me
They're still living in my phone
I admit I like to see them I admit I feel alone
And all my friends keep asking why I'm not around
It hurts to know you're happy
And it hurts that you've moved on
It's hard to hear your name
When I haven't seen you in so long
It's like we never happened, was it just a lie?
If what we had was real how could you be fine?
'Cause I'm not fine at all
I remember the day you told me you were leaving
I remember the makeup running down your face
And the dreams you left behind you didn't need them
Like every single wish we ever made
I wish that I could wake up with amnesia
Forget about the stupid little things
Like the way it felt to fall asleep next to you
And the memories I never can escape
If today I woke up with you right beside me
Like all of this was just some twisted dream
I'd hold you closer than I ever did before
And you'd never slip away
And you'd never hear me say
I remember the day you told me you were leaving
I remember the makeup running down your face
And the dreams you left behind you didn't need them
Like every single wish we ever made
I wish that I could wake up with amnesia
Forget about the stupid little things
Like the way it felt to fall asleep next to you
And the memories I never can escape
I'm not fine at all
Emily finishes, never breaking eye contact with me the entire song as if we were the only 2 people in the room. Tears streamed down both our faces as we just stared at each other, not caring about anyone else at the moment. Now that I truly see what kind of effect my absence has had on her I'm never letting her go ever again. Ever.
AN: If anyone cares, the song was Amnesia by 5 seconds of summer. Thanks for the reviews and see yaa tomorrow.