(Poppy's POV)
Rachel and Adam let me choose what we had for tea and we ended up with chinese. We sat on the sofa, me and Rachel on one and Adam on the other. They let me choose a film to watch too and it ended up being 'Girl, Interrupted'. I felt like I had a real family, which was when the guilt crept up on me again...Em wasn't here and that wasn't right. Before I knew it I found tears filling my eyes and threatening to spill over.
"I need the toilet" I choked, getting up and quickly leaving the room.
"Poppy?" Rachel asked as I ran upstairs
"I'll go" Adam said
"But-"
"Rach, you can't do everything yourself. Relax. I've got this"
I was still running up the stairs as the sound drifted up towards me. I settled on the very top step, Adam came and sat beside me.
"What's up kiddo?" Adam asked
"Everytime, I feel happy I hate myself for it because Em should be here and she's not. Everytime I think about her all I see is her laying on the road..."
"You can't keep punishing yourself for being happy. Emily was special to you and Rachel and you'll never forget her...But do you think Em would want you to be unhappy?" He asked
"She always wanted what was best for me...She was always looking out for me even though she was younger. That's how all this with Rachel happened...Because of Em"
"Exactly. She'd want you to be happy. Just because you move on doesn't mean you forget her...And it doesn't mean you loved her any less either..." Adam said
Was he right? Maybe. I just felt like I was betraying her somehow. But she'd always be in my heart and whenever I needed to be close to her there was always her room, that was surrounded by the essence of her...
Adam took me downstairs and a little while later we all went to bed...
The next morning it was business as usual, Rachel drove us to school as normal and I hugged her goodbye.
"No burning caravans today" I told her "And can Finn come round for tea tonight?"
"Go on then. Behave!" She said, smiling
"You're the best!" I said running off inside
It was a pretty straight forward day, same lessons, same people, same teachers...Nothing exciting really happened. At the end of the day, I met Rachel outside her office with Finn...To my surprise Phillip was there too, dressed in Waterloo Road uniform.
"What are you doing here?" I asked
"I've transferred" Phillip replied
"Phillip and Melissa are staying with us for a while..." Rachel said
"Great!" I mumbled
Finn smirked beside me holding back laughter.
"Where's Adam?" I asked
"He's got a meeting so he'll be late home" Rachel said
We all went to the car and drove home, the front door was unlocked because Melissa was in.
"Mel?" Rachel called
"I'm upstairs, just moving some stuff round and moving mine in!" Mel called down
It turns out Mel had a thing for making herself feel at home.
"Why's she staying again?" I asked Rachel
"She had a fight with Eddie" Rachel answered
I took my coat and bag off hanging them both on the banister. I went upstairs to go and get changed, only when I reached the second floor there were boxes everywhere...Mainly taped up but one was open. On the top lay a wooden door sign.
Emily's Room
I ran into Em's room to find it empty...Her posters, her books, dvds, clothes, toys, jewellery, bedding, cushions, teddies...Gone! Her scent was masked by the smell of cheap perfume and in their place, were Melissa's things...Her bags, perfume, make-up, clothes...Everywhere...
(Rachel's POV)
There was a brisk tap on the front door and I opened it. Phil and Finn were playing on the xbox in the living room and Poppy was upstairs. I opened the door to see Lara stood there...
"Lara...We didn't have a session today did we?" I asked
"No, I found this in my car. Poppy must have dropped it" She said holding out a ring
"Ohh thank god! She's turned the house up looking for that...Its Em's...Do you want to come in for a coffee?" I asked
"Erm...Might as well" She smiled coming inside
A/N: A bit short but that's because I wanted the explosion and the aftershock in the same chapter...Review please, it makes me so inspired! :) xxx