Worried

"Emily, is that you?" I heard a woman's voice speak behind me which interrupted me from my staring and deep thoughts. Turning to look I see Ashley Marin standing there in her business suit, slight damp her, newly applied make-up and brief case in hand; but her face wore a worried expression.

Ashley asked as she sat down next to me on her front porch "How long have you been out here?"

"I don't know," I say honestly having no idea how long I had been here for or what the time really was.

"You must've been here for a while because you're still damp from the rain," Ashley suggested as she pointed to my wet clothing.

Ashley asked confused "What brought you here and why didn't you ring the doorbell?"

I answered with "I had a bad, bad dream about Hanna and I got worried, I wanted to make sure she was okay. I tried texting and ringing her but she didn't answer, which only made me worry more and I wanted to make sure she was okay. I came to check up on her but I didn't want to wake you up, knowing you wake up early for work every day and didn't like being woken. So I climbed the tree in front of Hanna's window, I must've cut my hand either climbing up or down I don't remember. I saw Hanna was asleep and I didn't want to wake her up either, so I stayed down here to make sure she was okay for the rest of the night."

"It was very reckless of you to walk around at this time of night, even in Rosewood and then to climb that tree. Your hand might get infected from not cleaning it. Hanna would very upset to know you had hurt yourself and didn't look after it properly."

"Probably," I say agreeing with Ashley's analysis of the situation at hand.

Ashley then spoke in a stern motherly tone "Come inside and let me look at that hand of yours," I nod my head and get up to follow Ashley back inside the house. I followed Ashley all the way into the kitchen where she had me sit at the bench, she then grabbed my right hand to start assessing the damage.

"I believe you've just cut it, not deep enough for stitches but I'm going to get a bandage to wrap around it. This will help prevent any infection, I suggest you get a doctor to look at it as soon as possible and if you don't I'll make an appointment for you."

"I will Ashley and thank you, I'm sorry."

"What are you sorry for sweetie?"

"For making you late for work, I don't know for being a bother," I say with a shrug.

Ashley placed her finger underneath my chin to raise my eyes to look in hers before she said "Emily you are never a bother to me. I know how much you love and care for my daughter. So if you have more bad dreams about Hanna and want to come check up on her, you are more than welcome to but ring the doorbell next time. I don't care if you wake me up, your safety is more important."

"Okay," I say nodding my head and watching as Ashly went to look for a bandage.

"Hey, what's going on?" I heard another female's voice speak with slight worried but sleepiness as well. Looking away from Ashley I found Hanna standing there looking confused and still in her pink pyjamas.

Ashley replied with "I found her on the front porch when I was about to leave for work."

"What? Why were you outside and what did you do to your hand?" Hanna asked quickly walking over inspect my hand.

Ashley said "I'll leave you to explain Emily and Hanna can you please wrap this around your girlfriends hand, I needed to get to work. Oh and Emily, under my requested you must get some sleep before going home."

"Okay Ashley and thank you," I say with a slight smile. Ashley nods her head and after handing Hanna the bandage she walks out of the kitchen and soon leaves out the front door.

"Well?" Hanna asked when I hadn't said anything for a while.

I replied with "I had a bad dream."

"What was it about?" Hanna asked before I hand the chance to continue.

"You, you were being attacked by someone right in front of me and I couldn't do anything to stop it. I tried to stop it but they just kept hurting you, you kept screaming in pain and you were losing a lot of blood."

"Oh Em, why didn't your ring me?"

"I did but you didn't answer, I even texted you. When you didn't reply I got worried about you and I needed to make sure you were okay."

"I'm sorry I didn't hear my phone but why didn't you ring the doorbell, I would have heard that."

"It would have woken your Mum up too and I know she works early shifts, so I didn't want to wake her up."

"Okay so you just stayed sitting on the front porch all night, how did you injury your hand?"

"I don't remember how but it was on the tree outside your window. I climbed up it to see if you were okay, I saw you were and then climbed back down."

"Emily that's crazy you could have injured yourself even more than just your hand."

"I know, I'm sorry. I just needed to know you were okay," I say feeling tears starting to well up in my eyes.

"Hey, hey it's okay, don't cry, please don't cry," Hanna said soothingly as she wrapped her arms around me and I just fell into her warm embrace.

Hanna whispered in my ear "I'm not mad at you; I was just worried about you. You could've injured yourself and I didn't want anything to happen to you, not when you're checking up on me." I couldn't prevent my tears from rolling down my check, which Hanna must've felt against her bare neck but she only held me closer and tighter.

"I love you Emily, I really love you and I love that you came to check up on me. It was super sweet of you but next time just ring the doorbell, my Mum won't care."

"Okay," I sobbed out as I moved my arms from their still precision at my side to around Hanna's waist. Hanna pulled her head back and I could see small tears in her eyes too, Hanna reached up with one of her hands to wipe away my tears.

"You mean everything to me Hanna."

"And you mean everything to me Emily," I smiled up at Hanna before leaning forward to connect our lips together. I was so lucky to have someone as amazing as Hanna in my life and be allowed to call her my girlfriend was an even bigger privilege.

The End.

A/N: Happy New Year Everyone! ~KJ99