True Love - Mackenzie Feit (ebook reader with highlighter TXT) 📗

she wouldn't be able to sleep in her room by herself without crying

I gave her one of my giant shirts and told her to crawl into bed, now before you think anything weird I'm going to say that she is my little sister and I was planning on moving her to her bed after she fell asleep.

"Isaiah, can you lay with me for a little while, please" She asked

"Yeah sure little sis"

I walked over to my bed and layed next to her, she hugged me tightly and started crying again, I tried soothing her by rubbing her hair but that didn't seem to work so I just laid there listening to her cry until it was just a quiet sob

"Are you still awake Em?" I asked quietly

"yeah" She said in a whisper

"I miss her to" I said

she looked up at me

"but Isaiah we were just laughing and fooling around this morning, and now we can never do that with her again ever" she said and started sobbing again

"shhh it's ok, at least we still have dad" I said trying to be reassuring

"I know but she... no one will be able to replace her"

"Yeah, Emma try not to think to much about it, we have school tomorrow, if you want I could tell my school what happened and ask if I could get a few days off to come check on you at your school"

"OK, could you I would really appreciate it if you would come to school with me tomorrow" she said

"Then that's what I'll do" I said and with that we both fell asleep, I didn't really care if I was still in my clothes as long as Emma was happy.

 

The next day

 

(Emma's POV)

 

"Hey wake up, Em" Isaiah said

"Hmm, what time is it?" I asked him trying to remember what happened yesterday and why I was in my brothers room

"Almost 6:30" He said as I remembered everything that happened yesterday

"I'm still upset" I said trying not to cry some more

"I know, I am too, you have to get ready for school though don't forget I am going to be there with you today to I already called my school and told them why I would be in the middle school today" He said

 

"Ok I'll get ready now, and thanks for staying with me last night" I said with sincerity 

 

20 minutes later

 

"I'm ready big bro, lets go to school" I said as cheerful as I could manage

"Is it ok with you if we take the bus though I don't want to bother dad to much considering everything that happened" he said

"yeah that's fine I'll just write him a quick note saying we took the bus and that you were coming to school with me so he won't worry about me through the day" I said

"done?" he asked just as the bus was turning the corner

"yeah lets go"

 

Later at school

 

 

(Ally's POV)

 

"Hey guys" Emma said as soon as she got to her locker

"Hey" I said

"Sup" Ash said

"Um Em, why is your bro here?" I asked

"I uh, I'll tell you later" she said looking nervously at Ashton

"Ok, how about during lunch we can eat outside" I suggested

"That's a great idea, can i come with or do you guys want some girl time?" Ash said

"N..no it's fine Ash, you c..can come I.. I dont mind" Emma said

I was watching her eyes while she was saying that sentence, they were glassy

Isaiah pulled her to him

"shh it's ok, I'm right here" he said calmly

"I..I'm ok, thanks"

"I think we should get to class now guys" Ash said

"Yeah, come on Em" I said 

She grabbed Isaiah's arm and kept him close

"Hey, sis, can I see your scheldule so I know where I'm going?" Isaiah said quietly

"yeah sure" she said digging in her messenger bag, pulling it out

"here"

"thanks" he said looking at it

"ok so your schedule is ..."

1st hour- Science

2nd hour- Scocial Studies

3rd hour- P.E.

4th hour- Free Period

Lunch

5th hour-Math

6th hour- Choir

7th-8th hour- Communications

9th hour- Free period

"I can do that" he said

"ok lets go" Em said

 

20 minutes later

 

(Aston's POV)

*whisper, whisper*

"Hey can you keep it down a little bit, please?" I asked Emma and Isaiah

"Sorry, Ashton" Isaiah said

"It's ok dude"

*wisper, whisper*

*queit sobs*

I looked to the back of the room, I saw Em's eyes were slightly red and Isaiah was rubbing her back softly

What happened to Emma, she never cries

"Mr. Thompson, is there something you would like to share with the rest of the class?" Mr. Yonker said

Isaiah walked to the front of the room after talking to Emma

He whispered in Mr. Yonker's ear for a moment then Mr. Yonker looked a little upset before nodding 

Isaiah walked back to his sister and they walked out of the room together with Isaiah carrying her stuff

I walked up to Mr. Yonker

"Where did Emma go?" I asked

"She had an emergency to go to" He said

"But you never let anyone go out of Math" I pointed out

"Mr. White, I don't see how this is any of your buisness" He boomed

"She's my best friend, that's how it's my buisness" I said

"I am sorry, but if she hasn't told you, I don't think she would want me telling you her buisness"

"Fine, can I at least go check on her?"

"No, she needs to be alone for a while"

"But her brother is with her" I whined

"Yes, but he is family and I think that is what she needs right now"

"Fine" I said then I walked back to my seat, and watched the clock

I should be the one comforting her, not Isaiah, I want to be the one rubbing her back soothingly, wiping away her tears, calming her, doing everything with her

But that's selfish of me I'll just give her some time alone

 

At lunch

 

(Emma's POV)

 

Mr. Yonker yelled at my brother for talking to me, Isaiah then walked up to him, I'm assuming to tell him why he was talking during class. Mr. Yonker looked at me with this sad expression as soon as my brother was done talking to him, and he nodded. Isaiah then came back to me and said we had permission to leave earlier than everyone else if I wasn't feeling well enough to continue sitting. I looked at Mr. Yonker to make sure this was true, and he nodded, giving me a sympahetic look. I hate when people give me that look.

I got out of my seat and let my brother carry my things as we walked out of calss.

We went outside for some fresh air, my brother chose that moment to make his suggestion.

"Hey, Em?"

"yeah?"

"Do you want to go home for the rest of the day and get some rest?"

"I do, but mom wouldn't have wanted me to skip school just because I can't get over her right away, don't you think?" 

"Yeah, but she also wouldn't want you looking like you're in so much pain while you're at school, ya know?"

"Yeah Issac, the nickname I gave him a long time ago, I do know, I just.. I can't keep a brave face on anymore, I miss her too much"

"I do too, lil sis, I do too"

I scooted closer to him, on the steps just outside of school

"We can go home after lunch, I promised Ally, I would tell her why you're here" I said

"Ok sis We can go home after Lunch, I'm not that hungry so I'll spend the hour of lunch going to the rest of your teachers and telling them why you won't be there, You don't want the whole school to know, right?"

"Right, so just tell them not to tell any students and if a student asks where I went, tell the teachers to just tell them I had an emergency"

"OK sis see you in an hour" he said then kissed my forehead

"see you in an hour bro"

I went back inside and to the cafeteria

I searched for Ally in the lunch line but I only found Ashton, so I went to him and asked

"Hey Ashton?"

"What's up Em, why did you use my full name you never do that unless something's wrong?"

"n..nothing's w..wrong, I.. I just w..wanted to a..ask you wh.where Ally w..was"

"I think she's already outside"

"O..ok Ashton, th..thanks"

"There it is again, seriously Em, what's wrong"

"Would you stop bothering me about it, I don't want to tell you ok, just leave me alone, would you!!!!!" I yelled at him

"Ok, ok I'm sorry" he said putting his hands up

I didn't say anything to him I just walked away to find Ally

I finally found her at a bench ouside

"Hey" she said once she saw me walking towards her

"hi"

"So, spill why is your brother here?"

"He's here because he's comforting me" I said in a whisper

"Why do you need comforting, what did Ashton do this time!?!?!?!?" she yelled getting up

"sit down and keep your voice down, I don't want everyone to hear, this isn't about what Ashton did, he didn't do anything, this is about my mom and how...."

"This isn't about Ashton wow that's a surprise" she said cutting me off, sitting down and lowering her voice "wait you said it was about your mom, that lovely lady, I could talk about her for ages, she could always put a smile on your face even if you were depressed" she said smiling as she remembered my mother

I couldn't keep the tears down anymore, they just strated pouring out, Ally was at my side in an instant

"shh shh shh it's ok, what's wrong, what happened" she said slowly

"sh.. she le..left u...us, sh..she's go...gone" I said balling my eyes out

"Where did she go?why did she leave? That doesn't sound like her" she asked 

"S..she di..died" I said still crying 

"She what!!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed "no, no, no, no, that's not possible, how? when? where?"

"I..in a c..car acc...accident, ye..yesterday, a..at t..the ho..hospital"

"where you there with her when she..." she trailed off not knowing if she should finish her sentence

"no I was having fun at school" I said calming down enough to get my words out

"Was she alone?"

"No, my dad was with her before she..." I couldn't finish that sentence, I didn't want to make it true and I knew if I said it out loud then I knew it would be true, I just wasn't ready for that yet

"It's ok, I'm here now"

"I'm going to leave for the rest of the day, my brother says it's for the best"

"It's ok you don't have to explain to me, I get it, I mean not the whole losing my mom part but the grieving process"

"thanks Ally"

"No prob Em" she said as she pulled me into a hug just as Ashton comes out with his food

"Hey, did I miss something?"

"Nope" She said "Just some female bonding time"

"Ok" he said looking at me

I whispered into Ally's ear "He's looking at me because I called him by his full name"

"Emma, you only ever do that when you're upset" she whispered back

"Yeah I know but I am upset" I whispered 

"O yeah I forgot, just play it off or change the subject if he brings it up"

"You know I suck at doing that"

"Then just look over at me if you have trouble"

"I feel like I'm being purposely excluded out of your whispering contest over there" He whisper/yelled over to us

"sorry Ashton"I said " I mean Ash, sorry Ash"

He looked at me skeptically

"So Emma where is your brother?" Ally asked

"I dont know I should go look for him, don't you think, Ash?" I asked

"Actually, Em, I wanted to ask you about-"

"Yeah Em you should go do that" Ally said cutting him off and winking at me

"Ok bye guys"

"Emma, wait I wanted to talk about how you-" He got cut off again by Ally shoving a piece of bread in his mouth

I laughed silently to myself at his expression.

 

(Ashton's POV)

 

I waited impatiently for lunch to come so I could see her again cause she didn't come back to class.

As soon as I got to the lunch line Emma came up to me

 "Hey Ashton?" she said in a hurry

"What's up Em, why did you use my full name you never do that unless something's wrong?" i said curiously

"n..nothing's w..wrong, I.. I just w..wanted to a..ask you wh.where Ally w..was"

"I think she's already outside"

"O..ok