The revenge of the scarecrow.

Chapter three

" Miss Emily Rose , I'm sorry but your parents have passed away in a car accident."  When Emily received the news her whole world came crashing down. She was never really close with her parents but it was still one of the hardest things she has had to deal with. She tried hard to keep it all together but she could feel she was losing the battle with her depression . Many of her friends came that night to show there sympathy but Emily just continued staring at the wall like it was a black whole full of emptiness . 

The dorm walls had flowers painted all over them , and it reminded her of when she was younger . Emily , her parents and Johnny always went to this flower field near the river stream every summer Sunday. She remembered the feeling of the sunshine on her face , the sweet smell of the flowers underneath her . She remembered her mothers beautiful red poke a dot dress which she wore most Sundays . She thought back to how happy and in love her parents were. Their laughter was so real and  contagious . Emily and Johnny would always jump and play around in the near by stream which their parents would get very angry over .But every time they promised they won't jump in again and as soon as they get their again the twins would forget their promise and the whole proses will just start all over again.

When Jason got the news about Emily's parents he was in shock but sad that she didn't call him and that he had to find out through friends. He knew she was going to break down again and everything they had been working on the past couple of months would all go to waste if she did not handle this right . Even though there is not really no right way to deal with the death of your parents , and to lose both at the same time must have been even harder. He knew he had to get to her as quick as possible. She needed him and right now he was truly the only one who knew how alone she must have felt. 

When he heard the news about Emily's parents he ran to her dorm as fast as his legs could carry him. He had never ran that fast in his life not even when he did cross country in high school. When he got to the dorm he saw her just sitting on the bed staring at the wall. The girl who was just a few hours ago filled with joy , sunshine and happiness was now filled with sadness and numb. He could see she had been crying for a while because her eyes were still we red and there were spots on her cheeks still wet from all the tears. He slowly walked in not wanting to give her a fright . Katy was sitting next to her holding her but Emily didn't seem to notice. Katy looked up and nodded at him , she stood up gave Emily a kiss on the fore head and walked out the dorm room . She stopped and said " I'll go out and get some food , she hasn't eaten anything today." He nodded at her and continued walking to Emily . 

When he sat next to her he took her hand. It was cold. He had never felt so far away from her even though she was so close. She put her head on his chest and started to cry silently. He held her tightly hand stroked her hair softly. The silence between them could say a thousand words. He wanted to promise he will always and forever hold her , and that everything will be alright , that he would always protect her and that if he could he would take all her pain away , but he knew it would be empty promises. It hurt him that he couldn't take any of the pain away , but all he could do for now was just be there for her. He held her tighter and kissed her forehead . She looked up at him dead in the eyes. He wiped the tears off her face and smiled at her. She turned back around and laid her head down on his chest.

Emily felt safe with him . At home. He made her feel less alone. This was her forever and always. She held on closer because she knew what was waiting for her. A small town filled with hate and sadness was waiting for her. She really didn't want to go to the funeral but knew this was her last time to say goodbye. She remembered the awful feeling she had back when her brother died , the whispering when she walked by , the looks she got as though they could see right inside her soul , as if they could see all her pain , her secrets , insecurities and deepest thoughts. She always felt so naked when she was there no matter how much close she had on. And now more than ever all eyes would be on her. First her brother now her parents , not even one of them , both ! The f*****g world hated her Emily thought to herself. She started tearing up again and Jason's hand started stroking her hair again . 

When she woke up the light of the morning sun hurt her eyes . She felt is was still puffy from all the crying. She turned around and saw Jason still sleeping peacefully holding her . She smiled thinking of last night . He never let go of her. She reached over and took her phone from the bedside table. She opened it . 32 New messages . 17 Missed calls. She sighed and laid back down . She just wanted to be in his arms forever . She wanted all the pain to go away . She wanted to forget about everything. Her phone started vibrating non stop on the bedside table . Aunt Marie. She probably wants to make arrangement for the funeral Emily thought.  The tears started rolling over her cheeks again. Jason opened his eyes took his hand and gently wiped the tears off her cheeks . He sat up straight , held her hand and knew today was going to be a hard day. She looked down at their hands in each others . He lifted her chin and looked her in the eyes. He could see all the pain in her eyes. He leaned in and gave her a gentle kiss on the forehead. " I know this is hard ,  but I'm here no matter what , you and me okay." She closed her eyes , with the last tear rolling down . " Okay " she answered with a broken voice.