The Girl Behind The Books

Chapter 16

Emma's POV

The rest of the week went well, Mackenzie didn't bug me anymore. Becky is happy about going on the date with Theo.

I'm happy for Becky about her date, but then I don't want her to leave me for Theo, like not leave me forever, but she would spend more time with Theo and not with me. She is the only friend I had.

Besides maybe Brendon.

They are all going to leave you sooner or later.

You are so dumb if you actually think they are your friends.

I pushed my thoughts away and thought back to the time Becky and I met.

In middle school, I was getting bullied by Mackenzie when Becky came up to us and stopped her. Ever since then, we became best friends, everyone would call her loser since she hung out with me.

Even after that, she stayed by my side. I don't know what I would do without her. Even if she makes me wear fancy clothes, or make me go shopping with her in Victoria secret, or getting our nails done.

I'm not a tomboy or anything, but I never enjoyed putting on nail polish, getting my hair done, or even shopping.

Especially, Victoria Secret shopping. Its so pink and girls squealing and s**t. Ugh, I just cringe thinking about it.

Last time we went shopping, she made me try on a few lingeries and it was torture. I was dying. Not even exaggerating.

I swore I was never stepping into that store ever again.

Tomorrow is Saturday, finally the weekend. I really want to chill at home watch movies all day.

Oh, and Halloween was in 2 days. Becky did say something about a party but as always, I said I won't go, and after realizing she can't convince me, she said that she would go trick or treat with me, like all the other past years.

I feel my phone buzzing, I take it out of my pocket and looked at the screen.

Becky: Class is killing me, so I was thinking, let's go shopping tomorrow. Since I need to buy a costume and a date outfit.PLEAASSEE:-

Emma: Ughhhhh, fine, but if you're even thinking about taking me to V.S I'm going straight back home.

Emma: oh and you are buying me food.

Becky: Ya ya ok, even tho everyone knows your not just going to leave me.

"Mrs.Grace, hand me the phone now." my teacher says holding his hand out in front of me. I groan and I turn off my phone and hand it to him.

Honestly, Becky had a point about me not leaving her at the mall. Its true, I wouldn't just leave her at the mall alone, even if she made me go to Victoria Secret for over 3 hours, I would just keep begging her to let me at least wait outside the store.

The final bell rang, I quickly run to the teacher's desk, grabbed my phone, and ran out of class and saw Becky in the crowd.

I catch up with her and we started to push through the crowd until we finally got out to the parking area.

"So, why didn't you answer my text? get your phone taken?" She asks as she climbs into the car."Yup,"I say, turning on the radio.

Cheap Thrills by Sia came on, and we start belting out the words as Becky drove towards my house. When we got there, we said bye and she left to go to her house.

I walk into my bedroom. My room was pretty simple yet messy, I haven't bothered cleaning up in a few days.

So I changed into an oversized sweater, and sweatpants and turned on some music on my beats pill xl, that I got for my birthday, and started cleaning up my room.

Starting at my book collection shelf, then my study desk, then my mirror desk, then my Yankee candle collection(yes, I have a candle collection.)then my bed and cleaned up anything that was on the floor.

I get my lighter and light my favorite autumn candle from my collection. It was a pumpkin cupcake scented candle.

My mom had always loved collecting Yankee candles and would put them in wooden baskets.

My mom had always loved collecting Yankee candles and would put them in wooden baskets

I never threw any of them away, and instead kept collecting candles. Just like my mom, I loved the scent of candles.

All types of them, its really soothing and helps me relax, especially while reading a book. There were at least 4 baskets full of Yankee candles.

I walk over to my book collection shelf to find a book to read, I had a few I haven't read yet, I pick one out and walked to my bed and covered myself with the blanket and started reading.

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"Emma, I love you so much, always remember I will watch over you," Mom says, her eyes tearing up, as I leave for school.

"Silly mommy, don't cry! I'm only going to school, but I love you too mommy!" I say hugging her tightly. She kisses my forehead and I run out of the house to the school bus.

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I came back home," Mommy! I'm home, and I want to show you my test! I got an A!" I say running towards my parent's room.

I walk in to see dad sitting on the edge of the bed with his hands over his face,"daddy? What's wrong? Where is mommy?" I ask with a low voice, walking over to him.

I see a note on the ground in front of my dad, I remove my dad's hands from his face. "What's wrong daddy?"I ask worried" and where is mommy?"

"Your mom she ...." He stops bursting into tears. I look at him, feeling scared, I started crying too.

I jerked up awake, sweating and crying, it was a dream. No, it was a flashback, of what had happened.

The day my mom..died.

I bury my face in my hands, crying.

I hated having those dreams, I kept getting them for about a few months after my mom had died and my dad had to send me to a therapist a couple of times, because of those dreams.

I haven't had this kind of dreams in a few years now, I don't know why it came back.

I look at my alarm clock, it was 2 in the morning. I couldn't call Becky to come comfort me since she is sleeping. So I wipe my tears and lay back down, staring up at the ceiling.

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"Emma! Wake up!" I slowly open my eyes to find Becky in front of me. I groan and as I pull my blanket over my head.

Becky pulls the blanket off me completely, causing me to shiver, it was freezing. "What time is it?" I ask, snatching my blanket back and covering myself. "It's 1 pm! What did you do last night?" She asks pulling my blanket off me again.

" Ugh, its cold, and I had a nightmare. Woke up in the middle of the night" I say, giving up and getting out of bed, walking towards the bathroom.

"Oh, is it about your um..you know?" She asks looking into my closet." yeah, it was" I mumbled, drying my face with the towel.

I walk out and sat down on my bed," Okay, so anyways wear this we are going shopping, then I have a date with Theo, I still can't believe you were in on this plan and didn't tell me." She says throwing me a purple sweater and skinny jeans and my white beanie.

She knew that my mom was a topic I didn't like talking about so she changed the topic as usual.

I just shrugged "what time is your date anyways?" I ask changing my clothes."At 7 pm, he will come to pick me up from your house." She says.

"Why mine?" I ask as we walk out of the room." Since we are coming back here after shopping" she says."alright" I say.

"Have fun girls?" my dad says while watching TV. "Thanks, dad, bye," I say wearing my knee-high boots and walked out of the house.

After about 15 minutes we arrived at the mall, and we start walking around in clothing stores to find something for Becky while looking around a bit for me too.

We walk out of one store and saw a Victoria Secret store, that was a few stores away. I turn to walk to other direction when Becky pulled me saying." Let's go to Zara"

Zara was the store right next to Victoria Secret. Oh god, what have I gotten myself into?

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