Her Darkness

Chapter 5

3 weeks later

Blade went to a therapist and got some help for his dark thoughts and has become his old self. He is determined to win Emma back. Doing whatever it takes, as much as he loves her, he knows she needs space. That he needed to regain the trust he lost with her and the respect he had for himself.

Emma has been locked away in her house under supervision from her mom. A few days later, his mom saw her marks and wanted to understand why her daughter felt that way. Emma asked her to put her under mom's arrest. It's basically a grounding but no going back. No school, we pick up our assignments and bring them back after school, no phone, or friends. She asked her mom to message Cora that I asked for this for a months time. Meanwhile, the time must go on.

Cora went to school, and she looked around for Luna but she wasn't anywhere to be found. Blade was sitting at their table in the corner of the lunch room texting Emma like he does every day about what she's missing. Cora knows how guilty he feels, but at the same time, her best friend is hurt, more than she has even seen before. She grew up with Emma and Blade, and they have always been best friends. Now everything is different, there's this rift. She doesn’t know where to begin to fix it. All she knows is that she wants her friends back. As she sat down at the table, Blade looked up and smiled. They sat in a comfortable silence for a while till Blade breaks the silence.

“Have you heard from her at all? I message her every day and get nothing.”

“She put herself on Mom's arrest. She felt it was the best way for her to think and heal. I know you didn't mean to hurt her but you did, you had another woman. I am not angry with you, just your actions towards her. I never thought I had to worry about you hurting her.”

“I know, you think I don't know how much I hurt her? I watched the girl I loved shatter right in front of me and it killed me. I sent her these messages to let her know she never left my mind. Every minute of every day, I miss her and think about her. I want her back but I don't know how to begin repairing my mistake. I love her Cora with everything I am.” Blade said.

Cora looks at the clock, 12:33PM. I have to go to get Emma's assignments for her mom. “Blade, I will help you but I swear you hurt her again. You'll see Emma isn't the only one with secrets.” Blade nodded and Cora walked away.

Blade went back to his message to Emma,

“Hey princess,

I missed you today. Our science class wants to take us on a field trip to the beach to learn more about marine life and its impact on the world. I told Cora to grab her a permission slip. Cora and I talked a little bit today. Lunch is almost over your favorite cheese sticks and marinara. I’ll message you later. Oh and don't forget chapter 22 of To Kill A Mockingbird and the summarization.

Sincerely your knight Bladen”

Blade sighs contently, she is not ignoring me. Maybe there is something I can do. I called my dad and asked him to cash app $50. After school, I ran down to the florist and got her favorite flowers, sunflowers and bleeding hearts in a yellow vase. As he walked up to the door and worked up the nerve to knock on the door, he decided to go to the window to see if she was awake. As he looked through the window he saw her painting again. It's been so long he almost forgot how talented she is. I set the flowers down on the table outside her window and knocked on the window and walked around the corner.

Emma was lost in her own thoughts, painting a mermaid in rough seas. As she was painting the highlights in the ocean water, she heard a knock on the window. She decided to finish the painting and focus on herself for now. A few hours went by and her mom came in to tell her dinner was done. When Emma got up, something caught her eye outside the window. Flowers, her favorite flowers Blade, was here. Her emotions got the better of her as a tear slipped out. She left the flowers outside. She couldn't forgive him so easily. She never wanted anyone to know she knew how to fight, she wanted to be a normal girl. Now the whole school knows, I lost control and let it get the best of me.