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05: Babe! I Missed You!

Waking up at 4 am, Emerson gets ready for her morning practice. Double-checking everything with her coach, Emerson quietly makes it out of the shared room with her mother, after kissing her forehead.

Closing the door, Emerson texted her mother's phone, as well as her aunt Kim to make sure she is still coming to pick her up.

Slowly walking down the stairs, Emerson tries to remember which ones her mother told her would make noise. Grabbing her bag, and slinging it over her shoulder, Emerson quietly opens the door when she hears the voice of Hank Voight. "Going somewhere?"

Sighing, she shuts the door, not making a sound. "I have morning practice. Kim is taking me. She's already outside. I never wake my mom, she doesn't always sleep well, so I leave her a note or a text before locking up." Looking the man in the eyes, she only breaks contact when she feels her phone vibrate.

Aunt Kimmy: outside kiddo

"Can I go now? I don't want to be late." Holding up one finger, Hank disappears further into the house before coming back with a plate. "Made you breakfast"

"Thank you." Taking it as her moment to leave, Emerson practically sprints out of the house and to the car. As Kim watches her niece hop in the car, she notices that the child seems off, "what's wrong Em?"

Looking to her aunt, "Voight made me breakfast," taking a huge bite of the sandwich, "and it's amazing."

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Stretching, Emerson finishes her morning practice and takes the playbook her coach gives her. "Study up for the afternoon practice with Elijah." Nodding the teen grabs her bag and heads to the car with her aunt. "What wasn't bad, you did pretty good Em"

"I'm glad you feel that way, cause I feel like coach already is having a bad start to his day." Laying her head on the door, she's reminded once again to take it off my her aunt. Doing so, she calls her partner in crime, and cousin, Elijah.

FaceTime Calling: Lijah

"What you want fool?" Laughing at her cousins, "to talk fool" mimicking him, she tells him all about his practice went. "Something is up coaches ass, but I'm not sure what it is. Oh well, not our problem."

Thanking her aunt Kim, Emerson hops out of the car and puts her AirPods in. Seeing that both Voight and her mother's vehicles are on the property, Emerson walks into the house. "Who knows what's going on with that man, probably something illegal."

Walking straight up the stairs, Emerson lets her mother know that she's talking to Elijah, and that she's heading to take a shower. "I'll see you at practice bro, come prepared to cry afterwards in pain."

"Bye asshole"

"Bye bitch"

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After group practice, Emerson tries to make up an excuse to call her mother. Something just seems off with their coach today. It's always like this before the cabin trip.

Every year, their coach takes the majority of the team up to his cabin for team bonding. Emerson and Elijah have never been, but they try not to think about it. They were caption and co caption, how could they not go?

At first, they thought it was because they were underclassmen, but now they think it's just a them thing.

Texting her mother, Emerson is informed that her ride home is a surprise. And that the surprise is already close by watching.

Glad to have someone keeping an eye on her, Emerson goes through the plays with Elijah.

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Coach Ralph Moore was doing something that would get him into huge trouble. He was messing around with underage boys. It's something that no one in their right minds would think of.

The one he wanted most was, of course, Elijah Benson. But, he couldn't get close to him for many reasons. Not only was his grandmother the caption of a police force, but so was the rest of his family.

If anyone found out exactly what he was doing, he would be in so much trouble. There were so many boys left in sorrow due to what happened with him, but it's not like he cared anyways.

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Gabby Dawson and Delilah Carmen were the surprises waiting for Emerson. One being Emerson's godmother, the other being her girlfriend. Lilah was staying with Gabby for their time in Chicago at a nearby hotel.

Like Emerson, she too went to NY Prep. Being 6'2 and a soccer player is exactly how she met Emerson. At a freshman soccer game, Emerson was playing Elijah's wing woman, but she ended up being the one with a relationship.

They had been together for four years, and it had been the best four years for Emerson. Erin didn't care that Emerson had a thing for anything other than boys, she just wanted her to be happy, and Delilah was that for her.

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After the last practice ended for Emerson, she was bone tired. Barely walking, and trying to hold herself up with Elijah doing the same to her, the duo makes it to the parking lot. "Damn babe, coach worked you guys hard."

Meeting the eyes of her Lilah, Emerson forgets about how sore she is, and sprints straight for her, "babe! I missed you!" Laughing, Delilah hugs Emerson back just as hard. "I'm not the only one here"

Letting go, Emerson screams when she sees her godmother, standing in front of her, in person. "And here I was thinking you'd see me first in this neon shirt" jumping on her aunt, Emerson lets out one more scream before getting down.

By this time, Elijah had placed their bags in the trunk of the rental, and hopped in the backseat after hugging Delilah and Gabby. Saying one more thing before he closes the door. "I love y'all, and I'm happy that y'all are here. But, Imma be energetic after I get some rest and pain pills.