Wormed Into my Heart

Chapter Seven: Amelia

It was the middle of the night, and Sarah got up to use the bathroom. She came back to the bed, and she saw the amniotic fluid-covered bed sheets. She woke Charli up, and told her what had happened. Charli immediately got up, and tried to get the attention of a guard, and Sarah was rushed to a local hospital by police. 8 hours and a lot of pain later, Sarah was holding a little baby girl. When she came back to the prison, they had the baby stay in the cell with Sarah. The name she gave her was Amelia Charli Hudson-Quinones. Sarah was holding Amelia, and then Charli came back in from breakfast. She was so excited to see the baby! But she was taken aback by how she was more excited to see Sarah. Sarah said, "Look at how tiny her hands are!" She compared her hand size to Amelia's and asked, "How big are your hands compared to hers?" Charli puts her hand up to Amelia's and Sarah says, "You have such small hands," and she puts her hand up to Charli's. She felt her stomach jolt as their hands met, and Charli loved the feeling. Charli interlocked her hands with Sarah. Sarah pulled Charli in, and they kissed. The electric feeling that traveled through their lips felt magical, as if they were doing something they shouldn't. Sarah pulled away, and Charli walked out to the yard to clear her head. It felt as if she did something that she wasn't supposed to.  

    Charli walked into the yard, and looked around. She saw all of the inmates, and she notices an empty bench, and goes to sit on it. She tries to clear her head, but all of her thoughts and emotions were consuming her. She couldn't focus on anything, and she decided that she wanted to go back in and talk to Sarah about what happened. As she approached her cell, she heard screaming and crying coming for her cell. She quickly started to almost run to her cell, to make sure that Sarah was okay. She walked in, and she asked, "What happened?"

Sarah, through her tears said, "They took Amelia away to a prison nursery." Charli knew how much Sarah loved Amelia, and she didn't want to stay away from her. Charli hugged her, as her sobs grew quieter. Sarah said, "I don't want to be here anymore."

    Charli for a split second wanted to tell Sarah that they could break out of prison, and they could run away and have a life together, and everything would be fantastic. But Charli knew that she couldn't tell her that, because she didn't know if it were true. But, she still wanted to get out too. So she jokingly said, "We could break out." but Sarah looked at her with a surprised face.

Sarah said, "My inmate always told me to never look behind the toilet, and I wonder if what's behind that toilet can help us." Charli stood up, and turned towards the toilet. She walked up to it, and crouched down to look behind it. She saw a hole carved into the wall, and a box with a bunch of wires on it. It looked like a bomb. Charli was shocked. This could get them out of the prison. She looked at Sarah with a grin, and said, "We should start planning."

Sarah smiles back and says, "You're welcome for remembering."

"You are quite good at remembering and you're so smart, I could kiss you."

"I could arrange that," Sarah says as she approaches Charli, and brings her into an embrace, and in for a kiss. It felt just as magical as the first one did, and Charli jokingly says, "So, we're dating now?"

Sarah says, "I don't have a very good history with my significant others, and I feel like I know why now."

Charli hugs Sarah, as butterflies  in her stomach feel more like massive winged birds. They had something special.

"Dinner for two, tonight, me and you?" Charli says as she extends her hand for Sarah to take. Sarah takes it as they are now allowed to get dinner. They sit at a dirty table with their gross prison food, but neither of them minded because they had each other. As they talked and enjoyed their time together, it started to get late, and they were asked to go back to their cell. They walked back, and they noticed that they spent hours talking. They were so in love and they didn't care that they were in prison. They kissed each other good night, and they both laid down to try to get some sleep. Charli quickly fell asleep, but Sarah couldn't. Sarah wanted to see Amelia. She pictured her and Charli escaping prison with Amelia, and living a good life together. A nice house, a picture-perfect family and love for each other, and for their daughter. A happy ending. After all of this time, there would be a happy ending. She wasn't with John, she wasn't with Chase, she didn't want to kill anyone, she just wanted a family and a happy life. She drifted off to sleep, with her head filled with fantasies of what her new family would look like.

She woke up the next morning, and she stretched. She got up, and kissed Charli on the head. She saw one of the guards, and asked him if she could see Amelia. He said, "They didn't tell you?"

Sarah's stomach dropped. "What did they not tell me?" The guard looked remorseful. He unlocked the cell, and hugged her.

"They found foster parents for her. In fact, she's leaving soon, and they don't want her to get too attached to you." It felt like someone had kicked her in the stomach. Sarah felt her eyes well up. She held onto the guard that was hugging her. Her tears fell on the man's uniform, as she started to bawl. Charli got up, and felt bad for her. She just wanted everything to work out and they would have a good family. The guard walked out,  but Sarah was hysterically crying. Charli came and embraced Sarah as the tears flowed free from her eyes.

Charli said, "Let's go for a walk." She took Sarah's hand and led her out. They walked in the yard, the chilly fall air biting at Sarah's tear-covered face. She buried her face into Charli's shoulder as they walked, and Charli put her arms around her. One thing in their lives seemed certain. They needed to get out of here as soon as they could. 

So they started planning.