Emily

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"What are you doing?"
"Jesus, you scared me!" I gasped.
"Sorry. Force of habit." Layla said.
"You said you won't bother me."
"I got bored and I don't know what to do. So, came here to check on you."
"I am just working."
"Can I see?"
"Sure, I guess." I hesitated a bit.
"Wow! That's nice."
"Buzzzzz, buzzzzz!" the phone rang. I wanted to answer, however Layla was faster than me.
"Who is it?" Layla asked.
"Who are you?" I could hear Henry ask from the phone.
"Totally not the person who magically got transported with her room to a different place." I could hear she was being sarcastic.
"You're the girl William was talking about?"
"Yep."
"Let me introduce myself then. My name is Henry Emily." as Henry said that Layla froze.
"Was it that Henry said something wrong?" I thought.
              "Can I have the phone?" I asked Layla. She handed me the phone and left my office.
             "Did I say something wrong?" Henry asked me.
             "Why don't you visit us?"
             "Sure. I'll bring Charlie too. See you in a few minutes." Henry hanged up.
             "Why did she just froze?" I asked myself.

             "Who did you call?"
"Uncle William." I answered Charlie's question. "We're going to visit him."
             "Really!?" Charlie gasped. "Is Elizabeth gonna be there too!?"
             "I don't think so." I answered her question.
            "Ohhh." Charlie whined.
            "Come on, let's get ready." I told Charlie. We quickly got ready and went to the car. "I wonder how she looks like." I thought to myself.

            "Ding dong." the doorbell rang. I cane to door to see who it is.
"Oh, Henry. You're already here?" I asked.
"Yeah, can we come in?"
"Sure." I open the door for them.
"Is Elizabeth here!?" Charlie asked.
"No."
"Ohhhhhh." Charlie whined.
"Is that her William?" Henry asked showing a hand where Layla was. She was just standing and looking at us.
"You alright Layla?" I asked her. She didn't answer. "What's going in her head?" I thought.

I was just staring at them. Replying how they act. "So, they are friends." I thought to myself. "My question is if William is acting or not. I can't figure. I have to say, if he's acting, he's good."
"You alright?" Charlie was near me.
"Yeah, I am fine."
"What's your name?" Charlie asked me.
"My name is Layla, and what's yours?" I asked with a nice voice I use for kids.
"My name is Charlotte, but you can call me Charlie. Come on let's go play something." she dragged me out of the room.

"How are your kids doing with her?" Henry asked me.
          "They like her for now. Mike started to act strange when he first was her."
         "Maybe he has a crush on her."
         "Ha! As if."
         "Just ask him."
         "How long do you plan to stay here?" I asked Henry.
         "Till 7 pm if that's alright."
         "It's alright with me. Let's get to work since we're together now."
         "Two minds are better than one." Henry said smiling.
         "Yeah." I said annoyed.

         Me and Charlie played some games. Old time games. I was lucky that they had the game Uno. The game that I even play with friends.
         "Uno!" Charlie yelled.
         "Are you sure?" I pulled from my deck all plus some cards. Charlie was just staring at me. "Uno." I said as I put the last card I had in my deck.
         "Not fair!" Charlie said.
         "It is fair. I won fair and square."
         "Now let's play with my rules." Charlie said.
         "But those rules are boring. Playing a slow one rather the father one is boring. Trust me." I said.
         "Fine. I am going to win this time!" Charlie said.
        "We will see." I said as I was shuffling the cards.

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