It Started With Hello

Chap. 84

Before Emma even realized it was New Years Eve in others words it was almost her birthday in a few hours along with her birthday party and she was in her bedroom practice her violin wearing a light blue gown her mother loved to dress her in. It wasn't really her taste she liked casual clothes but her mother loved to dress her like a doll so she would wear it for now. She was practicing her violin her parents would be back home soon and she figured them coming home and hearing her playing her violin was better then them coming home to find that she wasn't home but instead and the loner boy just a block away or worse making out with him right in the living room. Speaking of Black he was just here a few minutes ago but had to leave to take Alex back to school shopping school would be starting back soon. Then summer break seemed to fly by right in front of her eyes and soon she would have to go back to the mean girls, hard math homework, trash lunch food and overall school vibes. This summer has been crazy for her definitely one of the craziest summer breaks she has ever had even crazier then when she got her braces off in 7th grade. She had been getting college application all through summer which was pretty stressful because she knew her parents where looking over them together probably throwing away the ones that didn't fit the plan they had for her life. All her thoughts slip from her mind as her fingers moved across the violin strings she eyes closed. The sound of the front door opening had her heart racing and eyes open. Since the events that happened with the mysterious news clipping left for her she has had some anxiety when being left home by herself. She hasn't heard anything further from the police about the subject she kept Ms. O'Connor's number on top of her desk just in case. She looks towards her bedroom door "Mother...Father is that you!?" she yells slightly through the door waiting for a response. She was met with silence making her hands start to sweat around her violin "Hello Father..Mother is that you?" her heart race begins to pound in her chest. She sits slowly from her bed walk slowly over her bedroom door walking creeping down the stairs "Hello...?" she whispered still not hearing a reply. She grip tightens around the neck of the violin when she finally making it to the bottom of the stairs she see's someone when there back to her it was a tall male wearing a long black coat. From she she stood she couldn't tell if it was her father or not "Father...?" she calls out to him surely if it was her father he would respond. The male didn't reply making her heart drop to the floor. With sweaty hands she lefts the violin slowly over her head sneaking behind him ready to smash it over his head "Emma!? What on earth are you doing" Emma turns her head seeing her mother standing in the kitchen watching her wide eyed. She was still in work wear a long khaki overcoat with black ear muffs Emma guessed she just got home. Facing back forward the man finally turns it was her father making her swallow hard frozen in place. He was wearing earphones his eyes widen seeing his daughter holding a violin high in the air "What's going on here?" he asked taking out the earphones finally able to hear her. Emma slowly lower the violin her parents looking at her weirdly "I was practicing the violin" her voice slightly shakes because she turns sprinting up the stairs. Her parents look between each other eyebrows raised she stops at the top of the stairs looking back at them "Welcome home" she said before going into her room heart pounding.