Emily I'm Sorry; Yellowjackets

thirty-five.

ACT ONE — CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

2021

Taissa, Emily, and Shauna were the first to arrive in the foyer of the high school reunion. Nerves were still in a deep knot within Emily's stomach.

Surprisingly though, she wasn't the one to hesitate...it was Shauna.

"Are you okay?" Taissa asked.

"How is it possible that this is the most scared I've been all day?" Shauna asked quietly.

Taissa let out a very small laugh, "Right?"

"No you guys don't even get it," Emily sighed, "I literally feel like I'm gonna throw up. This is worse than High School."

"Oh my god! Oh hey, girl! Hey! It's been forever! What have you been up to?" Taissa mocked the typical actions of any form of high school reunion with people that probably didn't even like each other then.

"Uh yeah, you know, gardening, PTA," Shauna played along, "dismembering my lover's corpse."

Emily shook her head, "This is totally insane, right?"

"Oh, it certainly is," Taissa wrapped an arm around her best friend, "Let's get this over with."

From behind them the door creaked open, and in waltzed Natalie Scatorccio. Emily's eyes softened even though she was a bit surprised the woman even showed up.

"Wait up!" she exclaimed jokingly.

"Wow!" Taissa held her arms up in surprise.

"I said I would come," Natalie stated, her eyes then moving to Emily, "I made a deal, okay? All right. Let's fucking do this."

Natalie looked gorgeous.

Emily couldn't take her eyes off of the woman.

Natalie tugged one of the gym doors open and Shauna grabbed the other one. The four of them waltzed through the door, Emily instinctively finding her ex-girlfriend's side.

All eyes were on them as they waltzed through the gym, Misty spotting them only moments after their entrance.

"You showed up," Misty spoke to Natalie with a smile.

Emily's eyes scanned the room, the feeling of everyone looking at her made her skin crawl. Nervously, she intertwined her fingers with Natalie's.

Natalie smiled, giving Emily's hand a gentle squeeze.

Misty turned to the rest of the group, "You're all actually here. This is gonna be so much fun. Okay, let's get a picture. Who can take a picture?"

None other than Allie made her way over to them, forcing them into a photo. The flash went off and Emily flinched.

"Are you okay?" Natalie asked, so close that Emily could feel her breath on her skin.

The Jensen woman swallowed, and forced herself to nod, "I'm fine."

"Let's go get some air, ok?" Natalie began to lead her into the much quieter hallway.