Finding Emmaleigh Blakely

Chapter 8

Today I hope to get a chance to meet Emmaleigh's mom. I decided to text Em about it a little later because I know most people like to sleep in, but I don't, I'm an early riser. Anyways, I decided to go down to breakfast at our hotel. Our hotel has free breakfast, ya know. I got all the way downstairs to the lobby where they have breakfast when I realized that I was still in my pajamas. I wouldn't have realized it if it wouldn't had been for "Nice pajamas." I heard a familiar voice tell me with a snicker. I looked behind me to see none other than Grayson Bailey Dolan. "Grayson! What are you doing here?!" I whisper-yelled. "Don't worry, babe, I just came here to say hi." What?! Why was he calling me babe? Even if he was getting me mixed up with Em, her boyfriend is Ethan. Wait, what if I was getting him mixed up with Ethan. No, not possible. I've been watching their videos for years, so I should be able to tell the difference between them, right? I didn't want to ask him which one he was because it would just be to awkward, so I just decided to ignore him and keep going. I sat down and started to eat my breakfast and Grayson, or who I thought was Grayson, sat right by me, "Ok, that's it. Your really starting to creep me out." I got up, threw my plate away, and left. I went back to our room and texted Emmaleigh. She said that she would ask her mom if I could meet her and she said yes. I got my clothes on and told Sade where I was going. I called a cab to come pick me up and take me to Em's house. When I got there, her mom greeted me with the classic, "Oh nice to meet you, hun. Emma has told me so much about you." I replied with the average, "Nice to meet you too." And she invited me to come over to the living room and sit on the couch. We talked for some time until Emmaleigh mentioned me having to decide whether to move or stay home in Texas. I told Mrs. Blakely that I was leaning towards staying here, but I would have nowhere to stay. I didn't say that just to make her feel sorry for me and let me stay here. I just said that to avoid the question that most moms ask, well at least mine. She said that I was welcome to stay here with them if I wanted, since I was meant to be living there with them all of my life anyways. I said thank you and if she was really willing to have me stay with them, then I would love to. She said that they had an extra room upstairs next to Emmaleigh's that I could stay in. Em has an older sister that has the biggest bedroom across from ours. Her sister's name is Autumn and she is really beautiful, she has light brown hair and brown eyes. She had a great sense of fashion, I was really lucky to have an older role model like her in my life. She didn't know about me yet, we did that on purpose, so we could play a prank on her later. She was 15, so like a year older than us she could give me so much advice. I had always wanted a sibling my whole life and now I have two. Wow am I lucky or what? I had to text my mom to let her know my decision that I wanted to stay here. I can't wait to be moving to New Jersey! My mom said that it was fine that I could stay there and live with Emmaleigh if I wanted to. She gave me the typical I'll miss your beautiful chocolate brown curly hair, your crystal blue eyes, and your big beautiful smile. Personally I hated my hair, it was so curly that when I brushed it, it got too poofy and and all of the kids at school used to call me 'the big poofy princess'. That's pretty much the only difference between us, her hair is naturally straight and mines naturally curly; however, I have a freckle right at the tip of my nose and she has one on her chin. Also, my hair is a tad darker than hers. Other than that, we are practically identical, obviously. I also hated my eyes, they were too blue, why can't I just have normal color eyes like practically everyone else except for Em, obviously. I hated my smile, it showed too much of my teeth. Anyway I went to give the twins the big news. I got a cab to take me there. When I got there, I told them that I had big news that I needed to tell them right away. They started laughing at how excited I was and told me to get on with it already. Then, the positive vibe in the room suddenly faded away. "What's that?" Ethan asked me concerned. "What's what?" I asked confused. "Those." He said pointing to my shoulder. I looked down and I had almost forgot about those. They were scars. I felt a tear roll down my cheek as the flashbacks all came flooding back at once.

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I was 12 years old and I was going with my dad to take your child to work day. The fire alarms started to go off and everyone who worked there made sure that all of the children who were going to take your child to work day were out first. I looked around for my dad and he wasn't there. I ran back in to save him. I saw him laying on the floor, dead. I lie down on the floor beside him while my shoulders and my back were burning. I could feel them burning. I woke up inside an ambulance. I didn't care that I had just risked my life trying to save my dad. At least I tried.

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I guess I started crying pretty hard because when the flashbacks had stopped my face was wet and the twins were staring at me. I guess they caught on that I was having  flashback. "It's ok, Liv, you don't have to tell us." Said Ethan. "No, but I want to." I insisted. I told them and I think Grayson even started to cry a little with me. Anyway I decided to change the negative vibe back into a positive one again when I told them what I meant to in the first place. They were really happy for me and gave me a big hug. Then we said our goodbyes and I went back to the hotel. I told Sade that I had made my decision and she was really happy for me too. I was so lucky that everyone was so supportive of this. I can't wait for all of this to take action.

Author's Note:

       Sorry I didn't post yesterday, I was spending the night at my friend's house. I decided to give you an extra long update today. Thanks for understanding. Also, I know I said I would update every night but I will try my best too. But I will probably be busy some nights. Thanks again for understanding and as always, stay awesome. 

                                   ~ Baeleigh