Bittersweet Tragedy || Waffle Cones One-Shot

b i t t e r s w e e t t r a g e d y

This chapter is set four years after the last chapter of Waffle Cones, when Emily and Fletcher are twenty-one.

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T H I R D P E R S O N

"Emily, calm down," Fletcher said frantically, chasing after her.

"No! I. Need. To. Find. Her. I know she's here somewhere," she said, enunciating each word carefully, threateningly, as her green eyes glared right into his brown ones. 

Sighing, he went along with it. He rubbed his hand across his face.

He was tired.

He was worried.

He was anxious.

But before all that, he was also very much in love with Emily Jenner.

And if this is what he needed to do, he would do it. Heck, he would even lay down his life for her if he needed to.

All for this girl, who decided to come into his seventeen-year-old life and mess with him for God knows how long more.

Jogging after her, she rummaged through their things, looking everywhere for Sarah, whoever she was.

The doctors had said that most of what she went on about was based on past experiences, forgotten memories that somehow got dug up.

So Sarah could have been a childhood friend, or someone she made up when she was younger.

She had only started talking about said Sarah this year and unlike other unknown persons that she had brought up, Sarah was the one that lasted the longest.

With the help of Erin and Alex, the three of them had searched through all her kindergarten, elementary school, middle school and high school records.

Whilst the other people she had talked about could be identified as old friends, distant cousins, not one Sarah appeared in anything they searched through.

Just as Emily was about to collide into a glass cabinet, Fletcher gently grabbed her wrist and steered her away.

She turned around and stared at him. Cocking her head to the side, she widened her eyes.

"Oh my god. Fletcher, Sarah's right behind you."

He turned around.

No one was there.

She raced past me and began talking to Sarah about many things, gushing about some, laughing at some.

Fletcher stood aside and let her talk. The doctors said that that was for the best. If he tried to stop her that would only get her agitated.

Emily was very fragile in this state. He couldn't risk anything to lose her.

Finally, Emily waved goodbye to Sarah and walked back to Fletcher.

She stood in front of him and Fletcher slowly wrapped his arms around her waist, all the while checking for any change in her emotion.

Sometimes Emily could get very protective and flip out at Fletcher if he showed any romantic gestures but other times she was the exact opposite.

He could never be sure so it was better to be safe than sorry.

"Did you know that Sarah has been really busy with her company lately?" she said excitedly, staring at Fletcher with sparkling green eyes.